Chaos Flame, Trap

Time passed by slowly and red and golden runes flashed alternately in Li Yuan's eyes.

Finally, when the red flames around Xiao Huo turned transparent and were about to disappear, everything fell into place.

One of Li Yuan's split soul's eyes turned red, filled with madness and cruelty, while the other one turned gold, with a hint of sacredness and majesty.

His temperament changed in the blink of an eye, looking like a chaotic devil, but at the same time, like an indifferent god.

Only when he closed his eyes to digest what he understood did everything return back to normal.

A few minutes passed before his eyes opened again, returning to their deep, navy blue color.

"Is this what it feels to create your own spell?", Li Yuan thought and stretched his hand.

A flame appeared inside his palm, glowing with two different colors.

In the inner part, the flame was red like blood, but in the outer part, it was pure gold.

Strangely, the flame was both hot and cold, fierce yet gentle, real and illusory, all at the same time.

This was the flame created by piecing together Li Yuan's understanding of the runes he saw in the passage, his observation of the fire seeds of the Blood Burning Flame and everything else he had come into contact with.

While the effect of attaching to the enemy's blood and burning them from inside remained, this strange flame was also able to attack the enemy's soul.

Of course, since Li Yuan's cultivation realm was not very high, these two effects were not as obvious as those of the Heavenly Flames.

Even then, Li Yuan was very happy with this flame.

Since he had come into this world, he had only cultivated techniques and practiced spells that the system had given him.

It was the first time that Li Yuan was able to create something on his own, giving him a sense of accomplishment.

Moreover, he believed that as his cultivation increased and he came into contact with more cultivation knowledge, he would be able to improve this strange flame.

"Let's call it Chaos Flame for now.", he thought and waved his hand, extinguishing the flame.

From the name, it was very obvious that Li Yuan had high expectations for the Chaos Flame.

In fact, Li Yuan could vaguely guess that he would come into contact with more Heavenly Flames in the future.

His current plan was to understand the essence of each one of these Heavenly Flames and then improve the Chaos Flame based on them.

Perhaps one day, the Chaos Flame created by Li Yuan would also be able to rank in the Ranking of the Heavenly Flames.

"These are things that should be considered in the future.", Li Yuan shook his head and looked at Xiao Huo's situation.

By now, the red flame that surrounded him had completely disappeared and Xiao Huo's figure could be seen.

Instantly, Li Yuan sensed that his cultivation had improved, reaching the Late Stage of the Foundation Building Realm.

Li Yuan wasn't jealous by this speed of improvement.

The Chaos Flame he had created and the various knowledge he had obtained this trip were even more valuable and helpful to his cultivation.

If before it would take Li Yuan about one month to reach the Peak of the Qi Condensing Realm, then now, he was sure to reach it in less than a week.

Just then, Xiao Huo finally woke up.

Feeling that his cultivation had increased, he showed a happy expression on his face.

After he looked inside his body and found a weak, tiny red flame in his dantian, he could no longer hide his smile.

This flame was the Blood Burning Flame, the 96th-ranked Heavenly Flame.

Even if it had been formed by absorbing many fire seeds and was very weak, it was still considered a Heavenly Flame.

What Xiao Huo didn't know was that his Blood Burning Flame was even weaker than Li Yuan's Chaos Flame.

"Now that you've obtained the Blood Burning Flame, you should hurry up and collect the rest of the inheritance."

"Otherwise you will not be able to leave this place alive."

Li Yuan glanced at the excited Xiao Huo and said.

The Heavenly Flame was only part of the inheritance and there was still a high-level Divine Weapon and many cultivation techniques waiting for them.

But at the same time, getting them was quite dangerous and required taking some risks.

His words forced Xiao Huo to calm down.

"Pavilion Owner, don't worry. I won't let you down.", he solemnly swore.

Xiao Huo hadn't forgotten that he still owed Li Yuan half of the things in this inheritance space.

In fact, he felt quite guilty that he had collected the Blood Burning Flame while Li Yuan had gotten nothing so far.

With this in mind, he no longer hesitated, stepped on the ground and took flight.

Following the crudely drawn marks on the map, he flew towards the center of this world made out of fire.

Soon, he arrived at his destination.

For the first time since Li Yuan and Xiao Huo entered this world, they saw something that wasn't created out of flames.

It was a huge square made completely out of stone.

However, Li Yuan's and Xiao Huo's attention wasn't on this.

