“Where is Little Tong?”
Right after Yu Tong and Feng Luo had left, an old woman walked over unsteadily with a troubled look on her face. She held a serpent staff in her hand as she slowly approached.
“Grandma Shen.”
Numerous experts from the Blood Sect greeted her, one after another, with a humble attitude.
The person who came was Shen Xiu. Her status in the Blood Sect was second only to the sect master. She was also Yu Tong’s master.
The scarlet blood strings that came from underground were precisely the “Earth Web” that she had cast using secret arts. The reason why she had hurried to this place was precisely because she was worried that Yu Tong would act recklessly.
“Yu Tong went to chase after the juniors from the Lingyun Sect.” Yang Yuan answered and asked tactlessly, ”Grandma Shen, the Earth Web… seemed to have been unable to condense completely?”
With Shen Xiu’s cultivation level, if the Earth Web was formed completely, the blood of the Lianqi warriors over the valley would be disordered for at least a quarter of an hour.
Being given so much time, the experts from Blood Sects could start their massacre and acquire an overwhelming advantage.
However, Yang Yuan had noticed that the scarlet blood strings that emerged from the ground hadn’t actually restricted their opponents for very long. Furthermore, the scarlet blood strings also didn’t stretch outside of the valley to pursue Nie Tian and the gang who were escaping.
“Deep below the ground of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range is the scalding earth lava flame. The activities of the Earth Web are limited everywhere deep underground.” Shen Xiu humbly knitted her brows and continued, “Furthermore, the enormous Heaven Burning Earth Fire Array seems to have permeated deep into the ground. As such, there were still networks of the Heaven Burning Earth Fire Array within the raging magma flame.
“You must not underestimate Ling Bao Court’s enormous Heaven Burning Earth Fire Array. From what I see, this enormous spell doesn’t only cover the valley where the Ling Bao Court resides.”
“The whole Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, including the mountains of dead volcanoes in the surroundings, seem to also be within the coverage of that array.”
“As soon as my Earth Web reached deep below the earth’s core, it was immediately influenced by the network constructed by that array and couldn’t condense into a genuine shape.
As the conversation reached that point, Shen Xiu suddenly looked down at her legs and said, “For some reason, I keep on feeling that there is something odd deep below the ground of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. I can’t say for sure what is going on, but I keep having the feeling that that array doesn’t just exist to protect the Ling Bao Court.”
I could sense a kind of… forbidden suppression aura from the network of flame vessels.
“Shen Xiu!”
Not waiting for her to explain her words clearly, the sect master, Hou Zhengchen, suddenly appeared from afar and instantly dashed towards Shen Xiu.
There seemed to be a trace of anxiety and worry in Hou Zhengchen’s eyes. He seemed to not want Shen Xiu to say too much.
The serpent staff in Shen Xiu’s hands abruptly gave off an immense, flourishing, bloody light and immediately flew towards Hou Zhengchen.
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Below a bald, short mountain in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.
“We should rest.” Pan Tao stopped all of a sudden. As he looked at the curtain of the night retreating and the sky slowly becoming bright and clear, he said, “We have hurried our journey for one whole night. Previously everyone already exhausted a large amount of spiritual energy in order to deal with the scarlet blood strings that emerged from the ground. If we only blindly hasten on with our journey and don’t stop to recover our energy, it’ll be hard for us to deal with a sudden outburst or crisis.”
Nie Tian subconsciously released his mental consciousness and sensed his surroundings for a while. Luckily, he didn’t detect any trace of vital fluctuation.
He nodded his head and agreed, “Yeah, everyone needs to get some rest.”
He was taking stock of his surroundings. He saw there were a lot of caves of unequal size on the side of the bald and short mountain. Those caves were dark and gloomy, so the scene inside couldn’t be seen clearly.
“This place is also within the range of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. Furthermore, a lot of dormant volcanoes also exist in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. It’s said that fire spiritual stones that are rated highly remain in these dormant volcanoes.” An Shiyi noticed his look and explained to him in a soft tone, “The disciples from our Ling Bao Court would often test their luck in the dormant volcanoes and see if they could find highly rated Flame Cloud Stones.”
“It’s also because of this that a lot of caves are drilled open inside the mountain peaks nearby.”
“Every single cave is connected to the midsection or the underground section of the mountain. They have dreamed of getting lucky and obtaining some highly rated Flame Cloud Stones. It’ll have considerable benefits regardless of whether it’s used to refine spiritual weapons or during cultivation.”
Pan Tao also added, “Within the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, the only volcanoes that truly still have the earth’s core raging flames are the remaining three volcanoes at the Ling Bao Court’s main valley. The seniors in the pavilion suppress the three volcanoes, that can still erupt, with the enormous Heaven Burning Earth Fire Array. They take in the raging flame from the earth’s core to refine spiritual weapons.”
“The remaining volcanoes, after many explorations, have long since not have any possibility of earth flame rising. But, ten thousand years ago, those volcanoes were also red-hot and turbulent.”
“So long as the thick earth’s core flame exists at the mountain peak, the interior part might possibly still produce fire-attributed heaven and earth spiritual materials.
Editors: Zesty Zach and Slutty Sietse
From XianXiaWorld