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Chapter 764: Evil Soul Fire Snake, Wisdom Sword Knows the Danger
Chapter 764: Evil Soul Fire Snake, Wisdom Sword Knows the Danger
The scorching heat made Fan Hua's body continuously seep with sweat, soaking his clothes. If it were just ordinary cold or heat, a Spirit Master wouldn't be afraid, but the high temperature here wasn't ordinary. It had even transformed the spiritual energy into a fire attribute. Unless one transcended the mundane and became a transcendent, even the ninth level of the Mortal Realm would be unable to resist.
The gap between the mortal and the transcendent was vast and despair-inducing.
"Daoist friend, why aren't you sweating at all?" Fan Hua asked curiously.
"Oh, I've locked my physical form and created a self-circulating energy loop within my body, which can maximize the prevention of water loss." Qin Muye's words were, of course, a lie, but the principle was true. If Fan Hua were to follow Qin Muye's small trick successfully, he would indeed be able to resist the high temperature, but he would still suffer the damage.
After all, it was high heat, and not sweating wouldn't solve everything.
Fan Hua tried it out briefly and quickly adopted Qin Muye's trick. The sweat on his body gradually evaporated and did not flow again, but the heat was still intense.
After all, sweating was for cooling the body, and this trick, while preventing sweating, also prevented cooling.
Fortunately, there was no need to think too much about it because the two of them had already reached the core area of the cave, a enormous lava lake.
Around it seemed to be some kind of peculiar platform, looking like an ancient sacrificial site. It existed before the Spirit Realm swallowed this world and became a secret realm, so it was a relic, not something built by the Spirit Masters of the Spirit Realm.
In the lava, a semi-illusory snake-like fire beast was bound by countless chains, only able to vent its anger through roars.
This imprisonment was likely done by the Spirit Masters. In the past, the Great Spirit Dynasty might have had someone smelt ores here, using the lava lake and the snake-like fire Beast.
The snake-like fire Beast had long lost its reason, leaving only instinct, whether it was the work of the Great Spirit Dynasty or its original state.
The Great Spirit Dynasty was included in the suspicion because they didn't kill the Beast, indicating a deeper secret. What they intended to keep was unknown.
The semi-illusory snake-like fire Beast was half-assimilated by the Spirit Realm, making it a spirit beast, or at least, it had soul and fire attributes.
However, calling it a spirit beast wasn't entirely accurate, as its ferocity was hard to tame, and a contract might not force its loyalty.
Due to the half-Assimilation, it broke the wild spirit beast's limit of not breaking the sixth rank, as it was already above the sixth rank before Assimilation. Although it lost much strength due to the Assimilation, it could still crush Fan Hua easily.
"This is the spirit beast of the Transcendent Realm. Indeed, it is terrifying," Fan Hua said, feeling the pressure from the snake-like fire Beast.
"You say, how does this Snake make a 'roar' sound? Its vocal cords should not support that kind of sound," Qin Muye looked at the semi-transparent snake Beast, feeling bewildered.
"???" Fan Hua's face was full of "What the heck," in this situation, you're worrying about how it roars? Shouldn't we be thinking about how to escape? If that snake-like fire Beast uses its tail to throw some lava at us, we would be in serious trouble, regardless of the lava's temperature, the impact alone would kill us instantly.
"Maybe it just looks like a snake but isn't really one," Fan Hua hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.
"Reasonable. Let's put the sound issue aside, but if it's not a real snake, why does it have snake-like behavior? Look at how it swims, doesn't it look like a water snake?" Qin Muye asked another question.
"Daoist friend, can we not talk about the snake? What do we do next?" Fan Hua couldn't help but ask.
"Well, I don't know. The Heavenly Dao calculation stopped here, indicating that this could be either a path to life or death," Qin Muye shrugged, indicating he was also clueless, then continued, "So, to avoid awkward silence, I just brought up the snake to ease the tension."
"Hisss~" In that instant, Fan Hua felt his blood pressure spike, almost ready to burst from his forehead. If not for the Wisdom Sword, he would have already started choking Qin Muye, cursing loudly.
