Chapter 335: The Danger of Lihuo (Seeking subscriptions)

"The three junior brothers should wait here."

Zang Qing looked at the light circles on his three junior brothers, which were all starting to fade, and said.

"Very well."

The three young men nodded in agreement. They really couldn't hold on anymore. They hadn't expected this Lihuo to be so terrifying. With their Seventh-Rank strength, plus the treasures given by the superiors, they still couldn't get close to the Lihuo.

Now, the task of waking up Lihuo could only rely on Lin Lin Shixiong Zang.

"Then the three junior brothers should have a good rest. I will go and complete the task and return."

Zang Qing didn't delay. In his view, these three junior brothers were just burdens, and the final task of waking up Lihuo had to rely on him.

In fact, there were many ways to wake up Lihuo. The simplest method was to let an Upper-Rank martial artist force their way into the formation and release their aura. The aura of an Upper-Rank martial artist would stimulate Lihuo.

But the powerhouses of the Southern Nan Nan Sha San Dao didn't agree. Once an Upper-Rank martial artist was allowed to stimulate Lihuo, Lihuo would wake up instantly. At that time, it wouldn't just be Daliang's Lihuo Province that suffered, but also the Southern Nan Nan Sha San Dao, and even that Upper-Rank martial artist wouldn't be able to run away.

The powerhouses of the Southern Nan Nan Sha San Dao only agreed to wake up Lihuo slowly, giving them time to escape.

Zang Qing's mouth curled up. This "escape" didn't refer to the ordinary people of the Southern Nan Nan Sha San Dao, but to the relatives of the three island masters and those powerful families.

However, this was the worst strategy. The best strategy was to wake up Lihuo slowly and let Lihuo swallow toward the Daliang side, so that the Southern Nan Nan Sha San Dao could be spared from the harm of Lihuo.

But how to make Lihuo surge toward the Liang Kingdom side was not in his mission.

Four hours later, Zang Qing stopped, looking at the huge abyss in front of him and the fire waves splashed by the falling magma, a look of shock on his face.

"Is this where Lihuo is hiding?"

A hundred zhang away from the abyss, Zang Qing took a deep breath, took out six fire-red beads from his bosom, and after taking a deep breath, threw one of the beads toward the abyss.

A distance of a hundred zhang, with his Sixth-Rank strength, could be easily thrown, not to mention that this bead was not an ordinary object.

The red bead whistled toward the abyss and suddenly exploded above the abyss. A creature similar to a fire dragon, but with four feet, appeared from it, circled in the air for a week, and then dived into the depths of the abyss.

This bead was provided by the Zheng Kingdom.

Each bead contained a fire lizard essence soul, and for Lihuo, the fire lizard essence soul was delicious food, which could wake it up.

One, two, three...

Just as Zang Qing was about to throw in the fourth one, a wisp of cold light appeared.

"Ambush!"

This sudden cold light made Zang Qing's expression change drastically. A long spear appeared in his hand, and he slashed toward the cold light instantly.

Whoosh!

However, the cold light passed directly through the long spear, and in Zang Qing's unbelievable eyes, it pierced into his eyebrows.

"Spiritual sense attack!"

Zang Qing's face turned pale instantly, and his whole body seemed to lose its spirit, sitting on the ground with a thud.

For martial artists who had entered the ranks, unless their limbs were broken, they still had combat power. But if their spiritual sense was injured, especially severely injured, it meant their Martial Will couldn't be condensed, and they were no different from ordinary martial artists who hadn't entered the ranks.

He had entered the ranks for ten years and had long been accustomed to exerting Martial Will. Now that he had fallen to the state of a martial artist who hadn't entered the ranks, he was at a loss.

And a few zhang away in front of Zang Qing, a flying knife was floating quietly there.

"Senior, this junior is a martial artist from the Han Kingdom, and this time I am here on orders."

Zang Qing, sitting on the ground, stated his identity for the first time. In his view, being able to condense a flying knife with spiritual sense, this senior who made the move must be an Upper-Rank martial artist.

Such a martial artist was not someone he could contend with. Although he didn't know why there would be an Upper-Rank martial artist in this formation, he could only state his family background to make the other party wary and not dare to kill him.

"If this junior dies here, the seniors of my Han Kingdom will definitely come in to investigate clearly."

Seeing the flying knife still hovering above his head, Zang Qing's forehead was covered in cold sweat the size of beans: "Senior, if our actions have offended you, this junior will leave immediately and inform the strong ones in the country to avoid damaging your plans."

In Zang Qing's view, this Upper-Rank martial artist staying in this formation must have some plot, and it was highly likely related to Lihuo.

It was highly likely that he was secretly absorbing Lihuo energy to practice some kind of technique.

