Battle Through the Heavens: Top Talent

Chapter 51 Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame

Within the fiery red magma world, undercurrents surged, and occasionally an extremely fierce magma current would erupt from the bottom of the magma, carrying powerful energy and flowing throughout the magma.

Fortunately, the two-headed fire spirit serpent was very familiar with the environment and could find the most suitable route to sneak around before the undercurrents arrived. Xiao Yun, who was closely following behind it, also took the opportunity to avoid these lava undercurrents.

In this fiery red world, whether it was the Fire Spirit Serpent alone or it had avoided it beforehand, Xiao Yun didn't see a single magical beast along the way.

As time passed, Xiao Yun was getting farther and farther away from the ground. At the same time, the temperature of the surrounding magma was getting higher and higher, almost doubling with every few dozen meters he went down.

Even the color of the magma was gradually changing, from fiery red at the beginning to bluish-green, and now, the magma around Xiao Yun had completely turned bluish-green.

As his body traversed through the cyan magma, Xiao Yun kept his eyes fixed on the fire spirit serpent ahead. The surrounding temperature was rising higher and higher, and even with his Dou Wang cultivation, he was finding it difficult to withstand, and his Dou Qi was being rapidly depleted.

So he quickly took out several Qi-restoring pills from his storage ring and swallowed them in one gulp. Instantly, an incredibly powerful medicinal force erupted from Xiao Yun's body. He quickly circulated his cultivation technique to convert this massive medicinal force into battle qi to replenish what he had previously consumed.

"Hiss hiss hiss."

Just after Xiao Yun followed the Fire Spirit Serpent stealthily for a while, the Fire Spirit Serpent's enormous body suddenly stopped. One of its heads turned back to look at Xiao Yun, emitting a sharp hiss, while the other head pointed forward, indicating that he should look there.

"You're too scared to go any further, are you?" Xiao Yun asked uncertainly, seeing the Fire Spirit Serpent's behavior.

"Hiss." The snake's head bobbed up and down, nodding in response like a human.

Xiao Yun swam forward and looked at the magma not far ahead, which was shrouded in a blue light. Upon closer inspection, he saw a blue lotus blooming in the magma, and the blue light was also emanating from the blue lotus.

"The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame has finally been found!" A hint of joy flashed in Xiao Yun's eyes as he smiled at the Fire Spirit Serpent, "In that case, you go up and guard Azure Scale. I'll go up myself in a bit."

Having said that, without waiting for its response, he flashed forward, his fighting spirit propelling him rapidly toward the Azure Lotus.

As his body drew closer to the Azure Lotus, Xiao Yun felt the surrounding temperature suddenly rise, and even the fiery red battle qi enveloping his body showed signs of disintegration.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun quickly activated more battle qi, accelerating his figure as he charged into the azure light.

As the body entered the cyan light, the temperature around it suddenly dropped significantly, far less than the high temperature outside the light.

Xiao Yun let out a soft breath. Subduing the strange fire was indeed extremely dangerous. If he had lost the protection of his battle qi, even though his physical body was comparable to a fourth-order magical beast, he would have been burned to ashes by the blue magma in an instant.

After a while, Xiao Yun, regaining his senses, looked up at the blue lotus flower in the center. The blue lotus flower had eight petals, each one as perfectly formed as the finest jade, crystal clear and precious, making one feel an irresistible urge to hold it.

At the center of the lotus, there is a small lotus platform about two or three feet high. On the center of the lotus platform, a ball of blue flame is burning fiercely. Around the flame, there are some holes that emit specks of light. These are earth lotus seeds formed from the purest fire attribute energy.

Beneath the blue lotus, there is an extremely thin root, more than ten meters long, which frantically absorbs the violent fire attribute energy from the surrounding magma and feeds it back to the blue lotus.

"This must be why the temperature is much lower even though we're closer to the blue lotus," Xiao Yun thought to himself, looking at the blue lotus in front of him. If it weren't for the fire spirit snake leading the way, even with his soul power, it would have taken him a long time to find this blue lotus.

Without further ado, after all, Qinglin was still alone on the lava. Xiao Yun took out a jade ruler that he had prepared beforehand, gripped it tightly, and carefully swam towards the blue lotus. At the point where the lotus seat connected to the root, he gently made a cut, severing the root. The blue lotus, as perfect as a work of art, slowly descended.

Seeing the green lotus fall, Xiao Yun waved his hand, using his fighting spirit to support the green lotus and suspend it beside him. Looking at the green flame in the center of the lotus platform, he could no longer suppress the joy on his face.

"What a treasure! This Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame is inside the Azure Lotus. It doesn't have the violent properties of a strange fire at all. It looks even worse than an ordinary fire."

Taking a deep breath of non-existent air, Xiao Yun tried to suppress his joy. After a while, he supported Qinglian and, following the route led by the fire spirit snake in his mind, hurried towards the ground.

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"Little Fire, why hasn't your brother come up yet? Is something wrong?"

On the ground, Qinglin gazed at the still, motionless surface of the magma and couldn't help but worry about Xiao Yun's safety.

"Hiss."

"What do you mean just because your brother is stronger than you, everything will be fine? What if? Why don't you go down and check again, Xiao Huo?"

"Hiss."

The two-headed fire spirit snake shook its head helplessly. How could something happen to that hateful human who knocked it unconscious, who was so strong? But Qinglin was its master, and it had to obediently listen to every word he said.

Just as the Fire Spirit Serpent twisted its body, preparing to re-enter the magma, a dark shadow rapidly approached the surface of the magma. A moment later, a blue-red figure burst out of the magma.

"Brother, you're back!" Qinglin shouted excitedly as she looked at Xiao Yun in mid-air. "Little Fire, you don't need to go down anymore, your brother is already back."

Supporting Qinglian, Xiao Yun slowly landed beside Qinglin, reached out and ruffled her little head, and said with a smile, "We were delayed down there for a while, were you getting impatient?"

"No, as long as brother returns safely, Qinglin is willing to wait as long as it takes." Xiao Yun rubbed her head, and the little girl nudged herself comfortably, looking at the beautiful blue lotus floating beside her, she asked疑惑地问道, "Brother, is the fire you're looking for this beautiful lotus?"

"The strange fire I'm looking for is called the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, and this flame is inside this lotus flower. The lotus flower is just the medium through which it is cultivated."

Xiao Yun, carrying Qinglian, turned and walked towards the passage, saying as he went, "Alright, Qinglin, take your little fire with you, we're going back."

Upon hearing this, Qinglin quickly whistled at the two-headed fire spirit snake, and its enormous body immediately shrank to about two meters, carrying her to catch up with Xiao Yun's back.

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(End of this chapter)