CHAPTER 925: CHAPTER 911 RED HEART FLOWING FLAME

Hearing the voice, Ye Zhen looked up and saw the signature red hair, realizing who had caught him here.

The mysterious Upper Realm Envoy invited by the Longevity Sect, Pei Wei!

Ye Zhen’s figure suddenly halted, and a layer of Xuan Fire Spirit Armor, formed from Earth Vein Heavenly Fire, covered him entirely.

However, Pei Wei, who was hovering above Ye Zhen, showed no intention of moving, only looked at Ye Zhen with a cat-and-mouse gaze, a mocking smile on his face.

"May I ask how you managed to catch me precisely? Surely it’s not a coincidence?" Seeing the other had no intention of acting immediately, Ye Zhen did not hurry to escape but instead voiced his doubt.

This point Ye Zhen truly couldn’t understand.

He was traveling through the underground, at least over ten meters deep, invisible and trackless. Most importantly, Ye Zhen’s emergence was spur-of-the-moment, just as he wished. How did the other manage to catch him so accurately?

"Humph, yours is just the most inferior Earth Escape Technique, a mere track of Earth Vein waves. In this young master’s eyes, your Earth Escape Technique is no more stealthy than a thief walking in broad daylight.

Only in this remote True Profound Continent can you succeed repeatedly and act as you please. Were you in our place, humph, you wouldn’t even know how you died!"

Said Pei Wei, casting a rather admiring glance at Ye Zhen, "However, it’s quite impressive that a youngster like you, with only the Fourth Stage of Vein Forging Realm in cultivation, managed to learn such an Earth Escape Technique, and even more remarkable is that your Divine Soul Power matches that of a Fifth and Sixth Stage King.

This young master’s side happens to lack a suitable attendant, just you, release your Divine Soul!"

Pei Wei’s words were full of arrogance, sounding as though letting Ye Zhen surrender his Divine Soul to him was a kind of gift to Ye Zhen.

Upon hearing, Ye Zhen chuckled lightly, amidst the laughter, his figure suddenly descended rapidly, quickly heading back to the ground.

"Dream on!" he scornfully shouted while swiftly descending.

Pei Wei’s aura was ethereal, and even in his Sword Heart Enlightenment state, Ye Zhen could not precisely sense Pei Wei’s specific cultivation.

However, Ye Zhen’s Sword Heart Enlightenment instinctively sensed a hint of extreme danger from this man, a feeling only experienced when facing Yan Wuji.

In other words, this red-haired youth, Pei Wei, at the very least had the cultivation of a Ninth Stage Establishment King, or even higher.

Having made this judgment, Ye Zhen wasn’t foolish enough to fight head-on with such a fearsome being; it would be akin to courting death.

Not to mention, the fact that he could easily track Ye Zhen in the underground was a clear testament.

Ye Zhen’s primary reaction was to escape, avoiding direct confrontation with this person.

Nevertheless, even escaping requires a strategy.

This Pei Wei had extraordinary cultivation; Ye Zhen would be foolish to compete in speed with him. At least with Ninth Stage Establishment level, his speed wouldn’t be too far from lightning-fast.

So Ye Zhen’s chosen method to retreat remained the underground Earth Escape!

The reason for choosing Earth Escape was based on two judgments.

The chances were high that this red-haired youth wouldn’t use Earth Escape. If he could, he would have already entered the ground to capture him instead of pursuing overhead for so long.

One can imagine that even if he could discern Ye Zhen’s Earth Escape direction based on Earth Vein fluctuations, it wouldn’t be an effortless task.

Secondly, that person had previously mentioned dealing with methods designed for ground moles, somewhat implying that Pei Wei wouldn’t use Earth Escape.

As for Pei Wei’s method of striking Ye Zhen from underground, perhaps he had one, but Ye Zhen doubted it would reach him if he went hundreds of meters deep.

The thick soil layer would undoubtedly serve as a natural shield.

This was why Ye Zhen ultimately opted for Earth Escape as the safest retreat.

"Humph, courting death!"

Seeing Ye Zhen run away, Pei Wei snorted coldly, his figure slightly moved, rapidly rushing toward Ye Zhen, speed likened to thunderbolt, closing in within a thousand meters in a flash, surprising Ye Zhen greatly.

Almost at the same time, a pair of fiery hands suddenly reached out from behind, attempting to capture Ye Zhen alive!

At that instant, Ye Zhen suddenly turned back, unleashing a strange smile at the rapidly pursuing Pei Wei.

With a flick of his wrist, a fiery-red, spiral-patterned crystal-clear Fire Drill shot forth from Ye Zhen’s fingertips, spiraling at high speed towards Pei Wei.

This was the Xuan Fire Drill Ye Zhen had recently acquired and had never shown before, now used for the first time against such a formidable enemy as Pei Wei.

Moreover, due to the overwhelming aura radiated by Pei Wei, Ye Zhen’s first attack was the strongest, the Three Formation Profound Fire Drill.

However, the Three Formation Profound Fire Drill had a drawback; from formation to release, it only lasted a moment, unable to hit the opponent within this time, it would implode.

Under normal circumstances, a moment would suffice, yet this Three Formation Profound Fire Drill, from formation to release, consumed valuable time.

And at present, Pei Wei was still nearly a thousand meters away, under such conditions, perhaps it will explode before reaching Pei Wei.

Thus, at the instant of releasing the Three Formation Profound Fire Drill, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense sharply submerged into the Essence Spirit Pearl of the Silver-horned Rhinoceros King inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

Geomagnetic Field!

Instantly, as Pei Wei rapidly pursued Ye Zhen, his expression shifted slightly. Originally his speed was fast enough, but an overwhelming suction force emerged, accelerating his pursuit speed even further, covering four to five hundred meters in an instant.

