Dozens of thick red bolts of lightning struck the Blue Water Curtain. The Blue Water Curtain was like a sheet of thin paper, torn to pieces, but even more blue vapor surged forth, forming a larger Blue Water Curtain that enveloped them.
Wang Changsheng and Purple Moon Fairy quickened their pace. Thick crimson bolts of lightning rained down one after another, while the nine Ocean-Calming Pearls continuously released vast amounts of watery vapor, protecting Wang Changsheng and Purple Moon Fairy so tightly that not even a drop could seep through. The Crimson Thunderfire could do nothing to them.
Before long, they rushed out of the valley.
Wang Changsheng and Purple Moon Fairy both let out a sigh of relief in unspoken accord. Even with the Fire Crow Bottle in hand, crossing the valley had not been easy. Fortunately, Wang Changsheng had the nine Ocean-Calming Pearls; an ordinary defensive Magic Treasure would have been destroyed long ago.
If not for the terrain map, they would never have known that True Monarch Lieyang's cave abode was here.
After passing through the valley, a crimson peak more than a hundred zhang tall appeared before them. Vegetation on the mountain was sparse, giving it a desolate appearance.
A flight of crimson stone steps stretched from the foot of the mountain to its summit. At the mountaintop stood a palace of golden bricks and glazed tiles, its thick stone pillars carved with dragons and phoenixes.
The palace gates were tightly shut. Above them hung a silver plaque over a zhang long, bearing three large golden characters: "Blazing Sun Palace."
Wang Changsheng and Purple Moon Fairy exchanged a glance, then headed toward Crimson Peak.
The moment they neared Crimson Peak, a startling wave of heat rushed at them head-on.
Purple Moon Fairy released an Ape Puppet