Chapter 3097: Seven-Level Ice Flame Acquired

Wang Tunian’s eyes lit up with a yellow glow, allowing him to clearly see the situation inside the cave.

At the end of the cave was an ice cavern about an acre in size. Inside the ice cavern was a pool over a hundred zhang wide. In the bottom left corner, five entirely white spiritual ganoderma lucidum fungi grew, their surfaces adorned with naturally formed patterns.

“A Heavenly Moon Snow Ganoderma over 30,000 years old,” Wang Tunian muttered to himself, his expression excited. “This is the main ingredient for refining Heavenly Moon Snow Pills, which have excellent healing effects.”

The Wang family had collected some seventh-tier pill recipes, including the Heavenly Moon Snow Pill.

Even without a seventh-tier alchemist in the Wang family, consuming it raw would still yield some healing benefits.

Aside from the Heavenly Moon Snow Ganoderma, he saw no flames, which he found odd. Had the seventh-tier Ice Flame been taken? That shouldn't be the case! If the seventh-tier Ice Flame had been collected, the Heavenly Moon Snow Ganoderma wouldn’t have been left behind.

The seventh-tier Ice Flame was likely hidden within the ice cavern, but despite repeated attempts, Wang Tunian couldn't locate it.

To reach this point, they had used two low-grade Celestial Spiritual Treasures, a sixth-tier formation, and a seventh-tier enemy-trapping talisman. They hoped their efforts wouldn't be in vain.

“First, let’s set up the formation, then figure out how to lure it out.”

Wang Xiangrong took out formation flags and a formation disk and began setting up the array.

They had brought a complete set of the seventh-tier Heavenly Blazing Formation from the family treasury. Once the seventh-tier Ice Flame was trapped, it would have no escape.

After the formation was set, Dong Xueli conjured a shimmering white talisman. With a spell, the white talisman erupted in dazzling white light, transforming into an graceful maiden in a white dress, who then walked towards the valley.

The white-dressed maiden entered the cave and reached the ice cavern. The stone walls were frozen, covered by thick ice.

She slowly advanced until she stood before the Heavenly Moon Snow Lotus. Just then, a blue light shot out from within the ice wall, directly aiming for the white-dressed maiden.

The white-dressed maiden was prepared. Her body glowed brightly with white light as she swiftly retreated, heading back the way she came.

Near the cave entrance, a blue light illuminated the ice wall, and an entirely blue phoenix materialized. The blue phoenix, a spectral form, was the seventh-tier Ice Flame itself.

The cave entrance was quickly covered by a layer of ice, sealing the opening.

The white-dressed maiden's body radiated white light, and she vanished from her spot.

The blue phoenix did not pursue; instead, it drilled back into the ice wall.

“There is indeed a seventh-tier Ice Flame,” Wang Tunian said with a frown. “It doesn’t seem interested in chasing after the talisman puppet.”

“Perhaps something similar to it will pique its interest,” Duan Tongtian analyzed.

Wang Qingshan nodded. He opened his mouth and exhaled a ball of cyan-gold flame, which transformed into a cyan-gold firebird. The temperature rapidly rose, melting large amounts of snow.

“Go,” Wang Qingshan commanded with a gentle flick of his finger. The cyan-gold firebird flapped its wings and flew towards the valley.

The entrance to the ice cavern shattered, and a cyan-gold firebird flew in. The ice quickly melted, filling the air with mist.

A blue light shot out from within the ice wall, revealing a blue phoenix. With a gentle flap of its wings, its size expanded dramatically, and it lunged towards the cyan-gold firebird.

The cyan-gold firebird’s spiritual light intensified, and it transformed into a streak of fire, vanishing from its original spot.

The next moment, the cyan-gold firebird reappeared outside the ice cavern.

The blue phoenix pursued relentlessly, attempting to devour the cyan-gold firebird.

A thunderous roar shook the ground.

As the cyan-gold firebird flew out of the cave, the blue phoenix materialized before it, blocking its path. With a sweep of its wings, a flurry of white ice fragments appeared in the nearby air, and the temperature plummeted.

Just then, a sharp cyan sword ray shot forth, striking the blue phoenix.

The event was sudden; the blue phoenix had no time to evade. It was sliced in half by the cyan sword ray, dissolving into a patch of blue flame. The sword ray struck the ice wall, shattering it and causing a cascade of ice blocks to fall.

