Spatial Teleportation Spells were generally classified as High Tier Spells, while Planar Teleportation Spells were classified as Peak Tier Spells. Generally speaking, casting such a large-scale Planar Teleportation Array would require a lot of alchemy resources. The price might be enough to build a small town, but there was a kind of resource that everyone had, but no one wanted to use.
Souls, powerful souls!
The common resource in the modern world was gold, but in the Demon Realm and Heaven, the common resource was souls. Good souls were the hard currency of Heaven, while evil and dirty souls were the 'rare currency' of the Demon Realm and Hell.
Souls could be used as casting materials for large-scale magic, and the more powerful the soul, the more useful it would be. Mark used his own soul as a guide to forcefully cast Sacrificial Divine Spell. This spell would drag the person or object designated by the spellcaster into an alternate dimension. When the black magic array disappeared, everyone disappeared, leaving only three inconspicuous attendants in place. The three of them were useless in the battle, and Mark didn't even see their faces before he died.
From an outsider's point of view, the mayor and the others had suddenly disappeared, but to the people involved, it was not a good thing. They had been sucked into a long, curved gray hole, and a powerful force was dragging them forward. Lightning flashed around the long hole from time to time, and there was a very unpleasant sound coming from the hole, like the squeaking of a mouse that had been extended several times and then continued endlessly.
Everyone who was sucked into the long hole had a frightened look on their faces. Even the old Great Swordsman, who was known for his willpower, had a serious look on his face.
Only Liang Lidong behaved normally. He already had a lot of experience being teleported, because every time he entered and exited the game, he had a similar experience. Everyone floated in the long spatial hole, and after about ten minutes, everyone's vision blurred, and they appeared in a shadowy, barren land.
Most people fell flat on their faces … except for Liang Lidong. The old Great Swordsman, Katerina, and Sophia successfully landed on their feet, because only the four of them had relatively high Coordination. They were very agile.
As soon as the four of them landed, they immediately assumed a defensive posture. The others who had fallen on the ground immediately got up and gathered back to back. He was vigilant of his surroundings.
There were no living creatures around, so everyone relaxed. They looked around, and their expressions became a bit unsightly.
There was no sun, moon, or stars in the sky, only a thick layer of red clouds. Red lightning flashed across the clouds from time to time, making the red clouds even brighter.
There was no other source of light in this world. The red clouds in the sky were the biggest source of light. It illuminated the whole world in red.
Under the sky, they could see towering volcanoes everywhere in the distance, and even under the blue dome of heaven. Dark red smoke came out of the volcanoes and floated into the air, mixing with the layers of fire in the sky. Only then did everyone understand how the thick red clouds in the sky were formed.
Liang Lidong extended his hand. After catching a piece of red dust that fell from the air, he felt a little uncomfortable in his palm. He called up the system interface and found that he had received three points of scorching heat damage. There was also an additional negative status: Soul Burning.
Soul Burning: With each stack, the person will lose one-thousandth of their rationality and increase their aggressiveness by one-thousandth. When the stack reaches a thousand, the soul will burn. If the creature cannot resist the burning effect, it will die. If it can resist the burning effect, it will be reincarnated as a young flame demon.
Seeing this notification, Liang Lidong immediately took off his robe and covered his head. Then he shouted to the others, "Pay attention, don't let the red ashes fall from the sky touch your bodies. It's best to take off your clothes and cover your bodies like I did. If you're drenched too much by that stuff, your whole body will burn. "
Seeing this, everyone immediately did as they were told! They didn't know what the hell this place was, but they could tell that the Red Priest Beta seemed to be quite familiar with this place.
Barbara was the most convenient person. She had a high hood on her magic robe. She simply pushed the hood forward and hid herself in the magic robe.
The City Lord's wife, on the other hand, was a little more troublesome. She took off her coat and covered her head with it. Everyone then saw her undergarments and the even more exaggerated snow mountain. She glanced at Liang Lidong in a panic, and seeing that he did not notice her, she let out a sigh of relief and disappeared into her shadow.
The other men took off their outer armor and put leather or chainmail on their heads.
After they were done, everyone looked at their surroundings with obvious uneasiness on their faces. It was normal for anyone to be shaken when they were suddenly thrown into a completely unfamiliar place.
Liang Lidong found that the red dust that fell from the sky would disappear after landing on the ground, which meant that it wasn't a natural phenomenon but a magical one.
At this moment, Gavin walked over. His face was covered in greasy sweat. Because of the volcanoes, this place was very hot. The temperature should be around 50 degrees, and the air was unusually dry. Ordinary humans wouldn't be able to survive for more than five hours without a water source. However, everyone here was a professional, and they were quite resistant to the harsh environment, so there wasn't any problem for the time being.
But professionals were still human. They could survive for a while, but not forever. Without water and food, they couldn't survive for more than four days.
But the hard, red soil was everywhere. There wasn't even an ant, let alone green plants.
"Sir, do you know where this place is?" Gavin stood next to Liang Lidong and asked worriedly, "Do we still have a chance to go back?"
Everyone's gaze fell on Liang Lidong. Everyone could see that he seemed to be very familiar with this place.
"If my guess is correct, this should be the second level of hell, the Inferno." Liang Lidong looked around. "But what's strange is that there should be a lot of fire elementals in the Inferno, but there's no sign of life here at all. Also, the volcanoes are only smoking, but there's no lava flowing out. "
Everybody was sad to hear that. Although they hadn't actually seen the Inferno, legend had it that the Inferno was the territory of Groms, the King of Fire Elementals.
There were fire elementals everywhere, and they were hostile to all flesh and blood life. As long as they saw one, they would swarm over and burn their flesh and blood to death.
