Chapter 291

Molten Lava Immortal Palace.

Ning Zhuo sat enveloped in floating clouds, practicing breathing exercises.

Under the concealment of the Cloud-Hidden Bud, his cultivation base, which was actually at the ninth level of Qi Sea, only appeared to be at the fourth level.

Recently, there had been too many situations consuming magic power. Even with the magic power of a ninth-level cultivation base, he felt it was not enough.

If he felt this way, the members of the three families' renovation teams felt it even more so.

They had to consume magic power to actively complete various tasks and earn merit, while also finding time to actively cultivate and advance their own cultivation bases.

It was simply miserable.

However, the three families also brought out their respective foundations, providing large amounts of elixirs to fully compensate for the weaknesses of the renovation team members and trying their best to clear their cultivation obstacles.

Even the two Jin Dan cultivators, Zhu Xuanji and Zhu Zhen, dug into their own pockets to provide many subsidies.

Ning Zhuo thus obtained many good things, most of which he stored away. He had gone too far, and he really had no use for them.

Suddenly.

In his spirit sea, Ning Zhuo's My Buddha Heart-Demon Seal emitted a brilliant Buddhist light.

The Buddhist light covered Ning Zhuo's entire body.

"Who is probing my destiny again?" Ning Zhuo immediately stopped his breathing exercises and poured all his magic power into the Cloud-Hidden Bud under the base of his tongue.

With the two working in tandem, they perfectly concealed his destiny.

Boom!

With a loud noise, Ning Zhuo felt his bed shake.

"What's going on?! What happened outside?" Ning Zhuo opened his eyes within the floating clouds.

At this moment, the Buddhist light disappeared.

Clearly, the person probing him had stopped the action.

Ning Zhuo immediately put away the floating clouds, jumped to the ground, slammed open the door, and walked into the courtyard.

Ning Jiufan was already standing in the courtyard, looking out at the sky.

Just as Ning Zhuo was about to bow and greet him, his gaze was firmly drawn to a scene in the sky!

He saw a huge fire python, nearly a hundred zhang long and as thick as an ancient tree. It raised its head high, and then the snake head, like a battering ram, fiercely crashed into the spherical light shield of the Molten Lava Immortal Palace.

Boom!

The familiar sound echoed in Ning Zhuo's ears.

The Molten Lava Immortal Palace beneath his feet shook violently once again.

"So, it was the one that caused the commotion just now!" Ning Zhuo immediately understood and couldn't help but gasp, "Ancestor, is this a Nascent Soul-level beast king?"

Ning Zhuo had seen Jin Dan-level Fire-Walking Snakes and Fire-Walking Dragons from afar.

Such a massive body and such a powerful offensive could never be possessed by a Jin Dan-level creature.

Ning Jiufan nodded with a solemn expression: "That's right!"

Ning Zhuo's heart shook, thinking: "This Red Flame Beast Tide really has a Nascent Soul-level existence entering the fray!"

Crack, crack.

Large cracks quickly appeared on the golden, semi-transparent spherical light shield.

The crisp cracking sound was so distinct that it made one feel terrified.

Almost all the cultivators in the Molten Lava Immortal Palace were awakened, looking up at this scene with immense worry.

Their cultivation bases were at most at the Jin Dan level, and they were extremely powerless when facing a Nascent Soul-level enemy. Even if the Molten Lava Immortal Palace had the power to suppress, it would inevitably be a bitter battle.

"City Lord Meng Kui, why haven't you taken action yet?" Ning Zhuo asked urgently.

He had one more layer of worry than the others.

That was merit!

The Red Flame Beast Tide was triggered by the cooperation between Ning Zhuo and the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit. If the Nascent Soul-level Fire-Walking Snake broke the light shield and caused massive destruction to the Molten Lava Immortal Palace, then the calculation of Ning Zhuo's merit would have a huge negative result.

Just as Ning Zhuo finished speaking, he saw Meng Kui take action.

Behind the Fire-Walking Snake, clouds and mist surged, suddenly clearing to reveal a giant human palm.

