Chapter 504: Is the Flame King Still Alive? (First update, requesting everything)

However, the Dixiagongdian was set with special Restrictions that limited Mental Power; given the distance between Liu Xudong and the Flame King's corpse, it would take a full several Instant Movements to arrive.

Li Changsheng seemed to have guessed Liu Xudong's thoughts; without waiting for Liu Xudong to execute Instant Movement, he resolutely roared, and waves of ripples emerged, permeating the nearby space, causing the originally stable space to become visibly chaotic, effectively sealing off the surrounding space.

This skill was similar to the Dimensional Anchor Secret Technique, but its range was much larger, and the effect of sealing space was far superior to the Dimensional Anchor Secret Technique; even a King would find it difficult to break the seal in an instant.

Due to the spatial chaos, Liu Xudong failed to execute Instant Movement and was nearly subjected to a backlash, which made him so depressed he wanted to vomit blood; he could only run at top speed toward the Flame King's corpse at the very top.

After successfully sealing the space, Li Changsheng ignored the few Demon Pets besieging Liu Xudong, because his own Demon Pets had already come to reinforce him, using their numerical advantage to surround these Demon Pets; victory was only a matter of time.

Li Changsheng took a step; after all, the Xuanwu belonged to the Top-tier Divine Beast category and had no major flaws; its speed was only sluggish relative to other Top-tier Divine Beasts.

The huge advantage in quality and race meant the Elite Xuanwu's speed was only half a step behind the Leader-level Ancestral Leopard-Lin Beast.

In the blink of an eye, the Xuanwu that Li Changsheng had transformed into appeared behind Liu Xudong; it took a step, and a huge shadow enveloped Liu Xudong.

At this moment, Liu Xudong could not execute Instant Movement and had only two choices: dodge or take the hit head-on; yet, facing a Xuanwu weighing at least tens of tons, how could he take it head-on? He hurriedly performed a "lazy donkey roll," barely avoiding the Xuanwu's giant foot.

But before Liu Xudong could stand up, the giant snake coiled on the Xuanwu's back moved, like an arrow released from a bow, biting toward Liu Xudong.

Liu Xudong fell to the ground, feeling a huge black shadow descending; while feeling a great sense of foreboding, he subconsciously pushed his Steel Body to the limit.

In an instant, the giant snake bit Liu Xudong; even though he had pushed his Steel Body to the limit, he was still Armor Broken by the giant snake, and a tearing pain surged through him.

"Ah!"

Liu Xudong could not help but let out a miserable scream; he struggled violently, but could not break free, and the area bitten by the giant snake became even more mangled.

If he did not possess a Steel Body, an ordinary Fifth-tier Beastmaster's physical body would have long since been bitten into two pieces by the giant snake; after all, the Xuanwu is one body of turtle and snake, and the giant snake can be said to be a part of the Xuanwu.

Suddenly, a tremendous force struck; the giant snake flung Liu Xudong away, and before Liu Xudong could show an expression of having survived a disaster, he was met by Adai's exceptionally ferocious giant claws.

Liu Xudong's pupils dilated to the extreme; even if his Steel Body was pushed to the limit, what difference did it make before Adai's defense-ignoring giant claws?

In a life-or-death situation, Liu Xudong wanted to dodge, but being in mid-air with nowhere to leverage, how could he complete a dodge? He wanted to activate a Flying Secret Technique, but it was already too late.

Pfft— Rip—

Liu Xudong's Steel Body was like paper; the ferocious giant claws easily pierced into his body, and before Liu Xudong could struggle, his body was instantly torn into three sections.

"Dam... n it, missed by... one... step..." Liu Xudong said word by word, staring blankly upward with lifeless eyes, and finally breathed his last.

For this day, he had planned for three full years, entering the Secret Realm in what he considered his strongest state, only to have Li Changsheng play the mantis stalking the cicada, with everything becoming "wedding clothes" for another.

As for the oriole, there was none for the time being; Li Changsheng was a cautious person and had long ago set up a hidden early-warning Restriction at the only entrance to the Fire Crystal Palace; if anyone entered the Fire Crystal Palace, he would know at the first moment.

"Eh!"

Li Changsheng, who had not yet lifted his transformation, let out a sound of surprise and doubt, his hesitant gaze falling on the Flame King's corpse in the distance.

Just at the moment of Liu Xudong's death, Li Changsheng vaguely sensed a wisp of extremely subtle Mental Power appearing on the corpse of Flame King Di Zhiyi; if not for the crazily enhanced five senses Li Changsheng gained after transforming into the Xuanwu, he truly would not have discovered it.

"Is he still alive?"

Li Changsheng was startled by his own thought; he hurriedly lowered his head, pretending to be natural, and looked at Liu Xudong's corpse, which had been cut into three sections, his eyes flickering uncertainly.

However, what was certain was that the corpse of Flame King Di Zhiyi indeed had no signs of life; with the Xuanwu's exceptionally powerful five senses, how could he not feel it?

But, what exactly was this extremely subtle wisp of Mental Power?

Was the soul of Flame King Di Zhiyi not yet Annihilated? Or had unknown changes occurred on his corpse? Or was someone secretly interfering?

At the first moment, Li Changsheng ruled out the last point.

Opening this Dixiagongdian required two procedures: one was the Opening Token, and the other required a large amount of Li Fire Essence; it was impossible for anyone else to have entered before them.

