The moment the mysterious monster jumped onto the area Copperfield was standing on, Copperfield finally saw its true appearance.
Its entire body was covered in red scales, resembling a giant python. It was a type of magical beast commonly seen in volcanic regions. Its name was the Red-scaled Fire Python, and it relied on absorbing the fire-type poison in the magma to survive. Hence, its poison was extremely potent.
However, Copperfield remembered that this Red-scaled Fire Python was restricted by its race’s innate talent. Under cultivation, it could at most evolve to the early tiers of two-star.
However, the soul power undulations that he had just sensed from this Red-scaled Fire Python’s body indicated that this magical beast had clearly already stepped into three-star power.
Copperfield focused his gaze and looked at the head of this Red-scaled Fire python. It seemed to be different from what was recorded in the books.
On the head of the python, there was actually a crystal the size of an eyeball. Therefore, it seemed as though there was a third eye growing on the forehead of the giant python.
Within that crystal, there was pure fire-type soul power.
“Has there been a mutation?”
Copperfield muttered. It seemed that he had come to the right place.
If a certain magical beast had been cultivating in a region that suited its own attributes and was filled with pure energy, then over time, this magical beast might undergo a mutation and become even stronger, it might even be able to break the shackles of its own race’s cultivation limit.
And the Red-scaled Fire python in front of Copperfield had discovered this place by chance. It had been hiding and cultivating in this place, which caused it to undergo a mutation.
Looking at the soul power undulations emitted from the crystal on the python’s forehead, if it could continue cultivating like this, it wouldn’t be strange for it to break through to four-star power.
All of this suggested that there was definitely a treasure with an extremely abundant fire-type soul power in the lower layer of the magma, such as the heart of lava.
“Hiss hiss.”
The python continued to spit out its snake tongue as it looked at the human in front of it with a dangerous gaze.
It didn’t give Copperfield too much time to think.
“Hiss!”
With a hiss, the Red-scaled Fire Python once again charged towards Copperfield.
This time, the python didn’t just use its tough snake body to attack Copperfield.
At the exact moment the python charged out, the crystal on its forehead lit up with a fiery red glow.
An intense fire-type soul power instantly spread out.
The lava beside the giant python exploded with a loud bang.
The fiery rain that filled the sky was accompanied by scorching hot lava as it surged towards Copperfield.
Copperfield pulled out his Soul Slayer as the dual-type soul power within his body gradually attached itself to his body. In an instant, an aura of death that blotted out the heavens and earth spread out.
This aura caused the Red-scaled Fire python, which was in the middle of its attack, to be slightly startled.
A vast amount of soul power surged out from Copperfield at the center, completely blocking the fiery rain of lava falling on him.
In the next instant.
“Bang!”
The python’s gigantic tail collided with Soul Slayer. As they collided, a crisp sound of metal rang out.
A tremendous force was transmitted from both of Copperfield’s arms. The ground beneath Copperfield’s feet sank, and numerous large cracks spread out like spider webs, with his legs at the center of it all.
Copperfield was shocked. He quickly stepped on the mountain wall to the side and leaped toward another platform.
The moment Copperfield leaped, the platform that was filled with cracks collapsed with a loud bang. The Red-scaled Fire Python took the opportunity to hide in the magma again.
Copperfield stood still on the platform.
If not for his fast reaction speed, he would have lost his ability to fight even if he was lucky enough to survive the magma at such a close distance.
His current situation was not too good. He was currently in the home ground of a Red-scaled Fire Python. A single mistake could result in his death.
More importantly, Copperfield did not have the time to summon Nameless at all. The python might charge out from the boiling lava any second.
Copperfield’s gaze turned cold as he did not hold back any longer.
After the intense battle just now, the swelling feeling in his meridians had somewhat alleviated, and the soul power in his entire body felt more and more solid.
Copperfield planned to take the risk and end this battle as quickly as possible. Otherwise, in this magma-filled crypt, an ordinary person would die upon contact with even just a small amount of lava. The longer this dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.
Waves of soul power gradually clung onto the body of the Soul Slayer, continuously compressing and purifying it.
The black and red soul power on Soul Slayer’s blade seemed to be on the verge of materializing. From afar, Soul Slayer’s blade seemed to have more than doubled in size.
There was only one chance for him to win.
Copperfield’s powerful soul power forcefully compressed the soul power on the sword, preventing it from dispersing in all directions.
At this moment, other than the change in Soul Slayer’s appearance, it actually didn’t emit the slightest bit of the soul power compressed in it.
Just as Copperfield finished accumulating his energy, the Red-scaled Fire Python shot out from the lava once again.
However, this time, the python’s eyes revealed an extremely terrified expression as it flew through the air.
A reflection appeared in its pupils. The gigantic two-handed sword, which was getting closer and closer to its head, emitted a large amount of pressure. A deathly aura of black soul power wrapped around the fire-type soul power, forming a berserk power, as it hacked down heavily.
In an instant, the python was neatly sliced open from its mouth to the end of its tail.
The Red-scaled Fire Python was dead.
Copperfield took a deep breath. The massive consumption of soul power just now had practically exhausted his physical strength. If this attack didn’t have any effect, he would have had to retreat. This python had been hiding within the lava all this while. If Copperfield really needed to escape, that wouldn’t be too difficult.
Fortunately, although this python had broken through the upper limit of its race’s innate talent, it didn’t have too high of an intelligence.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been killed by Copperfield’s sword.
Long before Copperfield had entered the Magical Beasts Mountain Range, he had already discovered that Soul Slayer seemed to have a powerful receptivity towards soul power. With his current strength, even if he were to compress all of his soul power into Soul Slayer, it would still be able to receive all of it, Copperfield had yet to even touch the upper limit of the massive sword.
However, the only drawback was that if Copperfield chose to attack with his full strength, there would be practically no combat power left in the sword after the attack.
With his current two-star power, coupled with Copperfield’s already extraordinary amount of soul power, he had chosen to use this move. At the very least, he would still have the physical strength to retreat even if he had not fought before.
If it was before, Copperfield would have been at the mercy of others if he had missed the attack. However, that was only when Nameless was not around.
With Copperfield’s current strength along with the cooperation of Nameless, he should already be able to kill a three-star high-tier magical beast.
As for Doragon, due to the strength of his race and bloodline, he was much stronger than a normal three-star high-tier magical beast. However, in Copperfield’s opinion, the threat Doragon posed to him was far less than when he had first met him a day ago.
Now, he had killed the magical beast that was guarding the heart of lava, but this heart of lava…