Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

"Elder Qing."

Upon seeing the old man, Xu Jun immediately greeted him respectfully.

Clearly, this is Qing Yuanzhong, the former legendary marshal of China and now the strongest forbidden mage.

"Marshal!" Wang Yi hurriedly greeted him.

However, Qing Yuanzhong raised his arm and gently waved his hand:

"What marshal? That's all ancient history. There are only nine marshals in China now. I'm just a retired old man who's still able to move around a bit, so I'm just doing my part."

Seeing that Wang Yi's body was very tense, Qing Yuanzhong said again:

"Little Wang Yi, don't be so nervous. I'm getting old. Actually, I just like to look at information about children. Fresh blood is the future of China."

"I know quite a bit about you. You're a good young man. You can call him Xiao Jun."

"Yes, Master Qing." Wang Yi was very obedient.

This makes Wang Yi's seniority seem similar to Xu Jun's.

But the person in front of us is over 120 years old, a true living fossil who has lived through the entire magical era.

Xu Jun was just a kid in front of this guy.

Wang Yi is also a young kid. Since we're all young kids, what's the difference?

Qing Yuanzhong put his hands behind his back, a smile appearing on his wrinkled face, and then asked in a kind tone:

"Little Wang Yi, tell me, what do you want from me? Do you want me to run to the magical world to rescue you?"

Wang Yi was not surprised that Qing Yuanzhong knew about her situation.

As Elder Qing mentioned, he enjoys reviewing newcomers' information and is quite familiar with Wang Yi. Clearly, Qing Yuanzhong had already seen all of Wang Yi's files.

Moreover, in the entire country of China, no one has higher authority than Qing Yuanzhong. Whoever he wants to follow, all the information will definitely be updated immediately.

"Elder Qing, I should be relatively safe now." Wang Yi put on a well-behaved expression and said to the old man in front of him, "Of course, as long as it does not harm China's security and interests, and you happen to have some free time, it would be good to bring me back."

"This clone of mine can sense the location of my main body, so you can also take care of Lin Qingyu while you're at it."

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, young Wang Yi." Qing Yuanzhong sighed softly, "I can't leave Liyuan for too long, and Lin Qingyu has already become a force to be reckoned with; he's not so easy to kill."

"Your karmic fire can't burn him to death?" Wang Yi asked, somewhat surprised.

"It's not a question of whether they'll be burned to death, it's a question of whether they can even be burned."

Qing Yuanzhong patiently explained, "My karmic fire needs a medium to be transmitted. Whether it is personal magic, sorcery, or flesh and blood, it must come into contact with the medium."

"According to the intelligence you brought back before, Lin Qingyu has mastered some kind of rule for constantly resurrecting souls. Therefore, his soul power must be exceptionally strong, and its range of influence may be even wider than mine. He might be able to detect me before I even get close to him."

"With the leap to epic grade, even if Lin Qingyu really wants to run away, I can't catch up."

Hearing Lin Qingyu say this, Wang Yi felt a little discouraged.

Lin Qingyu, that old rascal, is really something else. His epic-level leap, covering tens of thousands of meters in an instant, is practically a bug that's hard to handle.

However, Wang Yi quickly adjusted his mindset, since he hadn't expected Qing Yuanzhong to be able to go to the magic world to save him anyway.

So Wang Yi reverted to his original thought and asked:

"Elder Qing, can your karmic fire be ignited through a clone...? For example, if it's set ablaze on me, will my original body also catch fire?"

Qing Yuanzhong looked at Wang Yi's face and did not ask why Wang Yi burned him. He only inquired about the formation process of the clone.

"How were your clones created? Pure, unowned magic? Or did they possess flesh and blood, and a soul?"

"It is a combination of my own magic, vitality, blood, and soul. In a sense, the clone can be considered a clone of my original body, only much weaker in strength."

"In that case, there's no problem." Qing Yuanzhong nodded, but also raised a question: "However, since your true form is in a magical world, you need to bring the karmic fire with you to successfully transfer it to your true form."

"Can you take the karmic fire with you? If the karmic fire is on you, then when I extinguish it, the transmission of the karmic fire will stop."

Wang Yi was immediately at a loss.

Enduring the damage of karmic fire to reach the magical world? Are you kidding me!

This is the forbidden mage's Rule Fire, which deals more damage than even epic-grade magic.

Even if Wang Yi's main body reached the extraordinary level, he wasn't entirely confident, let alone his little clone.

I'm afraid it will be burned to nothingness in an instant, and there won't be time to do anything.

"Can't the karmic fire burn from Li Yuan all the way to the magical world?"

Undeterred, Wang Yi continued to ask.

"No, because strictly speaking, the human world, the interdimensional passage, and the magical world are three different worlds."

"Even with a passage between the two worlds as a bridge for communication, the rules still have their limitations."

"Even Lu Wu, who has mastered the rules of space, cannot bypass the Star Vortex Gate to directly enter the interdimensional passage from the magic world, or cross the interdimensional passage to directly enter the human world. Naturally, the transmission of karmic fire cannot complete the interdimensional crossing."

"Of course, as long as a stable karmic fire burns on your body, it will not be extinguished even after crossing realms. At that time, you will become a new medium in the magical world, and the karmic fire will naturally be automatically transferred to your body."

Upon hearing Qing Yuanzhong's explanation, Wang Yi immediately deflated like a punctured balloon.

I had originally planned to use the karmic fire to strengthen the Flame Dragon's body as a trump card.

Now that the Karmic Fire is gone, it seems we should settle for second best and continue relying on Ren Tianque's Li Fire.

"It seems you can't take the Karmic Fire to the Magic World." Qing Yuanzhong understood immediately after seeing Wang Yi's performance.

Wang Yi rolled his eyes rather rudely.

"What are you saying, old man? You should know better than I how the Kui Niu died. What do you take me for, the Azure Dragon?"

Qing Yuanzhong didn't mind Wang Yi's rudeness; instead, he found it somewhat amusing.

"At the mid-level, you can kill high-level mage intruders with domains and even stimulate your soul power. At the high-level, you have strength that is no less than that of ordinary extraordinary beings, and you have even created clone magic. I thought you were omnipotent, little Wang Yi, but it turns out there are things you can't do."

"Master Qing, are you praising me or insulting me?"

Wang Yi sighed, "I'm just a mid-level clone, how could I possibly withstand your karmic fire and survive?"

"So, your original form is capable then. No wonder."

Qing Yuanzhong laughed: "Although I don't know why your true form needs my karmic fire, I have to make it clear that the karmic fire on your body cannot be passed on to unrelated targets through you, so don't think about dying together with the Sacred Beast Bee Queen. Survival is more important than anything else."

"I didn't think that way; I can't control your karmic fire anyway."

"It's good that you don't think that way. If you really need it, there are ways to help you."

Wang Yi suddenly raised her head, only to hear Qing Yuanzhong say kindly:

"Since your clone can't bring the karmic fire to the magic world, then I'll just cross the Abyss, take you to the magic world, and then burn you. That should do it."

"What?"

Wang Yi was stunned, wondering if he had misheard.