Chapter 237 This damn thing is a plant
The Balrog is a dual-attribute spiritual beast of fire and rock.
A creature that lives in volcanic magma. Its body is a rock core with a flame.
Has the racial skill of expanding its body by absorbing surrounding rocks.
Furthermore, as its size increases, its various attributes will increase, and the damage caused by its skills will also increase significantly.
Under the leadership of the staff, Zhou Lu came to the Albus Volcano Secret Realm through the secret realm door.
Here is a dedicated area for exams.
What Zhou Lu needs to do is defeat the only Balrog in this area.
The level B exploration certificate exam is more difficult than level C.
During the C-level exam, the battle venue was carefully arranged. The beast master can find an environment that restrains the opponent's spiritual pet according to local conditions.
For this exam, the venue is randomly selected and will completely test your familiarity with secret realms and spiritual beasts.
After explaining some precautions to Zhou Lu, the staff stepped aside.
Fortunately, there are still safety officers for the Class B exam.
A third-level beastmaster will always protect you secretly and will come to your aid if the situation goes wrong.
Of course, if the security officer takes action, your exam will be considered a failure.
Hanabi had never seen a volcano.
As soon as I arrived here, I looked around curiously.
The temperature in the volcanic area was very high, and Hanabi rolled the leaves into the shape of a container. After a while, the container was filled with transparent liquid.
These are the mucus secreted by Hanabi.
After evolving, Hanabi's mucus also underwent some changes, from its original viscous form to something similar to clear water.
"Master, Tu." Hua Huo handed the leaf to Zhou Lu.
Zhou Lu readily put his hand in and smeared the liquid on his body.
These juices have a very good fire-proof and heat-insulating effect, and the areas applied on the body may even feel a little refreshing.
The taste is also a bit sour and sweet, with a hint of grass, a bit like the sweet stalks of sorghum.
After quick application, the previous feeling of hotness is gone.
The juice can only last for about half an hour. After all, Zhou Lu can't secrete this liquid autonomously like Hanabi.
"Okay, let's go there." Zhou Lu said to Hanabi, "The Balrog should be active near the crater. First spread your branches to look for enemies."
With Hanabi's current strength, there is no need to be cautious when facing Enma.
Although Zhou Lu will be habitually cautious, he will not belittle himself to the extent of denying Hanabi's strength.
The sky in volcanic areas is always gray due to the year-round cover of volcanic ash.
Hanabi doesn't need vision to discern the road very well.
But Zhou Lu can’t, unless he turns on empathy.
However, Zhou Lu is actually not used to the 3D-dizzy feeling of co-sensation. Therefore, except when he is required to control branches during battles, Zhou Lu generally will not start co-sensation in such a place.
Fortunately, the passivity of empathy still allows Zhou Lu to borrow part of Hanabi's perception.
This allowed Zhou Lu to barely move forward in the gloomy environment, but he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
The exploration certificate examination only allows the beast master to bring his initial spiritual pet. Otherwise, if he summons Benben, he will not need to move forward so carefully.
When Zhou Lu took Hanabi to the crater, several observers were observing Zhou Lu's movements.
They are considered the judges of the exploration certificate examination.
Since the Class B exams are all conducted in a secret realm, monitoring equipment cannot be set up, so observers are required to film the exam process of the candidates.
Each candidate’s exam video will be verified by a dedicated person afterwards to avoid cheating.
"Isn't this guy afraid of the Balrog at all?" One of the observers was secretly surprised when he saw Zhou Lu rushing forward with all his heart.
As a relatively powerful fire-based spiritual pet, the Balrog is definitely a huge test for grass-based spiritual pets.
So exams with Balrogs are often called death exam rooms.
But Zhou Lu looked like he was afraid of the Balrog.
This is clearly the feeling of being impatient to fight the Balrog.
"Let Lao Yu be prepared." The leader of the observation group sent instructions over the intercom, "This guy is not afraid of death at all. Sooner or later, something will happen. Let him be ready to rescue him at any time."
Yes. Ah, although the exam is safe, there is no reason to take the initiative to find the Balrog with a grass-type spiritual pet.
