Quick Slaying! Flame Elf!

Quick Slaying! Flame Elf!

Even as Wang Chen launched his attack, the two Magical Beasts noticed it.

Unfortunately, they had no time to evade.

Wang Chen had chosen his timing with exquisite precision.

The moment the two Magical Beasts launched their attacks, Wang Chen unleashed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.

Having just attacked, even if the two Magical Beasts noticed it, they had no time to make any further response.

Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus's violent attack had already struck them.

The ferocious blast wave sent both Magical Beasts flying.

With such a terrifying attack landing on them, the two Magical Beasts naturally could not withstand it.

They crashed heavily to the ground, barely clinging to life.

The violent shockwave continued spreading outward.

Even Wang Chen's hiding place was affected.

Fortunately, he was not in the core area of the battle technique's eruption, and the shockwave had weakened considerably by the time it reached him.

With Wang Chen's current strength, he naturally endured it with ease.

After dealing with the shockwave, Wang Chen did not waste any time and charged downward.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Without hesitation, Wang Chen killed the two Magical Beasts and temporarily sealed away their Beast Flames.

He still needed to search for that special item and had no time to absorb and devour the Beast Flames.

After all, the commotion this time had indeed been rather great.

Perhaps some expert or Magical Beast had noticed what was happening here.

Wang Chen had to leave as soon as possible to avoid further trouble.

In any case, there was no need to rush the refinement of the Beast Flames.

As for the Magical Beasts' other belongings, Wang Chen only took their Magic Cores.

The two Magical Beasts had been too close to Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, and their bodies had suffered immense damage.

They could no longer be used as materials.

Wang Chen did not want to delay his escape for a bit of worthless material.

Without much hesitation, Wang Chen hurried toward a nearby cave.

The earlier explosion had reached this place, causing the cave entrance to collapse.

However, it was not a major problem. Flame Spirit easily pushed aside the rubble, and Wang Chen swiftly entered the cave.

With his powerful soul perception, he could tell that the energy which had stirred even him was located here.

Naturally, Wang Chen did not let down his guard completely.

Though he moved deeper at great speed, his soul perception remained focused on the surroundings, preventing anything from ambushing him within the cave.

"There it is!!"

After going deeper for roughly two minutes, Wang Chen reached his destination.

An underground river of lava abruptly appeared before him.

Above the lava river floated a fiery red sphere of energy.

At the center of that energy sphere, a palm-sized little figure made of flame was sleeping soundly.

The instant Wang Chen saw it, his heart raced with excitement.

He had never imagined that this thing truly existed!

That was right. Wang Chen had already recognized what that little flame figure was.

It was a Flame Elf.

He had seen records of this thing in the books his teacher, Medicine Elder, had given him.

The record was not found in some classic manuscript, but in a travel journal.

It had been treated entirely as a story and legend, meant to entertain and relax the reader.

Yet unexpectedly, the Flame Elf from those legends actually existed.

And it had appeared alive and well right before him.

One could imagine just how shocked Wang Chen felt.

Flame Elves were flame spirits born of heaven and earth.

They were born with the ability to control fire. As long as they grew strong enough, they could use every ability related to flames.

Most importantly, Flame Elves could cultivate.

They were like fire-element prodigies blessed with unparalleled cultivation talent.

Once a Flame Elf's intelligence completely awakened, its cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds.

All of this had been recorded in that travel journal.

At first, Wang Chen had only treated it as a legend.

After all, he had never heard of such a thing.

And even when reading novels in his previous life, he had never encountered anything like it.

But now that it had appeared before him, Wang Chen's heart began pounding wildly.

This thing was an absolute treasure.

Strictly speaking, it was likely even more precious than Heavenly Flames.

And most importantly, it would be of tremendous help to Wang Chen's cultivation.

He could not be certain about Heavenly Flames, but this Flame Elf could definitely accelerate his cultivation.

He could already feel it.

Even from this far away, it could speed up his Dou Qi's tempering of his body.

If he caught this thing and kept it inside his body, just how astonishing would the benefits to his cultivation be?

Thinking of those benefits, Wang Chen could hardly wait.

However, he did not rashly make a move.

No matter how much he wanted it, he understood that if he acted recklessly, he might end up gaining nothing.

After all, this was an underground lava river, Flame Elf's territory.

Once he acted, it could dive into the lava river at any moment.

Then Wang Chen would be left standing on the shore, helplessly watching.

Rather than acting rashly, Wang Chen slowly approached the Flame Elf.

He wanted to test the Flame Elf.

After all, Wang Chen had already reached this place, yet it had shown no reaction whatsoever. That was somewhat abnormal.

Furthermore, the energy fluctuations it had released earlier were also abnormal.

As a spirit born with the ability to control flames, it would never be unable to control its own energy.

Since all these signs had appeared, there was a good chance something was wrong with the Flame Elf.

Otherwise, how could a mere Fifth-Order Magical Beast be qualified to occupy a Flame Elf?

To put it bluntly, even a Tier 8 Magical Beast would not be qualified.

As Wang Chen drew closer bit by bit, the Flame Elf moved as well.

"Mm!"

Wang Chen, who had been paying full attention to the Flame Elf, immediately stopped.

However, the Flame Elf merely moved once and showed no further reaction.

That made Wang Chen breathe a sigh of relief.

"It seems my guess was correct!"

Having confirmed his suspicion, Wang Chen quickened his pace and arrived beside the energy sphere.

Without hesitation, Wang Chen immediately unleashed his Dou Qi, preparing to control the energy sphere so that he could capture the Flame Elf within.

But unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred at that very moment.

The instant Wang Chen's Dou Qi touched the energy sphere, the Flame Elf inside noticed it.

"Mii!!"

The sleeping Flame Elf instantly woke up.

Like a child who had just been awakened, it let out a displeased murmur.

Seeing this, Wang Chen's heart nearly stopped.

He had yet to fully control the energy sphere, and the Flame Elf could dive into the underground lava at any time.

(End of Chapter)