After receiving the tip-off, Jiang Kai immediately ordered everyone to quickly pack up the camp and head south towards King's Valley.
Time was of the essence, and Jiang Kai and his team jogged along the path leading to the Burning Plains.
As the group got closer to the Burning Plains, the surrounding geography began to change bit by bit.
The temperature around them kept rising, the sky grew more overcast, and the ground, once sparsely covered with heat-resistant plants, showed severe cracks. Through the fissures, a red glow could be seen, accompanied by odorless black smoke rising.
When the team entered the Burning Plains area, the flat ground was riddled with cracks, and due to the dim sky, the rising black smoke was less noticeable.
Perhaps the dim environment here was precisely because of the rising black smoke.
Although the Burning Plains lacked the scorching sun, the temperature was even higher than in the Lizard Dragon territory, making the entire area feel like a giant furnace!
"So hot!" Ruan Yu said, unzipping the side of his brown bear leather armor.
Occasionally, there were some peculiar trees around, their bark charred black, with no branches or leaves, only exaggeratedly growing trunks.
"These are Heavenly Fire Trees, about twenty years old. Those over thirty years might become Heavenly Fire Tree Spirits. Killing them might yield a Fire Tree Heart, a material that enhances fire effects," Weiwei said, looking at the information on her watch.
Jiang Kai paid extra attention to those trees, thinking that his Arsonist might have been made from such Fire Tree Hearts.
But he didn't have time to study the Heavenly Fire Trees now.
In the half-hour of travel, he had already seen several teams moving quickly towards the depths of the Burning Plains.
"Kai, the Burning Plains is different from King's Valley. The monsters here are mainly of the hell type. They have a certain distribution area, but unlike other places, these beasts don't have a clear territorial awareness. Generally, one area is dominated by one type of beast, but in the Burning Plains, multiple strange creatures often appear in one area. As a result, the distribution of a certain type of creature is broader," Hu Yan explained.
With several types of monsters appearing in one area, the area is certainly larger, making it harder to find a specific monster.
Jiang Kai checked the map, and sure enough, the Ghost Corpse King's distribution area was called the Land of Ashes, as large as seven or eight Mighty Black Ape territories!
Just crossing the Land of Ashes would take about four to five days on foot at a normal pace!
Finding a hidden Ghost Corpse King in such a vast area was quite challenging.
"Kai, it's a team from the Azure Dragon Guild!" Yuan Zhu said warily, eyeing a team about seventy to eighty meters away.
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This squad was also a five-person team, with "Azure Dragon - Python Team" written on their chests.
Their direction was the same as the Fire God Squad, and those people were also watching the Fire God Squad with wary eyes.
There wasn't just one Azure Dragon Python Team here; about 200 meters away, a seven-person team was heading towards the Land of Ashes, but the distance was too far to see their team name.
In the distance, there were more blurry figures...
"Sure enough, everyone who got the news is heading that way," Jiang Kai said in a deep voice. "And with the teams already in the Land of Ashes... this competition is fiercer than we imagined!"
The Azure Dragon team was much stronger than Jiang Kai's team, and they quickly overtook the Fire God Squad.
"They're all high-level teams, and we don't have the advantage in speed," Ruan Yu frowned.
Jiang Kai wanted to overtake the Azure Dragon team, but the level difference was too great, and their attributes weren't in the same league.
Unintentionally, Jiang Kai looked back at Weiwei.
Since reporting the Heavenly Fire Tree information upon entering the Burning Plains, she hadn't spoken. Only now did Jiang Kai notice that Weiwei's cheeks were flushed, and she was breathing heavily.
After running for so long, Weiwei's stamina was lagging, but she hadn't said a word, trying hard not to fall behind.
She was too exhausted to even speak.
During the previous level-ups, Yuan Zhu, as one of the main combatants, was prioritized for leveling up, followed by Ruan Yu, who already had a high level. Jiang Kai let him reach full level in the first tier, and Hu Yan was already at tier two, level ten, so there was no rush. Only Weiwei was still at level twelve.
Despite Jiang Kai's allocation order, Weiwei had no complaints.
At the lowest level, and as a healer, Weiwei hadn't fallen behind!
This girl was still so tenacious, not like an ordinary healer at all... Jiang Kai thought to himself.
Suddenly, Jiang Kai stopped, "Everyone, take a break here."
Seeing Weiwei's condition, the others understood Jiang Kai's intention and immediately stopped.
"Weiwei, have some water," Ruan Yu said, handing her a bottle.
"No, sorry for holding everyone back..." Weiwei said intermittently as she took the water.
Jiang Kai smiled slightly, "There's no holding back. We're a team. Besides, blindly searching like this isn't a solution..."
The others gathered around.
Hu Yan chimed in, "The Land of Ashes is vast, and so many teams are looking for the Ghost Corpse King. We can't compete with other teams in speed or stamina."
"Blindly searching like this, even if we were the first team to enter the Land of Ashes, I think it would still be hard to compete with other high-level teams."
Ruan Yu nodded, "I think so too."
Yuan Zhu frowned, "Then what should we do?"
Jiang Kai thought for a moment, "I haven't figured it out yet... I'm thinking, in the search for the Ghost Corpse King, other teams have a full attribute advantage over Fire God. Do we have no advantage at all..."
Jiang Kai's question made the Fire God Squad ponder deeply.
In a search team filled with experts, what made the Fire God Squad capable of finding the Ghost Corpse King first?
As everyone was racking their brains, Weiwei, who had just caught her breath, suddenly said, "Maybe we can only rely on luck?"
Yes, apart from relying on the elusive thing called luck, they indeed had no other advantage compared to other teams.
"Old Hu, why don't you do a divination to see if we have the luck to find the Ghost Corpse King?" Yuan Zhu suggested, following this train of thought.
"Well... I can't predict that precisely."
However, Weiwei's words suddenly awakened Jiang Kai.
"Luck... No! It's not luck!" Jiang Kai exclaimed, causing the others to look at him in surprise.
Jiang Kai didn't care about their reactions, his eyes fixed on Hu Yan, "Our team's advantage is that we have you!"
Hu Yan was taken aback, and Jiang Kai's intense gaze made him a bit uneasy.
"Do you... do you really want me to divine our luck?"
"It's not about divining luck!" Jiang Kai said.
"If not luck, then is it Rain Prayer? What does Rain Prayer have to do with finding the Ghost Corpse King?"
Jiang Kai shook his head and said urgently, "Old Hu, have you forgotten that your initial profession is Feng Shui Master!"
"Other teams won't bring a Feng Shui Master for hunting, but our Fire God Squad has one!" Jiang Kai said excitedly. "Relying on luck is too uncertain. There could be hundreds, even more, teams here in a day. Why should we be luckier than everyone else?"
"The Ghost Corpse King is severely injured and is hiding to rest. So, we can imagine, what kind of place would a hell-type monster choose to rest?"
Hu Yan thought for a moment and suddenly widened his eyes, "The place with the heaviest yin energy!"
Jiang Kai shook his head, "Not necessarily the heaviest! After all, there are king-level BOSSes here, and as a commander, it certainly doesn't have the right to compete with a king-level BOSS for territory. So, as long as you exclude the king-level BOSS territories, you can use your geomancy skills to find the place with the second heaviest yin energy in the Land of Ashes. I think it's very likely to be there!"
"I see..." Hu Yan's eyes widened, then he showed a hint of confidence.
"Geomancy is my specialty. Just wait, I'll soon pinpoint the Ghost Corpse King's hiding place!"
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