At this time, what you should do is to first find favorable terrain nearby to lay traps, and then wait for opportunities to guide the Balrog into the preset traps.
Grass-type spiritual pets are the most suitable for making traps. This approach is the most sensible when faced with attribute restraint.
What a nonsense...
The young observer thought silently in his mind.
I hope you won’t get hurt.
With this thought, he continued to move forward behind Zhou Lu.
This volcano is not very high.
After a while, Zhou Lu brought Hua Huo to the vicinity of the crater.
Due to year-round activities, a red "lake" composed of magma has been formed here.
The magma kept rising upwards, and when cooled by the air, it turned into a gray-black hard shell. It was then swallowed up by the red magma that followed, and was melted by the high temperature again.
Between the surging magma, a small and cute fireball was bouncing happily on the surface of the magma.
This is the Balrog.
It's just Balrog in normal standby form.
"Hua Huo, find a way to lure it out." No matter how confident Zhou Lu was in Hua Huo's strength, there was no way he could let Hua Huo fight with the fire-type spiritual pet on the high-temperature magma.
Hua Huo quickly carried out Zhou Lu's instructions.
Several flying branches, under the command of Hanabi, rushed towards the Enma who was having fun.
The little Balrog's perception is very keen.
Although the flying branches have become very small under the influence of [Lilliput], it still sensed the existence of these branches immediately.
Why are there bugs here?
Little Balrog had some doubts in his heart.
Never mind. Anyway, the master's order is to stay here and play, and then defeat those blind guys.
Just when the little Balrog was muttering in his heart, the branches hovering above its head were released by fireworks [Lilliput].
Subsequently, these ramets quickly grew in size and huge leaves grew out.
What are you doing?
The little Balrog watched these branches roll their leaves into the shape of a gun barrel.
Here—
Transparent water jets shot out from these leaves.
He directly sprayed the little Balrog in the face.
After spraying, the branches flew upward quickly.
The little Balrog froze in place for a long time, and finally determined that he seemed to have been humiliated.
Too much!
He actually gave me water!
The little Balrog chased after him angrily.
The flames on its body suddenly rose.
As the flames heated the surrounding air, the little Balrog flew up on the hot air.
It soon found the culprit - a plant that looked like a Venus flytrap.
How dare your grass-based spiritual pet humiliate me like this!
The little Balrog rushed forward without any explanation. Flame clash!
However, just when it was about to hit the opponent, the Venus flytrap suddenly turned into countless vines, like a net bag, tightly wrapping the flying Balrog.
Boom!
With a heat wave rising, the little Balrog hit the ground.
Hanabi originally wanted to use poison ivy to stun the little Enma.
This is what it does best.
However, Balrog is now in a standby state, with only the core parts of his body.
The temperature in this part is so frighteningly high that even with the protection of mucus, Hanabi's vines were burned off in an instant.
Damn it! hateful! hateful!
Realizing that he had been tricked, the Balrog angrily floated up from the ground.
With the surge of its power, the surrounding rocks rose into the air.
The flames burned the rocks and turned into magma.
Stones quickly accumulated around Balrog, and in an instant a small giant nearly ten meters tall was formed.
A fireball the size of a basketball transformed into a three-story magma giant in a short period of time.
I have to say that the Balrog is really a magical species.
Moreover, this is only the third level Balrog.
When the Balrog evolves to the fourth level, its size will increase exponentially.
It is said that the Balrog in the quasi-god stage can instantly swallow a mountain and turn it into his own body.
Roar!
With a roar, Enma also discovered Zhou Lu and Hanabi not far away.
"Hanabi, are you okay?"
Thanks to Hanabi's juice, although his eyes could tell that the surrounding environment had become hot, Zhou Lu's body surface still felt like it was over 30 degrees.
Although it is also very hot, at least it is not that uncomfortable.
Of course, the premise is that you must wear breathing equipment for activities in volcanic areas, otherwise this heat wave will burn your respiratory tract and lungs through your breathing.
When Zhou Lulai briefly checked the guide before, he had seen people withdrawing from the exam due to injuries like this.
