678: Glazed Fire

Tu Wanxiong had a cold smile of victory on his face as he looked at Yao Delong, who was still enveloped by golden Dao patterns in the void image.

He looked at him as if he were a massive Treasure Trove about to fall into his hands.

"Boy, no matter how much of a genius you are, you can't escape the dragnet of my Nine Nether Sect! Your opportunities, your women... soon, they will all be mine!"

Inside the Crucible Rift Valley.

"It's done!!" Savage Demon Green Dragon gave a wild roar, and the Green Lotus Burning Heaven Flame around him suddenly retracted. Before him,

a barely condensed, rough phantom of fire essence that flowed like magma finally solidified!

The ninth transformation—Earth Vein Fire Essence, complete!

He suddenly turned his head to look at Yao Delong, who was still sitting cross-legged and enveloped by golden Dao patterns, his face filled with extreme mockery and pleasure:

"Hahahaha! Kid! Weren't you quite fast just now? Weren't you unstoppable? What’s wrong?

Stumped like a dead dog by this last totem? Still putting on a show and meditating? First place is mine!"

His wild laughter echoed in the scorching air, filled with the satisfaction of finally venting his frustration!

Seeing Green Dragon finish first, the remaining dozens of alchemists in the valley who were struggling to hold on seemed to have been injected with a shot of adrenaline.

One after another, they grit their teeth, bursting with their final potential, desperately sketching out their own final transformations.

"Quick! Time is running out!"

"Keep up! We can't be left behind too much!"

Liu Ruyan had also completed the ninth transformation. At this moment, she was watching Yao Delong nervously, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion and worry:

"Junior Brother Yao... with his fire control attainment, he shouldn't be stuck here..."

She didn't understand why, after being so unstoppable before, he had come to a standstill at this final moment.

The two-hour time limit was like burning incense ash, fleeting rapidly.

Finally—

"Buzz!"

The Pill Venerable Phantom appeared out of thin air, and its grand voice was about to announce: "The time limit has—"

"Boom—!!!"

Before the word "reached" could be spoken, the entire Crucible Valley suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, earth-shattering tremor!

The profound golden Dao patterns that had been silent, enveloping Yao Delong and the ninth totem, suddenly lit up like living things, erupting with a blinding divine light!

Immediately following, the nine hundred-foot-tall flame totem pillars, as if receiving a supreme summons, simultaneously shot out ten thousand rays of radiant light!

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple... nine terrifying light pillars representing different exotic fires soared into the sky!

Icy Fine Needles! Explosive Fire Rain! Raging Dragon's Roar! Phoenix Nirvana!

Earth Vein Flow... the nine subtle forms of exotic fire that everyone had struggled to imitate were now simultaneously and perfectly manifesting in the void!

They were no longer phantoms, but flame entities containing real Law power!

The entire Secret Realm was illuminated as if it were broad daylight! A violent energy storm swept in all directions, and the ground lava surged like a raging sea!

The temperature instantly soared to a terrifying level capable of incinerating a Spirit Transformation Cultivator!

"Wha... what?!" The Savage Demon Green Dragon, who had been laughing triumphantly, had his smile freeze on his face, his pupils shrinking to pinpricks from extreme horror!

Liu Ruyan, Elder Chen, and all the examinees, whether they had finished or not, were all dumbfounded, like clay and wood statues!

Right in the center of this world-destroying phenomenon!

Yao Delong's figure slowly stood up!

Within his eyes, it was as if billions of flame runes were circulating in a cycle of birth and death, deep as an abyss!

Not far from him, a flame seed formed from the perfect Fusion of nine exotic fires, circulating with seven-colored glazed divine light,

pure yet domineering as if from the birth of heaven and earth, was slowly rotating!

Glazed Hearth Fire!

*Hiss—!*

"This... this flame...!"

"Heaven and Earth Essence Fire? No! Saint Fire? That's not it either! This pressure..."

"Di... Divine Fire?!" Savage Demon Green Dragon shrieked, his voice changing pitch!

He stared fixedly at that wisp of glazed flame, and in his eyes, an unparalleled greed instantly erupted! An ownerless Divine Fire!

This was absolutely a supreme divine object beyond his understanding! If he could seize it...!

