72: Flame lizard man, Lord Skyfire!

As he delved deeper, the Fallen Heart Flame, which Gu Fei had previously taken, began to tremble, its flames burning even more fiercely.

It seemed eager to probe deeper into the magma below, as if seeking someone.

“It seems the Fallen Heart Flame has sensed Venerable Skyfire’s aura below!”

Gu Fei raised an eyebrow.

It was also fortunate that the magma interfered with one’s perception of the surroundings, making it more convenient to use the Fallen Heart Flame’s connection with its former owner.

Following the Fallen Heart Flame’s guidance, Gu Fei continuously adjusted his direction, gradually descending into the depths of the magma sea, where a peculiar white halo appeared in the distance.

“Whoosh...”

Suddenly, a scorching gust of wind arrived with a fierce force.

And at this critical moment, Gu Fei also displayed a rather terrifying reaction ability.

A faint blue glow flashed under his feet, and his body twisted into a strange arc.

Easily dodging the attack, Gu Fei’s figure trembled, then he rapidly retreated.

As he retreated, Gu Fei turned around, his gaze fixed on the source of the gust of wind.

Under Gu Fei’s gaze, about thirty meters away, a red figure was swimming in the magma.

Its entire body was crimson, the same color as the surrounding magma; if one didn’t look closely, it would be difficult to spot.

Moreover, its crimson body was covered in red scales.

A red, scaly tail, about half a zhang long, swayed slightly, and the red figure stood upright on two feet.

However, its feet were unusually large, and its head was round, covered in tiny scales, with a pair of small eyes that revealed a hint of ferocity.

The monster’s mouth was slightly agape, revealing dense, sharp teeth inside; its entire appearance resembled a lizard that could walk upright.

“This must be the Flame Lizardmen described in the original work!”

As a Transmigration, Gu Fei was naturally not too surprised by such peculiar creatures.

“Chirp!”

Just as Gu Fei’s gaze was fixed on the magma creature, the latter also stared back at him ferociously.

After a moment of standoff, a fierce gleam suddenly erupted in the magma creature’s eyes, and it let out a piercing cry.

It flicked its tail, and its sharp beast claws directly sliced through a large area of magma, then charged straight towards Gu Fei.

The Flame Lizardmen’s strength was low; Gu Fei flicked his sleeve, and a surge of Qi shot out, sending the Flame Lizardmen flying backward.

Gu Fei absorbed with his palm, and a crimson orb appeared in his hand.

A crimson orb, shimmering with a faint, scorching light, contained a rather powerful and violent fire-attribute energy within it.

Curiously, he picked up the crimson orb, but after a glance, Gu Fei casually tossed it into his storage ring.

This item was only from a Lizardmen of Dou Huang strength; for him, it was truly useless.

Just as he was about to cast his gaze back to the transparent halo, his eyes flashed, and Gu Fei turned his attention to the west of the crimson magma.

The magma there suddenly experienced violent turmoil; a moment later, behind the magma, a large group of red figures swarmed like a school of fish.

“These guys gather quite quickly...”

Gu Fei frowned; he didn’t want to prolong the fight.

Among this dense crowd of Flame Lizardmen, there were already several with Dou Zong strength.

Gu Fei knew that among the Flame Lizardmen, there were beings that surpassed Dou Zong.

Furthermore, in the extreme depths, there were even two Half-Saint Lizardmen guarding the area.

If he alarmed those two, he might be in danger.

“Get out of the way!”

With Gu Fei’s speed, he could certainly shake off these Lizardmen; in the magma, wails constantly resounded. After defeating some of the Flame Lizardmen blocking his path, Gu Fei was gradually approaching the white halo.

With a flash of his figure, Gu Fei’s last palm strike blasted away a Lizardmen standing in front of the halo, then his body rushed into the white halo.

As Gu Fei entered, the surrounding magma immediately began to churn again, then slowly rotated, and under the gaze of many Lizardmen, it mysteriously disappeared... Not long after Gu Fei entered the light shield, several blood-red figures shot in like lightning, finally appearing in this magma area. Seeing these figures, the surrounding Flame Lizardmen immediately knelt down.

This race seemed to be unskilled in spatial power; therefore, these few Flame Lizardmen with Dou Zun strength could not detect the situation inside the white halo. They let out angry roars but were utterly helpless.

After roaring angrily a few times, those blood-red figures had no choice but to give up, glaring fiercely at the light shield, then slowly departed with the many Lizardmen.

And with their departure, this area once again became quiet... Inside the white halo, after Gu Fei appeared, a skeleton came into view.

On the skeleton, an invisible flame was quietly burning. This Fallen Heart Flame was very small, and the temperature it emitted was far less than the Fallen Heart Flame within Gu Fei’s body.

At the same time, Gu Fei felt a detection of Soul Power.

“Come out!”

Gu Fei spoke to the skeleton.

As Gu Fei’s words fell, a brilliant white light suddenly burst forth from within the skeleton. The white light slowly writhed, finally transforming into an illusory, ancient figure.

The figure wore white robes, his hair and beard were snow-white, his face was aged, and faint glints of light flickered in his calm eyes.

[Venerable Skyfire experiences surprise and panic, emotion value +60]

“I didn’t expect that at such a young age, you are already at the Peak of Dou Zong cultivation, and your Soul Power is surprisingly strong...?”

The old man’s gaze swept over Gu Fei, a hint of admiration in his eyes.

A Genius like Gu Fei was rare, even in his era.

“You’re not the only one who praises me!”

Gu Fei said indifferently; he had heard these words too many times.

Seeing this, the white-robed old man smiled, a hint of innate pride in his smile, and said, “I am Yao Tianhuo, sometimes others call me Venerable Skyfire...”

Venerable... indicated one thing: his achievements in those years reached the Dou Zun realm.

Hearing this, Gu Fei naturally had no reaction and said directly, “Judging from the abnormal reaction of the Fallen Heart Flame just now, you must be the previous owner of this Fallen Heart Flame.”

“You guessed correctly, I am indeed the former owner of the Fallen Heart Flame.”

Venerable Skyfire smiled and said.

His gaze looked nostalgically at the nascent Fallen Heart Flame and he slowly said, “Back then, I found this magma sea and first discovered traces of the Fallen Heart Flame. After that, it took me several years to fortunately subdue it, and the Fallen Heart Flame I subdued is precisely the one now within your body...”

Gu Fei did not interrupt when Venerable Skyfire suddenly spoke of past events.