"Roar~~~"
Just as everyone's spirits were lifted and they were about to claim the treasure, a sudden roar echoed from the magma. A crimson magical beast, its aura not weak, was close to the Green Lotus, furiously roaring at them.
Han Feng's eyes flashed with disdain. He urged everyone, "Don't mind it. This should be the guardian spirit beast of the Green Lotus Core Flame. It's just a mere Fifth-Tier magical beast. With so many of us, even if the magma is its home ground, it's definitely no match."
"Just a beast!"
"If it doesn't know its place, kill it."
"Exactly, exactly. Everyone, attack quickly."
The crowd didn't pay much attention to the small magical beast. Dozens of people moved to attack simultaneously, but what greeted them was an endless surge of magma currents. The magical beast, using the power of its home ground, had stirred the magma.
"Damn it, what's it doing!"
The chaotic magma currents raged. Even Mo Tianxing, a Dou Ancestor, found it difficult to advance for a moment. Just then, everyone noticed the crimson, snake-like magical beast suddenly wrapped itself around the Green Lotus. After a cluster of flames flew out, it turned and left with the Green Lotus.
Boom!
After leaving the Green Lotus, this cluster of flames rapidly expanded to the size of a human head. The temperature in the area instantly skyrocketed, and the magma immediately became even more violent.
"You all help me seize this flame!"
"Sect Master, this is the true Heavenly Flame!"
"Everyone, attack together!"
For a moment, Han Feng, Qi Shan, and Fang Yan, the ones with the highest fire attribute mastery among the three forces, instantly recognized that the erupting power was the Heavenly Flame itself. They led their respective elites forward. The battle erupted midway.
Mo Tianxing was blocked by the Gold and Silver Twin Brothers. Han Feng confronted Fang Yan and the three Elders of the Demon Flame Valley. Meanwhile, Mo Ya and Qi Shan engaged in a chaotic fight with Yuan Yi, Fan Lao, and others. A chaotic battle among the three factions began.
A powerful energy, rippling with spatial distortions, surged out from Mo Tianxing's body like a tidal wave. With a single movement, he appeared before the Gold and Silver Twin Brothers in the next instant, like a ghost.
Scorching gusts of wind, like a volcanic eruption, struck the two elders' chests with terrifying explosive force, precise and ruthless.
This Dou Ancestor powerhouse, who had roamed the Black-Corner Region for many years, displayed his decisiveness and power at this moment. His opponents were the current leaders of the Black List, the Gold and Silver Twin Brothers, rumored to be able to contend with a Dou Ancestor when working together.
Golden and silver halos interwoven into rings around the Gold and Silver Twin Brothers' bodies. The two seemed to be one entity, their auras changing mysteriously, so much so that even Mo Tianxing couldn't break through for a while.
Where Mo Tianxing's fist wind passed, space distorted. Even the invisible air was torn into a concave arc, appearing on his fist.
Bang!
As the fist and the golden and silver halos collided, a spiral force swept out, causing explosive roars in the magma.
The Gold and Silver Twin Brothers flickered, then pounced on Mo Tianxing like descending tigers. The three became entangled, erupting in astonishing gusts of energy and explosive sounds.
On the other side, Han Feng felt relieved after noticing that the Gold and Silver Twin Brothers had entangled Mo Tianxing. However, the three opponents led by Fang Yan sensed his distraction and were somewhat displeased.
"Medicine Emperor Han, daring to be distracted while facing us three brothers? Isn't that a bit too arrogant?"
Fang Yan gave a sinister smile, then abruptly shifted his hand seals. A grey-brown Transformation Flame appeared. The grey-brown flames swirling around him suddenly transformed into a half-foot-sized flame bird. Flapping its fiery wings and with a sharp fiery beak, it attacked Han Feng like lightning.
The grey-brown flame bird grew considerably as it sliced through the magma, appearing within ten feet of Han Feng in a blink of an eye. However, before it could flap its wings again, a lake-blue fire net strangely and abruptly extended out, engulfing the grey-brown flame bird.
With the flame bird engulfed, Fang Yan's eyes chilled slightly. With a movement of his hand seal, the flame bird immediately inflated rapidly like a balloon, and the grey-brown flames continuously scorched the lake-blue fire net, even making the latter appear somewhat ethereal.
"I didn't expect your Transformation Flames to have such power!"
Han Feng hadn't expected the Transformation Flames of these three to be so powerful; his fire net formed by the Heavenly Flame of Sea Heart couldn't completely suppress it.
This Transformation Flame, condensed from the lifelong Dou Qi of Fang Yan and his two companions, was indeed much stronger than ordinary beast flames, which further piqued Han Feng's interest.
He didn't pay much attention to these three. No matter how strong this fake Heavenly Flame was, it was still fake, and utterly vulnerable before a true Heavenly Flame.
Fang Yan said proudly, "Medicine Emperor Han, if you are interested, you only need to withdraw from this dispute, and my Demon Flame Valley is willing to offer the Flame Manipulation Art. Additionally, we hope to request a few Zong Breaking Pills from Medicine Emperor."
"You want the Heavenly Flame, yet you're unwilling to withdraw, and you still want Zong Breaking Pills."
A cold smile appeared on Han Feng's lips. He suddenly clenched his hand, and the lake-blue fire net, which was about to burst from the expanding flame bird, suddenly erupted with intense firelight. It abruptly tightened, seeming to bind the flame bird within it.
With a hissing sound, the enormous flame bird was directly strangled by the lake-blue fire net into points of flame. Finally, like countless bees, they surged out of the fire net and poured into Fang Yan's body.
"Hmph!"
As the flames returned to his body, Fang Yan let out a low grunt from his throat. In the previous flame clash, he had suffered slight injuries.
