Chapter 914 - 1014: Breaking Through the Cave Opening

Ye Tianfan pondered on the exact reason why there was no one here.

Because whether or not there was anyone here was irrelevant to Ye Tianfan, since the most important thing, the Twisted Fire, was already in his possession.

At this moment, Ye Tianfan prepared to leave this cave, using the Twisted Fire he just acquired to see if he could distort the barrier at the cave's entrance, as well as regarding Yu Yuju; although he didn't know if Yu Yuju had escaped, he wouldn't seek him out because he didn't know where entering the abyss would lead.

After all, the passage leading deeper into this cave had collapsed, and in the abyss, spiritual power couldn't be used, which made it impossible for Ye Tianfan to get out of the abyss, or to find another way out — it was exceedingly slim, and Ye Tianfan didn't want to gamble, because losing would mean dying in there.

Moreover, Ye Tianfan planned to visit the Fan Sect to ask if Yu Yuju truly returned; if Yu Yuju hadn't returned to the Xiamen Sect, then? Ye Tianfan would inform the Fan Sect of Yu Yuju's whereabouts, that he's in the cave's abyss, and relay the details about the spiritual forbidden zone to them.

Then he would let the Fan Sect members rescue Yu Yuju, since at the moment, Ye Tianfan didn't have the ability to rescue him, given that he had no means to deal with the spiritual forbidden zone. Furthermore, Ye Tianfan had other important matters to attend to and couldn't let this situation hold him back for too long. Thus, Ye Tianfan couldn't participate in the rescue but could at least convey the information to the Fan Sect, which was all he could do.

Ye Tianfan summoned the Illusory Fire from within his body, and as expected, it was as the Twisted Fire had conveyed: he could now summon the Illusory Fire with minimal cost. To be precise, when Ye Tianfan conjured up these Illusory Flames, a small amount of spiritual power was enough to bring them forth, unlike before, when it required the equivalent of a hundred measures of his spiritual power to summon them, though at that time the flames' power was immense. This time, however, the summoned flames weren't as powerful.

Although the power of the flames summoned this time wasn't great, it was only so in comparison to those summoned in the past. Ye Tianfan could still feel the formidable strength of the wisp of flame in his hand. If one had to define the flame in his hand, using the power of three styles would suffice entirely.

Ye Tianfan looked at the wisp of flame in his hand with satisfaction because if he could use such flames within his body with only a small amount of spiritual power, why exert such tremendous energy? Moreover, in some contexts, greater power wasn't necessarily better. For instance, when facing a Demon Sect demon of equal level, you wouldn't use an Illusory Fire capable of instantly obliterating such an economy-tier opponent against a Demon Sect demon, would you? Now, Ye Tianfan could control the size of the flame at will, which was excellent. Otherwise, keeping these flames unused within his body would be wasteful.

Ye Tianfan found this scene delightful, but he realized he had spent too long in the cave, and it was time to leave.

Ye Tianfan thought of this and prepared to leave the cave. Of course, the most important thing was to test whether the Twisted Fire could distort the barrier at the cave's entrance. Although he didn't know how the barrier had appeared, there was no other way; he had to open it to leave. Earlier, fearing the dark shadow was pursuing him, he left hastily after a couple of slashes with the secret technique of Great Fire Peak.

Things were different now. There was plenty of time, so he could afford to take things slowly. Ye Tianfan planned to use the Twisted Fire to slowly distort the entrance barrier, which would allow him to familiarize himself with the Twisted Fire's power and prevent potential mishaps during the distortion process. After all, if traps or mechanisms suddenly sprang from the surroundings while twisting the barrier, Ye Tianfan would have no ability to react when fully concentrating on twisting the barrier, or his reaction abilities would be greatly diminished, as his focus would completely be on the barrier.

Ye Tianfan slowly flew back to the entrance, where he saw it sealed, with a bright, flickering barrier seemingly mocking him to break it open to leave, implying he'd be trapped inside forever if he didn't.

Ye Tianfan released a wisp of Twisted Flame and slowly pushed it towards the barrier. He saw the wisp fly towards the barrier, causing the surrounding air to distort. When the Twisted Flame reached the barrier, Ye Tianfan saw the barrier starting to shimmer and emit a faint spiritual pressure.

Through this spiritual pressure, Ye Tianfan could feel the barrier beginning to resist, and as it resisted, the mysterious runes on the barrier began to shift positions.

Ye Tianfan knew this was the barrier's final act of resistance, and he also slowly sensed the barrier beginning to twist.

Just when Ye Tianfan thought the barrier would break open, the awkward thing happened: the wisp of Twisted Flame he had released was exhausted and extinguished right before his eyes.

Seeing the extinguished Twisted Flame and the barrier returning to its original state, Ye Tianfan knew the Twisted Fire he had summoned was too weak. He should inject more spiritual power to bring forth a more powerful Twisted Fire.

Ye Tianfan wasn't worried about the consumption of spiritual power after all; he possessed a massive reserve of it. The wisp of Twisted Fire he just summoned consumed less than one-tenth of his power, and half of that had already been replenished while he watched.

He summoned a Twisted Fire with five times the strength of the previous wisp, then gently pushed the fivefold Twisted Fire towards the barrier.

Ye Tianfan watched as the Twisted Fire began to twist the barrier again and felt confident it would break the barrier this time. After all, it had nearly twisted it open earlier, and now the power was amplified fivefold — how could it not break?

The barrier at the entrance began to flicker rapidly, much faster than before, and it was becoming dim. Ye Tianfan knew he was close to escaping. As his thoughts settled, the barrier at the entrance shattered with a flash, and Ye Tianfan, seeing this, swiftly stepped forward, reaching the outside.