binnovel Chapter 922 Flame Lord
Chapter 922 Flame Lord
Seeing Lin Qingtan and Jiang Yinyin each take two Life-Giving Profound Spirit Fruits and carefully put away their treasures, a faint smile flashed across Xiao Ling's eyes.
He stepped forward slowly and whispered to the two women, "Wait here on the shore for a moment, and don't go far. I'm going into the lake, it won't take too long."
The two girls obediently nodded and stood quietly by the lake as instructed.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Ling did not hesitate any longer. He suddenly leaped into the air, his movements graceful and agile, transforming into a light black shadow as he plunged straight into the clear blue pool in the center of the lake below.
Ripples spread gently across the lake's surface before returning to calm, leaving only wisps of ethereal light lingering on its surface.
From the outside, the Xuanling Mountain Lake area appears vast and expansive, but only by truly diving into the deep waters can one realize that what is seen on the surface is merely a small part of the iceberg.
Deep within the lake lies an endless, dark and gloomy expanse. The heavy darkness swallows all light and shadow, like the gaping maw of a giant beast, exuding a deathly stillness and eeriness originating from the abyss beneath the earth, sending a chill down one's spine.
The entire lake was eerily silent. The vast expanse of water was completely empty, without a trace of life. Not to mention fish or aquatic beasts, not even the slightest sign of life could be detected.
This completely desolate scene is in stark contrast to the magnificent view of the lake brimming with spiritual energy and the birth of the sacred tree, revealing something strange and mysterious everywhere.
Xiao Ling's purpose in diving into the lake was to explore the hidden mysteries.
His figure moved swiftly across the lake, covering thousands of miles in an instant, and he arrived at the bottom of the lake in the blink of an eye.
The moment they landed, a sea of crimson suddenly filled their eyes.
The entire lakebed is not filled with silt and rocks, but instead stretches to the horizon with scorching lava.
The crimson lava, like a fiery carpet stretching for thousands of miles, lies silently beneath the deep water. Bubbles constantly rise and surge from the magma, and the scalding flames spread wildly, scorching the surrounding cold lake water until it steams and boils.
The violent forces of water and fire, opposing each other, clashed and intertwined at the bottom of the lake, yet strangely maintained a balance.
Xiao Ling moved with ease, his Yuan energy gently surging around him, easily isolating him from the scalding waters and directly penetrating this lava-filled waterway to reach the deepest secret realm at the bottom of the lake.
This place is an ancient, open area isolated from the lake and lava, without a drop of water mist or flames disturbing it.
The flat, reddish rocks are scattered to form a giant stone plaza. The stone patterns are ancient and mottled, and after countless years of sedimentation, they exude a vast and profound ancient charm.
In the very center of the square sits a natural stone pool, several tens of feet in diameter.
In the center of the pool, crimson magma surged and flowed endlessly, its scorching heat radiating outwards.
In the very center of this raging, scorching lava, countless tiny, glistening, emerald-green specks of light are constantly rising and drifting out from the depths of the magma.
Specks of green light floated about a foot above the magma, slowly gathering and swirling, eventually condensing into a palm-sized, translucent emerald-green liquid that quietly floated and swirled in the air.
An indescribable, boundless vitality burst forth from this turquoise liquid, the purest life force sweeping across the entire ancient land, forcefully neutralizing the violent heat of the magma, filling this gloomy underwater secret realm with a warm and vast aura of life, even making the surrounding void come alive.
Xiao Ling's gaze narrowed slightly, and he immediately recognized the treasure floating in the magma as the Earth Core Spirit Essence.
This item is a rare treasure, immensely beneficial to cultivators in the Life Profound Realm. Even those at the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm regard it as a precious opportunity that is hard to come by. With Xiao Ling's current cultivation level, he naturally no longer needs spiritual objects of this caliber. However, preserving this vast and pure treasure of life force can be a perfect gift for his disciples in the future, serving as an excellent foundation for their Foundation Establishment and Breakthrough Realms.
He slowly stepped forward, intending to collect the life-giving essence from the center of the pool.
But the moment he approached the stone pool, the entire plaza suddenly burst forth with spiritual light, and countless crimson lines intertwined, instantly outlining an ancient and vast sealing array.
The array patterns blazed brightly, and the violent array power suddenly awakened. A highly condensed crimson beam of light tore through the void, carrying a majestic power that could suppress all things, and slammed into Xiao Ling's body!
However, facing this array's killing power, which was enough to severely injure an ordinary cultivator at the Life Profound Realm, Xiao Ling remained calm and composed, his figure standing still. When the light dissipated, his clothes were as neat as ever, without even the slightest wrinkle or tear. Such a terrifying array attack had failed to shake him in the slightest.
Ignoring the fading light, Xiao Ling raised his hand and gently grasped the lustrous and pure essence of the earth's core, carefully collecting and sealing it away.
