Chapter 107

The massive stone gate, weighing tens of thousands of pounds, crashed to the ground, completely silencing the lingering sounds of the battle outside.

The intense, almost tangible fire elemental energy transformed into billowing waves of heat, bathing the entire secret room in a crimson glow.

In the very center of the cave is a naturally formed red jade platform. Three feet above the platform, suspended in a crevice in the rock, floats a fist-sized, golden lotus-shaped wonder—the "Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence" nurtured for millennia by the Red Iron Ridge mine.

At this moment, Huo Wu, who was being held in Su Chen's arms, was burning hot. The powerful spiritual energy of the Crimson Sun Fire Vein underground clashed violently with the wisp of pure Yang Ancestral Dragon Core Flame in her dantian, making her consciousness slightly intoxicated.

"It's so hot... Su Chen, it feels like there's magma burning inside my bones..."

Huo Wu's voice was hoarse and trembling, her long, shapely legs rubbing together restlessly in mid-air.

Su Chen walked to the red jade platform and gently placed Huo Wu on the warm and wide stone couch.

As soon as he let go, Huo Wu curled up uncomfortably due to the surging yang fire within her body. The stray hairs on her forehead were completely soaked with fragrant sweat, sticking to her flushed, drunken face.

"The Pure Yang Core Flame within you has been fully ignited by the underground fire veins and has already invaded your Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Through this leather armor, I cannot accurately channel the fire. Take off your clothes."

Upon hearing the last five words, Huo Wu, who was half-dazed from the Huo Wu, suddenly jolted awake. Throughout her life, she had always been more fierce and strong-willed than any boy. In the Blazing Fire Academy, any male student who dared to look at her would be whipped away by her fire whip, let alone undress in front of a young man!

"No... no! Can't you just transfer Soul Power directly from my palm? Like... like this morning..."

Huo Wu clutched her chest tightly with both hands, her voice a mixture of shyness and urgency.

"This morning we only removed the superficial fire poison. Now, the Thousand-Year Crimson Sun Fire Vein is using the Ancestral Dragon Core Flame to cleanse your primordial Meridians." Su Chen remained unmoved, placing his hand on her shoulder. "If we delay any longer, your level 43 Fire Shadow Martial Soul will be burned to ashes. Will you dispel it yourself, or should I help you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, another surge of violent, scorching heat from beneath the stone bed rushed into Huo Wu's coccyx.

"I... I can do it myself! Don't keep such a close eye on me..."

Huo Wu steeled herself, turned her head away, not daring to look Su Chen in the eye, and tremblingly raised her slender, fair fingers to touch the steel buckle of the dark gold short armor at her waist.

Click.

With a soft click, the leather corset that tightly bound her slender waist came undone. Huo Wu bit her lips, which were almost bleeding, closed her eyes tightly, and her fingers trembled as she slowly pulled the fiery red outfit and inner armor off her shoulders to the sides, revealing the plain white undergarment underneath that facilitated her martial arts.

Bathed in the glow of the crimson fire crystals filling the room, the skin on her shoulders and neck shimmered with a thin sheen of sweat.

After untying her corset, Huo Wu was so ashamed she wanted to disappear into the ground. She huddled in the corner of the red jade couch, arms crossed, and whispered in a barely audible voice:

"Okay... okay..."

Su Chen's gaze swept over the vibrant and alluring body on the stone bed, a burning desire flashing in his eyes. Without further hesitation, he flipped over and stepped onto the red jade bed, his tall frame looming over her.

"Ah..."

The next moment, Su Chen's scalding right palm was pressed directly against her trembling collarbone!

The moment their skin touched, Huo Wu felt as if she had been struck by electricity, and her arms, which were protecting her chest, instantly lost their strength.

Su Chen gathered pure Pure Yang Ancestral Dragon True Fire in his palm, slowly sliding down her smooth and delicate collarbone, across the edge of her violently heaving chest, and finally pressing it heavily onto her flat and firm lower abdomen, the dantian!

