Ou Yangming looked around. When the magma began to fluctuate, he had sensed it and was fully prepared for the disastrous consequences.

Nonetheless, compared to the others who were fleeing in panic, Ou Yangming appeared much calmer. This was because the disaster was actually caused by him. Moreover, when the huge magma rain fell from the sky, he suddenly had a very mysterious feeling.

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The magma rain was not dangerous to him. Instead, it was a rare opportunity.

He stopped when he turned his gaze and watched the people around him flee. Contrary to the others, he was not going away from the area of the magma.

Although he turned around and ran away at the same time as everyone else, his speed was obviously much slower. Just like that, he quickly left the group without anyone noticing.

At this moment, even Ling Yue and Guan Yue could only care about each other. Naturally, no one would pay special attention to Ou Yangming. Even so, Ou Yangming was still cautious and did not dare to be careless.

This was because he did not want to reveal any flaws here. If anyone noticed his abnormal actions, it would be hard to avoid linking him to this magma disaster.

"Boom..."

The scarlet hot magma rain finally fell from the sky. When it hit the ground, it created countless waves that were enough to melt metal.

Nevertheless, when the red splashes touched Ou Yangming's body, they did not cause him any harm.

At this moment, a strange color faintly appeared on Ou Yangming's body. The color was unusual, and it was difficult to distinguish it with the naked eye. This was because the young fellow's body was already enveloped by a red light. Subsequently, the redness quickly spread and wrapped around him.

If someone were to look at this place from afar.

They would see a person who could not escape in time and was drowned by the huge magma rain.

Ou Yangming's feet slipped, and he fell into the boiling magma.

In his sea of consciousness, a huge amount of energy was surging. This was the Heavenly Phoenix Fire. The endless flames surged and resonated with the magma around him, reaching an incredibly strange equilibrium.

Ou Yangming observed silently. He seemed to have become a bystander, observing from a weird angle.

What he saw was the thick magma constantly washing his body. Despite that, this powerful and hot magma did not even hurt his clothes.

The power of the Heavenly Phoenix Fire had not only protected his body but also his clothes. Furthermore, his body was lying in the magma. He did not feel uncomfortable, and he felt like a fish in water.

After living for so many years, for the first time, he felt like he had freed himself from all the restrictions on his body. It was as if he had merged with the world.

His spiritual consciousness moved slightly and expanded far away. Its speed was simply unimaginable. In fact, the distance was far beyond his imagination.

Liberation—this was a kind of transcendental sense of liberation. It gave him an incomparably fresh feeling and also allowed him to experience a brand new ability.

"Woosh..."

Ou Yangming's mental conception returned to his body in the next moment. His eyes lit up, and his hands and feet gently moved.

Instantly, his body began to swim against the current in the magma.

Ou Yangming did not have much experience swimming before this but at this moment, he did not feel any obstruction in the magma. It was as if he was much more flexible in magma than in water.

He even had a feeling that this thick magma was his territory, and he was the king of magma.

The surging, endless waves of magma gave him an incomparable pleasure but at the same time, it also brought him endless surging energy. This gave Ou Yangming the illusion that as long as he was in the magma, he would never have to worry about the lack of spiritual power.

This was because the magma would be directly converted into his power for him to use.

Having said that, Ou Yangming did not continue to study the magma after being pleasantly surprised. Instead, he calmed his heart and swam toward the mouth of the volcano.

Deep down, he had always been thinking about the Volcanic Ores of different colors. These peculiar stones that could stabilize the formation and even play a supporting role in the interspatial disturbance intrigued him. Those green rocks were fine, but the dark rocks were his ultimate goal.

Even if he were to go against the flow in the water, he would consume a lot of energy. However, he went against the flow in the magma without any effort. It seemed that the magma had sensed his intentions and obediently helped him.

In the magma, Ou Yangming even formed a small part of his own world around him.

He was the god of this world, and he could decide all the laws of this world.

This was a power that even Venerable Ones yearned for.

While the area that Ou Yangming controlled could only be described as insignificant, to be able to do this was already quite impressive.

As he moved, Ou Yangming finally went against the magma and entered the volcano that was dangerous in the eyes of countless people.

