Chapter 84: Progress

Chapter 84: Progress

In the fire lynx’s lair, Zhanyue held his breath and focused, extending one finger. At the fingertip, a blue flame the size of a peanut condensed – it was the Earth Vein Ghost Fire. Then, like a bullet, Zhanyue shot out this peanut-sized flame. The flame struck a rock, instantly piercing through it and leaving a finger-sized hole with uncooled lava inside.

“Combining the power of Earth Vein Ghost Fire and Solar Essence Fire, this fireball may be as small as a bullet, but it’s incomparably more powerful than before. I’ll call it ‘Heaven-Burning Finger’ from now on. Hopefully, one day it can reach the level of a divine-grade ultimate skill,” Zhanyue said to himself, satisfied.

After the fire lynx’s patient guidance, Zhanyue’s fire control level now far surpassed his previous abilities. Based on Flame King Blast and his own characteristics, he developed two new ultimate skills. One was this ‘Heaven-Burning Finger’. Zhanyue estimated that ‘Heaven-Burning Finger’ had improved by one grade compared to ‘Flame King Blast’, reaching the level of an orange-grade technique, not far from a red-grade one.

Then, Zhanyue fully activated his fire power. Behind him, a golden sun and a blue moon rose simultaneously – the Solar Essence Fire and Earth Vein Ghost Fire.

“Sun and Moon Shine Together!” Zhanyue threw both fireballs at the fire lynx.

“Star Spinning Flame!” The fire lynx spat out a purple flame from its mouth. The flame instantly formed a fire tornado, swallowing both fireballs. Then a terrifying explosion erupted, blowing things in the cave into disarray. The cave became scorching hot, with waves of heat.

Beads of sweat appeared on Baizhi’s forehead, and the two little cats trembled in her arms, frightened.

“Alright, stop fighting. You’re going to tear down the cave,” Baizhi spoke up to stop them.

“Young Zhan, you really are progressing at an astonishing speed. Come, let’s try the Three Flavors Fire Fusion Technique again,” The fire lynx’s body moved, instantly absorbing all the heat in the cave, cooling it down.

“Alright!” This time, Zhanyue was full of confidence.

The human and beast sat facing each other again. Golden, blue, and purple flames converged above their heads, gradually fusing into a black flame. The black flame emitted a terrifying aura. The fire lynx’s eyes showed both excitement and fear – if this flame went out of control, its cave would probably be instantly incinerated.

“Good! Let’s try!” The fire lynx controlled the flame, placing it under the already set up Diamond Fruit.

“You know that my cauldron is the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron. Its main function is purification. Having the ‘Thousand Hands Fire God’ technique is just icing on the cake for me, but for you, it’s like sending charcoal in snowy weather. After all, your Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron is just an ordinary alchemy furnace before it’s unsealed. And once you master the ‘Thousand Hands Fire God’, you can naturally teach me.”

Hearing this, Baizhi nodded, her eyes fixed on Zhanyue, saying resentfully, “I know exactly what you’re up to, but I can’t bring myself to dislike it. It’s all your fault!”

“Uh,” Zhanyue knew this little girl had seen through his attempt to gain favor. He said with a straight face, “I remember someone actively asking me to kiss her. Or am I remembering wrong?”

Baizhi’s face flushed red, and she said angrily, “Don’t say that.”

“Ahem,” The fire lynx walked over, interrupting their flirtatious banter. “It’s time to eat.” The fire lynx handed the roasted meat to them.

“Thank you, Senior,” Zhanyue took two legs of some unknown animal and gave them to the two little cats.

“Senior, since you know about the Red Lotus Trial, you must know about other trial grounds, right?” Zhanyue asked curiously.

The fire lynx didn’t hide anything, “I’ve traveled all over this secret realm and have seen many trial and inheritance grounds, but they’re all left for humans. I can’t participate. It’s strange, there are too many human trials in this secret realm. But those youngsters who come in are too weak, they don’t even have the ability to discover these trials.”

“There are a large number of human inheritances in the secret realm?” Zhanyue’s eyes widened. It wasn’t strange for trials to appear in secret realms, but the appearance of many inheritances was odd. Did so many senior experts leave their legacies in this secret realm?

“I know what you’re thinking, kid. With your current strength, you absolutely can’t pass those trials. However, some trial creators were kind-hearted. Even if you fail their trials, nothing will happen to you. Even when I, a spirit beast, forcibly entered, I wasn’t harmed. After you help me refine the Diamond Fruit, I’ll take you to try. After all, failing those trials shouldn’t result in any punishment,” the fire lynx said.

Zhanyue nodded. If that was the case, it was worth a try. He wasn’t sure about the first few levels of the Red Lotus Trial, but the ninth level was definitely very dangerous. If you couldn’t defeat that armor, you’d likely be killed. It seems the mysterious old man who set up the Red Lotus Trial wasn’t a kind person.