Jiang Lu froze, turned her head slightly, and suddenly fixed her gaze on something nearby, her pupils contracting a little.
A flame was drifting leisurely toward her. Rather than the glaring scarlet of ordinary fire, its outer layer was wrapped in a hazy, pale violet glow. Faint blue-green and warm yellow intertwined deep in its core, streams of light slowly circulating within the flames, as though a crushed river of stars lay hidden in the fire.
Only when it drew a little closer did Jiang Lu realize with a start that this flame was fully half her height.
Ordinary spirit flames either raged wildly or condensed into tiny points of fire.
But this one, though shaped like fire, showed no agitation. Its body gently rose and fell, swaying without any scorching waves of heat striking her face. Instead, an ancient, boundless aura lingered around it.
It floated slowly through the air, its tongues of flame curling gently. Without a single crackle, it quietly approached Jiang Lu, as though it possessed a mind of its own and was sizing up the visitor who had entered the cave.
Jiang Lu held her breath and instinctively clenched her hands, her heart pounding. This was the legendary Chaos Fire.
She steadied herself, concealed the unusual look on her face, and raised her eyes slightly, asking softly and tentatively, "Are you the Chaos Fire?"
The moment she spoke, the violet and blue-green flame hovering in midair shuddered violently. Its lively glow suddenly brightened, and a clear voice, innocent and childlike, burst from within it, brimming with incredulous delight. "How do you know my name?!"
The corner of Jiang Lu's mouth twitched uncontrollably. Inwardly, she was speechless.
She didn't. She had just made a random guess.
But she could clearly sense that the moment she said