Chapter 1349: Strange Fire Plaza

And while Lin Feng and the others pursued Wu Nie Tun Yan's aura at full speed, the latter's group, at this moment, carefully landed on the plaza in front of that huge stone hall.

As for Gu Yuan and his group, it was naturally impossible for them to let Hun Tiandi and the others slip out of their sight.

Therefore, he also led Yan Jin and the others, closely following behind the Soul Clan.

However, because both sides were worried about danger here, they did not rashly continue fighting.

After all, the occasional Dou Saint relics that appear in the outside world can each kill a group of Dou Venerates.

And as for the Gu Di Dong Fu, the abode left behind by a Dou Emperor expert, who knows what dangers lie inside.

Perhaps there are even strange devices that can easily kill a Dou Saint.

After all, a Dou Emperor expert's methods are unfathomable; even Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan dare not be careless.

And in this strange atmosphere, the forces of the Soul and Ancient clans tacitly positioned themselves left and right, maintaining a cautious flight along the plaza at roughly the maximum distance of a thousand zhang that Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan could sense.

As for Yan Jin, although he very much wanted to intervene and stop the Soul Clan from continuing to explore the Gu Di Dong Fu,

but considering the strangeness inside this abode, he also refrained from acting.

After all, here his perception extends less than a hundred zhang.

In this situation, the enemy can easily escape his sight and perception with just a casual run, making it extremely unsuitable for combat.

And because this plaza's area is terrifyingly vast, even though everyone present is a Dou Saint expert, their speed

still resembles ants walking in a desert, making it hard to reach the end.

However, those present are nearly all the top experts on the Dou Qi Continent.

Therefore, their mental fortitude is naturally solid, so no one voiced complaints.

After all, within this Dou Emperor abode that resembles a divine relic, everyone's hearts, including Hun Tiandi's and Gu Yuan's, are filled with reverence.

So, even though Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Wu Nie Tun Yan were extremely eager to obtain the Emperor-grade embryonic pill, none of them voiced complaints.

"Huh, this feeling is of the same kind?"

After flying for about half an hour, Wu Nie Tun Yan's body suddenly halted.

Immediately afterward, he turned his head in the direction sensed via that mutual feeling among their kind.

With that turn of his head, Wu Nie Tun Yan saw a massive stone pillar, a thousand zhang tall, not far ahead.

Raising his head, he clearly saw a cluster of deep-yellow flames rising atop the top of that stone pillar.

This flame, although it lacked the violent state of a normal strange fire,

but Wu Nie Tun Yan almost instantly recognized it as not an imitation but a genuine strange fire!

As for its specific origin, it is the Mysterious Yellow Flame ranked twenty-third on the Strange Fire List.

"Interesting, I never expected that Tuoshe Gu Di would have such a hobby, collecting strange fires and displaying them here."

Upon seeing the Mysterious Yellow Flame, the exceptionally knowledgeable Hun Tiandi quickly identified its origin and then exclaimed in amazement.

As soon as the former's words fell, the sole uninjured walking corpse immediately frowned and said, "How can this strange fire's aura be so weak?"

"If it weren't for Lord Wu Nie speaking up, I wouldn't have paid serious attention to it just now; I would have thought it was just an ordinary lighting tool."

After the walking corpse finished speaking, the other Soul Clan members' brows instantly furrowed.

Because what the former said was correct, although this is indeed the Mysterious Yellow Flame, it appears pitifully weak.

That appearance is as if all the power originally within the strange fire had completely drained away.

However, while everyone was hesitating, Wu Nie Tun Yan gazed at this quiet plaza, and his eyes suddenly filled with a hint of bewilderment.

"Why do I suddenly feel that this place is very familiar?"

Suddenly, this thought popped into Wu Nie Tun Yan's mind without any warning.

Although he previously didn't know why, it seemed as if he had known some matters about the Gu Di Dong Fu since birth.

At that time he paid no mind, thinking he had merely wandered around the vicinity of the Gu Di Dong Fu before his Spirit Gathering.

Thus, after his Spirit Gathering, many details about the interior of the Gu Di Dong Fu remained in his mind.

But upon arriving here, he felt a strange sense of familiarity toward this place.

That feeling was as if he had once lived here.

However, this place is the Gu Di Dong Fu; without Ancient Jade, one cannot enter it at all, so why does he feel familiar with it?

Moreover, judging from the earlier situation, this Gu Di Dong Fu ought to have been opened for the first time just now!

Thinking of this, the dark face of Wu Nie Tun Yan, marked with several runes, instantly began to shift in expression.

