Chapter 2187 - 2187: Sentient Fire Seed

[Item Name: Sentient Fire Seed]

[Information: By injecting a huge quantity of Essence of Nature into the seed, a tiny Sentient Flame will eventually be born.]

'Should I hatch it now?'

Ajax briefly considered the idea before hurriedly shaking his head.

'Let's hatch it after leaving the Elemental Source Land.'

He believed that even if he managed to hatch the seed now, the newly born Sentient Flame would have hardly any battle prowess.

After all, most of the Sentient Flames he had encountered in the past were powerful because they had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years.

A newly born Sentient Flame wouldn't possess such strength.

'It's not like I'm in desperate need of Sentient Flames.'

Ajax smiled as he thought about the Sentient Flames inside his Divine Inner World.

Currently, three Sentient Flames were residing in his Divine Inner World, absorbing its abundant energy to gradually strengthen themselves.

Other than Specterfire, which Ajax had tamed a year ago, the other two were wild Sentient Flames he had tamed in the depths of the Dark Region.

With three Sentient Flames already available to him, he didn't need to rush to hatch another one.

Moreover, once the new Sentient Flame was born, he could nurture it inside his Divine Inner World, allowing it to grow stronger in a suitable environment.

'I'll deal with it later.'

Ajax stored the Sentient Fire Seed alongside his other treasures.

With that, he had finished checking all three rewards he had received for securing first place in the third round.

'Now, let's focus on the fourth round.'

Time continued to pass.

Soon, the first hour came to an end.

All the participants had positioned their Elemental Spirit Altars, and there was no longer any opportunity to move them.

Then, the Ancient Voice resounded throughout the Elemental Source Land.

[Phase 1 of the Elemental Beast Rampage will last for two hours!]

[During these two hours, as long as your Elemental Spirit Altar remains intact, you will be considered to have passed the phase!]

As soon as the announcement ended, the entire Elemental Source Land fell silent for a brief moment.

Then…

'ROOOAAAR!'

'GRAAAAH!'

'KIEEEEEH!'

Roars and cries of countless Elemental Beasts erupted from every direction.

The ground trembled as countless powerful auras began approaching the participants' locations.

The Elemental Beast Rampage had officially begun!

"HERE THEY COME!"

Outside the cave, Ajax looked at the incoming Elemental Beasts and smiled before turning toward his Elemental Spirits.

"Except for Protos, who wants to go first?"

Protos was his strongest Elemental Spirit, so Ajax wanted to save him for the later phases.

As for the initial phases, he wanted the three new Elemental Spirits to handle them.

Of course, he planned to let only one Elemental Spirit fight during each phase.

By doing so, he would truly know how powerful they were and how well they could make decisions when using their skills.

"Master, I will go first."

It was Tritos who raised her hand.

Among the four Elemental Spirits Ajax had gained in the New Universe, Tritos had the weakest battle prowess.

The reason was simple: Other than her battle-related skills, she possessed some support-related skills, which took up her skill slots.

Therefore, she wanted to fight in the initial phases and support her brothers in the later phases of the Fourth Round.

"Go. Show me how much you've grown."

Ajax understood her reasoning and nodded.

"Yes, Summoning Master!"

Tritos smiled before stepping forward to face the incoming Elemental Beasts.

[Abyssal Water Explosion!]

Without wasting any time, she unleashed one of her long-range skills.

'Swoosh!'

'BOOM!'

Dozens of water orbs rushed toward the incoming Flaming Monkeys before exploding simultaneously.

'BOOM!'

'BOOM!'

'BOOM!'

Each water orb created an explosion that covered a radius of at least ten meters, and with 12 water orbs, she instantly killed hundreds of incoming Flaming Monkeys.

Since the Flaming Monkeys were Fire Elemental Beasts, Tritos's water-based attacks were particularly effective against them.

[The Elemental Spirit Tritos has killed 122 Emperor Realm Elemental Beasts!]

[The Host has received 122 Elemental Spirit Ascension Crystals!]

As usual, the system notified Ajax of Tritos's kills and rewarded him with Elemental Spirit Ascension Crystals.

However, Tritos didn't receive any cultivation rewards for these kills because she had already reached the Perfected Emperor Realm before breaking through to the Elite Elemental Spirit Soldier Realm.

Also, some light particles came out of the shattered Elemental Beasts and entered the mouth of the Elemental Spirit Altar in the cave.

'Swiish!'

Whenever this happened, the progress bar on the altar increased slightly, moving closer to Phase 2.

"So, the minimum strength of the Elemental Beasts in this phase is the Emperor Realm."

Ajax didn't bother checking the notification further. Instead, he glanced at the incoming Flaming Monkeys and quickly understood the situation.

Although the Flaming Forest contained countless King Realm Flaming Monkeys, the ones rushing toward his cave were all in the Emperor Realm.

'Perhaps all the Elemental Beasts participating in this round have been specially upgraded to the Emperor Realm.'

Ajax couldn't be certain, but he suspected that the Mastermind had deliberately increased the strength of the Elemental Beasts to make the fourth round more challenging.

After all, the previous three rounds had been relatively easy.

'Let's see how much further Tritos can go.'

Ajax shifted his attention back to the battle.

[Oceanic Torrent!]

'Swoosh!'

A massive torrent of water surged forward, sweeping across the ground like a raging river.

The Flaming Monkeys caught in its path were swept off their feet, and their bodies were crushed by the enormous force of the water.

Some tried to escape by jumping into the air.

However, the torrent rose like a gigantic wave, swallowing them before they could get out of its range.

In just a few moments, another large group of Flaming Monkeys was killed before they could even approach within a hundred meters of Tritos.

[The Elemental Spirit Tritos has killed 386 Emperor Realm Elemental Beasts!]

[The Host has received 386 Elemental Spirit Ascension Crystals!]