Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

The Crimson Abyss Fire Nest is located 300 li southwest of Zhenmo Pass.

The ground got hotter and hotter along the way.

The black, scorched earth cracked open with countless fissures, through which one could vaguely see dark red magma flowing.

The air was filled with the smell of sulfur.

From a distance, the Crimson Abyss Fire Nest looks like a hollowed-out volcano.

The Flame Prison Clan built numerous lava watchtowers around the mountain.

Squads of Inferno Warriors, clad in crimson scale armor, patrolled the fire veins.

Night Feather flies high in the sky.

The ghostly fire was reduced to its lowest point, like a black feather devoid of warmth.

The images were transmitted back to Shen Ye's mind through the contract.

Shen Ye said in a low voice:

"Four patrol teams on the perimeter."

"Each team has twelve people."

"Two fourth-tier, one third-tier, and ten of them."

Qin Wuji said:

"There are fire-thunder crossbows on the watchtower."

Li Xuance observed for a moment.

"The array nodes are located at the three lava towers."

Chu Jinglan said:

"There are volcanic veins underground; a forceful attack will trigger the lava flow."

Meng Qianqiu smiled.

"Then let's kill the patrol team first."

Shen Ye nodded.

"Do not disturb the main nest."

Under the cover of night, the five people dispersed.

The first patrol of Infernal soldiers was passing by a fire vein.

The leader, Captain Yan Yu, was over two meters tall, with skin like burning red rock, and carried a lava battle axe on his shoulder.

He suddenly stopped.

"It has a smell."

The Infernal Warrior next to him asked:

"Humans?"

Captain Yan Yu's nostrils twitched.

"picture."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shadow beneath his feet suddenly turned a deep blue.

Zhu Jiu emerged from the shadows.

The Nine Netherworld.

The entire patrol team froze at the same time.

Night Feather fell from mid-air.

The Netherworld Phoenix Purgatory instantly enveloped the team.

The Flame Prison Clan is not afraid of ordinary flames.

But Ye Yu's fire burns the soul.

Before the screams could even be heard, Chu Jinglan's tidal domain had already suppressed the sound and fire within a small area.

Shen Ye appeared in a shadow form, his black and gold short sword slicing across the throat of Captain Yan Yu.

Qin Wuji's lightning spear pierced through another fourth-tier Infernal Warrior.

Li Xuance's sword light shone like a lotus, precisely severing the cores of ten third-tier Flame Prison Soldiers.

Meng Qianqiu sheathed his sword in the end.

The entire patrol team collapsed.

Not a single alarm was sounded.

[The captain of the Infernal Clan has been killed.]

[Gained Evolution Points: 1800.]

[Extract Talent Fragment: Fiery Prison Physique Fragment 1.]

Shen Ye glanced at the corpse.

Each member of the Flame Prison Clan possesses a fire core, similar to a beast core, but far more violent.

Night Feather landed, looking at the fire core.

Shen Ye said:

"eat."

Yoru opened his mouth and swallowed it.

The ghostly fire rose slightly.

"continue."

The second team.

The third team.

The fourth team.

Within half an hour, the entire patrol team surrounding the Crimson Abyss Fire Nest disappeared.

The five met behind a charred, black rocky hill.

Qin Wuji looked at Shen Ye.

"You know better than I do how to kill patrolmen."

Shen Ye said:

"I trained in the secret realm."

Meng Qianqiu smiled and said:

"If the ferocious beasts in the secret realm heard you say that, they might feel wronged."

Li Xuance raised his hand, and his sword energy drew the outline of the Crimson Abyss Fire Nest on the ground.

"The outer perimeter has been cleared."

"But the main hive still has three layers of defense."

"First level, Lava Watchtower."

"The second layer is the Fire Vein Array."

"The third level is Yan Kui himself."

Chu Jinglan said:

"Once the Fire Vein Array is fully activated, it will transform the entire Fire Nest into a fiery inferno domain."

Qin Wuji's eyes lit up.

"Then let's break the formation first."

Shen Ye looked at Ye Yu.

Ye Yu stared into the depths of the fire nest with his dark red eyes.

There, a piece of grayish-black bone was placed on the lava altar.

The ashes of the Nether Phoenix.

It is summoning Night Feather.

Shen Ye withdrew his gaze.

"We won't fight head-on."

Li Xuanze asked:

"Where do you want to enter from?"

Shen Ye looked down at his feet.

Zhu Jiu's deep blue vertical pupils lit up in the shadows.

"Underground fire veins."

Chu Jinglan frowned:

"The underground fire veins are extremely hot; anyone who uses Shadow Cloaking to enter would be burned out."

Shen Ye said:

"So let's cool it down first."

Chu Jinglan glanced at him.

"You're not being polite at all."

Even so, he still raised his hand.

The phantom of the Demon Whale of the Vast Ocean appeared.

A wisp of deep blue ocean tide poured into the fire vein through an underground crack.

White mist rose.

The temperature of the fire vein dropped sharply in an instant.

It was just a fleeting moment.

But that's enough.

"Candle Nine".

The Nine Netherworlds unfold.

Shen Ye and his group of five simultaneously sank into the shadows, following the underground fire veins directly towards the core of the Crimson Abyss Fire Nest.

Deep within the fire nest.

Yan Kui, the leader of the Yan Yu Clan, was sitting on the Lava Throne.

He was nearly four meters tall, with two curved fire horns growing from his back, and his aura had reached the late stage of the fifth rank.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

"Why is the outer patrol so quiet?"

Just as one of the Fire Prison lieutenants was about to answer, the shadows on the ground suddenly twisted.

Five figures appeared simultaneously in front of the Lava Throne.

Shen Ye looked up at Yan Kui.

"Because they are dead."

Yan Kui was taken aback at first, then grinned maliciously.

"Humans?"

"You've got some nerve, daring to storm my lair."

Shen Ye's gaze, however, passed over him and landed on the lava altar behind them.

There, the ashes of the Nether Phoenix floated silently.

The Netherfire on Ye Yu's body ignited instantly.

Yan Kui noticed his gaze, and his smile became even more ferocious.

"You want that bone?"

"Can."

He grabbed the Lava Battle Axe, and his late-stage fifth-tier aura erupted.

"I'd trade my life for it."