Inside the cave, the couple had faces full of bewilderment.
They were unexpectedly still alive!
Zi Di got up first and looked at the footprints. The beast had created a shallow pit with every step.
This fearsome beastâs physique and power could be seen immediately.
Luckily, the couple were not stepped on.
âLord!â Zi Di exclaimed as she attempted to use her arms to lift Zhen Jin up.
However, Zi Di was just a frail magician incapable of lifting Zhen Jinâs body weight and armor.
In the end Zi Di could only pull Zhen Jin a small distance and lean him against the cave wall.1
At this moment, Zhen Jin was in a terrible shape.
When Zi Di touched his body, she found it as hot as the ores around them.
The effects of the potion had worn off and the stench from Zhen Jinâs body was more intense than before, nearly suffocating Zi Di.
Zhen Jin weakly spoke: âGo, Zi Di, leave this place.â
He couldnât even move his head as swaying his head slightly might render him unconscious.
As Zhen Jin raised his hands in front of him, he saw numerous illusionary arms.
His skin had become red and swollen, his body temperature was also extremely high.2
As his eyelids swelled, his field of view was severely affected.
Zi Di, upon realizing the circumstances, nearly drowned in despair.
She knew how terrible the fire-poison was.
Members of the exploration team had died from fire-poison.
These people had suffered before dying. At the time of death, their eyes swelled so much that they became blind.
Their throats and noses also swelled, making breathing difficult.
The cause of death was asphyxiation!3
Although Zhen Jin had a silver level body, he was unable to resist the fire-poison.
Within his body was a lot of fire-poison.4
Fire-poison was cruel, a true horror.
Facing Zhen Jin again, Zi Di shook her head: âI will not go. I will not abandon you. My lord, I may be able to concoct a potion, surely I can create the correct potion! We have a chance. We canât give up!â
Zhen Jinâs vision was fuzzy. It was if his eyes were glued shut and no matter how hard he tried he couldnât open them.
In his blurred vision, he saw Zi Di sitting and crying as she took out every single potion from her small waist pouch.
She quickly poured a potion to corrode the ground and created a small hole in the ground.
Soon after, she began to mix many of the potions together. Then she took out many dried herbs and roots from her bosom and crushed them into a powder. Afterwards she poured them into the hole.
GurgleâŠâŠ
The potion in the hole began to bubble.
Zi Di gazed at the medicine, constantly mixing it and occasionally rubbing her eyes because the potion irritated them.
Zhen Jin wanted to advise her again but he soon discovered that he couldnât speak anymore.
His throat was burning and swelling so much he had difficulty swallowing saliva.
His tongue was extremely numbed, as if his body didnât have one.
His willpower and sense of his surroundings were quickly dissipating in his state of half-consciousness.
In the midst of his daze, he sensed a cool liquid in his mouth sliding down his throat.
Although his throat felt like it was closed off with a rock, the cool liquid still went down and rapidly melted the blockage, clearing a path.
The feeling of the cool liquid gradually spread throughout Zhen Jinâs body.
Zhen Jinâs consciousness rapidly returned.
Zhen Jin opened his eyes and vaguely saw Zi Diâs figure lying on him.
The girlâs hands had covered and smeared potions all over Zhen Jinâs body.
Because of the fire-poison, Zhen Jinâs skin had swollen and his clothes and chainmail tightened around his swollen skin.
With the help of the potionâs medical effects, his red and swollen skin quickly shrunk to its original size.
The subsequent bone piercing chill made Zhen Jin shiver.
Zi Di busied herself with smearing the potion, because the cave was too hot she started sweating profusely and her robe stuck to her body due to the sweat.
After smearing the potion, the girlâs purple eyes brightened up with hope as she stared at Zhen Jin unblinkingly.
Zhen Jin felt as if he were a drowning man that had reached land, slapping water out of his chest. He opened his mouth and gasped for air. After exhaling the hot air from inside his body, he felt as happy as one seeing rain after a drought.
As he gradually became conscious, Zhen Jin discovered he was drooling.
