Chapter 715
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Seeing Ye Wushuang draw his sword, Xu Wen immediately chuckled nervously and waved his hands hastily, “Look, you’re alone, and so am I. I’m genuinely seeking cooperation with you.”
“As the saying goes, even the strongest pair of fists can’t defeat four hands. You’ve seen it for yourself—they all come in groups, while we’re on our own. That’s quite dangerous.”
“I appreciate your concern, but I’m perfectly safe. I’m used to being alone,” Ye Wushuang replied coldly, turning back and continuing down the stairs.
Xu Wen followed slowly, smiling, “I won’t harm you. I don’t stand a chance at being among the top seven in the Hundred Nations Martial Contest.”
Ye Wushuang, while cautiously watching the path ahead and keeping an eye on Xu Wen behind him, said directly, “You’re very powerful, and I don’t have a surefire way to defeat you. The top seven… you have a real shot at it!”
“Uh, I guess so? I’m not weak, which is why I’m proposing this cooperation. You won’t lose out,” Xu Wen insisted.
Ye Wushuang was truly at a loss for words.
“Ah…” At that moment, a sudden scream of agony echoed from ahead.
Both of them paused, but in the next moment, they quickened their pace and moved downward.
The staircase descended a full hundred zhang. Their feet landed on the ground, which was made of solid granite. Ahead lay a cavernous hall. Originally, this hall, located a hundred zhang deep underground, would have been shrouded in darkness. However, at the top of the hall, there was a massive luminous stone with a diameter of over nine zhang.
The round stone was embedded in the ceiling, ten zhang above, emitting a soft glow that illuminated every corner of the hall. The walls of the hall were also studded with glowing jade stones. In the center of the hall stood three grand halls.
The halls, each three zhang tall, were entirely constructed of ironstone, exuding a dark and sinister aura. The scream had come from in front of the main entrance of these halls.
A dozen or so figures stood there, and one of them was now squatting on the ground, clutching his bleeding hand as blood dripped down.
Ye Wushuang and Xu Wen crouched at the staircase entrance, observing the scene.
“It’s the people from the Chi Yan Empire,” Xu Wen whispered. “We’re lucky. Among this group, the Chi Yan Empire’s people are the weakest.”
Ye Wushuang remained silent, his gaze fixed on the scene ahead.
The three dark and imposing halls were connected, with only one main entrance. The entrance, a full zhang high and half a zhang wide, was secured by a copper lock. The iron chains connected to the four corners of the door were engraved with extremely intricate patterns.
At this moment, Chi Yu Tian looked at the injured disciple and asked, “Are you alright?”
“Brother Yu Tian, the seal on this door is too powerful. If we make a mistake in breaking it, we’ll suffer a backlash from the seal,” the young man replied, his face pale. “With my level of spiritual array mastery, I can’t break it.”
Upon hearing this, Chi Yu Tian’s expression darkened.
“Li Yun was a master in the realm of myriad laws, and the Li Clan is most proficient in spiritual arrays. It’s said that he was a master of array techniques in his time. Everything left here must be sealed with numerous spiritual arrays,” a young man beside Chi Yu Tian remarked.
“Yu Tian, use the fire-melting rock!” someone suggested.
Chi Yu Tian’s expression changed slightly.
“Good idea!”
With a determined look, Chi Yu Tian clenched his hand, and when he opened it again, a peculiarly shaped stone had appeared in his palm. The stone was entirely fire-red, with its edges smoothed, yet it seemed to have molten lava churning inside, a truly astonishing sight.
At the staircase entrance, Xu Wen exclaimed upon seeing the strange stone, “Fire-melting rock, a unique treasure of the Chi Yan Empire.”
Xu Wen tugged at Ye Wushuang and said, “I don’t want any of the treasures inside the hall. How about you give me this fire-melting rock?”
Ye Wushuang ignored him.
Fire-melting rock was an extremely rare type of stone. It had its own internal space, capable of containing endless lava. When combined with a martial artist’s spiritual incantations to draw out the lava, it possessed an incredibly powerful explosive force. Such a rare stone was indeed extremely valuable in a region like Qingzhou.
In front of the ancient hall, Chi Yu Tian, holding the fire-melting rock and dressed in a red robe, seemed as if he were enveloped in flames, his fiery red hair standing on end.
Gradually, the scorching lava from within the fire-melting rock began to emerge, covering Chi Yu Tian’s body. Inside his body, his blood boiled, and the rumbling sounds were incessant.
“The royal bloodline of the Chi Yan Empire, the Chi Fire Bloodline!” Xu Wen remarked again. “I’ve heard that when the Chi Fire Bloodline is fully awakened, it can melt rivers, mountains, and seas. It’s incredibly powerful.”
Chi Yu Tian, activating his Chi Fire Bloodline, further drew out the lava from the fire-melting rock. Gradually, as he clenched his hand and threw a punch, the lava surged out.
The lava, rolling and boiling, began to melt the grand door of the hall.
“Amazing, amazing. A Heavenly Gang Realm martial artist, with the power of the Chi Fire Bloodline and the fire-melting rock, this guy is truly formidable. He’s not weaker than anyone else here,” Xu Wen exclaimed in admiration.
It was Xu Wen who had initially claimed that the Chi Yan Empire’s group was the weakest, and it was also Xu Wen who now praised Chi Yu Tian’s strength. This man was truly a chatterbox, no matter the situation.
Boom…
A violent explosion resounded.
The hall door was melted through, and the talismans on the copper lock suddenly burst forth with powerful energy, attacking Chi Yu Tian directly.
“Hmph!”
Chi Yu Tian let out a cold snort, gripping the fire-melting rock tightly and throwing a punch at the copper lock…
Boom!!!
The intense explosion echoed loudly.
The terrifying shockwave sent Chi Yu Tian and his companions reeling backward.
From within the hall, a沧桑且强横的劲气，扑面而来。
Chi Yu Tian was the first to bear the brunt of the impact, his body retreating more than ten zhang and collapsing to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood that was tinged with fire.
“Yu Tian!”
The others were also affected by the impact, but it was clear that none of them were hit as fiercely as Chi Yu Tian. They quickly got up and rushed to his side.
“Don’t touch me!”
Chi Yu Tian barked coldly.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, flicked a pill into his mouth with a snap of his finger, and gradually calmed his bloodline. The lava spewing from the fire-melting rock also began to dissipate.
After a while, Chi Yu Tian slowly rose to his feet, once again exuding an air of invincibility.
“Brother Yu Tian is so amazing!”
“You’re stating the obvious. Who in the Chi Yan Empire doesn’t know the great name of Prince Chi Yu Tian?”
“This time, His Highness Prince Yu Tian will definitely make it into the top seven and become one of the sought-after prodigies of the Seven Great Sects.”
After a round of flattery, Chi Yu Tian calmly said, “Let’s go inside and take a look.”
The hall door was breached, and Chi Yu Tian had withstood the backlash of the seal. Now, several of them stepped forward and shattered the main door.
Inside the ancient hall, the air was filled with an incredibly ancient and沧桑的气息，越发令人觉得不可思议。
Chi Yu Tian stood in the center of the hall, observing the entire structure made of ironstone. In the depths of the hall, there was a blood pool. The pool, a square meter in size, bubbled with blood, and its pungent, bloody odor filled the entire hall.
Chi Yu Tian commanded, “Go check the side halls.”
“Yes, sir.”
The group of more than ten people immediately dispersed.
Chi Yu Tian approached the blood pool and watched as the blood bubbles burst, making a series of popping sounds…
