Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 222 - 219 Exotic Beast

Chapter 222: Chapter 219 Exotic Beast

"Follow me."

Ye Xuan waved to Mu Yan, signaling her to come closer. The area surrounding the Fire Refining Tower was protected by formidable prohibitions, and any careless intruder would likely trigger an alarm, alerting the disciples of the Wildfire Sect who guarded the tower.

However, Ye Xuan possessed the ability to probe with his Divine Sense; even the prohibitions in the Blood Soul Pond had not been a match for him, let alone those here.

Ye Xuan picked up a pebble from the ground and, flicking it with his finger, shot the stone rapidly towards a certain area not far away.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

In an instant, that area was filled with a dense array of poison needles and arrows. Had someone passed through there, they would probably have been shot into a hornet’s nest.

"The Wildfire Sect is indeed cautious to have not only prohibitions guarding the Fire Refining Tower but also mechanical traps," Mu Yan commented with a slightly grave expression on her pretty face. It seemed the Wildfire Sect highly valued the Fire Refining Tower. Even their disciples would find it difficult to enter or leave without guidance. Triggering the prohibitions or traps would mean certain death without someone to lead the way.

Ye Xuan focused on finding his way forward. Although the prohibitions were not extremely ingenious, the Wildfire Sect had still set up three layers of prohibitions around the Fire Refining Tower. To safely pass through, only someone like Ye Xuan, a Heavenly Realm Martial God with a deep understanding of prohibitions, could manage it. Any ordinary person would have already stirred the grass and startled the snake, or been killed directly by the traps.

After lingering among the prohibitions surrounding the Fire Refining Tower for more than ten minutes, Ye Xuan and Mu Yan finally stepped out of the prohibitions and lay in hiding beside the tower.

At the entrance to the Fire Refining Tower, there were clearly four or five disciples of the Wildfire Sect standing guard.

Mu Yan was about to take action when Ye Xuan pulled her back, shaking his head to signal that she should not act rashly.

At that moment, one of the tower guards also looked outside for a moment. After scanning the area, he then returned to his post.

"I thought I heard something just now, could someone have sneaked in?" the returning disciple said, paranoid.

"How could that be possible? You must have heard wrongly. The Fire Refining Tower is surrounded by three layers of prohibitions. Anyone daring to intrude is simply asking for death."

"That’s right. The fame of the Fire Refining Tower is well known. Moreover, even if someone could get past the three layers of prohibitions, what could they do? With Elder Li Tong guarding inside the tower, with his Third Grade Martial Sect cultivation, only our Sect Leader can be confidently said to defeat him in our Wildfire Sect."

The guards whispered among themselves, and their voices reached the ears of Ye Xuan and Mu Yan.

"What do we do now?"

Hearing the conversation between the disciples, Mu Yan frowned. She had not anticipated the Fire Refining Tower to be so heavily guarded. Besides the external prohibitions, there was a Third Grade Martial Sect elder guarding inside. Thus, even if they were to get past the prohibitions, they would probably still be discovered upon entering the tower.

"We have no choice but to lure him out."

Ye Xuan’s expression hardened slightly, and then he cupped his hand, pulling several pebbles from the ground into his palm.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!

His fingers shot out continuously, and the pebbles created bright sparks as they flew through the air, hitting the chest acupoints of the guarding disciples, instantly knocking each one out, leaving only the last one conscious.

"Who is it?"

Seeing everyone around him struck unconscious in an instant, the remaining disciple’s face turned pale, and he quickly ran into the Fire Refining Tower.

At that time, Ye Xuan took out the Beast Soul Token and summoned the Flood Dragon, "That person must have gone to find Elder Li Tong. When he comes out, you’re responsible for luring him away. Once I’ve subdued the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, you can come back."

"No problem."

Flood Dragon was actually somewhat excited to receive instructions from Ye Xuan. Being confined in the Beast Soul Token all the time, it was quite good to finally come out and stretch its limbs.

It was only a matter of moments before a grey-robed elder emerged from the Fire Refining Tower. He wore a simple and unadorned grey robe and moved with an unhurried composure, nothing about him standing out particularly. If he walked on the ordinary streets of a common town, there would likely be no one to recognize him as a powerful master.

This grey-robed elder should be Elder Li Tong, the one guarding the Fire Refining Tower.

"Who dares to intrude upon the sacred grounds of my Fire Refining Tower? Show yourself at once!"

Elder Li Tong stepped outside the tower and bellowed furiously, his voice thundering around the vicinity of the Fire Refining Tower.

Swoosh!

