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This passageway was very narrow. It could only accommodate two people passing through.
Xu Yan’s speed was very fast. Ye Yuan could still see his back view at the start. But as they walked, his figure actually vanished in the cave.
“Heh, I want to take a look at what kind of mysterious person you are!” Ye Yuan gave a cold laugh and actually did not even turn his head around, moving straight ahead swiftly.
This dark passageway seemingly had no end in sight forever. But Ye Yuan did not care, moving forward all the way quickly.
No idea how long had passed either. Ye Yuan suddenly felt it light up before his eyes, becoming bright suddenly.
Looking over, he actually arrived at an enormous rock cave.
Looking again, there was a massive stone pillar in the center of the rock cave. On the stone pillar actually tied one martial artist after another.
These martial artists were precisely the Jun Tianyu party captured by Xu Yan!
The surroundings of the stone pillar actually had several thousand lanterns suspending in the entire rock cave.
Lantern light flickered faintly, linking up in one stretch between each other, forming a large net.
Within the large net, those martial artists all revealed pained expressions, as if something was being extracted from their bodies.
Seeing this sort of situation, Ye Yuan’s expression could not help changing. “Grayflame Heretic Fire! Starmist Radiantfire Formation!”
Ye Yuan actually fell into a grand array set up using essence fire unknowingly!
Clap … Clap … Clap …
A figure came out from behind the stone pillar, slowly giving a few claps as he said smilingly, “You, this boy, indeed have some experience. Along the way, your means emerged in endless streams. I didn’t expect that you even recognize the Grayflame Heretic Fire and the Starmist Radiantfire Formation!”
This figure was none other than precisely the Xu Yan who previously disappeared.
When Ye Yuan saw the situation, his expression darkened slightly as he said, “You racked your brain so hard to lure me here. It isn’t in order to flatter me a little, right?”
Xu Yan said with a smile, “Looking at your appearance, you’re quite calm. I wonder if you’ll still be able to be so collected or not after I extract out the essence fire within your body in a while?”
Xu Yan stared at Ye Yuan, very much wanting to see the expression of fear and panic on his face.
However, Ye Yuan disappointed him.
Ye Yuan’s face only revealed an expression of sudden realization as he said with a smile, “So, it’s a primordial spirit that’s about to be extinguished. No wonder you captured them, but let me go, and lured me here.”
Xu Yan’s expression changed when he heard that. He had a feeling of being stripped bare. It was as if all of him was presented in front of Ye Yuan without holding anything back.
“You … How did you know that I’m a primordial spirit?” Xu Yan said coldly.
Ye Yuan looked at Xu Yan like he was looking at an idiot and said indifferently, “You laid down this Starmist Radiantfire Formation and extracted the essence energy within their bodies, isn’t in order to recover your main body’s strength? You want to extract the essence energy in my body. It should be because you’ve taken fancy on Fiery who has unlocked intelligence and is about to give birth to a primordial spirit, right? You just have to devour Fiery, and you can let yourself recover to your peak state. Therefore, you deliberately let me go and lured me here, because you’re afraid that I would seek mutual destruction and destroy Fiery, right?”
“Who on earth are you? To actually guess everything correctly just by taking one look at the array formation!”
Facing Ye Yuan, Xu Yan actually became uneasy. Even though his strength could crush Ye Yuan, but at this very moment, Xu Yan actually felt that Ye Yuan was a very troublesome opponent!
This young man was too scary. He did not say anything, and he actually pointed out his identity as well as the trap that he devised painstakingly, all of it.
Even ordinary Alchemy Emperor powerhouses could not possibly have such understanding towards essence fires too, right?
Ye Yuan said with a laugh, “Me? I’m merely an ordinary alchemist. Now that I’ve already entered the array formation, my life and death are grasped by your hands. What are you afraid of?”
Xu Yan no longer had that composure from before as he gritted his teeth and said, “Boy, don’t be pleased with yourself! When you receive my main body’s refinement in a while, hope that you can still laugh so happily!”
Chapter 757. Back-Up Plan |
“Starmist Radiantfire Formation, refine for me!”
