Inside the Infernal Flame Mountain Range, atop the Purgatory Volcano.
The two middle-aged men led Huo Xuan to the top of the Purgatory Volcano. The crater was about twenty feet in size, neither too small nor too large, but it was more than enough to accommodate dozens of people at once for a close-up view of the Purgatory Volcano.
Everywhere you look, there are countless slowly flowing magma pools, their surface a deep, blood-red color, with strange ripples constantly spreading across their surface. From within the magma, a rich energy slowly emanates...
"This is the Purgatory Volcano, Young Clan Leader. As long as you cultivate in this Purgatory Volcano, you can stabilize your cultivation in a short time," a middle-aged man said to Huo Xuan.
"Young Clan Leader, listen to me! Do not venture deep into the bottom of the Purgatory Volcano. There may be unknown creatures there; it's far too dangerous..."
"My cultivation has already reached the Peak Six-Star Dou Zun, and with the protection of a Strange Fire within my body, I refuse to believe I can't defeat this Purgatory Volcano!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Xuan moved and leaped straight into the Purgatory Volcano.
The body entered the Purgatory Volcano, and the surrounding magma instantly engulfed it.
Without Huo Xuan's body, Huo Xuan's current cultivation level has reached the Peak Six-Star Dou Zun. He also possesses eight different kinds of Strange Fire within his body, giving him extremely strong fire resistance. This temperature of magma can no longer cause him any harm, and he can ignore it.
As Huo Xuan entered the Purgatory Volcano, the previously calm magma surface instantly boiled, countless bubbles rising from it, and a surge of violent fire energy frantically merged into Huo Xuan's body...
As that energy merged into Huo Xuan's body, within just a few breaths, a slight tingling sensation began to appear in all of Huo Xuan's meridians and bones. As time passed, that tingling sensation intensified...
Excruciating pain that penetrates to the bone!
This is Huo Xuan's only current feeling: within the Purgatory Volcano, there is an extremely strong energy. Without any deliberate guidance, this energy frantically merges into Huo Xuan's body the moment he enters.
The saying "Purgatory Volcano, tempering bones and refining body" is indeed true... In such a situation, which is like being burned by ten Wan Huo, it is indeed suitable for tempering one's body.
About half an hour later, Huo Xuan could barely endure the pain brought on by the Purgatory Volcano. Under such painful tempering, Huo Xuan clearly felt that his meridians, bones, and the toughness of his body were becoming stronger and stronger at an extremely slow speed.
Beyond physical changes, the Purgatory Volcano possesses a remarkable effect on stabilizing cultivation. Under this tempering, the floating Dou Qi within Huo Xuan's body began to slowly solidify...
"This is indeed an excellent place for cultivation!"
Sensing the changes within himself, Huo Xuan couldn't help but feel excited. It seemed the clan leader hadn't lied to him; this trip to the Infernal Flame Mountain Range had indeed been worthwhile.
In this quiet yet arduous cultivation, ten days passed by unnoticed...
In the silent Magma World, Huo Xuan kept her eyes tightly closed, her body motionless, drifting in the crimson lava...
This situation continued for about five hours, when suddenly a terrifying energy fluctuation erupted from Huo Xuan's body!
This terrifying energy surge swept outwards, finally striking the inner walls of the Purgatory Volcano. The sheer force of this attack caused the entire Purgatory Volcano to tremble slightly...
"We finally succeeded!"
Huo Xuan opened his eyes, thrilled to feel the incredibly solidified Dou Qi within his body. The problem of his unstable Dou Qi was now resolved; he could now continue cultivating towards higher realms...
Just as Huo Xuan was rejoicing at the fact that his cultivation had become stable, an extremely powerful and violent energy suddenly erupted from the bottom of the volcano and rushed towards Huo Xuan!
"Puff!"
Caught completely off guard, Huo Xuan was attacked by the violent energy. The energy struck Huo Xuan almost instantly, and before he could even circulate his Dou Qi to protect himself, he was struck. He spat out a mouthful of blood, but fortunately, he was not seriously injured.
Recalling what the two middle-aged men had said earlier, Huo Xuan became curious about the source of that violent energy.
"I want to see what's down at the bottom of this crater."
The moment the idea came to mind, Huo Xuan immediately plunged into the depths of the magma. The deeper he went, the higher the temperature of the magma became, and with the increased temperature came a large amount of fire poison. With a thought, Seven-Colored Flame swirled around Huo Xuan's body. Under the power of the Strange Fire, the nearby fire poison was completely repelled and could not even come into contact with Huo Xuan's body.
This continuous descent lasted for nearly ten minutes. Just as Huo Xuan felt he was about to reach the bottom of the volcano, the Strange Fire within his body suddenly began to fluctuate violently.
Upon discovering the movement of the Strange Fire within his body, Huo Xuan lit up with joy. He was familiar with this fluctuation, for whenever Strange Fire, this unique fluctuation would occur between them...
