“It appears to be the divine beast, the Vermilion Bird!
You must have simulated it using some kind of technique, right?”
The muscular man stared at the Vermilion Bird devouring flames and asked.
“Yes,”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Once the Vermilion Bird appeared, Ye Yunfei immediately felt utterly relieved.
The raging sea of flames rolling towards him no longer had any effect on him.
The Giant Arm, with its formidable strength, treated the fire covering this planet as if it were nothing.
Before long, Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm landed on the planet’s surface.
Fiery waves surged towards them from all directions. The ground beneath their feet, baked by intense heat for years, had turned a reddish-brown hue, with hardly a blade of grass surviving. It was crisscrossed with cracks that spread across the land like a spider’s web.
After landing on the planet, the Vermilion Bird continued absorbing the fire-attribute energy contained within this celestial body.
“Where are the Flame Crystals?”
Ye Yunfei unleashed his Soul Power, extending his senses outwards in all directions.
His purpose in coming to this planet was to find Flame Crystals.
“Let’s walk around a bit.”
After sweeping the area with his Soul Power and finding no Flame Crystals, Ye Yunfei said to the Giant Arm.
Thus, Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm moved forward.
The surface of this planet was covered in raging flames everywhere.
A terrifying wave of heat assaulted their faces, seemingly intent on incinerating everything into nothingness.
After traveling for the better part of an hour…
Suddenly.
Roar!
A fierce beast appeared, resembling a lion, with flames constantly spewing from its entire body. It let out an ear-splitting roar, its eyes fixed on Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm.
“So, it’s a fire beast.”
Ye Yunfei looked at the beast and spoke up.
“Indeed, a fire beast,”
the Giant Arm also remarked.
They saw that the fire beast’s body seemed both illusory and solid, slightly distorted and somewhat eerie.
Moreover, this fire beast’s aura was perfectly concealed within the ever-burning flames surrounding it. Hence, despite the strength of Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm, they only noticed it when it actively leaped out.
Roar…
While Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm were sizing up the fire beast, it had already leaped forward, pouncing to attack.
Bam!
The Giant Arm extended a single finger and thrust it forward, shattering the fire beast on the spot.
Although the fire beast’s appearance was strange, its power wasn’t particularly strong, only equivalent to the Imperial Realm.
Such a level of strength naturally meant it could be crushed by a single finger from the Giant Arm.
Clink…
To Ye Yunfei’s delight, after the fire beast was shattered, four fiery red crystals fell to the ground.
“Flame Crystals!”
Ye Yunfei’s eyes lit up. He extended his palm and sucked, drawing the four fiery red crystals into his hand.
These four crystals were precisely the Flame Crystals he wished to collect!
“So, these fire beasts harbor Flame Crystals within their bodies. That simplifies things; all we need to do next is hunt fire beasts,”
Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
Ye Yunfei’s Soul Power immediately surged out, scanning far and wide, searching for traces of fire beasts.
“Did you come to this planet just to collect these crystals?
They contain dense fire-attribute energy.
It seems you’re collecting them to cultivate this Vermilion Bird of yours.”
The muscular man’s phantom figure emerged from within the Giant Arm, gazing at the fiery red crystals in Ye Yunfei’s palm as he asked.
“Yes.
These are Flame Crystals, a type of crystal that contains a vast amount of fire-attribute energy and laws.
They are extremely effective for cultivating fire-element techniques,”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
“There’s a fire beast over there!”
At that moment, Ye Yunfei’s expression suddenly shifted, and he immediately flashed towards the distance.
A moment later, a beast appeared ahead, stout like a fierce tiger, its towering body ablaze with raging flames.
The form of fire beasts was unstable, able to freely morph into various animal types!
Roar…
The fire beast, seeing Ye Yunfei charging over, immediately roared.
Boom!
Ye Yunfei punched, blasting the fire beast apart.
Another four Flame Crystals flew out from the shattered remains of the beast.
Ye Yunfei swept his sleeve, catching the four Flame Crystals.
“Indeed, every fire beast on this planet harbors Flame Crystals within!”
Ye Yunfei mused inwardly.
“How about this: let’s split up to hunt these fire beasts and collect Flame Crystals,”
the muscular man suggested to Ye Yunfei.
“That would be ideal,”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Thus, Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm went their separate ways, heading in different directions to hunt fire beasts.
Along the way, Ye Yunfei slew one fire beast after another, collecting more and more Flame Crystals.
Meanwhile, the Vermilion Bird kept following close beside Ye Yunfei, continuously absorbing the surrounding fire-attribute energy and laws.
The surface of this planet contained vast amounts of fire-attribute energy and laws, making it the perfect training ground for the Vermilion Bird.
Gradually, the Vermilion Bird’s strength began to rise steadily.
However, after most of a day, Ye Yunfei discovered that the number of fire beasts he encountered was starting to increase, and their strength seemed to be growing as well.
Previously, the fire beasts encountered were at the Primordial Soul Realm, Soul Formation Realm, and Imperial Realm.
Roar roar…
At one moment, over a dozen fire beasts suddenly surged from ahead—all of them at the Star Bridge Realm!
With Ye Yunfei’s current strength, defeating over a dozen Star Bridge Realm experts would be somewhat troublesome.
Unless he resorted to burning his Origin Essence Blood.
“I’ll have Wu Hua and Hong Bai come out to help.”
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment, then directly teleported Wu Hua and Hong Bai out.
“So hot!”
As soon as Wu Hua and Hong Bai appeared, their faces paled with shock.
Looking around, their surroundings were nothing but a sea of blazing flames.
Ye Yunfei willed it, and the Vermilion Bird released a powerful aura that enveloped both men.
Wu Hua and Hong Bai immediately relaxed all over; the rolling waves of heat no longer affected them much.
“Act immediately. Kill these fire beasts.”
Ye Yunfei pointed at the over a dozen Star Bridge Realm fire beasts and commanded Wu Hua and Hong Bai.
“Understood.”
Wu Hua and Hong Bai promptly attacked, unleashing their signature killing moves to blast towards the fire beasts ahead.
Protected by the Vermilion Bird, the surrounding flames had no effect on them, allowing them to exhibit their full combat strength.
Bang bang…
As Wu Hua and Hong Bai struck, the dozen-plus fire beasts ahead were all blasted apart within moments.
Flame Crystals littered the ground, amounting to several hundred pieces!
The stronger the fire beast, the more Flame Crystals it harbored within.
“Excellent!”
Ye Yunfei collected these Flame Crystals and proceeded forward with Wu Hua and Hong Bai, continuing the hunt for fire beasts.
At the same time.
Somewhere on this planet stood a humanoid fire beast.
This beast resembled a human in form, flames constantly rising from its body’s surface. Its two crimson eyes resembled dancing tongues of fire.
The humanoid fire beast’s gaze looked into the distance, fixing on Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm, anger appearing on its face.
Roar…
Suddenly, the humanoid fire beast roared at the heavens, its terrifying sound waves rolling outward.
Roar roar…
Subsequently, countless fire beasts heard the roar of this humanoid fire beast and joined in a deafening collective roar.
Then.
Boom boom…
Innumerable fire beasts emerged across the land, dense like a tide, charging towards Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm.
“We seem to have encountered a fire beast tide!”
Both Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm were startled.