Inverse Sword Mad God
Chapter 211 - 211 210 Fire State

211: Chapter 210 Fire State 211: Chapter 210 Fire State This young man’s face was pale, a clear sign of poor health.

Even so, he possessed the strength of the Spirit Sea Fourth Layer Heaven, which indicated that his identity was definitely extraordinary.

His fingers formed claws, flickering with flames, as he lunged at the monkey.

Humph!

The monkey, with a look of disdain in its eyes, swooshed and disappeared.

When it reappeared, it had jumped onto the young man’s face, its little claws swinging in a flurry of attacks.

Boom!

In an instant, the young man’s face was covered in countless bloodstains, too gruesome to behold.

“Damn it,”

he suddenly pulled back, screaming in agony.

The monkey flashed back, landing on Lin Xuan’s shoulder.

Humph!

The monkey waved its hand, apparently warning everyone not to mess with it.

“So fast!”

The surrounding martial artists were alarmed and looked at Lin Xuan and the others in shock.

“How dare you provoke someone from the Xing Mansion; this young man is probably in for some bad luck!” someone murmured, shaking their head in pity.

“Oh, my face, my face!”

“That young man clutched his face and screamed.

Give me a mirror!”

An attendant immediately took out a silver mirror and said, “That, young master”

“Stop your nonsense and hand it over to me!”

The young man screamed, then snatched the mirror from him.

In the mirror, his face looked like a ravaged field, too gruesome to bear.

“Ah—”

“You dare disfigure me, I’ll kill you!” The young man shouted crazily, but he dared not make a move.

Behind him, the attendant also glared angrily.

The others looked at Lin Xuan with cold expressions.

“Kid, you dare to injure Master Xing Tong of Xing Mansion; you must be tired of living!”

At that moment, Zhao Xue spoke languidly.

“Dear sirs, I am truly sorry.”

Her voice was like heavenly music.

“Hehe, don’t worry, this matter has nothing to do with you.

We can all vouch for that!” the other young men said.

The attacked young man glared at Zhao Xue and shouted, “You’re all going to die!”

Lin Xuan smiled silently.

Despite her fragile appearance, Zhao Xue was a decisive killer, which was why she had managed to evade the Purple Extreme Demon Palace for so long and still be well.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhao Xue’s smile deepened.

She looked intently at the attacked young man.

Xing Tong, with his injured face, suddenly roared.

“It hurts so much!”

The innkeeper, sensing trouble, quickly moved to call for help.

Before long, a group of people arrived in a fury.

The crowd dispersed, some looking fearfully at the newcomers.

Leading them was a big man, nearly two meters tall, walking as if surrounded by flames.

Upon seeing the scene, he glared and knocked Xing Tong unconscious with a slap.

“What happened?” the big man asked sternly.

The surrounding martial artists bowed their heads, afraid to speak.

The young men accompanying Xing Tong explained the situation.

“Mysterious woman, with a monkey-bearing boy?” The big man frowned; he hadn’t heard of these two in the martial world.

“Where are they?” he asked sternly.

As they turned around, they noticed that Lin Xuan and Zhao Xue had already disappeared.

“Useless bunch!” The big man’s gaze was icy.

“Find them, and make sure to capture them!”

“How dare they lay a hand on someone from Xing Mansion; they must not know how the word ‘death’ is written!”

“Yes!”

The martial artists behind the big man responded respectfully.

On a wide street, Lin Xuan and Zhao Xue walked briskly.

“Fire State is adjacent to Ying Country and Rain Country.

The power dynamics here are complex.

We can try to obtain ranks at the Engraving Alliance.”

“As long as we pass, regular forces won’t dare trouble us,” Zhao Xue slowly said.

“Engraving Alliance?” Lin Xuan was surprised; he had heard of this organization, composed entirely of engravers.

Moreover, this organization didn’t belong to Xia Country; it had a presence in neighboring countries and was generally considered too powerful to provoke.

“That’s good,” Lin Xuan nodded, “but I want to wait a few days.

I feel my Soul Power is about to break through.”

Zhao Xue was shocked.

Another breakthrough?

Is this guy serious?

He must be trying to demoralize everyone!

But Lin Xuan was indeed about to break through; he had been tempering his soul with Profound Ice Energy in recent days, and his progress was rapid.

He just needed an opportunity to advance to a Second Seal Rune Master.

In the center of Flame City lay a kilometer-tall volcano.

This volcano had been modified by an Array Master, ensuring there was no danger and transforming it into a cultivation holy land.

Lin Xuan and Zhao Xue decided to train here for a few days,

At the base of the volcano, many cultivation rooms had been constructed, with Lin Xuan noting there were five levels.

The deeper one went, the more expensive it was.

Lin Xuan and Zhao Xue chose two rooms on the third level, paid the Spirit Stones, and collected the keys.

A third-level cultivation room cost one thousand low-grade spiritual stones per day—a significantly high price.

But Lin Xuan had nearly two million low-grade spiritual stones on him, so the cost was negligible.

After paying for five days, they headed towards the cultivation rooms.

The deeper they went, the hotter it became.

The temperature on the third level reached hundreds of degrees, akin to a giant furnace.

Lin Xuan had the Copper Thunder Pattern and could withstand it, while Zhao Xue had already summoned her Spiritual Armor.

“This is perfect for my cultivation!” Lin Xuan opened the door and entered.

The room’s facilities were very simple, but Lin Xuan didn’t mind.

After all, the martial artists who came here were not on vacation; they were here to train.

There was a stone at the center, surrounded by eight pits, within which molten lava roiled.

This cultivation room made use of the underground Flame Vein, Lord of Wine explained.

“Flame Vein?” Lin Xuan was puzzled.

“Yes, Fire State’s abundance of volcanoes is due to the Flame Vein beneath the earth,” Lord of Wine elaborated slowly.

“This is a mutated Spirit Vein, containing spiritual energy more than five times that of normal places, especially the Fire Spirit Energy, which is almost tangible!”

Indeed, Lin Xuan saw faint red mist drifting around the room, like delicate red threads.

Whoosh!

He settled atop the stone platform and sat cross-legged.

“This time, I must break through to a Second Seal Rune Master!”