CHAPTER 314: A Strong Emergence

The call from the depths of his soul grew five times more urgent as Han Shuo entered the Cemetery of Death. It seemed that the Fire Elite Zombie had also sensed his presence due to the shorter distance.

Without a second's hesitation, Han Shuo used the Demonic Ninth Heaven Art to fly directly into the depths of the Dark Forest. Since he was familiar with the path, it didn't take him long to reach the place of extreme fire.

Han Shuo's current strength had far exceeded the time he'd last been here. As soon as he arrived in the area, he immediately felt the enormous presence of the Lord of Flames. The elite fire zombie was currently within his flaming realm. If Han Shuo wanted to enter the place of extreme fire and surreptitiously lift the magic matrix binding the Fire Elite Zombie, he would face a headache.

The Five Elemental Elite Zombies could only be formed through the connecting matrices by a secret method, using the matrices to gather the elements of heaven and earth in an entire region. However, once an elite zombie was formed, it could only officially emerge when the matrix that bound it was removed. Otherwise, the Fire Elite Zombie wouldn't have needed to call Han Shuo so urgently.

The rocks in this mountain valley had been scarred brown and red after the last great battle. There were even some bubbling hot springs in the vast, warm mountain valley now.

Han Shuo stood blankly in the mountain valley, frowning as he thought of a way to enter the place of extreme fire and lift the matrix binding the Fire Elite Zombie. It was simply impossible to advance safely with the Lord of Flames in the area.

Therefore, Han Shuo just stood there, frowning and thinking, but he couldn't think of a good way. The call of the Fire Elite Zombie had been growing louder ever since it'd sensed Han Shuo's presence. The zombie was anxiously communicating its urgent desire to break free of its shackles.

Han Shuo's heart was also burning with fear. Finally, he decided to take a risk and after some hesitation, he ventured into the place of extreme fire. Han Shuo slowly dove into one of the many hot springs. The warm water enveloped his body, taking away all the exhaustion from his journey. However, the pressure from the Lord of Flames wasn't something that could be so easily released.

Han Shuo tapped the bottom of the spring with the Demonslayer's Edge, trying to find a crack to enter the place of extreme fire. It took some time before Han Shuo finally pried open two huge rocks and found a way in.

A green and black veil enveloped his body as soon as he entered the crack. He slowly made his way down the crack into the place of extreme fire. The deeper he went, the higher the temperature rose. Firelight danced around him, as brilliant as beautiful flame flowers.

Han Shuo had wrapped himself in a protective shield and could clearly see everything that was happening around him. The two cliffs on either side burned red as he passed. Some flexible creatures that looked like fire snakes were hiding in the crevices of the cliffs, surrounded by several sleeping scorching demons general. It seemed that they hadn't noticed Han Shuo's presence and let him go all the way underground.

A scorching demon general in another crevice spotted him when he was almost at his destination. The scorching demon general stood up and waved his arm once, sending a flame shooting straight at Han Shuo.

Han Shuo raised his hand slightly and sent out a cloud of purple light. The flame shot by the scorching demon general had not even come close before it vanished into a faint puff of smoke in the air. As the light's cold breath touched the flame, the two transformed into a bright array of flame stars that slowly scattered down upon the Place of Extreme Fire.

The interior of the Place of Extreme Fire was a vast area of magma. The falling flame stars caused the quietly bubbling lava to boil, as if it'd felt the presence of the Scorching Demon General. The air bubbles floated up and grew to the size of a cup, the already scorching temperature becoming even hotter.

A huge skull slowly emerged from the middle of the melting lava. The ten-metre-long body of the Lord of Flames arrived next, spraying flames in all directions at the site of the extreme fire. He was instantly enraged when he sensed the presence of a human.

"Haowuu!!"

A terrifying howl pierced the sky, and the entire place of extreme fire seemed to tremble with fear. The burning red lava rocks on either side trembled as they broke loose. Amidst the falling rocks, the huge head of the Lord of Flames scanned his surroundings.

The deafening sounds of the crumbling cliffs rang out, accompanied by the roaring flames that instantly spread throughout the place of extreme fire. In the flames, Han Shuo's azure shield became a particularly conspicuous presence. Words could not describe his misery in the face of the wrath of this super-ranked magical creature - the Lord of Flames. Han Shuo continuously increased his output of magical yuan to firmly protect the area where he stood.

