Grand Void Sky Whale Blocks the Fire Tide and Its Scales Burn Red
Rumble!
A crimson-gold wave of fire swept across the Southern Heaven, rapidly spreading as soon as it broke through the mountain wall. Large swaths of Fire Clouds were swept into the sky by the intense heat, and the surfaces of the rocks along the way began to melt even before they truly came into contact with the Fire Tide.
Feng Ling's eyes narrowed suddenly. She could see that the fire wave was spreading towards the eastern passage. If it was allowed to continue its impact, several tributaries of the fire veins that had been stabilized nearby would be affected, and the creatures that had not yet completely evacuated on the outskirts might also suffer.
"Elder, stabilize the two branches behind first, I'll draw away the Fire Tide from the front!" Feng Ling shouted, her crimson-gold wings suddenly unfurling, and a large swath of Phoenix Fire rose rapidly along the Restraining Patterns, attempting to draw the frontmost wave of fire towards the open basin to the south.
The Pulse-Guarding Elder immediately activated the surrounding Restraining Patterns, and several Phoenix Clan Great Luo also joined in. The originally spreading Fire Tide finally began to change direction, but the part closest to Lu Yuan had already rushed too fast, and it was difficult to draw it all away in time.
Lu Yuan stared at the crimson-gold fire wave rushing towards him. His internal Qi and Blood were already circulating to their limit. He first slowly adjusted his massive body to make the trees on his back completely avoid the front of the Fire Tide. Then he raised a giant fin and swept it fiercely towards the side of the fire wave.
Boom!
The air within a radius of tens of thousands of miles was instantly compressed into a terrifying wall of air. The crimson-gold Fire Clouds that were originally spreading outwards were impacted and immediately rolled to one side, pushing a large number of flames toward the safe passage that Feng Ling had already prepared.
Those young Phoenix Clan in the distance, witnessing this scene, almost simultaneously widened their eyes. A crimson-feathered woman who had just retreated to higher ground couldn't help but exclaim, "He pushed away that wave of fire with just one fin? That's too exaggerated!"
The Golden Phoenix Clan members guarding the passage were equally shocked, but they soon discovered that the fire was still spewing out continuously. Although the front had been pushed aside, an even larger heat wave was pressing in from behind.
Lu Yuan could see clearly that relying solely on the air waves could only change the direction of some of the flames. The Fire Tide, which had truly condensed a large amount of Innate Lihuo, was still very heavy. So he began to control the absorption power and extract the more dispersed fire spirit essence from it.
Call--!
Large swaths of Li Fire rapidly transformed into a crimson-gold torrent, slowly converging towards Lu Yuan's mouth. After continuously losing some of its energy, the originally raging fire waves finally weakened in impact.
However, Lu Yuan soon felt a burning pain deep in his throat again. The quality of the Li Fire in the current Fire Tide was far higher than that of ordinary Fire Spirit Qi. If he continued to increase the suction force, his physical body probably could not withstand it. So he immediately slowed down the absorption and instead concentrated his power on frontal defense.
"This fire is really powerful!" Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh in a low voice. Then he slowly turned his body, facing the belly side with the thickest scales towards the approaching Fire Tide. The massive Qi and Blood and qi in his body quickly gathered, and silver-white and gray-gold patterns lit up one after another on the surface.
The next moment, the crimson-gold flames crashed violently into the massive dark-gold body.
Boom!
The entire outer perimeter of Southern Heaven was violently shaking. Large swaths of flame surged wildly along both sides of Lu Yuan's body. The clouds, which had already been scorched red by the high temperature, once again stirred up a scorching gale. Several mountain peaks in the distance even showed obvious signs of shaking.
Lu Yuan finally felt real pain. After the fire wave hit him head-on, some of the high-temperature Li Fire adhered directly to the surface of his scales, and the thick, dark gold scales quickly turned bright red. In a few places, even small burn marks began to appear.
The intensity of this flame was significantly greater than the Li Fire of fire that the Pulse-Guarding Elder had him try before. Although it could not instantly cripple the entire body, it was enough to gradually damage the scales in the area that was being continuously burned.
Lu Yuan did not stubbornly continue to stand and endure the flames. He slowly swung his tail fin, slightly adjusting his body to follow the direction of the incoming Fire Tide. Then, using his massive body, he divided the fire waves that crashed against his abdomen into several streams, gradually sending them towards the safe area that Feng Ling was controlling.
