A hot aura immediately spread throughout the earthen ball. The fireball drilled directly into the center of the earthen ball, but at this moment, the heaven defying bead suddenly rushed out. The fireball was startled and quickly turned around without any hesitation.
But it was too late. The heaven defying bead ignored all the obstacles in the earthen ball and struck the fireball with lightning speed. The fireball let out a cry of alarm and immediately struggled. But before it could struggle much more, it was quickly absorbed by the bead.
The few leaves that were originally carved on the surface of the heaven defying bead were now gone. Instead, they were replaced by a fireball. Very quickly, fireballs appeared on the heaven defying bead one after another.
The fireballs became dimmer and dimmer. Finally, they completely lost their brightness and disappeared.
At this moment, the tenth fireball appeared on the heaven defying bead. The entire bead suddenly lit up with a bright light. Even inside the earthen ball, the light was clearly emitted from within.
At this moment, when the fireball disappeared, the fire rings connected to the earthen ball suddenly dimmed and the red threads immediately broke.
Wang Lin stared blankly at everything in front of him. Not only him, but all the fire beasts in the cave were also stunned by this sudden change. They didn't know what to do.
At this time, the heaven defying bead quickly approached Wang Lin and merged back into his forehead. Wang Lin didn't have time to take a closer look. His body shook and he immediately used the Gravity Technique to control the earthen ball to rush up and enter one of the lava channels.
All of this happened in a very short period of time. The fire beasts only reacted when the earthen ball that Wang Lin was in flew out. Sixteen huge fire beasts roared and left the ground. They tore apart the lava channel above and chased after Wang Lin.
Behind them, tens of thousands of fire beasts let out furious roars as they followed closely behind.
Wang Lin's body was wrapped in the earthen ball. He quickly swam along the lava in the cave. One must know that the lava flowed from above to the bottom of the pool. Wang Lin was going against the flow, so he couldn't be too fast.
However, the fire beasts chasing after them were different. They grew up in the lava and could be said to be natural fire spirits. The deeper they were in the lava, the faster they moved.
Although Wang Lin didn't know what that fireball was, the fact that it was able to raise the Heaven Defying Bead's fire attribute from zero to full circle was enough to explain the situation.
Moreover, from the reverence of those fire beasts and their angry roars just now, Wang Lin could roughly guess that this fireball was extremely important to those fire beasts. It was very likely that it was the king of those fire beasts.
Wang Lin's guess was correct. This fire beast was born from magma, so it was a very high level spirit beast. According to the Cultivation Alliance, it should be called a fire spirit beast.
From the day it was born, it already had a certain level of intelligence. It cultivated in the underground magma of Hou Fen and spat out magma every day. Its cultivation level became more and more profound.
In the countless years it had lived, it had gone through a total of five metamorphoses. If it went through nine metamorphoses, it would go from a spirit beast to a desolate beast. However, every time it went through a metamorphosis, there would be a 500-year period of weakness. During this period, it would have no spiritual energy.
In order to protect itself, every time it was in a weakened state, it would release all of its spiritual power, urging countless descendants to use their power to protect itself.
At the same time, as the number of metamorphoses increased, it found a way to reduce its period of weakness, and that was to devour cultivators.
It didn't need to devour too many; every once in a while, it only needed to devour a few people. This was why any cultivator that entered the depths of the cave would be captured by its descendants and sent to it to be devoured.
In order to prevent these cultivators from harming the weakened Fire Spirit during the devouring process, all the captured cultivators were trapped in the soil and then spat out a solution to stabilize the soil. As a result, the Fire Spirit Beast was able to enjoy a very easy meal.
But now, the weakened fire spirit beast had never imagined that it would one day be devoured by someone else. In the instant that it dissipated, all of the flame beasts were enraged.
In their hearts, the fire spirit wasn't just their king, it was also their father.
How could the descendants not be angry when their father was killed in front of them? They all roared and madly chased after it.
Gradually, they got closer and closer. One of the 16 giant fire beasts in the front let out a hiss and spat out a stream of almost white liquid.
In the magma, the white liquid was very eye-catching. When it landed on Wang Lin's ball of earth, the ball of earth immediately shrank a bit.
Wang Lin was bleeding from his orifices inside the ball of earth. Even with his Ji Realm Divine Sense, he could only slightly block this attack. He clenched his teeth and used 120% of his spiritual energy to rush forward.
The fire beasts behind tore through the magma as they desperately chased after him.
