novelhk Chapter 83 Nesting
Chapter 83 Nesting
The Protector Lu, who had been pulled out of the water, was noticeably more docile. Yun Congxin looked at the listless Protector Lu and said with a smile, "Now, I'll ask the questions, and you'll answer them."
"The people on the other side are also interrogating Han Feng. I hope your stories are consistent, so that it will save everyone trouble." A cold glint flashed in Yun Congxin's eyes. "But if there is any discrepancy, then Protector Lu will have to taste the bitterness of the Fallen Heart Flame once more."
Upon hearing this, Protector Lu was utterly terrified: "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. I will definitely tell the truth and speak without reservation."
"That's for the best. Let me ask you first, which Celestial Venerable was alerted when Han Feng reported the news of the Medicine Venerable?"
"How do you know... No, no, no, I'll tell you, I'll tell you. It was the Eighth Heavenly Venerable. The Eighth Heavenly Venerable personally intervened in this matter and sent one of his subordinate elders to capture Yao Chen."
Eight Heavenly Venerables, Imprisoned Land?
Yun Congxin frowned. He originally thought that the so-called Heavenly Venerable was at most someone like Mu Gu Laoren or Zhai Xing Lao Gui, and that the Venerable Elder sent by him should only be a one-star Dou Zun.
Now it seems I oversimplified things. Yun Congxin remembers that when the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables joined forces, they could fight against the peak Medicine Venerable, a Nine-Turn Battle Venerable.
Could this powerful figure be a Dou Zun of what level?
"And who is this distinguished elder who has arrived?"
"I have no idea..."
"Don't know?" Yun Congxin grabbed the soul of the Protector of Slaughter and was about to throw him back in to experience another hundred draws.
"I really don't know! We wouldn't be informed which elder was sent! I only know that the official who sent me said that the elder would arrive when the strange fire erupts. Presumably, Han Feng reported a relatively accurate time, and the elder will arrive at that time..."
"So, does that mean you're saying the soldiers don't know their generals, and the generals don't know their soldiers?" Yun Congxin thought for a moment, then asked, "Then how does he confirm who's on this mission?"
Protector Lu gave a wry smile: "My lord, you are unaware of this. There is no rule in the Soul Palace that tasks are assigned without interference. Even if the Venerable Elder cannot find me, he can simply summon the nearest Protector Soul Envoys without needing to worry about whether they have tasks to perform. Therefore, the Venerable Elder does not care about me at all; he only needs to find Han Feng."
"Han Feng? Has he become so famous that even the elders of the Soul Hall know him?" Yun Congxin continued to ask, "Han Feng is disfigured, so how did you find him?"
"Han Feng isn't famous in the palace, but everyone knows about his strange fire. So we rely on the strange fire to find people, and the one with the Sea Heart Flame is Han Feng."
"So that's how it is..." Yun Congxin got all the answers he wanted. He put the soul of the Protector back into the jade bottle and handed it to Elder Qian.
"Elder Qian, I'd like to go in." After Elder Qian put the jade bottle back into his storage ring, Yun Congxin pointed to the seal and said.
Elder Qian hadn't expected such a request. He frowned and asked, "Mr. Yun, that beast is not easy to deal with; it's extremely dangerous inside."
"Don't worry, Elder Qian, I'm not after the Fallen Heart Flame," Yun Congxin said with a smile. "I want to enter the magma to confirm some things."
"Do you need me to come with you?"
Yun Congxin thought for a moment, then shook his head and declined Elder Qian's offer: "Please release your aura to guide me. I will return immediately if there is any unusual activity."
He couldn't explain to Elder Qian how he knew there was a mysterious race capable of fighting at the bottom of the magma, as well as the soul and storage ring of another Battle Venerable.
But if he didn't personally verify it and enhance the strength of the mysterious race beneath the magma, he was truly afraid that his plan to lure them into a trap would backfire.
If, by then, the Heavenly Flame Venerable's storage ring has already been found by the Elder of the Soul Hall, and the mysterious race beneath the magma is still slowly reinforcing its forces, allowing him to escape, then everything will be over...
"I hope Mr. Guhe on the other side can successfully devour the Sea Heart Flame, otherwise the credibility of this play will be greatly reduced..." Yun Congxin patted his face to cheer himself up.
He enveloped his entire body with powerful battle aura, then squeezed through the gap in the seal opened by Elder Qian and plunged headfirst into the magma.
The powerful wind-attribute battle aura parted the surging magma, and the clouds descended from the heart.
As far as the eye could see, there was only endless red lava, and the surrounding temperature was so high that it could almost ignite battle qi. Fortunately, Yun Congxin had the strength of a Dou Zong. With the pressure and heat of this lava, if it were a Dou Huang whose battle qi was not strong, their protective battle qi would probably have been ignited by the lava long ago.
Yun Congxin turned around and sensed that Elder Qian was releasing the aura of a peak Dou Zong outside the seal without reservation, like a bright lighthouse illuminating Yun Congxin's way out.
With no more worries, he continued to descend. The magma around him had changed from bright orange-red to dark red, and its temperature and pressure were becoming increasingly astonishing.
Yun Congxin slowed her descent, afraid that a sudden, forceful dive would ignite her protective battle aura, which would be disastrous...
After diving for a long time, Yun Congxin was not as lucky as Xiao Yan in finding the young flame of the fallen Heart Flame and the storage ring of the Heavenly Flame Venerable. Instead, he encountered the mysterious magma creature ahead of time.
A gust of high-temperature wind howled, cleaving through the thick, dark red magma, and rushed straight towards Yun Congxin!
Yun Congxin's pupils contracted, and he quickly turned around and whispered, "Great Compassion Wind-Tearing Hand!"
The enormous cyan palm collided with the powerful gust of wind, and the violent explosion briefly created a vacuum in the magma world.
Yun Congxin looked up and saw a standing lizard slowly emerge from the dark red volley. Its body was covered in scales, and the lava slid down the scales without touching them at all.
"A five-star Dou Huang..." Yun Congxin's face showed surprise. Although he had not been able to find Venerable Tianhuo and the Fallen Heart Flame Young Flame, finding this group of lizardmen was enough to achieve his goal.
He had absolutely no intention of fighting them; instead, he turned and ran without any hesitation.
However, Yun Congxin still needed to use wind-attribute battle qi to part the magma, while the magma creature could move around in the magma with ease.
Before long, it caught up with Yun Congxin with the strength of a five-star Dou Huang!
The monster opened its mouth and spat out fireballs, seemingly having no intention of letting Yun Congxin leave.
Yun Congxin was furious. He had fled because he was afraid of being surrounded and attracting those powerful figures. And yet, a mere five-star Dou Huang dared to take advantage of him and act so arrogantly!
"Since you're courting death, then I'll grant your wish!"
The wind-swirling energy above Yun Congxin's head began to spin rapidly and quickly coalesced into an unstoppable azure sword.
As he pointed his finger like a knife at the five-star Dou Huang, the cyan sword immediately roared out, cutting through the thick magma and heading straight for the lizardman's head!
Without even having time to search for the fire pearl in the lizardman's corpse, Yun Congxin rushed towards the direction of Qianlao without stopping.
He sensed that swarms of lizardmen were closing in from behind...