"There's movement."
Long Chen hurriedly took a few steps back when he saw the movement of the sparkling flame. He made all the necessary preparations. Logically speaking, the Li Fire Divine Realm definitely had the Scarlet Emperor Seal, and the direction Long Chen was heading in was definitely the Scarlet Emperor Seal. Five people were competing for the Scarlet Emperor Seal, so they naturally had to face obstacles and tests.
This flame was the first test that Long Chen had to face.
"How magical."
Long Chen watched as the sparkling flame rapidly enlarged. In an instant, it was almost the size of a human, and then it rapidly evolved into a human-shaped flame. It looked similar to Long Chen's Divine Fire Clone, but of course, it was countless times more powerful than the Divine Fire Clone.
The scarlet flame burned fiercely, glowing with a crystal-like luster. It was rather gorgeous as the flame flowed.
A total of dozens of flame men appeared in front of Long Chen.
Their faces gradually evolved, and eyes, ears, mouth, and nose gradually appeared. Only the eyes were truly formed, and the color of that part was much darker, like two independently burning small fireballs.
Hu …
Rays of light shot out from their eyes, and Long Chen sensed that their long-dormant souls were actually awakening.
"I have to defeat them if I want to pass through here."
Long Chen gazed at the passageway in front of him. In the depths of the passageway, he saw another bronze door. This bronze door was wrapped in flames and was tightly shut. Long Chen guessed that he wouldn't be able to open this door with his own strength.
Therefore, he could only defeat the flame men in front of him.
These weren't ordinary creatures, so Long Chen wasn't sure how powerful they were. For safety's sake, Long Chen had already transformed into his Dragon Soul. A majestic aura of flames and dragons emanated from his body. Because the nine apertures were occupied by the Golden Crow Remnant Soul, Long Chen had a great advantage over the others when it came to flames.
Therefore, he concluded that even if the other four were strong, they might not necessarily be as strong as Long Chen.
Faint blood-red flames flowed on its blood-red dragon scales.
As he circulated his True Qi, the power of the Golden Crow had already formed a layer of flame barrier on the surface of his body.
This layer of flame barrier increased Long Chen's resistance to fire by quite a bit.
At this moment, one of the dozens of flame men stepped out and headed towards Long Chen.
"First, one to test my strength."
Long Chen thought to himself. There were dozens of them, so he kept hiding in the tunnel. Because of the terrain, there weren't many people who could deal with him at the same time.
If it was just one, Long Chen wouldn't be worried.
At that moment, the flaming man suddenly sped up. His body quickly arrived in front of Long Chen and a fist rumbled towards him. Long Chen was shocked to discover that when the fist was punched out, it actually set off a violent wave of Qi. The flaming fist suddenly expanded several times in size as it flew towards Long Chen's chest. From this fist, Long Chen could even feel the power of the Martial Realm.
"So strong."
Long Chen was quite surprised. When the opponent punched, he also punched. The simple strength of the fist, coupled with the power of the Golden Crow remnant soul, became very different. The power of the Golden Crow remnant soul formed a blood-red flame that included Long Chen's fist. The two kinds of flames instantly collided.
Poof.
The power of the Golden Crow remnant soul was a little stronger, and the opponent was pushed back a few steps.
However, Long Chen was already surprised enough. Back then, even the Eagle Martial King was forced to retreat by this punch. Didn't this mean that the battle prowess of this flame man was almost on par with a Martial Realm cultivator? If one flame man was already like this, then what about dozens of them?
Long Chen suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
This was only the first hurdle. What would the future hold?
No matter what, Long Chen could not give up in order to survive. He quickly stabilized his body. The Desolation Cleaving Sword in his hand burned with a blood-red flame. His body moved and he rushed towards the flaming figure that had been repelled. First, he slashed his sword at the fists that it had tried to defend against. Then, he slashed his sword at its body, splitting it in half.
If it wasn't for the Golden Crow remnant soul, Long Chen's own fighting strength would not have been able to create such an effect.
"I've taken care of one, but there are still so many."
Long Chen rushed to the entrance of the cave, the Wild Breaker in his hand burning. The dozens of flaming men opposite him had not moved, so he did not dare to move.
"How should I break through?" Long Chen confronted them, thinking about this problem.
"Long Chen, be careful."
At this moment, Kitten's figure rang out. Long Chen's hair stood on end. With Kitten's warning, he had already felt a great threat coming from behind. He turned around in the shortest time possible and slashed down with his sword, which happened to collide with the fist of the flaming man that was attacking from behind.