That hand was too hot and too domineering.

"Concentrate, guard your dantian, and don't resist me!"

With his left hand, Su Chen grabbed the ball of "Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence" floating above the stone platform and pulled it down. He instantly refined it into a crystal-clear droplet of crimson gold liquid and slapped it directly into Huo Wu's brow!

With the Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence entering her body, Huo Wu's internal heat instantly surged to its peak!

To prevent the raging fire energy from bursting her Meridians, Su Chen loosened his black robe, activated the "Chaos Ancestral Dragon Ice-Fire Golden Body," and pressed his firm, burning chest tightly against Huo Wu's sweaty, smooth body, embracing her!

Originating from the supreme pure Yang essence of the Chaos Ancestral Dragon, it flowed into Huo Wu's limbs and bones without reservation, following every inch of their skin and every acupoint where they were touching!

The extreme heat and the impact of Soul Power surged like waves, crashing against Huo Wu's Meridians.

After an unknown amount of time, Huo Wu suddenly raised her long neck and let out a suppressed groan. Behind her, the "Fire Shadow" Martial Soul, which was originally orange-red, suddenly appeared!

Under the dual baptism of the Pure Yang Ancestral Dragon True Fire and the Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence, a lifelike, majestic, and domineering crimson-gold ancestral dragon phantom actually condensed at the center of the Fire Shadow Martial Soul! The original mortal fire was completely transformed and sublimated, turning into a top-level Martial Soul with a trace of divine Dragon Might— [Scarlet Gold Dragon Shadow Fire]!

With the leap in the quality of her Martial Soul, Huo Wu's Soul Power bottleneck, which had been stagnating at the peak of level 43, was shattered as easily as paper, directly propelling her cultivation to the level 44 Control System Battle Soul Ancestor realm!

The raging heatwave in the sealed room gradually subsided, receding entirely into the two people's bodies.

On the red jade bed, Huo Wu, still basking in the Huo Wu of the previous encounter, was drenched in fragrant sweat. Like a kitten whose strength had been completely drained, she lay limply on Su Chen's burning chest, her clothes half-undone, too weak to even move a finger.

Feeling the Scarlet Gold Dragon Shadow Fire flowing through her body, and the inseparable intimate imprint deep in her bloodline, Huo Wu pressed her burning face against Su Chen's chest, listening to his strong and powerful heartbeat, and gently drew circles on his pectoral muscles with a slender finger.

After a long silence, this fiercely beautiful woman, proud to the core in the original work, raised her misty eyes, blushed, bit her lip, and whispered:

"Su Chen... from now on, I belong to you alone. I don't care how many women are around you, but from now on... you are absolutely not allowed to favor only Shui Bing'er, that ice-cold-faced girl, do you hear me?"

Su Chen reached out and embraced her smooth, delicate bare back, pulling her closer to him.

"Don't worry, with your fiery temper, it'll be hard for you to show favoritism to others."

Huo Wu's pretty face flushed even more, and she let out a soft hum, burying her face back in his chest. At the same time, a dazzling golden light from the system silently flashed through Su Chen's mind:

[Ding! Assisted Huo Wu in refining the Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence, and her Martial Soul Evolution into the Scarlet Gold Dragon Shadow Fire, breaking through level 44 and completely captivating Huo Wu's heart and soul! Triggered a Heavenly Fate God-Level Critical Hit reward: Origin Soul Power increased by 30%, Pure Yang Ancestral Dragon True Fire advanced to the Great Completion Realm, and obtained an Eight-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Age Enhancement Card!]

After a moment of tenderness, Su Chen sat up, helped her open the massive stone door, and stepped out of the underground tunnel.

Outside the stone gate, Xiao Wu, Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, who were in charge of protecting the Dharma, were guarding the cave entrance.

Upon seeing the two walk out side by side, the girls' eyes immediately fell on Huo Wu.

