Build the Traveler Alliance from Scratch.

Chapter 1067 Golden Thunder
Red rocks, golden red land, dead trees emitting red light, and a red sky that looks like it’s on fire…

Looking up, everything around was the color of fire. Rich fire-attributed spiritual energy filled the space between heaven and earth, causing the ubiquitous air to become distorted due to the high temperature.

This is the fire path among the two paths of ice and fire - the lava road.

In the sky, Ye Fan, Xiao Yan, and Yuan Yao stood on the thundercloud, looking around with curiosity or worry.

"How is it? Is there anything unusual?"

"Have."

Yuan Yao nodded and said worriedly, "The fire attribute spiritual energy here is too abundant. I just tried it and found that the mana consumed very quickly when resisting the high temperature. Even a Jindan cultivator like me finds it difficult to take every step."

“If one encounters danger under such circumstances, even a cultivator in the late Jindan stage will die with hatred.”

At this point, Yuan Yao said solemnly: "Senior, the difficulty of this fire path is far different from the information I learned before entering the palace. Someone must be deliberately making trouble behind the scenes!"

Hearing Yuan Yao's words, Ye Fan seemed to be thinking about something, and then he held up a golden divine power shield, covering Yuan Yao and Xiao Yan in it, and then controlled the thunderclouds to turn into a rainbow light, and rushed forward.

Soon, an endless black desert appeared in front of the three people.

Yuan Yao was stunned for a moment, then realized something was wrong, but at this time Ye Fan had already flown into the black desert, and in the blink of an eye he had penetrated a distance of several miles.

"Buzz!"

Just then, a deafening buzzing sound came from below.

Yuan Yao and Xiao Yan subconsciously lowered their heads, only to see that the originally calm black desert suddenly became turbulent. Countless black gravel surged on the desert like surging waves, constantly chasing the thunderclouds above.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yan couldn't help but frown, feeling a little uncomfortable with this scene that was enough to cause claustrophobia.

Yuan Yao was horrified and couldn't help but said, "Senior, look!"

"I saw!"

Ye Fan replied unhappily, then instantly sped up and rushed forward.

At the same time, the black desert ahead suddenly rioted. Countless dense black flying insects flew out from the rushing sand and gravel, turning into a black whirlwind that covered the sky and the sun and rushed towards them.

If Yamu appeared here, he would find that the scale of the black flying insects here is even larger than in the original book.

Ye Fan frowned, raised his big hand, and used the Dou character secret to evolve the Mountain-Crossing Seal, rumbling towards the swarm of insects in front.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, a golden mountain hundreds of feet high stood up between heaven and earth, instantly killing countless black flying insects in front.

But more black flying insects emerged from the gravel, bypassing the golden mountain shadow in the sky and attacking from all directions.

In just a moment, the sky and the earth seemed to be shrouded in black fog, and there were swarms of black flying insects everywhere.

Seeing dense black flying insects rushing towards him from all directions, Ye Fan snorted coldly, and a silver light flashed on his body, and suddenly black armor and silver spear appeared.

Ye Fan held the silver spear in his hand and stabbed the thundercloud under his feet fiercely.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, the terrifying force of space spread out, and with the silver spear as the center, it swept in all directions in a spherical shape.

In just a moment, all the black flying insects that were passed by the force of space were crushed into bloody mist by the force of space.

The black flying insects within a ten-mile radius were crushed into even finer black particles after only one round of baptism by the force of space, and turned into a raging black gale that blew in all directions.

Yuan Yao looked around with lingering fear and found that the overwhelming black flying insects were swept away by Ye Fan in the blink of an eye.

Now, there is no black flying insect within a radius of ten miles.

But farther away, more black flying insects emerged from the black desert one after another. Then, attracted by the movement here, they gathered into gusts of strange black wind, sweeping over madly.

Seeing this scene, Ye Fan frowned.

After a little thought, he drew out the silver spear and poured his divine power into the purple bead in the center of his belt.

"Crackling——"

In an instant, golden lightning burst out from the purple beads.

Yuan Yao looked at the bead in amazement and discovered that it was actually a rare lightning-absorbing bead, and that it contained mysterious golden thunder that she had never seen or heard of before.

"Rumble--"

Thunder surged, and countless golden thunders gushed out from the purple beads frantically. Under Ye Fan's control, they flew towards the top of his head and finally gathered into a huge thunder ball with a diameter of more than ten meters.

The moment the golden thunder ball appeared, a terrifying gravitational force burst out from nowhere.

In the sky, countless red fire clouds gathered from all directions and piled up madly above everyone's heads.

The clouds were pulled by the suction force and fell down, forming a spectacular scene of clouds falling from the sky between heaven and earth.

Above the earth, countless black gravels floated up and slowly swirled under the feet of the crowd. Eventually, like an asteroid belt surrounding the planet, they formed a second ring-shaped continent suspended in the low sky.

In the golden shield, Yuan Yao and Xiao Yan stared at the scene blankly, their hearts filled with indescribable shock.

But Ye Fan had no intention of showing off in front of others. He held the huge golden thunder ball in his right hand, glanced at the black insect swarm that was rushing towards him from all directions, and then threw it upwards. "Buzz buzz buzz!"

In an instant, all the black flying insects that were rushing over turned around and launched a suicidal attack towards the golden thunder ball like rivers flowing into the sea.