"It's actually Strange Fire..."
"I want to see what kind of Strange Fire is burning beneath this volcano."
Huo Xuan's figure continued to descend deeper into the magma.
As its body continued to descend, its color became increasingly darker, and the fire poison and violent energy mixed within it became increasingly terrifying.
Fortunately, Huo Xuan possesses a considerable amount of Strange Fire within his body, allowing him to completely ignore the fire poison and violent energy.
More than ten minutes later, as Huo Xuan continued to descend, the surrounding red lava began to turn black.
Once the lava had turned completely black, Huo Xuan felt himself stepping onto the rocks at the bottom of the mountain. Huo Xuan had finally arrived at the bottom of this Purgatory Volcano.
Using the connection between the Strange Fire, Huo Xuan quickly found his target and fixed his gaze on a distant area where a bright red light shone.
The red light stood out starkly against the blackened lava. Huo Xuan his gaze, could faintly see a flame flickering within that red light...
With his gaze fixed on the area in the distance where the red light was shining brightly, Huo Xuan moved swiftly and swam towards the area covered by the red light.
As Huo Xuan drew closer to the red light, he could clearly feel his body temperature rapidly increasing...
Without the slightest hesitation, Huo Xuan charged headlong into the red light.
As the body entered the red light, a wave of intense heat washed over it, and the temperature around the body suddenly increased several times over.
Huo Xuan quickly scanned the surroundings, finally settling on a giant rock not far away.
On that giant rock was a hole about three feet in diameter, and above the hole was a dark red flame!
Huo Xuan could clearly sense that the dark Red Flame was greedily absorbing the violent fire attribute energy from the Purgatory Volcano.
"Volcanic Rock Flame!"
The seventeenth of the Strange Fire is the Volcanic Rock Flame. This Strange Fire is born from an ancient volcano and is formed over time under the influence of volcanic energy. Unlike other Strange Fire, the Volcanic Rock Flame has no fixed birthplace; it is randomly born in various powerful volcanoes on the continent, making it extremely rare and possessing powerful flame energy.
Huo Xuan was not unfamiliar with that Strange Fire; he recognized it at a glance as the Volcanic Rock Flame that the Flame Clan had once possessed!
A Volcanic Rock Flame was born here a thousand years ago. Unexpectedly, a thousand years later, another Volcanic Rock Flame was born in the same place, and it was also discovered by the Flame Clan.
Although their Flame Clan already possessed Volcanic Rock Flame, since they had encountered Volcanic Rock Flame again, Huo Xuan had no reason not to accept them; after all, why not take advantage of a free lunch...
"Little one, come with me."
Gazing at the Volcanic Rock Flame not far away, a Huo Xuan's eyes.
With a thought, sparks of brilliant fire emanated from Huo Xuan's body. In just a few breaths, Huo Xuan's entire body was covered in colorful flames.
Looking at the Volcanic Rock Flame not far away, Huo Xuan waved his hand, and the Volcanic Rock Flame slowly flew into Huo Xuan's arms. The Volcanic Rock Flame hovered in front of Huo Xuan, and Huo Xuan firmly grasped it in his hand.
The Volcanic Rock Flame trembled uneasily in Huo Xuan's palm, with a tiny flame constantly rising and carrying a hint of violent energy.
However, the violent energy only appeared for a moment, and then disappeared without a trace. This was because most of the Strange Fire controlled by Huo Xuan were ranked higher on the Heavenly Flame Ranking than this Volcanic Rock Flame, and the power of the Volcanic Rock Flame was simply not enough.
The Volcanic Rock Flame seemed to have encountered Huo Xuan's natural enemy upon seeing him. It pulsed uneasily in Huo Xuan's palm, filled with fear and dread...
"Little one, don't be afraid. I just want to ask you for a small favor. I won't hurt you."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Huo Xuan absorbed the Volcanic Rock Flame into his body.
As soon as the Volcanic Rock Flame entered his body, Huo Xuan immediately felt a huge surge of energy within him. However, Huo Xuan did not attempt to refine the Volcanic Rock Flame.
The Volcanic Rock Flame remained completely still inside Huo Xuan's body, showing no sign of resistance or attempting to harm Huo Xuan.
Huo Xuan knew that the Volcanic Rock Flame didn't not want to hurt him; it simply dared not. The Volcanic Rock Flame that Huo Xuan had discovered was only just entering its mature stage. In terms of its own power, it couldn't compare to any of the Strange Fire within Huo Xuan's body. In terms of level, Huo Xuan had two Strange Fire ranked in the top ten and three ranked in the top fifteen within him. Compared to them, the Volcanic Rock Flame was merely a minor character.
Huo Xuan wasn't afraid of the Volcanic Rock Flame rebelling against him, because the eight Strange Fire within his body were always on standby. If the Volcanic Rock Flame dared to do so, they would immediately ravage it and force it to quiet down.
"We've got the goods, now it's time to go back..."