Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 121 Black Armored Flame Scorpion Attacks (Please Subscribe!)
Lu Cheng'an has been practicing the Fire Dragon Seal, a second-tier defensive technique, for some time now. The technique is not particularly difficult to master.

With the support of the panel and the Fire Spirit Body, Lu Cheng'an has now cultivated this technique to the minor completion stage and is about to enter the major completion stage.

Originally, Lu Cheng'an planned to cultivate the Cloud Shadow Sword Technique, a second-tier sword control technique. However, after learning about the situation in the Burning Flame Mountain Range, he ultimately decided to first cultivate the Fire Dragon Seal technique to perfection.

Lu Cheng'an did not have a long period of peaceful cultivation. Eight days after he returned to Qingcrocodile Island, the cultivators of the Black Armor Flame Scorpion Clan reappeared outside the island.

The Black Armor Flame Scorpion is also a member of the Spirit Race, and they and the Fire-Repelling Earth Spider are natural enemies.

After refining the flesh and blood of the Black Armor Flame Scorpion, the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider can rapidly increase its cultivation level; and the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider's internal organs are also the best resources for the Black Armor Flame Scorpion to improve its cultivation level.

Moreover, the Fire Jade Essence, a rare and precious material, can help the Earth Fire Spider and the Black Armor Flame Scorpion rapidly improve their cultivation.

Originally, the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider and the Black-Armored Flame Scorpion each occupied a spiritual land that produced Fire Jade Essence. However, the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider's strength gradually weakened, and the spiritual land it originally occupied was taken away by the Black-Armored Flame Scorpion.

Over the years, the strength of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider and the Black-Armored Flame Scorpion races has grown stronger and stronger. After the Black-Armored Flame Scorpion learned that Zhu Yan's cultivation had broken through to the mid-stage of the second tier, it began to plot the extermination of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider race.

Of course, this was orchestrated by Hei Xuan, the patriarch of the Black Armor Flame Scorpion clan, who wanted to obtain the five internal organs of Zhu Yan, whose cultivation had reached the mid-stage of the second rank.

The situation in the Burning Flame Mountains is becoming increasingly chaotic, but it is also the time with the most opportunities.

Hei Xuan has been at the mid-stage of the second rank for quite some time now. If he can refine Zhu Yan's five internal organs, he will have a good chance of breaking through to the late stage of the second rank.

Zhu Yan was well aware of this. She had originally planned to send a message to Lu Cheng'an for help, but unexpectedly, Lu Cheng'an had just returned to Qing'e Island.

"Zhu Yan, your turtle shell won't hold out for long. Come out and face your death obediently, and I might spare the other cultivators of your Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan. Otherwise, I will exterminate your entire Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan today!"

Outside of Qingcrocodile Island, a ferocious black scorpion hovers in the lava river. This black scorpion is Hei Xuan, the patriarch of the Black Armor Flame Scorpion clan.

He was as big as a water buffalo, and wore black armor, making him look extremely extraordinary.

Behind Hei Xuan were two Black Armored Flame Scorpions, slightly smaller than him, whose cultivation level was at the early stage of the second tier.

Behind these three Black Armored Flame Scorpions were several other Tier 1 Black Armored Flame Scorpions. Their enormous bodies coiled in the lava river, turning the fiery red surface of the river black.

"Bullshit! If I believed you, I'd have lived all these years in vain!"

Zhu Yan stood outside Qinge Island, her gaze icy as she looked at Hei Xuan and the other Black Armor Flame Scorpion Clan cultivators outside the island, and angrily shouted, "If you have the guts, just attack directly! Why bother with all this nonsense!"

Zhu Yan still had great faith in the power of the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation, and besides, Lu Cheng'an was currently on Qing E Island.

They may still be no match for the Black Armor Flame Scorpion Clan cultivators like Hei Xuan, but they can forget about entering Green Crocodile Island.

"Zhu Yan, since you want to die, then I'll grant your wish!"

A chilling killing intent flashed in Hei Xuan's eyes: "Fellow Daoist Chi Ling, please join me in this attack!"

The moment Hei Xuan's voice fell, a monster with a human head and a snake's body emerged from the lava river.

This monster is called the Human-Faced Python, and it is also a member of the Spirit Race.

The number of human-faced pythons in the Burning Flame Mountains is very small. However, unlike the equally rare Mineral-Eating Spirit Clan, the human-faced pythons have much better cultivation talent. There are quite a few second-tier human-faced pythons in the Burning Flame Mountains.

However, they do not like living in groups and tend to act individually.

The Crimson Spirit who followed Hei Xuan is a human-faced python, and his cultivation is also at the mid-stage of the second rank.

"Damn it, it's a mid-stage second-tier human-faced python!"

Zhu Yan exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Chi Ling appear.

She couldn't help but turn her gaze to Lu Cheng'an: "Fellow Daoist Lu, can the Xuan Turtle Fire Qi Formation withstand the attacks of two mid-stage second-tier cultivators?"