This was the real headquarters for the magma. The heat released here was much more terrifying than the magma that was floating in the air.

Advanced Spiritualists and even top-grade Spiritualists would not dare to approach this place without permission. Even powerful Venerable Ones had to think twice before approaching this dangerous area.

That said, Ou Yangming did not feel any danger here. Instead, he felt as if he had returned home.

His mental conception kept expanding, and the intense hot magma did not weaken. Instead, it seemed to give him an additional bonus, allowing him to sense further places. His body naturally swam in the magma as if he had become a part of the magma. Soon, he flowed to the location of a peculiar stone.

Of course, while part of the peculiar stones was exposed outside, more and better quality ones were inside the magma sea.

All the Spiritualists who came here used all kinds of methods and absorbed the bizarre ores outside the magma sea. Everyone knew that the number and quality of the ores in the magma sea would be better than the ones outside. Nonetheless, without all kinds of methods, who would dare to think about them?

At this moment, the corners of Ou Yangming's mouth curled up slightly.

This was because what was placed in front of him were all sorts of queer stones.

The majority of them were green peculiar stones, but one could still "see" many yellow ones as far as the eye could see.

Of course, every peculiar stone was separated by a certain distance. It would not be so easy to collect them. Even so, as compared to before, there was still a much higher density of them here.

If Wen Zhou and the others saw the peculiar stones here, they would probably be overjoyed.

Ou Yangming shook his head and cast aside all distracting thoughts. He concentrated his thoughts in one place and formed a powerful shock wave that crashed towards the area.

The magma in that area immediately sensed his thoughts and turned into an indestructible magma saber that cut through the area.

Consequently, the magma splashed in all directions, raising a huge wave of scorching fire.

When the wave of fire gradually subsided, a peculiar stone had fallen from the rock wall and flowed into Ou Yangming's hand along with the magma.

At this time, the smile on Ou Yangming's face became more intense.

He did not spend much mental power and had successfully obtained a peculiar stone. More importantly, this method of collecting rare stones was simple and effective. There was only one piece, which could not compare to Gu Gengren's zither sounds. In spite of that, after Gu Gengren played one piece, he would have expended a large amount of spiritual power. On the other hand, Ou Yangming used the power of the magma to absorb the stone without using the slightest bit of his spiritual power.

As long as Ou Yangming was willing to, he could persevere at any time without spending any energy, and he would not be any slower than Gu Gengren.

With a flash of thought, Ou Yangming said to himself, 'I've secured the slot to enter the Big Ruins this time!'

He let out a long laugh in the magma. That laughter was covered by the magma, but it created a huge wave on the spot.

Following that, Ou Yangming slowly moved his body and under his control, the magma continuously attacked the surrounding rock walls.

Bizarre stones fell from the rock walls and fell into Ou Yangming's hands. Among them, most of them were still green, but yellow quality stones could be seen from time to time.

All of a sudden, Ou Yangming's eyes lit up. Even the intense magma could not hide this light.

'White!

'This is a white peculiar stone.'

Ou Yangming had long known that as long as he continued to search in the magma, he would be able to find a higher grade rare stone.

However, the fact that one appeared so quickly made him pleasantly surprised.

His body swayed slightly and in the next moment, he appeared beside the rock wall.

Ordinary green and yellow strange stones were already unable to arouse his interest. Instead, this strange white ore was worthy of his special attention.

If his thoughts were known by other Spiritualists, they would probably tear his heart out.

Yellow rare stones were already rare treasures. As long as he brought them to the various sects, he would be able to exchange them for enough contribution points or all sorts of precious treasures of equivalent value.

Nevertheless, at this moment, Ou Yangming did not even care much about the yellow ores.

Of course, this was not because Ou Yangming was too ambitious. Due to their different environments, their knowledge was destined to be different.

If the other Spiritualists also had the ability to swim in the magma and see the ostentatious and beautiful yellowness, their expectations for yellow peculiar stones would be much lower.

Stretching out his hand, Ou Yangming gently stroked the white stone on the rock wall.

He had not taken it off yet, but he could already feel the surging energy contained within it.

It was a powerful force that was far from what normal spirit ores could compare to. Furthermore, when he experienced the force, he had a feeling that he was as immovable as a mountain.