As they got closer and closer, eight giant fire beasts spat out a stream of white liquid at the same time. The moment the liquid hit the ball of earth, Wang Lin's body trembled and he rushed out of the ball of earth. His divine sense wrapped around his body and he endured the unimaginable heat as he rushed out. Fortunately, he was already in contact with the surface of the magma. As soon as Wang Lin rushed out, he immediately jumped out of the magma.
After he appeared, his footsteps stopped. The moment he flew up, the piece of metal shot out from his storage bag and landed at his feet. It turned into a beam of light and directly flew out from the top of the volcano.
If one looked from the outside, they would see a figure covered in black smoke. His clothes had been burned to tatters as he rushed out from the mouth of the volcano.
Behind him, the 16 giant fire beasts chased him to the edge of the volcano. They roared with unwillingness, but strangely, they didn't dare to rush out.
Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. He looked down and his scalp went numb. He saw that below the 16 giant fire beasts, there were countless triangular eyes. Their gazes were focused on one person: Wang Lin, who was floating in the air.
Any of the fire beasts here could resist his divine sense. This was simply impossible. If this was really the case, then there could only be one explanation, and that was that these fire beasts didn't have souls or divine sense.
Wang Lin's expression was gloomy. He looked at the fire beasts below him and flew away without a word. Gradually, his expression became even more gloomy. Along the way, he could see fire beasts inside the mouth of the volcano. These fire beasts were all lying inside the mouth of the volcano, coldly staring at him. It was as if they were waiting for an order. As soon as the order arrived, they would all rush out.
Wang Lin's scalp went numb. He touched his forehead and secretly made up his mind to quickly get the map, leave Hou Fen, and never come back here again.
Thinking about this, he stopped and spread out his Ji Realm Divine Sense. After sensing a bit, his eyes lit up and he changed directions toward the north.
Even though he no longer looked at the volcanoes on the ground, he could still clearly feel the merciless gazes directed at him.
At this moment, the Nascent Soul ancestors of the four major sects in Hou Fen all came out of closed door cultivation. As people who stood at the top of a rank 3 cultivation country, they could clearly feel the violent heat gathering above Hou Fen.
This had happened many times in the past. This meant that all the volcanoes in Hou Fen were about to erupt.
Every time this happened, they would seal all the volcanoes they were responsible for to prevent them from erupting.
This was because once they erupt, it would be a huge disaster for Hou Fen. Mortals could escape from other countries and wouldn't be strongly opposed. Even if the ruler of the mortal world tried to stop them, the cultivators of the country would come out to persuade them.
After all, to these cultivators, mortals were like ants. However, if there were more mortals, there would be more suitable disciples for cultivation.
Mortals could leave, but cultivators couldn't. If a large amount of cultivators were to leave, there would be a huge war. In the Land of Xiuxing, the most taboo thing was to move the entire country. This meant that a large amount of spiritual energy would be lost, the power of the local cultivation sects would be messed up, and the spirit stones and magic treasures would fluctuate greatly.
The number of cultivation countries in the Land of Suzaku was fixed. Once the volcanoes in Hou Fen erupt, it would be filled with violent fire spiritual energy. This violent spiritual energy was impossible to cultivate with, and as a result, it would be impossible for cultivators to survive in Hou Fen for a very long time.
Luckily, this kind of thing hadn't happened yet. Although there were many volcanoes in Hou Fen, they were all sealed. Even when they did erupt, it was only a small area and didn't affect the overall situation.
Six hours later, Wang Lin stopped on an official road. His face was already gloomy, but when he saw the scene before him, his face turned ashen.
On the official road, there were dozens of corpses. There were also several carriages and horses lying motionless on the ground.
Most of these people were men, and without exception, they all had painful expressions on their faces. Most of them had weapons in their hands. It was clear that they were fighting each other before they died.
Wang Lin stopped outside a carriage. He waved his hand and the entire carriage seemed to be hit by a gust of wind. Whether it was the wheels or the roof, they were all lifted up. The moment a body fell to the ground, a red light flew out and turned into the shape of a devil. He stared at Wang Lin and revealed a terrified expression. However, his expression quickly turned ferocious and he roared, "You came just in time. I was just about to go find you. These mortal souls are too tasteless. I wonder how you taste."
With that, he suddenly pounced toward Wang Lin.
Wang Lin had a plan before. The reason he was able to find this devil was because he had left a mark on each of the beasts he fed him. If he continued to feed them like this, then one day, no matter how strong the devil became, he would be able to control them. However, right now, he only had a limited amount of time, so he could only sense the devil's location within a certain range.
(To be continued)