As for why this senior could do it without disturbing Lihuo, that was not something he could guess.

"Senior, if this junior fails to complete the mission and fails to return, the strong ones of my Han Kingdom will disregard everything and force a way to wake up Lihuo. I suppose you wouldn't want to see this situation happen. If you have anything to say, this junior can pass it on for you."

Everything that needed to be said had been said. Zang Qing could only wait for this senior to make a decision.

After a long while, the flying knife trembled slightly. Zang Qing blinked, and when he saw the flying knife didn't fly toward him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The flying knife kept circling in the air, but Zang Qing soon understood that this was the senior manipulating the flying knife to write.

"What are you here for? Tell me everything."

After recognizing the handwriting on the flying knife, Zang Qing hesitated. The senior hadn't shown himself until now; it was highly likely he was held up, or couldn't show himself for some reason.

Then he...

Just as Zang Qing had other thoughts in his heart, he heard a "swish" sound, and the flying knife was another zhang closer to him.

Instantly, the little thoughts that had just emerged in Zang Qing's heart vanished, and he immediately said: "Senior, this junior will tell you everything."

"This junior is ordered to use the fire lizard essence soul to wake up Lihuo. As for the rest, the superiors have other arrangements."

Zang Qing didn't lie. Although he knew the superiors would design for Lihuo to swallow and spread toward Daliang's Lihuo Province, how to "design" it, the superiors hadn't told him.

"If Senior doesn't want Lihuo to wake up so quickly, why not discuss it with the strong ones of my country..."

Whoosh!

Before Zang Qing could finish his sentence, the flying knife turned into a cold light and pierced his eyebrows again.

Slap!

Zang Qing's body fell straight down, falling to the ground, his eyes wide open. He hadn't reacted until his death.

Or rather, he never expected that the other party would suddenly kill him after he had said everything.

At this moment, on the other side of the abyss, Lin Chen's expression also turned ugly. It was naturally him who manipulated the flying knife to kill Zang Qing. He had clearly heard what Zang Qing said through his spiritual sense.

The Han Kingdom and the Zheng Kingdom were truly ambitious, actually thinking of using Lihuo to destroy Daliang's south.

Lin Chen believed that this was something neither the Duke nor the lords in the court had thought of, because no one would believe that the Southern Nan Nan Sha San Dao would be willing to give up their own survival land for the sake of the Han Kingdom.

Trading the interests of the survival of the people of the San Dao for the favor of the Han Kingdom.

The island masters of the Southern Nan Nan Sha San Dao were already insane.

"I must inform the Duke of this news so that Daliang can make preparations in advance."

Lin Chen took back the six beads filled with Lihuo energy and didn't intend to let the flying knives continue to search. According to what Zang Qing said, he still had three junior brothers, but those three were hundreds of miles away from the abyss, and the flying knives he controlled with his spiritual sense couldn't fly that far.

Most importantly, the flying knives he controlled discovered Zang Qing a step too late; Zang Qing had already thrown several fire lizard essence souls into the abyss.

This matter had to be told to Duke Fang as soon as possible, so that the Duke and the court could make preparations in advance.

Just as Lin Chen was about to turn and leave, the muffled thunder-like roar that kept coming from the bottom of the abyss suddenly became high-pitched, just like a drum sound suddenly becoming rapid. "Not good, could it be that Lihuo has woken up so quickly?"

Lin Chen's expression changed drastically, his figure left a residual image in place, and he fled toward the entrance quickly.

Above his head was originally a dark red sky, but at this moment it emitted a strange red color, and waves of fire erupted from the magma river. The temperature of the entire space was rising at a terrifying speed.

Lin Chen's whole body was shrouded in Qi and blood, forming a blood-red light circle. However, as these fire points fell, the blood-red light circle became increasingly faint.

"No, if this continues, I won't be able to hold on to the entrance."

Lin Chen frowned, looking at the flames constantly falling in front of him, as well as the magma fire sea spreading from behind and one side, and finally gritted his teeth and took out an object from his bosom.

Martial Dao Seal.

According to Lord Kong, when he entered the Martial Dao Mountain, the Martial Dao Seal would drop golden light to cover his whole body. As long as he was still on the Martial Dao Mountain, this golden light would always cover his body.

Now, he could only rely on the Martial Dao Seal to delay time.

Such a big change in the formation would be noticed by Duke Fang before long, and he would definitely send someone to search for him. Holding on for one more hour meant one more hope of survival.

With a thought, Lin Chen appeared on the steps of the Martial Dao Mountain.

And at the same time, the Martial Dao Seal hovered above his head, and strands of golden light fell like willow branches, covering his whole body.

