Compared to the Path of Thorns, Flame Demon Purgatory was neither so complex nor so bizarre. This trial tested dharma power.
According to Li Yuxia's description, this purgatory space contained many grotesque Flame Demons. These Flame Demons possessed boundless strength and could wield the Law of Fire. Each one had strength comparable to a Purple Palace Cultivator, while the strongest could contend with a Violet Palace Great Perfection Cultivator.
Although Flame Demons possessed low intelligence and weak senses, they liked to gather in groups of three or five. They were also extremely sensitive to dharma power; once they detected it, they would bite and tear like mad dogs.
This meant that Flame Demons had to be hunted swiftly, without the slightest delay. Otherwise, if he were besieged by a horde of demons, even a Golden Core True Person would be defeated by vast numbers of fearless of death Purple Palace Cultivators unless they had reached Song Changsheng's level.
The reason for hunting these Flame Demons was that, upon death, they left behind a mass of special energy essence. According to Li Yuxia, this essence could not only swiftly replenish consumed dharma power, but also refine one's dharma power and expand the dantian.
Back then, he had spent a full half year hunting nearly two hundred Flame Demons. This gave him a tremendous boost and laid a solid foundation for passing the final Water Trial, the Boundless Sea of Suffering.
Completing this trial was also very simple. He only needed to kill one hundred Flame Demons to open the way to the Earth Trial, Boulder Space.
Though Flame Demons were troublesome, they posed little difficulty for Song Qingxing. The only question was how many he should kill.
Li Yuxia had killed two hundred, not because he lacked the strength to continue,