anovelconsole Chapter 12726 Seizing the Fire!
Chapter 12726 Seizing the Fire!
Chapter 12726 Seizing the Fire!
The Taoist priest was wearing a bright red robe with a flame pattern on his chest.
"The Ancient Saint Cult of Burning Heaven?"
Upon closer inspection, Ye Chen recognized the flame pattern as the unique symbol of the Burning Heaven Ancient Saint Sect!
He had a long-standing relationship with Elder Ye Liao of the Burning Heaven Ancient Saint Sect, and unexpectedly encountered someone from the Burning Heaven Ancient Saint Sect here.
The middle-aged Taoist priest quickly walked up to Ye Chen, cupped his hands in a salute, and introduced himself with a humble yet measured demeanor: "Fellow Daoist, please do not panic. I am Liu Yanchen, a steward of the Burning Heaven Ancient Saint Sect, and I am by no means a bad person. Just now, I saw you activating the Heavenly Emperor's Destiny Star, which shone with unparalleled brilliance, so I came here specifically to remind you."
"If we don't quickly conceal the secrets of heaven, your identity as the Lord of Reincarnation will likely be completely exposed."
He looked up at the sky. The battle was over, and the Heavenly Emperor's Fate Star had gradually returned to Ye Chen's body. However, a few strands of vast, white-gold light still lingered in the sky.
This brilliance, however, could be perceived by outsiders, thus revealing Ye Chen's identity.
Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing Liu Yanchen's words.
Although the Nine Luminaries Burning Star Sea is shrouded in boundless light, and he usually wouldn't easily reveal the secrets of heaven through his methods, the radiance of the Heavenly Emperor's Destiny Star is so dazzling that there is still a considerable risk of exposure.
Thinking this, Ye Chen used the Xun character technique to blow away the remaining light of the Heavenly Emperor's Destiny Star.
This Xun character formula is one of the eight Yin-Yang formulas. Ye Chen has already understood and mastered it, and his mastery of it is extremely profound. When the Xun wind blows out, it can even extinguish light.
Upon seeing this, Liu Yanchen was stunned for a moment, then said:
"I have long heard of the Lord of Reincarnation's unparalleled supernatural powers. Having witnessed them today, I am truly astonished. I admire you greatly!"
Ye Chen nodded slightly, looking Liu Yanchen up and down. Suddenly, he noticed a familiar aura about him, which seemed to be related to Qiu Wangshui.
Liu Yanchen was also sizing up Ye Chen, and at the same time, he caught Qiu Wangshui's aura. The two of them simultaneously let out a "Huh".
"Are you Qiu Wangshui's husband?"
"Have you met Mr. Liu's wife?"
The two spoke at the same time again.
"Let's not talk about that now. I have important business to attend to. Goodbye."
Ye Chen had no time for pleasantries and turned to enter the giant volcano to hunt down Emperor Golden Feather.
"Fellow Daoist, wait a moment!"
Liu Yanchen called him back again.
Ye Chen frowned and turned to look at him.
Liu Yanchen hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist, you must not act rashly. The Dark Tyrant is inside."
"Dark Tyrant?" Ye Chen asked, puzzled.
Liu Yanchen said, "Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but the Eternal Night Burning Fire is the original life fire of the Tyrant Path Ancestor. After being tempered by chaos for ten thousand years, it has long since developed intelligence and completely transformed into human form a hundred years ago. After transforming, it called itself the Dark Tyrant."
Ye Chen's heart stirred, but he did not expect that the Eternal Night Flame had already taken human form.
Liu Yanchen said with some fear, "I was once ordered by the sect to lead dozens of elite disciples of the Burning Heaven Ancient Saint Sect in an attempt to break into this volcano and seize the Eternal Night Burning Fire."
"At that time, we were confident that our cultivation of the Path of Burning Fire, which shared some of the same origin as the Eternal Night Burning Fire, would lead to success. However, we never expected that we would encounter the Dark Tyrant as soon as we stepped into the depths of the volcano."
"That Dark Tyrant is terrifyingly powerful. Even with dozens of us joining forces, we were completely powerless against him."
"In the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, all the disciples were killed or wounded. Only I managed to escape, but I was also seriously injured and my cultivation level dropped drastically. I can only lie low here and wait for the opportunity to seize the Eternal Night Fire again."
Ye Chen listened and fell into a deep silence.
It seems that the Ancient Sacred Sect of Burning Heaven also greatly desires this Eternal Night Burning Fire.
Having failed to seize the fire, only Liu Yanchen remains here.
"Then why don't you just leave? Why are you waiting here?"
Ye Chen asked, his tone tinged with confusion.
Having already suffered a great loss once, Liu Yanchen should have been well aware of the terror of the Dark Tyrant and should not have lingered there again, much less coveted the Eternal Night Fire.
Liu Yanchen gave a wry smile, his gaze fixed on the crater of the giant volcano, a hint of longing still lingering in his eyes:
“It’s not that I’m unwilling to leave, but the astrological elders of my Burning Heaven Ancient Saint Sect have already calculated a major event through divination.”