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, rest assured, even if another mid-stage second-tier cultivator comes, they will not be able to break through the defenses of the Xuan Turtle Fire Qi Formation!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled reassuringly at Zhu Yan, then formed a magic seal in his hand and raised a formation flag.

At this moment, the Xuan Turtle Fire Array of Qing E Island was fully activated, and a huge black turtle phantom appeared in the sky above Qing E Island.

The giant tortoise phantom encompassed the entire Green Crocodile Island, forming an extremely powerful defense.

"Unfortunately, the Xuan Turtle Fire Qi Formation is a purely defensive spirit formation. It can only withstand the attacks of the Black Armor Flame Scorpion Clan, and cannot actively attack them," Lu Cheng'an sighed softly.

Although his cultivation level was one realm lower than Zhu Yan's, his control over the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation was better than Zhu Yan's.

Zhu Yan trusted Lu Cheng'an completely, so she simply handed over control of the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation to him.

"As long as we can withstand their attacks, that's fine. With the strength of our Fire-Repelling Earth Spiders, it's basically impossible for us to defeat the Black-Armored Flame Scorpion." Zhu Yan sighed softly.

The difference between their Fire-Repelling Earth Spiders and Black-Armored Flame Scorpions was too great, but they had obtained a lot of pills from the Lu family over the years.

While these elixirs are not as potent as the Fire Jade Essence, they are not far off.

Zhu Lu, Zhu Xing, and Zhu Ran in the clan are about to break through to the second tier.

The Fire-Repelling Earth Spider also has a spiritual item that helps it break through to the second tier. This spiritual item is called Earth Core Fire Jade, which can only be produced in the depths of lava rivers.

Giant fire catfish will inevitably appear in the place where the fire jade is born.

The giant fire catfish is a kind of monster that lives deep in the lava river. This monster is extremely ferocious, and it is not an easy task to obtain the Earth Core Fire Jade from them.

Zhu Yan had wanted Lu Cheng'an's help with this very matter; she wanted him to help her snatch the Earth Core Fire Jade from the giant fire catfish.

Unfortunately, just as Lu Cheng'an broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm, the Lu family was attacked, and after that, Lu Cheng'an basically had no free time.

Now the Black Armor Fire Scorpion clan is attacking them again, and she hasn't had a chance to mention it to Lu Cheng'an yet.

After suppressing the chaotic thoughts in her mind, Zhu Yan followed Lu Cheng'an's instructions and together they activated the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation.

The black giant tortoise phantom of Green Crocodile Island enveloped the outside, and Hei Xuan led the cultivators of the Black Armor Fire Scorpion clan and the mid-stage second-tier human-faced python Chi Ling to attack Green Crocodile Island.

Although four of them were cultivators comparable to the Foundation Establishment realm, Hei Xuan and Chi Ling were even comparable to cultivators in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

However, their attack did not cause much damage to the black giant tortoise phantom outside Green Crocodile Island.

This is because they are completely ignorant of the art of formations, and they do not possess any treasures specifically designed to break spirit formations, such as formation-breaking talismans and formation-breaking cones. Although their strength is indeed not weak, it is still a pipe dream to try to break through a mid-grade second-tier Xuan Turtle Fire Qi Formation by brute force.

Moreover, this formation is now being activated by Lu Cheng'an himself, and with the cooperation of Zhu Yan, who is at the mid-stage of the second tier, the power of this mid-grade second-tier defensive spirit formation has been brought to its fullest potential.

After leading his clan's cultivators in an attack on Green Crocodile Island for nearly half an hour without achieving any results, Hei Xuan's anger flared. He couldn't help but unleash a torrent of curses at Zhu Yan Pokong on Green Crocodile Island.

Zhu Yan was equally scathing, and her insults were even more offensive than Hei Xuan's.

Lu Cheng'an stood beside Zhu Yan the whole time, listening to the verbal battle between Zhu Yan and Hei Xuan, two mid-stage second-tier spirit race members, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

After exchanging insults for a while, Hei Xuan was ultimately defeated and had to lead the Black Armor Fire Scorpion Clan cultivators to retreat temporarily.

The Xuan Turtle Fire Array on Qing E Island was completely unexpected by Hei Xuan. Hei Xuan originally thought that after they found the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider's hideout, they could easily deal with Zhu Yan.

However, they have already spent too much time on the Fire-Slaying Spiders, and the foundation of their Black Armor Fire Scorpion clan is still deep in the Burning Flame Mountains.

If they still cannot break through the defenses of Green Crocodile Island, they will have no choice but to temporarily abandon their attack on the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, we are so grateful to you this time. If I had been the one maintaining the operation of the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation, the Black Xuan might have been able to break in!" Zhu Yan said with lingering fear.

Hei Xuan also invited a mid-stage second-tier human-faced python this time, clearly intending to conquer Qing E Island.

However, what he did not expect was that Lu Cheng'an, this human cultivator, had now entered Qing'e Island, and this time it was Lu Cheng'an who was maintaining the operation of the Xuan Turtle Fire Gang Formation.

