"Whoosh"
Long Chen and Huo Ling'er burst out of Yu Qingxuan's barrier, and an endless fiery evil spirit immediately rushed forward.
"Pfft"
Huo Ling'er wielded a white flaming sword and sliced a fiery evil spirit into pieces. The power of the Ice Soul Divine Flame was terrifying, effectively restraining these fiery spirits.
"How is it?" Long Chen asked.
Huo Ling'er said with a disappointed look, "Its body is filled with a violent will of flame. The moment it died, its energy instantly dissipated. I can absorb less than a tenth."
Moreover, that one-tenth of the energy contains a strong violent will and fire poison. If I remove them, the remaining power will be almost gone.
Spending so much effort just to purify a bit of energy is not worth it for me. Originally
, the Qiankun Cauldron said these flame spirits were useless to them, but Huo Ling'er was somewhat dissatisfied. After all, it was a flame spirit, and there was nothing in the world of flame power that she couldn't absorb.
But this fiery evil spirit completely changed her understanding. The moment the fiery spirit is killed, all its power is absorbed by this world.
As the Qiankun Cauldron said, here, they are immortal and indestructible. When killed, their energy is absorbed and new fiery evil spirits are born.
"Then ignore them and go to Yanxu Divine Lotus." Long Chen didn't want to get entangled with these guys. Anything that wasn't beneficial was worth wasting time.
Huo Ling'er wielded the Ice Soul Sharp Sword, carving out a bloody path through the endless evil spirits, racing forward alongside Long Chen.
Several hours later, the two of them twisted and turned, rushing to the end of a fiery passage, where the flames before them began to brighten.
In the endless lake of flames, a black lotus soared into the sky. The black flames swirled, and the aura of evil and destruction sent chills down one's spine.
Only by getting close to it could one sense its terrifying aura. Even Long Chen, facing this Flame Void Divine Lotus, felt waves of dread in his heart.
"Brother Long Chen, it's currently in a strange state, seemingly asleep." Huo Ling'er said.
Long Chen also noticed that with so many fiery evil spirits entangling it like a tsunami, the divine lotus showed no sign of movement, which seemed somewhat unreasonable.
However, as Long Chen and Huo Ling'er approached the flaming lake, the raging fiery evil spirits suddenly quieted down. They dared not approach and could only bare their fangs and claws at Long Chen from afar.
Long Chen and Huo Ling'er advanced cautiously. The closer they got to the Yanxu Divine Lotus, the more terrifying it became—its aura was overwhelmingly strong.
When the two stood on the lotus leaf that shrouded the sky, it was as if they were standing atop a volcano ready to erupt at any moment; the power of the lotus leaf seemed ready to shatter them at any moment.
Huo Ling'er came to the lotus leaf and eagerly pressed her small hand against its veins. At the same time, she recited the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra, and divine patterns appeared in her palm, like spider webs, slowly covering the lotus leaf.
"Brother Long Chen, I can absorb its power." Huo Ling'er was both surprised and delighted, her big eyes full of excitement.
"Be careful, we're like mosquitoes sucking blood—don't wake it up." Long Chen whispered.
Huo Ling'er nodded obediently, and black patterns gradually appeared on her small hand—the source power of the Flame of Void.
Huo Ling'er had once absorbed the flame of Yanxu. Although the flame was too thin to unleash her ultimate move, with this trace of Yanxu power, she could now absorb the power of the Divine Lotus and not be rejected.
"You stay here and absorb it slowly. Don't rush. I'll go check on the lotus flower." Long Chen reminded Huo Ling'er, then quietly approached the huge black lotus above his head.
The Yanxu Divine Lotus was enormous. Just one lotus flower alone spanned millions of miles, practically a world. Long Chen was insignificant before it, even less than an ant.
Perhaps because of this, when Long Chen approached the lotus, the Yanxu Divine Lotus showed no unusual movement. The lotus did not bloom but instead appeared as a huge bud.
Long Chen felt the world-shattering power on the petals, secretly shocked. This Flame Void Divine Lotus was truly terrifying; it was the first time he had seen such a formidable being.
However, what puzzled Long Chen was that on the Flame Void Divine Lotus, he sensed a familiar aura. Suddenly, the image of the Demon-Eyed Water Lily appeared in his mind.
"Could there be some connection between them?" Long Chen became somewhat surprised and uncertain.
When Long Chen climbed onto the petals and tried to slip into the stamens along the gaps, countless chains of order appeared between the petals.
"Boom!"
As Long Chen approached the Chain of Order, a violent force sent him flying. His blood and energy surged, stars flashed before his eyes, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Not allowed in?"
Long Chen was startled—there was a barrier here.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Long Chen. He opened his large hand, and several lotus seeds appeared in his palm. These seeds were the seeds of the Demon-Eyed Water Lily.
"Whoosh"
Long Chen threw out the lotus seeds of the Demon-Eyed Water Lily. When the seeds hit the barrier ahead, they actually started to burn, and then the barrier started to loosen.
"There's a door!"
Long Chen was both surprised and delighted. When he approached the barrier again, the place where the lotus seeds had burned had already softened. Long Chen could actually approach slowly without being knocked away.
"They really are of the same origin!" This once again confirmed Long Chen's suspicion.
"Whoosh"
Long Chen took out more lotus seeds, burning them at the cost of burning them, and began burning a passage through the barrier for himself to pass through.
However, the barrier was too thick. Fortunately, there were plenty of demon-eyed water lilies in Long Chen's chaotic space, and the lotus seeds were endless.
Soon, Long Chen passed through the barrier between the two petals and entered. Inside, he found that the Yan Xu power here was even purer, so he hurriedly summoned Huo Ling'er inside.
Upon entering the lotus, Long Chen noticed that on Huo Ling'er's smooth, jade-like cheeks, there were actually streaks of black markings, which looked rather frightening.
However, Long Chen knew this was Huo Ling'er's normal behavior after absorbing the power of Yanxu, and here, she could absorb even more and purer Yanxu power.
Long Chen continued forward, and soon another barrier appeared ahead. He continued to use the lotus seeds of the Demon-Eyed Water Lily to clear the way.
At the same time, Long Chen asked the Qiankun Cauldron. Through the cauldron, he learned that the Black Lotus of the World originally belonged to the same sect, and the Demon-Eyed Water Lily was a branch under the Yanxu Divine Lotus. Therefore, burning the lotus seeds could make the lotus let down its guard.
Long Chen passed through nine barriers in succession, and his vision suddenly opened up—a world of red before him.
It was a red flower stamen, and within it, a figure lay inside. When Long Chen saw that figure, his eyes nearly popped out.