Instead, they looked at a corpse that lay at the center of the square.

It was a strange, red, humanoid creature, hundreds of meters tall with two legs and four arms, with two arms on each of its shoulders.

Its face was similar to a human, but it had red pupils, red hair and two red horns on its temples.

On its abdomen, a golden sword was inserted and blood continuously flowed out of the injury.

Even then, the corpse still still exuded a powerful aura that affected the whole square and made it difficult to even walk here.

"This is just a corpse of a Saint King. How powerful would it be if it was alive?", Xiao Huo unconsciously asked and tried to step closer, but couldn't.

Compared to Xiao Huo, Li Yuan wasn't as surprised.

He already knew how powerful cultivators could become and he had even personally experienced inside the golden pagoda's range.

His main focus was on the golden sword, which he knew was a high-level Divine Weapon.

Moreover, even among the high-level Divine Weapons, it could still be considered a strong one, as evidenced by how it was able to injure a Saint King.

Li Yuan didn't act rashly and spread his consciousness, enveloping the whole Fire Realm and even spreading beyond it.

Time passed by slowly amidst the silence, until Li Yuan finally took action.

"It's now!", he reminded Xiao Huo and with a wave of his hand, took the golden sword out of the corpse.

The moment the golden sword was removed, the Saint King's corpse aura surged, as if it was about to revive.

But then, it showed obvious cracks all over its body.

From inside the cracks, a fierce, red flame could be vaguely seen, fluctuating wildly.

"Run!", Li Yuan shouted.

Xiao Huo didn't even need his reminder and with a thought of his mind, he urged the Blood Burning Flame inside his dantian.

The Fire Realm seemed to resonate with this flame, enveloping his figure and teleporting him away.

A few seconds after they left, the corpse exploded.

The body, which even a high-level Divine Weapon couldn't severely injure was destroyed in an instant.

With the explosion, a red flame floated out of the corpse, engulfing the stone square and then continuing to spread over the whole Flame Realm.

When the flames spread over the entire Flame Realm, it exploded once again.

Compared to the explosion of Liu Feng's weapon, this explosion was hundreds of times fiercer and more dangerous.

***

While all of this was happening, Li Yuan and Xiao Huo had been teleported to a very familiar place.

It was the huge hall filled with stone statues they had been before.

Unfortunately, compared to its majestic appearance before, this place was filled now in ruins.

Most of the stone statues had been broken into large pieces, while the ground was filled with the corpses of cultivators.

The fight was still taking place, with about 50 or so cultivators besieging a few stone statues.

When Xiao Huo appeared next to the dark coffin, he instantly became the center of everyone's attention.

'Is it him?', Emperor Wu, who had come here while hiding his identity, thought.

"Fellow Taoist, I can feel the aura of my body remaining on him. Catch him!"

Emperor Wu didn't even need to hear his words and had already swung his spear, forcing a stone statue back, and then rushed towards Xiao Huo.

"Boy, don't move!"

"Little kid, did you get the inheritance?"

"Stop him!"

The rest of the cultivators in the hall had similar thoughts and also wanted to catch Xiao Huo, who was suspected of getting the inheritance.

From the fact that he had silently appeared next to the coffin, even if he hadn't gotten the inheritance, he still knew more than them.

Xiao Huo would have panicked at any other time, but now, he had no time to care about them.

Disregarding the cultivators that were flying towards him, he flew into the golden circle just below the dark coffin.

Just when the various cultivators' attacks were about to reach him, the golden circle lit brightly with a red light, teleporting him away.

Seeing Xiao Huo's disappearing figure, the cultivators were disappointed and angry.

They were about to investigate the golden circle, when the dark coffin suddenly shook and its cover disappeared.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Before they could realize, the sound of continuous explosions resounded and fierce red flames flew out of the coffin, spreading all over the hall.

No matter how high the cultivators' realm was and how powerful their strength and weapons were, they couldn't defend against the red flame and soon turned into ashes.

Only two figures managed to survive, albeit barely.

Not surprisingly, they were Emperor Wu and Ruan Ling.

Around Ruan Ling, many shields made out of silk were hovering and were controlled by the Spider Queen that was standing on his shoulder.

On the other hand, a black light shone around Emperor Wu, fighting against the endless red flames.

Unfortunately, the black light was obviously at a disadvantage.

"Sacred Saint King! You're so cruel!", the transparent figure inside Emperor Wu's body roared in shock and anger.