Sitting cross-legged atop a red rock that was scorching hot beyond compare, Qin Fengming had just been about to settle his mind and sit still when his heart suddenly jolted.
When that flame-wrapped little bird had left earlier, it had said that it would kill him here in Dragon Flame Valley. Could there really be an even more powerful existence within this valley?
At that thought, Qin Fengming shuddered violently. That Fire Spirit had already reached Level 9. As for something even more powerful, aside from a Level 10 Fire Spirit, there was no other possibility.
A Level 10 Fire Spirit—its attacks within Dragon Flame Valley would be so powerful that merely imagining them made one's heart tremble.
The more Qin Fengming thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. Dragon Flame Valley had existed for who knew how many tens of thousands of years. In this place abundant with fire-attribute energy, even ordinary flames might take form.
That escaping Fire Spirit had been able to refine another Fire Spirit into its own clone, which was enough to show that more than one Fire Spirit existed in this valley. Even if there was no Level 10 Fire Spirit, being surrounded and attacked by several **-level Fire Spirits would still be an extremely troublesome matter.
At this thought, Qin Fengming's expression abruptly changed. He sprang to his feet, and with a sway of his body, an afterimage appeared on the spot.
He swiftly scouted an area twenty to thirty li around him, then set up several sets of formation flags at various locations.
Although he possessed the Blazing Sun Pearl, that was his most relied-upon trump card. Unless absolutely necessary, he could never bring it out. A Level 10 Fire Spirit was equivalent to a peak Nascent Soul cultivator. If he