"Hei Tianlie has actually reached the late Heavenly Immortal Realm. I'm afraid none of us can match him!"
"With his strength, even an ordinary peak Heavenly Immortal might not be his match!"
Huang Quan Mie, Wu Zhenyang, and the others looked wary when Hei Tianlie appeared.
Though Lu Ren had eliminated Hei Tianlie from the Contend for Immortality Assembly, Hei Tianlie was undoubtedly the strongest among them.
Lu Ren put an arm around Jian Qingyue. "That Lu Ren fellow didn't come?"
"Would he dare?" Jian Qingyue gave a scornful laugh. "Anyone with half a brain would stay away!"
Lu Ren had eliminated so many factions at the assembly that he had made plenty of enemies without even realizing it. Even among the Wuyue Clan, quite a few disciples probably wanted him dead.
They might act friendly in public, but behind his back, they would surely strike to kill.
"True." Lu Ren nodded. "By the way, why are you guarding this place?"
Jian Qingyue pointed at the pit below. "From what we've worked out, the entrance to the Immortal Burial Fire Prison lies beneath that pit. But flames burn at the entrance, and it's filled with terrifying fire of law. Even Heavenly Immortals can't get close!"
"Oh?" Lu Ren was startled. He sent his senses down and found that terrifying black flames were indeed burning beneath the pit.
"But the fire of law seems to be slowly fading. By our estimate, it will go out completely within six months. Then we'll be able to enter!"
Jian Qingyue spoke.
"Mm." Lu Ren nodded, released Jian Qingyue, and sat down cross-legged on a distant peak.
Jian Qingyue did not stay with Lu Ren. She returned to her sect's disciples.
"There are quite a few Profound Immortals lying in ambush nearby!"
Lu Ren swept