Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 81 Unexpected Changes

"Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame!"

The old apocalypse's voice, filled with surprise and great joy, suddenly rang in Xiao Bai's mind.

Xiao Bai looked up and saw a pure blue light suddenly appear in the blue magma in front of him.

As they drew closer, they could see a faint blue lotus flower standing gracefully within a small space enveloped in blue light.

"There really is a strange fire here!" Hai Bodong looked at the scene in front of him with surprise. It was the first time he had ever seen a strange fire that grew naturally.

"hiss!"

Just as everyone was about to enter this cyan space, the Fire Spirit Serpent let out a sharp hiss, its diamond-shaped eyes looking at the lotus flower with a hint of fear.

Xiao Bai waved his hand, sending it away. This snake must have had designs on this strange fire before, but it suffered a great loss.

He pursed his dry lips and stepped directly into the blue light. The scorching heat he had imagined did not come; instead, the temperature around him dropped strangely.

His gaze swept around and settled on the blue lotus flower in the center.

The lotus has eight petals, each green leaf resembling a crystal-clear piece of jade, perfectly formed by nature. There are some holes in the lotus pedestal, shimmering with a faint glow; these must be the seeds of the Earth Fire Lotus!

Xiao Bai's gaze then settled on the swaying blue flame on the lotus platform.

The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the list of strange flames, is born deep in the earth. It undergoes countless tempering, fusion, compression, and sculpting by the earth's fire. It takes ten years to become a spirit, a hundred years to take shape, and a thousand years to become a lotus. When it is fully formed, its color is bluish, and a cluster of blue flames grows in the lotus heart. The power of this flame is unpredictable. When it is near a volcanic area, it can even trigger a volcanic eruption!

Just as Xiao Bai was admiring the lotus flowers, a strange sensation suddenly arose within his body, just like when he faced the heavenly lightning last time.

He didn't know what Xiao Yi and the others were going to do, but this place wasn't as dangerous as it was in the Monster Mountain Range last time, so he relaxed.

Without any obstruction, the three little ones ran out and excitedly circled around Xiao Bai.

"What...what is this?" Hai Bodong looked at the three-colored lightning balls, even more surprised than when he saw the strange fire earlier.

He had seen that crimson lightning before, but he hadn't expected there to be two other types.

"Wood, Fire... Earth... Xiao Bai, you don't have all five elements, do you?" Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yi and the others in surprise. He was familiar with the Fire, Wood, and Thunder elements, having seen them in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

"How strange! There are five seasons in the heavens, five directions on earth, and five elements in man. Who in the world doesn't possess all five elements?" Xiao Bai said calmly to Yao Lao.

He then said to Hai Bodong, "Don't be surprised, they're all my little guys!"

Xiao Bai is no longer afraid of exposing these lightning seeds. As his strength grows, he will eventually need to use Xiao Yi and the others against enemies. It can't be hidden forever, as long as the biggest secret talisman is not exposed.

The old doctor was speechless. Was that what he was asking? He was asking if there were five types of thunder, but seeing that Xiao Bai avoided answering, he knew that Xiao Bai did not want to talk about it, so he did not press the matter further.

After hovering around Xiao Bai for a moment, Xiao Yi and the others headed straight for the blue flames on the lotus platform.

The quietly swaying blue flames seemed to sense a threat, and instantly their blue light intensified, with wisps of blue fire mist rippling outwards from the surrounding space.

The three lightning bolts instantly surged in power, crackling with lightning, and appeared above the azure flames as if by magic.

In an instant, the entire cyan space was like a thunderbolt striking the earth, with yellow, red, and cyan lightning leaping and swirling, and cyan fire mist constantly intertwining with lightning and fire.

"Xiao Bai, boy, quickly... quickly take away your lightning!" After observing for a moment, Yao Lao exclaimed anxiously.

Damn it, this kid's lightning is actually absorbing the core fire of the Azure Lotus Earth. He can clearly feel that the yellow lightning is absorbing the earth attribute, the crimson lightning is absorbing the fire attribute, and the cyan lightning is absorbing the wood attribute.

He said, "Why didn't this kid release five? It just so happens that they correspond to the three attributes of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. If he keeps absorbing like this, it won't be long before it damages the source of the strange flame."

"Senior, don't worry, they won't absorb much!" Xiao Bai calmly reassured them.

He could sense that without sufficient lightning attribute replenishment, the little ones wouldn't be able to eat much, far from enough to damage the source of the strange fire.

"Fine! Anyway, every time they absorb a bit of essence, your alchemist inheritance will drop by one grade. You decide what to do!" The old alchemist said somewhat impatiently, seeing his unhurried manner.

Xiao Bai rolled his eyes. It seemed that this old guy was really getting desperate and had even started threatening him.

