Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1320: There is a Strong Opponent Ahead

Chapter 1320: Chapter 1320: There is a Strong Opponent Ahead

As they continued forward, both of them noticed that the scorched earth beneath their feet gradually turned into sand and stones, and each grain of sand, each stone, seemed to be suffused with a faint crimson hue, as if they had just been tempered by intense flames, radiating astonishing heat, abruptly causing the surrounding temperature to soar by more than double.

"Brother Fang, could it be that we have arrived at the core region of the Eternal Death Zone?"

Li Chenzhou’s voice, suddenly carrying over from a few hundred meters away, came to Fang Bai’s ears, infused with a hint of excitement.

"Mmh, it seems likely."

Fang Bai responded.

"Eh? There are actually spiritual medicines here! And they are all high-quality fire-attribute spirit medicines!"

A moment later, Li Chenzhou exclaimed in surprise, his tone filled with delight.

"That’s right, these are all fire-attribute high-quality spirit medicines with a medicinal age of over two thousand years."

Fang Bai had spotted the spiritual medicines growing amidst the sand and stones on the ground even before Li Chenzhou, and was equally surprised.

At first, the fire system spirit medicines were sparse, but the closer to the core region of the Eternal Death Zone they got, the more plentiful they became, visible as far as the eye could see, and the longer their medicinal age, the more luxuriant their growth.

Fang Bai and Li Chenzhou even saw quite a few fire-attribute high-quality spirit medicines that were over three thousand years old.

Spirit medicines with an age of over three thousand years, if placed in the outside world, would drive countless martial artists insane with greed, fighting over them desperately. Even Innate Experts like Li Chenzhou would be tempted.

Li Chenzhou said, "I’ve only come to know now that those who say that a thousand li around the Eternal Death Zone is barren, not a blade of grass growing, they are all talking nonsensical! With so many high-quality spiritual medicines here, this is truly a treasure land that martial artists dream of!"

Fang Bai responded with a smile, "Perhaps no martial artist has managed to venture this deep before us and thus assumed that the entire thousand-li radius of the Eternal Death Zone was a desolate wasteland."

Li Chenzhou’s eyes sparkled with excitement, "That being said, are we the first to come here? Haha... Brother Fang, let’s continue forward. Who knows, there may be more surprises waiting ahead of us! Even if there aren’t, just bringing back these high-quality fire-attribute spirit medicines would make this trip worthwhile!"

Hence, the two of them temporarily ignored the increasingly abundant fire-attribute spirit medicines at their sides and continued to move forward at a reduced speed, watching the surrounding spirit medicines carefully to avoid missing any with an even greater medicinal age.

For Innate Experts in their peak state like them, spirit medicines with a three-thousand-year medicinal age could only pique their interest slightly, while those over four thousand years of age belonged to the rarest and most precious in the world, and they would definitely pick and take them away if they found any.

Fang Bai gazed toward the direction ahead where the crimson essence energy was denser, thinking to himself, "There must be a Spiritual Fire in the core region of the Eternal Death Zone, and alongside it, powerful Spirit Beasts on guard. Securing the Spiritual Fire will likely entail a tough battle. I wonder if Brother Fang and I can successfully capture the Spiritual Fire."

Fang Bai’s purpose for entering the core region of the Eternal Death Zone this time was for the Spiritual Fire; he was determined to obtain it.

As for Li Chenzhou, Fang Bai never considered letting him have the Spiritual Fire.

It was not that Fang Bai was unwilling to share, but rather that the Spiritual Fire is an existence surpassing worldly flames, its power far too fierce and domineering. Although Li Chenzhou was an Innate Expert, and possessed a Fire Spirit Root, he was still incapable of withstanding the Might of the Spirit Fire; to give the Spiritual Fire to him would be tantamount to harming him.

Concerning the matter of the Spiritual Fire, Fang Bai had not informed Li Chenzhou previously, but believed that after witnessing the power of the Spiritual Fire, Li Chenzhou would naturally shy away from it, not daring to harbor any thoughts of claiming it for himself.

Thus, the Spiritual Fire within the Eternal Death Zone would ultimately have to be subdued by himself.

During his past life when Fang Bai roamed the nine domains of the Immortal Realm, he had subdued several powerful Immortal Fires capable of burning the heavens and scorching the earth, and as for the Spiritual Fires in the Cultivation World, he had conquered countless, bringing with him a wealth of experience.

It was just that presently, Fang Bai’s cultivation level had not reached the true Innate Realm, and to subdue the Spiritual Fire might encounter some unimaginably difficult challenges.

However, Fang Bai believed that with the terrifyingly powerful Chaos True Body, which was even stronger and rarer throughout the ages than in his previous life, he should be able to withstand the impact of the Spirit Fire Power even if he forcefully absorbed the Spiritual Fire into the Qi Sea within his body.

After advancing several tens of miles further, Fang Bai and Li Chenzhou seemed to sense something, their eyebrows raising in unison, exchanging glances with a look of surprise in their eyes.

"There seems to be the presence of an Innate Expert ahead..."

Fang Bai frowned and said, pausing his movement.

"I’ve sensed it too..."

Li Chenzhou flew toward Fang Bai’s side, his face grave as he spoke: "Moreover, there’s not just one Innate Expert. Among them, the cultivation level of two individuals is on par with mine. Alas, I thought we were the earliest to arrive, but I never expected others to have gotten ahead of us..."

"Let’s go over and see first!"

Fang Bai pondered briefly before moving ahead swiftly.

Li Chenzhou took a deep breath and followed closely behind Fang Bai.

"Brother Fang, if the treasures we desire have been taken by the others, do we rob them or not?"

Li Chenzhou asked as they sped along.

Without turning his head, Fang Bai replied: "First come, first served. If the others are willing to share the treasures, all will be well. Otherwise... we’ll take action and forcibly seize them!"

Li Chenzhou laughed heartily: "I like the way you think! I had the same intention!"

After dozens of breaths, they looked ahead to find a mountain ridge hundreds of meters tall suddenly appearing in front of them.

The mountain ridge stretched across their path, blocking their way forward, with no end in sight to the left or right.

The sky on the other side of the ridge was a shade of crimson, likely illuminated by the flames underneath, and waves of extraordinarily hot air were spreading over the ridge, surging toward them and engulfing Fang Bai and Li Chenzhou with heat comparable to flames.

"It’s so hot! Could the other side of the mountain ridge be the very core area of the Eternal Death Zone?"

Li Chenzhou wiped the thin layer of sweat on his forehead, unable to help himself from remarking.

Fortunately, he possessed the Innate Fire Spirit Root, allowing him to barely withstand such heat without the need to use True Yuan to counteract it. Otherwise, once his True Yuan was depleted, he wouldn’t be able to stay here and would be forced to retreat the way he came.

As for Fang Bai, his physique was much stronger than Li Chenzhou’s, and his ability to resist heat was even more formidable; such temperatures had no impact on him.

"To reach the core area of the Eternal Death Zone, there’s still some distance to go. Let’s head up the ridge first and take a look!"

Fang Bai slightly narrowed his eyes, gazing intently toward the ridge ahead.

On the ridge, more than a dozen martial artists were standing, each one radiating the aura of an Innate Expert, with the strongest two being on equal footing with Li Chenzhou, and the rest were also high-rank Innate Experts.

Those Innate Experts were all cultivating Fire-based Techniques, closely attuned with the Fire Primordial Qi. Otherwise, regardless of their strength, they would not have been able to venture so deeply into this place where the temperature had reached a terrifying degree.