The Yan Jin Fire Spirit churned within the sea of fire, then slowly spoke, "I never expected an Immortal King to cross the Yan Jin Fire Sea directly. It seems quite a few prodigies have emerged in this era!"
The Yan Jin Fire Spirit's voice carried a trace of ancient weariness.
Then, it extended its two tiny flame hands and suddenly waved them. The surrounding sea of fire boiled, and three enormous flaming stairways condensed above it, leading toward the cave mansion.
"There are nine remaining spots to enter the Yan Jin Cave Mansion. The first nine to reach its entrance will be qualified to enter!"
The Yan Jin Fire Spirit said.
As soon as those words fell, the crowd rushed toward the stairways, stepping onto them and climbing upward.
Yet all sorts of flame beasts would occasionally condense from the sea of fire beneath their feet, pouncing at them and knocking them flying.
Some weaker cultivators were even carelessly struck into the Yan Jin Fire Sea, where they were immediately incinerated, vanishing into ashes.
Some slightly stronger cultivators, even if they were struck, could still activate their magic treasures, seize the flaming stairway, and steady themselves.
But as they continued climbing, they discovered that more and more flame beasts were charging out to kill them, causing many cultivators to abandon any thought of ascending the flaming stairways.
Still, quite a few late-stage and peak Immortal King cultivators continued climbing upward like mad.
"Little sister, come with me!"
Zhao Jifeng grabbed Zhao Xinyue and stepped onto the stairway, racing upward. An invisible Sword Qi shield unexpectedly condensed around his body. No matter how ferocious the flame beasts were, they shattered one after another the moment they slammed into the shield.
Before long, Zhao Jifeng had taken Zhao Xinyue and surged