Su Ming's arrival might have caught the trio's attention, but they did not pay attention to him for long. To these three old monsters of mysterious origins, Su Ming was not a great threat to them.
However, those who could live for so many years were naturally experienced and astute people. They might have seemed the same, but in truth, their hearts were all different.
However, it was impossible for anyone to come here while facing the purple flames unless they had some hidden tricks up their sleeves. Since that was the case, the trio did not provoke Su Ming too much. After all, they had yet to step into the fifth kiln. After all, the moment the purple flames disappeared and the black flames erupted, they would only have the blink of an eye. Whether they would be able to enter the fifth kiln was another matter altogether, so there was no need for them to attack and let others have the chance.
As for Flame Fiends' Progenitor and the plump person called Zhu You Cai, their fight just now was in truth just a warm-up. It was a way for them to greet each other.
Logically speaking, their relationship should have been normal, but in truth … they were sitting together at that moment. In fact … the plump Zhu You Cai was sitting in the sea of fire, and the thin Flame Fiends' Progenitor was squatting on Zhu You Cai's shoulder while humming a strange song.
Zhu You Cai had his eyes closed, as if he was listening. No one knew what sort of emotions were hidden under his apathetic expression.
As for the yellow-browed man, he was lying alone not too far away … and he was snoring away.
'These are three incredibly strange old monsters,' Su Ming thought in his heart when he opened his eyes and looked at them. Then, he closed his eyes again. However, he did not know that if there was a fifth person in the area who was with these three old monsters, then when he looked at the four of them, he would also have the same feeling.
After all, Su Ming was sitting on the black horse with two dragon heads while surrounded by a sea of fire. This sort of appearance would also give off a strange feeling.
Time passed. It was the seventh day since the purple flames erupted, which was also the final day before they dissipated. The flames beyond the fifth kiln had already reached a certain degree of heat, and the booming sounds of the flames were the only sounds in the area.
Suddenly, the yellow-browed man yawned and rubbed his eyes. He instinctively placed his right thumb in his mouth and sucked on it. Then, he cast a sideways glance at the galaxy in the distance.
At the same time, Flame Fiends' Progenitor stopped humming. A sharp glare shone in his eyes, and when he stared at the galaxy in the distance, a ghastly, cold sneer appeared on his lips.
The fat Zhu You Cai also slowly opened his eyes, revealing a fierce red glow as he stared at the starry sky in the distance.
After a moment, a piercing whistle spread through the area and drowned out the roars from the sea of fire. When Su Ming opened his eyes and looked over, he immediately saw a centipede that was several tens of thousands of feet big moving through the sea of fire.
The centipede's thousand legs moved at the same time, causing its speed to surpass that of lightning. At first glance, it seemed to be in the distance, but in the blink of an eye, it had closed in on the four people. The thousand-legged centipede came to an abrupt halt, and its body rapidly shrank until it turned into the white-robed young man. There was a woman beside the young man, and it was none other than the catwoman.
At this moment, the cat girl's face was deathly pale, and her eyes were lifeless. There were two small black holes on her neck, as if she had been bitten by poisonous fangs.
"Wow, it's so lively." The white-robed young man smiled faintly. There was a radiant smile on his face. Once he swept his gaze past the three old monsters, his gaze landed on Su Ming, and he paused for a moment.
Su Ming also looked at the white-robed young man. His expression was as calm as ever, and not a single hint of joy or anger could be seen on his face. However, the white-robed young man naturally did not know that once Su Ming saw the catwoman, a wave of killing intent rose in his heart.
That killing intent was not targeted at the catwoman, but at the white-robed young man.
The catwoman was with the nine old Frail Darknesses, and since she had appeared here, then there was a high possibility that the nine old Frail Darknesses were in danger, and the culprit behind all of this was naturally the white-robed young man who was the thousand-legged centipede.
Almost the moment the white-robed young man appeared and spoke, another loud bang came from the galaxy. It was the roar of a ferocious beast. It was a crimson dragon, and it swam about in the sea of fire. On the dragon's head was a purple-robed man sitting cross-legged between its horns.
The man was incredibly handsome, but he was filled with an aloof air. It was clear that he was not a talkative person. As the crimson dragon closed in, in just the span of a few breaths, he arrived at the place where the crowd was.
His arrival clearly caused the eyes of the old Flame Fiends to turn strange and enchanting. It also caused a ghastly look to appear on Zhu You Cai's face.
Only the yellow-browed man cast him a sideways glance and continued sucking on his thumb. No one else could tell that he was incredibly wary at that moment.
He sensed a powerful sense of danger from the purple-robed man. This sense of danger was the strongest among all the people in the area. As for the second … it was not Zhu You Cai, Flame Fiends' Progenitor, nor was it the white-robed young man who was the thousand-legged centipede … but Su Ming.
While the yellow-browed man was on guard, the crimson dragon under the purple-robed man suddenly lifted its head when the purple-robed man arrived. An incredibly nervous expression immediately appeared on its face, and with great hostility, it glared at the Resentful Wei under Su Ming.
