Chongyangzi could naturally guess that everyone attempting the trial had recognized the key to overcoming the Blood Tu Lamp: either melting fire with fire or subduing fire with water.
Both methods were correct, but their underlying principles were different.
Thus, after entering, Li Yan had essentially adopted these two methods as well. Of course, there was a third possibility: he might possess a high-grade defensive treasure.
By protecting his entire body with a high-grade treasure, then using spells to destroy the heads or Demon Beasts inside, he would likewise have a chance of passing the trial.
However, the Blood Tu Lamp itself was of such a high grade that cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Realm could hardly obtain an even higher-grade treasure capable of countering it.
On the other side, after seeing how Li Yan tackled the trial, Wu Gouzi once again curled his lips into a cold smile.
"You and Shangguan Tianque will meet the same end!"
Inside the lampshade, Li Yan kept ascending. Although the heads in the sea of fire affected him somewhat, after drawing on Shangguan Tianque's experience, he found them fairly easy to handle.
He soon reached a height of one hundred zhang. Immediately, he sensed an extremely powerful suppressive force overhead that halted his flight.
At the same time, a larger head with clearly defined features flew out from the wick. Once it appeared, it spat a flaming spear straight at Li Yan's forehead.
Li Yan raised his hand and cast a spell, sending an even thicker white spear thrusting toward it.
Bitterly cold energy swirled around the white spear. Even amid this sea of fire, it immediately lowered the temperature around Li Yan considerably.
This was an ice spear. The instant it thrust forward, great clouds of mist rose from its shaft, accompanied