Then, Ye Zhen saw the Xuan Fire Drill he had just unleashed heading straight towards him.

At the moment he saw the Xuan Fire Drill, Pei Wei’s expression was slightly astonished, then became somewhat serious. With his divine sense, he naturally sensed the terrifying power contained within the Xuan Fire Drill.

"Heavenly Fire? It’s actually Heavenly Fire?"

He did not expect that someone like Ye Zhen could unleash such a powerful attack, an attack that he could no longer outright ignore.

But it was just barely enough for him not to ignore it entirely!

With a casual wave, he sent out a ball of flame with a mix of red and pink, meeting the Xuan Fire Drill head-on.

In his view, although the Xuan Fire Drill that Ye Zhen unleashed was formed from Heavenly Fire and forced him to act, it was still something he could casually dismiss.

But in the next instant, an inconceivable scene occurred.

Pei Wei was shocked to find that the Red Heart Flowing Flame he had just casually waved to block the Xuan Fire Drill unexpectedly veered off like it was haunted.

That’s right, it veered off and missed!

Brushing past the Xuan Fire Drill!

Then, Pei Wei’s eyes widened suddenly, watching helplessly as the Xuan Fire Drill hammered into his body without any obstruction!

This unexpected occurrence happened too suddenly, allowing the Xuan Fire Drill that couldn’t possibly hit him to directly strike his flesh, making Pei Wei’s expression extremely unsightly.

However, despite this, Pei Wei did not take it to heart. He could sense that the grade of the fire forming the Xuan Fire Drill was two grades lower than his Red Heart Flowing Flame.

Given his cultivation, this Xuan Fire Drill would cause him harm, but the damage was very limited.

At most, it would just scorch a bit of skin, causing only minor external injuries!

So, even though he couldn’t avoid being struck, Pei Wei still didn’t take this Xuan Fire Drill seriously.

However, when the Xuan Fire Drill started to explode upon contact with the red spirit armor on Pei Wei’s body, the aura fully unleashed by the internal Explosion Formation made Pei Wei’s expression as bitter as eating a fly!

"Damn, where did such a sinister hand..."

The rest of the words couldn’t be spoken, as Pei Wei was already completely engulfed by the fierce flames of the exploding three Formation Xuan Fire Drill.

Those terrifying flames transformed into a giant rice ball with a circumference exceeding a hundred meters, instantly heating the previously chilly early winter air to an unbearable degree.

The blazing light directly illuminated half of Qinglan Martial City!

The sheer power of it was so terrifying, even Ye Zhen himself probably didn’t know!

This is the formidable aspect of the Xuan Fire Drill.

Upon initial contact, one could only sense the power of the Earth Vein Heavenly Fire forming the Xuan Fire Drill, but once it explodes and the internal three Explosion Formations erupt, it enhances the power of the Earth Vein Heavenly Fire by at least threefold.

Only those who experience it know how exhilarating it is!

Moreover, this is just the preliminary version of the Xuan Fire Drill!

In the future, as Ye Zhen’s cultivation and artifact refining skills improve, more formations can be temporarily inscribed within the Xuan Fire Drill.

For example, the Swift Wind Formation to increase speed, or a more advanced Body-Splitting Formation, etc.

Below, Ye Zhen let out a sigh of relief and without any pause, directly escaped into the earth over ten meters deep, before releasing his divine sense to inspect the giant fireball in the void.

Don’t be fooled by how Ye Zhen easily hit Pei Wei with a single Xuan Fire Drill, since this one Xuan Fire Drill was executed with several trump cards in combination.

The geomagnetic field isn’t worth mentioning; it was Ye Zhen’s use of the innate fire control ability of the Water Clear Fire Sacrifice’s Essence Spirit Pearl, which altered the trajectory of Pei Wei’s Red Heart Flowing Flame.

Unfortunately, Pei Wei’s divine soul cultivation is exceedingly powerful, far stronger than Ye Zhen’s, so when Ye Zhen was using the fire control ability of the Water Clear Fire Sacrifice, he could only let Pei Wei’s casually thrown Red Heart Flowing Flame veer off instead of redirecting it back at Pei Wei himself.

Of course, if Ye Zhen could fully control the Red Heart Flowing Flame with his fire control ability, he definitely wouldn’t use it to attack Pei Wei.

Instead, he would seize a wisp of the Red Heart Flowing Flame to study it!

The Impermanence Mysterious Fire Scripture, this ancient cultivation technique, is strongest in its ability to enhance the quality of the Xuan Fire Spiritual Power by condensing high level fire seeds.

The fire seed within Ye Zhen’s Xuan Fire Spirit Vein right now is the Earth Vein Heavenly Fire Seed, and the strongest power unleashed by the Xuan Fire Spiritual Power is the Earth Vein Heavenly Fire.

If Ye Zhen could find even stronger flames, such as Heavenly Level High Grade or even Spirit Tier flames, and condense them into flame seeds, then the power of the Xuan Fire Spiritual Power could be further enhanced.

Just a moment ago, when Ye Zhen briefly affected Pei Wei’s Red Heart Flowing Flame with his fire control ability, he unexpectedly discovered that Pei Wei’s Red Heart Flowing Flame was actually Heavenly Level High Grade flame!

If Ye Zhen could acquire enough Red Heart Flowing Flame, he might be able to condense a Red Heart Flowing Flame Seed, keeping his cultivation level unchanged but wildly increasing his combat power!

"Ah! Bastard!"

And just at that moment, the fiery sphere in the sky suddenly shattered into pieces, and Pei Wei’s screams immediately resonated!