The stone wall suddenly cracked open, startling everyone. A huge ghost fire spirit extended half its body from the opening, blocking the exit.
"It's a ghost fire spirit king with half-step Mahayana strength!"
Tian Zijing exclaimed upon seeing the ghost fire spirit.
Lu Xin also sensed it with surprise, indeed finding that the ghost fire spirit king's aura fluctuations exceeded the Integration Realm but didn't reach the Mahayana stage.
Being called a half-step Mahayana was quite reasonable.
"What do we do now?" Nalan Zizhu asked.
"Hiss!"
However, the ghost fire spirit king didn't give them a chance to consider, opening its bloody mouth and spraying a blue beam of light towards them.
"Boom!"
The power of the light beam was beyond imagination. Lu Xin's Five Elements Sword Formation instantly shattered, and the five formation flags flew back into his hands.
Then, the defensive spiritual treasures of Tian Zijing and the others were also blasted away.
"Retreat!"
Tian Zijing caught the Heavenly Heart Disc and roared, retreating repeatedly.
Lu Xin and the others did the same.
Fortunately, the ghost fire torrent had dissipated, leaving only the ghost fire spirit king in front of them. The light beam it shot out had also exhausted its energy after breaking through several layers of defense, dissipating into nothing.
"Hiss!"
However, the ghost fire spirit king didn't give them a chance to relax. Its tail, still half-stuck in the crack, swept out barbarously, flinging several boulders towards them.
"Boom!"
The four each attacked and shattered the boulders in front of them.
Instantly, rocks flew, and dust billowed.
Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a chilling intent suddenly descended. The ghost fire spirit king soared into the sky, circled a few times, and suddenly transformed into boundless blue flames, covering them.
"This is the real Hell Ghost Fire, quickly join forces to resist!"
It was too late to escape. Tian Zijing shouted again, and the four joined together, fully activating their defensive and fire-avoiding treasures.
With a crack, the Hell Ghost Fire covered them, and a layer of frost instantly formed on the light罩 they conjured, followed by a series of cracks.
"It's over!"
Tian Zijing's face was horrified, knowing that the light罩 couldn't hold on, and they were going to perish here today.
Nalan Zizhu was the same. Li Mulin only frowned, a struggle flashing in his eyes, as if making some kind of trade-off.
"Crack, crack!"
The light罩 finally couldn't hold on and shattered into small pieces like glass.
Without the light罩's resistance, the Hell Ghost Fire completely poured down.
Lu Xin sighed, knowing that he couldn't hold back any longer. He could withstand it, but it was hard to say about the other three.
So, with a wave of his hand, the Divine Fire Cauldron flew above their heads, enveloping them. Then, a huge suction force was released from the cauldron, like rivers flowing into the sea. Under the suction, all the pouring Hell Ghost Fire flowed into the Divine Fire Cauldron.
"Whoosh...哗哗!"
For a time, only the sound of wind and water remained.
"Fellow Daoist Huanglong!"
This sudden change surprised the three beside him. They didn't expect him to have such a treasure.
"This... could it be the Divine Fire Cauldron?" After being surprised, Li Mulin suddenly felt a surge of doubt in his heart upon seeing the bronze cauldron.
"Hiss!"
The Hell Ghost Fire, having been sucked in, sensed the danger and transformed back into the ghost fire spirit king. However, most of its body had already entered the Divine Fire Cauldron, making it impossible to escape. Finally, after a struggle, it was completely sucked into the Divine Fire Cauldron.
Dong!
This ghost fire spirit king was indeed worthy of its half-step Mahayana strength. After being sucked into the cauldron, it actually produced a sound like a bell being struck.
It seemed to want to break out of the cauldron.
However, the Divine Fire Cauldron was not simple either, suddenly emitting a yellow-bronze halo, completely suppressing it, and then shrinking back into Lu Xin's hand.
The scene was silent. Lu Xin calmly put away the Divine Fire Cauldron, then looked at the three, his gaze pausing imperceptibly on Li Mulin. He had already noticed the other party's strangeness.
In a flash of thought, he had already guessed the reason.
It was probably related to Li Youlan and the Suspended Saint Venerable.
"Fellow Daoist Huanglong, why didn't you take out such a treasure earlier?" Coming back to his senses, Tian Zijing's face was full of resentment. He thought the other party didn't have any fire-avoiding treasures and had run to Li Mulin to ask for one.
"This..." Lu Xin had long known that he would face this question after being exposed, and he had already prepared an answer. "To be honest, I, Huang, have been able to get to where I am today by being low-key. I don't use my trump cards unless I have to."
The three looked at each other upon hearing this.
"It seems that Fellow Daoist Huanglong has relied on quite a lot to get to where he is today." Nalan Zizhu rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction upon hearing Lu Xin's catchphrase again.
Saying he's low-key, isn't it just that he doesn't want to put in effort if he doesn't have to?
And calling himself a Three-No True Man, with the Five Elements Flags, Five Elements Sword Formation, and mysterious small cauldron, except for being lower in realm than them, the treasures on his body are no less than theirs.
Li Mulin didn't speak, constantly sizing him up, as if trying to see through him.
Lu Xin chuckled dryly, "Alright, to prevent any accidents, it's better to leave here as soon as possible."
Since the Hell Ghost Fire was taken away by Lu Xin, the Hell Ghost Fire Formation here seemed to have become ineffective, and they could pass through without fire-avoiding treasures.
The three had no objections and quickly passed through the exit.
As a result, just a moment after coming out, footsteps came from behind. It was Lei An from the half-demon family. Seeing the four, he was stunned, "The Hell Ghost Fire Formation suddenly became ineffective. Did you guys do it?"
"Indeed," Tian Zijing said.
Lei An thought for a while, "Thank you, but I won't give up my seat at the Yin Luo Spring."
He left a sentence and quickly left.
Then a few more people came over. They didn't stop to ask anything and continued forward.
"Fellow Daoist Tian, I don't think it's a good idea to go too fast." Lu Xin looked at the backs of those people, feeling distressed that he was doing free labor for others.
When has he, Lu, ever made wedding clothes for others?
"Indeed," Tian Zijing nodded in agreement, then said, "However, the changes inside the Yellow Spring Holy Land seem to be increasing. Relying purely on the experience of our predecessors may lead to a big loss."
"Yeah, it's already one thing that Xiang Liu appeared before the first level, but this time, a ghost fire spirit king with half-step Mahayana strength actually emerged."
Nalan Zizhu also realized that if it weren't for Lu Xin this time, she might have perished here.
Thinking of this, she looked at Lu Xin gratefully and cupped her hands, "Thank you very much for saving my life, Fellow Daoist Huanglong."
Tian Zijing and the others also thanked him quickly.
"Not at all, we're helping each other. Besides, I just happen to have a treasure that can restrain this Hell Ghost Fire. We'll still have to rely on everyone later."
Lu Xin waved his hand and said quickly.
Tian Zijing and Nalan Zizhu gave him a "Do you think I believe you?" look, letting him experience it himself.
Then the four continued forward. With the previous experience, the four didn't rush with all their strength, only maintaining a speed that kept them on par with everyone else.
"Fellow Daoist Huanglong, is your small cauldron the Divine Fire Cauldron?" On the way, Li Mulin suddenly transmitted his voice.
"You finally couldn't help but ask?"
Lu Xin wasn't surprised, "Fellow Daoist Li, why are you asking this?"
