Chapter 133 – Chaos in Hou Fen (2)
A heat wave quickly spread across the earthen sphere as the fireball entered it smoothly. However, at the same time, the heaven-defying bead shot out, causing the fireball to stop and then turn around without hesitation.
However, it was too late. The heaven-defying bead ignored everything in its path and slammed into the fireball. The fireball screamed and began to struggle, but before it could struggle for long, the fireball was absorbed by the heaven-defying bead.
The leaves on the Heaven-Defying Bead disappeared and were replaced by balls of fire. Soon, more balls of fire appeared on the Heaven-Defying Bead.
The fireball grew dimmer and dimmer until it disappeared completely. At this moment, a tenth fireball appeared in the heaven-defying bead, causing it to emit a bright light that could be clearly seen even from outside the earthen sphere.
At this time, with the disappearance of the fireball, the ring of fire began to dim and the red flakes connecting the ring of fire to the fireball broke apart.
Wang Lin was stunned to see what had happened. Not only him, all the fire beasts were also completely stunned. They stood motionless in the cave, not knowing what to do at all.
The magic ball quickly moved toward Wang Lin and entered his brow. Wang Lin didn’t have time to examine the magic ball; he moved his body and activated the attraction technique. He carried the magic ball upward and into one of the tunnels.
All of this happened in a very short time. Only after Wang Lin’s earthen ball left did the fire beasts realize what had happened. The sixteen large fire beasts roared as they tore through the tunnel and chased after Wang Lin.
Behind him, tens of thousands of fire beasts let out angry roars and chased after him.
Wang Lin’s body was trapped inside a ball of dirt as he moved through the lava. It should be noted that the lava was flowing into the cave. Wang Lin was currently fighting against the current, so there was no way for him to move quickly.
However, the fire beasts didn’t slow down at all because they grew up in lava. It could be said that they were fire spirits, meaning the hotter the lava, the faster they moved.
Although Wang Lin didn’t know what the fireball was, the fact that it was able to supplement the fire element for the Heaven-Defying Bead was already shocking enough. Judging by the respect the beasts showed and their anger, the fireball must have been extremely important to them. It was most likely their king.
Wang Lin’s guess was correct. The fire beast was born from lava. It could be described as a fire spirit and possessed a fairly high rank. According to the cultivation union, they were generally called fire spirit beasts. From birth, the beast possessed intelligence. It had cultivated in the lava beneath Hou Fen for many years, and its cultivation was extremely powerful.
Over the years it has lived, it has transformed five times. If it transforms nine times, it can transform from a spirit beast to a wild beast, but after each transformation, it will be in a weakened state for 500 years, unable to use any spiritual energy at all.
To protect himself, every time he is about to transform, he spreads his spiritual energy to accelerate the growth of the next generation to protect himself.
At the same time, as he further transformed, he learned that there was a way to shorten the time of weakness: devouring cultivators.
It doesn’t need to devour many, just a few cultivators every now and then. So it uses its offspring to capture cultivators who come to the volcano and feed them.
To prevent the cultivators from harming the fire spirits, they will all be trapped underground. As a result, the fire spirits can enjoy their meal in peace.
But now, the weakened fire spirit was devoured, and when it disappeared, all the fire beasts became angry.
In their hearts, the fire spirit was not only their king, but also their father.
Their father had been killed before them, how could they not be angry? Gradually, they drew closer. One of the 16 fire beasts in front opened its mouth and spat out a nearly pure white flame.
Within the purple lava, the white flames were very eye-catching. When they hit Wang Lin’s earth ball, the earth ball instantly shrank by one size.
Wang Lin bled profusely as the white fire hit his clay ball. His Ji Realm Divine Sense could only barely stop it. He clenched his teeth and used even more spiritual energy to escape.
The fire beasts destroyed everything in their path as they charged at Wang Lin.
They got closer and closer until the eight fire beasts simultaneously spat out white flames. As the flames hit the clay ball, Wang Lin’s body trembled, and he charged out. His body was surrounded by divine sense as he endured the unbearable heat and charged out.