"In the near future, the progenitor of the Tyrant Path, the first tyrant, will surely descend upon this place."
"The First Tyrant?" Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat.
"It's him!"
Liu Yanchen nodded, "The Eternal Night Flame was the First Tyrant's natal flame. When the First Tyrant fell, the Eternal Night Flame was lost. Now that Chaos is reviving, he is also reviving, and he will definitely want to reclaim this flame and restore his strength."
"And that dark tyrant now has his own will; he could never willingly submit to the First Tyrant."
"Therefore, once the first tyrant arrives, the two tyrants will inevitably engage in an earth-shattering battle, and we will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters!"
Ye Chen's eyes lit up; this was indeed an opportunity to reap the benefits without lifting a finger.
But then I thought, who knows when the first tyrant will arrive?
Moreover, Ye Chen did not want to entrust his fate to others.
The battle between the two tyrants is unpredictable. If the first tyrant easily crushes the dark tyrant and seizes the Eternal Night Flame, then all his previous efforts will be in vain.
"It's good to fish in troubled waters, but I think I can't wait any longer."
Ye Chen shook his head and looked at the giant volcano in front of him. "I'll go and take this Eternal Night Flame now!"
Liu Yanchen quickly dissuaded him, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you mustn't! You absolutely mustn't!"
"That Dark Tyrant is terrifyingly powerful. You are only at the ninth level of the Undying Realm. Even if you have great supernatural powers, going there rashly will only be suicide!"
"The first tyrant will arrive in a few days. We just need to wait a little longer, and we will have our chance. Why rush things?"
He saw the cause and effect of Elder Ye Liao in Ye Chen, and also knew that Ye Chen had a deep connection with the Burning Heaven Ancient Saint Sect, so he naturally did not want to watch him die.
"I don't have time to wait."
Ye Chen shook his head, having already made up his mind.
He recalled the fragments of Frenzied Devouring, which contained boundless devouring power.
Although Eternal Night Fire has now transformed into a Dark Tyrant, it still has the potential to forcibly devour fragments thanks to the power of the Devouring Fragments.
Without hesitation, ignoring Liu Yanchen's advice, Ye Chen moved and transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the entrance of the giant volcano.
It moved so fast that it left only a faint afterimage.
"Fellow Daoist..."
Liu Yanchen watched Ye Chen's departing figure, took a few steps forward, then stopped and sighed helplessly.
……
Meanwhile, Ye Chen had already entered the volcano.
The environment here is far hotter and more terrifying than the outside world.
Above them were dark red rocks, with hot lava constantly flowing down the rock walls, making a sizzling sound.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur and the violent spiritual energy of flames. Taking a breath, one could feel their internal organs being burned, and the flow of spiritual energy became extremely sluggish.
Ye Chen activated his Primordial Spirit Eye, his gaze sweeping warily over everything around him.
Soon, Ye Chen faintly caught a wisp of the Golden Feather Emperor's aura. It was very weak and very subtle, and he was unable to pinpoint it.
"Is it a technique from the Tomb of the Gods?"
Ye Chen frowned. The Divine Tomb has many strange burial methods that can conceal one's aura and even shield one's heavenly secrets, making it impossible for others to investigate.
He thought to himself that the Golden Feather Emperor must have gone into hiding.
It would be too much of a waste of energy to forcibly hunt him down now. Ye Chen planned to concentrate his forces first to seize the Eternal Night Flame.
As long as the Eternal Night Flame is obtained, even if Emperor Jinyu hides in the shadows, he won't be able to cause any major trouble.
Having made up his mind, Ye Chen didn't linger. With a swift movement, he sped towards the depths of the volcano.
He circulated his spiritual energy, condensing a layer of pale golden protective energy around his body to isolate the surrounding scorching magma and raging fire energy.
At the same time, he continued to activate the Primordial Spirit Eye, carefully avoiding the dangers along the way.
Inside this volcano, there is not only scorching magma, but also many fire demons born from the spiritual energy of fire.
Although these demons are not strong, they are numerous and fearless. If you get entangled with them, you will definitely waste a lot of time.
As they ventured deeper, the fiery spiritual energy inside the volcano grew increasingly violent, and the temperature rose higher and higher, turning the entire interior of the volcano into a giant inferno.
About half an hour later, Ye Chen's movements gradually slowed down, and his expression became increasingly solemn.
He could clearly feel an extremely terrifying and intensely hot aura emanating from the deepest part of the volcano, carrying an incomparably domineering tyrant's will, crushing his blood and qi, making it extremely difficult to circulate his spiritual energy.
"This is... the aura of the Eternal Night's Burning Flame?"
Ye Chen muttered to himself, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes, along with a trace of anticipation.
He was certain that the source of this aura was the Eternal Night Burning Fire, the Dark Tyrant that Liu Yanchen had described as the Eternal Night Burning Fire in human form!
After traveling another hundred feet, the space ahead suddenly opened up, and a huge cave appeared before Ye Chen's eyes.
