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.

as the fiery magma that had just skimmed past his back, burned a large hole in the wall.

it had gotten from years of molten lava

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

the queen blade locust was next to

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

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

heavy footsteps caused the lava to splash regularly, slowing her progress

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

he looked ahead and found himself facing another. His face grew pale, and his mouth fell open

was a shockingly huge creature

lion, yet its body was at least ten

with a fiery red mane, with its giant head resting on its mighty front paws, and a scorpion-like tail wagging

fire scorpion lion!' screamed Zen in

striking, yet terrifying name reverberated in his

he'd read about the creature. Based on their scorpion-like tails and high-temperature habitats, fire scorpion

they had for a tail. Even the strongest masters of the nature refining level didn't have

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

reason the animal was on the brink of extinction was the ultra-rare crystal core in its body. The crystal core in the fire scorpion lion was a

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

the crystal core of a fire scorpion lion. Right now, he only

scorpion lion's sleep was

decided to attempt to go around the

he accidentally woke it up?

it would be his

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

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

of the fire scorpion lion, and thumping tail, Zen took

He managed to handle the smell as he

Twenty steps away.

Ten steps closer.

Another five steps.

took each step, he clenched his teeth to calm his

three steps away, the fire scorpion lion suddenly rolled

thudding so fast, that Zen thought it would

and yawn, the fire scorpion lion curled up, resting his large head back on his front paws, fast

still holding his breath, Zen continued to tiptoe forward.