360: Conquer the Sun's Fire

Looking at the information about the transparent stone in his hand, Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

If that were the case, it would mean there should still be Sun Essence Fire in this volcano.

Mu Feng felt that this item should be a type of Spiritual Flame.

If Little Lizard could absorb it, its internal flame would surely become fully spiritual, greatly increasing its power.

After understanding this, Mu Feng began to release his full Divine Sense and Spiritual Eye Divine Power, searching for the Sun Essence Fire with all his might.

However, he didn't know if the Sun Essence Fire was too well hidden, or if his judgment was wrong.

He searched for a long time but found no trace of it.

He couldn't even find a second Sun Essence Stone.

This made Mu Feng wonder if he had misunderstood.

The Sun Essence Fire might be referring to the small, swimming firebird inside the Sun Essence Stone.

"Shua shua!"

Just as Mu Feng was about to give up his search, the nearby Puppet Lizard stirred.

"Are you saying there's still something in the lava below?!"

Reading the information transmitted by the Little Lizard, Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

"Shua shua!"

The Little Lizard nodded and quickly swam downwards.

Seeing this, Mu Feng immediately followed.

Based on his understanding of the Little Lizard, since it said that, it meant it was very confident.

The Little Lizard was still very reliable in its actions.

Just like that, Mu Feng followed the Little Lizard and swam down several hundred meters further into the volcano.

As they dove deeper, the surrounding flame temperature became even more explosive.

Even with the protection of his magic power, Mu Feng felt somewhat uncomfortable.

The Little Lizard beside him seemed to change from a silver-red color to a complete red.

Inside its abdomen, a red Fire Dragon continuously swam, absorbing the surrounding heat.

Mu Feng wondered if it was his imagination.

He felt that after the Little Lizard absorbed the Crimson Serpent Fire Dragon's horn, the image of the Fire Dragon in its abdomen became more solidified.

Its aura was also stronger than when it fought the Silver-Winged Yaksha earlier.

It seemed the Crimson Serpent Fire Dragon's horn it had just absorbed was beginning to take effect.

"Shua shua shua!"

As Mu Feng was observing the Fire Dragon in its abdomen, the Little Lizard, which was originally swimming downwards, suddenly stopped.

And it vigilantly looked around, as if it had sensed something.

Seeing this, Mu Feng also released his Spiritual Eye Divine Power and Divine Sense to scan the surroundings with all his might.

"Whoosh!"

"Found it!"

As soon as his Divine Sense was released, Mu Feng saw a mass of crimson fire golden lotus in the scorching lava, constantly transforming into various miniature birds.

Their shape was very similar to the firebird inside the Little Lizard, but much more agile than that firebird.

If the firebird inside the Little Lizard was an infant with just nascent consciousness, then this firebird was like a child who had started kindergarten.

Mu Feng didn't know if this analogy was accurate, but the crimson flame in front of him gave him that feeling.

"Shua shua shua!"

Seeing the crimson flame, the Little Lizard excitedly chased after it.

The crimson flame naturally wouldn't just surrender; upon noticing someone approaching it, it agilely dove downwards.

Mu Feng chased while releasing his Spiritual Eye Divine Power to investigate its information.

"Sun Essence Fire: A special flame formed in places of extreme Yang, created after absorbing a large amount of scorching fire energy. It possesses great power and a certain degree of spirituality. Its place of origin is usually accompanied by a large amount of Sun Essence Stone."

"Sun Essence Fire."

"It really is!"

Looking at the red prompt that appeared, Mu Feng was filled with excitement.

It seemed his guess was not wrong.

The Sun Essence Stone was a byproduct of this Sun Essence Fire.

"Your luck is indeed good. This Sun Essence Fire has just developed consciousness, which is its weakest moment. The difficulty of subduing it is greatly reduced. If you wait until its consciousness becomes strong and it masters various flame Divine Abilities, even a Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator might not be able to subdue it."

"It's a Spiritual Flame that just developed consciousness?"

"Then it seems my luck is indeed good."

Seeing the red prompt appear again, Mu Feng was overjoyed.

He immediately quickened his pace, chasing after the Sun Essence Fire that wanted to escape.

"Forbidden!"

Mu Feng chased while quickly forming hand seals and releasing a powerful Spell, intending to trap the crimson flame.

"Puff puff!"

Facing the encircling electric net, the bird formed by the crimson flame opened its mouth, and a ball of blue flame sprayed out.

"Crack!"

The two collided, and the electric net released by Mu Feng was directly shattered head-on.

"Such pure fire element, as expected of a Spiritual Flame!"

Seeing his Lightning Control Spell being broken like that, Mu Feng didn't feel discouraged; instead, he became even more interested in this crimson flame.

