Chapter 1032 - 1132: Where There Is Water, There Is Fire

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

Ye Tianfan heard a few bird calls, then gradually woke up!

As Ye Tianfan regained consciousness, he instantly felt a warm aura, and even sensed a familiar and comforting essence beginning to infiltrate his body!

Ye Tianfan slowly opened his eyes and found a fiery red bird chirping happily in front of him!

Seeing the bird, Ye Tianfan quickly became alert. Although he didn't know the bird's strength, its presence here surely meant that it wasn't an ordinary demon beast!

While staying on guard, Ye Tianfan checked the spiritual power within him to see how much was left, only to discover that his body was overflowing with spiritual energy, as if his previous exhaustion had been just a dream!

After feeling that his spiritual power was fully replenished, Ye Tianfan looked even more warily at the bird, and formed some fire-attributed Immortal Techniques, targeting the bird!

Seeing Ye Tianfan intending to attack, the bird immediately pouted, realizing its current appearance must have indeed triggered Ye Tianfan's alertness. After all, Ye Tianfan was on edge at the slightest sign of trouble!

At once, the bird flew rapidly toward the small lake behind Ye Tianfan!

Seeing the bird trying to flank him, Ye Tianfan quickly turned his head to watch its movements, curious about its intentions!

Ye Tianfan saw the bird splash directly into the small lake!

Ye Tianfan was very familiar with this small lake, as he must have emerged from it before passing out. While observing the bird, he also looked around and noticed that this place was completely different from before. The previous area was filled with mist, whereas here, it was surrounded by lava, with flames occasionally bursting from cracks in the rock!

It seemed the previous area represented water, given the lake's bone-chilling cold, and the pervasive moisture in even the tiniest caves.

Here, on the other hand, represented fire, as anyone not blind could see the flowing lava and the flames erupting from stone cracks!

Then Ye Tianfan saw the bird transform into a fish after diving into the lake.

This fish was familiar to Ye Tianfan; it had brought him from the icy lake to this place. Although Ye Tianfan wasn't sure if this was an exit, it was certainly better than the freezing cave. Perhaps several caves had to be traversed to get out, with the previous one being water-themed, and this one seemingly focused on fire.

He just wasn't sure if the theme followed earth-wind-water-fire, or if it was based on the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, earth!

But Ye Tianfan was stunned as the fish transformed back into a bird, chirping on his shoulder!

"You... are you a Kunpeng?"

Ye Tianfan was somewhat astonished, looking at the bird on his shoulder. The only creature he knew capable of transforming from fish to bird was the ancient demon master Kunpeng!

However, Ye Tianfan soon shook his head: "No, Kunpeng doesn't exist in this world; it is a mythological creature from my original world! Plus, there's no record of Kunpeng as a divine beast here! Besides, this demon beast isn't nearly as large as a Kunpeng."

After all, there are poems that describe, in the northern sea there is a fish, called Kun. The Kun's size is unknown, perhaps thousands of miles; it transforms into a bird, named Peng. The Peng's back stretches thousands of miles, and its wings hang like clouds from the sky!

And this "Kunpeng"? It wasn't even bigger than himself when a fish, and as a bird, it could perch on his shoulder, much smaller than described in the poems!

Moreover, Kunpeng is an ancient demon master, the strategist of the entire demon race.

Yet Ye Tianfan knew that if he had encountered a real Kunpeng, its mere presence could surely crush him.

After closely examining the bird, Ye Tianfan spoke with a smile: "In my original world, there's a divine beast named Kunpeng, but there's no record of you here. It seems you don't even have a name, so since you can transform into a fish and a bird just like the divine beast from my world, I'll name you Kunpeng!"

Ye Tianfan directly bestowed the name of his original world's ancient demon master upon the small Kunpeng, as it had no name and might well be the only one in this world, still undiscovered by others. Though Ye Tianfan didn't know how long the little Kunpeng had lived, given its human-like intelligence, it surely had some wisdom. A wise Kunpeng living nameless for so long must have yearned for a name, perhaps even curious about its identity!

So Ye Tianfan gave this little Kunpeng the ancient demon master's name and explained how formidable that master was in his original world!

Then, Ye Tianfan saw the little Kunpeng flying around joyfully, clearly liking the name a lot.

Seeing the little Kunpeng so fond of the name made Ye Tianfan very happy!

After all, Ye Tianfan couldn't do much for the little Kunpeng!

After naming the little Kunpeng, Ye Tianfan carefully observed the cave interior, searching for an exit.

He couldn't stay there forever, and unlike the water scene, the fire scene didn't weaken him; on the contrary, it enhanced his abilities, allowing him to exceed his current power level.

Therefore, Ye Tianfan wanted to leave quickly. If themes were arranged by earth-wind-water-fire, then he had two more to go, earth and wind. If ordered by the five elements—gold, wood, water, fire, earth—then he still faced gold, wood, and earth scenes.

Regardless of the order, water scenes weren't easy, but the fire scene gave him an advantage, so Ye Tianfan aimed to leave swiftly for the next stage.

Ye Tianfan looked around for exits and found only the small lake he emerged from and a lava lake.

Staring at the lava lake, Ye Tianfan was stunned. Would he have to dive into the lava?

Ye Tianfan knew he could withstand it without harm, but worried the little Kunpeng might not be able to endure.