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.

next to him, "sizzling," as the fiery magma that had just skimmed past his

holes, like scars it had gotten from years

danger now, Zen was more cautious. He couldn't imagine what his fate would be if the fire

queen blade locust was next to the

exoskeleton covered the giant insect, but, she was also afraid of fire. So the queen blade locust pursued Zen around the lake's

big to dodge the bursts of flames. By contrast, Zen was more flexible.

the quaking of the queen locust's heavy footsteps

queen blade locust and himself. He started to think he would escape successfully.

was almost free of one quandary, he looked ahead and found himself facing another. His face grew pale, and his mouth fell open slightly.

a shockingly huge creature blocking

body was at least ten times bigger than a

on its mighty front paws, and a scorpion-like tail wagging gently as it slept soundly.

screamed Zen

terrifying name

a fire scorpion lion before, but, he'd read about the creature. Based on their scorpion-like tails and high-temperature habitats, fire scorpion lions were

scorpion lions were among the scariest animals in the world, especially the deadly weapon they had for a tail. Even the strongest masters of the nature refining level didn't have

fierce beasts were widely distributed throughout the world in ancient times, but in the Eastern Region currently,

scorpion lion was a very masculine object used in pill and weapon refining. It

and reckless characters in the Eastern Region, when a fire scorpion

fire scorpion lion. Right now, he

loudly, the fire scorpion lion's sleep was undisturbed.

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

he accidentally woke

it would be his path to death.

should I do? Venture ahead, or not?' wondered Zen, stuck between a rock and

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

an eye on the long fangs of the fire scorpion lion, and thumping

nose. He managed to handle the smell as he walked softly and

Twenty steps away.

Ten steps closer.

Another five steps.

clenched his teeth to calm his

three steps away, the fire scorpion lion suddenly rolled over, stretching his

fast, that Zen

after a stretch and yawn, the fire scorpion lion curled up, resting his large head back

still holding his breath, Zen