Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

The cave was dark, with only the faint light filtering through the entrance behind him, making it difficult for Zen to see ahead.

He had no time to consider what could be hidden in the dark recesses of the cave with his biggest problem behind him and moving closer.

As she made her way into the cave, the queen blade locust smashed stalagmites and stalactites chasing after Zen.

Only the heavens knew whether or not the queen blade locust had a keen sense of smell or Zen was leaving marks behind him. Whatever the case, it seemed easy for the giant insect to find him, even in a maze of caves like this.

The further down they went, the thicker and more pungent the sulfur odor became.

As he rushed into a connecting cavern, Zen discovered a red light illuminated the spacious cave.

Before Zen was an underground lake of magma surging. One after another, dark red flames burst up from the lake only to explode in a 'poof'.

This was the fire of the Earth's core!

It was recorded in ancient times that the fire came from the Earth's core.

The weapon refiners much preferred the fire of the Earth's core, because it was more primal, raw than the fire of life vitality that was in the refiner's body. The fire of the Earth's core had a miracle effect when refining certain special magic weapons.

Undoubtedly, the sulfur smell emanated from this pool of magma.

"Boom, boom..."

A low sound of rumbling thunder echoed through the cavern.

The queen blade locust was getting nearer again.

"Damn!" Zen blurted out uneasily.

He saw a passage at the side of the lake of magma, and he ran over to it.

The bank of the lava lake was heated by the fire from the Earth's core. Therefore, the ground was like a hot frying pan under Zen's feet.

All he wanted was to run for his life right then, so, he went through the heat at high speed not turning back.

"Ka-blam!"

The sound of exploding magma spurted fire through the air, splashing it in Zen's direction.

Without hesitation, Zen dropped and rolled, avoiding being splattered with the fires.

he heard the stone wall next to him, "sizzling," as the fiery magma that had just skimmed past his back, burned a large hole in the wall.

the wall was pitted with holes, like scars it had gotten from years of molten lava hitting

what his fate would be if the

blade locust was next

but, she was also afraid of fire. So the queen blade locust pursued Zen around

thought Zen. She was too big to dodge the bursts of flames. By contrast,

queen locust's heavy footsteps

between the queen blade locust and himself. He started to think he would

sooner than Zen was almost free of one quandary, he looked ahead and found himself facing another.

him was a shockingly huge creature

was at

mane, with its giant head resting on its mighty front

lion!' screamed Zen

terrifying name reverberated in

never seen a fire scorpion lion before, but, he'd read about the creature. Based on their scorpion-like tails and

they had for

widely distributed throughout the world in ancient times, but in the Eastern Region currently, they were threatened

was the ultra-rare crystal core in its body. The crystal core in the fire scorpion lion was a very masculine object used in pill and weapon refining. It was an exceptional raw material top refiners dreamed of having.

when a fire scorpion lion was exposed, it attracted thousands of people wanting to hunt it down.

was not interested in obtaining the crystal core of a fire scorpion lion. Right now, he only wanted to manage to stay

the fire scorpion lion's sleep

his predicament, Zen decided to attempt to go around the fire scorpion lion.

he accidentally woke it

be his path to

Zen, stuck

he was a meal for the queen blade locust. So, forward was as good a choice

scorpion lion, and thumping tail, Zen took a deep breath before he started to step

beast assaulted his nose. He managed to

Twenty steps away.

Ten steps closer.

Another five steps.

his teeth to calm

scorpion lion suddenly

Zen thought it

a stretch and yawn, the fire scorpion lion curled up, resting his

but still holding his breath, Zen continued to