"Crackling——"

In just a moment, dense sounds of electric arcs were heard from the golden thunder ball.

Countless black flying insects danced around the golden thunder ball, and were constantly smashed into pieces by the golden thunder bursting out from the thunder ball, and then turned into energy and replenished into the thunder ball.

So, in the eyes of Xiao Yan and Yuan Yao, this "black" thunder ball continued to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the layer of black insect swarm surrounding the golden thunder ball was becoming thinner and thinner.

Even if more black swarms of insects continued to pour in, they would inevitably become thinner and thinner.

In addition, Yuan Yao also noticed that these black flying insects were not really so "obsessed" with this golden thunder ball. They were actually captured by some strange suction force and could not escape at all.

"Is this...an ant?"

Ye Fan's slightly surprised voice came from the side.

Yuan Yao came back to her senses and looked over quickly, only to see Ye Fan holding a huge black ant in his hand, looking at it in surprise.

When Yuan Yao saw the black ant, her pupils shrank and she couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's a fire ant!"

Ye Fan and Xiao Yan both turned to look at her, and the latter asked curiously, "What are Iron Fire Ants?"

Yuan Yao said solemnly, "The Iron Fire Ant is ranked 37th on the Weird Insects List and the second most bizarre insect on the Ants List. It not only possesses a terrifying defense that is invulnerable to swords and guns, but is also immune to most magical attacks."

"As far as I know, except for mid-level water-attribute spells and some powerful secret spells, other types of spells are unlikely to cause any damage to the Iron Fire Ants."

"Moreover, it also has the terrifying ability to spit out black flames and transform into a group."

"It can be said that a group of iron fire ants is a fire-attributed magic weapon that can change shape at will. It is also incredibly powerful and is most effective against cultivators who naturally rely on spells and spiritual energy."

"However, although the iron fire ants are powerful, the environmental conditions for raising them are extremely harsh. Not only do they need a hot lava zone, but they also need a large amount of copper and iron metal ores for them to devour."

"From this perspective, the so-called black gravel should be the slag excreted by the fire ants after being devoured."

"And this endless black desert is the natural nest of the fire ants..."

Having said this, Yuan Yao paused, looked at the dense swarm of ants above his head, and said with some relief:
"Looking at the color of the shells of these fire ants, they haven't evolved to the legendary 'black gold' stage yet. They should only be in the semi-mature stage. If they are really mature black gold fire ants, even a Yuanying cultivator would have to flee in panic!"

"I see." Ye Fan smiled and said softly, "This Iron Fire Ant should not be a necessary calamity for the Path of Fire. Otherwise, the Jindan stage cultivators in the past would not be able to pass this level at all."

Yuan Yao nodded and said solemnly: "The major sects of Xinggong and Chaos Star Sea have been passed down for a long time. They have stepped into Xutian Palace more than once. Their understanding of the restrictions of this outer palace is far better than that of casual cultivators like us."

"If I'm not mistaken, this iron fire ant should be one of the restrictions on the lava road. They activated it deliberately in order to stop the seniors and others..."

Hearing Yuan Yao's words, Ye Fan snorted with an ambiguous tone.

They were just fire ants. No matter how many there were, they could not be considered an obstacle. At most, they were slightly delayed because they had to protect Han Li, Xiao Yan and the others.

Ye Fan felt that those Nascent Soul cultivators could not be so stupid, and the real obstacle must be behind them.

Thinking of this, Ye Fan's eyes shone with golden light and he looked around.

Since it is an ant colony, there must be a queen ant.

According to common sense, as long as he killed the queen ant, Yamu, Han Li and others who entered later, as well as other innocent Jindan cultivators, would not have to face such a horrific scene.

After looking around, Ye Fan suddenly raised his hand and pointed.

The black and gold thunder ball above his head suddenly flew out with a rumble and rushed towards the direction of his finger.

Soon, the golden thunder ball crossed a distance of more than eighty miles and then fell heavily into a sunken sand behind a sand dune.

Xiao Yan and Yuan Yao opened their eyes wide, staring at the direction where the thunder ball fell without blinking. They saw the sand dunes in the distance were silent for a moment, and then it was like a golden sun rising, emitting dazzling golden light.

Xiao Yan and Yuan Yao, who were far away, first saw the exploding golden lightning, and then heard the deafening thunder and the loud noise that shook the entire desert violently.

"Boom!"

Along with the violent tremors of the black desert, golden lightning spread out, turning the area within a radius of fifty miles into a sea of ​​golden thunder.

As a result, the queen of this group of fire ants and the most powerful group of fire ants guarding the queen were completely turned into powder in the golden gravitational thunder.

"Let's go!"

Ye Fan said this lightly, without even looking at the raging sea of ​​thunder in the distance, and flew forward with the two who were still in shock.

Not long after, Ye Fan brought the two of them to the end of the lava road. There was a huge lava canyon here, and at the end of the canyon was a heavy stone door that was about seven or eight feet high.

According to Yuan Yao's description, as long as the cultivators who have passed the Ice and Fire Road pass through the stone gate, they can enter the inner hall.

But at this time, the stone door was not only tightly closed, but also covered with layer upon layer of colorful forbidden light.

Seeing this scene, Ye Fan was not surprised at all. He took out the silver war spear and said with a smile: "See, what did I say? The real obstacle is still behind!"

(End of this chapter)