The fire rain fell on the golden light shield, sliding down the smooth light shield toward the ground, and what was even stranger was that these fire rains changed their trajectory strangely on the way down to the Martial Dao Seal.

It was as if an invisible hand was fiddling above the Martial Dao Seal.

After dozens of breaths, the entire space was swallowed by flames. The Martial Dao Seal drifted like a lonely boat in the sea of fire, and finally slowly flowed into the river, following the direction of the river toward the abyss.

Martial Dao Mountain steps.

Lin Chen didn't rush to open the challenge but asked: "May I ask if I can exchange for martial arts techniques?"

Entering the Martial Dao Mountain meant giving up the last chance to escape, but Lin Chen didn't entrust his life entirely to Duke Fang's rescue. The Martial Dao Mountain points could be exchanged for rewards, perhaps he could exchange for some techniques specifically for restraining Lihuo.

However, the Martial Dao Mountain didn't respond.

So, he couldn't exchange for techniques?

"Are there any treasures that can restrain Lihuo?"

No techniques, then what about treasures?

The Martial Dao Mountain still didn't respond. Lin Chen frowned and chose to open the point exchange actively.

However, after browsing through a circle, what disappointed Lin Chen was that none of the treasures that could be exchanged could restrain Lihuo, and there wasn't even anything that could restrain fire.

The items that could be exchanged with Martial Dao Mountain points were all related to cultivation and used to improve martial arts cultivation.

Clearly, this was caused by the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's positioning of the Martial Dao Mountain. The Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao created the Martial Dao Mountain to provide cultivation resource rewards for some geniuses, and special items like restraining Lihuo didn't help improve martial arts cultivation, so the Martial Dao Mountain wouldn't provide them.

With the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's strength and vast territory, there must be such techniques. He had to meet another Canglan Sect disciple and ask for help.

"Start challenge."

With a thought from Lin Chen, his figure appeared on the battle plain, waiting for his opponent to arrive.

In the valley.

Fang Funan saw the jade stele not far away vibrate, his expression changed, and his figure instantly arrived in front of the gap under the stele.

At the same time, several figures also rushed from all directions in the valley.

"Duke, what happened?"

Several middle-aged men stood at the back and asked. Just now, they had felt the earth shaking, and the entire mountain range was like a dragon turning over.

There was no dragon beneath the mountain range, but there was a vein of Lihuo beneath the mountain range, and that thing was more dangerous than a dragon.

"Lihuo has woken up."

Fang Funan's expression was very ugly, and when they heard this, the men behind him also gasped.

"Immediately send a message to the court. Also, I want to go down."

"My lord, you cannot go down."

A voice came from the entrance of the valley, and the next moment an old man appeared at the scene.

"I know you are concerned about Lin Chen's safety, let me go down."

The old man looked at Fang Funan and advised: "You are the Dinghai Divine Needle of our Daliang. Although my strength is not as good as yours, I have a chance to save Lin Chen."

"Duke, Lord Zhuang is right, you cannot go down."

Several middle-aged men also advised. Fang Funan's expression kept changing. He knew that his subordinates were right. His safety didn't just concern himself, but also the stability of Daliang's south.

"Xianrong, you must save Lin Chen."

Zhuang Xianrong nodded with a smile: "My lord, I understand Lin Chen's importance to our Daliang. Even if I have to sacrifice myself, I will save Lin Chen."

Fang Funan's mouth opened slightly, but before he could reply, Zhuang Xianrong jumped into the crack.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 336 =====

There is no Earth Dragon beneath the mountain range, but there is a strand of Departing Fire beneath it, and that thing is even more dangerous than an Earth Dragon.

"The Departing Fire has revived."

Fang Funan's expression was very ugly, and upon hearing his words, the several men behind him also instantly gasped.

"Immediately send a message to the imperial court; furthermore, I must go down there."

"My lord, you cannot go down."

A voice came from the entrance of the valley, and the next moment an old man appeared on the scene.

"I know you are concerned about Lin Chen's safety, my lord; let me go down."

The old man looked at Fang Funan and advised: "You are the pillar of our Great Liang. Although my strength is not as great as yours, I still have a chance to rescue Lin Chen."

"Duke, Lord Zhuang is right; you cannot go down."

The several middle-aged men also advised. Fang Funan's expression kept changing; he knew his subordinates were right. His own safety did not just concern himself, but also the stability of the southern part of Great Liang.

"Xianrong, you must rescue Lin Chen."

Zhuang Xianrong nodded with a smile: "My lord, I understand the importance of Lin Chen to our Great Liang. Even if I have to sacrifice myself, I will rescue Lin Chen."

Fang Funan's mouth opened slightly, but before he could reply, Zhuang Xianrong jumped into the rift.

(End of chapter)