Chapter 1597 - 1529: Ding Fire Essence, Slumbering Divine Beast

The sea of fire stretches endlessly.

The ground is scorched red, with lava surging everywhere.

The young man in white carries Qin Feiyang, weaving through the fire waves.

The protective barrier of divine power emits a hazy divine light, consistently shielding the two.

Roar!

Suddenly.

A beast's roar echoes from ahead.

"A ferocious beast?"

Qin Feiyang is startled and puzzled.

"Not a ferocious beast."

The young man in white says.

"Hm?"

"Not?"

Qin Feiyang is surprised, having clearly heard the roar of a ferocious beast.

The young man in white does not explain, silently hurrying on.

Roar!

About a hundred breaths later.

Accompanied by a loud roar, a ferocious beast over ten meters long bursts forth from the fire waves.

Its appearance is very peculiar!

Its body resembles a dragon's but with a lion's head, and its whole body is covered in scale armor that looks like it's cast from magma.

In short, it looks particularly bizarre.

Qin Feiyang, who is well-versed and knowledgeable, doesn't know what kind of beast this is?

However.

Its aura is very strong.

It is clearly a Nine-Star War Emperor!

Qin Feiyang frowns and says, "If this isn't a ferocious beast, what is it?"

The young man in white remains silent but forcefully attacks, wielding pseudo divine power like a blade, instantly decapitating the beast.

Awo!

With a wail, the beast collapses and dies.

What shocks Qin Feiyang, however, is that the beast has no blood flowing out.

Bang!

At the moment of falling, an incredible scene unfolds before Qin Feiyang's eyes.

The beast's flesh rapidly disintegrates, like an energy form.

Soon.

The flesh disappears.

Yet on the ground, a gem the size of a pebble appears!

This gem, entirely crimson, with a surface like divine jade, without a trace of flaw, wreathed in wisps of flame, exudes a mysterious power.

"This is..."

Qin Feiyang is dumbfounded, like he's seeing something unimaginable.

The young man in white waves his hand, the gem rises into the air, falls into his hand, then throws it to Qin Feiyang.

Qin Feiyang hurriedly grabs the gem, examining it thoroughly from every angle.

This, this, this...

This is actually the Ding Fire Essence!

"What's going on?"

Qin Feiyang looks up suspiciously at the young man in white.

After the beast died, how can it turn into a Ding Fire Essence?

"That ferocious beast just now was transformed by the Ding Fire Essence."

"That's why I said it wasn't a ferocious beast."

The young man in white says.

"Transformed by the Ding Fire Essence?"

Qin Feiyang is stunned.

"Ding Fire Essence, Kui Water Essence, Yi Wood Essence, Ji Earth Essence, Xin Gold Essence, upon reaching a certain level, can all transform into the appearance of ferocious beasts."

"And they're very unique."

"Like the beast transformed from Ding Fire Essence, we call it the Red Dragon Lion."

"The beast formed from Kui Water Essence is called the Ice Dragon Lion."

"Yi Wood Essence, Ji Earth Essence, Xin Gold Essence, are respectively called Jade Dragon Lion, Earth Dragon Lion, Golden Dragon Lion."

The young man in white says.

"Is there such a thing?"

Qin Feiyang is astonished.

These things, there's actually no record of them in the Elixir Scripture.

Roar!!

Suddenly.

Five more Red Dragon Lions roar out.

The young man in white raises an eyebrow, swiftly slaying them one by one, and five more Ding Fire Essences appear on the ground.

Qin Feiyang eagerly picks them up like treasures, asking, "How many Red Dragon Lions are there in this place?"

"Many."

"So many that they are uncountable."

The young man in white says, speeding forward.

"Uncountable!"

Qin Feiyang's eyes tremble.

If he could get them all...

The thought alone makes him excited.

Along the way.

In less than an hour, he collects more than thirty Ding Fire Essences.

Now, in his eyes, this sea of fire is an inexhaustible treasure trove.

However.

When they reach a fiery canyon, the young man in white stops and turns to Qin Feiyang, saying, "Beyond this canyon, I do not allow you to hunt Red Dragon Lions anymore."

"Why?"

Qin Feiyang frowns.

"On the other side of the canyon, a terrifying divine beast is sleeping. If you hunt Red Dragon Lions, it might awaken."

"At that time, you and I will be doomed."

The young man in white says gravely.

"What?"

"A divine beast!"

Qin Feiyang's pupils contract, looking at the canyon.

The canyon is more than a dozen miles wide, filled with lava, like a giant serpent, extending horizontally to the ends of the earth on both sides.

And looking at the canyon above, only in front of them is there a stone bridge leading to the other side.

But this stone bridge is also dilapidated, scorched red by flames, seemingly on the verge of collapsing.

The narrowest point is estimated to be only half a meter wide, just enough for one person to walk.

"Won't it collapse?"

Qin Feiyang asks.

Such a stone bridge, it's too dangerous.

"Rest assured, since the Divine Sign appeared until now, this bridge has always existed, and it has never collapsed."

The young man in white says, then steps forward onto the stone bridge.

Qin Feiyang glances at the lava below, then steps up boldly.

The moment he steps onto the stone bridge, Qin Feiyang notices the temperature rising.

Even.

The temperature of the flames has started to break through the divine power barrier, slowly seeping in.

It can be imagined.