Having done all this, he moved and stepped into the heart of the scalding lava pool. His Yuan energy flowed through his body, penetrating the blazing lava and entering another independent space hidden beneath the pool.
Upon entering, a desolate and gloomy scene came into view.
"This is the Demon Suppression Prison? It's quite interesting."
Xiao Ling glanced at them lightly and gave a low, indifferent comment.
Before me stretched an endless, pitch-black expanse, dark and lifeless, like an eternal night that had never known the dawn. The deep darkness seeped into my very bones, exuding a chilling aura that suppressed eternity and imprisoned all evil.
This crisscrossing river of lava is far more than just ordinary underground lava.
The countless rivers of fire are interconnected and echo each other, concealing profound array principles, and together they have constructed an unparalleled sealing array with a terrifying territory and a coverage area of 100,000 zhang!
The killing and imprisoning power of this formation is terrifying. Even top experts who have stepped into the Death Profound Realm would have no chance of escaping if they accidentally fell into it, and would only perish. Even great powers in the Reincarnation Realm would be crushed and suppressed by the endless fire formation if trapped in this supreme formation left behind by the Flame Lord, leaving them in a sorry state with no way to escape.
Xiao Ling's eyes flickered slightly, and a thought quietly crossed his mind. He traced the endless rivers of lava fire, scanning the entire dark sky with his ultimate divine soul power. After a moment of investigation, he finally understood the pattern—the thousands of rivers of fire that ran through the Demon Suppression Prison ultimately converged and merged in the same place.
The Land of Fire River Returns to Ruins is a vast, enormous lava lake, thousands of feet wide.
The lake water was extremely hot, crimson lava, with bubbling bubbles constantly surging and bursting from the bottom, the terrifying temperature steaming in all directions, the heat waves scorching the sky and eroding the earth. Such terrifying heat was enough to instantly incinerate a powerful cultivator at the Life Profound Realm, leaving not even a soul intact.
Xiao Ling's gaze pierced through the churning lava lake surface, landing directly on the very center of the lake, and his eyes suddenly sharpened.
In the very center of the scalding lava, a crimson stone coffin floated silently.
The stone coffin was translucent and crimson, its texture as if forged from fire crystals tempered for millennia. It was warm and exuded an extremely heavy ancient aura, floating steadily on the raging lava, completely undisturbed by the surrounding flames. The stone coffin was open and its interior was clearly visible.
Bathed in the crimson light of flowing lava, a tall and slender figure lay quietly in the coffin.
He was a tall, slender man with his eyes closed, long eyelashes gazing at the ground, and an exceptionally handsome face.
Even after endless years of silence, lying here quietly, a supreme and unyielding majesty still lingers between his brows, calm and vast, awe-inspiring and captivating. A head of fiery red hair spreads out inside the coffin, the strands like leaping flames, with faint flickering flames, ever-burning.
In the dark sky, vast rivers of lava flowed silently, their crimson flames tearing through the deep darkness.
Countless fiery rivers crisscrossed and stretched endlessly, forming a vast and intricate network that traversed the entire territory of the Demon Suppression Prison.
Xiao Ling stood high in the void, looking down at the thousands of fiery rivers below. Those surging torrents of lava were like ancient fire dragons lurking in the darkness, silent and vast, awe-inspiring for eternity.
This place is the infamous Demon Suppression Prison of the Tianxuan Continent!
In ancient times, the Ancestor of Symbols led the powerful beings of the heavens to conquer the alien demons, capturing and suppressing countless vicious alien demons here.
As time passed, the powerful beings of the Fu Ancestor lineage always used their supreme power to imprison and wear down the remaining evil power of the alien demons, preventing the calamities from beyond the realm from returning to the world.
Since ancient times, the Tianxuan Continent has had three Demon-Suppressing Prisons, each guarded and suppressed by eight ancient masters.
One of them was suppressed by the Lord of Life and Death, but now the Lord of Life and Death has become Xiao Ling's little follower. The power of the Demon Suppression Prison has gradually weakened, and most of the barriers have been damaged. It is no longer what it used to be.
The remaining two are guarded by the Lord of Flame and the Lord of Darkness respectively. Over the years, the seals have remained secure and have never had any major flaws.
Judging from the sealing techniques and ancient array of the blazing fire channels, this Demon Suppression Prison before us, with its crisscrossing rivers of fire and raging flames, is undoubtedly the Demon Suppression Prison personally overseen by the ancient Flame Lord.
Xiao Ling gazed at the crimson-haired man lying quietly in the stone coffin, her eyebrows slightly raised, a faint blush on her lips, as she softly murmured to herself.
"I suppose this must be the ancient Flame Lord."
His gaze swept over the other man's innate supreme demeanor and awe-inspiring majesty, his tone calm and composed, carrying a hint of detached judgment:
"His demeanor and character are indeed outstanding, worthy of being one of the eight ancient masters."
wow-
Suddenly, the silent, endless dark sky was suddenly filled with an eerie tremor.
