Chapter 84: Chapter 84: Underground Cave

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    The Amethyst Winged Lion King''s eyes narrowed slightly. The fact that Xiao Yan had managed to escape from the claws of the Rank 3 Little Lion King earlier had already proven that his strength was definitely not as simple as that of an ordinary Dou Master.

    It was just a matter of not knowing the extent of his limits.

    ''The land here is all dead.'' Xiao Yan walked into the Beast Tomb. Even after three hundred years, not a single blade of grass had grown, and the soil was utterly lifeless.

    One could imagine how fiercely that battle had been fought.

    Xiao Yan followed behind the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and just as the Lion King had said,

    it absolutely would not intervene. If not for the Body Transformation Pill, the Amethyst Winged Lion King would never have cooperated with a human.

    Or rather, the magical beasts of the entire Magic Beast Mountain Range had no goodwill toward humans whatsoever.

    Meow! (*)

    Mao Wu seemed to have entered an all-you-can-eat buffet as it plunged a claw into a ghostly figure''s body. The Nihility Devouring Flame erupted, and in an instant, the ghostly figures born from the resentment of those who had tragically died in the war were devoured by the black flames and reduced to nothingness.

    Not to mention the ghostly figures of mere Dou Master and Dou Grandmaster, even a Dou Spirit ghostly figure with a human-like appearance could not escape the devouring power of the Nihility Devouring Flame.

    The more the Amethyst Winged Lion King observed, the more solemn it became. It had guessed that Xiao Yan must have his own trump card to dare enter the Beast Tomb after hearing about the dangers. However, it hadn''t expected this trump card to be so fierce!

    ''That black flame is no ordinary flame.''

    What puzzled the Amethyst Winged Lion King was that the black flame had clearly been very weak. Its temperature was even lower than the Little Lion King''s Amethyst Flame when it first saw the flame in the cave. Although it had grown somewhat now, it was still only equivalent to the Little Lion King''s Amethyst Flame.

    Yet, it possessed an extremely terrifying devouring ability. Those troublesome ghostly figures, once touched by even a bit of the black flame, could hardly escape the fate of being incinerated completely.

    It should be known that even the Rank 6 Amethyst Winged Lion King was unwilling to enter the Beast Tomb precisely because these ghostly figures were extremely difficult to deal with. Once they attached themselves to someone, they would inflict excruciating pain on the soul, causing a flood of painful memories to invade the mind.

    If one accumulated too many of these memories over time, one could lose their sense of self and become someone else entirely.

    Finally, Xiao Yan arrived at a massive chasm under the guidance of the Amethyst Winged Lion King. This area was once a vast expanse of land, but during the battle of the Dou Ancestors three hundred years ago, it had been shattered, forming a colossal fissure in the ground.

    Gazing into the distance, the fissure seemed bottomless, resembling an unfathomably deep abyss that stretched for ten miles. The sight of it sent shivers down the spine of anyone who looked upon it.

    From the barren, lifeless landscape above, Xiao Yan had initially assumed that the underground would be an equally perilous and desolate realm. To his surprise, it turned out to be a hidden cache of treasures!

    The birthplace of a Heavenly Flame naturally tended to produce various rare treasures. Although this was not the place where the Ten Thousand Beast Flame was born, its presence here for the past three hundred years had nourished the area, making it more conducive to the growth of precious ingredients.

    Over the past three centuries, numerous magical beasts had ventured into this underground realm in search of the Ten Thousand Beast Flame, hoping to temper their bodies and break through their bloodline limitations. These magical beasts often carried seeds of medicinal herbs on their bodies, which took root and flourished in this environment. Coupled with the presence of the Ten Thousand Beast Flame, this place became a trove of rare treasures and

    exotic herbs.

    For a moment, Xiao Yan was so excited he felt like digging up every inch of soil here.

    However, just as he was humming a tune, immersed in the joy of his bountiful harvest, a dark figure suddenly and silently emerged from the soil behind him!

    A venomous snake only as thick as an arm abruptly burst forth, its sharp fangs bared as it lunged toward the back of his neck.

    "A mere Rank 2 magical beast dares to ambush me?!" Xiao Yan sneered and turned around, his five fingers forming a claw as he grasped the snake''s vital point. Black flames instantly erupted from his palm, the terrifyingly high temperature reducing the Rank 2 venomous

    snake to charcoal.

    His Spiritual Strength was already on par with a peak 4th-tier alchemist. Ambushing him was no easy task. Moreover, as an alchemist himself, he knew that magical beasts were sure to be present where heavenly treasures existed.

    This was especially true in the deepest reaches of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where the existence of numerous magical beasts was a certainty.

    "This way." The Amethyst Winged Lion King merely gave a cursory glance before calmly

    stating those words and heading toward the left.

    These minor threats were nothing more than child''s play; the true perils still lay ahead.

    Little did Xiao Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King know that at the other end of the Beast Tomb''s chasm, two figures had quietly leaped in...

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