"I...I can't go on!" Hai Bodong suddenly shouted with some difficulty, and then turned around and rushed out of this space.

Once outside the space, he breathed a huge sigh of relief. At this moment, only a thin layer of ice-attribute armor remained on his body, with some crackling lightning on it. If he hadn't decisively retreated, he felt he would have died inside.

Looking at Xiao Bai, who was calm and composed in the space, as if there was an invisible protective shield around him, preventing the fire mist from getting close at all, Hai Bodong was a little envious. It was really good to have a strong soul force!

"It seems I need to break the seal as soon as possible!" He felt that his cultivation level in the Battle Spirit competition was completely insufficient compared to this guy. If he were a Battle Emperor, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state today.

After a short while, Xiao Yi and the others seemed to have eaten their fill and returned to Xiao Bai's side, full of energy. However, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame seemed to have been ravaged by several burly men and appeared somewhat weak.

Xiao Bai looked at the little guys and sensed that their power had increased. He nodded in satisfaction and put them back into his body.

"Senior, look, it didn't damage its essence, did it?" Xiao Bai said to Yao Lao with a smile.

The old doctor breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the strange fire energy had decreased slightly, but it had not yet damaged the source.

"Next time, could you at least give me a heads-up? I thought..." He paused, then stopped speaking.

"What? Senior thinks I was tempted just now and that I'm going to break the contract?" Xiao Bai raised an eyebrow and said with a hint of teasing.

He was indeed tempted just now. He hadn't thought that Xiao Yi and the others could absorb the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, but in the end he gave up the idea of ​​taking the strange flame into his possession.

Firstly, he had already promised Elder Yao; secondly, he already had other arrangements for Xiao Yi and the other four.

Xiao Yi and the others are still very weak, so it's not obvious yet. But if all five elements of thunder seeds are present, and a few individual thunder seeds become too powerful, will it cause an imbalance in his five elements? This is something he's a little worried about.

It is important to know that these lightning seeds are related to his five internal organs. The five elements are mutually generating and mutually restraining. If one or more elements are too powerful compared to the others, will it affect his cultivation?

Therefore, the best approach is to find a treasure that can provide the five elements over a long period of time to cultivate these thunder seeds within the body, allowing them to grow in a balanced manner.

Instead of relying on this kind of scattered absorption, absorbing a little wood energy today and a little earth energy tomorrow, it's fine when you're weak now, but it will be troublesome when you get stronger in the future.

As for treasures that can continuously provide the five elements' energy, Xiao Bai reviewed the things that had appeared in the Dou Qi Continent and it seemed that there was a strange fire that could do that, but his cultivation level was too low at the moment, so it wasn't the right time.

"Haha. Come on, come on. Let's get some fire!" The old medicine man chuckled, a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject: "Let me tell you, you can't just force this Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame."

Xiao Bai was speechless as he listened to the old man rambling on and on about how to extract the Green Lotus Earth Core Flame.

A flash of crimson light appeared on his body, forming an energy shield to protect him. He then came to the lotus flower, took out two jade boxes, and began to refine them using Xiao Bing.

"Huh! You actually know how to retrieve this lotus platform?" The old medicine master exclaimed in surprise upon seeing his actions. He hadn't even explained the process of retrieving the lotus platform to Xiao Bai yet!

"Who do you think you are?" Xiao Bai glanced at the black ring on his hand and said quietly.

"Hehe." Yao Laogan chuckled, touching his nose. Damn, he almost forgot that this kid was acting mysteriously, unlike his apprentice who was a complete novice.

In the desert, about two kilometers from the underground tunnel, two groups of people are facing off.

"Xiao Ding, hand over the treasures you dug up, and I'll let you go!" a middle-aged man shouted.

"Rob, don't push your luck! We've already told you we're just here to explore the terrain, not to dig up any ancient relics. There's no treasure here!"

Looking at the Sand Mercenary Group that had surrounded them, Xiao Ding frowned and spoke.

Today is a bit troublesome. Rob has clearly come prepared. It doesn't seem like he wants any treasure. Instead, it seems like he wants to leave about a hundred members of their Desert Iron Mercenary Group here.

This Sand Mercenary Group is known as the number one mercenary group in Stone Desert City, but Xiao Ding is not afraid of them.

The Sand Mercenary Group only has one Grand Battle Master and one Battle Master, while the Desert Iron has four Battle Masters. It's hard to say who will win if they really fight!

Rob, the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group, is a three-star Grand Dou Master. Normally, this isn't a big deal, but many of the brothers in the group didn't come today, so it's a bit difficult for him and Xiao Li to handle things alone!