Following Xu Yan’s fierce cry, those lanterns suddenly gave off a blinding light, directly enveloping Ye Yuan inside.
Ye Yuan was brought to mid-air immediately by this enveloping.
His four limbs were constrained by the Starmist Radiantfire Formation, unable to move at all.
The powerful Grayflame Heretic Fire burned Ye Yuan’s fleshy body non-stop. A powerful force wanted to drag Fiery out from inside his body.
In front of the powerful Grayflame Heretic Fire, Ye Yuan seemed to not have the leeway to resist at all.
It was only to see his eyebrows locked tightly, showing an expression of great pain.
“Hahaha! Looking at your appearance as if you’re holding the pearl of wisdom in your hands, I thought how powerful you’d be! In the end, aren’t you still seized without resistance? Boy, have a proper taste of the might of the Grayflame Heretic Fire and suffer the agony of being refined to the fullest extent!
“Ugh …”
Ye Yuan groaned muffledly in anguish. Soybean size sweat-beads oozed out on his forehead very quickly.
The sensation of being refined by a peak Tier 7 flame was not that enjoyable. Moreover, that grand array formed a powerful tearing force, wanting to forcefully pull Fiery out from inside his body.
Ye Yuan and Fiery had their minds linked together long ago already. This kind of tearing force was just like ripping open the scars on Ye Yuan’s body bit by bit.
That sort of agony penetrated to the deepest area of the heart, virtually almost making him faint.
But Ye Yuan knew that once he fainted, everything would be over.
So he endured the intense pain, using all the strength in his body to protect Fiery and not let him be dragged out.
“Damn it! Why isn’t it here yet?! Still not coming, little lord, I, almost can’t hold on anymore!” Ye Yuan secretly cursed in his heart.
Ye Yuan naturally would not follow Xu Yan into a dangerous place foolishly. Before coming in, he made a back-up plan.
It was just that that back-up plan, he himself was unable to control too.
Now, all the hope was on that back-up plan!
“Hahaha … How is it? The taste is not bad, right? Rest assured, after you die, I’ll treat your essence fire well and let him become a part of my body!” Xu Yan laughed loudly without restraint.
Yet, right at this time, a change suddenly occurred!
An incredibly powerful soul force instantly enveloped the entire rock cave!
“Grayflame! You disappoint this Emperor too greatly! This Emperor treated you well and even let you give birth to a primordial spirit. I didn’t expect that you actually dared to betray this Emperor!” an aged and hollow voice sounded out, echoing throughout the entire rock cave.
A faint phantom stood in the air. It was precisely that old man who proclaimed to be Xie Lingzi that Ye Yuan and the others saw before entering the transmission array!
Although Ye Yuan was in incredible agony right now, he still kept his mind sharp.
Hearing this voice, he knew that his guess was indeed not wrong. This Xie Lingzi was indeed a Dao Profound Realm powerhouse, which was also an Emperor Realm powerhouse!
Seeing that phantom in the air, Xu Yan’s expression involuntarily changed abruptly, exclaiming in shock, “Y-You, how can
you wake up in advance?! Without these divine soul supply, how can you possibly awaken in advance?”
At this time, Xie Lingzi actually shot a glance at Ye Yuan and said coolly, “This will have to thank this little brother. It was him who disturb the Luo Tian Soul Sealing Grand Array, awakening me from slumber! If not for him, you probably won’t give me the opportunity to awaken, right?”
“What?! This … How is this possible? His every action is all under my surveillance. How can there possibly be a chance to disturb the Luo Tian Soul Sealing Grand Array?” Xu Yan had a look of disbelief.
Starting from when Ye Yuan entered this ancient grotto, each and every one of his action was under Xu Yan’s surveillance.
Previously, when he was at the altar place, it was even less likely for Xu Yan to give him this opportunity. Then how on earth did Ye Yuan set up this back-up plan?
