Just as Ye Chen was completely engulfed by the sky-full of willow branches and flames, a burst of crimson light, even more mystical than the flames themselves, suddenly shot through.
This ray of light was, in fact, the Crimson Fire Flying Sword!
When the three willow demons unleashed their final killing move, Ye Chen also brought out all the tricks up his sleeve.
Gang Yuan True Qi! Heavenly Gang Sword Formation! Nine Transformation Fighting Body! And the Life-bound Flying Sword!
With the surging Gang Yuan True Qi and the immense power of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body, Ye Chen's whole being radiated an endless divine light.
And around his body, that beam of starlight formed by the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation, merged instantly with the Crimson Fire Flying Sword that was shooting out.
The result was a Heavenly Gang Sword Formation, catalyzed by the Crimson Fire Flying Sword!
Previously, the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation that Ye Chen had used was formed by swords condensed from True Qi, but the "Crimson Fire Flying Sword" was a supreme holy artefact capable of carrying True Qi. When the infinite sword intent of the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation was executed through the Crimson Fire Flying Sword, its power suddenly skyrocketed to an unbelievable level.
The Crimson Fire Flying Sword, carrying a stream of starlight, extinguished the endless burning flames wherever it passed. After circling a few dozen feet around Ye Chen, not even a single flame of the willow demon remained within a several feet radius of him.
The burning flames unleashed by the willow demons towards Ye Chen were completely extinguished by him!
Surrounded by surging Gang Yuan True Qi and the golden light of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body, Ye Chen, flying through the void, radiated endless divine light. The Crimson Fire Flying Sword, whirling around him with the vast power of the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation and annihilating everything in its path, left a vacuum around Ye Chen!
A vacuum that absolutely no force could break through!
Having unleashed all his techniques, Ye Chen finally managed to break through the blockade of the three willow demons, crashing down next to the Fire Elemental Spring.
Seeing Ye Chen landing beside the spring, the three willow demons, now completely engulfed in flames, went utterly insane. All of their fiery branches attacked Ye Chen standing next to the spring; the three willow demons, with tens of thousands of branches spanning hundreds of meters, turned the entire void into a sea of fire.
This sea of fire was enough to pierce through everything, but just like before, when all of it was directed at Ye Chen, it was still completely annihilated by the "Crimson Fire Flying Sword" circling outside his body.
Even with all their power, the three willow demons were unable to harm Ye Chen!
Even more so, countless branches of the willow demons were continually chopped down in their clashes with the Flying Sword.
The area of vacuum covered by the Flying Sword was becoming larger and larger!
This clearly meant that Ye Chen was utterly supressing the three willow demons from the front!
After ten-odd days of arduous cultivation, coupled with real combat refinement, Ye Chen's numerous techniques working together, and mastering the powerful mid-tier sword formation "Heavenly Gang Sword Formation" as well as touching upon the fourth transformation of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body, at last, Ye Chen had gained the strength to defeat the three willow demons.
Finally rendering the three willow demons powerless against him!
The three willow demons frenziedly attacked Ye Chen, while the Crimson Fire Flying Sword outside his body crazily annihilated all their attacks, simultaneously striking back at the willow demons. Ye Chen, surrounded by the Crimson Fire Flying Sword, watched the raging battle from the outside with an utterly calm expression, turning his gaze towards the Fire Elemental Spring.
After battling the three willow demons to this extent, Ye Chen knew that the willow demons could no longer stop him from obtaining the treasure of the Fire Elemental Spring!
The spring and its waters in front of him were now at his disposal!
No longer would he need to send the little monkey to fetch spring water from the Spiritual Spring.
Thanks to his own efforts, Ye Chen was finally able to personally access this mystical Spiritual Spring.
"Little monkey, come on over!"
"Let's taste the flavor of this Spiritual Spring water once more!"
Ye Chen sent a telepathic message to the little monkey in the sky tens of miles away. With a "yiyi" sound, the little monkey instantly crossed the distance and popped up in front of Ye Chen.
The willow demons were enraged beyond measure by Ye Chen breaking through their defense, and when they saw the little monkey that had already taken spring water several times also arrive next to the Spiritual Spring, the three willow demons went completely mad!
But their madness was futile.