"Commander, judging from their expressions just now, they must have dug up some treasure. Otherwise, why would Xiao Ding rush back to the city as soon as he came out of that passage?" Mo Xing, standing next to Rob, sinisterly fanned the flames.

Rob didn't take Mo Xing's words to heart. He could tell at a glance what the only Dou Shi in the mercenary group was thinking. He had been beaten up by Xiao Li several times and had always wanted him to come forward and avenge him.

Today, he came to ambush Xiao Ding and his group. The so-called treasure was just for show. The real reason was that the Mo Tie Mercenary Group had developed too quickly in recent years, which made him very wary.

Having finally found an opportunity to get rid of these two, he had no choice but to go along with Mo Xing's "slander" after being "persuaded" by him.

"Xiao Ding, since you care so much about the treasure and not about the lives of your men, then we'll have no choice but to leave you here today!"

Fearing that delay might lead to unforeseen complications, Luo Bu shouted and charged towards Xiao Ding and Xiao Li with a long sword. Mo Xing, standing beside him, gave Xiao Li a sinister smile and also stepped forward.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li dared not be careless and hurriedly went to meet them.

A moment later, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li retreated somewhat disheveled. Looking at the two men opposite them, who were radiating murderous intent, they knew that things would not end well today.

"Big brother, I'll lead the brothers to protect you and break out of here. Remember to avenge me when we get back and kill these two bastards!" Xiao Li wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at Luo Bu and Mo Xing with a fierce expression.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ding remained silent. In truth, he wasn't worried; with that little girl around, they couldn't possibly die. However, remembering Xiao Bai's instructions, he hesitated.

However, seeing that his second brother was already prepared to die, he couldn't care less about anything else and pulled Xiao Li to Qing Lin's side.

"Big brother, what are you doing?" Xiao Li was a little confused.

Xiao Ding didn't reply to him, but instead said to Qing Lin, "Miss Qing Lin, please lend us a hand!"

"Big brother, are you alright! She's just a little girl who just started cultivating!" Xiao Li looked at Xiao Ding in shock, wondering if his older brother had gone mad.

Xiao Ding glared at Xiao Li, then continued to look at Qing Lin.

Qinglin nodded. She had wanted to release the little fire earlier, but she held back because she remembered Xiao Bai's advice not to release the two-headed fire spirit snake easily.

But it shouldn't be a problem to release them now, right? The two young masters' clansmen can't defeat the villains on the other side, and if we don't intervene, they'll die.

He touched his sleeve, and a red light flashed out, instantly growing larger until a two-headed snake, four or five zhang long, appeared before everyone's eyes.

"This...this is!" Xiao Li stared at the enormous creature in front of him, his tongue slightly tied. He finally understood why Xiao Ding had asked this little girl for help.

"A fourth-tier magical beast!" Rob and the others stared at the two-headed serpent, its body fiery red and its diamond-shaped pupils flashing with bloodlust. Sensing its powerful aura, they gasped in shock.

"Run!" Someone from the Sand Mercenary Group shouted first, and the encirclement that had surrounded the Desert Iron Mercenary Group instantly scattered like birds and beasts.

When Rob saw the two-headed snake heading straight for him, his legs trembled slightly. He hardened his heart and prepared to fight to the death.

He knew that this magical beast had been given orders, otherwise so many people wouldn't have targeted him alone. If he turned around and ran away, he would die even faster if he was being targeted by a fourth-tier magical beast.

The two-headed fire serpent looked at Rob with a hint of caution in its eyes, and tentatively flicked its thick tail, sweeping it horizontally towards Rob.

"Clang!" "Bang!"

Rob's longsword struck the snake's tail, sparks flying, but it only made the snake's tail pause for a moment. Then, he felt a pain in his chest, his armor shattered, and he was instantly sent flying.

The two-headed fire spirit snake looked at Rob, who was lying on the ground spitting blood, and nodded as if it were human. That's more like it!

Sure enough, not everyone is like that guy who's crackling with electricity; the two-headed fire serpent is no less powerful than anyone else!

The two-headed fire spirit snake was very excited. It had grown up in underground magma since it was a child and had never seen a human before. It thought that these people were all like the one who had beaten it up before!

When the snake got excited, it wanted to set off some fireworks to celebrate. Its menacing head bulged out its cheeks, ready to shoot out a jet of lava!

Suddenly, a powerful aura descended from the distant horizon, and the panicked crowd on the desert instantly fell silent, for they had never felt such a strong aura before.

The two-headed fire spirit snake's bulging head immediately shrank, and its entire body lay prostrate on the ground, its previous smug expression completely gone.

Before everyone's eyes, a charming and alluring figure with red energy wings and a crown appeared in the sky above the desert.

"Queen Medusa!"

(End of this chapter)