Ning Zhuo, relying on his memory of the directions, leaped lightly and landed behind Ning Yong.

Ning Yong sensed the wind behind him and subconsciously turned his head, his eyes wide like copper bells, but he couldn’t see the Cang Tie Han Armor so close.

Ning Zhuo struck lightly, knocking Ning Yong unconscious, then casually tossed him into the corner.

Repeating the process, Ning Zhuo also knocked Ning Chen unconscious and threw him next to Ning Yong.

Having done this, Ning Zhuo quickly retreated, sprinting with all his might toward the lava lake.

“One person directly ahead, five paces away.”

“Two people to the left, one pace and four paces away.”

“Three people to the right, huddled together in defense, three paces away.”

Although the black smoke obscured his vision and blocked divine sense, Ning Zhuo had long been prepared and remembered the position of every Ning family cultivator from the previous moment.

While others were like blind men, he was like a man with eyes wide open, precisely avoiding everyone along the way.

He rushed forward, his figure like lightning, reaching the edge of the lava lake.

Because he was protected by the Cang Tie Han Armor, he was not affected by the scorching heat.

“Now!”

Ning Zhuo shook his storage pouch, releasing the mechanical fire-explosive monkey from within.

The fire-explosive monkey was half a man tall, its fur entirely crimson, its muscles bulging, and its movements agile.

Under Ning Zhuo’s control, the monkey dove into the lava without hesitation.

Ning Zhuo turned and ran!

Every second counted!!

The fire-explosive monkey plunged downward, struggling to swim in the thick lava.

The terrifying heat rapidly melted through its pure red fur.

The exposed muscles were lifelike, but the surface quickly turned black, hard, and brittle, carbonizing rapidly in the lava.

The “blood” coursing through the fire-explosive monkey’s body fully exerted its heat-dissipating effect, evaporating in large quantities, causing plumes of steam to appear on the monkey’s surface.

When the fire-explosive monkey reached the surface of the Lava Immortal Palace, it had already been burned down to its celestial gold skeleton.

But it had succeeded!

Under the control of Ning Zhuo’s heart-seal, the storage formation opened, instantly spitting out the stored thousand pounds of fire essence.

“It’s coming.” Ning Zhuo’s heart skipped a beat.

Boom—!

The erupting air waves surged and crashed out.

The next moment, a terrifying explosion resounded like thunder in his ears! The air waves slammed into his back, but fortunately, he had activated the Cang Tie Han Armor, which withstood the impact, preventing broken bones.

Propelled by the air waves, he arrived at the position he remembered, reaching the corner, bending down to scoop up two figures with precision.

It was Ning Yong and Ning Chen.

Ning Zhuo huddled in the corner, hunching over, protecting Ning Chen and Ning Yong in front of him, facing the direction of the explosion with his back.

The next moment, the flames from the explosion struck, briefly pushing back the layers of shadow smoke.

Ning Zhuo struggled to resist, feeling the temperature on his back rise sharply, the iron armor melting, causing him intense pain.

He gritted his teeth, doing his best to activate the Han Armor’s defenses.

In just a few breaths, two-tenths of the Foundation Establishment Pill had been consumed, leaving only the last tenth.

Fortunately, Zheng Shuang-gou roared and sacrificed a magical artifact, unleashing a powerful force to block the exploding flames and surging lava.

The black-shadowed demonic cultivator laughed loudly: “Zheng Shuang-gou, I will return!”

Before leaving, he tossed out another black ball magical artifact.

The black ball exploded again, adding countless dark shadows and thick smoke.

Zheng Shuang-gou’s divine sense was limited, unable to perceive the situation beyond three zhang, let alone lock onto the enemy. He also had to maintain the underground passage to prevent a collapse and being buried alive. Enraged to the point of spitting blood, he could only remain in place.

When the black smoke dissipated, Zheng Shuang-gou would only see the utterly ravaged walls of the passage, and the original site of the lava lake already covered by layers of lava.

As for the corner of the Immortal Palace’s structure, it had been completely buried.

Oh, yes, and the group of Ning family cultivators lying on the ground. Some of them had survived, but they were all unconscious.

Zheng Shuang-gou cursed in a low voice: “Damn it!”

His eyes flickered for a moment, but he did not rashly pursue.

The mysterious demonic cultivator had disappeared. Zheng Shuang-gou was worried that he was being lured away. To prevent the enemy from making a sudden return, he simply stayed put.

He conveniently saved the Ning family cultivators.

Ning Zhuo triggered the Myriad Buddha Heart Demon Seal, feigning unconsciousness, successfully fooling Zheng Shuang-gou.

Waiting for the right moment, Ning Zhuo slowly opened his eyes, finding himself back at the mouth of the volcano.

