Fights Break Sphere: Rock King's Leisurely Journey into the Mortal World

Chapter 97: The Sixth Strange Fire Xuan Huang Yan

Gu Qiu swayed, each step seeming extremely difficult, as if he was carrying a heavy burden. His steps were slow and heavy, and he slowly moved forward on the uneven ground. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, soaking his slightly disheveled clothes.

Finally, he arrived at a relatively clean spot. A towering tree stood there, its lush branches and leaves like a giant green umbrella, providing a rare shade for the small space. Gu Qiu slowly walked to the tree, leaning against the trunk and slowly sitting down, his eyes revealing a hint of fatigue and weakness.

He took out a recovery pill and swallowed it. Then, Gu Qiu took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and began to activate the Xuan Huang Flame within him. A faint, deep yellow glow gradually emanated from his body, the power of the Xuan Huang Flame quietly surging. Guided by his thoughts, the Xuan Huang Flame began to digest the pill at an accelerated rate.

After a while, Gu Qiu's complexion gradually returned to its normal color, and a hint of life appeared on his face, which was originally as pale as paper.

He exhaled deeply, as if expelling all the impurities from his body. At this moment, Gu Qiu was completely bathed in the deep yellow flames of the Xuanhuang Flame. This was also fully utilizing the Xuanhuang Flame's most outstanding characteristic as a strange fire - concealing its aura.

Although Xuan Huang Yan's strength completely surpassed that of other beast fires and Dou Qi fires, making it the undisputed Lord of All Fires, it remained at the bottom of the list of exotic fires. In the world of exotic fires, each possessed its own unique status and abilities. It could be said that any other exotic fire possessed the ability to devour Xuan Huang Yan. It was like a chicken's head and a phoenix's tail, seemingly incomparably powerful, yet possessed an unspeakable dilemma.

However, this was also the strength of the Xuan Huang Flame. Its unique concealment properties prevented even a Semi-Saint from detecting its presence unless it revealed itself. Only a supremely powerful being, at the Dou Sheng level, could possibly detect even the slightest trace of the Xuan Huang Flame within the void rupture where it was concealed.

Because of this, most Xuanhuangyan, relying on the concealed nature of their own exotic fires, were able to steadily cultivate until they reached the stage of spiritual intelligence. During this long and challenging process, they silently absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, constantly growing and evolving.

Once a strange fire develops intelligence, its ranking on the strange fire list may change slightly.

For example, a Xuanhuang Flame that has developed human intelligence can, through the unique induction between different fires, detect nearby different fires. It will temporarily avoid contact with the different fires ranked seventeen above it that have developed intelligence; however, it may devour those that are ranked no more than five places above it and have not yet developed intelligence.

This is why the number of people who have seen the Xuanhuang Flame is roughly the same as the number of people who have seen the Emperor Flame. As the pinnacle of the strange fire, the Emperor Flame is undoubtedly mysterious and rare. Although the Xuanhuang Flame is relatively weak, its unique concealment properties make it particularly mysterious in the world of strange fire.

Even though Xuan Huang Yan has such a poor development process, since it is the weakest alien fire itself, the alien fire it swallows can only swallow a part of the strength of the fire seed of that alien fire. Most of it will be lost because the origin of the fire seed of Xuan Huang Yan cannot contain it all at once. And since the origin of the swallowed alien fire has disappeared, the original alien fire energy can only dissipate silently between heaven and earth. It can be said to be the terminator of alien fire. However, because of this, Xuan Huang Yan's speed of improving his cultivation is also extremely slow.

The Xuan Huang Flame held by Gu Qiu was the product of countless young sprouts of the lowest-ranking exotic fires. By the time it was devoured by Gu Qiu, its power had reached the peak of the Ninth Transformation Dou Zun realm, and was faintly touching the level of Semi-Saint. Even so, Gu Qiu experienced considerable difficulty in actually consuming the Xuan Huang Flame. Had he not acted cautiously, not immediately consuming it, but instead returning to the Ancient Clan, informing the various elders, and reporting to Clan Leader Gu Yuan, the effort would have been immense.

The Ancient Clan has always disdained low-ranking exotic fires, especially since the Xuanhuang Flame Gu Qiu brought back ranked the lowest on the list of exotic fires. Consequently, many elders considered Gu Qiu's actions an exaggeration, and no one was willing to protect him. However, as clan leader, Gu Yuan, while also somewhat disdainful of the Xuanhuang Flame, nonetheless, mindful of his responsibility as clan leader, happily witnessed Gu Qiu devour it.

According to Gu Yuan's calculations, this Xuanhuangyan, which had reached the peak of the Ninth Transformation Dou Zun, might have been born before the ancient clan's ancestor became an emperor...

When Gu Qiu realized that many of the elders hadn't arrived as expected, a trace of doubt crept into his heart. Was he being too cautious? However... Gu Qiu still remembered it vividly. If the Medicine Hall elders and Gu Yuan hadn't arrived in time, and if Gu Yuan hadn't used the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame to help him suppress the Xuan Huang Flame, he would have been attacked by the Xuan Huang Flame long ago. While he wouldn't have died, his strength would have been severely damaged, making it difficult for him to advance further.

After all, the other party has been practicing for thousands of years, how could he let Gu Qiu succeed so easily?
"call……"

Gu Qiu slowly stood up, used the ancient clan's secret technique, and sent an urgent message back to the clan.

"He was able to injure me so badly, and I didn't even see his appearance. He must be a seven or eight-star Dou Sheng from another ancient family. Humph, is the rule of the ancient family that five-star Dou Sheng and above cannot attack at will just empty words? I came here to gather intelligence, not to snatch the strange fire. I didn't expect the other family to send a seven or eight-star Dou Sheng. It seems that my ancient family is still too rule-abiding. After sending the message, I have to rush into the city to confirm Xuan'er and the eldest lady's safety."

Not long after, a thin, deep yellow needle of light shot into the sky, which happened to be seen by Zhongli.

Zhongli first took half a second to read the contents of the optical fiber, and then snapped his fingers with his right hand.

In just one second, the optical fiber that was sending the message away from the Gama Empire exploded instantly.

As the manufacturer of optical fiber, Gu Qiu naturally felt all of this very clearly.

His body trembled violently, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight up into his heart. He swallowed his saliva with a shudder, and thought in fear:

"This... this... what kind of being is this? Could it be the Nine-Star Fighting Saint Soul Emperor? That's not right! Even if it was the Soul Emperor, he would recognize that this is the secret technique of my ancient clan, but he would definitely not be able to stop it in time. What should I do now?! The other party is far more powerful than me, and I can't even contact anyone in my clan. He has already sealed off the entire space of the Jia Ma Empire. Is today really the end of me?"

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