Chapter 486: Unending Flames

Having listened to Yu Guowei, Shirong was now sure that the two places were linked. The only thing was he didn't know if it really was a beast or the Immortal Crystal armament. 

'No, wait… it could be the Skull god itself as well. They were certainly looking for those crystals and would very well not hesitate to kill others. Perhaps they tried to do the same in the Jiao Dian city and triggered some traps. 

The same could have happened in the ruins in the Marsh as well.' Shirong came to a hypothesis.

It was the most logical thing Shirong could think of, but it also made Shirong wonder if there were more people belonging to the Skull god out there.

'But the Immortal Crystal armament's memories assured me that the Skull god was gone… at least that was the part that was the clearest.' Shirong thought to himself, feeling a bit relieved.

He had known just what level of danger he had been in back then and knew that he was very lucky that he had the Immortal Crystal armament to deal with it. But it also came at a cost and now he was unable to use it.

While it was a bit frustrating, Shirong knew there was little he could do, and that it was far better to persevere and get strong on his own. He had already learned a lot of things from the Immortal Crystal armament and had managed to enhance his own skill with the Immortal Sky Shaker art.

He had managed to make new techniques that even he didn't know were possible and new weapons styles that he evener knew existed. These were all made by Lin Wu and he had learned these from the various media in his past life.

"So young master, is it really something you know?" Yu Guowei asked after seeing the silent Shirong.

"Yes, I do… but do not speak of this to anyone else. Not even the king. The information is highly sensitive and cannot be revealed to others at this moment. Only after the patriarch approves of it, can it be released." Shirong warned.

~clap~

"Of course, Young master! My lips shall be sealed." Yuo Guowei said while clapping his chest.

Shirong nodded his head and looked out, using his spirit sense. The people were already gossiping about his visit and wondering why he was here.

"We should leave now, this is enough," Shirong stated.

"Alright, Young master. Do you wish to see the fire wall?" Yu Guowei asked.

"Yes, I do want to see just what kind of a fire can it even be." Shirong replied.

"Let's go then." Yu Guowei said and opened the door of the office.

~shua~

The two of them then flew towards the blazing fire that raged on in the Dread Coil Marsh. Even at this distance, the air was very hot and any normal person would faint within a minute.

The closer they got, the hotter the temperature got. By the time they reached the border of the Fire, Yu Guowei was already drenched with sweat. Even Shirong himself was finding it to be rather hot.

"Huh? This heat… spirit tools can't block it?" Shirong questioned.

"That's another problem we discovered recently, senior. None of the mid and low grade spirit tools work if we use them to defend against the heat of the fire. And high grade spirit tools can only block the heat for a certain amount of time.

The only ones who manage to last longer were the people who have water element based cultivation techniques. But even they would die from their spirit Qi exhausting after a while. The constant heat here is no joke.

"Hmm…" Seeing the fire, Shirong tried to use his spirit sense to probe it.

But the moment it got close enough to the fire that it was a mere fingernail's length away, his spirit sense started to waver and got unstable. Shirong tried to control it and exert more face, but it got even more unstable.

He felt like if he approached anymore or forced his way in, his spirit sense would end up getting destroyed and he himself would feel the backlash. Thus, to be cautious, Shirong quickly withdrew it.

He then looked at Yu Guowei in curiosity.

"The fire in the Jiao Dian city was not this strong, right?" Shirong questioned.

"Yes, it was not as strong as this, and neither did it last as long. From the information we were able to deduce, the flames in Jiao Dian city died down about a day or two after the initial start.

As for the Dread Coil Marsh, they have now been burning for a month. We do not know if this will stop as it has shown no signs of stopping at all." Yu Guowei answered.

This was enough for Shirong to consider the importance of the locations.

'The ruins in the dread coil marsh were far bigger… they were almost the size of an entire city which means that the trap or whatever that triggered its explosion must have also been bigger.

And seeing the time period for which the flames have lasted, it seems like it has a source of spirit Qi that it was burning.' Shirong thought to himself.

He spread his spirit sense around, ensuring that none of it came in contact with the fire and checked the movement of the spirit Qi in the area.

"Huh… just as I thought," Shirong muttered after finding something.

"What is it, Young Master?" Yu Guowei questioned.

"The flames… not only were they injected with massive amounts of spirit Qi at the start, but the spirit Qi was enough that it condensed and caused it to start absorbing more spirit Qi from the environment," Shirong answered.

Hearing this, Yu Guowei was stunned and had an idea of what Shirong meant.

"You mean to say, young master… that this place has now become a self sustaining fire pit?" Yu Guowei questioned.