Gavin looked around worriedly, as if a large number of fire elementals would rush out the next moment. "Then, can we still go back?"
Liang Lidong looked at his spatial backpack. He frowned and said, "I know how to make interplanar magic arrays, but the problem is that I don't have enough materials. I'm still short of half of the materials. Most importantly, I would have to spend a long time to locate the plane's waymark. Without any waymark, I would have to spend a long time to locate it and I can't use the magic arrays either. "
Hearing Liang Lidong's words, everyone was first filled with hope, but then disappointment appeared on everyone's faces. In fact, Liang Lidong wasn't telling the truth. He was indeed short of materials for a large interplanar magic array, but he had enough materials for a small magic array. Unfortunately, this small magic array was one-off and could only teleport four people at the same time … He also had a magic beacon. Joan Of Arc wasn't attracted by the magic array. She was still in the human world, and she was the best magic beacon.
Under normal circumstances. When a magic pet was a certain distance away from its master, it would be forcibly teleported to its master. But the plane conversion was not within this rule, because it was a magic that broke through the barriers of space, and there was no concept of "distance" in itself.
Liang Lidong didn't want to tell them that he could make a small interplanar magic array, because once he did, there would definitely be a fight. No one wanted to die in this damn place. They swore to fight fiercely for their own survival spots.
"Then what do we do now?" Gavin sat down on the hard red soil. "Are we just going to wait for death here? Didn't Mark want to pull us into Rose's divine realm before he died? Why are we in this damn place? I'd rather be bitten by spiders. I don't want to die of hunger or thirst. "
Logically speaking, they should have been dragged into Rose's divine realm, but because of Liang Lidong's efforts, the black magic array finally went wrong and messed up the magic spatial coordinates. Then, they were placed here. It had to be said that Gavin's words were what many people were thinking.
It had to be said that Gavin's words echoed the thoughts of many people. Many of them slumped to the ground in disappointment, although they didn't show it on the surface. But they were already filled with dissatisfaction and anger.
If it wasn't to help someone ambush Mark, why would we come to this damn place!?
Liang Lidong dared to guarantee that among the seventeen people, at least half of them had the same thought. If this continued, conflicts would soon arise, and then the conflicts would escalate. In the end, they would kill each other, and no one would be spared. However, Liang Lidong wouldn't allow that to happen. He said, "There are many treasures and magic materials in the palace of Groms, the King of Fire Elementals. Maybe we can sneak in and find suitable magic materials. Besides, the King of Fire Elementals has a lot of special items and equipment from the human world. If one or two of them are closely related to the human world, it'll be easy to extract the spatial coordinates of the human world. "
Hearing that, everybody had hope again. Gavin asked, "Do you know where the King of Fire Elementals is?"
Liang Lidong pointed to the farthest left, where the sky was much brighter than other places. "As the king of the Hellfire, the place where Groms appears is the reddest and brightest place in the entire Hellfire."
Everybody stood up. At this moment, the old swordsman finally said, "Let's not waste time. Let's go now. There's no water or food in this place. We don't know how long we can last. Also, we might run into enemies. The earlier we go, the more power we have. "
Just like that, everybody set off east. On the way, Liang Lidong found it strange. Back in the game, many players had conquered the Fourteen Pillars of Hell, and they had even recorded videos of it. Liang Lidong had seen it before. He remembered that the Inferno was filled with flowing Misty Rock Rivers, and fire elementals were as numerous as ants. After their rebirth, the Silver Wings Guild led more than two hundred guild players above Level 10, with an average level of around Level 14, and advanced slowly. They fought for half a month before they reached the palace of Groms, the King of Fire Elementals.
But now, not only were there no lava rivers, but they hadn't seen a single fire elemental after walking for so long. That wasn't normal.
Although Liang Lidong didn't want to fight fire elementals, he didn't see any life after walking for so long. The place was as quiet as a ghost town, which wasn't normal.
The Hellfire world wasn't very big, but they were all tired after walking for ten hours. Also, Barbara, who was physically weak, had darkened lips, which was a sign of severe dehydration. There was barely any water in the Hellfire, so Barbara couldn't summon water spells to quench her thirst.
Everybody sat down in an empty place to rest. Sophia came out of the shadows and hugged her daughter, heartbroken. Because she had activated her succubus bloodline, the harsh environment didn't affect her at all.
Looking at everybody's tired faces, Liang Lidong tried Summon Rain … but there was no reaction. A few dark clouds gathered in the sky, but the rain disappeared before it hit the ground. Then, he tried Fog Ride. Normally, Fog Ride should have a radius of about 300 meters, but now, Liang Lidong only created a thick fog with a radius of about 15 meters.
Even so, everybody was happy. They hid in the thick fog and breathed in the moisture in the air. Although Barbara was a Fire Magician, she actually succeeded in using the Ice Crystal Spell in the fog. Next, everyone was given a fist-sized chunk of ice. Everyone hugged it and chewed on it. In the past, they would not eat water made of magic because it tasted weird.
But now, they felt that the ice cube was even sweeter than sweet dew.
Because of the thick fog, the temperature around them dropped to a very comfortable temperature. With Liang Lidong forcing them to beg, everybody closed their eyes and rested for about three hours. Liang Lidong had to make sure that they had enough energy, because he sensed that they were very close to the palace of the King of Fire Elementals.
Three hours later, they set off again. After walking for about two hours, the tip of a towering, dark red temple appeared on the vast horizon. Everybody was refreshed and immediately sped up.
But Liang Lidong felt that something was wrong. The palace of the King of Fire Elementals should be burning with fire all the time, but this temple didn't have any fire at all. There was only a strange red light spreading from the temple.
Seeing this, Liang Lidong had a bad association in his head.