The more powerful this item was, the more useful it would be to him after he subdued it.

He didn't want to slowly Cultivate it from scratch again.

"Go!"

The ordinary electric net was broken.

Mu Feng stretched out his palm, and a golden lightning net emerged from his body.

It was the Evil-warding Divine Lightning, which he hadn't used in a long time.

Mu Feng had always been hesitant to use this item, saving it for the Devil Head he might encounter.

Even when facing the Silver-Winged Yaksha, he had held back.

Releasing it here now meant he was determined to subdue the Sun Essence Fire in front of him.

Seeing Mu Feng release another electric net to try and surround itself, the bird formed by the Sun Essence Fire tried the same trick again.

It opened its mouth and released the same flame, intending to shatter the golden electric net in front of it in one go.

However, this time it miscalculated.

The power of the Evil-warding Divine Lightning's electric net was much stronger than the ordinary lightning released by the Extreme Lightning Bottle.

When the blue flame released by the Sun Essence Fire touched the golden electric net, a crackling sound immediately rang out.

In a short while, the blue flame was completely extinguished by the Evil-warding Divine Lightning.

Taking advantage of the opponent's underestimation, Mu Feng clasped his hands, and the Evil-warding Divine Lightning he had released earlier immediately converged towards the location of the Sun Essence Fire.

"Puff puff puff!"

This change happened too suddenly.

The bird formed by the crimson flame hadn't expected its repeatedly effective blue flame to fail.

It was too late to dodge.

It could only frantically open its mouth and release a large amount of blue flame, trying to shatter the golden electric net in front of it.

However, since Mu Feng had made his move, he naturally wouldn't let it escape.

"Hmph!"

"Trying to escape? Too late!"

As he spoke, Mu Feng increased the output of the Evil-warding Divine Lightning within his body.

With a large amount of Evil-warding Divine Lightning joining in, the golden electric net became dazzling.

All the blue flames that touched it were extinguished without a trace.

"Collect!"

After dealing with the blue flame released by the Sun Essence Fire, Mu Feng brought his palms together.

The released electric net formed a net-like shape, directly covering the Sun Essence Fire that wanted to escape.

"Flap flap flap!"

Trapped by the golden electric net, the bird formed by the Sun Essence Fire struggled fiercely, attempting to break free from the net's Bondage.

However, all of this was futile.

Having just developed consciousness, it simply couldn't release powerful flame Divine Abilities.

Facing the restraint of the Evil-warding Divine Lightning, it was completely unable to break free.

"Shua shua shua!"

Seeing Mu Feng trap the Sun Essence Fire in front of him, the Little Lizard excitedly danced and continuously conveyed its desire to absorb the Sun Essence Fire to Mu Feng.

"Are you sure the firebird in your body can absorb it? Don't get absorbed by it instead."

Mu Feng's worry was not unnecessary.

As mentioned earlier, the firebird inside the Little Lizard was like a newborn infant.

However, the Sun Essence Fire in front of them was comparable to a kindergarten child.

When the two clashed, it seemed certain that the kindergarten child would win.

Therefore, Mu Feng was not optimistic that the Little Lizard could devour it.

"Don't worry, your Puppet Lizard is amazing. The mysteries within it are far more powerful than you imagine. Besides, this isn't devouring; it's Fusion."

"Fusion?"

"What do you mean? Is it to fuse this Sun Essence Fire with the Spiritual Firebird in its body?"

Looking at the red prompt that suddenly appeared, Mu Feng was full of confusion.

"Yes, something like that. When they fuse together, their power will only become stronger, and there won't be a situation where one side is devoured, as you imagine."

"I see. Alright, then I'll let the Little Lizard help me subdue it."

After confirming with the System that there was no problem, Mu Feng nodded to the Little Lizard.

Then, with a swipe of his hand, the Sun Essence Fire captured by the Evil-warding Divine Lightning was sent into its hand.

"Shua shua shua!"

Seeing this, the Little Lizard let out an excited cry.

Then, it opened its mouth and swallowed the bird formed by the Sun Essence Fire along with the electric net formed by the Evil-warding Divine Lightning into its abdomen.

Its actions truly scared Mu Feng greatly.

His hands moved quickly, dissipating the Evil-warding Divine Lightning before it swallowed it.

"Transform!"

As his voice fell, the Divine Lightning he had released earlier was successfully dissolved by Mu Feng.

This Divine Lightning was extremely powerful.

He dared not let the Little Lizard swallow it carelessly.

It wouldn't be fun if something went wrong later.

"Shua shua."

After swallowing the Sun Essence Fire, the Little Lizard patted its belly contentedly.

As the flame went down, the Fire Dragon pattern in its abdomen changed.

