Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength-Chapter 1242 - 1236: Secret Realm Passage

After dealing with the monsters that had appeared again, Ronald and Lulu continued forward.

This journey felt even longer than their previous descent.

After walking several kilometers and dealing with these monsters multiple times, they finally noticed the 'ground' starting to curve upwards.

With her detection range far less than Ronald's, Lulu immediately asked:

"Ronald, did you sense anything?"

Ronald immediately enlightened the mermaid:

"The road ahead of us will keep ascending until it reaches a point about the width of a volcanic tube. That's when we'll arrive at our destination."

This distance was so vast that even Ronald's sensing abilities couldn't capture the situation there.

Luckily, the [Infinite Negative Domain] enhanced his spells.

Only then could he, by combining his multiple spells, detect the magic fluctuation present in that location.

After a long period passed, Ronald and Lulu finally reached this destination.

It was here.

The secret of the birth of the lava monsters was revealed before them.

In this spacious tunnel, an unknown force gathers the lava at the center, quickly forming a crimson high-temperature core. Once this core reaches a certain extent, it will voluntarily detach from its original position, then automatically absorb the surrounding lava, transforming into a completely different monster.

Sensing the changes ahead, Lulu directly asked Ronald:

"Ronald, should we destroy this place? Prevent these monsters from continuing to appear?"

"I'm afraid not." Ronald shook his head and denied, "This lava lake, only here has magic fluctuation. If we want to catch up with Katherine and the others, we first need to understand the situation here."

Ronald's thought was simple—

Although these lava monsters are dangerous, they are definitely not a match for Katherine.

Since Katherine entered the lava lake first, when she comes to this place, she's bound to solve this problem with ease.

Now that this thing remains in place, unscathed.

It can only be that the reason for not destroying this monster-birthing thing is due to some reason.

Ronald expressed his thoughts, and Lulu also showed agreement.

Thus, the two casually destroyed the newly born lava core and approached to carefully explore the secrets of this place.

At the entrance of this tunnel-like place, the lava flowed smoothly in a vortex-like trajectory, and the magic fluctuation that Ronald noticed was surrounding the walls.

Lulu, more sensitive to the flow of lava, naturally chose to ponder over the whirlpool-like magma; while Ronald, more precise in sensing magic, naturally studied the surrounding walls.

The situation here is quite unique. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Under Ronald's observation, the magic fluctuation here wasn't deeply hidden, just embedded inside the surrounding walls, at a depth not directly burned by the lava.

And these magical details…

No runes, no special details, merely a flow of magic power.

Yet, even with such a simple structure, their presence seems to contain some information to support the changes in the lava here.

"…"

Ronald was somewhat at a loss, so he straightforwardly cast a spell, locking the detection target of [Original Sin of Greed] onto it.

——Name: Energy-Gathering Tunnel Magic Ring

——Function: Converge, shape fire elements, and tear open the space boundary isolation.

——Status: Stable convergence of fire element creatures, supports crossing boundary pathways for [micro/small-sized creatures], estimated support for medium-sized creatures to traverse in twelve days.

"…"

The convenience of spells lies in this.

Originally something Ronald might have laboriously studied, perhaps not even yielding results, now laid bare before him.

Having clarified this information.

Ronald also directly swam toward the place where the lava core gathers.

He wasn't clear about the operation principle of this passage, but speaking of the place achieving transmission functions, it surely centers here—since the fire element supporting this function is currently converging there!

"Ronald, the center of this vortex seems a bit different."

Ronald approached, and Lulu, who was researching the lava flow, noticed and began explaining her findings in advance:

"According to the normal vortex pattern, the lava in the vortex center shouldn't remain stable in this state. Apart from converging these lava cores, it surely has other roles!"

Indeed, the 'adventurer'…

Upon hearing Lulu's discovery, Ronald couldn't help but marvel within his heart.

He relied on the convenience of spells to discover the secrets here, but Lulu made her judgment purely through accumulated knowledge. Such a comparison naturally arouses respect.

Thus, Ronald also spoke:

"Lulu, what I discovered is quite similar to yours."

"Besides converging lava creatures, this place simultaneously possesses the ability for cross-boundary transmission, only now it supports the passage of micro and small-sized creatures."

While speaking, Ronald and Lulu reunited.

Though they couldn't see each other's expressions, they instinctively sensed one thing— the journey from here on would be entirely different from before!

With such a tacit understanding, Ronald waved his hand to shatter a newly formed lava core, and together with Lulu, swam toward the vortex center.

"…"

Personally coming here, they found the lava center astonishingly quiet.

Here, there was no subtle friction from the flow, nor any sound from the aggregation of the lava core. In the infusion of circulating magic, it seemed as if isolated into two completely different worlds from its surroundings.

Such a quiet atmosphere, Ronald intuitively refrained from breaking it.

But the mermaid beside him clearly didn't have such qualms; Lulu suddenly asked:

"Ronald, I have a question."

"Since this is the place for transmission, why haven't the lava cores been transmitted away?"

"…"

Ronald didn't expect Lulu to speak at this moment, he paused in surprise, and then revealed his speculation:

"I think, perhaps it's because the lava core, is inherently a product of this transmission system?"

"Just like how the system won't transmit the material maintaining the array itself, the lava core lava similarly exists under such conditions, thus avoiding being…"

"Mm!"

"We have to go in!"

Lulu and Ronald simultaneously exclaimed.

For just as Ronald was earnestly explaining, they suddenly felt their bodies tip forward.

In that uncontrollable moment.

The lava's unchanging orange-red color before their eyes finally receded, their sharp senses heightened with the change in environment.

——Beside the two.

——Darkness and scattered light descended simultaneously.

In this new environment, Mermaid Lulu couldn't help but ask first:

"Is this… a secret realm?"