Xie Lingzi looked at Xu Yan rather pitiably and said, “You’re able to sense that the essence fire within his body has unlocked intelligence, but don’t know what his essence fire is! Speaking of which, I’m very astonished too. He actually obtained the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus, and let the Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame unlock a primordial spirit when at Tier 5. Truly inconceivable.”
“C-Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus!” Hearing this name, Xu Yan was seized with a look of panic.
If it were the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus, then everything would fall into place.
When Ye Yuan was at the sacrificial altar previously, he already discovered something amiss with Xu Yan, so he secretly made Fiery leave behind a clone on the sly.
After they left, this clone triggered the Luo Tian Soul Sealing Grand Array and made Xie Lingzi awaken in advance.
“You’re very surprised too, are you not? The Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus isn’t very powerful among essence fires, but the room for growth is huge. It’s just that the advancement of essence fires, the conditions required are extremely harsh. Ordinary alchemists would not put in much effort to nurture one type of essence fire at all. But once the Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus matures to boundary similar to yours, its strength is enough to overwhelm you. What’s even harder to come by is that this Cleansing Sandal Flame Lotus actually unlocked its intelligence and furthermore, it’s already not far from giving birth to a primordial spirit!” Xie Lingzi said coolly.
The nurturing of essence fires was entirely different from martial artists’ cultivation. The conditions required were extremely harsh, and there was also a huge part up to luck.
Even Ye Yuan did not think of using the Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame all the way at the beginning too. His cultivation speed was much faster compared to the Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame’s advancement speed.
If not for Fiery giving birth to spiritual wisdom accidentally, Ye Yuan would have abandoned it before long.
Although he hated to part with it, once Ye Yuan broke through to the Boundless Realm, the function of the Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame would really be negligible.
Xu Yan’s expression was incomparably ugly, glaring at the Ye Yuan who was still in agony, brimming with killing intent!
He calculated everything but did not consider that Ye Yuan actually still had such a back-up plan.
“This punk, turns out that he already saw through me at the sacrificial altar!” Xu Yan gnashed his teeth and said.
Xie Lingzi suddenly heaved a sigh and said, “Grayflame, back in those days when you and I joined hands, how glorious it was! I didn’t expect that time has passed and circumstances have changed, you actually carried out such a betrayal! Why was there a need?”
Xu Yan’s expression was slightly cold as he said, “Pooh! The glory was yours, I was just a chess piece in your hands! The most hateful thing was that if you died, then you died. But you actually even wanted to suppress me in this damned place, nearly causing my primordial spirit to be extinguished! Heaven has eyes and finally let me break through the seal before you woke up! Of course I have to obtain freedom!”
Xie Lingzi said indifferently, “So you seized this body, then lured these people in here to attempt to recover your strength, and then throttle me?”
Xu Yan said with a cold smile, “So what then? At present, this world is already completely different from our time! Deity Realm powerhouses vanished without a trace overnight. This world can no longer give birth to Deity Realm powerhouses. As long as I recover to my peak strength, I’ll be able to do whatever I want in this world! Don’t tell me you still want me to be your dog, never to rise up for all eternity?”
The Grayflame Heretic Fire possessing Xu Yan had inherited his memories too and already knew this world had already changed.
Chapter 758. Fiery Advances! |
Hearing Grayflame’s words, Xie Lingzi’s expression changed drastically too.
“What did you say?! This world can no longer give birth to Deity Realm powerhouses?”
Grayflame laughed coldly and said, “You aren’t still having your unrealistic dream, right? Even if you revive once again, it’s also impossible to break through the shackles and reach Deity Realm!”
“You! Simply preposterous! How can Deity Realm powerhouses possibly vanish without a trace overnight? Who has such incredible ability to make Deity Realm powerhouses disappear unknown to God or ghost?”
Xie Lingzi’s life-long goal was the Deity Realm. Even if he did not reach this goal in the end, he prepared a series of contingencies, in order to break through to the Deity Realm!
But now, Grayflame actually told him that he could no longer reach Deity Realm anymore. This made him unable to accept it at all.
“Hahaha … Xie Ling, when I seized this body, my first reaction at that time was exactly the same as yours! But later, I became open-minded. Even if I’m not able to reach Deity Realm, so what? As long as my strength is formidable enough, I can live very comfortably in this world all the same!” Grayflame said with a loud laugh.
