Chapter 35 Immortal Volcano
After five days of travel, a group of five people finally arrived at the Immortal Volcano Mountains.
In the distance, there was an extremely huge volcano. The air around it was emitting powerful fiery energy, but this fiery energy seemed very unstable, as if it would explode at any time. The air was full of violent breath. For those who practiced the fire element, this place was like a paradise.
However, the ground in the distance was charred black, with almost no plants. The entire ground was crisscrossed with cracks, and the further you went in, the bigger the cracks became. There were still traces of fire on the ground in the distance.
Huo Tianchen said, "Let's rest here tonight and officially enter the Endless Volcano Mountains tomorrow."
Everyone tidied up their tents and sat together. Huo Wu said, "Grandpa, this place seems perfect for my cultivation. I'm at least 10% faster here than outside. Why didn't you tell me about this place before? I've been cultivating here since I was a child; I might have become a Soul King long ago."
Huo Tianchen shook his head and said, "Although there's a lot of fire elemental fire here, it's very unstable. Furthermore, the frequency of eruptions of the Undying Volcano here is very erratic, occurring as often as once a month or as often as once a year. During each eruption, the elements in the air undergo drastic changes, and low-level soul masters can't withstand such changes. Furthermore, there's a trace of fire poison in the air around here. Long-term inhalation is bad for your health, and it's easy to become possessed."
"Also, there are many fire-type soul beasts around the Undying Volcano, especially small soul beasts, mostly fire ants and fire bats. Although these soul beasts aren't high-level, they come and go very frequently. There are also many Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beasts in the mountain, very similar to the Thousand-Tier Ants of the Star Dou Great Forest, but in addition to their strength, they also have high fire elemental fire. Legend has it that they possess the bloodline of the Fire God."
"It's said that there are 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the deepest part of the volcano, but the temperature is too high for ordinary people to enter. Titled Douluo without fire attributes can't stay for long either."
Everyone swallowed their saliva upon hearing Huo Tianchen's words. Several people took turns keeping watch and rested quietly for the night. The next morning, I officially entered the Undying Volcano area.
It was clear that Huo Tianchen was very familiar with the area. He led the way, while Huo Lie and the other three followed behind. We walked for two consecutive days.
Along the way, we encountered many fire-type soul beasts, but they were either unsuitable or too young. There were even a few ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, but they were only just over ten thousand years old.
Huo Lie suddenly said, "We're about to enter the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast area. Everyone, be careful." Then, he walked cautiously ahead, and they continued walking for another half day.
Suddenly, Huo Tiancheng returned and said, "There's a 19,000-year-old flame demon bull up ahead. Its strength and firepower are incredibly powerful, making it a good match for Huo Wushuang, though it's a bit beyond my expectations."
Huo Wushuang pondered for a moment and said, "After absorbing the Ninth-Rank Dragon Zhi, I think I still have plenty of soul power left in me. I should be able to absorb it." Huo Tianchen nodded.
A moment later, Huo Tianchen returned with a massive bull, clearly on the verge of death, and handed it to Huo Wushuang, asking him to deliver the final blow.
Huo Wushuang absorbed the spirit ring, displaying only a slight pain during the process, but otherwise proceeding smoothly.
Next up was Huo Wu, who absorbed a 23,000-year-old fire bat. She gained a rare, wide-range sonic spirit skill, somewhat similar to Angel's Roar.
After two more days of searching, everyone was growing impatient. Tempers seemed to flare easily around the Endless Volcano. Xiaofei also felt as if some force was influencing everyone's mood.
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard in the distance, and flames filled the sky. Huo Lie asked, "Is it a volcanic eruption?"
Huo Tianchen shook his head and said, "The eruption wouldn't be that small. It's probably a battle between high-level soul beasts."
Huo Tianchen went off to observe alone, while Huo Lie stayed to protect the others.
A moment later, Huo Tianchen returned and said, "Over there, a Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast is battling two soul beasts. Both are powerful fire apes. The smaller one is 60,000 years old, and the larger one is about 85,000 years old.
Although the Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast is only about 50,000 years old, it still has a slight advantage in combat. Both fire apes are more suitable for Huo Lie and me."
Xiao Fei thought for a moment and said, "I think the Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast is quite good." Seeing Xiao Fei's look, Huo Tianchen nodded. "You guys wait here. I'll go and observe. Once all three soul beasts are equally damaged, we'll attack."
The battles between high-level soul beasts are extremely terrifying. Careless action could easily affect others. Soul Kings and Soul Sects wouldn't dare intervene in such a fight.
After a fierce battle in the distance, the fighting suddenly paused. A flaming signal suddenly appeared in the sky. Huo Lie looked at it and said, "Let's go over there. Your grandfather should be fine!"
