Chapter 1525

The Flame Lion was originally at the ninth-level Celestial Venerable realm, and with the added power of fire, here it is equivalent to its home turf.

So every time it disappears, it uses Spatial Power and flames to kill a Martial Cultivator.

Soon, over twenty scouting Martial Cultivators were half killed by it.

The remaining Martial Cultivators, seeing this, immediately turned and fled, no longer able to heed Luo Tianming's orders.

If they kept fighting, they'd be dead either way; better to flee, perhaps there's still a slim chance.

Luo Tianming saw these people actually fleeing, and he angrily cursed at the Transmission Talisman.

But they all pretended not to know, deliberately avoided looking at the Transmission Talisman, and ran straight toward the outskirts of the Volcano Cluster.

Luo Tianming saw that insults and threats were useless, stopped wasting words on them, immediately organized all Martial Cultivators, and launched a fierce assault on the fire wall.

Although many Martial Cultivators' attributes are not water or ice, a sufficient number of Zhen Yuan Gong Ji can also extinguish the flames.

Now it's a race between Ye Liuyun and those Martial Cultivators to see whether Luo Tianming's group will break the formation first, or Ye Liuyun will first complete the lava coverage.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun saw that all the Martial Cultivators had gathered together to resist the flames.

The Martial Cultivators near his side were either dead or had fled.

There was nobody left.

Ye Liuyun immediately notified his clone and the Flame Lion, to concentrate their power and cover the other half of the formation, and that would be enough.

Otherwise, the speed would be too slow, possibly allowing Luo Tianming and the others to escape.

Immediately, half of the lava they had previously laid down poured into the formation.

The other half had already sped up its laying.

Luo Tianming, seeing this, also hesitated whether to retreat with the others to the other side or continue attacking the formation.

If they retreated to the other side, although temporarily safe, they still couldn't escape the formation.

If they all concentrated and attacked the formation together, they could also be taken out by Ye Liuyun.

But before he could make a decision, some Martial Cultivators had already run toward the other half of the formation.

There, the sky had no lava, so it was naturally much safer than here.

As many people turned back, their speed in attacking the fire wall immediately slowed down.

Originally, a few bombardments could destroy a fire wall, but now it had slowed considerably.

"All of you, come back to me!"

Luo Tianming had those Martial Cultivators come over to jointly bombard the formation.

And he even dispatched several high-level Celestial Venerable Martial Cultivators to chase those Martial Cultivators back.

"Those who don't come back will be killed outright!"

Luo Tianming directly issued a death order to the Martial Cultivators.

After killing one disobedient Martial Cultivator, the others had no choice but to obediently return.

They also knew they were racing against time, so they desperately poured out True Essence to break through the formation outward.

Seeing those people about to reach the edge of the formation, Ye Liuyun and his group still hadn't connected the lava into a sheet.

"Concentrate the lava at the formation's edge and pour it down directly—we can't wait any longer, or they'll escape!"

Ye Liuyun said, and together with his clone and the Flame Lion, they moved as much lava as possible over there, then withdrew the Spatial Power.

"Whoosh!"

The lava in the air howled as it fell downward.

Luo Tianming's people, seeing they were about to reach the formation's edge and thinking they'd soon escape, were elated when suddenly lava poured down from above.

"Ah!"

Some Martial Cultivators flying high to avoid the ground were the first to suffer, directly slammed down by the lava.

Originally low in realm, that's why they flew high to avoid the lava; but this blast burned their True Essence Body Shield, they screamed as they fell with the lava, and were soon swallowed by it.

Seeing the situation turn bad, the others each brought out their treasured defensive artifacts to protect themselves.

"Boom!"

The lava as a whole smashed into the ground, emitting a dull thud.

The formation finally couldn't withstand the massive lava impact and completely lost its function.

The clone and the Flame Lion now stood beside Ye Liuyun, looking at the horrific scene before them.

The very void was almost burned through, the ground a sea of fire, like a hell on earth.

A large number of Martial Cultivators were now submerged in lava.

"This blast wiped out most of the Martial Cultivators!"

Ye Liuyun watched some Martial Cultivators swallowed by lava still reaching out for help, and felt it was somewhat cruel.

Some Martial Cultivators were half-dead, their lower halves submerged in lava while their upper halves struggled not to sink.

In the end, only over twenty Martial Cultivators remained, protected by their defensive artifacts.

Luo Tianming also stood completely unharmed in his original spot.

He not only wore Divine Rank protective clothing, but also used an artifact that formed a light shield protecting him.

At this moment, the top of that light shield was already about to disappear, presumably burned by the lava, and wouldn't last much longer.

But after all, it held up and protected Luo Tianming.

"Let's go!"

Ye Liuyun stored his clone and the Flame Lion into the Space World and flew away.

The Dragon-Elephant Great Army that had been attacking the formation now realized it had failed and was rushing here to reinforce.

Ye Liuyun also felt that he had already killed enough opponents in this trap; there was no need to linger, lest they entangle him and prevent his escape.

He also wanted to quickly catch up with those scouting Martial Cultivators, lest they go attack Meng Zhangxing and the others.

Luo Tianming watched Ye Liuyun's retreating back, gnashing his teeth as he cursed: "I must kill you all! Including your entire families and clans, you all have to die!"

Ye Liuyun gave a scornful smile, too lazy to even respond, activated his Heaven-Wandering Boots beneath his feet, and walked away without looking back.

"These imperial heirs have probably never suffered such a loss! Come find me again when you've calmed down!"

He felt a surge of mockery in his heart and rushed to the encampment of Meng Zhangxing and the others.

Ye Liuyun's guess was indeed correct.

Those Martial Cultivators who had previously fled while scouting, terrified of being caught by Luo Tianming, ran desperately.

Unexpectedly, they encountered the Defense Array set up by Meng Zhangxing and the others midway.

They originally thought their escape had no chance of dispelling Luo Tianming's hatred toward them.

But now a turning point has appeared.

"If we capture these people and threaten their companions, could we possibly save our lives before the imperial prince?"

"Even if we don't get a reward, it would at least offset our faults."

A Martial Cultivator of the Tianzun Realm said to the crowd.

"Yeah! Even if we all died in battle just now, we still couldn't beat them, and it wouldn't be entirely our fault."

"But now if we can capture them, it would count as merit, at least we wouldn't be executed."

Another Martial Cultivator of the Tianzun Realm also said.

Thus, after discussing, they all rushed to surround Meng Zhangxing and the others.

Meng Zhangxing and his group were initially somewhat worried about being outnumbered by so many, but upon seeing these people's cultivation levels, they actually felt relieved.

Among these Martial Cultivators, the highest cultivation level is only the Sixth Layer of the Tianzun Realm.

Moreover, they were all smoke-blackened and scorched, obviously having been burned badly earlier.