"Oh no, Ye Lin."
Seeing Ye Lin struck into the mountain by the Flame Python's tail, Xuan Hu's expression changed.
He then picked up the hammer from the ground, leaped high into the air, and swung it at the Flame Python.
With a single hammer blow, the Flame Python, unable to react in time, had its massive head directly driven into the ground by Xuan Hu.
"Die."
At this moment, another Flame Python seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, forcing Xuan Hu to retreat continuously.
"Damn it."
Xuan Hu used his hammer to deflect the incoming tail, his expression grim.
The combined combat power of the two Flame Pythons was not to be underestimated; at the very least, they made him feel uncomfortable.
Meanwhile, Ye Lin looked at the cave entrance before him, momentarily at a loss.
"Is this inside Flame Mountain?"
Looking at the long, narrow cave entrance and feeling the commotion of the battle behind him, Ye Lin was momentarily unsure how to choose.
"Forget it, the two Flame Pythons shouldn't pose a life threat to Xuan Hu, who is at the Golden Core Peak, and this is the territory of Nameless Mountain; the powerful cultivators of Nameless Mountain won't just watch Xuan Hu die."
"Let's go take a look."
Ultimately, Ye Lin held his long sword in his right hand, hunched his body, and slowly walked forward.
The further he walked, the higher the surrounding temperature became.
This couldn't help but spark a bold idea in Ye Lin's mind.
"Could it be that I'm about to find the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire up ahead?"
As he walked, Ye Lin muttered to himself.
Xuan Hu had said that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire was inside Flame Mountain; although it was a rumor, a false rumor could not have circulated for thousands of years.
Upon reaching the end, Ye Lin was stunned by the sight before him.
He saw a massive space, and in its center, a sky-blue fireball floated.
From the fireball, terrifying temperatures emanated.
Even from a distance, Ye Lin could feel the deadly temperature on the surface of the fireball.
Even though he was at the Golden Core Stage, he had a premonition that the temperature of this fireball could kill him.
"No way?"
Looking at the fireball before him, Ye Lin could accurately sense that this thing was indeed a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, and its grade was not low.
As he approached, he felt a sense of unreality.
A Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire that hadn't been discovered for thousands of years, found by him?
This couldn't help but make him feel a sense of unreality.
Whoosh.
The next moment, with a whooshing sound, Ye Lin's vision suddenly blurred, and the spiritual fire that had been floating in mid-air had already vanished.
Ye Lin turned his head to look around, but apart from the burning rocks, there was nothing else.
It was as if the burning Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire had never appeared.
And around him, he couldn't feel the slightest trace of the spiritual fire's aura.
"Interesting."
A smile played on Ye Lin's lips in response to this situation.
Then, with a wave of Ye Lin's hand, a fiery red flame covered his entire arm.
And the Phoenix Fire, which was rotating around his Golden Core, seemed to sense something and directly emerged from his body.
The Phoenix Fire transformed into a small fiery red Phoenix, circling Ye Lin.
And shortly after the little Phoenix appeared, in the distance, the sky-blue fireball that had vanished earlier suddenly reappeared.
One was a sky-blue fireball, and the other was a fiery red Phoenix Fire.
The two Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires quietly floated in mid-air.
Seeing this scene, Ye Lin slowly retreated.
As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers; among Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires, there exists incredibly cruel competition.
Once two Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires meet, only one will survive; the other will have long been devoured.
Only through devouring can they evolve.
"I wonder if the Phoenix Fire can win."
Standing in the distance, Ye Lin watched this scene, unable to help but inwardly grumble.
The Phoenix Fire had absorbed Little Red's aura and undergone a transformation, already becoming an Earth Rank Low Grade spiritual fire.
Although it was called Phoenix Fire, it was not a true Phoenix Fire.
And if the Phoenix Fire lost and was devoured, he would have nowhere to cry.
And in the struggle between spiritual fires, he couldn't help.
Suddenly, the two spiritual fires, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly began to move; there was no earth-shattering commotion, no flashy fighting style.
The two spiritual fires just quietly moved closer to each other.
On the surface, they were calm, but in reality, a fierce battle was raging internally.
The war between spiritual fires is intimately related to their inherent characteristics.
This process is extremely long; if one side is defeated, it will be instantly devoured by the other.
And Ye Lin could only stand in the distance and quietly watch.
To be able to directly contend with the Phoenix Fire means that this spiritual fire must at least be Earth Rank Low Grade.
If the Phoenix Fire can successfully devour this spiritual fire, it is very likely to directly become an Earth Rank High Grade spiritual fire.
Boom, boom, boom!
Accompanying three violent sounds, waves of terrifyingly high temperatures spread in all directions.
Ye Lin retreated rapidly; a strong deadly threat emanated from this temperature.
He couldn't withstand it.
And as time passed, the temperature inside the cave grew higher and higher.
The surrounding rocks had already begun to gradually melt.
These rocks were originally special metals that had been burning, and now, they were actually beginning to melt.
One can imagine how high the temperature truly was at this moment.
Seeing this scene, Ye Lin began to sit cross-legged, then fully circulated the Star Art within his body.
He intended to endure it; if the Phoenix Fire lost, he planned to forcefully refine it anyway.
Boom, boom, boom!
Another wave of heat impacted, and this time, the temperature of the heat wave was even stronger than the last.
A layer of green light emanated from the surface of Ye Lin's body.
"I didn't expect the Outer Sect Disciple robes issued by Nameless Mountain to have such a function."
Looking at the green light on the surface of his clothes, Ye Lin was a little surprised.
This layer of green light actually helped him block most of the temperature.
It seemed that this clothing was also a treasure.
This Nameless Mountain was indeed wealthy and powerful.
However, at this moment, in front of Ye Lin, the two spiritual fires began to stir.
The Phoenix Fire suddenly burst into brilliant light, slowly devouring the sky-blue fireball.
And the sky-blue fireball was not to be outdone, emitting waves of sky-blue light that illuminated the entire cave.
However, compared to each other, it was clear that the sky-blue fireball was at a disadvantage.
In just a few minutes, the sky-blue fireball had already been largely devoured by the Phoenix Fire; complete devouring was only a matter of time.
Seeing this scene, Ye Lin was extremely happy.
Once devoured, the Phoenix Fire would undoubtedly transform, with a very high chance of transforming into an Earth Rank High Grade.
An Earth Rank High Grade spiritual fire, he dared to believe, would make even Soul Transformation Stage powerful cultivators envious.
A High Grade spiritual fire had too many uses.
For example, for Alchemy and Artifact Refining, to become an Alchemist or Artifact Refiner, one must possess a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.
Otherwise, one would never become a high-level Alchemist or Artifact Refiner.
Because some special Materials have unimaginable hardness; if the spiritual fire's grade is not high, you can't even melt the Materials needed, let alone perform Alchemy or Artifact Refining.
As time passed, the sky-blue fireball had been completely absorbed by the Phoenix Fire.
At the same time, the Phoenix Fire quietly floated before Ye Lin, as if undergoing some kind of evolution.
From its aura, Ye Lin could feel that the Phoenix Fire was growing stronger, little by little.
Boom!!!
Half an hour later, a loud bang echoed.
Before Ye Lin, a massive Phoenix, entirely composed of fiery red flames, spread its wings and circled.
From the Phoenix, terrifying auras emanated.
Feeling this terrifying aura, Ye Lin's expression changed, and his body uncontrollably retreated.
From the Phoenix before him, he felt a deadly threat.