Chapter 3051: Element of Fire

"Of course, I’m talking about the price for our Blood Skeleton Clan’s One-Origin Immortal King level assassins... If you want stronger assassins to go, the price is entirely different."

Lima Holland continued, "However, I think... To kill a mere pinnacle Love Rowan Upper Immortal, dispatching our Blood Skeleton Clan’s weakest assassin should suffice, right?"

"It’s enough, it’s enough."

Bradley Clark replied repeatedly.

"For a Blood Skeleton Clan’s One-Origin Immortal King level assassin to take action, the quote is two King Grade Immortal Artifacts purely for defense nurtured by an Immortal Sovereign?"

Upon hearing the price for a Blood Skeleton Clan’s One-Origin Immortal King level assassin, Bradley Clark couldn’t help but gasp.

Although he was mentally prepared, knowing the Blood Skeleton Clan’s price would not be low, he didn’t expect it to be this high.

"Luckily, I found Ruby King... On my own, although I can produce two Purely Defensive Immortal Artifacts nurtured by an Immortal Sovereign, once I bring them out, I wouldn’t have any Purely Defensive Immortal Artifacts nurtured by an Immortal Sovereign to protect myself."

Bradley Clark felt fortunate.

In his possession, there were only two Purely Defensive Immortal Artifacts nurtured by an Immortal Sovereign, one of which he wore for self-protection.

Although he hated Wyatt Barnes for taking away the last spot for a true disciple of the Bao Pu Immortal Sect, he wouldn’t go so far as to trade his life-saving artifacts for Wyatt’s life.

"However, according to Lima Holland, six regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts can replace two Purely Defensive Immortal Artifacts nurtured by an Immortal Sovereign."

"It seems that over there, one Purely Defensive Immortal Artifact nurtured by an Immortal Sovereign can only exchange for three regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts."

"Whereas within our Mystic Abyss Mansion territory, one Purely Defensive Immortal Sovereign nurtured Immortal Artifact can exchange for four regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts."

"As for the ratio for other King Grade Immortal Artifacts, it’s the same."

Thinking of this, Bradley Clark’s eyes brightened.

He happened to have two regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts, and as long as he could get one Purely Defensive Immortal Sovereign nurtured King Grade Immortal Artifact from Ruby King, he could exchange it for four regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts.

Then, he only needed to hand over six regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts to the Blood Skeleton’s assassin after they succeeded.

In that way, he wouldn’t have to pay with Purely Defensive Immortal Artifacts nurtured by Immortal Sovereign.

"Young Master Holland, I agree to this price. When can your Blood Skeleton’s assassin come over?"

Bradley Clark sent a message to Lima Holland, eager for the Blood Skeleton assassin to come today and kill Wyatt Barnes.

But he knew the Blood Skeleton’s assassin couldn’t come today.

Even if, hypothetically, the Blood Skeleton assassin could come today, as long as Wyatt Barnes didn’t leave the Bao Pu Immortal Sect’s residence, it would be difficult to succeed.

Because the Blood Skeleton’s assassin was only a One-Origin Immortal King level and hadn’t the ability to forcibly enter the Bao Pu Immortal Sect to kill.

Once entered, even if successful, escaping the Bao Pu Immortal Sect residence would be impossible.

No matter their origins, they were just a One-Origin Immortal King.

Though behind that One-Origin Immortal King is the Blood Skeleton assassin organization, the Bao Pu Immortal Sect is backed by Mystic Abyss Mansion, and behind Mystic Abyss Mansion is one of the ten major clans of South Heaven’s Borderlands.

Any of the ten major clans of South Heaven’s Borderlands is entirely unafraid of Blood Skeleton, and Blood Skeleton wouldn’t dare take orders targeting the key descendants of the ten major clans.

"We’ll send a One-Origin Immortal King level assassin within three days, and he’ll try to reach you quickly... Once there, he’ll naturally find a way to contact you."

"Our Blood Skeleton rules require half the deposit first... So, once he arrives, you’ll first hand over half the deposit to him, and collect the remaining reward after fulfilling the task."

Lima Holland said.

"Okay."

Bradley Clark responded, and after politely greeting Lima Holland, he cut off their communication.

"One-Origin Immortal King-level assassin, quoted for two Purely Defensive Immortal Artifacts nurtured by Immortal Sovereign... The price is more than five times higher than the quote from the assassin organizations within Mystic Abyss Mansion’s territory."

After cutting off communication with Lima Holland, Bradley Clark couldn’t help but click his tongue repeatedly, feeling the Blood Skeleton’s pricing is excessive.

However, he knew the Blood Skeleton’s quote is determined by the target’s strength and distance.

Moreover, if he solicited local assassin organizations within Mystic Abyss Mansion’s territory, as soon as his master, the Bao Pu Immortal Sect Leader, contacted Mystic Abyss Mansion, to pressure the local assassin organizations, they would sell him without a trace!

At that point, not only would he lose the chance to become a true disciple of the Bao Pu Immortal Sect, his master’s temperament might even make him likely to be killed.

