Looking at the situation in front of her, Zhang Hongying understood that she could only rely on her own strength to help Lin Chen.
Immediately, she prepared to leap into the sea of fire to assist Lin Chen below.
However, her intention was immediately seen through by Zhang Caiyun. Just as she was about to leap into the sea of fire, she suddenly felt her body stiffen—it was Zhang Caiyun who had restrained her from behind.
Zhang Hongying, being a member of the Zhang Family's Heavenly Pride, would never be allowed by Zhang Caiyun to go to her death in vain.
After restraining Zhang Hongying, everyone reached an agreement: they would not interfere with Fengchi and the others' actions against Lin Chen, while the people from Black Yan Hall would not attack Liu Yong and Zhang Hongying.
Below the sea of fire, Lin Chen was fighting Hei Xuan. Suddenly, he saw countless martial artists from Black Yan Hall rushing toward him, which gave him quite a fright.
Dealing with one Hei Xuan had already left Lin Chen somewhat helpless, unable to finish him for a long time. If a bunch of Black Yan Hall members joined in, Lin Chen certainly wouldn't stand a chance.
Thinking of this, Lin Chen didn't wait for those from Black Yan Hall to come closer. Without a second thought, he turned around and flew deeper into the sea of fire, heading towards its center.
Hei Xuan, troubled about how to deal with Lin Chen, suddenly saw Lin Chen turn and flee. Perplexed, he then discovered that reinforcements from Black Yan Hall had arrived.
He, of course, wouldn't let Lin Chen go, and immediately pursued him.
In the sea of fire, as he delved deeper, the surrounding temperature became increasingly terrifying. Fortunately, with the Blue Lotus Divine Flame in his body and his current strong physique, this level of heat was nothing to Lin Chen.
As he went deeper into the sea of fire, aside from the temperature of the flames, the pressure from below became increasingly strong. However, Lin Chen's physique could withstand it, for compared to the unknown pressure before, this was nothing.
Because this deep part of the sea of fire had little effect on Lin Chen, his descent was swift, and before long, he had left those from Black Yan Hall far behind.
As Lin Chen dove deeper, he reached a location about ten miles from the center of the sea of fire, where he saw a few familiar faces.
Among them were Yun Kaige, whom he had met once, and Shi An, Wang Shuo, and others from Heaven Hall, with whom he had some past grudges.
At this moment, Lin Chen could see that Yun Kaige had the highest cultivation among the group. This guy indeed lived up to his reputation as the leader of the Top Ten Heroes, the mightiest among all the Half-step to Creation Realm experts Lin Chen had encountered so far.
They were engaging the fire beasts, and although Lin Chen had occasionally encountered and slain one or two fire beasts during his earlier battle with Hei Xuan, those were only beasts of the Nirvana Realm Ninth Layer. Earlier on his way deeper, he encountered several fire beasts of the Half-step to Creation Realm.
However, the fire beasts Yun Kaige and the others were fighting now had the cultivation of the Creation Realm Second Level. It seems Zhang Caiyun and the others' earlier information was not entirely accurate. They hadn't ventured this deep into the sea of fire either, which is why such powerful fire beasts existed.
Seeing Yun Kaige and the others, Lin Chen deliberately avoided them. At this moment, he didn't want to stir up more trouble.
Before long, Lin Chen reached the central region of the sea of fire, where he saw an enormous, fiery red Flame Lotus.
At this moment, the Flame Lotus exuded a remarkably powerful flame aura, its might beyond imagination, as if possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth.
The flames roared and burned fiercely; if someone were to be affected even slightly, they would likely be reduced to ashes in an instant.
Gazing at the Flame Lotus, Lin Chen didn't need to think to know that this giant Flame Lotus was indeed the Yang Flame Divine Fire.
It appeared exactly as Zhang Caiyun had said, that this Yang Flame Divine Fire could only be subdued by a Creation Realm expert.
However, Yun Kaige, Shi An, and others continued heading deeper into the sea of fire, seemingly with some ace up their sleeves, confident they could subdue the Divine Fire.
Yet, they seemed overly confident in their trump card.
As they ventured deeper, the fire beasts grew increasingly powerful. Before Yun Kaige and his group could reach the depths, they were surrounded by numerous fire beasts, unable to advance as effortlessly as before.
Moreover, as they delved deeper, the wisdom of those fire beasts seemed to increase, knowing how to arrange strategies, surrounding Yun Kaige's group, and once again, a fierce battle erupted.
This time, against the strategic onslaught of numerous fire beasts, besides resisting the scorching flames, Yun Kaige and his group had to deal with the fire beasts. A few martial artists couldn't withstand the attack, assaulted by fire beasts and burnt by flames, were instantly reduced to ashes in the sea of fire.
Lin Chen intended to bypass Yun Kaige and the rest, but just then, the Black Yan Hall members caught up from behind, forcing Lin Chen to change his route and pass directly through where Yun Kaige's group was.
After all, this sea of fire wasn't owned by Yun Kaige, so Lin Chen was fearless.
Yun Kaige and his group, noticing the approaching Black Yan Hall members, were slightly shocked.
Soon, Lin Chen passed through the sea of fire area where Yun Kaige and the others were located, leaving Yun Kaige utterly astonished.
He had indeed crossed paths with Lin Chen before, but in his eyes, Lin Chen was no different from an ant. He could hardly believe that at this moment, Lin Chen managed to pass through their location effortlessly, with just the cultivation of the Seventh Level of Nirvana Realm.
This immediately made Yun Kaige reassess Lin Chen. This being whom he had previously deemed an ant now made Yun Kaige feel a hint of threat.
Always proud, his heart found it difficult to accept, and his eyes towards Lin Chen turned extremely cold.
A hundred years ago, their Cloud Dragon Kingdom had a genius, and in recent years, Yun Kaige bore some resemblance to that figure.
However, compared with Lin Chen now, he seemed to be nothing.
After all, Lin Chen was younger and had only reached the Seventh Level of Nirvana Realm. If they both had the cultivation of Half-step to Creation Realm, Lin Chen might directly crush him, perhaps defeating him in a single move.
Thinking of this, jealousy sprouted in Yun Kaige's heart, and as he looked at Lin Chen, a boundless killing intent surged within him. Dıscover more novels at novel·fiɾe·net
This unknown bumpkin named Lin Chen dared overshadow him. No, it was more than overshadowing him.
"Lin Chen, you dare appear here; last time, you dared to toy with us, and I haven't settled the score with you yet. Now without Zi Ling to help you, today I will settle this account with you."