Chapter 5883
“Swoosh!”
Sword energy shot into the giant ape’s temple and out through the back of its head, killing it instantly. Seeing the
situation was dire, the other giant ape turned to flee.
Kai raised his hand, his chaotic immortal power transforming into a large gray hand that grabbed the giant ape and slammed it to the ground!
“Bang!”
The ground trembled, and the giant ape was thrown around, completely disoriented.
Wangcai seized the opportunity, transforming into a golden-red lightning bolt, piercing through the giant ape’s eye and exiting through the back of its head, bringing with it a spray of lava-like blood.
The battle was over.
From start to finish, it took less than twenty breaths.
Three lava giant apes at the peak of the seventh rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, along with hundreds of troublesome fire bats, were completely annihilated.
Lin Feng and Shi Meng were dumbfounded, forgetting even to breathe.
A thousand feet behind, everyone in the Earth Fire Pavilion was also petrified.
Huo Ling’er’s mouth was agape, her eyes wide, and after a long while, she murmured, “This…this is too…”
Yan Lie’s face was ashen, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
He never expected Kai’s strength to be this formidable!
Three peak seventh-grade ferocious beasts, dealt with so easily?
This is a first-grade Heavenly Immortal?!
Elder Yan Xin’s eyes flashed with a sharp light as he stared at Kai’s figure, as if trying to see through him.
“A nascent form of a chaotic attribute domain… This kid is not simple.”
He muttered to himself, “No wonder the spirit-testing crystal couldn’t accurately measure his cultivation. Chaos encompasses all things, its changes are endless, and it is indeed difficult to measure.”
Then he looked at Yan Lie and said indifferently, “It seems you underestimated him.”
Yan Lie gritted his teeth and said, “Elder, the stronger he is, the more suspicious he is! How could a rogue cultivator have such strength and inheritance? He might be a spy sent by another force!”
Elder Yan Xin remained noncommittal: “Complete the mission first. We’ll talk about other things when we get back.”
Ahead, Kai withdrew his domain, and the gray mist dissipated.
He walked to the corpse of a giant lava ape and examined it carefully.
Sure enough, on the back of the giant ape’s neck, he found a tiny, almost imperceptible crimson rune.
The talisman was slowly dissipating, but the lingering aura…
Kai’s eyes turned cold.
The aura of this talisman was seven or eight parts similar to the Evil Path Hall cultivators he had encountered in Black Wind Valley!
“The Evil Path Hall… has infiltrated this place?”
Alarm bells rang in his mind.
“Fellow Daoist Chen, are you alright?” Lin Feng and Shi Meng stepped forward, their attitude even more respectful.
“I’m fine.”
Kai shook his head. “Continue onward, reach the Flame Spirit Basin as soon as possible.”
He glanced back at the Earth Fire Pavilion team, his gaze lingering on Yan Lie for a moment, then turned and continued leading the way.
Yan Lie felt a chill run down his spine from that glance, but then a deeper resentment surged within him: “What are you looking at! Wait until we get back to the Earth Fire Pavilion, and see how I deal with you!”
The team continued onward.
With the terrifying strength Kai had displayed, the rest of the journey went much more smoothly.
Occasionally, ferocious beasts appeared, but they were quickly dealt with.
Half an hour later, the group finally arrived at the Flame Spirit Basin.
This was a circular basin about three miles in diameter, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only a narrow entrance.
The basin was extremely hot, and the ground was dark red, crystalline soil that made a crisp “crack” sound when stepped on.
In the center of the basin was a lava lake a hundred feet in diameter, with a small crimson island in its center.
On the island grew a patch of crimson spirit grass. The grass leaves were slender with golden veins along the edges, and crimson light flowed faintly within the stems, like flowing flames.
This was their target—the Flame Spirit Grass!
A rough count revealed at least forty or fifty plants, more than thirty of which were already mature, their tips blooming with faint golden flame-like flowers.
“Found it!”
the disciples of the Earth Fire Pavilion exclaimed excitedly.
Elder Yanxin’s expression turned grave: “Be careful, the Flame Dragon might be nearby.”
He looked at Kai and the guards: “Gentlemen, as agreed, you are responsible for guarding and defending against possible attacks from ferocious beasts. The harvesting work will be carried out by the disciples of the Earth Fire Pavilion.”
“The reward will be doubled upon completion of the task.”
The guards nodded and dispersed at the entrance and around the basin, standing guard.
Kai and the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord chose a high rock overlooking the entire basin.
Under Elder Yanxin’s command, the disciples of the Earth Fire Pavilion carefully entered the basin and began harvesting the Flame Spirit Grass.
Huo Ling’er followed in as well. She seemed very skilled at harvesting spirit grass, her movements gentle and swift, and she quickly picked three mature Flame Spirit Grasses.
Yan Lie followed beside her, harvesting while vigilantly observing the surroundings.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
However, just as the disciples of the Earth Fire Pavilion were harvesting their twentieth Flame Spirit Grass—
“Roar—!!!”
A deafening dragon’s roar erupted from the depths of the lava lake!
The entire basin trembled violently, the lava lake churning as if boiling, unleashing towering waves of lava several meters high!
A colossal, suffocating figure slowly rose from the lava lake.
It was a dragon over thirty meters long! Its entire body was covered in crimson-gold scales, each the size of a washbasin, with edges as sharp as knives.
Its head was ferocious, its horns were like forged crimson gold, and its eyes burned with tangible golden flames.
The terrifying dragon’s might swept across the entire basin like a tsunami, causing all cultivators below the seventh rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm to feel difficulty breathing and their immortal energy to stagnate.
The peak of the ninth rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm—the Flame Dragon!
“Not good! We’ve alerted it!”
Elder Yan Xin’s expression changed drastically. “Retreat quickly!”
The disciples of the Earth Fire Pavilion rushed frantically towards the edge of the basin.
But it was too late.
The Flame Dragon opened its massive maw and spewed out a torrent of golden flames over three meters in diameter!
Wherever the flames passed, even space itself was scorched and distorted!
“Form a defensive array!” Elder Yan Xin shouted.
The disciples of the Earthfire Pavilion quickly formed a crimson defensive array, barely managing to block the first wave of fire attacks.
However, the array’s protective barrier fluctuated violently, clearly indicating that it wouldn’t last long.