Even if his master doesn’t kill him, Bao Pu Immortal Sect wouldn’t tolerate him further, and most likely he’d be expelled and have his cultivation abolished.

Therefore, for safety’s sake, no matter how high Blood Skeleton’s price was, he accepted it.

There’s an old saying:

Better safe than sorry!

"Now, time to find Ruby King for a Purely Defensive Immortal Sovereign nurtured King Grade Immortal Artifact..."

Leaving his small cultivation courtyard, Bradley Clark went straight to find Ruby King, "As long as I exchange the Immortal Sovereign nurtured Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifact she gives me for four regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts, I only need to produce two regular Purely Defensive King Grade Immortal Artifacts to pay Blood Skeleton’s reward."

It’s a pity that the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

After finding Ruby King and talking about Blood Skeleton’s offer, Ruby King directly replied, "Although I haven’t had contact with Blood Skeleton, I do know the process those top assassin organizations in the South Heaven’s Borderlands follow."

"Before taking action, they will charge half of the payment as a deposit... When the assassins from Blood Skeleton arrive, call me over, and I will pay the deposit. As for the final payment, give it to them once they complete the task."

These words from Ruby King instantly shattered Bradley Clark’s notions completely.

With Ruby King doing this, everything Bradley had hoped for turned into wishful thinking, and he couldn’t get any advantage over Ruby King.

...

After returning from the library, Wyatt Barnes stayed in his cultivation courtyard, sitting cross-legged on the ice bed in his room.

He wasn’t cultivating but, with the help of Chaos Divine Fire, was comprehending the fundamental mystery of the fire element, ’Element of Fire.’

Now, Wyatt still remembers what Chaos Divine Fire told him back then:

"If you can obtain that King-grade fire element Immortal Method and Divine Ability, I can help you comprehend the fundamental mystery of the fire element ’Element of Fire’ within three hours!"

When Chaos Divine Fire said this, the proud voice seemed to still echo around him.

Because of this, Wyatt is very much looking forward to:

Can Chaos Divine Fire truly help him comprehend the fundamental mystery of the fire element, ’Element of Fire,’ within such a short span of three hours?

During the process of comprehending the fundamental mystery of the fire element ’Element of Fire,’ Wyatt listened to the Chaos Divine Fire the whole time, calling out the Chaos Divine Fire within his body, allowing it to float on his fingertips, just like when refining Pill Medicine.

Of course, now he was only calling out the Chaos Divine Fire, without refining any Pill Medicine.

Immediately, he cleared his mind, and under the guidance of Chaos Divine Fire, he felt the gray flames flickering at his fingertips, which were the Chaos Divine Fire itself.

As time passed, Wyatt discovered that his consciousness had completely merged into the gray flames, his emotions fluctuating entirely with the changes in the gray flames.

During this process, many different scenes appeared in his mind, and without exception, they were all scenes where he used Chaos Divine Fire to refine Pill Medicine.

Gradually, Wyatt’s consciousness completely immersed in the gray flames at his fingertip, forgetting about the passage of time.

When he came to his senses again, he realized he could already communicate with the fire element’s ’Element of Fire,’ thoroughly comprehending the fundamental mystery of the fire element!

As for how long this process had taken, he had no concept of time.

It seemed like just an instant, yet also like a century had passed.

"How long did it take me?"

Wyatt asked Chaos Divine Fire.

"Two and a half hours."

Chaos Divine Fire replied.

"Hmph!"

Almost as soon as Chaos Divine Fire’s voice fell, the cold snort of Divine Soil echoed promptly, "Nonsense! It was clearly two and a half hours plus three breaths’ time..."

However, faced with Divine Soil’s ’correction,’ Chaos Divine Fire did not respond.

And Wyatt detected a hint of envy in Divine Soil’s tone.

After all, back when Divine Soil helped him comprehend the fundamental mystery of the Earth-attribute Law, ’Element of Earth,’ it took an entire night.

Now, with Chaos Divine Fire aiding his comprehension of the fundamental mystery of the fire element ’Element of Fire,’ it took less than three hours.

Of course, Wyatt knew it well in his heart that the reason he could comprehend the fundamental mystery of the fire element ’Element of Fire’ so quickly, while Chaos Divine Fire’s help was crucial, part of the reason was that he had been exposed to Chaos Divine Fire very early and had even used it multiple times to refine Pill Medicine.

While he used Chaos Divine Fire to refine Pill Medicine, his understanding of the flame had been subtly changing without him realizing it.

Now, with Chaos Divine Fire’s assistance, those understandings finally played their role, allowing him to comprehend the fundamental mystery of the fire element ’Element of Fire’ in over two hours.

"Element of Fire..."

With a thought, Wyatt’s Immortal Origin emanated from his body, and then within his thought, the Element of Fire fused into his Immortal Origin, turning it into a fiery red hue, as if a layer of scorching flame ignited on the surface.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

...

Infused with the fundamental mystery of the fire element ’Element of Fire’ and scattered around Wyatt’s body, the Immortal Origin, every movement, caused the void to emit burning sounds.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

As Wyatt raised his hand, the fiery red Immortal Origin rushed out, like a flaming giant beast crossing the sky, with imposing might!