Chapter 3021: Dragon Soul Essence Fire

"You mean they deliberately lured us down here?" Ye Liuyun also sent a sound transmission to Qiong Qi to ask.

"Very likely!" Qiong Qi confirmed.

"If the Dragon Soul can control the Fire Spirit Demons, doesn't that mean it's strong?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi via sound transmission.

"That's not necessarily true! Those Fire Spirit Demons lack much intelligence, so they're easy to control. Besides, I'm only guessing; it might not actually be a Dragon Soul. But if there truly is a Dragon Soul, hiding in its own essence fire, it's very likely well preserved!"

Qiong Qi now also cannot determine the strength of that Dragon Soul. He merely saw that the Fire Spirit Demons attacking them were abnormal, so he suspected someone was setting a trap for them.

Qiong Qi continued to console Ye Liuyun: "The martial cultivators here are so strong—how could nobody have noticed this place's fire power?"

Ye Liuyun then realized that since arriving here, they really hadn't encountered any human martial cultivators. If this fire power were truly easy to handle, those strong ones would have likely taken it long ago.

Therefore the danger here should be far greater than what's before us—at least those experts of the Guiyi Seventh-Eighth Layer lack the ability to take this place's fire.

But he also likewise couldn't think of a good way to deal with the impending danger. However, if he retreated now, he wouldn't see—

Therefore he also hesitated a bit, and his descending speed noticeably slowed.

Qiong Qi saw his hesitation and immediately reassured him: "I'm just reminding you—don't think too much for now. We can handle them. Other martial cultivators, we'll discuss after they appear; if not, we'll bring out the firepower war chariot and blast them."

Ye Liuyun thought the same; he had the Ten Thousand Gods Command and two avatars, his Divine Soul Power was already strong enough, so he wasn't afraid of Spiritual Soul Attacks. As for the fire power, the three of them could all absorb it, and with Qiong Qi's furnace, there shouldn't be too much danger.

Thus they resumed their descent speed, but afterward no Fire Spirit Demons came to attack them.

"Haha, probably the Divine Sense controlling the Fire Spirit Demons noticed your hesitation and dared not let them attack you again, lest it scare you away!" Qiong Qi laughed and sent a sound transmission to Ye Liuyun.

The bottom of the lava cavern was a huge space. A large mass of scarlet seabed essence fire within still pulsed with crimson-gold flames, like the core of that mass of seabed essence fire.

At that moment, within the crimson-gold flames there was also a red Dragon Soul, fixedly staring at Ye Liuyun and the two others.

Around that mass of seabed essence fire, many larger Fire Spirit Demons transformed into sea beasts lay coiled. Seeing Ye Liuyun and the others continue to descend, the red Dragon Soul finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It used Divine Sense to transmit a message to the surrounding Fire Spirit Demons; those demons immediately scattered far away, and several that had taken dragon form had strength comparable to the Guiyi Eighth Layer.

Ye Liuyun and the others then encountered no further obstruction, easily reaching the cavern floor, but they became all the more vigilant.

At this point he had also seen that large mass of seabed essence fire, as well as the crimson-gold flames and the Dragon Soul within. He was scanning the surroundings while also communicating with Qiong Qi.

"Your earlier guess was correct—the Dragon Soul and the essence fire are both nurtured within the seabed essence fire. I can handle that Dragon Soul. However, the Fire Spirit Demons around are too numerous and also very strong; if they all rush at once, can your furnace hold them?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi, first putting away the Vermilion Bird.

"Those powerful Fire Spirit Demons I also have to collect one by one. But don't you also have a Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron? It should be able to contain fire as well—why not take it out and use it?"

Qiong Qi's remark reminded Ye Liuyun that since obtaining the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, he had hardly used it.

He didn't want to rely too much on treasures, and that cauldron he had merely prepared for alchemy; he never thought of using it against enemies. He also didn't know whether its rank could collect these Fire Spirit Demons.

He immediately took out the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron and examined it doubtfully.

"Your cauldron can swallow the heavens—could it possibly not hold a few spirits?" Qiong Qi reminded him via sound transmission.

"I'll give it a try first!"

Ye Liuyun also couldn't be certain; to guard against it failing at a critical moment, he immediately grabbed the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron and charged at a Guiyi Sixth Layer Fire Spirit Demon, then held the cauldron aimed at it and activated the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron to suck it in.

With a "whoosh," the Fire Spirit Demon didn't even have time to react before being directly sucked into the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron.

"It really works!" Ye Liuyun felt delighted, thinking the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron might be even more effective than Qiong Qi's furnace.

The cauldron could absorb not only Fire Spirit Demons but also a considerable amount of the surrounding lava.

The Fire Spirit Demons sucked inside were also confined within the cauldron's space, not refined; he could later absorb them slowly.

"What rank is this cauldron, exactly? The Super Divine Rank is probably just a general term; later ranks must have other names!" Ye Liuyun also thought about going out later to ask someone knowledgeable.

The Dragon Soul in the flames also startled. At first it felt as if Ye Liuyun had seen it, but Ye Liuyun quickly looked away, so it dared not be certain.

But now seeing Ye Liuyun easily suck in a Fire Spirit Demon with just a cauldron, it immediately sensed danger. It let out a roar, both to give Ye Liuyun and company a direction and to command all the Fire Spirit Demons to attack them.

Ye Liuyun now had assurance and no longer worried; he and Qiong Qi headed straight for the Dragon Soul's location. Qiong Qi also leapt out of the furnace and began using it to absorb Fire Spirit Demons.

However, Qiong Qi could only absorb them one by one; his furnace's suction wasn't strong enough to take two Fire Spirit Demons at once. But Ye Liuyun's Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron could keep sucking nonstop, and it didn't distinguish between Fire Spirit Demons and lava.

A clear vortex formed in the underground lava, rushing howling into the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron. The roars and howls of the Fire Spirit Demons shook the entire lava, causing violent undulations.

Ye Liuyun also personally saw that several powerful Fire Spirit Demons had taken the form of fire dragons; although strong, none escaped absorption by the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron.

He had once promised the Dragon Clan that if this Dragon Soul didn't act against him, he could send it to the Dragon Clan graveyard.

Yet seeing Ye Liuyun's Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron with such strong suction, the Dragon Soul couldn't help but show worry; it feared that if Ye Liuyun kept absorbing, its own essence fire would also be sucked in.

But after Ye Liuyun had sucked away all the Fire Spirit Demons, he immediately stopped. Qiong Qi followed him to the front of that large mass of seabed essence fire, where they saw the Dragon Soul.

Seeing the situation, the Dragon Soul also finally stopped hiding; without waiting for Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi to speak, it rushed out the spirit fire first, releasing its Soul's aura pressure, intending to use the power of the Soul to control Qiong Qi and Ye Liuyun and prevent them from using the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron and the fire furnace.