At this Huo Wu, Huo Wu's Soul Power surged to level 44, and her originally sharp and imposing eyes were now adorned with an irresistible allure. A faint red mark was visible on the side of her fair neck, and she leaned half of her body against Su Chen's arm as she walked.

Shui Bing'er's clear, beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and she pursed her red lips, her gaze towards Huo Wu becoming more subtle. When Huo Wu met Shui Bing'er's gaze, although her ears burned, she seemed to have won a battle, and she slightly raised her snow-white chin.

"Well, Su Chen, it took you a whole hour to calm down!"

Xiao Wu gave a coquettish snort and pounced on him from the other side without any hesitation, grabbing Su Chen's left arm and hanging on him, shaking it as if asserting her ownership. "I don't care, my legs are sore from chasing the rebels, you have to carry me on the way back!"

Everyone gets a share; no one will be left out.

Su Chen patted Xiao Wu's pert bottom, then turned to look at Zhao Tieshan, the leader of the Red Iron Ridge, and Dugu Bo, who were waiting not far away.

By this time, the battlefield outside the mining city had been completely cleaned up. The two crippled Seven-Ring Soul Sage of the Elephant Armor Sect...

"Son-in-law, the 120 tons of refined iron stored in the mine, as well as the 300 jin of top-grade ' Cold Heart Iron Essence ' by-product ore that was just dug from the deep veins in the last half month, have all been loaded onto 30 heavy armored vehicles!" Zhao Tieshan respectfully handed over the mine list.

Cold Heart Iron Essence is a priceless treasure for forging top-tier mechanical Hidden Weapon and heavy armor-piercing weapons.

Su Chen nodded in satisfaction, took the list, and pocketed it. "Hall Master Zhao, I'll take this batch of Cold Heart Iron Essence and refined iron directly back. Also, I'll leave two hundred elite cavalry to assist in the defense of Red Iron Ridge. You immediately repair the mountain-protecting formation, and set off signal fires immediately if there are any unusual movements."

"Yes, sir!"

Without further delay, Su Chen led Qian Renxue, Dugu Bo, and the women, escorting the prison carts carrying the Huyan Lie brothers and thirty heavy carts loaded with Cold Heart Iron Essence, in a grand procession back to the capital.

As night fell, the convoy passed through the last mountain ridge, and the towering and majestic outline of the Glazed Tile Fortress City city walls came into view ten miles away.

Just then, the shadows of the trees along the road ahead swayed.

Zhu Zhuqing, who was in charge of returning to the city ahead to scout and make contact, transformed into a dark shadow and in a few leaps, she rushed to Su Chen's warhorse and landed on the carriage shaft.

"Su Chen, the Spirit Hall people have arrived."

Zhu Zhuqing's cool voice carried a hint of solemnity, "Half an hour ago, the level 95 Ghost Douluo, Gui Mei, secretly infiltrated the southern camp of the city with three thousand elite black-armored agility attackers. Accompanying them was the core of the Spirit Hall Golden Generation —Saintess Hu Liena."

"Oh? Two days faster than expected." Su Chen raised an eyebrow. "Where are they now?"

"Ghost Douluo and Hu Liena, carrying a purple-gold sealed box personally sealed by Pope Bibi Dong, went directly into the council hall of the inner city's main courtyard."

Zhu Zhuqing paused, glanced at Qian Renxue on the chariot beside her, and said in a low voice, "When Hu Liena entered, she announced her title as the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall and the first in line to the Pope. The atmosphere in the council hall... is very tense right now."

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue, who was riding alongside her, instantly turned as cold as ice.

She had been estranged from Bibi Dong and her daughter for many years. Bibi Dong not only banished her to Heaven Dou to lie low for more than ten years, but also cultivated Hu Liena in Spirit City to establish her as a saintess. This was the deepest thorn in Qian Renxue's heart!

"Let's go to the main courtyard and meet this Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall!"