After exiting, he paused for a moment as the metal piece emerged from his bag and flew down to his feet. The metal piece formed a rainbow and carried Wang Lin out from above.
When seen from outside, it appears to be a body completely black with clothes that are almost entirely the remains of the burning cargo that came out of the mouth of the mountain.
Behind him followed 16 fire beasts. They chased him all the way to the volcano’s entrance. They roared at him in frustration, but strangely, they didn’t dare follow him out.
Only now did Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. He looked down, and his scalp suddenly went numb. He saw that beneath the sixteen fire beasts were countless triangular eyes staring up. Their eyes had only one focus, and that was him.
One of those fire beasts could block his Divine Sense of the Ji Realm. This should be impossible, but if it were true, then the only explanation was that this fire beast didn’t have a soul or divine sense.
Wang Lin’s face was gloomy. He stared at the countless fire beasts below him and flew into the distance without a word. Gradually, his mood grew even gloomier because along the way, every time he saw a volcano, he would see fire beasts. All of these fire beasts were waiting at the mouth of the volcano, staring at him with cold gazes. They all seemed to be waiting for an order, and once the order was given, they would all charge out of the volcano.
Wang Lin’s scalp felt numb as he rubbed his temples. He decided to get a map immediately so he could leave Hou Fen and never return.
Thinking about it, he stopped moving and spread out his divine sense. After investigating for a while, he changed direction and flew north.
Even though he was no longer looking at the volcano along the way, he could still clearly see the cold gazes that were fixed on him.
At this moment, all the Nascent Soul ancestors emerged from their closed-door cultivation. They, who stood at the peak of the Rank 3 cultivation world, could clearly sense the destructive energy waves forming within Hou Fen.
This had happened many times before. It meant the volcano within Hou Fen was about to erupt. Each time, they would go to the volcano they were responsible for and seal it to prevent it from erupting.
Because if it erupts, it will be a major disaster for Hou Fen. Humans might flee to other countries without my resistance. Even the royal family will ask cultivators to speak on their behalf.
After all, even though humans are like ants to cultivators, there is a higher chance of finding followers among humans if there are more of them.
Ordinary mortals could leave, but cultivators could not, because if a large number of cultivators left for another country, a major war would ensue. In the cultivation world, migration was a strict taboo for cultivation countries, as it would mean a massive loss of spiritual energy, chaos among all sects, and a major shift in the ownership of spirit stones and magic treasures.
On Planet Suzaku, there are a number of fixed cultivation nations. If a volcano erupts, the consequence will be a massive amount of violent fire-elemental spiritual energy released. This violent spiritual energy is impossible to cultivate, so for a long time, cultivators will not be able to survive in Hou Fen.
Fortunately, this has never happened. Each time, the volcano has been contained without any significant problems. Even if an eruption does occur, it will only affect a small area, not the entire country.
Three hours later, Wang Lin stopped on the main road. If his face was already dark, then when he saw what was on the main road, his face turned green.
On the main road there were dozens of bodies, as well as several dead horses, on the ground beside a cart.
Most of the bodies were men. Without exception, all of their faces bore expressions of agony. They all still held weapons in their hands. It was clear they were still struggling when they died.
Wang Lin stopped beside the carriage and waved his hand. A strong wind blew against the carriage, causing it to fly into the air. As the corpse fell from it, a flash of red light shot out from the corpse, transforming into a demon. He stared at Wang Lin with a terrified expression on his face, but that expression soon turned vicious as he shouted, “You came at just the right time. I was about to go find you. This human soul is too innocent. I wonder what it feels like.”
With that, he jumped towards Wang Lin.
Wang Lin was extremely cautious. He was able to track this demon because he had left a mark with his divine sense on all the beasts he fed to the demon. If he continued feeding it like this, no matter how powerful the demon was, he would be able to control it easily. However, time was limited now, so he could only detect them if they were within a certain range.