The space, silent for millennia, suddenly trembled. A dull, grating sound of chains grinding together abruptly shattered the stillness. The clanging of the chains echoed throughout the Demon Suppression Prison, exuding an eerie and ancient aura of confinement.
Immediately following, the entire dark world shook and trembled violently, the void folds twisted and turned, as if the entire prison domain was about to collapse and overturn!
Roar--!
A strange, piercing shriek, powerful enough to tear apart the soul and pierce the eardrums, suddenly exploded from the deepest part of the darkness!
The howl was shrill and violent, carrying endless extraterrestrial evil spirits, causing the surrounding magma rivers to surge violently. Dark waves writhed and churned wildly, converging layer upon layer, while obscure black mist rolled like demons, blotting out the sky and the sun.
The next moment!
A gigantic, pitch-black hand, spanning countless realms and measuring tens of thousands of feet in size, suddenly tore through the thick, dark void. The palm wind, carrying overwhelming ferocity and the power of annihilation, with a terrifying force capable of crushing everything, fiercely grabbed towards the crimson stone coffin in the center of the magma array!
Its power was overwhelming, as if it wanted to crush the stone coffin in one fell swoop and take away the remains of the Flame Lord who had been silent for thousands of years inside!
boom!
At the critical moment, the Demon Suppression Prison's 100,000-foot-long Flame Array suddenly went berserk!
The crisscrossing rivers of lava suddenly surged and roared, the entire fiery river soaring and churning, whipping up towering, crimson waves of lava.
The roars, like the cries of dragons, shook the heavens and the earth. Every wave of fire surged like an ancient fire dragon roaring across the sky, and the boundless and scorching power of the flames swept across the eight wastelands!
The vast array of power erupted, and layers of fiery barriers took shape, firmly blocking the lava lake and resisting the annihilating attack of the dark giant hand. The violent energy clash caused the entire void to tremble violently.
Splash!
The sky was suddenly filled with raging crimson flames, the entire magma array trembled violently, and countless torrents of lava rushed down from the fire channels in the sky, like crimson waterfalls cascading over the heavens.
As the lava flowed and dripped down, the secrets hidden deep within the great formation were finally revealed—
Beneath this massive, fiery array spanning ten thousand feet, countless jet-black chains, each a thousand feet thick, were suspended. The chains were entirely dark and deep, their surfaces engraved with layers upon layers of obscure and ancient demon-suppressing runes, each line imbued with the supreme Daoist essence of suppressing all evil from antiquity.
Scalding lava flowed rapidly down the heavy chains, instantly turning the pitch-black chains a fiery crimson. The scorching flames spread wildly along the chains' veins, and at the ends of these ancient demon-suppressing chains, they were all tightly bound and locked to that gigantic, dark hand!
Sizzle—!
Crimson flames scorched the pitch-black demonic hand, while billowing white mist surged skyward, carrying an overbearing power capable of annihilating evil and filth, frantically eroding the hand's body.
A shrill, eerie shriek erupted once more from the dark abyss, echoing throughout the entire Demon Suppression Prison!
The giant dark hand struggled violently, unleashing boundless dark and malevolent energy in an attempt to shatter the chains and break free from its restraints.
However, the Demon-Suppressing Chains left behind by the Flame Lord were unbreakable. Coupled with the scorching power of the magma array, they bound and suppressed it tightly. No matter how hard the demonic hand exerted its strength, it could not shake it in the slightest.
All struggles were in vain. The giant dark hand was ultimately powerless to break the deadlock and could only reluctantly and slowly retreat into the deepest, most silent darkness.
A low, guttural roar, filled with violence, resentment, and endless unwillingness, echoed for a long time throughout the void of the prison domain.
As the dark evil power receded, the turbulent and violent magma array gradually calmed down, and the surging lava river slowly returned to its place. The earth-shattering killing power of the moment had completely subsided, as if the dangerous confrontation had never happened.
The lava lake still steams quietly, its crimson flames flowing gently.
The crimson fire crystal coffin floating in the center of the lake remained intact, unaffected by the dramatic events that had just occurred.
The red-haired man lying peacefully in the coffin still had his eyes gently closed and his face serene. But at this moment, a flash of crimson light suddenly disappeared on his handsome face.
The long, slender fingers folded in front of him trembled slightly for a moment.
Then, inside the stone coffin, the eyes that had been tightly closed suddenly opened!
Two blazing, deep crimson eyes pierced through the layers of lava mist, locking onto Xiao Ling in the void with unparalleled precision.
His gaze was calm and majestic, carrying the supreme aura of the eight ancient masters, traversing endless space, and landing directly on Xiao Ling.
The next moment!
The churning crimson magma beneath their feet suddenly exploded, creating a fiery fissure that shot into the sky and raged with flames.
Before the void could even ripple with the slightest sign, a towering, peerless figure in fiery red appeared instantly before Xiao Ling, standing firmly in his place, atop a sky filled with blazing flames. (End of Chapter)