After this series of dangerous events, only eleven of the Ning family cultivators had survived.

“With the help of the black smoke, no one should have discovered that I was the culprit of the explosion!”

“This time was smoother than I imagined.”

“But although I triggered the explosion, did I actually succeed?”

Ning Zhuo pondered to himself.

“We survived, we survived! Wuwuwu…” Ning Yong, realizing what had happened, cried loudly.

Ning Chen also woke up as if from a dream, his face pale, still fearful: “All the other newcomers are dead. We were lucky to survive.”

They did not know that their survival was entirely due to Ning Zhuo’s protection.

The two walked up to Ning Zhuo. Ning Chen asked with concern: “Are you alright?”

“Are you injured?” Ning Yong also asked.

After this battle of life and death, the two’s impression of Ning Zhuo had changed qualitatively. Ning Zhuo’s calmness and courage during this dangerous exploration had earned their secret admiration.

This moment of concern was also completely sincere.

Ning Zhuo initially looked dazed and dull. After realizing what had happened, he immediately showed the exhaustion and fear of someone who had narrowly escaped death.

Such an expression did not affect Ning Chen and Ning Yong’s perception of him at all, but rather made them feel even closer to him.

Because they had just experienced the great terror between life and death! They empathized with him.

On the other hand, they could be considered to have fought side by side, sharing life and death.

Ning Zhuo took a few deep breaths and smiled wryly: “We actually survived, it’s unbelievable… It’s good… But this Crimson Flame Demon Cave, I never want to enter it again.”

Ning Chen and Ning Yong quickly comforted him.

The awakened Ning family cultivators stood up, some healing their injuries, others thanking Zheng Shuang-gou.

Zheng Shuang-gou looked at the large number of city guard cultivators entering the ground through the holes, snorted coldly: “Your Ning family was used by that demonic cultivator! He used your aura to hide, catching me off guard. Afterwards, he even lured out a small-scale demonic beast tide, still trying to create confusion.”

“After you return, prepare to apologize!”

The Ning family cultivators were stunned, then replied: The opponent was a Golden Core demonic cultivator, and the Ning family’s strength was weak, which allowed the enemy to take advantage. Moreover, the Ning family suffered the most losses!

Zheng Shuang-gou waved his hand impatiently: “Take these reasons to your clan leader and the city lord.”

The Ning family survivors’ good mood after their narrow escape had completely vanished.

Before parting, the Ning family cultivators solemnly thanked again: “Fortunately, Lord Zheng Shuang-gou repelled the demonic cultivator, preventing him from succeeding.”

In any case, Zheng Shuang-gou was their savior.

Just as the two sides were about to part, suddenly, the earth shook and the mountains trembled!

Countless rays of precious light burst through the large and small holes, piercing through the volcanic white smoke, straight into the depths of the night sky.

Under the feet of the cultivators, the formation sealing the mouth of the volcano operated at full speed, displaying dragon-like formations and formation points.

The city guards shouted and issued warnings.

“What’s going on?!” The Ning family cultivators swayed, unable to stand firmly, many screaming in alarm.

Zheng Shuang-gou’s expression turned extremely ugly, and the last bit of luck in his heart vanished: “Damn it! The battle still affected the Lava Immortal Palace!”

One after another, the rays of precious light pierced through the night sky, extremely dazzling.

The volcano trembled slightly, and the entire Fire Persimmon City was awakened!

An enormous blue cloud palm covered the sky, suppressing downward.

It descended from the sky, wanting to press all the precious light back.

The crimson precious light clashed with the cloud palm for a moment, piercing through the godly hand like a sharp sword, then surging straight into the depths of the night!

Large swathes of the red rock ground cracked and collapsed, and the searing earth energy from countless cracks surged outward. Flames, like angry dragons, spewed out in all directions.

The cultivators fled in panic.

Zheng Shuang-gou simply did a good deed to the end, sweeping his sleeves, taking the Ning family cultivators onto the clouds with him.

Looking down from the high altitude, they saw the spire of a tower rising irresistibly, like a spear piercing the sky. Then, the entire tower, as if it were the axis of heaven and earth, broke through all obstacles and appeared grandly in the sight of the world.

Immediately afterwards, large expanses of palace roofs broke through the heavy red rock ground, slowly rising, ascending to the sky.

The mountains roared, and the earth trembled!

The Ning family survivors swallowed their saliva, watching in stunned silence.

The rocks continued to crack, strong flames emerged from the countless cracks, golden-orange lava splashed everywhere, and the surging heat caused countless people to be terrified.

“Lava… Lava Immortal Palace?”

“The Immortal Palace has emerged!”

More people were speechless.

Once hidden deep in the earth, now revealing its glory. Such a spectacle was truly shocking.