As for someone sneaking in while they were fighting, that was also impossible; wanting to sneak in without anyone noticing and tamper with the Flame King's corpse, even a King might not have that ability.

The key to the problem was that this Secret Realm could only be entered by people under 20 years old, and this world had never produced a King under 20.

What to do?

Li Changsheng inevitably fell into hesitation; the corpse of Flame King Di Zhiyi seemed dangerous, but he had already come here, and after finally killing Liu Xudong and the others, giving up just like that was too unwilling.

The token held in the Flame King's hand could very likely control the Fire Flame Secret Realm, or at the very least, it could dissolve the Restriction wrapping the Red Fire Dragon Scale Tree.

Additionally, the Flame King's corpse very likely hid crucial treasures, such as the World Wonder born when he ascended to King and opened his own Secret Realm!

As long as one becomes a King and opens a Secret Realm, a World Wonder will be born.

Even the most useless World Wonder is far beyond the comparison of other treasures in terms of value.

Thinking of the World Wonder, Li Changsheng could not help but feel his heart heat up.

This seemed to take a long time, but in reality, it was only two or three seconds.

After Liu Xudong's death, his remaining Demon Pets all suffered intense backlashes.

As Liu Xudong's Life-Bound Demon Pet, the six-headed bird, which had been suppressing Aixi, let out a sharp, ear-piercing scream; its voice was filled with intense hatred and despair.

Even though the six-headed bird possessed the Limb Regeneration trait, this was a backlash reaching the soul; no matter how strong its physical recovery ability was, it was of no use, and it finally died in hatred.

Aixi breathed a sigh of relief; although its strength was high, the six-headed bird's realm was too high, and the Limb Regeneration trait was too disgusting, which was the reason it had been at a disadvantage.

Boom—

The Ancient Mammoth fell heavily to the ground like a golden mountain collapsing; compared to its previous strength and ferocity, the Ancient Mammoth was now gaunt and thin, the blood in its body having been completely burned away; it was dead beyond any doubt.

Roar—

Not far away, the Black Dragon let out a painful Dragon Roar and fell straight from the sky; fortunately, this Dixiagongdian was only forty or fifty meters high, so it did not suffer too much damage.

Even so, the Black Dragon's eyes were bloodshot, and it let out a weak roar, struggling to stand up again.

Unfortunately, Kailan, who had transformed into a treant, naturally did not let this opportunity pass; its hands, made of wood, grabbed the Black Dragon's head and tail and pulled hard to both sides.

Under the huge force, the Black Dragon's body was pulled straight, the flesh and blood inside tearing rapidly, followed by the bones.

The Black Dragon's bloodshot Longyan bulged out violently, and it struggled desperately, but due to the backlash, it could only exert two or three tenths of its combat power, and it was completely suppressed in strength by Kailan, who had transformed into a treant.

Crack— Crash—

In the span of a breath, the Black Dragon's spine made a sound of being unable to bear the weight and was brutally torn apart; the huge dragon body was torn directly into two halves, with blood and internal organs flowing all over the ground.

As for Liu Xudong's other Demon Pets, they also suffered backlashes one after another and were then all killed by Li Changsheng's Demon Pets.

The battle ended, and Li Changsheng achieved final victory.

Because he was wary of the "Flame King's corpse changing," Li Changsheng did not change back and continued to stand in the Dixiagongdian in the form of the Xuanwu; he only took the Space Rings of Liu Xudong and the Siji Heavenly Pride, while the rest of the spoils were left there for the time being; only by maintaining the Xuanwu True Body could he better deal with accidents.

However, given his Mental Power, he can maintain it for at most three or four more minutes.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng's gaze fell upon the Black Altar located in the central area.

Flame King Di Zhiyi specifically set up the Black Altar in the Dixiagongdian; he must have had his reasons.

Under normal circumstances, Li Zhangsheng might have first taken everything from the Flame King's corpse and studied this Black Altar last.

Things are different now; that extremely subtle fluctuation of Mental Power has raised his vigilance to the extreme, and he cannot afford the slightest carelessness.

"This is... Demonic Qi. This altar definitely has a problem!"

Looking at the black gas swirling around the altar, although his Mental Power was greatly restricted, the extraordinarily powerful five senses of the Xuanwu True Body still allowed him to recognize the identity of the black gas.

"Why did Flame King Di Zhiyi design this altar, and what was his intention? Forget it, I will just destroy it; life is more important than anything else!"

This altar could potentially be an opportunity, but Li Zhangsheng dared not gamble, especially since the power upon it was evil Demonic Qi; out of a cautious attitude, Li Zhangsheng decided to destroy this altar.

Li Zhangsheng and his Demon Pets deliberately approached the altar, as if wanting to examine it from a close distance.

Among them, Adai was the closest.

Even if this altar were quite miraculous, with Adai's trait of ignoring defenses, he could certainly cause damage to it.

As Li Zhangsheng and his Demon Pets approached the Black Altar, relying on the extremely powerful five senses of the Xuanwu True Body, he once again felt the extremely subtle fluctuation of Mental Power.

"Attack!"

The moment several melee Demon Pets drew near, Li Zhangsheng fiercely issued the order to attack.

At the moment the Demon Pets launched their offensive, the corpse of the Flame King sitting on the Throne suddenly underwent a change.

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