toybunovel Chapter 432: Flame Lizards!
Chapter 432: Flame Lizards!
"Understood."
The violet-robed elder’s stern voice left no room for hesitation, and everyone hurriedly answered.
"Very good."
Seeing this, the violet-robed elder nodded slightly. Then, he threw out a formation disk while forming a hand seal with his other hand.
In an instant, the formation disk expanded rapidly. Light spread outward, and a spatial passage large enough for ten people to enter at once appeared before everyone.
At the same time, three hundred tokens flew out from the elder’s sleeve and landed in the hands of the remaining examinees.
"Through this passage, you will enter the Crimson Flame Secret Realm. Enter one by one according to the previous assessment order."
As soon as the violet-robed elder’s voice fell, the three hundred examinees began entering the passage in order.
In only a few breaths, all the contestants had disappeared into the Crimson Flame Secret Realm.
On the vast plaza, only the violet-robed elder remained.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Suddenly, the examiners from the first two rounds, the silver-haired elder and the green-robed elder, appeared on the plaza at the same time and stood beside the violet-robed elder.
"Elder Ren, Elder Mo, the quality of this batch of disciples seems quite good."
The silver-haired elder smiled faintly and said, "Xue Wuyan’s performance exceeded our expectations, and even more surprisingly, an anomaly like Li Yun appeared."
"Li Yun’s talent is indeed extraordinary."
The green-robed elder nodded and said, "Although I created the Falling Star Sword Technique casually, I never found a clear way to fuse all eighteen variations into one. Yet that child accomplished something even I could not. He is truly a natural-born sword cultivator."
"No matter how high one’s aptitude is, and no matter how strong one’s comprehension ability may be, everything still depends on actual combat in the end."
The violet-robed elder spoke indifferently. "Regardless of his talent, Li Yun is still only at the 1st level of the Essence Qi Realm. Even if he can fight above his level, he will be facing many powerful opponents in the Crimson Flame Secret Realm. His strength may not be enough to support him until the end. I am afraid he will not obtain a particularly good result in this final combat assessment."
"That is true."
The silver-haired elder was silent for a moment before sighing. "The aptitude test and comprehension test together only account for half of the final score. The remaining half depends entirely on the combat assessment. This is truly a little unfair to that child."
The green-robed elder also sighed. "If Li Yun’s cultivation were a little stronger and had already reached the early stage of the Mortal Core Realm, then first place in this Outer Sect assessment would most likely belong to him. Unfortunately, this time, first place will still probably go to Xue Wuyan."
"It is indeed a pity."
The violet-robed elder’s expression remained calm. "The reward for first place in this Outer Sect assessment is extraordinary. Even I feel somewhat tempted by it. However, if that child misses the reward, it can only be blamed on his cultivation being too low. No one else can be blamed."
Li Yun naturally did not know about the discussion between the three elders.
Even if he had known, he would not have taken it to heart.
At this moment, he had already entered the Crimson Flame Secret Realm.
When the examinees entered the Crimson Flame Secret Realm, they were all teleported to random locations. Under normal circumstances, each person would appear in a different area.
Li Yun looked around and found no one nearby.
The entire secret realm was dyed in shades of fiery red. Thick crimson mist drifted between the sky and earth, while the ground beneath his feet looked as though it had been soaked in blood. Volcanoes rose everywhere in the distance, and the scorching temperature in the air was so intense that it felt as if it could roast an ordinary person alive.
As its name suggested, the Crimson Flame Secret Realm was a small world heavily inclined toward the fire element. The concentration of fire energy here was far higher than in the outside world.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a lizard about half the height of a person appeared before Li Yun. Its entire body was covered in fiery-red scales, and flames flickered around its claws. The moment it saw Li Yun, it opened its mouth and spat out a burst of fire before lunging at him fiercely.
"Die."
Li Yun gave a soft shout.
This lizard was only a peak Rank Five demonic beast, with strength comparable to an ordinary peak Essence Qi Realm cultivator. For such a creature to dare attack him was no different from throwing itself toward death.
Li Yun did not use any profound sword technique. He merely raised his sword and swung out a simple strike.
Swish!
Sword Qi whistled through the air and stirred the surrounding heat waves before landing accurately on the head of the Ember-Scale Lizard.
Crack!
The Ember-Scale Lizard’s head exploded from the strike, and its body was sent flying several meters away. A moment later, a fiery-red crystal floated out from its corpse.
Li Yun reached out and grabbed the fiery-red crystal in his palm.
"Eh?"
After sensing it briefly, Li Yun’s eyebrows rose slightly.
This fiery-red crystal actually contained extremely pure flame energy. Although the amount was not large, its effect was roughly equivalent to a top grade profound rank fire-attribute spiritual material.
A top grade profound rank spiritual material was no longer very useful to the current Li Yun, but this was only the flame core of an ordinary peak Rank Five demonic beast. If he hunted enough demonic beasts and gathered more of these flame cores, the combined effect would become quite impressive.
"Looking at it this way, I might be able to cultivate the Vermilion Sun Incineration Art of the Five Element Supreme Divine Art to perfection inside this secret realm."
Li Yun’s heart stirred slightly. Only after cultivating all the five elements art in the Five Element Supreme Divine Art to perfection could he have a chance to comprehend the profound Five Element Intent.