"Wake up, we need to leave." Angel used the Hand of Magic to gently tap Dangross on the "face" in his palm.
Dangross eventually accepted reality, but its expression was clearly dazed and mournful.
"Sigh, let’s go." Dangross let out a long sigh, shook off the "sprout" that had fallen asleep again, and leapt into the Lava Lake full of despondency.
Angel didn’t jump into the lake immediately. His physical strength could only support short-term contact with magma; to fully integrate into it would surely cause damage.
He summoned Earl Mi, allowing him to form a shadow shield outside that isolated the high temperature and toxic flames, then followed Dangross and jumped into the Lava Lake.
Once submerged in the Lava Lake, he was greeted by intense orange-red light.
All around was thick, heavy magma; the naked eye was useless here, and he had to rely on energy perspective to observe his surroundings.
The external temperature exceeded a thousand degrees, and even the spirit tentacle sent out was somewhat scorched and distorted.
Moreover, the deeper they went, the higher the temperature rose.
Angel thought for a moment: with Earl Mi providing a shadow shield for protection and Dangross as a guide, there shouldn’t be any major issues. So, he retracted the spirit tentacle a bit, maintaining it only near the shield to prevent nearby threats.
During the descent, Angel sensed many fire creatures through the spirit tentacle. However, just like the outside world, apart from Dangross’s followers, none dared to approach them.
Speaking of Dangross’s followers... Angel finally got to witness the true prowess of Dangross in gathering followers.
In just a short journey of a few hundred meters, more than ten fire elementals gathered around to greet the "boss." Although Dangross constantly signaled that it was busy and they shouldn’t block the way, even when this group left, another soon arrived.
The sheer number of followers amazed not only Angel but Toby as well.
Dangross, irritated by the groups of followers, simply burrowed into Earl Mi’s shadow shield.
Upon entering the shield, Dangross felt a chill.
"Is this the breath of Frost Iser?" Dangross turned its "head" curiously.
Angel replied irritably, "Don’t associate everything with Frost Iser. This is just a bit of ice element released by Earl Mi to keep the temperature within the shield from being too high."
"Why lower the temperature?" Dangross asked again in puzzlement, "I hate cooling down the most. Isn’t the temperature here just right?"
"Do you think humans are like you fire creatures?" Angel took some effort to explain the differences between humans and elemental life to Dangross.
Dangross nodded in a seemingly understanding way and then asked, "Mister, when you mention Earl Mi, do you mean the blooming wildcat from before? How can it possess both fire and ice elements?"
Faced with a barrage of curious questions, Angel really didn’t want to answer.
Just then, another group of fire elementals swam over. It was clear they were also Dangross’s followers. Dangross waved at them through the shield, signaling them to stay away. After this group of fire elementals left, Dangross looked at Angel again curiously, "Mr. Pat, you haven’t answered my question yet?"
Angel looked deeply at Dangross, "This question relates to Earl Mi’s secret; I can’t answer it casually."
Dangross’s eyes dimmed slightly.
"However, if you can tell me how many followers you have, I might share a little secret with you."
"How many followers do I have?" Dangross only felt dizzy, with a flood of numbers passing by, unable to grasp a real figure. "Maybe... there might be... a few hundred followers."
A few hundred followers?! Angel’s eyes lit up, "Are they all elemental sprites?"
"Most are little sprites, but there are also many adult elemental creatures." Dangross nodded, "Why does Mr. Pat ask this?"
Angel: "Nothing, just purely a bit curious."
Upon hearing that Dangross has hundreds of followers, Angel immediately thought that there might be a suitable elemental partner for him among them.
If he could coax one away, the task would be half done...
Though Angel’s heart was heating up, he knew he shouldn’t rush. Even if he wanted to coax one away, he should first wait for Feng’s message.
"If there’s a chance, why not take me to see your followers?" Angel suppressed his excitement and said seemingly unintentionally.
Dangross, not suspecting anything, took pride in having collected many followers. Seeing that Angel was curious about its followers, it didn’t refuse. Maybe it could even show off its strength in front of Kalomchis’s ancestor’s descendant.
After receiving Dangross’s approval, Angel’s expression softened a bit. He also shared some information regarding Dangross’s earlier queries.
Knowing that Earl Mi’s abilities allowed it to possess almost all elemental forms, Dangross was also surprised. It looked at Earl Mi with the same admiration it held for Toby.
Dangross wanted to ask further about Earl Mi’s information, but suddenly the external magma surged violently, as if a massive force was pushing the waves.
The shadow shield created by Earl Mi flashed with a few red lights at this moment.
The floating Blue Lantern Flower in the shield sent a mental message to Angel—a giant elemental creature was approaching from outside.
When Angel extended his spiritual power to look, he found a Lava Giant Whale the size of an island approaching them steadily.
This was the Lava Giant Whale that had previously battled with Earl Mi, seemingly named...
"Gulada?" Dangross also sensed the external disturbance and dashed out of the shield, like an arrow, flying in front of the nearby Lava Giant Whale.
The Lava Giant Whale stopped and seemed to be communicating with Dangross.
After a moment, the Lava Giant Whale cast a deep look in the direction of the shield with its eyes of black fire, then turned and swam to the other side.
Dangross also returned to the shield by this time.
"It’s Gulada. Like Phoenix, it came to find Lord Earl Mi," Dangross said, "I told it that I’m taking you to meet Teacher Magu, and then it left."
"What does Gulada want with Earl Mi?"
"No idea. Maybe a fight? But it doesn’t quite seem like it. Phoenix burns with a special battle fire, passionate for combat, but I’ve never heard that Gulada enjoyed fighting." Dangross was somewhat puzzled, but indeed Gulada appeared menacing, which made Dangross hurry to persuade it.
Fortunately, Gulada was still relatively understanding.