A blue figure flashed out, delivering a palm strike towards Li Tong in mid-air before immediately turning and fleeing.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

A scorchingly hot breath exploded forth as Li Tong punched, dispersing the palm force, and upon seeing the blue figure swiftly escaping, his eyes suddenly turned icy. Stomping his feet, he leaped into the air, chasing after the blue figure.

The moment Li Tong left the vicinity of the Fire Refining Tower, with a "pop," a stone shot towards the remaining disciple, hitting him square in the chest. The disciple, struck hard, immediately collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"Let’s go!"

Every second counted; Ye Xuan charged to the front of the Fire Refining Tower. Though the door was wooden, it felt incredibly heavy to the touch. With a strong push, the hefty door of the Fire Refining Tower opened slowly with a creaking noise.

Inside the door, a faint red light shone out, and the air around seemed to rise a few degrees higher, extremely dry and hot.

Frowning with a slight sweat on his forehead, Ye Xuan felt some admiration in his heart. The Wildfire Sect Elder named Li Tong actually guarded this place all year round, probably because he cultivated the fire attribute cultivation technique; otherwise, ordinary people would really find it unbearable to stay.

The inside of the Fire Refining Tower was not bright. Apart from the faint red light coming from somewhere, it seemed even darker, a stark contrast to the intense heat outside. As they entered the tower, the doors automatically closed behind them with another creak.

"This is the interior of the Fire Refining Tower."

Ye Xuan took a deep breath, steadied his mind, and began to look around. As he had guessed from the outside, the inside was indeed an enormous hall, reaching a height of five zhang, with the entire hall circular in shape. The walls, also red rocks as seen from the outside, had no carvings or decorations – rudimentary yet imposing against the backdrop of the vast space.

Ye Xuan quickly discovered that the red light filling the entire tower originated from the center of the hall. The closer to the center of the hall, the brighter the surrounding area became. From a distance, against the backdrop of the red light, it seemed as if a blazing flame was burning in the center of the hall.

"Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire!"

Seeing the flames in the center of the hall, Ye Xuan’s eyes brightened immediately. With his eyesight, he could instantly determine the authenticity of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire. Yes, the seemingly ordinary deep red flames in front of him were not just any flame, but the Spiritual Fire born of Heaven and Earth!

As they approached the flames, the surrounding air grew hotter, almost as if they were standing beside molten lava deep underground.

"Such a high temperature."

Mu Yan felt the protective true qi around her body melting as she grew closer, and the closer she got, the more intense the feeling became. Her whole body was coated in sweat, enduring the intense heat.

Around a five-meter radius around the flames was covered with a layer of colorful light shield. Ye Xuan could guess the function of this light shield—it was probably used to suppress the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, while also preventing it from erupting, allowing disciples who entered the Fire Refining Tower to absorb a more subdued fire energy.

Mu Yan’s eyes flickered, and without a word, she delivered a palm strike. The ferocious attack seemed designed to break through the light shield.

Boom!

The palm force hit the light shield, immediately distorting and deforming it from the pressure, with violent fluctuations spreading. However, in the next moment, the palm force was completely bounced back, striking Mu Yan and sending her staggering backward, her chest heaving with turmoil.

"This light shield?"

Mu Yan looked at the colorful light shield in front of her, somewhat in disbelief. She didn’t expect that even here, there would still be such a stubborn seal, rebounding her attack wholly.

"Don’t be hasty."

Ye Xuan remained composed, but as the light shield returned to normal, the ground beneath them trembled, and then the ferocious red exotic beast depicted above the tower seemed to flicker with light, and to Ye Xuan’s somewhat surprised gaze, it began to climb out of the mural, leaping towards their position fiercely!

Bang!

Taking a step ahead, Ye Xuan pulled Mu Yan back to avoid the Red Demon Beast’s heavy strike. However, as the latter landed with a thud, it seemed that the entire Fire Refining Tower shook, swaying non-stop.

"This is bad, the Wildfire Sect actually set up such a measure."

Seeing the Red Demon Beast obstructing them, Ye Xuan furrowed his brows. The ferocious demon beast in front of him must be a guardian beast completely condensed from fire energy, but its level of difficulty to deal with might be no less than Li Tong’s, perhaps even more troublesome.

The exotic beast in front of them actually had six arms and appeared as if it had ignited a layer of flames all over, emanating extremely intense heat.

Roaring several times, the Red Demon Beast charged towards Ye Xuan, six arms swinging, transforming into six shocking pillars of fire, ferociously launched towards Ye Xuan!

His expression changing, with a "clang," Ye Xuan drew the Spiritual Edge Sword from behind him. The blue blade spun at high speed in his hand, turning into a spiral, blocking all six vast pillars of fire upon the swirling edge of the sword.