Chapter 3084: Capturing Sixth-Level Spirit Fire (None Today)

The Wanhuo Mountain Range is located at the border of the human and lizard tribes. After the lizard tribe was annihilated, it became a hunting ground for high-level human cultivators to track demonic beasts.

The abundant fire spiritual energy here fosters numerous fire-attributed spiritual herbs and demonic beasts, attracting many high-level cultivators to hunt in this area.

A long red arc flew from afar. Soon, it stopped, revealing a gleaming red flying boat. Wang Zongque, Wang Yong'an, Wang Yi'er, and Wang Yibing stood aboard, their expressions solemn.

Loose cultivator Revered Master Chiyang had sold information to Wang Rumian: there was a sixth-tier flame in a certain part of the Wanhuo Mountain Range. This was reported to Wang Moshan, but as Wang Moshan was in secluded cultivation, the task was handed over to Wang Yihong.

Wang Yihong assigned this mission to the Treasure Hunting Hall. Wang Yi'er, as the head of the Treasure Hunting Hall, felt his own strength was insufficient after accepting the mission. He requested the Myriad Arts Hall to dispatch experts for assistance.

Wang Zongque, the deputy head of the Myriad Arts Hall, personally led the team, bringing Wang Yong'an and Wang Yibing.

Among them, Wang Zongque, Wang Yi'er, and Wang Yibing were at the mid-Void Refinement stage, while Wang Yong'an was at the early Void Refinement stage. As a sixth-tier formation master, Wang Yong'an's combat power, when deploying formations, was comparable to or even surpassed that of Wang Yibing and the others.

For this family-assigned mission, they applied to carry a sixth-tier puppet beast and a seventh-tier talisman. If the seventh-tier talisman remained unused after the mission, it had to be returned.

After the annihilation of the lizard tribe, the human race had organized a group of Integration cultivators to clear out seventh-tier demonic beasts from the Wanhuo Mountain Range. However, due to the abundant fire spiritual energy in the area, it was easy for new seventh-tier demonic beasts to emerge.

The presence of seventh-tier demonic beasts in the Wanhuo Mountain Range was precisely why they were allowed to carry a seventh-tier talisman; not all missions permitted its use.

The younger generation of the family had matured and could now contribute to the family's concerns. Thousands of years ago, Wang Zongque had followed Wang Mengbin to hunt demonic beasts. Now, he was a senior, leading juniors to capture the sixth-tier spiritual flame. This practice of elders guiding newcomers was a family rule.

The family possessed a complete cultivation system. When a family member first advanced to the Void Refinement stage, they would be assigned to oversee market cities, spiritual medicine gardens, or mineral veins. After a period of oversight, they would either accompany elders to participate in celebrations or dharma assemblies to expand their network, or join elders on missions to hone their skills, or enter secret realms and dangerous territories to search for treasures, depending on their individual strength and the circumstances.

"Be careful," Wang Yi'er said solemnly. "Although the Integration cultivators have cleared out the seventh-tier demonic beasts, there are certainly some that slipped through."

In his early years, he worked with the pioneering team, following Wang Huayue to clear out demonic beasts. He accidentally discovered the cave dwelling where Loose Cultivator Feilong had passed away, earning great merit and a substantial amount of contribution points, which significantly smoothed his cultivation path.

Most of the pioneering team members who worked with him back then were no longer alive. The surviving family members had all advanced to the Void Refinement stage.

The family established the Treasure Hunting Hall primarily to search for ancient cultivators' cave dwellings, explore dangerous areas and secret realms, and investigate the ruins of powerful factions. Wang Yi'er had considerable experience in these areas and was elected as the head of the Treasure Hunting Hall by the Elder Council.

Wang Zongque nodded, forming a hand seal. The red flying boat instantly glowed brightly and flew towards the southwest.

The area was rich in fire spiritual energy and had numerous active volcanoes, some of which would erupt suddenly.

Even through their protective spiritual light, they could feel an astonishing high temperature, and a fine sheen of sweat slowly formed on their foreheads.

Along the way, they encountered many low-tier demonic beasts: fire rats, fire ants, fire pythons, fire crows, and so on, all of which Wang Yibing easily dealt with.

