"Seed of Heavenly Fire"
Even Chu Kuang was shocked. He had followed the sisters Luo Bing and Luo Ning all the way here, and he had no idea about the history of Crescent Valley.
Now, the lava was boiling, a powerful aura rising, and the scorching power of flames slowly erupted, carrying terrifying heavenly might. Even an outsider knew what lay beneath the lava.
The two sisters, Luo Bing and Luo Ning, also looked shocked. A year ago, when they learned about Crescent Valley and came for the first time, they discovered a flame egg about a foot in diameter floating within the lava.
At that moment, the two sisters were overjoyed. They had discovered the seed of heavenly fire, and it was the seed that had not yet developed intelligence, making it the weakest and easiest to catch.
But when the two tried to collect it, the Seed of Heavenly Fire seemed to sense danger and sank into the lava.
The two sisters waited for three days, but the fire seed did not come out, so they had to leave temporarily.
After returning, based on the color of the Flame Egg and looking through countless sources, he recognized that the seed of heavenly fire was called Crimson Spirit Flame.
Ranked 573rd on the Heavenly Fire List, she was gentle by nature and one of the easiest types to absorb. The two sisters were excited for quite a while.
Just half a year ago, the two sisters bought a specially made fire net and came here to collect the seeds of heavenly fire.
Because it used the Flame Talisman to conceal its fluctuations, it easily approached the Seed of Heavenly Fire and successfully caught it. Unfortunately, the frightened Seed struggled with all its strength and managed to break free from the net of fire and escape.
The two sisters were extremely dejected and even poisoned by fire. After resting for a while, they prepared to come again, but ended up being injured in a battle between Luo Bing and Chu Kuang inside the academy.
After recovering from their injuries all this time, the two sisters had spent a fortune this time, spending heavily to buy a large amount of support items, determined to succeed in one try and capture the Seed of Heavenly Fire.
This time, they were followed by Chu Kuang and trapped in the encirclement. But when they sensed the aura of the Seed of Heavenly Fire again, it had completely changed—it was filled with cruelty and slaughter.
What they didn't know was that as soon as Long Chen arrived, the Fire Dragon sensed the Heavenly Fire Seed beneath the lava.
However, this seed of heavenly fire was hiding beneath the lava and refused to come out, because last time it had been frightened by Luo Bing and Luo Ning, and had become sensitive to human presence.
Moreover, this time, Chu Kuang had brought so many people and made no attempt to hide his aura, making the Seed of Heavenly Fire even more afraid to come out.
But Long Chen had intentionally killed those Divine Fire Realm experts and threw their bodies into the lava.
These powerful cultivators had just ignited divine fire, and inside them also had a seed of divine fire. Originally, this seed would have slowly extinguished due to the death of the strong.
But once thrown into the lava, the Divine Fire Seed became a kind of bait, full of curiosity and temptation for the Heavenly Fire Seed.
When the seed of heavenly fire quietly swallowed the divine fire power of a disciple, it took the bait, because it had already been imprinted with human emotions.
Originally, the seed of heavenly fire was an elf formed from the convergence of Heavenly Dao flames, a spiritual object of heaven and earth, pure as white paper.
If no one pollutes it, it will, over billions of years, absorb the essence of heaven and earth, possess its own will, and become a supreme existence.
But in this process, once it slaughters living beings, it imprints their emotions, and most of them are negative.
So the best time to catch the Seed of Heavenly Fire is when it is still a blank sheet of paper. Long Chen uses the disciples' Divine Fire Seed as bait to lure it into devouring it, and soon it becomes irritable and greedy.
Because dozens of corpses on the ground each had divine fire seeds inside them, and it wanted to devour them before the divine fire seeds died out.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, lava exploded, rain of lava splashing everywhere. Luo Bing and Luo Ning hurriedly dodged, only to see a fiery lion about a zhang long appear within the lava. It suddenly roared toward the sky, shaking the entire space with a buzzing sound.
