Fire Saint Zhou Yuan

They came in a hurry and left even faster.

The group acted as if they wished they had grown extra legs, fleeing in complete, chaotic disorder back the way they had come.

"Run! There's a Velociraptor!"

As they ran, some people screamed at the top of their lungs.

On the road leading into the mountain.

The mayor of Fulong Town appeared to be a gaunt man in his forties with a slightly receding hairline. He wore formal attire, and his expression was extremely grave.

He had rushed over as soon as he received the news, but many people had already entered the mountain.

If some rare treasure were truly obtained by others, he would be in for a lot of trouble.

"Faster!"

The mayor said in a low, heavy voice.

The warriors behind him quickened their pace.

But they hadn't gone far when the mayor suddenly stopped. "Wait!"

The mayor's expression was solemn.

Soon, a clamor erupted from the forest ahead.

"Defensive formation!"

A warrior behind the mayor suddenly shouted, and all the warriors instantly surrounded him.

A moment later, the crowd that had entered the mountain earlier came running out in a state of extreme panic, each one looking utterly disheveled.

Seeing the mayor's party, the few people at the front were forced to stop, unable to control their momentum. The leaders were two Level 5 Warriors.

Level 5 Warriors were considered quite powerful in Fulong Town, so they naturally recognized the mayor.

"Li Shan, Zheng Fang?"

Seeing the two Level 5 Warriors at the front, the mayor frowned. These two were naturally on his watch list as formidable fighters, so why were they in such a pathetic state?

Could there be some danger in Fulong Mountain?

He shared the same understanding as the other residents of Fulong Town: Fulong Mountain was not famous for being dangerous, but rather for being home to countless low-level Magic Beasts, making it a prime spot for warriors to hunt.

These low-level Magic Beasts were the backbone of Fulong Town's development.

"Mayor, quick... run! There's a... a Velociraptor!"

One of the Level 5 Warriors gasped for air, his eyes filled with immense terror.

He was a Level 5 Warrior with a powerful physique; he could usually run a hundred kilometers without much trouble, let alone a few steps. But now, he was in this state after just this short distance, which showed just how panicked he was.

Hearing the warrior's words, the mayor's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "A Velociraptor?!"

The Level 5 Warrior nodded frantically, glancing back at the direction they had come from as if still worried the Velociraptor might be chasing them. "And... huff... it's a mature Velociraptor!"

The others nodded subconsciously at this.

Meanwhile, the lower-level warriors were still running away, especially the guy who had been sprayed with white smoke by the Velociraptor.

He screamed, "Ahhh!" as he bolted into the distance, ignoring why everyone else had stopped. He had only one thought: leave Fulong Mountain, leave Fulong Town!

Likewise, other lower-level warriors followed him as he fled.

Only the slightly stronger warriors stopped in front of the mayor.

"My lord, what should we do now?"

A warrior beside the mayor asked cautiously.

He was also a Level 5 Warrior; if it really was a Velociraptor, going over there would just be throwing their lives away.

Even if the mayor was a Level 6 Warrior, the result would be the same. There was a qualitative difference between Level 6 and Level 7, and even a Level 7 Warrior wouldn't dare claim they could handle a Velociraptor.

A Magic Beast of the same level was always stronger than a human of the same level.

The mayor was conflicted; if it truly was a Velociraptor, it would indeed be a major problem for him.

"Hold your ground here. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave Fulong Mountain."

The mayor quickly issued the order, then prepared to report the situation.

The appearance of a Velociraptor was already beyond the controllable scope of Fulong Town.

Just as the mayor was making his report, a fiery red figure in the distance was flying rapidly toward Fulong Mountain. The red figure left faint afterimages in the sky, a testament to its incredible speed.

The red figure made no attempt to hide its presence and was immediately spotted by many people.

"A Saint-level expert!"

The people of Fulong Town were the first to see the red figure, and they immediately became fanatical.

Flight was the ability of a Saint-level expert. It was also the standard by which everyone judged whether someone had reached the Saint-level.

Every Saint-level expert possessed a massive following on Blue Star.

Therefore, seeing this red figure was even more exciting to them than the sight of the pillar of light. They had thought the phenomenon might attract the attention of the Empire, but they never expected a Saint-level expert to descend in person!

This is the glory of Fulong Town!

A hundred years from now, this might even become the most famous story in Fulong Town.

Many people even followed the crimson figure, unconsciously running toward Fulong Mountain on the ground.

Fang Yun was no stranger to the phantom streaking across the sky.

Having attained the status of a Highgod, his divine sense could easily scan the entire world, and he knew every Saint-level expert on Blue Star like the back of his hand.

This crimson-clad Saint-level expert was the pillar of the Yanhua Empire stationed at the southwestern frontier, and also the Saint-level expert closest to Fulong Mountain.

This guy had just stepped into the Saint-level realm fifty years ago and was the youngest Saint-level expert in the Yanhua Empire. However, in Fang Yun's observation, this guy's strength could only be considered at the entry level of the Saint-level.

The development of Blue Star over ten thousand years had not been slow, but for life forms that reached the Saint-level, the pace of cultivation slowed down significantly; cultivation after the Saint-level was far more difficult than before it.

"It's the Fire Saint!"

Upon seeing this figure, Liu Xiaomao became instantly excited.

Fire Saint was the title people gave to this crimson figure. Anyone who reached the Saint-level would be given a unique title by the people based on their characteristics, and even the empire would acknowledge such titles. This was a sign of respect for Saint-level experts, and it was what they deserved.

The Fire Saint earned his name because he cultivated fire-attribute battle qi, making him appear like a deity of flames; he had once used fire to easily incinerate a level-nine Magic Beast, becoming famous throughout the world from that day on.

Although in the eyes of other Saint-level experts, a Saint-level killing a level-nine Magic Beast was nothing to boast about, for ordinary people, it was an event worthy of being recorded in history.

Thus, this crimson figure earned the title of "Fire Saint."

"Brother Yun, did you see that? It's the Fire Saint Zhou Yuan! The Fire Saint Zhou Yuan!"

Liu Xiaomao was incredibly excited, "The Fire Saint Zhou Yuan has come to Fulong Mountain!"

Then, without waiting for Fang Yun to answer, Liu Xiaomao saw the Fire Saint's figure flying toward Fulong Mountain and couldn't help but run in that direction as well.

Fang Yun also sighed; on Blue Star, people's fanaticism toward the Saint-level was even greater than on the Yulan Continent.

Actually, thinking about it, it was normal; the Yulan Continent had god-level experts, so no matter how powerful the Saint-level were, they were not the most invincible figures in the minds of most people.

Furthermore, there was the factor of Blue Star's own development.

Blue Star had no deities, so the Saint-level was the highest existence in the cognition of all life on Blue Star.

Coupled with the existence of some imaging equipment, ordinary people's understanding of Saint-level abilities was not like the Yulan Continent, where there were only fragmented descriptions. Seeing scenes of the Saint-level destroying mountain peaks and boiling oceans with their own eyes through footage—that kind of shock could not be expressed in words.

The ability to fly.

A long lifespan.

The power to burn the heavens and boil the seas.

Everything possessed by the Saint-level was beyond what mortals could imagine.

Therefore, in the cognition of ordinary people on Blue Star, Saint-level experts were essentially like deities.

Faced with a living "deity" appearing before them, it was only natural for ordinary people to show such fanatical behavior.