A Third Martial Inheritance Trial?

"Fourth warrior to set foot in this Fire Spirit Pure Land? Then I'm the fourth warrior to pass the second trial? What happened to the first three warriors who reached this place—did they leave?"

This was Ye Zhen's first question after hearing the words of the flame spirit before him. As for the flame spirit itself, Ye Zhen was not at all surprised.

This flame spirit looked extremely similar to the soul phantom Ye Zhen had seen during the first trial. It ought to be another soul phantom Earth Core Fire Marshal had left behind here.

However, because this spirit body had been formed from all manner of flames here, this flame spirit bearing Earth Core Fire Marshal's appearance felt extraordinarily powerful.

"The first three?"

Hearing this, Earth Core Fire Marshal's flame spirit pursed its lips toward Ye Zhen. "There!"

Following the direction indicated by the flame spirit's lips, Ye Zhen's pupils suddenly contracted!

Ashes!

They were the only foreign matter within this so-called Fire Spirit Pure Land, aside from flames.

And there were three piles of black-and-white ashes!

With Ye Zhen's eyesight, he recognized them at a glance as cremated remains!

These were the ashes formed when a human body had been incinerated in a short period of time. The black ashes came from flesh and blood, while the white ones were bone ash.

In other words, the first three candidates to arrive here had all died!

Yet within the Fire Spirit Pure Land before him, there seemed to be no threat apart from this flame spirit. In an instant, Ye Zhen's expression changed drastically. "This... you killed the three of them?"

The flame spirit did not deny it. In an utterly calm tone, it said, "They failed the final trial. Those who fail have only death!"

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