"Whoosh!"
It pushed off with all four legs in midair, flames appearing beneath its feet. It actually dashed through the air, opening its huge mouth and releasing a fiery breath toward Long Chen and Chu Kuang. The breath radiated so much that it enveloped Luo Bing and Luo Ning as well.
Luo Bing and Luo Ning were shocked. They hadn't expected the Seed of Heavenly Fire to transform so quickly. According to the information they had found, it should have taken at least several hundred years before it could possibly take shape.
But what they didn't know was that this wasn't true transformation, but rather a form of rebirth. Long Chen used the seeds of their divine fire to stimulate the seeds of heavenly fire, causing them to evolve into combat states on their own.
"Whew."
Luo Bing and Luo Ning formed hand seals with both hands, spreading a transparent shield in front of them, but whether the shield could withstand the corrosion of the fire source was uncertain even for themselves.
But behind them was lava, with nowhere left to retreat and only able to block head-on. Just as they opened their shields, a sudden tightness gripped their waists—Long Chen had already wrapped his arms around their slender waists and was rapidly retreating.
Luo Bing and Luo Ning cried out in surprise. With Long Chen's retreat, he led them into the lava.
But what soon shocked them was that Long Chen stepped on lava, actually leading them as they sped across the lava without sinking into the lava.
Soon, Long Chen led the two ashore. Only then did they calm down. Since Luo Bing was a child, it was the first time she had shown such intimate gestures with a man, and her pretty face was a little flushed.
Just as she wasn't sure whether to thank Long Chen or break free from his embrace first, Long Chen had already let go of them.
"You two go to the exit to set up an ambush. It's best not to let Chu Kuang escape. As for me, let's see if we can kill him."
After Long Chen finished speaking, he had already rushed out. The world ahead of him had turned into a sea of fire. The corpses on the ground were burned to ashes, and all the seeds of divine fire were devoured by the Flame Mad Lion.
After devouring so many Flame Seeds, the Flame Mad Lion became even more ferocious, lunging at Chu Kuang.
Chu Kuang was both shocked and furious. He slashed fiercely with his blood-red long blade. With a loud explosion, the Blazing Flame Lion was actually knocked back by his strike.
Chu Kuang was also uncomfortable. The Flame Mad Lion was formed from the Seed of Heavenly Fire. After one strike, he felt his blood boil, as if his body was on fire. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to withstand it in just a few hits.
After Chu Kuang pushed back the Flame Wild Lion, he turned and fled, but suddenly a sharp sword slashed down from midair, and Chu Kuang hurriedly blocked it.
In a moment of panic, Long Chen forced him back with a single sword strike. At that moment, the Flame Mad Lion attacked again, forming a pincer attack with Long Chen.
"Boom!"
Chu Kuang was struck by a claw from the Blazing Flame Lion, his entire body erupted in flames, and his clothes and hair were instantly set ablaze.
"Die!"
Chu Kuang roared, runes spreading across his entire body in an instant. His aura surged dramatically, and the immense power made the void roar.
"Boom!"
The Blazing Flame Lion was sent flying by his blade. The violent blade shadow nearly split the lava pool in two. As the strike fell, lava swirled across the sky.
At this moment, Chu Kuang was in a berserk state. With a single strike, he repelled the Blazing Flame Lion, countless runes lit up on his blood-red long blade, charging straight at Long Chen.
Long Chen looked at Chu Kuang, his brows furrowing instantly. Finally, he shook his head, and suddenly a flash of thunder appeared beneath his feet. Facing Chu Kuang's full-force strike, he didn't block but chose to dodge.
"Boom!"
Chu Kuang slashed the ground with his blade, carving a deep trench into the solid earth, sending rocks flying everywhere—a terrifying sight.
"Coward, aren't you arrogant? If you've got guts, try taking my knife!"
Chu Kuang sliced through the air with his blade, his face twisted in anger as he roared as he charged at Long Chen again.