"Since you want to play with fire, then let me show you what it means to play with fire!"
Han Feng murmured to himself. Flames were intangible and insubstantial, making them extremely difficult for ordinary people to capture. But for him, who possessed a Heavenly Flame, it wasn't difficult. And he was extremely interested in this cluster of Transformation Flame, wanting to capture it and try to evolve his Flame Mantra.
"Second Brother! Third Brother! Starry Sky Fire Phoenix!"
Fang Yan roared. The other two elders of the Demon Flame Valley were slightly startled. They exchanged glances, then gritted their teeth and changed their hand seals.
Dense grey-brown flames suddenly surged out from their bodies like a tidal wave, then intertwined in the magma. Finally, after Fang Yan also merged all his Transformation Flame into it, an exceptionally intense energy fluctuation rapidly emanated from the pervasive grey-brown flames.
"Caw!"
The grey-brown flames churned like clouds. A moment later, a clear bird cry, suddenly accompanied by a scorching gust of wind, echoed from within the grey-brown flames.
The fire cloud rippled, and then a gigantic grey-brown fire bird, measuring over a dozen zhang (about 33 meters), slowly condensed from within the grey-brown flames.
"To be able to condense flames into such a form, it's truly not easy!"
Han Feng gazed at the massive flame divine bird in the sky, the fervor in his eyes growing more intense. At this moment, all he could think about was seizing this Starry Sky Fire Phoenix and the Green Lotus Core Flame, then finding a place to seclude himself and cultivate his Flame Mantra.
This Starry Sky Fire Phoenix was the result of Fang Yan and his two companions cultivating their entire lives. Once lost, their strength would certainly be greatly damaged, but he knew that the Old Ground Demon Ghost of the Demon Flame Valley possessed astonishing strength.
However, with benefits before him, he had betrayed even his benefactor and adoptive father, Venerable Yao, for the Flame Mantra back then, let alone offending the small Old Demon Earth Ghost.
Han Feng's sinister gaze fixated on Fang Yan and his two companions. "This Starry Sky Fire Phoenix must have condensed all the Transformation Flames from your three bodies, right? In that case, I won't be polite and will take it!"
In the crimson magma world, the gigantic grey-brown fire bird flapped its wings, hovering in the sky. Waves of scorching high temperatures swept out from its body, causing even the surrounding magma to become ethereal and distorted.
Every time this so-called Starry Sky Fire Phoenix flapped its wings, a subtle fluctuation would emanate from the surrounding space, and scorching winds roared in this magma world.
When this colossal grey-brown fire bird appeared, Fang Yan and his two companions' faces visibly paled, and their auras rapidly withered. Clearly, they had paid a considerable price to condense this extremely destructive Starry Sky Fire Phoenix.
Fang Yan's face was pale, but the ruthlessness in his brows grew even thicker. He gave a strange laugh towards Han Feng in the center and said, "Medicine Emperor Han, how is our Starry Sky Fire Phoenix? Can it compare to your Heavenly Flame?"
Han Feng slowly clasped his hands behind his back, his gaze calmly fixed on the colossal grey-brown fire phoenix in the sky. The Heavenly Flame of Sea Heart enveloped him like a flowing "fireball" of liquid.
This fire phoenix, which had almost condensed most of the Dou Qi from Fang Yan and his two companions, indeed had a terrifyingly high temperature. This level of temperature was extremely close to the Green Lotus Core Flame, but no matter how close it was, it was not a true Heavenly Flame.
Heavenly Flames mostly formed between heaven and earth, undergoing countless years of compression, accumulation, and evolution, finally evolving into Heavenly Flames possessing destructive power.
This destructive and violent nature was accumulated over time. While it might not be entirely impossible for humans to create a power that could contend with it out of thin air, at least, with the strength of Fang Yan and his two companions, there was not the slightest possibility.
And without that special characteristic of mixed destruction and violence, even the most powerful flame would never become a Heavenly Flame. Can a lion that has lost its ferocity still command the respect of the beasts?
The Starry Sky Fire Phoenix's speed was terrifyingly fast, almost as if it tore through space. With a single flicker, it appeared directly two zhang (about 6.6 meters) away from Han Feng. The flame on its sharp beak was almost upon him.
"Collect!"
The lake-blue Heavenly Flame of Sea Heart once again condensed into a fire net. This time, the fire net was excessively strong. The Starry Sky Fire Phoenix was utterly unable to break through and quickly seemed to suffer damage.
Seeing this, Fang Yan hastily formed hand seals, preparing to recall the Transformation Flame. But at that moment, Han Feng also let out a fierce shout.
As the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix attempted to transform back into points of light and escape, the lake-blue fire net rapidly contracted. In just a few blinks of an eye, it transformed into a fist-sized, lake-blue energy flame cover that resembled flowing liquid.
And within the flame cover, a cluster of grey-brown, strange flames slowly ascended, looking like a bird in a cage.
"Thank you, three, for your generous gift. For such a heavy gift, Han Feng will accept it without courtesy!"
Han Feng smiled triumphantly at the three, then prepared to recall the flame cover and retrieve the captured Transformation Flame.
"Han Feng, this means endless hostility between you and my Demon Flame Valley! Old Ancestor... cough cough..."
Fang Yan yelled, his face pale with rage. Just as he was halfway through his shout, the Green Lotus Core Flame, which had been tending towards stillness, suddenly erupted entirely with brilliant emerald light. Immediately, the entire flame world was imbued with an extremely terrifying fluctuation.
Everyone at this moment felt a spine-chilling sensation, as if a great disaster was imminent. One by one, they instinctively shot upwards.