The Strongest Prodigy Doctor

However, Ye Tianfan shouldn't even think about consuming the Hellfire Snake, because its power currently surpasses Ye Tianfan greatly.

Yet if Ye Tianfan wants to taste it, he can buy it at the black market, where everything is available. However, purchasing Hellfire Snake meat for mere culinary indulgence is excessive, and the meat is sold in whole strips, not piecemeal, as the best parts of Hellfire Snake are its scales and bones.

The Hellfire Snake swam back and forth in the lava, its gaze fixed on Ye Tianfan.

The Hellfire Snake is merciless to any creature invading its territory and will launch a full attack, but it won't bother with creatures outside its territory, even if it's gathering moves in preparation.

Simply put, the Hellfire Snake is a bit stubborn. As long as you don't provoke it, you can coexist peacefully. Even if you throw things at it, as long as you don't enter its territory, nothing will happen.

The cavern was terrifyingly hot, even though Ye Tianfan's strength had grown such that he no longer feared high temperatures, and he was protected by spiritual power. Yet the mist brewed from the lava bubbles was not only scorching, but also contained a sort of fire poison, so Ye Tianfan dared not randomly breathe the surrounding air, having blocked his breathing upon entry.

For those of their strength, breathing or not made no difference, though not breathing consumed spiritual power. Using spiritual power to replace oxygen expended little power, sufficient for Ye Tianfan to last three to five hundred days.

If restoring spiritual power midway, it could effectively mean breathing indefinitely.

Ye Tianfan felt his desires were about to burst from within, he could no longer suppress his feelings.

Ye Tianfan immediately suspected he was losing control, but after thoroughly examining his body, found nothing unusual. It seemed the exotic treasure was indeed meant for him, truly his!

Hence, Ye Tianfan summoned the Flying Sword, preparing to scout from the sky to locate the position of the exotic treasure, ready to dive from above.

Anyway, the Hellfire Snake's territorial boundaries were just the lava area, not the sky. Even if he was less than a meter from the ground, as long as he didn't touch its territory, the Hellfire Snake wouldn't attack.

Of course, if you attack it from above its territory, the Hellfire Snake will certainly retaliate!

Flying in the air, Ye Tianfan became increasingly aware of the cavern's vastness. The surrounding flowing lava had nearly gathered into a grand lava lake. Occasionally, a hot air stream would surge, causing a fiery lava pillar to shoot up in the lava lake, yet Ye Tianfan felt no fear whatsoever because he'd already summoned the Xuanhuang Tower upon flying upward. Thus, even if a lava column hit Ye Tianfan, he wouldn't be scared, it would only slightly deplete his spiritual power.

The lava world within the cavern was also a realm of death. While flying, Ye Tianfan noticed many skeletal remains floating on the lava, apparently those of Hellfire Snakes!

After death, the flesh of these Hellfire Snakes doesn't rot; their scales quickly harden, yet simultaneously develop a fatal weakness—they fear high temperatures.

If these hardened scales encounter flame, they become akin to wood and ignite immediately.

The skeletal remains Ye Tianfan saw were because the scales had been completely incinerated by the lava, causing the flesh beneath them to cook due to the lava's burning.

The reason the Hellfire Snake's flesh cooks rather than turns to ash is due to its high fire resistance, and the lava's temperature merely cooks the snake's flesh.

Once the Hellfire Snake's flesh is cooked, it becomes delicious, and its descendants consume this cooked flesh, absorbing the spiritual power and potential within, thus growing rapidly.

Ye Tianfan looked upon these bones, feeling a sense of regret. Such delicious flesh had been consumed by other Hellfire Snakes, and he could vaguely smell the aroma of the leftover flesh on these skeletons.

Ye Tianfan wiped away nonexistent drool from the corner of his mouth and hurriedly flew forward.

The Hellfire Snake that had previously attacked Ye Tianfan sluggishly swam behind him.

Though Ye Tianfan hadn't landed within its territory, as he lingered above it, the Hellfire Snake followed to see if Ye Tianfan would enter its domain, ready to attack him at the first opportunity.

Ye Tianfan was still searching for the exotic treasure that compelled him, while keeping an eye on the Hellfire Snake behind him.

The Hellfire Snake stood eight zhang tall, equivalent to over thirty-three meters, so its massive figure was impossible to miss.

Yet Ye Tianfan paid no heed to the Hellfire Snake trailing behind because he understood that as long as he didn't venture into the lava, the Hellfire Snake wouldn't attack.

However, Ye Tianfan thought there might be trouble once he found the exotic treasure, even though he hadn't yet seen it. Based on his current feeling, the exotic treasure was beneath the lava and deep within.

This is why Ye Tianfan felt trouble; once over the exotic treasure, he'd have to dive in, entering the Hellfire Snake's domain, and the snake would then attack him.

Ye Tianfan calculated his current strength at the second level of Qian Yuan. Yes, Ye Tianfan's strength had increased by one level since the previous events, now at the second level of Qian Yuan.

Faced with a Hellfire Snake likely at the peak of Baohui or possibly in the Shifang realm, he would be instantly killed.

Yes, Ye Tianfan estimated that once he sensed the Hellfire Snake's power, he determined he'd be instantly killed, and brutally so.

His reaction would be too slow, even with the Xuanhuang Tower shielding him.

One strike from the Hellfire Snake would directly drop Ye Tianfan's spiritual power to negative.

Losing all spiritual power might be understandable, but what about negative? How would that work?