Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 183 My greatsword is itching for a fight.

Hearing Su Qian agree, Xiao Bai was overjoyed and smiled:

"Thank you, Elder!"

"Heh. You little rascal!" Su Qian shook his head. "Come with me!"

Arriving at the energy shield, looking down through it, all I saw was a fiery red expanse, almost devoid of life, with only scorching lava flowing freely, and a faint smell of sulfur wafting through the air.

An invisible fire python, its entire form obscured, raised its head high, its triangular snake eyes fixed on this place with malice, the energy emanating from its body dense and violent.

"Below is the birthplace of this beast. Fighting it in this environment will make you extremely vulnerable. Be careful!" Su Qian looked at the Fallen Heart Flame below, his eyes cold.

"Even the Grand Elder is no match for him?" Xiao Bai glanced at the slightly disheveled Su Qian and asked softly.

"I don't cultivate fire-attribute techniques. In this environment, let alone fighting, just staying here for a while is extremely uncomfortable!"

"Adding to this the Fallen Heart Flame, a rare treasure born of heaven and earth, without a special method to counter it, even I, a Dou Zong, can only say I can protect myself!"

Su Qian sighed. This was also the helplessness of Canaan Academy. If he had a way to be unafraid of the strange fire energy, he would have reduced the beast's source long ago. Why would he have to watch it grow stronger day by day and end up in this troublesome situation today?

Such wondrous things of heaven and earth can only be resisted by possessing the same wondrous things of heaven and earth, such as strange fire;

You either have to overpower them with absolute strength or use some special method to restrain them; otherwise, this feeling of being stuck in the middle and having no way to win is the most unbearable!

"Is that so!" Xiao Bai nodded thoughtfully, his eyes narrowing slightly as he thought of his target for this trip: that old fellow Yao Tianhuo.

He was a man with good fortune, but good fortune also brought him both success and failure.

First, he discovered the strange fire below and happily subdued it. Then, he discovered a second Fallen Heart Flame. In a moment of greed, he wanted to fuse the two identical strange fires.

But who knew that, although both were Fallen Heart Flames, they could not merge together, resulting in severe injuries.

Being seriously injured is one thing, but for a Dou Zun, he can still survive after recuperation. However, he never expected that there would be fire lizards under the magma.

A powerful Dou Zun once stood, but ultimately perished here.

"Although I don't know what gives you the confidence to go down there, if you truly have a way to stop this Fallen Heart Flame from causing trouble, Canaan Academy will be eternally grateful!"

"Whatever you want then, as long as Canaan Academy has it, we can grant it to you!"

Su Qian looked at Xiao Bai with great seriousness. Although this mysterious young man was only at the Dou Wang level, he still had high expectations for him.

Finally, as if remembering something, he added jokingly:

"Of course, the Fallen Heart Flame won't do. Although it's a real headache, it's the foundation of the Inner Academy!"

"Hehe. This is what the Grand Elder said, so I'll take it seriously!" As he spoke, Xiao Bai's gaze shifted slightly and landed on Zi Yan beside him.

"!" Zi Yan.

The little girl in white trembled and hid behind the elder. She, who was usually fearless, was actually a little scared.

Oh no! Is this guy going to want me?!

Zi Yan gripped Su Qian's sleeve tightly with her small hands, only her head peeking out. Her dark eyes glared fiercely at Xiao Bai, her teeth clenched in a low grin.

Old man, hurry up and kill him!

"!" The Grand Elder.

His face darkened slightly, and he stared fiercely at Xiao Bai.

If this kid dares to say that today, I'll break both his legs!

At worst, we can just let the Fallen Heart Flame run rampant; after all, the Dean's seal is still on the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

"!" Xiao Bai.

Looking into their eyes, he felt deeply wronged. He had just been considering whether to take Ziyan down to look for her while she was here.