If it weren't for Long Chen's quick reflexes, the fist just now would have directly hit the back of his head. If that had happened, he would definitely have been seriously injured. After all, the opponent's attack was close to the Earth Martial Arts Realm.
Under Long Chen's strenuous attack, a flaming arm was cut off by Long Chen and thrown into the sky.
"Hasn't this guy already been cut in half by my sword? Why is he still alive?" Long Chen's heart was filled with great doubts.
Then he saw that the flaming arm that was thrown into the sky disappeared very quickly, and the flaming man whose arm had been cut off quickly grew another strong arm and attacked Long Chen.
"Immortal body. Aren't you playing with me?"
Long Chen smiled bitterly. These dozens of flaming men were already hard enough to deal with, and each of them had an immortal body. When would he be able to defeat these flaming men, open the bronze gate and go to the next level?
"I don't believe that I can't cut you to death."
The flaming man's broken arm immediately grew back. Long Chen didn't believe it. The Wild Breaker, which was burning with blood-red flames, swept across the flaming man's body again and again. After a quarter of an hour, he had already cut the flaming man into small pieces.
Only then did Long Chen let out a sigh of relief.
It turned out that these flaming men weren't immortal. They had something similar to vitality. Every time Long Chen hurt them, their vitality would decrease. Although the decrease was not much, under Long Chen's suppressive and crazy attacks, the flaming man finally died in the hands of Long Chen and completely dissipated after being cut about a hundred times.
Long Chen put down the Wild Breaker and panted heavily.
"What a terrifying vitality. I can only kill one after a hundred cuts. Even if they came one by one, I would probably die of exhaustion in the end."
Thinking of this, Long Chen's face turned a little pale. He looked at the other flaming men. When Long Chen killed the first flaming man, the other flaming men moved at the same time.
"It's over."
Long Chen was shocked. Just now, there was only one. Now, he thought there would be two or three. He didn't expect all of them to move at once. Moreover, Long Chen saw anger in their eyes.
Long Chen didn't go into the cave. Instead, he was still in the passageway. The passageway wasn't big. Therefore, Long Chen only had to face about four or five flaming men immediately. Even so, it was enough to make him suffer.
Five punches came at him at the same time. No matter how fast Long Chen's movements were, he couldn't block so many punches. He could only retreat and attack at the same time. Unfortunately, each flaming man needed a hundred cuts to die. Long Chen retreated for a hundred meters but didn't manage to kill any of them.
"If this goes on, I'm definitely finished."
Faced with the huge pressure, Long Chen frowned deeply. Of course, he didn't regret it. He continued to retreat. At this moment, a flaming man used the cover of his companions and punched Long Chen's shoulder.
Boom.
The power of the flaming man's fist wasn't weak at all. Long Chen had the Zhenwu Demonic Body and a strong Dragon Body. Coupled with the power of the Golden Crow Remnant Soul, he was still sent flying. He almost dropped the Wild Breaker in his hand.
"So strong."
This punch made Long Chen's Qi and blood tumble. He almost vomited blood. However, the huge power of the punch still made him dizzy. Even his mind was a little clearer.
"If this goes on, I'm definitely going to die."
Long Chen fell to the ground. He had already realized this. If it wasn't for the Golden Crow flames that formed a barrier around his body, the power of the flaming man's flames would have swept through his body and burned him to a crisp.
When he landed, six or seven flaming men pounced at him. They had already punched him. As long as they followed up, they would be able to take Long Chen's life.
Long Chen's expression changed. After he landed, he slashed out the Sky Punishment Sword Formation. Suddenly, in this narrow space, the blood-red flaming sword talismans exploded with endless sword radiance. The dozens of flaming men were instantly swallowed by Long Chen's Sky Punishment Sword Formation. The originally crowded passageway became empty in an instant.
"It's done."
Just as this thought appeared in Long Chen's mind, the remaining dozens of sparks in the passageway suddenly turned into dozens of flaming men. None of them died. However, their life force had decreased under Long Chen's attack.
"Even if I use the Sky Punishment Sword Formation at full force, I can only cut off about one-tenth of their life force. It's impossible for me to slash out ten sword formations …" He frowned again.
How was he going to get through this terrifying obstacle?
At this moment, Xiao Lang's figure appeared from the Great Void Realm.
"Big Brother, let me try. Aren't they immortal? I'll swallow them directly. However, they are very strong. If you catch one, I'll swallow one. How about that?"
Xiao Lang was a Heaven Grade Nine Martial Artist. His strength wasn't much weaker than a single flaming man. Long Chen felt that there was still a glimmer of hope. Hence, he nodded and pulled Xiao Lang out of the Great Void Realm.
This was his only hope …