This significantly enhanced the defensive power of the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation, rendering all of Hei Xuan's schemes futile.

"It's what I should do, after all, I'm also cultivating on Green Crocodile Island!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at Zhu Yan, saying, "The Black Armor Fire Scorpion Clan cultivators have now retreated, and they shouldn't be coming back anytime soon. I'm going to continue cultivating by the fire spring now."

"If cultivators of the Black Armor Fire Scorpion clan reappear, Fellow Daoist Zhu can go directly to the Fire Spring to find me."

Lu Cheng'an now feels that there is simply not enough time. He still has many things to finish and wishes he could split his time in half.

"Then go and cultivate by the fire spring now. I'll come find you if anything happens!"

Zhu Yan also sensed Lu Cheng'an's sense of urgency, so she did not disturb Lu Cheng'an's cultivation.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an sat cross-legged again beside the fire spring and began to continue cultivating the Fire Dragon Seal defensive technique.

Of course, Lu Cheng'an did not spend all his time cultivating the Fire Dragon Seal technique. He was also studying the Earth Flame True Scripture, and he did not miss his daily practice.

Lu Cheng'an had been cultivating the Earth Flame True Scripture for some time, and after mastering the basics of the technique, his progress was quite rapid.

The progress displayed on the panel has now reached the beginner level 89, and soon his comprehension of this technique will reach the minor level.

The cultivator's understanding of the cultivation technique deepens significantly, and the time consumed in circulating the technique through the Great Heavenly Cycle gradually shortens, thus accelerating the rate of cultivation improvement.

Lu Cheng'an spent eleven hours circulating the Earth Flame True Scripture for the first time, but now it only takes him ten hours and a quarter of an hour to circulate it, shortening the time by nearly an hour.

Lu Cheng'an's main focus now is on improving his cultivation level and practicing magic techniques, which take up all his time and energy.

Lu Chengquan devoted himself entirely to cultivation, gradually forgetting the passage of time.

Half a month after Hei Xuan led the Black Armor Fire Scorpion Clan cultivators to attack Green Crocodile Island, he finally abandoned the attack and led the clan's cultivators back to the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains.

After confirming that the Black Armor Fire Scorpion clan cultivators had left, Zhu Yan dispatched clan cultivators into the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains to inquire about the situation there.

Zhu Yan knew that Lu Cheng'an wanted to know the details of the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains, and that it was most appropriate for her to do so.

However, her ambition was too great, and Hei Xuan already knew that her cultivation had broken through to the mid-stage of the second tier.

If her whereabouts are exposed, she will definitely be hunted down by Hei Xuan.

Without the second-tier mid-grade defensive spirit array of Green Crocodile Island to protect her, she was no match for Hei Xuan at all.

Therefore, after some hesitation, Zhu Yan decided to send a first-level cultivator from her clan into the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains to investigate the situation.

This is not only for Lu Cheng'an; their Fire Spider clan also needs to know the situation deep within the Burning Flame Mountains.

Lu Cheng'an was unaware of what Zhu Yan had done, and his seclusion was undisturbed this time.

After two months of dedicated practice, he made great progress in both his cultivation techniques and spells.

Name: Lu Cheng'an

【Lifespan: 23/260】

[Constitution: Fire Spirit Body (affinity with fire, fearless of being burned by fire) can be improved]

Cultivation Level: Early Foundation Establishment Stage (12/100)

[Cultivation Technique: Earth Flame True Scripture (Minor Success 15/100)]

[Skill: Earthwalking (Mastery 12/100)]

Cave Fire Finger (Perfect 35/100)

Fire Dragon Seal (Perfect 14/100)

Cloud Shadow Sword Technique (Beginner 36/100)

Weapon Forging (Late Stage 1, 100/100)

Talent Skill: Crimson Flame

"I have already achieved minor success in the cultivation technique Earth Flame True Scripture. It only takes me nine hours and two quarters to circulate the Earth Flame True Scripture for one major cycle. If my understanding of the Earth Flame True Scripture reaches major success, this time may be shortened to seven hours."

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly as he thought of this. Whether it was a cultivation technique or a magic spell, the further one progressed in the cultivation, the more difficult it became to advance.

Just like the two techniques he is currently cultivating, the Cave Fire Finger and the Fire Dragon Seal, both of which have reached the perfect state.

However, it was not truly perfected. The reason he stopped cultivating these two spells to cultivate new ones was that it would take much more time and effort to cultivate these two spells to true perfection.

"I have mastered the second-tier sword control technique, Cloud Shadow Sword Technique, but I do not yet have a suitable second-tier magic sword!"

Lu Cheng'an frowned slightly, and his divine sense surged forth, instantly entering the storage bag at his waist.

He used his divine sense to quickly examine the second-tier weapon-refining furnace and the materials for refining the second-tier low-grade Fiery Blaze Sword stored in his storage bag. After a moment's hesitation, he took out all the materials and tools for refining the second-tier low-grade Fiery Blaze Sword.

(End of this chapter)