Seizing the opportunity, the cyan-gold firebird rapidly flew outwards.

The blue flames quickly coalesced, reforming into the shape of a blue phoenix, and gave chase.

As it chased out of the valley, just about to catch the cyan-gold firebird, thousands of red lights shot out from underground, soaring towards the sky.

The blue phoenix sensed danger and was about to flee when a man’s loud shout rang out. Its body trembled slightly, almost falling apart.

By the time it recovered, a massive red light screen had materialized, trapping it within.

Wang Qingshan and Duan Tongtian appeared, each holding a red formation disk and casting several incantations into it.

Within the red light screen, clusters of crimson flames surged forth, forming a sea of fire that enveloped the blue phoenix.

The blue phoenix’s massive body crashed against the red light screen, which quickly froze. However, countless red runes then appeared on the surface of the screen, melting the ice layer.

Wang Qingshan and Duan Tongtian simultaneously manipulated the formation and activated their Dharma Idols to attack the blue phoenix.

Wang Qingfeng and four others flew from a distance, all launching attacks at the seventh-tier Ice Flame, contributing their strength.

Time passed gradually. The blue phoenix was repeatedly defeated, only to quickly reform, then rapidly defeated again, and reformed once more.

After more than half an hour, the blue phoenix was pulverized by dense cyan saber auras and cyan sword qi, turning into a large patch of blue flame. The blue flame slowly coalesced, but its recovery speed was significantly slower.

Wang Qingshan raised his right hand, and the Nine Blazes Gourd flew out. He cast an incantation, and the stopper flew off. The Nine Blazes Gourd spewed out a reddish mist, which enveloped the blue flame, drawing it inside. The stopper then automatically closed.

Wang Qingshan let out a long sigh of relief and, with a single hand gesture, retrieved the Nine Blazes Gourd.

It was fortunate that the Nine Blazes Gourd was a mid-grade Celestial Spiritual Treasure; otherwise, there would have been no way to capture the seventh-tier Ice Flame.

Wang Tunian and Wang Huanyu entered the valley and reached the ice cavern. They carefully excavated the five Heavenly Moon Snow Lotuses, placed them in jade boxes, and stored them in their storage rings.

They would hand them over to the family upon returning to Qinglian Island.

Since the original path was guarded by Six-Eyed Sand Spiders, returning that way was impossible. They could only leave by following the route map left by Scattered Cultivator Qiankui.

Their next objective was to find the Azure Adamantite Divine Jade vein. As the vein was located in the Myriad Spirits Ruins, they naturally couldn’t monopolize it, but mining some of the ore would be acceptable.

Before long, they disappeared into the icy, snowy landscape.

From a dense red forest, deafening roars of thunder echoed, and streaks of cyan lightning tore through the sky, striking the forest one after another.

Deep within the forest, True Monarch Azure Thunder and a dozen disciples from Golden Shark Island stood in an open clearing. Numerous corpses of giant scorpions lay on the ground; upon closer inspection, they were identified as Human-Faced Scorpions.

One of the Human-Faced Scorpions was exceptionally large, a seventh-tier Human-Faced Scorpion. A long spear shimmering with cyan light had pinned it to the ground. Black smoke emanated from the scorpion’s body, and the air was filled with a burning smell.

“Even a mid-grade seventh-tier Human-Faced Scorpion is no match for Junior Martial Brother Zhang,” a red-faced, golden-robed elder said with a laugh. “This treasure hunt should proceed smoothly.”

This was Venerable Golden Shark, the island master of Golden Shark Island, currently at the Mid-Integration Stage.

Golden Shark Island had dispatched three Integration-stage cultivators on this trip to the Myriad Spirits Ruins to search for materials for tribulation transcendence. In another thousand years, Venerable Golden Shark would face his fourth Grand Heavenly Tribulation, and without suitable treasures for tribulation transcendence, it would be difficult for him to pass.

“Senior Martial Brother Zhao, you flatter me,” True Monarch Azure Thunder said gravely. “We should continue on our way as quickly as possible. It’s fortunate we haven’t encountered any Six-Eyed Sand Spiders; otherwise, they wouldn’t be so easy to deal with.”

Venerable Golden Shark nodded, instructed his disciples to collect the Human-Faced Scorpion corpses, and departed the area.