Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 347 The Sharp Sword

Above the lava lake, heat waves rolled as Jiang Chen and his two companions passed through.

At that moment, sensing the unusual movement on the lake, a pair of dark golden eyes quietly opened at the bottom of the lava lake.

With a rumble, the magma boiled, like a dragon emerging from the water. A strange fish, about ten zhang long and dark red in color, with a large head and a small body, leaped out of the magma lake, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and bit down hard on Jiang Chen and the other two.

Its aura was violent and its nature was unique. The moment it appeared, the entire lava lake boiled. Not only did the surrounding temperature rise sharply, but fierce fire and poison surged, and the air was filled with a pungent sulfur smell.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen and his two companions were prepared for this and immediately protected themselves, temporarily blocking the fire poison.

“Fellow Daoist Jueqing, now, temporarily sever the connection between this fire spirit and the lava lake for me.”

With an icy expression, Jiang Chen locked onto the figure of the Fire Spirit.

Fire spirits are unique in nature and come in various forms. This strange fish is the most powerful fire spirit in this lava lake. Although it has not cultivated the Dao Foundation method, it does possess power comparable to the Dao Foundation and occupies an absolute advantage in this lava lake.

Upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, the ruthless nun, who was already prepared, immediately unleashed her charged sword strike. However, her target was not the strange fire fish spirit, but the boiling lava lake.

With a crackling sound, the cold air swept across the lake. As the icy sword light of the Heartless Abbess fell, the originally boiling lava lake was instantly frozen. Her icy true energy was already quite domineering, and with a suitable low-grade spiritual weapon in hand, her methods were quite remarkable.

Faced with the sudden change, the strange fish instinctively sensed something was wrong, but before it could do anything, Jiang Chen made his move.

"cut!"

With a flick of his sleeve, the sword light split, and in the instant that Abbess Jueqing froze the lava lake, Jiang Chen also unleashed a sword strike.

In that instant, the illusory image of the crane took shape, its cry echoing through the heavens, awe-inspiring and terrifying. The strange fish fire spirit, which had originally intended to break free of the ice and return to the lake, was suddenly stunned.

With a deafening roar, a pure white sword light flashed across the sky, like a punctured balloon. The monster fish's originally ferocious aura began to weaken rapidly, and the expression in its dark golden pupils began to fade.

"Is this the Fire Core, the life-giving point of the Fire Spirit? Its essence is truly peculiar."

With a wave of his hand, the flying sword returned. Looking at the strange crystal that the flying sword had brought back, a strange expression appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

This crystal is fiery red all over, shaped like a walnut, with special patterns on its surface, and it looks as if magma is flowing inside, making it look quite strange.

Fire spirits are not flesh-and-blood beings in the conventional sense; they are more like fire spirits. Even if their physical bodies are severed, they will not die as long as their fire core remains intact. Most importantly, when the fire core is inside their bodies, its true nature is not apparent, and it is constantly moving. Ordinary methods cannot detect its location, let alone sever it.

It was only because Jiang Chen possessed a powerful divine sense that he was able to detect even a trace of the fire core. He then used the Crane's Cry in the Nine Heavens to intimidate the fire core's spirit, preventing it from actively interfering with the changes in the fire core for a moment. This allowed him to seize the opportunity and slash it down with a single sword strike.

Of course, the role of Abbess Jueqing was also very important in this process. If Abbess Jueqing had not taken the initiative to sever the connection between the lava lake and the fire spirit with her spiritual technique, causing a flaw in the fire spirit's aura, Jiang Chen would not have been able to find the fire core so quickly.

At that moment, its life force completely dissipated, and the fire spirit's enormous body lost its divine power, instantly transforming into a massive mass of magma that plummeted from mid-air and returned to the lake. It was dead. Seeing this, both Abbess Jueqing and Chen Jingshu showed expressions of shock; they hadn't expected this Dao Foundation level fire spirit to die so easily.

"That's truly a sharp sword."

Turning her gaze to Jiang Chen, who held the fire core in his hand and whose breathing was completely undisturbed, Abbess Jueqing's eyes were filled with solemnity.

She had long heard of the ruthlessness of sword cultivators, but only today did she truly witness their terrifying power. Being in a strange place and caught off guard, her fate after that sword strike might not have been much better than the fire spirit's.

As for herself, although she uses a sword, she is not a sword cultivator.

“Fellow Daoist Taiping, after the fire spirit perished, it left behind several treasures. Let’s collect them as soon as possible and then leave this place.”

"As for the fire core, you can try to refine it later. This kind of treasure can temper spiritual consciousness and nourish the soul to a certain extent. My Chen family's Flame Sparrow Tea was accidentally cultivated by nourishing the spirit tea tree with the fire core."

Suppressing her surprise, Chen Jingshu explained the wonderful uses of the fire core.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded. He sensed a peculiar aura emanating from the fire core. The essence of this aura was similar to the power of the divine soul. Although the fire core looked like a crystal, it felt to him like a special seed.

A short while later, Jiang Chen and his two companions collected all the treasures left behind by the Fire Spirit and quickly left the place.

These treasures were originally hidden inside the fire spirit's body. As the fire spirit perished and its demonic body disintegrated, these treasures reappeared. They were mostly minerals and jade, varying in quality, from the lowest grade being unacceptable to the highest grade being second-tier.

The most precious item is a piece of Earth Core Fire Jade, which contains the essence of earth fire and is a good material for refining spiritual weapons.

As Jiang Chen and his companions ventured deeper into the secret realm, they encountered more and more troubles. However, due to their strength, their progress was not truly halted. After experiencing some setbacks, the three successfully approached the core area of ​​the secret realm.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Chen family were also getting closer to the core area, but compared to Jiang Chen and his two companions, they were much slower and even lost quite a few people.

The current Wildfire Secret Realm is not only plagued by natural disasters, but also by fire spirits. Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators may perish here if they are not careful. Only Foundation Establishment cultivators are relatively safe, but there are only three teams in total that have Foundation Establishment cultivators in charge.

Aside from Chen Jingshu, only the First Prince and the Third Prince had Dao Foundation cultivators protecting them. In addition to the Dao Foundation cultivators from the Qiao and Qu families, each of their teams also had a Dao Foundation cultivator from the royal family. Compared to Chen Jingshu, they undoubtedly received more support from the Chen family.

"Someone actually arrived so quickly."

At one point, realizing something, Chen Gangfeng, the Fire Demon who was following the Third Prince, suddenly looked back.

He had previously left some tricks on the path leading to the core area, and now those tricks have been triggered.

Upon hearing Chen Gangfeng's words, the Third Prince Chen Jinglang frowned immediately. They arrived quickly because they had taken a shortcut under Chen Gangfeng's guidance. What gave the other side the right to do so? Under normal circumstances, the other side should not have arrived so quickly.

(End of this chapter)