Feng Ling seized the opportunity. She spread her crimson-gold wings, and her innate Fire Arts flowed rapidly around her. Streams of Phoenix Fire and the Vein-Guarding Restraining Patterns resonated with each other, diverting the high-temperature waves of fire that Lu Yuan had pushed towards the uninhabited volcanic basin.
"Hold this position and send all the remaining fire spirits into the basin!" Feng Ling's voice was clear and bright. The nearby Phoenix Clan experts responded one after another, and the previously chaotic fire vein passage finally returned to order.
The young Phoenix Clan who were watching from a distance were completely dumbfounded. A woman with red feathers stared at Lu Yuan's bright red scales on his belly and couldn't help but tightly grasp her companion's arm, her eyes filled with horror.
"Did you see that? He really blocked that Fire Tide!" The red-feathered woman's voice trembled noticeably. "Those flames could melt even rock layers, but when they landed on him, they only burned a large patch of his scales?"
His companion, equally shocked, quickly noticed the several burns on Lu Yuan's body and exclaimed, "He's burned! Look, the scales over there are cracked, yet he's still adjusting his direction, practically pushing the entire wave of fire southward!"
Another Phoenix Clan Golden Immortal, whose cultivation was slightly higher, was assisting with the evacuation when she heard the two talking. She couldn't help but turn around and see the enormous body, which was over 100,000 miles long, standing in stark contrast to the crimson-gold Fire Tide. Even she couldn't help but slow down her movements.
Lu Yuan could feel the burning pain on his body becoming more and more obvious, and the flesh inside some of the scales was also starting to get hot. However, he could also feel that the fire spirit essence he had previously inhaled was slowly transforming. Although his body was burned, his Qi and Blood were still able to be maintained.
Instead of continuing to devour more, he deliberately tightened his giant fins, allowing the Fire Tide to slide along both sides of his body towards a safe area. The pressure he was originally facing decreased, and the burning intensity gradually stabilized.
The small creatures on his back were always protected by a pale golden light. Lu Yuan also devoted some of his attention to maintaining the cool water vapor, keeping the forest and streams normal. Although the Little White Beasts hiding in the tree holes were frightened by the external shock and huddled together, they were not directly harmed by the Fire Tide.
As Feng Ling and the Pulse-Guarding Elder continued to channel the fire, more crimson-gold waves of fire finally flowed into the southern basin. The fire veins that were still gushing wildly began to subside, and the out-of-control outer tributary returned to the range that the Phoenix Clan could control.
After Lu Yuan felt the pressure on his body significantly decrease, he finally moved away slowly, allowing the last wave of fire to flow into the basin in the direction controlled by Feng Ling. As the surrounding Fire Clouds continued to dissipate, the high-temperature wave that had almost dyed the entire sky red finally began to weaken.
The young phoenixes in the distance finally dared to raise their heads again. One golden phoenix, upon discovering that the outer passage had been preserved, was so excited that he flapped his wings and even raised his voice.
"We held it! The fire vein passage was really held!" she shouted, looking at Lu Yuan with deep respect. "Thanks to Fellow Daoist Lu Yuan for pushing back the frontal fire wave, otherwise the Restraining Patterns behind us would probably have been burned!"
After re-examining the fire vein, the Pulse-Guarding Elder let out a long breath and then turned his gaze to Lu Yuan. He noticed that the ventral scales that had been burned red were slowly cooling down, and some minor burn marks on the surface had even begun to heal themselves.
"It can withstand even Fire Tide of this magnitude, and continue to recover after being injured?" The Pulse-Guarding Elder couldn't help but exclaim, his eyes filled with even greater shock. "Just how powerful is the physical body of this Grand Void Sky Whale?!"
Feng Ling had already arrived near Lu Yuan's head. Instead of rushing to praise him, she first inquired about his injuries, especially worried that the Innate Lihuo clinging to the deep scales might continue to burn his flesh, which had not yet fully recovered.
"It's alright. It did burn a bit, but the fire has been suppressed. The rest will digest slowly." Lu Yuan responded slowly, then slightly sensed the changes in his body and found that some of the flesh and blood stimulated by the Li Fire were beginning to recover slowly, and the Chaotic Essence that had not yet been transformed was also flowing again.
Upon hearing this, Feng Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she noticed that Lu Yuan's Qi and Blood were still slowly increasing, her expression changed once again. She looked up at the scales that were repairing themselves, and her evaluation of this giant beast improved considerably.