Chapter 125: The Armor
Pressing his body against the wall, Su Xiao slowly moved forward.
Glancing sideways at the other four people, he saw that they often glanced at the lava lake as if it was something truly terrifying.
Although their current position was quite dangerous, they wouldn't fall if they were careful. They probably knew something he didn't.
Su Xiao didn't follow them anymore and started paying attention to the lava lake.
*Boom!*
There was an explosion in the lava lake and lava suddenly shot up.
*Shh-shh-shh... shh-shh-shh...*
Some lava fell directly on the Priest's leg. The air was immediately filled with black smoke and the smell of burnt hair and singed flesh.
The priest gritted his teeth in pain, but made no sound.
Su Xiao frowned. — There's something in the lava?
— Mr. Priest, are you all right?" Arata Kirishima looked at the Priest with concern, but his voice was low.
The Priest's face changed abruptly, and he stared directly at Arata Kirishima.
— Arata Kirishima's voice had just faded when new bubbles suddenly appeared in the lava lake.
*BOOM!*
The lava rose up and its surface began to look as if some very active, giant creature was floating there. The four people, with the exception of Su Xiao, stopped in their seats.
Seeing this scene, Su Xiao's eyes turned cold. They knew something about this lake, but they didn't tell him anything. After a moment's thought, he leaned against the rock and slowed his breathing.
The lava flow rose straight up to the ceiling...
Drops of lava began to fall on the five people's bodies, and Su Xiao immediately closed his eyes and buried his face in the wall.
*Shh-shh-shh...*
A few drops of lava fell on his body, and his skin along with his flesh started to burn.
Su Xiao didn't move and gritted his teeth. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Arata Kirishima's entire leg was covered in lava, but he didn't move or even make a sound.
Even though his entire leg was covered in lava, Arata Kirishima looked like nothing had happened.
Soon, the lava slid off his leg. It turned out that Arata Kirishima managed to wrap it in his kagune, but it was quite badly damaged.
After the lava fell back into the lake, a dark red spherical object four or five meters wide appeared in the center of the lava lake. It was the color of lava, but it wasn't exactly lava.
Su Xiao looked at it carefully. It was slightly brighter than lava.
The lava surged up again, and several tentacles emerged from the lava around the spherical object.
This thing looked like an octopus, but how could an octopus live in lava? It was too unscientific.
How did this creature survive in the terrible temperature of the lava, or perhaps it wasn't a creature at all?
Su Xiao didn't want to know what it was. He was well aware that the power of this thing was at a terrifying level. The priest, Takatsuki Sen, and so on stood motionless and stared at the unknown object in the lava with obvious horror.
Su Xiao held his breath. Fortunately, he was the very last one and farthest away from the thing. If the thing attacked them, he would be the very last person on its list.
«The octopus monster " began to swim calmly in the lava lake, and seemed to have no eyes and could only navigate by sound.
But apart from the sounds of bubbling lava, the surroundings were completely silent. After about ten very long minutes ,the "octopus monster" didn't notice anything and slowly sank into the lava lake.
*Phew*
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Takatsuki Sen, as she was the first, glared at Arata Kirishima angrily.
Arata Kirishima felt very sorry, but because of their current situation, Takatsuki Sen couldn't think about him for long.
Takatsuki Sen continued to move forward, and the three of them followed suit.
Su Xiao also started moving slowly after noticing the actions of the other four people. His footsteps were very light, and his eyes were watching the lava lake intently.
He didn't know if Arata Kirishima did all this intentionally or not. Only he himself knew the answer to that question.
Ten minutes later, the five people finally reached the platform on the opposite side.
Su Xiao stepped on it and quickly walked away from the lava lake.
So did not only he, but all the others.
Once he was a few dozen meters away from the edge, Su Xiao began to check the burns on his body. Fortunately, they were all ordinary minor wounds that weren't serious.
— Arata Kirishima, aren't you going to give us all an explanation? Takatsuki Sen asked, her eyes bloodshot.
She really wanted to kill him for what happened earlier.
In the end, they all almost died because of Arata Kirishima.
Su Xiao didn't say anything and just walked away from them, just in case they really decided to start a battle.
— Miss Takatsuki Sen, I apologize for this incident. I didn't expect this monster's hearing to be so sharp, " Arata Kirishima looked guilty and seemed ready to accept any punishment.
— You... Takatsuki Sen started to say something, but was interrupted by Kisho Arima. "Forget it.
The meaning of his words was obvious. Even if Arata Kirishima had his own goal, they couldn't start fighting now.
— Mistakes are unavoidable. We're a team now, so there's no need to hold a grudge against him, " the Priest said with a smile.
Su Xiao stood in the distance and watched this situation with a cold smile. "Are we a team? The four of you have been here before, but no one told me that we shouldn't make any sounds because there is a terrible unknown monster living in this lake».
«Our so-called team has already collapsed».
The moment their target is found, the team will fall to pieces.
— Since we've arrived here, let's talk about it. Where is the source located? Let's quickly destroy it, " Takatsuki said..
The priest and the three others looked at each other and seemed to guess each other's thoughts.
— This is my first time crossing the lava lake, I haven't been here before.
— Me too.
— I've never been here before.
They said literally the same thing.
— If that's the case, then let's start looking for him separately — " Takatsuki Sen said and moved to the side.
— I don't agree, " Su Xiao said. The four people's eyes immediately fell on him.
— It will indeed be more efficient to search separately. But what can we do if we meet an enemy that we can't handle one at a time? How can you be sure that there are no enemies on this stone platform?
Su Xiao's opinion was very logical, but he was actually worried that they would find the source and destroy it. If they did, his hidden quest would fail, and then each of his attributes would lose three points.
— I agree with Byakuya's opinion, " Arata Kirishima echoed Su Xiao.
— Me too — " the Priest said.
— If that's the case, let's search together, " Takatsuki Sen, the so-called leader of the group, understood that she couldn't command anyone present, so she decided to obey the majority votes.
The group of five started moving deeper into the stone platform. They quickly discovered that there was a building with an altar in the deepest part of the stone platform.
It was then that Su Xiao discovered that there was a stone pillar in the center of the circular altar. Next to her was a three-meter-long full armor. The entire armor was surprisingly intact and looked as if it had been created quite recently.
This stone pillar was half a meter thick and was one meter tall. A strange fish with a thick head and a thin tail was engraved on its surface, and on top of the pillar was a fist-sized crystal.
The crystal was reddish, and there were cracks on its surface. A reddish mist floated out from the cracks of the crystal and slowly rose until it was out of sight.
[The hunter is located within 20 meters of the Spring, please pick up the Spring as soon as possible.]
This reddish crystal was the " Source»!
But it wasn't just Su Xiao who realized that this crystal was the 'Source'. Kisho Arima and others also thought about it.
— The priest stared at the crystal and didn't hide the greed in his eyes.
*Boom*!
The stone platform suddenly vibrated and the five people immediately became alert.
But after ten seconds or more, nothing happened.
However, in the armor that everyone was ignoring, a reddish glow appeared right in the eye holes.
This was the color that usually appeared after activating Rc cells.
— Uninvited guests, die! A voice came from the armor.
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