With Lu Ye's current speed, it took him less than an incense stick's worth of time to reach the center of the Fiery Lands.
At the very center was a huge crater. The high temperature surging out of the crater caused space to distort.
Lu Ye circled around the crater on his artifact and looked around. He could vaguely see a ball of raging flames at the bottom of the crater.
The banshee was right. There was indeed a ball of fire here. However, this ball of fire was extraordinarily powerful. Even the earth seemed to have been burned through.
No one had ever imagined that the center of the Land of Fire would be like this.
The cultivators active in the Spirit Stream Battlefield were only at the Spirit Stream Realm. Even experts like Feng Yuechan and Li Baxian couldn't reach here safely.
Even an overlord like the banshee could only stay more than a hundred miles away.
If Lu Ye hadn't borrowed the power of his Talent Tree, he definitely wouldn't have been able to reach this place.
His head felt a little dizzy, a sign that he had exhausted too much mental power. He had experienced this feeling many times in the Hundred Formation Pagoda.
He took out the last half bottle of Soul Cleansing Water and drank a drop. Only then did his mental exhaustion quickly fade.
He couldn't delay any longer. The spirit vessel beneath his feet emitted cracking sounds. It seemed that even this spirit artifact couldn't withstand the corrosion of the high temperature.
He urged the spirit vessel to fly down into the huge crater. He fell for several miles before reaching the bottom.
Putting away the spirit vessel, Lu Ye looked at the ball of fire in front of him in amazement.
This ball of fire was only the size of a washbasin. It was orange in color and gave off an extremely noble and holy feeling. Not only did it contain violent destructive power, but it also contained an indescribable vitality.
Lu Ye didn't know what kind of fire it was and didn't have the heart to investigate it. He came here to borrow the Talent Tree to devour this flame.
In his origin cavities, the Talent Tree clearly became more active. If he used the Insight Spirit Rune, he could even see the Talent Tree's roots on the surface of Lu Ye's body constantly twisting and extending as if they wanted to pierce into the flame.
There had never been a time when the Talent Tree gave Lu Ye such a desire.
Lu Ye reached out and covered the orange flame. With the Talent Tree's roots covering the surface of his body, he didn't feel too much heat.
Under his inner vision, the Talent Tree's roots were continuously absorbing orange-red energy into the tree.
Lu Ye paid attention to the Talent Tree's leaves. He was very curious as to how many leaves would be burned if the Talent Tree devoured this ball of fire.
A strange scene appeared. The orange-red power flowed through the tree, but it didn't burn the nearest leaf like it was supposed to. Instead, it crossed over many unburned leaves and reached the upper half of the tree.
In an instant, a large number of leaves lit up. There were at least one or two hundred leaves.
Lu Ye was stunned.
This was something that had never happened before. In the past, when he urged the Talent Tree to devour the Earth Core Fire, the leaves on the Talent Tree would burn and only react to the next one.
He had never experienced a reaction from one or two hundred leaves at once.
He wondered if it was because the fire was too strong.
However, he soon realized that something was amiss. This unknown flame was indeed powerful. Otherwise, it would not have caused the environment within a radius of several thousand miles to become so intense. However, the leaves that reacted to it did not burn. Instead, they only lit up with patterns.
As the Talent Tree continued to devour the power of the flames, the leaves became brighter and more dazzling.
Finally, at a certain moment, the many leaves ignited with raging flames.
Unlike the other leaves on the Talent Tree, the flames on these leaves were orange in color. They looked no different from the flames that were being devoured.
Moreover, Lu Ye vaguely felt that the flames that gathered together seemed to be outlining a strange pattern.
At first glance, it looked like a bird covered in flames was squatting on the Talent Tree. The swaying of the flames was mimicking the bird's movements.
It looked very much like the Vermillion Bird of the Four Sacred Beasts. It had a long tail and was extremely beautiful.
Lu Ye couldn't figure out whether this was a coincidence or not.
He was not in a hurry to find out what kind of spirit patterns were contained in the leaves. There were a lot of burning leaves this time. He could slowly investigate when he had the time.
The orange-red flames from before had disappeared. They had all been devoured by the Talent Tree. Only then did Lu Ye relax.
There was no way he could relax while urging the Talent Tree. It was not easy to persevere until now.
Just as he was about to leave, the sound of something breaking through the air rang out above his head. A figure landed directly not far in front of him.
The figure was slender and graceful. Her chest was bulging. Her scarlet eyes were like two floating will-o '-the-wisps in the dusky pit.
Lu Ye's expression tensed up. He raised his hand and pressed down on the Mountain Pan Saber.
The pit underground was not small, but it was definitely not big. Moreover, it had been exposed to high temperatures all year round. The surrounding rock walls had turned into glass.
It was extremely unwise to face an overlord-level existence in such an environment.
With a heavy heart, he was only focused on devouring the flames. He had forgotten that without the suppression of the flames, the person in front of him could come over on his own.
