After their attempt to lure the Fire Dragon out of the secret realm proved hopeless, Lei Zhan and the others planned to set up a formation trap and wait for Ling Tian to come out. Those traps posed no threat to the Fire Dragon, but to repay Ling Tian for gifting it Chaos Qi, it decided to destroy them.
To destroy the formation traps, the Fire Dragon had to leave the area around the secret realm. That was exactly what Lei Zhan and the others had hoped for, but they had not expected the Fire Dragon to have already devised a countermeasure—it had left a clone to guard the secret realm.
After breaking through and stabilizing its cultivation at the early Saint Immortal stage, even the Fire Dragon's clone had barely reached Saint Immortal strength. Although it was not as powerful as the original, it was more than enough to hold off Lei Zhan and the others. At the very least, it could buy time for the original to return.
As for how to destroy the formation traps, the Fire Dragon's approach was simple and crude—it charged straight into them. Dark-red flames billowed around its body, and it burned away the hand seals with ease. Naturally, the formation traps ceased to exist.
Lei Zhan and the others were furious at the Fire Dragon's brute-force approach, yet there was nothing they could do about it.
"Hmph, is this Fire Dragon deliberately making trouble for us? Those formation traps pose no threat to it at all, so why destroy them?" Lei Zhan snorted angrily. Lightning shrouded his body, making it clear just how furious he was.
"With enemies lurking beneath its very bed, of course the Fire Dragon wouldn't allow anyone to make trouble right under its nose." A melodious voice rang