Earth Core Fire Marshal

The instant Ye Zhen clasped the huge bronze ring on the palace gate, it was as if he had triggered some mechanism. A cascade of crimson light poured down from beneath the "Earth Fire Heart Palace" plaque, directly enveloping Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen's expression changed drastically. Instinctively, he struggled, but the crimson light contained extraordinary power. When Ye Zhen first resisted, his body could still twitch slightly.

The more he struggled, the stronger the power within that crimson light became. Ye Zhen was like someone sinking into a mire. In the end, he was bound tightly by the crimson light, unable to move even a fraction!

In his panic, Ye Zhen even unleashed his vast and unmatched Soul Power, bombarding the crimson light furiously. Yet it was like a clay ox entering the sea—there was no reaction at all.

Ye Zhen grew anxious. The gazes of all the other Palace Opening Realm Kings had gathered here.

At first, many of them had been somewhat envious, thinking Ye Zhen had found a fortuitous opportunity. But when Ye Zhen was pinned into a spread-eagle shape by the crimson light and it began to seem like anything but good news, some began to gloat.

Mountain Shaking King was one such person. Tiger King Yu and his five companions were another. And Yin Changsheng, the Longevity Sect Master disguised through altered appearance, wished more than anyone for Ye Zhen to perish, body and soul, on the spot!

Ye Zhen himself felt rather depressed. He had not touched the bronze ring without reason.

Under the perception of his Clear Heart Sword Intent, the only thing about the Earth Fire Heart Palace that seemed unusual among everything displayed before them was this pair of bronze rings.

At first glance, the bronze rings appeared to be enclosed