The Fire Vein has transformed into a spirit!
Yan Chihuo was both shocked and delighted. This was truly a good thing. If he captured it and refined it slightly, it would become a rare spirit treasure. Even if he did not refine it into a spirit treasure, it would still be an exceptional helper in pill refinement and artifact forging.
However, once a Fire Vein transformed into a spirit, it became exceedingly sly. Often, before one could even approach, it would notice them, making it truly difficult to capture. Still, this posed no challenge to him. He possessed the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations and could change into anything he wished.
Yan Chihuo quietly swam toward the firefish. Sure enough, the firefish did not notice him in the slightest. Secretly delighted, he closed to within roughly forty feet of it. Only then did the firefish seem to sense something and look about in all directions.
Yan Chihuo thought to himself, As expected of a spiritual creature born of heaven and earth—its vigilance is extraordinary. But for it to notice him now was already a little too late. With a flick of his finger, a lotus blossom like white jade flew out and trapped the firefish within. Knowing something was wrong, the firefish darted wildly about, but the lotus spun without cease. Every time the firefish struck it, it came away empty-handed, while expending a great deal of its firepower.
Though Snow Lotus Nine Turns was an ice-attribute defensive spirit ability, its effect was equally impressive when Yan Chihuo used it to trap an enemy. It was only that, within this magma, using an ice-attribute spirit ability consumed his mana far too quickly.
With a backward gesture, Yan Chihuo drew the icy lotus back to himself. He took out a Jade Box, placed