In the very center of the cave is a huge lava pool.
Black and red flames churned within the lava pool.
That flame, seemingly calm, contained a world-destroying power; it was the Eternal Night Burning Flame!
Extremely turbulent!!
The eternal night flames burned fiercely, and as if sensing someone's arrival, they twisted wildly and instantly transformed into human form. It was a young man wearing a dragon-patterned imperial robe, over nine feet tall, surrounded by a thick layer of black and red flames.
Without a doubt, this young man is the Dark Tyrant!
The fierce, tyrannical will of the ruler was unparalleled, blazing and boiling, forming a domain that seemed to make the entire world submit to his will.
"Who dares to disturb my peace?"
The Dark Tyrant raised its head, its eyes fixed on Ye Chen, and its voice boomed like thunder, echoing throughout the entire cave.
Ye Chen's soul was struck by a powerful force, his blood and qi surged, and he thought to himself that this Dark Tyrant was indeed formidable.
If one were to be burned by the eternal fire of night, one would likely be reduced to ashes and fall into an eternal, dark slumber.
"Hmm, is it the Lord of Reincarnation?"
The Dark Tyrant frowned, puzzled, then recognized Ye Chen's identity and revealed an incredulous expression.
"Chance!"
Ye Chen seized the opportunity when the Dark Tyrant was distracted, and immediately drew the Heavenly Emperor Divine Sword, unleashing a furious slash.
"Burning Sky Exploding Sword!"
Driven by the power of the Heaven-Burning Fragments, the surging, unparalleled Heaven-Burning Flame gathered on Ye Chen's sword, the blade slicing through the air with an extremely sharp explosion.
He wanted to use fire to control fire, to use the power of the heaven-burning fire to suppress the tyrant's fire.
"presumptuous!"
The Dark Tyrant was shocked, not expecting Ye Chen to attack without warning.
As Ye Chen swung his sword, the black and red flames around the Dark Tyrant suddenly surged, and an even more terrifying pressure swept out, instantly enveloping the entire cavern.
The magma boiled, mixed with black and red flames, and transformed into fire dragons that rushed towards Ye Chen.
Ye Chen's Heavenly Emperor Divine Sword continued to slash forward fiercely, its sword energy roaring with the power to burn the heavens and destroy the earth, colliding with the incoming fire dragons.
Boom—
With a deafening roar, the moment the Heaven-Burning Sword Qi collided with the magma dragon, a terrifying energy shockwave erupted, sweeping across the entire cavern. The surrounding rocks shattered, and scorching magma splashed everywhere.
Ye Chen felt an immense, intense force surge towards him, his blood and qi churning, and he involuntarily took several steps back, his arms slightly numb. He was secretly shocked:
"Such power! This Dark Tyrant's strength is indeed well-deserved; a single strike possesses such formidable power!"
The Dark Tyrant remained suspended above the lava pool, motionless, as if the terrifying collision had had no effect on him whatsoever.
He looked at Ye Chen, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes, and said in an icy tone, "Heh, so you're just at the ninth level of the Undying Realm. You think you can be my enemy with such meager abilities?"
Ye Chen had taken the initiative, but he was still forced back by the Dark Tyrant.
The difference in strength between the two was so great that even if Ye Chen gained the first move, he could not make up for it.
"Your fragments of the Heaven-Burning Heaven are quite good; they are mine now."
A glint of greed flashed in the Dark Tyrant's eyes as he caught sight of the aura of the Heaven-Burning Fragment.
This divine object undoubtedly held a fatal attraction for a fire spirit like him.
He raised his hand and waved it, and the black and red flames around him instantly condensed together, transforming into a giant fiery palm that slammed towards Ye Chen.
The fiery palm, tens of feet tall, exuded a terrifying pressure, scorching and distorting the air wherever it passed.
Ye Chen's expression changed slightly, and he quickly dodged.
The difference in strength between him and the Dark Tyrant was ultimately too great.
puff-
The fiery hand struck the cave wall with tremendous force, creating a deafening roar that shattered the wall and sent countless fragments of rock flying.
Where can we hide?
The Dark Tyrant, with a cold expression, first mobilized waves of lava, transforming them into walls of lava to block Ye Chen's path.
Ye Chen suddenly smiled and said, "If you want the Fragment of the Heaven-Burning Realm, I'll give it to you."
After saying that, Ye Chen opened his mouth and spat out the fragments of the Burning Heaven.
The fragments flew toward the Dark Tyrant.
The Dark Tyrant was taken aback, thinking to himself, "This kid, could it be that he wants to offer up the fragments and then beg for mercy?"
As the fragments flew towards him, he grabbed them and felt a scorching, burning heat emanating from them. He couldn't help but begin refining them.
However, the violent energy contained in the fragments of the Burning Heaven was not something the Dark Tyrant could easily digest.
He tried to refine it on the spot, but wisps of blazing heavenly tribulation fire erupted from his body, accompanied by waves of burning pain.