Spell—Mysteries in the Palm!

The giant palm seemed slow but was actually fast, reaching the back of the Fire-Walking Snake in the blink of an eye.

Just as it was about to grab the Fire-Walking Snake, the latter suddenly hissed, and the two sides of its flame-condensed body suddenly expanded, forming a pair of wide, fiery feathered wings.

Boom.

The Fire-Walking Snake flapped violently, leaving a trail of sparks in its wake as the entire snake body darted away.

The giant palm grabbed at empty air.

Meng Kui was surprised; this Nascent Soul-level Fire-Walking Snake, although its aptitude was poor and it didn't have a dragon form even at the Nascent Soul level, had mastered fire-attribute spells.

Meng Kui took a deep breath and fully mobilized the city-protecting formation to suppress the Red Flame Beast Tide, which was boiling over and about to launch a wild attack.

The Fire-Walking Snake was temporarily not under threat, flying directly above the Molten Lava Immortal Palace and opening its snake mouth to spew roaring flames.

The temperature of the flames was extremely high, and as they adhered to the golden light shield, they quickly burned the shield's golden light until it dimmed. The temperature inside the entire Molten Lava Immortal Palace climbed sharply, causing many cultivators to show signs of difficulty, their faces flushed red.

Meng Kui shouted and cast a spell, bringing wind and rain.

However, the ordinary wind and rain at most slightly curbed the fire but did not extinguish it.

"It's over! Supporting the light shield consumes magic power drastically. A portion of these debts will be counted against me." Ning Zhuo cursed inwardly.

Meng Kui cast another spell and used a magic treasure to attack the Fire-Walking Snake.

The Fire-Walking Snake roared and flapped its fire wings, diving down.

It smashed through the spell and knocked away the magic treasure, then, with its momentum undiminished, crashed into the spherical light shield for the third time with a boom, like a meteor hitting the ground.

Boom!

This time, huge cracks spread rapidly, almost spanning the entire sky, as if to cut the entire spherical light shield open.

Countless fireballs overflowed from the Fire-Walking Snake's body, and the fireballs quickly seeped in through the cracks.

They passed through the light shield and officially arrived above the Molten Lava Immortal Palace, condensing into shape and turning into eight Jin Dan-level Fire-Walking Snake-Dragons, dozens of Foundation Establishment-level ones, and hundreds of Qi Refining-level ones!

This move was not a spell.

Each snake-dragon was an independent life.

It turned out that the life existence of the Fire-Walking Snake was quite special; it was itself a mass of flames and had no flesh-and-blood body. Within a clan, Fire-Walking Snakes could entangle with each other and temporarily merge.

Attached to and merged with the Nascent Soul-level Fire-Walking Snake was a massive swarm of Fire-Walking Snakes!

As the Nascent Soul Fire-Walking Snake perched on the very top of the light shield, continuing to infiltrate its clan members inside, Meng Kui's "Mysteries in the Palm" grabbed at it again.

The Fire-Walking Snake raised its head and curled its body, its giant form displaying incredible agility as it dodged the grab.

But this time, Meng Kui had learned from his previous lesson and had a second magic giant hand lying in ambush, which grabbed at it in succession.

This time, the Fire-Walking Snake did not dodge, and its snake head was firmly grabbed from below.

It hissed in unwillingness, but still could not resist the power of the giant hand and was grabbed and flung away.

Bang!

It crashed directly into the vertical wall of the volcano's crater, making a violent sound.

The Fire-Walking Snake hissed in pain, its snake tail dangling into the magma, pulling at the lava and swinging it violently.

A surging column of lava erupted into the sky, fiercely crashing into the magic giant hand that had grabbed it.

The magic giant hand was immediately scorched and melted, becoming tattered and ruined.

The Fire-Walking Snake twisted its body excitedly, just about to break free, when Meng Kui's other giant hand covered it, suppressing it once again.

Thus, the two sides fell into a stalemate.

Inside the Molten Lava Immortal Palace, the clash between the cultivators and the Fire-Walking Snake swarm had already begun.