Who would have thought that Qin Muye would be such a pain?
"However, you can rest assured," Qin Muye continued, giving Fan Hua a glimmer of hope, which was quickly extinguished, "I'm here with you, so if anything goes wrong, we'll face it together. I won't run away first."
Fan Hua quickly calmed down. He believed that one should not give up, especially since he had survived being hunted down outside. There was no reason to give up now.
The spirit snake of the Transcendent Realm was restricted in the lava and couldn't leave. Since it was just a soul without a physical form, it was unlikely to throw lava at them. All they needed to do was avoid its soul-shaking roars.
However, they didn't know under what circumstances the fire snake would roar, or how to use it against the Mu family.
In the dire situation, Fan Hua's mind finally kicked into gear, generating several plans.
Lack of experience didn't mean he was stupid. People like him, when given a slight stimulus, could unleash their potential. After all, he was always in a heightened state of wisdom.
Qin Muye didn't interfere, intentionally leaving the problem to Fan Hua. Otherwise, he would end up being the strategist.
"Wait, something's off. The aura of those who are chasing us seems to have changed," Fan Hua suddenly said.
Previously, those chasing them were angry but seemed to be toying with them, like a cat playing with a mouse. But now, it felt as if someone else had taken over, and their attitude had turned more hostile.
"Your Wisdom Sword is quite extraordinary. It can not only detect souls but also sense danger. Indeed, it lives up to being a spirit beast of the Red Dust Dao, with such varied abilities," Qin Muye commented, now aware of the new spirit beast skill of Fan Hua's Wisdom Sword.
The Red Dust Dao was a unique spirit beast attribute. Besides the fixed innate spirit beast skill, it could form various other innate skills based on the emotions or desires present at the time of its birth.
For example, the Wisdom Sword, besides the fixed innate skill of severing emotions, had other unique innate skills. The person, emotions, and environment at the time of its birth determined these skills.
Currently, Fan Hua's Wisdom Sword had demonstrated three abilities: the fixed skill of severing emotions, soul detection, and materializing the intangible. Qin Muye didn't know the true names of these skills, nor whether there were more innate skills.
The spirit beasts of the Red Dust Dao were the most unpredictable.
Moreover, those who could give birth to a Red Dust Dao spirit beast were ordinary people, naturally endowing the spirit beast with more powerful or mysterious abilities.
"Hehe, little Daoist, little Daoist," Fan Hua laughed nervously, not wanting to talk about the birth of the Wisdom Sword, as it wasn't a pleasant memory.
"Does that mean the person has changed?" Qin Muye ignored Fan Hua's evasion and asked directly.
Fan Hua put aside his embarrassment and said seriously, "Yes, and it's likely that the previous pursuers have all been killed. The new person acted quickly, so quickly that the group didn't have time to react. It could be a Transcendent Realm practitioner."
"A Transcendent Realm practitioner, that's troublesome. It seems this place isn't a dead end but a path to survival," Qin Muye said immediately.
"Although I'm not sure what the Mu family is up to, it's definitely targeting me," Fan Hua didn't dare to include Qin Muye, as he was the one at fault.
"Really, who did you betray to cause such a big fuss?" Qin Muye was at a loss for words.
"Cough, Daoist friend, be careful what you say. It's not something I can easily talk about, you know," Fan Hua stammered.
This made Qin Muye suspicious. What was there to be hesitant about? From his demeanor, it seemed to involve a direct descendant or a collateral branch's lady of the Mu family.
Otherwise, a common servant wouldn't have such a grand setup. But since Fan Hua didn't want to say, there must be deeper secrets involved.
It could be related to power struggles within the Mu family, or Fan Hua might have uncovered some secret. Either way, speaking out would only invite trouble.
"Alright, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. I'll leave it to you to handle. I'll find a place to hide. I have faith in you~" Qin Muye decided that if Fan Hua wouldn't share the gossip, he wouldn't help.
(End of Chapter)
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