Grayflame had clearly accepted this fact long ago. He was a peak Tier 9 primordial spirit back then.
As long as he recovered his peak strength, he could absolutely live very comfortably in the Divine Realm.
Xie Lingzi suddenly snorted coldly and said, “Humph! Other people can’t break through the Deity Realm, doesn’t mean that I’m unable to break through! This Emperor prepared many contingencies for this. I don’t believe that I can’t break through to the Deity Realm! Now … Grayflame, return to this Emperor’s embrace!”
Xie Lingzi suddenly mumbled some words, like he was reciting some incantation.
“ARGH!!”
A sharp and miserably cry was emitted from Xu Yan’s mouth.
As the owner of the Grayflame Heretic Fire, the two people actually did not remove the subservient relationship all along.
These two people each harbored their own sinister motives. Xie Lingzi had never trusted Grayflame before.
This incantation had tremendous damage to Grayflame’s primordial spirit. Therefore, it was able to put him in excruciating agony.
“Old thing, you’re seeking death! If you were at your prime, I’d still be a little apprehensive of you! But now, you’re just a wisp of a remnant soul! Starmist Radiantfire Formation, exterminate him for me!” Xu Yan cried out miserably.
Xie Lingzi deployed the Starmist Radiantfire Formation while he was screaming wretchedly, wanting to deal a lethal blow to Xie Lingzi.
However, no matter how he called out to his main body, there was actually no reaction.
Seeing the situation, Xu Yan’s heart unwittingly thumped, thinking to himself that it was bad.
Not just Xie Lingzi, even Xie Lingzi was amazed too, and unwittingly looked over in Ye Yuan’s direction.
But saw light halos floating around Ye Yuan. A lotus flower grew out of his chest and was actually devouring the Grayflame Heretic Fire’s main body continuously!
When Xu Yan saw the situation, his expression could not help changing drastically!
“This … Just how on earth did this boy do i
t? He’s actually absorbing my main body’s fire origin power!” Xu Yan said with a look of panic.
It was only at this time did he discover that Ye Yuan’s essence energy actually counter-suppressed his main body Grayflame Heretic Fire starting since God knows when, reverse-devouring the Grayflame Heretic Fire’s fire origin power!
“Boy, quickly stop! If you still don’t stop, I’ll make you die horribly!” Xu Yan cried out in alarm.
At this time, how could the Grayflame Heretic Fire still care about gobbling up Fiery? It was already pretty good if he was not swallowed up.
Fortunately, Grayflame possessed Xu Yan and inherited all of his strength. He was a genuine late-stage Heaven Enlightenment Realm powerhouse right now!
In this rock cave, his strength was the most powerful!
Even the Xie Lingzi who had just woken up was not his match either in a real fight with the gloves off!
Xu Yan suddenly erupted, attacking towards the Ye Yuan inside the array formation.
Xie Lingzi’s gaze twinkled. Suddenly, his mouth opened and closed again, and started to mutter incantations.
“ARGHHH … !”
Xu Yan’s figure was suddenly akin to being struck by lighting, dropping down from the air directly, and smashing heavily onto the ground.
“Xie Ling, you old undying man! I’ll kill you first!”
Enduring the intense pain, Grayflame struggled to his feet and slashed at Xie Lingzi with a sword.
Even though Xu Yan was unable to unleash his full power right now, this attack was by no means insignificant.
It was just that wanting to deal with Xie Lingzi under this kind of circumstances, clearly, it was still a little lacking.
Xie Lingzi had clearly set some sort of contract with the Grayflame Heretic Fire. Xie Lingzi could keep him in check through this sort of method.
Even if Xie Lingzi’s current soul force was lacking and he did not have a physical body to house the divine soul too, it was also not easy for Xie Lingzi to want to kill him.
If Xie Lingzi could be dealt with so easily, Grayflame also would not need to contrive all kinds of schemes to lure so many martial artists to come to this ancient grotto.