Both sides engaged in fierce combat in the sky and on the ground.

Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals.

Led by Zhu Xuanji, Zhu Zhen, and others, they moved back and forth in mid-air, launching wild attacks on the Jin Dan-level Fire-Walking Snake-Dragons, trying their best to prevent them from landing on the ground.

There were also Jin Dan-level Fire-Walking Snakes that lacked the ability to fly and crashed to the ground, where they were intercepted by Jin Dan-level cultivators, with both sides engaging in fierce battles among the various buildings.

"My merit!" Ning Zhuo's face was as heavy as his mood.

All he could do was gather the Ning family's renovation team members, charge into the battlefield, and do his utmost to make up for his merit!

"Destroy, destroy!" In the main hall of the Molten Lava Immortal Palace, the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit roared excitedly.

It exerted all its control, making the magic power supplied to the light shield intermittent, and ensuring that the main force of the mechanical creations always avoided the powerful Fire-Walking Snakes and leaned toward the weaker spots.

To it, the Molten Lava Immortal Palace was a body it temporarily inhabited, but also a huge cage.

The more the Molten Lava Immortal Palace was destroyed, the deeper it was wounded, but the larger the gap created in the cage would be.

"There will be a moment when this gap is large enough for me to break free from it!"

"For freedom, everything is for freedom."

"Hold on, show the backbone of the Fire-Walking Snake clan! Hmm... although none of us have bones." The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit focused on the Nascent Soul battle, even cheering on the Nascent Soul-level Fire-Walking Snake.

Ning Zhuo took a deep breath, slapped his storage belt, and immediately released ten Fire-Exploding Monkeys.

The Fire-Exploding Monkeys pounced on a group of Qi Refining-level Fire-Walking Snakes.

After only a few rounds of combat, they exploded one after another with bangs.

The Fire-Walking Snakes' bodies were blown to pieces, but after a few breaths, they all recovered.

Ning Zhuo frowned deeply. The self-destruction of the Fire-Exploding Monkeys was their strongest means, but the Fire-Walking Snakes were not flesh-and-blood bodies, so the results of the self-destruction were minimal.

The Fire-Walking Snake swarm pounced on Ning Zhuo, hissing and entangling with each other; by the time they reached Ning Zhuo, the merged Fire-Walking Snake's life aura had already reached the Foundation Establishment level.

Ning Zhuo slapped his belt again, releasing Fire-Bamboo Snakes.

The Fire-Bamboo Snakes tangled with the Foundation Establishment Fire-Walking Snake, unable to separate for a time.

Ning Zhuo took the opportunity to cast a spell, flying out ten mechanical flying hands, each of which emitted spells.

A large burst of frost spells crashed down, and the Foundation Establishment Fire-Walking Snake fell apart, turning back into a dozen Qi Refining-level small snakes, which were then covered by the spells and all perished.

The Fire-Bamboo Snakes were covered in wounds and suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, the Fire-Bamboo Snakes Ning Zhuo had in reserve were not just this one.

He continued to fight.

Boom, boom, boom!

Above his head, thunderous explosions continued to ring out.

Each explosion represented a fierce collision between Meng Kui and the Nascent Soul-level Fire-Walking Snake.

"The key to this defensive battle is still the Nascent Soul-level contest!" This was something everyone understood.

Finally.

As Meng Kui gathered enough momentum, he intercepted the Fire-Walking Snake with one hand and flew back with the other, widening the distance.

The magic giant hand stood in mid-air and began to calculate.

Meng Kui's main body rolled his eyes back, shouting coldly: "Fire-Walking Snake, I have already calculated... your defeat and flight!"

The next moment, the magic giant hand used for calculation fell apart, like clouds and mist, quickly dissipating.

And on the Nascent Soul Fire-Walking Snake's body, explosions rang out one after another, instantly blowing it into a crippled state.

The Fire-Walking Snake originally didn't care, but soon, it was shocked into hissing.

Because it was horrified to find that its injuries could not be recovered. At this moment, its advantage of not being a flesh-and-blood body seemed to have vanished completely!