The Resentful Wei lifted its head coldly and stared at the crimson dragon. A hint of scorn appeared on its arrogant face.
As if it had been provoked by that scorn, the crimson dragon immediately opened its mouth and roared at the Resentful Wei, but at the instant its roar reverberated in the air, a cold glare appeared in the four eyes of the Resentful Wei's two dragon heads at the same time, and it let out a low growl.
The purple-robed man was naturally Reverend Zi Long. His gaze landed on the Resentful Wei, then on Su Ming. He patted the crimson dragon's horn without any expression on his face, and the dragon immediately lowered its head. With one move, it brought Reverend Zi Long to the side, and Zi Long closed his eyes, looking as if he did not care about all the people around him.
The white-robed young man who was the thousand-legged centipede smiled at that moment and walked towards Zi Long. He sat down cross-legged not too far away from him, and the catwoman followed behind him with an unfocused gaze.
Su Ming swept his gaze across the area, and he could already tell quite a number of things.
There were two or perhaps three camps. One of them was the purple-robed man and the white-robed young man. These two people were the last to arrive, and it was clear that they had traveled a rather long distance. With the catwoman around, Su Ming could roughly guess that these two people … should have come from beyond Divine Essence Star Ocean.
"The purple-robed man is Reverend Zi Long, an Almighty who is a Master of Fate, Lives, and Death, one of the forces of power from the Fourth True World keeping a lookout over the barren lands! "As for the white-robed young man who captured the catwoman, I've heard of him before. He's a wandering cultivator who has attached himself to the four Great True Worlds. His surname is Wu, and his origins are incredibly mysterious." Xu Hui's grave voice traveled into Su Ming's mind.
This immediately verified Su Ming's guess.
The second camp was Flame Fiends' Progenitor and Zhu You Cai, who had fought against each other a few days ago. As for the yellow-browed man, he might have seemed normal, but based on his position, it could be seen that he was not too close to either side. However, it seemed like both sides did not want to get too close to him either.
This sort of relationship was very subtle. If a person did not have enough experience, it would be difficult for them to see these clues from some of the details.
When he saw this, a barely noticeable smile appeared at the corners of Su Ming's lips. The power of the three camps was clearly not balanced. The strongest among them should be Reverend Zi Long and the white-robed young man.
The second strongest should be the yellow-browed man, Flame Fiends, and Zhu You Cai's camp, which should be about the same level of power.
In this way, the yellow-browed man naturally became a key point. If he assisted Huo Wu's side, then he would be able to suppress Zi Long and the others. Even if he remained alone, he would still be able to obtain some benefits. After all, both sides wouldn't force him too much.
Similarly, Su Ming could also obtain some benefits from this subtle relationship. After all, his existence was also a focus in other people's eyes. However, the degree of this focus would depend on Su Ming's combat abilities in the future.
When the purple flames spread out and the seventh day was about to end, there was still no one else who came. Su Ming knew that there was a high possibility that he was one of the people who would enter the fifth kiln this time.
As the purple sea of fire approached and disappeared, besides the yellow-browed man and Reverend Zi Long, whose expressions remained the same, the other people's expressions changed. Flame Fiends' Progenitor stared in the direction of the fifth kiln. Zhu You Cai also had a solemn expression on his face. The white-robed young man also had a fierce look in his eyes. All of them were waiting for the instant the purple flames disappeared and the black flames erupted.
Besides the booming sounds of the flames in the area, no one spoke. In this relative silence, Su Ming stared at the fifth kiln that was one million feet away. Even though he could only see purple flames when he looked over, as time trickled by, the purple flames gradually showed signs of diminishing.
When the time it takes for another incense stick to burn passed, Su Ming immediately saw the purple flames outside the fifth kiln vanish!
At the instant it disappeared, he saw an incredibly huge kiln. It was green in color, and he had no idea what sort of metal it was made of. It exuded waves of mighty pressure that could make people's hearts tremble.
Almost at the instant the purple flames disappeared, the yellow-browed man was the first to take a step forward. He was so quick that he charged towards the fifth kiln. As he moved forward, his eyebrows danced, and as they swiftly changed, they turned into two yellow dragons that surrounded his body, causing his presence to instantly surge to a monstrous and astonishing degree.
Zi Long was next. He struck the crimson dragon with his right hand, and it immediately disappeared. He moved forward, and a strange roar came from his body. Then, he turned into a long arc that was like a purple dragon, and with a presence that caused the galaxy around him to tremble, he moved forward with a bang.
The remaining three people were next. Su Ming was the last. The Resentful Wei beneath him threw its head back and roared. Immediately, as the sea of fire around him tumbled about, it turned into the black color that belonged to the Resentful Wei. In fact, there was a powerful resentment within the black flames that could not be dispelled. The black flames were not the flames of destruction, but the flames of resentment!
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