CHAPTER 1572: CHAPTER 1563: SUDDEN CHANGE

Wrapped in water energy by the Water Spirit Pearl, Ye Chenfeng.

After Wu Fengxian confirmed the grade of this Fire Dragon Cauldron, Ye Chenfeng was determined to obtain it.

The massive Fire Dragon Cauldron hanging in mid-air had flames burning brightly on its surface.

Encased in water energy, Ye Chenfeng wanted to approach the Fire Dragon Cauldron.

However, each step Ye Chenfeng took closer, the waves of energy encasing him grew more intense.

Ye Chenfeng clearly saw that the Fire Dragon Cauldron hanging in mid-air was suspended by six thick ropes formed by condensed flames. To take down the Fire Dragon Cauldron, he would need to sever these six fire ropes first.

Although the Water Spirit Pearl was a Middle Grade artifact, it could only exert its maximum effect in water. Even with the protection of water energy from the Water Spirit Pearl, Ye Chenfeng almost found it impossible to fully contact the Fire Dragon Cauldron.

Standing by the side, the Red Flame Sect Master Zhao Lengfeng respectfully said, "Ancestor, this Fire Dragon Cauldron is extremely strange; the closer you get to it, the stronger the surrounding heat and flames become. Of course, we’ve tried extinguishing these flames before."

"However, the red flames within this flame cavern seem to be endless; as soon as you extinguish some, more immediately appear from nowhere."

Upon hearing Zhao Lengfeng’s explanation, Ye Chenfeng frowned slightly. Yet, he was unwilling to give up on the Fire Dragon Cauldron, as a good medicine cauldron is essential to advance further in alchemy.

Encased in water energy, Ye Chenfeng gritted his teeth and walked step by step under the Fire Dragon Cauldron, raised his right hand, and tried to touch the bottom of the Fire Dragon Cauldron.

He heard a "sizzling! sizzling! sizzling!" sound.

Due to his right hand also being wrapped in water energy, as he approached the bottom of the Fire Dragon Cauldron.

The water energy encasing his right hand was quickly evaporating, with white smoke continually rising from his right hand. Seeing the water energy about to be fully evaporated, he hastily withdrew his hand.

Ye Chenfeng retreated once again to Zhao Lengfeng’s side, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

Turning to Zhao Lengfeng beside him, Ye Chenfeng said, "Lengfeng, you should leave first. Let me stay here alone for a while."

Upon hearing the words, Zhao Lengfeng knew Ye Chenfeng was protected by water energy, so nothing should happen in the flame cavern.

Thus, after hesitating for a moment, Zhao Lengfeng said, "Ancestor, I’ll wait for you outside the flame cavern; call me immediately if anything happens."

Ye Chenfeng nodded without objection, and after Zhao Lengfeng exited the flame cavern, Ye Chenfeng’s gaze once again focused on the Fire Dragon Cauldron hanging mid-air.

Wu Fengxian’s voice sounded again: "Young lad, it’s not easy to take down this Fire Dragon Cauldron! Though the red flames here are not Heaven and Earth Flame, if you can’t extinguish these endless red flames, you almost have no hope to take the Fire Dragon Cauldron away."

"Of course, you can also use the Green Flame in your Dantian to absorb these flames, but if you absorb them all, the Green Flame might exceed your control limit again, and at that time, you’ll only be able to seal it up once more. So, I don’t agree with letting the Green Flame absorb these red flames."

"These endless red flames must have a source. If you find the source of the red flames, I think everything will be much easier."

"You have Heaven and Earth Flame - Green Flame in your body; try to communicate with the Green Flame, you should soon be able to sense the source of the red flames."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chenfeng stopped wasting time and immediately communicated with the Green Flame in his Dantian using his Divine Sense.

After establishing a slight connection with the Green Flame.

Inside the flame cavern, Ye Chenfeng could clearly feel every flicker of flame, and he sensed which flames in the cavern were stronger and which were weaker!

Following his senses, Ye Chenfeng arrived at a place in the lower right corner of the flame cavern, where he felt the flame power was most intense.

Thus, wrapped in water energy, Ye Chenfeng squatted down, and after sweeping away the dust covering the red stones on the ground, he discovered an extremely strange pattern on the lower right corner of the ground.

His right hand instinctively reached for the pattern, initially without any reaction, as the water energy on his right hand blocked the heat from the red stones and the red flames attached to them.

However, when Ye Chenfeng’s right hand fully adhered to this strange pattern on the ground.

Unexpectedly, the heat and flames on the ground suddenly surged, directly breaking through the water energy on Ye Chenfeng’s right palm.

This change caught Ye Chenfeng off guard.

But, when Ye Chenfeng regained his senses, his right hand was already burned with a wound, with traces of golden blood flowing directly into this strange pattern.

The strange pattern on the ground was soon submerged by Ye Chenfeng’s blood.

After Ye Chenfeng’s blood inundated the pattern on the ground.

The place in the lower right corner of the flame cavern, where the strange pattern was submerged by Ye Chenfeng’s blood, seemed to come to life.

The weird pattern distorted into a terrifying ghost face.

This ghost face covered with red flames and blood showed a sinister smile to Ye Chenfeng.

Then, the red stone block in the lower right corner of the flame cavern sank sharply, revealing an underground passage before Ye Chenfeng.

At the moment this underground passage appeared, the flames within the flame cavern turned violent.

From beneath every inch of the ground, fiercely burning red flames erupted quickly; in just a blink of an eye, apart from the lower right corner of the flame cavern, other areas were filled with red flames, which aggressively surged toward Ye Chenfeng.

Even with the water energy protection from the Water Spirit Pearl, if engulfed by these furious red flames, Ye Chenfeng’s chances of survival would be slim.

Even unleashing the Green Flame now would be futile, as the current power of the Green Flame would be unable to consume this much fire at once.

Ye Chenfeng had no time to think; his silhouette darted into the underground passage without hesitation.

With a "boom!"

At the instant Ye Chenfeng leaped into the underground passage.

The fiercely burning flames in the flame cavern violently impacted the entrance of the passage.

However, these red flames seemed to have some restriction, as they did not spread inside the underground passage.

Seeing all this allowed Ye Chenfeng to let out a deep breath.

At present, Ye Chenfeng could not return to the flame cavern.

Yet, according to his previous sensing, Ye Chenfeng knew the source of these red flames was certainly at the bottom of this passage.

The stairway and walls of this passage were made of the same red stone.

The temperature within the passage was extremely high.

Now, Ye Chenfeng had no choice but to proceed to the bottom of the passage.

After walking for about ten minutes.

Ye Chenfeng finally reached the bottom of the passage, where the temperature had risen to a terrifying level.

At the bottom of the passage was a place resembling a secret chamber.

This secret chamber was quite spacious.

The chamber was circular, with a channel carved around its perimeter.

In this circular channel was boiling hot lava, with temperatures dozens of times higher than regular lava.

Ye Chenfeng stood in the center of the circular chamber, observing the hot lava surrounding it, knowing this was likely the source of the red flames.

Just as Ye Chenfeng was about to ask Wu Fengxian what to do next.

The red lava surrounding the chamber began to boil fiercely upon Ye Chenfeng’s arrival, with the surrounding temperature continuing to rise.

Some lava boiled excessively, splashing directly out of the channel.

The chamber’s walls, originally composed of red stone, had their surface red slowly receding.

Ye Chenfeng suddenly sensed a Sword Intent, an extremely fiery Sword Intent.

Ye Chenfeng realized the circular chamber was about to undergo some transformation!

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