Because his intuition told him he had stayed here for a long time, making him very familiar with this place.

But reason reminded him that he possessed neither the Tuoshe Gu Di Jade nor the ability to sneak in secretly.

Therefore, he could not possibly have entered this Gu Di Dong Fu.

And while his heart was churning with tremendous shock, Wu Nie Tun Yan's flight speed did not decrease; instead, he continued leading Hun Tiandi and the others forward.

Of course, at this moment, whether it was the other Soul Clan Dou Saints or the members of the Ancient and the other clans, they all discovered the strange fire on the stone pillars.

However, since the Mysterious Yellow Flame ranks too low, most people merely marveled that Tuoshe Gu Di actually collected such a low-grade strange fire, and otherwise paid it little heed.

Yet, after they continued forward for less than a minute, a sky‑supporting stone pillar appeared once again before their eyes.

And what caught everyone's attention was that atop this second stone pillar, a cluster of flames was likewise rising!

"Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, ranked twenty-second on the Strange Fire List."

Gazing at the rising flames, where a faint red fire shaped like myriad beasts could be seen, Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and the others slowly exhaled, their eyes flickering slightly as they fell into thought.

Immediately afterward, they looked ahead and their flight speed suddenly increased considerably.

Seeing this, the people behind them also hurried to keep up.

After the group advanced another minute or so, a stone pillar of the same size as before but with different patterns appeared within everyone's sight.

And atop that stone pillar, a black‑and‑white colored strange fire was likewise rising.

However, this strange fire, like the previous Mysterious Yellow Flame and Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, also possessed little power.

It looks just like a decorative display.

"I didn't expect that the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor also has a hobby of collecting Heavenly Flames. Moreover, the further ahead, the higher the ranking of the Heavenly Flames on these stone pillars. Could it be that all twenty-three Heavenly Flames on the Heavenly Flame Ranking have been gathered in this Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's cave?"

The Soul Heavenly Emperor gazed at this scene, his eyes also showing surprise.

Based on his prior knowledge, he naturally recognized it with ease.

The black and white flames on the third stone pillar are the Yin-Yang Double Flame, ranked twenty-first on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

However, he thought that the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, Wu Nie Tun Yan, and the mysterious Heavenly Flame ranked first on the Heavenly Flame Ranking should each be the sole one in the world. In his heart, the Soul Heavenly Emperor also felt a surge of curiosity.

He wanted to know whether there was a second Pure Lotus Demonic Fire or a second Wu Nie Tun Yan inside.

At the same time, the Soul Heavenly Emperor also wanted to see that mysterious Heavenly Flame ranked first on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

After all, that Heavenly Flame ranked first on the Heavenly Flame Ranking has never appeared in the world.

Even until now, the Soul Heavenly Emperor still does not know its name or appearance.

"Everyone, hurry up!"

Thinking this, the Soul Heavenly Emperor urged those behind him, and then quickly increased his speed.

Seeing this, the group behind him also hurriedly followed.

After all, visibility is poor in here; if they got separated from their clan leader, it would cause a big trouble!

"We should also hurry, don't let those Soul Clan bastards get ahead."

On the other side, Gu Yuan, seeing this, also hurriedly began urging their clan's Dou Saints and Flame Clan members.

After all, that Emperor-grade Infant Pill, he would under no circumstances hand it over to the Soul Heavenly Emperor!

As everyone's pace quickened, shortly thereafter, a sky‑supporting stone pillar appeared in their view at regular intervals.

At the same time, on these successively appearing stone pillars, a Heavenly Flame from the Heavenly Flame Ranking rose up.

These Heavenly Flames started with the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Myriad Beasts Spirit Fire, then later the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, Falling Heart Flame, and Bone Spirit Chill Fire.

In the astonished gazes of both the Soul and Ancient sides, the Heavenly Flames on the Ranking, from the last-place Mysterious Yellow Flame up to the eighth-place Eight Wastes Destruction Flame, were all present without a single missing!

Even upon seeing these variously colored Heavenly Flames, although the Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan do not cultivate Dou Qi, they were still filled with greed for them.

After all, even the three Dou Emperor clans would find it impossible to collect so many Heavenly Flames.

But within this Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's cave, a great number of them were secretly hidden.

This shows how wealthy a Dou Emperor powerhouse is!

At the same time, the crowd only then realized the plaza they were currently in.

The variety of Heavenly Flames was simply rich to a terrifying degree.

If one had to say, this place is like a Heavenly Flame plaza!

"I never imagined that the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor would love collecting Heavenly Flames to this extent. Those who don't know might think he is a Dou Emperor of our Flame Clan."