Two days later, the red flying boat appeared above a towering, cloud-piercing red mountain peak. At the base of the mountain was a cave several zhang wide.

No vegetation grew on the mountain; it was littered with large amounts of red stones.

According to the intelligence, the sixth-tier spiritual flame was inside the cave, but it was attached to a demonic beast. It could control the beast to perform simple attacks and was more resilient, though it couldn't manifest a Dharma Idol.

"The fire spiritual energy here is abundant," Wang Yong'an said in a deep voice. "We should set up formations first, then lure it out, otherwise, it could easily escape by casting a fire evasion art."

Wang Zongque nodded and, with a hand seal, gently brought the red flying boat down to the ground.

Wang Yong'an took out formation flags and disks to set up formations. To prevent interference from other demonic beasts, he deployed three sets of sixth-tier formations: two water-attributed formations and one earth-attributed formation.

After the formations were set, Wang Yibing flipped her right hand. With a flash of white light, a shimmering white talisman appeared in her hand, its surface glowing with runes. This was a talisman soldier, possessing Void Refinement stage cultivation and skilled in ice-attributed divine abilities.

Wang Yibing channeled a hand seal into it, and the white talisman glowed with dazzling white light, transforming into a graceful maiden in a white dress, her body shimmering with runes.

"Go," Wang Yibing lightly pointed her finger. The maiden in white transformed into a streak of white light and flew into the cave.

Wang Zongque took out a gleaming red banner. With a gentle wave, a vast expanse of crimson mist surged out, engulfing their figures.

After the crimson mist dispersed, they were nowhere to be seen.

Not long after, a deafening roar echoed from inside the cave, shaking the ground and causing large amounts of rubble to tumble down the mountain.

With a flash of white light, the maiden in white reappeared, covered in dust and looking somewhat disheveled. If she were a real person, she would have been injured, but for a talisman soldier, as long as it wasn't severely damaged, it was fine.

An angry roar resounded, and a red light flew out of the cave, revealing a colossal red lion with crimson eyes.

This Blazing Lion had long been dead, merely possessed and controlled by the sixth-tier spiritual flame. Uninformed cultivators who treated it as a regular demonic beast would certainly suffer a great loss.

Revered Master Chiyang, who discovered the spiritual flame, had indeed suffered a great loss, sustaining severe injuries. To heal, he had been forced to sell this information to Wang Rumian in exchange for Ice Soul Jade Paste.

The maiden in white swung her right hand towards the void. With a flash of white light, a shimmering white giant palm materialized out of thin air, carrying bone-chilling coldness, and struck directly at the Blazing Lion.

A burst of golden flame erupted from the Blazing Lion's body, its temperature rapidly rising, as it met the attack.

With a thunderous roar, the Blazing Lion collided with the white giant palm. Its body rapidly froze, but the ice layer quickly melted away.

The maiden in white opened her mouth and spat out a white light, striking the Blazing Lion. The Blazing Lion's body froze at a visible rate, but the golden flames on its body surged, and the ice quickly melted.

The Blazing Lion transformed into a streak of red light and charged forward at high speed.

The maiden in white transformed into a white arc, soaring through the air at high speed, with the Blazing Lion in hot pursuit.

With a flash of golden light, a massive golden flame suddenly appeared in front of the maiden in white, emitting astonishing high temperatures. The surrounding void distorted and warped, seemingly unable to withstand the intense heat.

The maiden in white's body glowed intensely with white light, enveloping the golden flame.

The golden flame froze at a visible rate, but soon, the ice layer shattered. The golden flame then struck the maiden in white, causing a puff of smoke.

The maiden in white's body glowed brightly with white light, and she vanished from her spot.

The next moment, she appeared in the void over fifty li away, the runes on her body dim.

Thousands of blue lights shot up into the sky, soaring upwards.

The golden flame seemed to realize something and attempted to escape, but a booming male shout resonated, causing the golden flame to flicker wildly.

The thousands of blue lights converged, forming a massive blue water curtain that enclosed the golden flame. Wang Zongque and four others appeared, each holding a blue formation disk.

They exchanged glances, nodded to each other, and began channeling hand seals into their formation disks.