Then he quickly led the three to the scene of the battle. Huo Tianchen was resting there, his body covered in blood. He was clearly seriously injured.
Seeing the four people arrive, Huo Tianchen said, "These two powerful fire apes can still survive for a while, but this Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast is dying. Xiaofei, you absorb the energy first. We'll watch you."
Xiaofei nodded, took out his knife, and stabbed the Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast's eyes. A dark spirit ring appeared on its body. Following past experience, Xiaofei summoned his Fire Phoenix martial spirit and transferred the spirit ring to it.
The fifty-thousand-year-old spirit beast placed immense pressure on Xiaofei, bearing down on him like a mountain. In his mind, a ferocious Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast flew towards him.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, a surge of spiritual power above his head struck the flying Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast. The spiritual power and the Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast's phantom clashed in his mind.
After all, the Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beasts were dead, like rootless water. Xiao Fei gradually gained the upper hand. Finally, the phantom gradually dissipated.
Simultaneously, a mountain of soul power surged into Xiao Fei's body, and he glowed with golden light. The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum was now taking effect.
The power of the soul ring and the medicinal properties of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum combined to surge through his body, causing his meridians to repeatedly break and reorganize, eventually stabilizing.
This indicated that Xiao Fei's absorption of the physical soul ring had been successful, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Fei opened his eyes and looked around.
Everyone looked worried, especially Huo Wu, who was anxious. Seeing that Xiao Fei had finished absorbing, Huo Tianchen said to Huo Lie, "Now it's your turn."
Huo Lie nodded and began to absorb his sixty-thousand-year-old Great Power Fire Ape soul ring.
Xiao Fei curiously asked Huo Wu, "Sister Huo Wu, how long did it take me to absorb this soul ring?" Huo Wu replied, "It took you three days to absorb it this time.
Your face looked very unsightly, and you bled quite a bit. Don't try so hard next time." Xiao Fei nodded helplessly. Three more days passed, and Huo Lie and Huo Tianchen's spirit rings had been absorbed.
Next came the corpse-dissection process. The four of them dissected the three spirit beasts, one after another, while the proud Huo Wu watched from the side.
Dissecting corpses was not something a beauty like Huo Wu should be responsible for.
Looking at the dissected bodies, the five of them were surprised and delighted. The three corpses surprisingly contained two spirit bones: a 50,000-year-old left arm spirit bone from the Ten Fierce Sky Ant Beast, and an 80,000-year-old right arm spirit bone from the Mighty Fire Ape.
Huo Tianchen thought for a moment and said, "Xiaofei, this right arm soul bone is more suitable for you. You should absorb it, right?
And this 80,000-year-old right arm soul bone is for Huo Wu. I'm already quite old, and this soul bone won't improve me much."
Xiaofei thought for a moment and said, "I don't particularly like either of these soul bones. The right arm soul bone will go to Huo Wu, and the left arm soul bone to Huo Wushuang. They're both quite suitable."
Tiancheng thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "You two should absorb them first! We'll discuss the rest when we get back."
Everyone knew the value of these two soul bones; they could basically be considered inherited soul bones for major sects. Absorbing them now would reduce the world's covetousness. Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang nodded and began absorbing the soul bones.
A day later, they had absorbed all the soul bones and hurried back to the academy.
Back in the academy office, everyone began to review their progress. Huo Wu had made the greatest improvement and gained the most.
Now, Huo Wu's soul power level had reached 57, completely surpassing Huo Wushuang's. She now possessed three spirit bones, all over ten thousand years old, the highest reaching eighty thousand.
Huo Wushuang was next, now at level 56. He also possessed two spirit bones, one of which was fifty thousand years old.
Wang Xiaofei had also reached level 56. He possessed the Qirong Tongtianju, a fifty thousand year old head spirit bone, and a fifty thousand year old top-grade spirit ring.
In total, he had only advanced by a little over six levels. Xiaofei was tempted to absorb the fifty thousand year old spirit bone, but ultimately resisted.
Dean Huo Tianchen had reached level 92, and Huo Lie had reached level 81.
The dean instructed everyone to stabilize their realm within the academy and not to venture out unless necessary.
A week later, Huo Tianchen was officially announced as a Titled Douluo, shocking the world. This was the second Titled Douluo from a non-sect sect in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Rumors circulated that Huo Tianchen had ascended to Titled Douluo by absorbing three spirit bones from the finals of the Soul Master Competition.
This directly reduced the pressure on several younger generations, especially Xiao Fei. As the only non-spiritual master from Blazing Academy participating in the competition, many people felt sympathy for him.
But no matter what, Blazing Academy was already the third largest force in Tian Dou.
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