After watching for a long time, seeing the Eight Wastes Destruction Flame ranked sixth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking on the stone pillar, Yan Jin behind Gu Yuan finally could not help but sigh aloud.

After all, he is originally a fire‑attribute cultivator, and moreover he is a top‑tier genius capable of merging two Heavenly Flames by his own means.

Now, seeing so many Heavenly Flames all at once, he inevitably exclaimed in astonishment.

"I just don't know whether the legendary top three Heavenly Flames on the Ranking are also present here."

As soon as Yan Jin finished speaking, the Fire Spirit beside him also nodded in agreement.

Under normal circumstances, Heavenly Flames in the world are rare, but they are not unique.

However, those ranked in the top three on the Heavenly Flame Ranking are not among them.

Generally speaking, Heavenly Flames like the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire and Wu Nie Tun Yan, if they exist in the world, will not give birth to a second one.

As for the current Pure Lotus Demonic Fire and Wu Nie Tun Yan, one is in the hands of a little fellow named Lin Feng, and the other has taken human form to assist the Soul Clan in continuing its bloodline.

Therefore, Yan Jin and the Fire Spirit are very curious: could the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor possibly obtain a second Pure Lotus Demonic Fire and a second Wu Nie Tun Yan?

With this thought in mind, the two of them unconsciously ran faster.

On this vast and boundless plaza, after the two groups flew forward at high speed for a while, everyone's figures suddenly came to a halt.

Because the plaza had now reached its end!

At the same time, the stone pillar storing the fourth‑ranked Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame came into everyone's view.

Upon thinking of the top three Heavenly Flames, the crowd instantly became excited and continued to rush forward.

However, not long after they took flight, a huge sky‑supporting stone pillar slowly appeared in their sight.

However, at this moment the stone pillar caused everyone's expectant expressions to turn into extreme disappointment.

Because this time, the top of this stone pillar was rare in being completely empty, and nobody saw any Heavenly Flame rising again!

This means that, in the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's collection, it seems there are not these two Heavenly Flames.

However, what surprised the crowd even more was that, after they flew past this empty stone pillar,

the next stone pillar was also empty!

Seeing this, the crowd couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, their expressions showing a hint of regret.

"It seems that even the legendary Tuoshe Ancient Emperor cannot obtain the top three Heavenly Flames on the Ranking!"

As the crowd passed the second stone pillar whose top was empty, and saw the third similarly empty huge stone pillar top, everyone's hearts inevitably felt some emotion.

However, thinking that the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had completely lost his trace not long after breaking through to Dou Emperor,

the crowd speculated whether he had gone off to do something and thus no longer spent time searching.

Of course, such thoughts were quickly cut off by the crowd.

Because they had now arrived at the end of the plaza!

"Could it be that the Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan have already entered the stone hall beyond the plaza?"

Meanwhile, as the two groups ahead finished flying across the plaza, at the edge of this vast plaza, Huang Tian gazed at the distant huge stone hall and couldn't help but frown as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, several Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan Dou Saints behind him, as well as members of the other two major Magic Beast races, all had their expressions tighten, and their gazes instantly turned toward the huge azure stone hall ahead.

Immediately, the impatient Zi Yan subconsciously turned her head and asked: "Lin Feng, at this speed, we won't be snatched ahead by Hun Tiandi and them, taking the Emperor-grade Infant Pill, right?"

As soon as she said that, the gazes of the surrounding people all turned to him, waiting for his answer.

Even Zhu Kun quietly pricked up his ears, wanting to hear how this black-hearted kid would respond.

After all, his intuition told him that this kid was not as he appeared.

From the opponent's consistently calm and water-like demeanor from start to finish.

It is highly likely that the opponent also has some trump card up their sleeve.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng patiently explained to Zi Yan: "Little girl, the Golden Core I previously encountered had the strength of an Eight-Star Dou Saint right from birth. As for that Emperor-grade Infant Pill, its strength at birth might not be that of an ordinary Nine-Star Dou Saint. Therefore, do you think Hun Tiandi or Gu Yuan could have the ability to subdue that Emperor-grade Infant Pill and escape without anyone noticing?"

"Uh, hearing you say that, it seems unlikely."

After Lin Feng finished speaking, Zi Yan pondered for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.

And the others, upon hearing Lin Feng's explanation, likewise felt the same.

After all, the strength of a ninth-grade pill basically starts at the Dou Saint level, and an emperor-grade pill's combat power is destined to be formidable from birth.

Moreover, the Emperor-grade Infant Pill they are seeking has been cultivated for tens of thousands of years. (End of chapter)