Chapter 89: The Protagonist’s Opportunity

Long Feng finally released him. The disciple stumbled backward and quickly retreated.

But he ignored others angry gazes upon him and looked around.

’The Azure Heaven Sect’s disciple who fought them...’

He didn’t need to ask anymore. It was almost certainly Ye Wuxie. That guy really did have a habit of stumbling into unusual places.

Long Feng’s gaze became thoughtful.

’Since Ye Wuxie discovered this place, it definitely isn’t ordinary.’

He looked deeper into the underground cavern.

The place was enormous. As he moved forward, he saw more and more disciples. There were disciples from both the Azure Heaven Sect and the Vermilion Flame Sect. But most of them were mining.

Even Long Feng couldn’t help becoming interested.

’There are this many Flame Spirit Stones...’

But unlike all of them, he didn’t sit down to dig and instead kept moving forward.

The further he went, the hotter the environment became. The dense flame energy continuously entered his body.

Even with his current cultivation, he could feel sweat rolling down his back.

"Interesting."

However this only grew his interest more. The desire to know the secret of this cave increased further.

As he came ahead, he suddenly stopped. There was a vast open area before him. And in the middle of that area was something that looked like a lake.

But it wasn’t water, it was lava.

A massive lake of molten lava stretched across the underground cavern, its surface bubbling continuously and releasing waves of terrifying heat.

"What the hell?"

Long Feng’s eyes widened. He never thought he would find an extinct volcano here.

There were several enormous rocks floating on the surface. Some disciples were standing on them. And above one of the largest rocks, a fierce battle was taking place.

BOOM!

A powerful fist collided with a sword. The shockwave spread across the lava lake. Several disciples were forced backward.

Long Feng immediately recognized one of the figures he had come for.

"So you’re here."

A faint smile appeared on his face.

Ye Wuxie was currently surrounded by several Vermilion Flame Sect disciples. Among them were several True Spirit Realm and Golden Core Realm cultivators.

Ye Wuxie’s expression was cold. His fists were wrapped in terrifying spiritual energy as he punched forward.

Bang!!!

A huge fist imprint exploded through the air.

One Vermilion Flame Sect disciple blocked with his weapon, but the immense force still sent him sliding backward across the rock.

"That bastard’s strength is ridiculous!"

"Don’t fight him alone!"

"Surround him!"

Three disciples attacked simultaneously.

Ye Wuxie twisted his body and narrowly avoided a sword strike before his fist slammed into another disciple’s chest, sending him flying.

However, another Golden Core Realm disciple immediately appeared behind Ye Wuxie and struck toward his back.

Ye Wuxie’s expression changed. He turned around and blocked with both arms.

BOOM!

His body was forced backward several steps.

Long Feng watched silently from a distance. His eyes flickered with interest.

’He’s become stronger again.’

The improvement wasn’t enormous, but it was noticeable.

Long Feng’s expression gradually became serious. If he hadn’t been watching Ye Wuxie closely, he might have missed that change.

’Fortunately, I didn’t lose sight of him for too long.’

If Ye Wuxie had disappeared from his sight for several more days and returned after another breakthrough, things could have become troublesome.

Long Feng’s gaze swept across the underground world. There were too many strange things here.

The Flame Spirit Stone, enormous lava lake and the unusual concentration of flame energy. And the fact that this entire underground world had been hidden beneath Blazing Flame Mountain.

Most importantly, Ye Wuxie had somehow ended up here.

Long Feng narrowed his eyes.

’There must be something hidden here.’

A place that could make Ye Wuxie stumble upon it couldn’t possibly be ordinary.

He looked at the enormous lava lake and at the floating rocks. Then toward the darkness beyond the lake.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

’Let’s see what kind of secret this place is hiding.’

For now, there was no need to kill Ye Wuxie. He intended to find out exactly what was hidden beneath Blazing Flame Mountain.

The Vermilion Flame Sect disciples surrounded Ye Wuxie from all sides.

BOOM!

A powerful attack struck from the front, forcing Ye Wuxie to retreat several steps across the floating rock.

His expression became increasingly cold.

"Get out of my way!"

He clenched his fists, and terrifying spiritual energy erupted from his body.

His strange cultivation technique began devouring the surrounding flame energy at an astonishing speed. The flames around him twisted violently.

BOOM!

Ye Wuxie punched forward.

A huge fist imprint tore through the air and slammed into two Vermilion Flame Sect disciples. The two immediately raised their weapons to block.

CLANG!

The impact sent them flying backward.

However, before Ye Wuxie could take advantage of the opening, another Golden Core Realm disciple appeared from his side.

"Don’t let him escape!"

A blazing sword descended towards his neck, most likely a killing bow.