Now Ye Chen had become an opponent the three willow demons could no longer contend with, and the little monkey had long since exceeded their attack speed – it was even less likely for them to hit the little monkey.
Amidst the endless tearing of the earth and the endless annihilation of flames in the battle between three completely frenzied Willow Demons and the Crimson Fire Flying Sword, Ye Chen and the little monkey opened their mouths at the same time.
Like whales and tigers devouring their prey, the water from the Fire Elemental Spring pool transformed into two streams, flying directly into the mouths of Ye Chen and the little monkey.
Ye Chen and the little monkey started guzzling the water from the Fire Elemental Spring right next to the pool!
This time, it wasn't just a few drops; they were heartily indulging in a massive drink!
As countless streams of water turned into a warm current flowing through his body and into his Spirit Sea, Ye Chen felt as if he was floating on air, a sensation so heavenly, it was as if he had swallowed an immortal fruit, incredibly wonderful!
Inside his vast Spirit Sea, the True Qi surged crazily. As the amount of True Qi Spiritual Fluid increased, the water level of Ye Chen's Spirit Sea kept rising!
Droplets of silver Gang Yuan True Qi Spiritual Fluid made the entire Spirit Sea gleam with an unbelievable bright silver radiance.
The little monkey, next to him, didn't lag behind in speed as it wolfed down the water from the Fire Elemental Spring. The tiny creature, only the size of a palm, had already swallowed up more than a dozen cubic feet of the Spiritual Spring in just a moment, all of it entering its small belly.
Yet, despite consuming so much Spiritual Spring water, the little monkey's size didn't change at all. One could only see its eyes, dazzling like black gems, becoming hazy as if it was drunk.
What was even more peculiar was that the little monkey's fur, which turned grey previously with the aid of the light from the Heaven Spirit Ring to disguise itself, had once again turned a glittering gold after consuming the massive amount of Fire Elemental Spring water.
Now, its grey fur had returned to a dazzling gold, its entire body shimmering, radiant and even more resplendent with golden light than before!
When Ye Chen and the little monkey had swallowed half of the water from the spring pool, which was fourteen or fifteen meters in size, an unexpected change occurred!
Without having been hit by any attacks, the three Willow Demons, which were still battling against Ye Chen's Crimson Fire Flying Sword, spontaneously burst apart when the water level in the pool dropped to half.
In the end, the three huge, hundreds of meters tall Willow Demons, with their tens of thousands of willow branches drifting, exploded into countless clusters of red light and completely dissipated in the sky.
Such a scenario was clearly the sign of the defense of the "Fire Elemental Spring" being broken.
According to the legacy black pearl that Ye Chen had previously obtained, he had now truly revealed the treasure of the "Fire Elemental Spring" to the world!
"The treasure has appeared."
"The treasure of this Fire Elemental Spring is the 'Fire Elemental Spirit Stone' beneath the water."
"Could it be that the Spirit Stone is about to emerge?"
Witnessing the aberration and the explosive disappearance of the three Willow Demons, Ye Chen and the little monkey looked down once again toward the Fire Elemental Spring pool.
At that moment, the eight large spring eyes that had been gushing water continuously, suddenly stopped spouting and the whole pool became momentarily still.
The next instant, the silence was shattered. Ye Chen saw that, without his and the little monkey's continued absorption of the spring water, the water in the pool quickly began to recede.
Indeed, all the remaining water was backflowing towards the spring eyes.
When the entire pool, fourteen to fifteen meters in size, had all of its water drained, revealing the three-meter-high inner walls and the empty basin, a miraculous red glow appeared inside the pool.
As soon as this red glow appeared, it connected to one spring eye, then to the next, and when all eight spring eyes were linked by the red glow, a fist-sized "flame-red" stone suddenly burst forth above them.
This flame-red stone was whirling in the void. Ye Chen saw that its surface was covered in countless facets, each transmitting an extraordinary streak of flame-red light.
Ye Chen could even sense the astonishing energy contained within this small, fist-sized stone, an energy that was probably more vast and powerful than all the True Qi Spiritual Fluid in his Spirit Sea combined!
"Fire Elemental Spirit Stone!"
Staring at this extraordinary flame-red stone, the words surfaced instantly in Ye Chen's mind.
Clearly, the stone that had shot out from below the spring pool was the ultimate treasure of this legacy site—the Fire Elemental Spirit Stone!