She had stopped more than a hundred miles away because she could not bear the pressure of moving forward. Now that the flames were gone, the pressure was naturally gone too.
Her scarlet eyes looked around. "Where's the thing?" She did not realize that Lu Ye had not promised her anything.
"I didn't see it." Lu Ye's fingers stroked the hilt of his saber. He glanced at the other party's slender neck. He thought about how difficult it would be to suddenly attack at this time. What was the probability of killing the other party with a single slash? In the end, he decided that if he really took the initiative to attack, it would not end well.
"Impossible." The demoness shook her head. "I felt it before."
"Why don't you look for it yourself?"
The demoness did not say anything. She bent down and began to search. Her claws danced, and the crystallized ground immediately shattered. In the blink of an eye, dust flew into the air.
"I'll go first!" Lu Ye said as he summoned his spirit boat.
At the same time, he glanced at the demoness from the corner of his eye, guarding against her sudden attack.
The result surprised Lu Ye. The other party was focused on searching for the flame that no longer existed. She did not pay attention to him at all.
This demoness … was strong, but there seemed to be something wrong with her intelligence. She probably would not have thought that there would be someone in this world who could devour such a powerful flame.
Thinking back to their previous encounter, Lu Ye gradually confirmed this point. The battle between them was more like a demonic beast's instinct. It was not a true enmity.
The spirit boat soared into the sky. The demoness did not seem to notice and continued to dig the ground.
After digging for a long time, she still did not find anything. Only then did she realize that something was not right.
She tilted her head and thought for a moment. Feathers grew on her arms, and in the blink of an eye, her arms turned into wings. With a flap of her wings, she soared into the sky and leaped out of the pit. Looking around, she seemed to be looking for traces of Lu Ye.
But after such a long delay, how could she find Lu Ye?
At this moment, Lu Ye maintained the wind spirit pattern on his spirit boat and flew as fast as lightning.
The demoness' intelligence was questionable, but he could not expect her to be so stupid. It was not easy to escape from the tiger's den, so it was naturally more important to run away.
After flying for more than half a day, Lu Ye's consumption of spiritual power was too severe. Only then did he land and find a place to rest in the forest. He then took out some array flags and arranged several interlocking array formations nearby. Only then did he feel much more at ease.
In the past, he did not have the ability to set up formations. When he rested in the wild, he mostly needed Yiyi to guard the surroundings. But now, there was no need. He could be considered to have some attainments in formations. With the formation flags, simple warning, concealment, and protective formations could be easily set up.
Thinking back to what he had encountered during this period of time, he was first chased by a group of cultivators from the Myriad Devil Ridge. Then, he was chased by a group of Demon Bees. After that, he was forced to run to this land of fire. He used the environment here to get rid of the Demon Bees. Then, he encountered an overlord-level existence here …
His days were really thrilling.
He took out a few spirit pills and swallowed them to calm his nerves. Activating the Gluttony Meal, his stomach buzzed. The medicinal effect of the spirit pills quickly dissolved, and the consumed spirit power was slowly replenished.
Lu Ye first contacted Yiyi to make sure that they were fine. Then, he focused on the Talent Tree.
This time, the Talent Tree lit up more than a hundred leaves at once. It could be said that the harvest was huge. He did not know what kind of spirit patterns were contained in so many leaves.
He was not in a hurry to check it out. It would not be too late to wait until he recovered.
Lu Ye turned his attention to a storage bag. This storage bag was filled with good things that he had plundered from the huge beehive.
Just the Good Grade Honey alone was more than a thousand catties. He had tested the effect of this thing on his escape. It was especially effective for the recovery of physical strength and spirit power. Although it was not as good as the Resting Fruit Wine, it was much faster than consuming spirit pills. It was just that it was not as convenient to eat as spirit pills every time.
Perhaps there were some other effects. He could bring it back for Second Senior Sister to study. Maybe there would be some unexpected discoveries.
Other than the Good Grade Honey, there was also the small half bowl of royal jelly.
Lu Ye had not tasted what the effects of this thing were.
He seriously suspected that the Demon Bees' relentless pursuit of him was not because he had stolen their honey. The biggest reason might be this half bowl of royal jelly!
Such a huge beehive with so many Demon Bees could only produce this little bit of royal jelly. One could imagine how precious this thing was.
If Lu Ye did not have the concealment spirit pattern, even a Heaven Level 9 ghost cultivator might not be able to succeed.
Taking out an empty jade bottle, he took out a jade bottle full of royal jelly and drank it in one gulp. His mouth was full of sweetness …
The consumed spirit power and physical strength were quickly recovered. The effect was much faster than the Good Grade Honey. However, there did not seem to be anything special.
Lu Ye silently sensed for a moment and soon found that something was wrong. An indescribable energy began to swim in his limbs and bones, causing his flesh and blood to squirm and become more compact. The flow of his Qi and blood also became faster. Even the flow of his spirit power was faster.
This royal jelly seemed to have a very obvious increase in the flow of his Qi, blood, and spirit power!
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