It can only be said that the human body is still too fragile.
Hanabi naturally patted her chest when she heard her master's words.
The Balrog's size has increased, and it is certainly menacing.
But as the number of adsorbed rocks increased, its surface temperature also began to decrease.
If Enma had remained in its original basketball-sized state, Hanabi might still have some trouble getting rid of it.
But now...
Hmph! It’s amazing how big you can become!
You get bigger and I get bigger too!
With this thought, Hanabi's body began to grow rapidly under the influence of [Crazy Growth].
Enma was slightly startled when he saw Hanabi, who had grown to a size similar to his own.
It is rare to see such crazy growth in other spiritual beasts.
Although this skill is a basic skill that many grass-type spiritual pets will learn, their crazy growth will not cause such a huge change in their body shape?
Just when Enma was confused, Hanabi had already launched an attack.
Xiao Caocao will not foolishly engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Balrog.
Although you may not be able to defeat it, fighting hand-to-hand with a ball of lava is clearly asking for trouble for yourself.
Rumble...
As the mountain shook, Hanabi dug out a huge rock directly from the mountainside.
Holy shit!
The observers were dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
What is this!
The next second, Hanabi threw the stone towards Enma.
The Balrog was confused when he saw this scene, but he still subconsciously took the stone.
Pushed by the huge force, Balrog took several steps back.
Every step it takes back creates an astonishing vibration.
However, before Enma could stabilize his body, Hanabi had already thrown the second stone.
Where does this guy get such strength?
The Balrog hurriedly used his skills, barely slapping the flying rocks with his magma giant hand, changing the opponent's trajectory.
The stone fell into the magma.
Its volume is so large that even the hot magma cannot melt it at all.
Before the frightened Enma could recover, Hanabi's third stone had already flown over.
Due to the perennial volcanic activity, there are actually not many independent stones on this mountain.
The stone melted into magma, although it cooled at room temperature.
In a sense, the entire mountain is formed in one piece after the cooling of magma.
So, the stones on Hanabi's hand were not picked up anywhere, but cut from the mountain using the roots of the branches.
Looking at the stone raised by Hanabi, Zhou Lu also stroked his forehead helplessly.
Although he was confident that Hanabi could defeat Enma, he never expected that Hanabi would fight in such a rough and savage way.
But it is also correct.
Many of Hanabi's methods have little effect in the face of Enma who can burn through its mucus layer on the body.
At this time, it’s time for the most primitive battle.
Sorry, having power means being able to do whatever you want.
As the attributes increase, the size of the body Hanabi can control also increases explosively.
Now it can perfectly control this ten-story-high form.
As the size increases, the horror of the [Transportation] skill becomes apparent.
A weight that is a hundred times greater than one's own body, equivalent to a human being lifting an object of nearly ten tons.
This is not only unimaginable for ordinary people, but even most giant beasts cannot do this kind of thing.
Hanabi didn't really need to lift an object a hundred times its current body mass. Just a few boulders were enough to stun Enma.
Although the Balrog has the ability to melt rocks and turn them into his own body.
But no matter how it melts, it also takes time.
Obviously Hanabi will not give Enma time.
Had the owner not said that the Enma was someone else's spiritual pet and not to kill him, Hanabi would have killed the Enma with a stone.
The owner of Balrog is also a member of the observation team.
He was really frightened when he saw this battle.
Finally, he couldn't help but use the beast control card to take back his spiritual pet.
Feeling the fear of the Enma in the beast control card, he looked at Hanabi who was confused because he had lost his target.
What kind of monster is this?
When Zhou Lu saw the Balrog disappear in front of his eyes, he was confused for a few seconds, and then he immediately understood that the opponent's beast master had taken back his spiritual pet.
Then he heard a man's voice coming from behind him.
"Congratulations, you passed the exam."
Maybe it was because Hanabi's performance was so shocking that his voice was a little hoarse.
“Ah...Is this passed?”
Hearing Zhou Lu's words, the other party almost vomited blood.
What else do you want!
Look at what your spiritual pet has done! In that battle just now, it almost hollowed out half of the mountain!
(End of this chapter)