This thought was like a wildfire, instantly incinerating his reason!

"The Divine Fire is mine!!!"

Green Dragon roared, unable to restrain himself any longer, as his terrifying Soul Transformation Great Perfection demon power exploded!

A massive green dragon claw tore through the void, carrying the Green Lotus Burning Heaven Flame as it lunged straight for the Glazed Hearth Fire in front of Yao Delong! Its speed was at the absolute limit!

"Junior Brother, be careful!" Liu Ruyan and Elder Zhao of Myriad Sword Valley reacted extremely quickly, shouting as they struck out simultaneously!

The Purple Extreme Heavenly Fire and a sharp sword qi arrived later but struck first, attempting to intercept!

However—

"Buzz!"

That seemingly soft seven-colored glazed flame seemed to have been offended and trembled slightly!

An indescribable supreme pressure originating from the Law of Fire Origin, like an invisible world-ending tide, boomed outward!

*Puff!*

Before Savage Demon Green Dragon's green demon claw, which was capable of tearing through mountains, could even get within ten feet of the glazed flame,

it was as if it had slammed into an invisible Law barrier covered in billions of red-hot needles!

His powerful demon sense that he had sent out was even more like snow thrown into the core of a furnace; it didn't even cause a ripple before being instantly incinerated!

"Aargh—!!!"

Green Dragon felt as if his Divine Soul had been struck by a ten-thousand-pound hammer! He let out a scream of extreme agony!

From his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears—his seven orifices—violent green demon blood sprayed out like a fountain!

His massive body was like a kite with its string cut, violently thrown back by the terrifying Law backlash force.

He slammed heavily into a lava cliff in the distance, creating a deep crater as rubble fell; his life or death was unknown!

Just a spontaneous counter-shock from a wisp of Divine Fire! A Demon Marshal at Soul Transformation Great Perfection with the Wood Spirit Saint Body was instantly heavily wounded and on the verge of death!

Yao Delong glanced coldly at Green Dragon, who had crashed into the mountain wall, his gaze as indifferent as if he were looking at an ant that didn't know its own strength.

He sneered in his heart: 'Fool! This Glazed Hearth Fire is formed from the Fusion of the nine flames' Origin. Without my Exotic Fire Spirit Fusion Secret Technique to maintain the balance,

forcibly touching it is no different from throwing your Divine Soul into the core of nine erupting volcanoes! You're asking for death!'

"Good! Good! Good!"

In the void, the Pill Venerable Phantom looked at the wisp of Glazed Hearth Fire and then at Yao Delong, saying "good" three times in a row.

Clear admiration and relief actually appeared on its illusory face! "The younger generation is to be feared! This fire is destined for you! Refine it!"

Yao Delong no longer hesitated. He focused his mind and fully operated the Exotic Fire Spirit Fusion Secret Technique!

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Great Sun Divine Fire's Origin mark and the vitality dao rhyme of the Herbal Path Comprehension lit up simultaneously!

He cautiously separated a wisp of Divine Thought, like the softest silk thread, and wrapped it around the restless Glazed Hearth Fire.

At the same time, the Ultimate Yang Law within his body roared, turning into an invisible furnace to embrace and soothe it.

With the secret technique's guidance, the Divine Fire Foundation, and the Ultimate Yang Law, although the process was fraught with danger,

and the energy impact caused golden blood to seep from Yao Delong's pores, it was ultimately a narrow escape without actual harm!

Liu Ruyan and Elder Zhao had already rushed to his side, one on each side, solemnly acting as his Protectors while vigilantly watching the surroundings.

Time passed, and more than an hour later.

"Buzz—!"

That wisp of violent seven-colored Glazed Hearth Fire finally became completely docile, turning into a streak of light.

It entered the center of Yao Delong's brow and was finally branded within his Dantian Qi Sea, intertwining and fusing with the Great Sun Divine Fire Origin, emitting an even more profound and mysterious aura!

"Whew..." Yao Delong let out a long breath of turbid air carrying sparks and opened his eyes. A seven-colored glazed light flashed through his eyes, and his aura became unfathomable!

The Pill Venerable Phantom nodded in satisfaction and waved its hand.

Enveloped in light, all the survivors in the valley were instantly teleported back to the original White Jade Square!