Unexpectedly, this caused a misunderstanding between the two, so he waved his hand:

"That was just a joke of mine, Elder, please don't take it to heart. Thunderfall Valley has been of great help to me, and Canaan Academy has been kind to me. I will certainly not refuse to help if I can!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "You are a student of Canaan Academy. Providing a suitable cultivation environment is the academy's responsibility, not a favor!"

Xiao Bai's expression became subtle as he thought about what the little golden dragon had done. He looked at Zi Yan, whose lips had pursed slightly and whose expression had relaxed a little, and said with a faint smile:

"That golden bodhi fruit...it must taste terrible, right?"

Zi Yan didn't know why he brought this up, but thinking of the taste of those medicinal herbs, she nodded and frowned, saying, "They taste awful!"

"Don't eat the medicinal herbs raw next time you get them, keep them! I'll refine them for you when I have time, they'll taste better!"

Looking at that little face where her eyebrows and nose were almost all furrowed together, Xiao Bai couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"Really?" Zi Yan's eyes lit up. She had just heard the old man over there say that this person was a sixth-grade alchemist.

"You've been eating these herbs raw like this all this time, haven't you ever thought about finding someone to process them for you?" Xiao Bai asked curiously, seeing her expression.

"Hmph. Of course there are!" Zi Yan rolled her big eyes, shook her fist, and said indignantly, "Those bastards in the Alchemy Department avoid me like the plague!"

Elder Huo, standing to the side, remained calm and pretended not to hear.

Making alchemy for this girl is not only a lot of work, but you also have to be threatened from time to time. Which alchemist can stand that?

"Haha." Xiao Bai couldn't help but laugh at her adorable appearance, then turned to Su Qian, who was stroking Zi Yan's head and whose mustache was slightly upturned, and said:

"Elder, please advise me on how to descend!"

"I'll have them slightly open the energy shield in a bit, then you can go down directly!"

Su Qian's smile faded, and her expression turned slightly serious: "But we need to be quick, don't give that guy down there a chance!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Elder!" Xiao Bai nodded.

"This broken energy shield, we can just crawl right through it!" Zi Yan muttered dismissively, pursing her lips.

Upon hearing this, Su Qian, who was directing the elders to activate the energy shield, tapped her on the head and scolded her lightly, somewhat annoyed:

"Don't go drilling into anything! And don't you dare try to break into any of the restricted areas within the academy!"

He then looked at Xiao Bai and said seriously, "Get ready! If you feel you're outmatched, just call for help, and I'll bring you up!"

Xiao Bai nodded again, his gaze shifting to the energy shield that was beginning to fluctuate, and he took a deep breath.

"Enter!"

Su Qian shouted, and everyone felt a flash of lightning. In the blink of an eye, the young figure from before had disappeared.

"grumble!"

Just then, a violent hissing sound resounded in the ears of the elders, causing a strong sense of dizziness to run through their heads.

Then, dark red fire energy surged in from the gap in the energy shield, causing the temperature in the lower space to rise sharply.

"roll!"

After a furious shout, the scorching energy surging from the gap slowly subsided. Taking this opportunity, the elders quickly restored the energy shield and breathed a sigh of relief.

"That was terrifying! We didn't realize it when we were in the energy shield, but just now, we were only exposed to a small part of the aftershocks of the Fallen Heart Flame through the gap, and we almost couldn't withstand it!" An elder wiped the sweat from his brow and said in a trembling voice.

"As expected of a different kind of fire, it possesses such destructive power!" Elder Huo's eyes flashed with a hint of desire, then he shook his head violently.

Putting aside whether the academy allows anyone to subdue a different flame, even if they were allowed to do so, they wouldn't have the strength!

"Old man, is he alright?" Zi Yan stood on tiptoe, constantly peering into the energy shield.

"When I went downstairs earlier, why didn't you show any concern?" Su Qian glanced at the little person beside him.

"Old man, you're a Dou Zong, how could anything happen to you?" Zi Yan said confidently. "But he's different, he's just a Dou Wang. If something happens to him, who will help me refine those awful-tasting medicinal herbs?"

