Chapter 408: Original Source Power

Because I think your third senior brother is very smart. Yuan Yao frowned, raised her hand to touch her head, and then said sincerely: "Maybe this deep underground really hides that sword tomb!"

Cang Li: "……"

He gave a light cough, raised his hand to rub her head, "Did I hurt you?"

Yuan Yao feigned grievance: "It hurts."

Before her words even fell, Cang Li quickly extended a finger, tapped the mask on her face, producing a crisp sound, and said in a teasing tone: "Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao, don't think I don't know what's on your mind! You say you think I'm smart? Hmph, cut it out, you're clearly just trying to fool me!"

Yuan Yao: "Hehe."

Yuan Yao brought up the matter: "I previously used my mental power to probe this small black hole, but with my current mental power, I simply cannot reach its bottom."

Cang Li's expression slightly tightened upon hearing that.

With Yao Yao's such powerful mental power unable to reach the bottom of this small black hole, it must mean the small black hole is definitely suspicious.

Cang Li sighed, "What a pity, there's no water here."

Yuan Yao asked, "You want to fill this black hole with water?"

Cang Li nodded.

"Third Senior Brother, do you think this Heavenly Fire Secret Realm might have some temporal pattern? Like... the descent of heavenly fire." Yuan Yao sensed the change in the surrounding air, she slowly raised her head and looked upward.

The sky above gradually showed a color like molten lava.

Following her gaze, Cang Li looked up; upon seeing this sight with his own eyes, his heart couldn't help but be somewhat shaken.

At this moment, Dongfangxiu, who had leapt up and flown onto the Heavenly Fire Wasteland, also noticed something, looked up, and his pupils contracted slightly.

"What is this?"

At that moment, clumps of heavenly fire fell from the sky, wrapped in scorching heat waves, causing the spatial airflow to deform as well.

Seeing this, Dongfangxiu immediately condensed spiritual power to resist.

On the other side, Yuan Yao and Cang Li also stood up to resist these heavenly fires.

Cang Li conjured a red spear in his hand, swung it, and in an instant lightning flashed in the air, the heavenly fire cluster was blasted apart.

Cang Li asked, "How long will this heavenly fire descent last approximately?"

Yuan Yao also summoned the Phantom Spirit Sword, replying, "One to two hours."

She tilted her head to look at Cang Li, smiling brightly, and said, "Third Senior Brother, why not make use of this for some practical combat? It can also test your cultivation achievements in the sect over this period."

"Sure." Cang Li curled his lips into a smile.

He swung the spear forth, like the force of thunder, with tremendous pressure.

Yuan Yao raised her sword and slashed; sword energy extended three thousand feet, with continuous explosive sounds.

The two senior siblings fought together against the heavenly fire.

After one hour, it was seen that the gold-robed youth's clothing had multiple burnt scorch marks, and even the ends of his hair were scorched yellow.

Meanwhile, the green-clad maiden remained completely unharmed.

Suddenly, Yuan Yao seemed to sense something, immediately turned her head toward the direction of the small black hole below, and saw a black small figure actually emerging from the cave mouth.

Before Yuan Yao could get a clear look, it instantly shrank back into the cave.

Yuan Yao's heart stirred; she swiftly flashed to beside the small black hole, then deployed her mental power to search for the trace of that black small figure.

But that little creature fled extremely fast.

Yuan Yao suddenly thought of something; she put away the Phantom Spirit Sword, then took out a spirit stone from her storage space and threw it into the cave, immediately afterward she swiftly deployed a formation totem.

"Activate!"

As her voice fell, a light-blue totem instantly formed above the small black hole, a strong suction force wildly pulling at the small black hole!

Soon, the spirit stone Yuan Yao had thrown in was quickly sucked out.

Yuan Yao's eyes narrowed slightly.

At the same time, a clump of heavenly fire fell toward her position.

"Little Fox."

In an instant, a small fox with multicolored fur and heterochromatic eyes appeared out of thin air, extending its claws to slash at that clump of heavenly fire in midair!

"Clang!"

The heavenly fire was dispersed by the claw wind.

The little fox stood guard beside Yuan Yao, shielding her from these heavenly fires.

And just then, a black small figure was suddenly sucked out by the powerful suction formation.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao's eyes lit up; she immediately reached out and grabbed that black small figure.

Now Yuan Yao could clearly see its appearance.

Its whole body was pitch black, looking fluffy, with a pair of dark eyes—only the whites of the eyes and the teeth were white. Its entire body was oval, round and plump, with extremely short arms and legs.

Held in Yuan Yao's palm, it instantly showed a terrified gaze, then opened its mouth and spewed a clump of flame toward her.

Yuan Yao reacted promptly, immediately throwing it out, thus avoiding a direct hit from its flame attack.

While it was thrown onto the ground with a patter, it immediately flashed, attempting to rush into that small black hole.

Yuan Yao was quick-eyed and quick-handed, swiftly intercepting it.

It tried to go around her, but when it reached the vicinity of the small black hole, it saw she had stepped on the cave entrance.

Yuan Yao spoke extremely quickly: "Don't be afraid, I'm not trying to harm you? I just want to ask you a few things."

But at this moment, flames suddenly burst from its body, making its whole body look like a fireball.

It lunged at the back of Yuan Yao's foot.

Yuan Yao's expression slightly changed; she quickly condensed spiritual power to entangle it.

But unexpectedly, it broke free of the spiritual power restraint in an instant.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao had no choice but to retract the foot she had placed on the cave entrance.

It flickered and had already vanished into the depths of the small black hole.

Meanwhile, the heavenly fire falling from the sky was gradually diminishing.

After the battle, Cang Li noticed Yuan Yao still guarding around the small black hole; his expression slightly tightened, and he immediately went to her side.

"What's wrong?"

Yuan Yao replied, "Just now a little black thing flickered into view. I have never seen such a creature before."

She then gave Cang Li a detailed description of the appearance of that little black thing just now.

Hearing this, Cang Li frowned slightly, "Perhaps I have never seen it either. The myriad beings of the cultivation world are countless; not seeing or hearing of something is quite normal. I think that little black thing is likely a spirit beast of the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm; perhaps it isn't as crucial as you imagine."

Yuan Yao fell silent for a moment.

She lifted her head to look at Cang Li, "But it can spit fire."

Cang Li choked slightly; if he hadn't grown up with her since childhood, he probably wouldn't understand what she was trying to convey.

"Do you think the area that previously formed the sea of fire is related to it?"

Yuan Yao nodded, gazing at him with a solemn expression, "Third Senior Brother, can you trust me?"

Cang Li said, "How could I not trust you?"

Third senior brother, a few months ago we entered the Flowing Light Secret Realm together; later, when I broke through to the Golden Core Realm, I sensed an extremely pure power aura surging toward me, and it now remains stored in my dantian. Initially I did not know what kind of power aura this was, until later I asked my master.

Cang Li's heart jolted, "In that case, did you also sense a similar primal power on that little black thing?"

Cang Li's heart jolted, "If that's the case, did you also sense a similar primordial power on that little black thing?"

"Only the Third Senior Brother truly knows me!"

Only my third senior brother knows me!