From a single Fire Dragon, it transformed into one Dragon and one Phoenix, and they were lifelike.

"System Reminder: After your Puppet Lizard fused with the Sun Essence Fire, the power of its internal Golden Flame greatly increased, and it developed self-consciousness. The Golden Flame skill has been upgraded to Spiritual Flame. For more details, you can open the Puppet page to view."

"It fused successfully so quickly?!"

Although he was mentally prepared, Mu Feng was still somewhat incredulous that the Sun Essence Fire had fused so quickly.

"The Golden Flame skill has been upgraded to Spiritual Flame?"

"Hmm, let's see!"

With curiosity, Mu Feng clicked on the Little Lizard's Puppet page to view it.

"Name: Puppet Lizard (Ancient Variant Puppet)"

"Description: Due to the admixture of mithril, the Puppet Lizard's body has mutated. Its body hardness is ten times that of an ordinary Puppet Lizard. (New 1: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed a large amount of Materials, its body performance has been strengthened, and its speed, attack, and defense have increased. New 2: The Puppet Lizard has learned a new talent skill after absorbing the Blood Python Jiao's innate horn. New 3: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed an Advanced Puppet core, its body performance has been further strengthened, and its speed, Cultivation Technique, and defense have increased. New 4: The Puppet Lizard has fused with millennial willow wood, increasing its durability. New 5: The Puppet Lizard has learned a new skill after absorbing the Double-Headed Flood Dragon's innate horn. New 6: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the crimson fire golden lotus, greatly increasing the intensity of its internal flame. New 7: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed a large amount of soul stone, greatly increasing its Divine Soul strength, and its mental control skill has evolved into powerful mental control. New 8: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Ancient Puppet Upgrade Scroll, successfully Advanced to a Core Formation Puppet, greatly increasing its speed, defense, and strength, and its Berserk skill has evolved into Super Berserk. New 9: The Puppet Lizard's body has fused with ten thousand year iron wood, greatly increasing its defense and durability, and it has learned the passive skill Self-Healing. New 10: The Puppet Lizard's body has become flexible, and its movements are no longer stiff. New 11: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Unicorn Rhino's horn, and its elemental abilities have been further strengthened. New 12: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed the Silver-Winged Yaksha's wings, learned a new talent skill, and can fly freely. New 13: The Puppet Lizard has consumed Earth Demon Dragon flesh and blood, enhancing its blood Qi power. New 14: After the Puppet Lizard fused with the Sun Essence Fire, the power of its internal Golden Flame greatly increased, and it developed self-consciousness. The Golden Flame skill has been upgraded to Spiritual Flame.)"

"Skills: Bite, Charge, Super Berserk, Powerful Mental Control, Spiritual Flame, Puppet Repair, Phantom Clone."

"Durability 110000 / 110000"

.....

After the Little Lizard entered this Trial Tournament Secret Realm, it continuously encountered fortuitous events.

The patches it received were increasing.

Mu Feng filtered out the previous ones and directly looked at the later ones.

"It really evolved into Spiritual Flame."

"Not bad, not bad!"

"This trip wasn't in vain!"

The Little Lizard was Mu Feng's trump card.

Whether it was its strength increasing or his own strength increasing, it was a positive impact on his combat power.

"Actually, your trip wasn't in vain. There are still quite a few Sun Essence Stones down below. Although that stuff isn't as good as the Sun Essence Fire, it's very beneficial for Cultivators who Cultivate fire-element Divine Abilities, so don't waste it."

"That's right, I forgot the previous information mentioned that the place where the Sun Essence Fire is produced has a large amount of Sun Essence Stone. That first piece must have been accidentally ejected by the lava."

"Or perhaps it was brought out by that Crimson Serpent Fire Dragon."

"Never mind, who cares, let's collect it first."

Mu Feng was too lazy to care about the situation.

He directly dove down.

If he wasn't mistaken, the direction in which the Sun Essence Fire had just escaped should be its birthplace.

Therefore, diving straight down was definitely the right choice.

"Found it!"

"There's quite a lot!"

After diving down another few hundred meters, a large pile of translucent, red-glowing stones appeared before him.

It was the Sun Essence Stone he had seen before.

"System Reminder: Sun Essence Stone x1"

...

"System Reminder: Sun Essence Stone x1"

"System Reminder: Sun Essence Stone x1"

Mu Feng quickly collected the Sun Essence Stone in front of him.

After collecting all of them into his Storage Ring, Mu Feng counted them.

There were a total of thirty-two pieces.

Including the previous one, the total was exactly thirty-three.

"Little Lizard, let's go."

After collecting the items and confirming with his Divine Sense that nothing was left behind, Mu Feng took the Little Lizard and left the volcanic lava.