"Don't worry! He didn't... Huh?" Su Qian was saying when he suddenly let out a soft exclamation, looking down at the energy shield below, and muttered in confusion, "Why does this Fallen Heart Flame seem so interested in this kid?"

Xiao Bai felt the same way, watching the invisible fire python that kept hissing softly and whose triangular pupils were constantly scrutinizing him.

He could clearly sense that the Fallen Heart Flame was very excited when it faced him, as if it were looking at some delicious food.

"Is this beast trying to refine me?"

"Moreover, the surrounding fire-attribute energy seems to be completely controlled by it, making it very difficult to absorb!"

Looking around at the endless, invisible flames blocked by the five-colored battle qi, Xiao Bai frowned.

"This guy's got a good plan. In this place, its power is almost inexhaustible. If we want to leave, we only have two choices: either break through its defenses with brute force, or we have to fight a war of attrition!"

The little golden dragon then swam out from Xiao Bai's sleeve, perched on Xiao Bai's shoulder, surveyed the surroundings, and lightly stroked its chin with its claws, saying:

"If we try to break through by force, this endless stream of underground fire-attribute energy, further amplified by the strange fire, would be quite troublesome even for an ordinary Dou Zong! My lord, it seems this cunning fellow intends to trap you here to your death, and then slowly refine you!"

"Heh." Xiao Bai sneered upon hearing this, saying, "Two methods? That's not up to them. I'm going to choose a third one!"

He had expected a great battle after coming down, but to his surprise, the invisible fire python actually played a trick on him.

"A third type?" The little golden dragon tilted its head, looking at Xiao Bai with confusion. Then it saw the Fallen Heart Flames surging towards it from all around, and was immediately shocked:

"Damn it! Master, have you gone mad?"

It didn't expect that Xiao Bai would actually give up resisting the surrounding Fallen Heart Flame and let the strange fire surge into his body.

"Let me see your origin. How many strange flames can you produce!" Xiao Bai looked at the invisible fire python with a playful expression in its triangular pupils, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

At this moment, a layer of multicolored energy covered his body. This was not to resist the Fallen Heart Flame, but to protect his clothes. After all, his storage ring was destroyed, and if his clothes were destroyed, he would have to run around naked.

As Xiao Bai unleashed his fighting spirit, clusters of blazing inner fire surged into every corner of his body, with the most intense and massive flame emanating from his heart.

Just then, the red light among the several intertwined beams of light in Xiao Bai's dantian began to flicker slightly, and a powerful suction force burst forth from it.

In an instant, the strange fire energy surging into his body rushed towards his dantian like a flash flood.

"It's so hot. I'm doomed. I'm going to die!" The little golden dragon stood on its shoulder, jumping up and down. It felt that Xiao Bai was burning red-hot, with intense heat emanating from his body.

Xiao Bai glanced at the little golden dragon shouting on his shoulder with annoyance, quite speechless. This guy isn't made of flesh and blood, what's he pretending for?

"Tch!" Seeing this, the little golden dragon got tired of pretending and quietly lay down, yawning as it called out to the two faintly glowing points of light in the distance:

"Hey, you little snake over there, give it a push!"

"Burn my lord to death, and I, the dragon, will reward you handsomely and guide you on the path of human transformation!"

"!" Xiao Bai.

"grumble!"

As if enraged, the invisible fire python let out a furious hiss.

An even more intense inner fire, like thick clouds, surged toward this place with overwhelming momentum.

"Hmph!" Xiao Bai let out a muffled groan.

This energy was so immense that even with Xiao Bai's body, which had been tempered by the Thunder Seed, forged by heavenly lightning, and nourished by the Five Elements, he couldn't help but feel a stinging pain.

At this moment, as a continuous stream of strange fire energy surged into the dantian, the red light intensified, illuminating the entire dantian in a fiery red glow, almost overshadowing the other types of light.

"My lord, is he alright? Should we provoke him a little more?"

Seeing Xiao Bai's face flushed and long plumes of white mist constantly billowing from his breath, the little golden dragon asked expectantly.