Ye Wuxie’s eyes narrowed. He quickly raised his arm and blocked the attack.

BOOM!

The tremendous force pushed him backward. His feet slid across the rock, leaving two deep marks behind.

Another disciple immediately attacked from behind.

Ye Wuxie twisted his body, barely avoiding the strike. His expression became ugly.

There were simply too many of them. Although most of the disciples surrounding him were only at the True Spirit Realm, several Golden Core Realm disciples were also among them.

Fighting one or two wouldn’t be a problem, but fighting so many at once was different.

"He’s running out of spiritual energy!"

One of the Vermilion Flame Sect disciples suddenly shouted. The others immediately became excited. Their attacks became even more fierce.

"Don’t give him a chance to recover! Since he dare to anger brother Han, don’t leave him alive."

Ye Wuxie glanced behind himself. The endless lava lake was only a few meters away. There was nowhere to retreat.

"Damn it!"

He immediately gathered all his remaining strength into his fists and collided with the incoming attack.

A terrifying shockwave exploded. For a brief moment, everyone was forced backward.

Ye Wuxie seized the opportunity and tried to escape through the opening, but a Golden Core Realm disciple had already anticipated his movement.

The disciple appeared directly in front of him and struck him with his palm.

BOOM!

Ye Wuxie’s body was blasted backward. His body flew toward the edge.

Splash!

He disappeared directly into the boiling lava.

The surrounding disciples immediately laughed.

But standing some distance away, Long Feng didn’t move. His eyes remained fixed on the place where Ye Wuxie had disappeared, as if knew what’s gonna happens.

However, several breaths passed and nothing happened.

As he had thought that Ye Wuxie would come out with a heroic entry and fight another great battle bravely, didn’t happens.

Long Feng narrowed his eyes.

Ten breaths, still nothing!

Half a minute more, there was still no movement!

The smiles on the faces of the Vermilion Flame Sect disciples gradually disappeared.

"Why hasn’t he come out?"

"Could he..."

"He couldn’t have died, right?"

One disciple swallowed nervously.

Even though they wished to kill him as well, it was a competition where killing was strictly prohibited.

If anyone standing here went out and exposed that they had taken someone’s life, even their own sect would abandon them to their fate.

’Dead?’ Long Feng’s expression became thoughtful.

He didn’t believe it. That guy had already surprised him too many times.

If Ye Wuxie were really that easy to kill, Long Feng wouldn’t have been so cautious about him.

Another minute passed, the lava continued bubbling, but Ye Wuxie still didn’t emerge.

Long Feng’s brows slowly furrowed.

’Something isn’t right.’

He looked at the lava lake. The temperature was frightening, but judging from its appearance, it shouldn’t be enough to instantly kill a True Spirit Realm cultivator.

He walked toward the edge, crouched beside the lava and slowly extended his hand. A layer of spiritual energy immediately wrapped around his palm.

The moment his fingers touched the lava, a terrifying heat rushed toward his hand.

Hiss!

Long Feng’s expression changed slightly.

Very hot!

Even with spiritual energy protecting his hand, he could clearly feel the terrifying temperature.

However, it wasn’t enough to melt his hand instantly.

Long Feng withdrew his arm and examined his palm.

’At this level, an ordinary True Spirit Realm cultivator probably wouldn’t last long.’

But for a powerful Golden Core Realm cultivator, it wouldn’t be enough to kill them immediately.

Even if someone remained inside for ten or twenty minutes, they might still have a chance to survive.

Long Feng’s eyes flickered.

’Ye Wuxie has already been inside for this long.’

Something had definitely happened. He looked at the endless lava and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Since Ye Wuxie could enter it, then why couldn’t he?

Long Feng immediately took out a pill and swallowed.

This was a special pill that used for long periods of underwater diving. It could allow a cultivator to breathe and maintain their body for an extended period in environments where normal breathing was impossible.

Although lava wasn’t water, the pill could still help somewhat by allowing him to conserve his body’s resources and maintain his condition for longer.

Then, Hell Python Flame suddenly erupted around his body and wrapped around him like a layer of armor.

"Let’s see what you’re hiding."

Long Feng took one last look at the lava and without hesitation, he jumped.

Splash!

His entire body disappeared beneath the lava.

However, the surrounding disciples stared at the scene in disbelief.

"What?!"

"That Azure Heaven Sect’s disciple jumped in!"

"Did he lose his mind? He actually followed that lunatic into the lava?!"

Even the Golden Core Realm disciples were stunned. They had just watched Ye Wuxie disappear inside. Now another person had willingly entered.

However, unlike Ye Wuxie, Long Feng’s body was surrounded by an unusual purple flame.