Han Shuo's power had indeed skyrocketed after reaching the separate demon realm. Otherwise, his shield would have been shattered long ago from the fierce attacks of the flames from all sides.

Han Shuo's face turned blood red, his shield crackling and bursting. However, he was still able to withstand the rising temperature, albeit with a few drops of sweat slowly dripping from his forehead.

The Lord of Flames' body emerged from the middle of the melting hot magma with a terrifying roar, surrounded by raging, churning flames. Some of the flames were over ten metres long, like soaring fire dragons. The power of Helen Tina's 'Fire Serpent Dance' couldn't even compare to this awe-inspiring spectacle.

When the Lord of Flames saw that his omnidirectional attack wasn't working, he screamed his fury into the sky. Three fire dragons, over ten metres in length, drew a twisted path towards Han Shuo. They greedily absorbed the sky-high flames on their way, leaving the place of extreme fire almost barren by the time they reached Han Shuo.

The length of the three fire dragons had remained the same, but their width had increased fivefold. They'd become three huge dragons, their bodies emitting raging, fiery flames that were destructive enough to burn the entire mountain valley to ashes.

Han Shuo was able to keep his cool in the face of the omnidirectional attack from the Lord of Flames. But when the attacks were focused on him, the pressure of the flames seemed to increase tenfold. Han Shuo was constantly communicating with the Fire Elite Zombie deep inside the magma, trying to build a defence with all his energy.

The Demonslayer's Edge had swallowed many souls. Now that it was filled with a massive reservoir of magical yuan, the weapon instantly released a terrifyingly evil air upon activation. The purple flame of Mystical Glacial Spellfire had finally transformed into Purple Spellfire of Extreme Cold. Purple flowers of spellfire bloomed from the Demonslayer's Edge. They floated elegantly around Han Shuo and the blade, as if the two of them were delicate flower stamens.

Extreme Cold Purple Flame was the culmination of Mystical Glacial Spellfire. Catalysed by an enormous amount of magical yuan, it was so terribly cold that it could freeze everything in the world. As the flakes of purple spellfire drifted gracefully from the blade, the surroundings actually began to snow. Each petal of the snow flowers merged with the purple flames to form a large block of solid purple ice that tightly enveloped Han Shuo and the Demonslayer Edge.

Han Shuo seemed to have turned into a translucent crystal block of ice. The flames in the place of extreme fire now shone with a brilliant purple-red glow. The beautiful solid block of ice grew larger and larger as Han Shuo poured more magical yuan into it, until it finally covered a width of more than ten metres. Han Shuo continued to circulate magical yuan from within, causing even more cold smoke to rise from the ice.

The three massive fire dragons had not yet reached the solid block of ice when thick fog blew up from the high temperature coming into contact with the icy cold. The whole place of extreme fire was quickly shrouded in mist. Matching the roar of the Lord of Flames, the three fire dragons attacked the square, ten-metre-wide block of solid ice.

Snap... rumble...

As the terrible sounds of battle echoed, bright purple and red lights flashed constantly in the smoke, a testament to the ferocity of the fire dragons' attack. Great chunks of ice fell into the place of extreme fire, sending gigantic lava jets shooting upwards. The Lord of Flames snarled as he imposed his will on the place of extreme fire, causing more burning lava to spew towards the centre of the smoke.

Han Shuo pushed his magical yuan to the limit, but was still unable to stop the flames from advancing. Under the multi-layered attack, the ten metre wide solid block of ice quickly melted and was reduced to a quarter of its size in an instant.

Flames covered the sky as fiery magma surged and boiled. Han Shuo's magical yuan wasn't infinite, and he was beginning to run out.

Han Shuo urgently contacted the Fire Elite Zombie as he began to chant a long magic incantation. Suddenly, a thick layer of black clouds appeared on the three metre long ice block. Amidst the thick clouds, gleaming white bones intertwined with each other to form a huge bone cage surrounding the solid block of ice.

"Break! Break!"

Han Shuo suddenly shouted two words that echoed in the place of extreme fire. The bone cage suddenly turned from translucent to pitch black, emitting dark smoke.

Suddenly, the walls around the matrix that Han Shuo had arranged several months ago burst open with a series of cracks. At that moment, the fire element that had been flowing towards the centre of the place of extreme fire suddenly stopped.

As the walls crumbled, a magnificent lotus slowly rose from the bubbling magma!