Zi Di saw clearly with her eyes: Zhen Jinâs entire body was rapidly contracting. His condition was clearly improving.
âMy lord, you woke up!â Upon seeing Zhen Jinâs eyes completely open, Zi Di was pleasantly surprised. To be frank, she didnât know how many potions she had mixed together.
âHow long was I out?â inquired Zhen Jin.
âOnly a minuteâ Zi Di replied.
Zhen Jinâs heart immediately relaxed: âWe need to leave this cave now.â
Without a doubt, this was a dangerous place.
Previously, the fire-poison bee swarm had run away upon seeing the cave monster and that monster was likely to win.
Once the monster won and returned to the cave, the couple were sure to be prey for the monster.
Going deeper into the cave was dangerous.
Who knew if there was a path down there? If not, then this was a dead end.
Zi Di pulled Zhen Jin up.
Zhen Jin used the cave wall to stand up.
The glove gave off a foul odor as it burned on the scalding cave wall, but Zhen Jin was happy. Because regardless of whether it was feeling hot or smelling a burning odor, these were all normal bodily senses.
Previously, he couldnât feel anything.
Now to Zhen Jinâs surprise and suspicion, he sensed that within his body was a new power, making him feel stronger.
Upon seeing Zhen Jinâs doubt, Zi Di said with a look of terror and guilt: âMy lord, sorry, I mixed in too many berserker potions."
After drinking a berserker potion, one could temporarily draw a huge amount of potential from their body, giving them a massive boost to combat power. However, in exchange, it could greatly harm their body.
âYou did the right thing! No need to blame yourself.â Zhen Jin patted her shoulders, clearing the uncertainty.
âWe need to go now.â Zhen Jin urged as he attempted to walk.
Although his mind was still a bit dizzy, it had alleviated by a lot. Zhen Jin soon discovered: His body could walk and even run on his own.
With his bodyâs strength increasing, Zhen Jin felt that even his chainmail was as light as a feather.
"It seems that the berserker potion has fully stimulated my lifeforce. But what will happen when it wears off?"
This was a hidden danger weighing down on Zhen Jinâs heart.
Under normal circumstances, after using a berserker potion, a person would become extremely weak.
Zhen Jinâs body had fire-poison and Zi Diâs hastily created medicine didnât really solve it. Only by using berserker potions combined with other medicines could Zhen Jinâs lifeforce explode and resist the fire poison. That was it.
âNo matter how it was done, I will use this opportunity to escape. Even if I canât, then at least I can save Zi Di!â
Zhen Jin swore secretly he would give his all to protect this girl.
The two together rushed out of the cave.
They quickly arrived at the caveâs mouth.
From outside came the sound of beasts fighting.
The battle outside the cave was extremely intense.
Zhen Jin and Zi Di looked at each other in bewilderment, then decided to quietly sneak to the mouth of the cave to take a look.
The fire-poison bee swarm had already disappeared long ago. Now there were two other parties fighting.
One party was the monster that drove the fire-poison bees out of the cave.
This monster had a rock solid physique. Although it seemed to be a brown bear, it had a pink monkey tail. It stood like a man and its arms were not that of a bear but of an orangutan.
Its hands had four fingers and its sharp and long fingernails seemed to be made of pitch black iron.5
The other party were black leopards. Their bodies were not covered in fur but rather in scales.
In addition they also had a sharp rhino horn on their heads.
In front of the monkey-bear were dozens of these single-horned black scaled leopards.
Judging from its aura, the monkey bear was a silver level magic beast. In comparison, most of the scaled leopards were bronze level magic beasts with only the leader and a few others having an iron level aura.
The leap of leopards sieged the bear from all sides.
The bear was powerful and none of the leopards could match it alone. The leopards charged forward only to be slapped back by the brown bear's palm. However, the leopards quickly got back up. They seemed very tenacious and could easily resist such attacks.
As Zhen Jin and Zi Di watched the two sides become deadlocked, they glanced at each other with worry.
If they went out, the leopards would surround them and tear them to pieces!
âMy Lord if there is a chance, rush out. No need to care for me.â Zi Di said in a low voice.