Thank you!

Xiao Bai glanced at the little golden dragon on his shoulder, which was completely unharmed under the protection of the Heart Flame, and couldn't help but glare at it.

"Hehe." The little golden dragon turned its head away a little embarrassedly and whistled.

After a while, it turned around and excitedly shook its paw:

"Master, keep going! That guy's Heart Flame isn't limitless either. I can sense it's weakening a bit. If it wants to convert fire-attribute energy into a different kind of Heart Flame again, it'll have to use its source energy!"

Sure enough, not long after the little golden dragon finished speaking, an angry and unwilling roar resounded throughout the underground space. The overwhelming inner fire around Xiao Bai slowly receded and eventually gathered into an invisible fire python.

Her body size has shrunk considerably compared to before.

The triangular pupils stared venomously at the human whose complexion had returned to normal, the man quite puzzled.

It couldn't understand why this human, whose aura was clearly inferior to that of the old man above the energy shield, could contain seemingly endless flames within his small body.

No matter how much heart fire there is, it can be swallowed up.

Having caught a whiff of the lingering snake scent on this human, it knew that this was the being that would bring it endless benefits if it were devoured.

Heaven has been kind to us!

It was greatly excited that the creature had delivered itself to its doorstep, so it decided to refine it.

Unexpectedly, instead of being able to refine it, it also caused it to lose so much energy, which will require it to spend a lot of time to accumulate and transform it!

Thinking of this, a fierce glint flashed in his giant eyes. Since he couldn't trap and refine it, he would just take action directly.

"grumble!"

A sharp screech rang out, and a large, milky-white, transparent flame appeared, causing the dark red magma to boil. Countless bubbles rolled and churned, and as these bubbles burst, a thick, toxic fire emanated from them.

"The methods are too simplistic!"

Xiao Bai shook his head as he watched this scene. The greatest power of the strange fire, besides the burning flames, also has a peculiar attribute.

Unlike the Void Devouring Flame and the Quiet Lotus Demon Flame, the Fallen Heart Flame not only allows the use of combat techniques, but also possesses extremely powerful attributes.

Don't be like Xiao Yan and become a hothead!

When neither fire nor elemental properties work, it doesn't seem so mysterious anymore!

Ignoring the pungent smell of sulfur around him, Xiao Bai flashed and appeared in front of the milky white flame. Under the bewildered gaze of the invisible fire python, he opened his mouth and sucked in the trump card it had prepared.

"belch!"

Xiao Bai smacked his lips and let out a burp.

All the energy absorbed this time fell into his dantian. The red light that Xiao Bing had transformed into gave him a faint feeling of fullness. If he continued to absorb it, it would affect his ability to transform into other attributes.

"What goes around comes around. You've burned me for so long, now it's my turn!"

Xiao Bai grinned at the invisible fire python.

The chilling gaze inexplicably caused the massive figure to tremble slightly.

"Don't run!"

Looking at the slowly dissipating invisible fire python and the rapidly shrinking invisible flames around him, Xiao Bai shouted.

Upon hearing the shout, the flames contracted even faster, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

Xiao Bai blinked and looked around at the crimson magma world. The previously overwhelming invisible flames were now completely gone, not even a wisp of them could be seen.

"It's right there!" Seeing Xiao Bai's bewildered expression, the little golden dragon pointed to a spot with its claws and asked doubtfully, "My lord, shouldn't you be able to sense it with your soul power?"

"Enough nonsense! Specify the exact location, my greatsword is itching for a fight!" Xiao Bai didn't explain to the little golden dragon, staring at it fiercely.

"Where did you get this big sword? You only have a spear!" Little Golden Dragon retorted speechlessly, but still pointed out the location to Xiao Bai.

"Very good!" Xiao Bai stretched out his hand, which was shimmering with multicolored light.

"Holy crap! It really is!" The little golden dragon stared in shock at the light emanating from his hand, its mouth agape. "...A big sword!"

(End of this chapter)