Chapter 215: Ancient Ferocious Beast

The flames that shot into the sky formed an impenetrable wall of fire, rising from the ground with a majestic momentum, closing in like a tsunami.

Lin Fan looked up at the sky above; there was no way to retreat. That stretch of sky was already covered by the blood-red flames, and the scorching heat surged like waves.

Lin Fan was greatly startled. This was like a sea of fire overwhelming the mountain. At the same time, he realized why that woman Xuan Yunxian had panicked and hidden—she must have known about this.

Damnable woman, knowing this situation, she didn't even tell me. Could it be that she wants me to be consumed by these raging flames?

Lin Fan scanned his surroundings, looking for a place to take shelter.

Although the Flame Hell was a forbidden area, since sect disciples came here for training, there must be a way to avoid this.

Otherwise, if this happened from time to time, who could endure it?

Lin Fan ran all the way toward the center, his eyes sweeping around, searching for a suitable hiding place.

The flame-born ferocious beasts, faced with this situation, were not flustered. They raised their heads and roared to the sky, as if welcoming it.

When these flame beasts spotted Lin Fan, the blood light in their eyes flared up, and they pounced at him fiercely.

“Get lost, I don’t have time to play with you.” Lin Fan didn’t know if his Indestructible Demon Body could withstand this round of flames. Although the flames were bright red, black flames swirled within them. He really didn’t dare to gamble on this unknown fire.

If he couldn’t withstand it, he would die most unjustly.

A flame beast lunged at him; Lin Fan waved his hand and annihilated it.

“Ding, congratulations on killing a high-level innate beast.”

…

These beasts were not high in cultivation and didn’t help Lin Fan much. He had no desire to fight and rushed toward the center.

Then Lin Fan’s eyes lit up; a cave on a cliff caught his attention.

Lin Fan’s figure was as fast as lightning, and in an instant he dodged inside. The cave passage led upward, as if specially made to avoid this flood of flames.

…

The fourteen bandits of the Desert had been waiting for their master to return, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no response. Just as wild thoughts ran through their minds, the entire earth suddenly shook.

Sha Dulong and the others looked into the distance with shocked expressions. That patch of sky was burning red, and even a wave of heat hit their faces.

Everyone was terrified, not knowing what had happened.

At the camp of the Profound Sword Pavilion, Liu Lingfeng had been brought back. He wasn’t seriously injured, but his mind was still a bit groggy, as if there were many things he hadn’t yet figured out.

At this moment, the world changed color. The tremor in the Flame Hell caught the attention of the Profound Sword Pavilion.

“What’s going on over there? Why hasn’t Senior Sister returned yet?” A female disciple of the Profound Sword Pavilion’s upper echelons looked puzzled.

Then a slightly older woman walked out of the camp, gazed at the Flame Hell that had burned half the sky red, and furrowed her brows slightly.

“You come with me; the rest stay in camp.” Then she rose into the air, turned into a rainbow, and flew toward the Flame Hell.

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At this moment, Lin Fan hid in the cave, quietly waiting for the wave of flames to pass.

In Lin Fan’s view, this forbidden area truly lived up to its name. Springing such a surprise from time to time was really something.

Of the seven locations on the Seven Sacred Treasures Map, the first one was already this treacherous. He wondered what the others would be like.

Once this wave passed, Lin Fan planned to hide first. That damn woman was too ruthless; she probably wouldn’t stop until one of them was dead.

At this moment, the entire cave began to heat up, and the temperature rose sharply.

But Lin Fan didn’t know what the rock was made of. He pressed hard with his finger, but it didn’t leave a mark. Although he hadn’t used his full strength, ordinary stone would have been shattered by that finger.

A forbidden area indeed—even the rocks here were so high-end.

Just then, a red light appeared at the entrance of the cave, and waves of heat rose up, as if about to pour into the cave.

But in an instant, the red light flashed and disappeared.

Lin Fan waited for a long time, not knowing what was happening outside. The towering wave of flames just now had been truly spectacular.

At that moment, a clear cry soared into the sky, carrying infinite majesty.

It was the call of a ferocious beast.

But this cry seemed to pierce the heart, making one feel a chill.

Lin Fan stealthily moved down the passage, wanting to see what kind of beast possessed such power.

Lin Fan cautiously approached the cave entrance, then looked around carefully. When he didn’t see that ugly woman, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But when Lin Fan looked ahead, he was instantly stunned.

In the river of fire that split the Flame Hell in two, a bird-like beast spread its wings and soared, leaping out from the river of fire.

Swan head, unicorn rump, snake neck, fish tail, dragon patterns…

This was actually a phoenix.

Lin Fan stood there dumbfounded. He had lived on Earth and was very familiar with auspicious beasts, but he had never seen one in reality.

Its spread wings were a hundred zhang wide, majestic, and four long phoenix tails swept up endless flames.

Lin Fan swallowed his saliva. The bird-like beast Sha Dulong had mentioned was this one. He hadn’t expected it to live in the Flame Hell.

Seeing its appearance, Lin Fan lost all desire to provoke it. In terms of size alone, it crushed him, and its continuous imposing manner was even more frightening. How could he think of anything else?

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At this moment, on a distant mountain peak, a group of figures stood there, gazing at the scene in the Flame Hell with expressions of shock.

“How can an ancient ferocious beast exist nowadays?”

“A phoenix that has undergone four nirvanas.”

“An undying ancient ferocious beast…”

The people of the Profound Sword Pavilion looked at the scene before them, their minds shaken. They had come to the Flame Hell to find something, but they never expected to see an ancient ferocious beast, and one that had undergone four nirvanas at that.

The phoenix is one of the ancient ferocious beasts. At birth, it undergoes its first nirvana and grows one tail.

With each nirvana, it grows an additional tail.

Now, the phoenix before them clearly had four tails.

But at that moment, the world changed color. A pressure that seemed to pierce the sky suddenly enveloped the entire Flame Hell.

Above the void, a black vortex appeared, and from within the vortex, a golden rope emerged.

The people of the Profound Sword Pavilion felt this pressure, and their expressions changed drastically.

Faced with this pressure, fear arose in their hearts.

Who could this be? Could it be that they intend to capture this ancient ferocious beast?

Lin Fan was also dumbfounded by all this. Everything seemed utterly domineering to him.