The temperature here is incredibly high.

It is no exaggeration to say, perhaps even a Nine-Star War Emperor, without the protection of a divine power barrier, would be burned to ashes.

Roar!

When the two of them reached the center of the stone bridge, a group of Red Dragon Lions suddenly surged out from the magma below, carrying a terrifying ferocity, pouncing toward Qin Feiyang and his companion.

Qin Feiyang was preparing to strike.

But at this moment.

The white-clothed youth shouted in a low voice, "Don't get entangled with them!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Qin Feiyang's hand, and like a flash of lightning, left without looking back.

At the end of the stone bridge was also a roaring sea of fire.

Waves of fire rose dozens, even hundreds of meters high, covering the sky.

The temperature here was even more intense.

Even a peak Nine-Star War Emperor would probably not last ten breaths.

Swoosh!

A moment passed.

Accompanied by a sound of something slicing through the air, the white-clothed youth sped across the stone bridge carrying Qin Feiyang, standing at the bridgehead, and scanning the front.

"Where is the divine beast?"

Qin Feiyang asked.

"Still ahead."

"Now, no matter what happens, remember, you must not take action."

"And you must not reveal your presence."

The white-clothed youth gravely instructed, and took the lead in concealing his aura to the utmost extent.

Even the aura emitted by the divine power barrier was hidden.

Qin Feiyang glanced at the white-clothed youth, seeing that he was not joking, he immediately concealed his aura as well.

Then.

Qin Feiyang followed closely behind the white-clothed youth, cautiously moving forward.

Along the way.

Whenever they sensed the aura of the Red Dragon Lion, or heard its roar, they would take a detour.

About less than an hour passed.

Suddenly!

A faint snoring sound reached their ears.

"That sound..."

Qin Feiyang was startled.

"It's the snoring of that divine beast!"

The white-clothed youth replied.

Qin Feiyang immediately became tense, realizing that there was indeed a divine beast.

And.

As they moved closer, he could already sense the aura emanating from the divine beast.

It was actually a dragon's power!

"Could it be a divine dragon?"

Qin Feiyang was astonished.

Wait!

Suddenly.

His expression changed, as he looked up at the divine power barrier.

The barrier unexpectedly started to distort, as if it were on the brink of shattering.

The high temperature continued to seep in, making the temperature inside the barrier increasingly high, feeling like being in magma, with his whole body almost melting.

"We're almost there, hold on a little longer!"

The white-clothed youth sent a transmission.

"Okay."

Qin Feiyang nodded.

His lips were already cracked, his skin burning hot, his eyes bloodshot.

Nearly a hundred breaths passed.

The snoring sound grew louder, like thunder.

The dragon's power also grew stronger, instilling fear.

The two of them leaped to a mountain ridge scorched red by the fire, standing at a vantage point, looking down.

Qin Feiyang was instantly appalled.

Not far below, a gigantic creature coiled in the flames, its body over a hundred feet long, its entire body covered in palm-sized dragon scales, with its huge head resting on the ground, sound asleep.

It was actually a Fire Dragon!

The aura it emanated was extremely terrifying.

"Is it a Pseudo God or a War God?"

Qin Feiyang asked.

He never imagined that there would be a real divine dragon here!

"I don't know."

"No one knows how strong it really is."

"In short, I am not its match."

"So be very careful not to wake it up."

The white-clothed youth said.

Qin Feiyang was at a loss.

Doesn't this suggest that the Fire Dragon could very well be a real War God?

His heart could not stay calm.

The white-clothed youth said, "Do you see the stone gate behind it?"

"Stone gate?"

Qin Feiyang was taken aback, looking up to see a stone gate standing amidst the rolling waves of fire behind the Fire Dragon.

The stone gate, about two meters high, was entirely pitch-black, emitting an ancient atmosphere.

"Has the stone gate always been here?"

Qin Feiyang asked.

The white-clothed youth nodded.

Qin Feiyang's face immediately showed disbelief.

In an environment like this for years on end, even divine iron might be melted, right?

Yet this stone gate's color hadn't changed at all.

What material was it made of?

"The place we're going to requires passing through that stone gate, so we have to stealthily get past."

"This Fire Dragon won't usually wake up unless its body is touched."

"Understood?"

The white-clothed youth said.

"Understood."

Qin Feiyang nodded.

The idea being, as long as they didn't touch the Fire Dragon, they could successfully enter the stone gate.

"Then let's go!"

The white-clothed youth took a deep breath, expertly heading towards the Fire Dragon.

Qin Feiyang followed closely behind, barely daring to breathe.

Fortunately, this was the Fire Dragon's territory, and those Red Dragon Lions transformed from the Ding Fire Essence dared not approach, intimidated by the Fire Dragon's divine might.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been this easy.

A dozen breaths later.

The two finally approached the Fire Dragon.

The Fire Dragon lay on the ground, unmoving.

The two carefully circumvented it, moving towards the stone gate.

Suddenly!

The Fire Dragon moved, the ground trembled and rumbled!

"Oh no!"

The white-clothed youth's expression changed drastically, pulling Qin Feiyang to turn and flee.

But soon.

The two realized something was amiss.

The Fire Dragon's snoring continued, seemingly not waking up.

The two stopped, turned to look at the Fire Dragon, their expressions filled with astonishment.

The Fire Dragon had only rolled over, and was still soundly asleep.