Exploration

Now that the formation was no longer suppressing it, the mass of light below was fully revealed.

When Lei Chong had been searching for the mass of light before, he had also ventured into the broken formation beneath the valley, but unfortunately, he had seen no sign of it.

Whoosh!

Lei Chong opened his Heavenly Passage, and several spirit bodies coalesced before him. These were ordinary spirit bodies, none of which he had nurtured with his full effort.

Things here had been far too chaotic just now, and the formation in the valley had only recently been broken. There might still be danger, so he could only send spirit bodies ahead.

A streak of light shot forward as Lei Chong's spirit body moved. He stood on the great boulder and began examining the flames ahead.

A phantom figure danced within the flames, like a True Phoenix in motion, yet also like drifting runes. It had no fixed form.

Several great formations had shattered and were now completely defunct.

But the formation flags, platforms, diagrams, and other items used to lay the formations below had all been exposed. These materials were all precious and might prove useful later.

Hum!

Lei Chong's spirit body reached out a large hand toward the materials within the formation.

Sure enough, the hand reached into the formation without coming under attack. The formation had completely lost its effect, and the spirit body suffered no harm.

Seeing Lei Chong collecting the materials, the Divine Flame Man's expression changed.

Those were all divine treasures, every one of them precious. Any one of those materials could have secured a single move from the Chaos Disk.

"Quick, all of you, go! Seize as much divine material as you can. They are very important to me," the Divine Flame Man ordered his servants.

The pureblood creatures' expressions changed. They wanted to protest. After all, he had only just told them not to provoke this man, so how had he turned around and forgotten it all?

In the end, they could only brace themselves and walk toward the great boulder.

"Take one more step, and you can stay here forever," Lei Chong said coldly.

He was watching his own spirit body and did not look at the pureblood creatures, but his chilling words stopped them from advancing.

He could choose not to fight the Divine Flame Man, but even if he killed the man's servants, the Divine Flame Man could do nothing to him.

The pureblood creatures turned and looked at the Divine Flame Man.

The Divine Flame Man fixed his gaze on Lei Chong, flames surging in his eyes. "You want to hog it all? Careful you don't burst your belly."

Lei Chong did not look back. The man was only someone he had already defeated. "That's no concern of yours. What, do you want to take it by force?"

As long as the Reincarnation Disk did not make a move, he would have no problem.

A supreme treasure of that caliber would not readily go back on its word once it had made a promise, so he was not afraid the other side would turn on him.

"You..." The Divine Flame Man's teeth itched with anger.

In the end, he sent several spirit bodies charging onto the boulder to seize the materials. His true body stood there controlling the flames, on guard against Lei Chong.

Even if he could not defeat Lei Chong, he could still escape without a problem.

Boom!

On the boulder, their spirit bodies battled as they fought over the divine treasures in the formation. Even the mass of flames in the formation became a target for both of them.

The Divine Flame Man in particular sent several First Generation runes surging into the flames, hoping to control the fire within the formation.

The next moment, his expression changed. His First Generation precious technique had failed. He could not control the fire, nor could he even sense it.

"What's going on?" the Divine Flame Man asked with a frown.

Suddenly, he gritted his teeth, and one of his spirit bodies leaped down from the boulder, entered the center of the formation, and came before the flames.

These flames were highly unusual, and he did not want to miss them.

Even if he lost a few spirit bodies, he had to get to the bottom of this.

Having confirmed that there was no danger, Lei Chong's true body rushed over. Standing on the great boulder, he opened his Heavenly Eye to examine the flames.

He soon understood. Those were not flames at all, but special symbols, like True Phoenixes bathed in fire, gathered here and dancing gracefully.

The symbols emerged from the soil, much like certain kinds of earth fire.

In other words, the source of that mass of symbols lay in the soil below.

The Divine Flame Man also rushed up onto the boulder and stood in one corner.

He now controlled a spirit body as it walked toward the mass of symbols. His First Generation runes densely covered the spirit body.

He wanted the spirit body to charge into the flames, then use the First Generation runes to control them.

Lei Chong was faster. One of his spirit bodies struck, reaching out with a large hand of runes to grab the mass of symbols and the soil beneath it, hoping to find the source of the symbols.

"Stop!" the Divine Flame Man shouted. His eyes were wide, and he looked as though he wished he could shoot fire from them and burn Lei Chong to ashes.

"Have you got a death wish? If you bring out something terrifying, no one will be able to save us!" the Divine Flame Man roared.

Lei Chong had opened his Heavenly Eye long ago, and there was no danger below.

But even his Heavenly Eye could not clearly see the true source of the mass of symbols.

Hum!

The large hand did not stop. It reached straight for the layer of soil, which trembled incessantly as the symbols grew denser.

"You..." The Divine Flame Man was enraged, but Lei Chong had already made his move. He could only withdraw his spirit body quickly and watch coldly from the side.

In any case, with the Reincarnation Disk here, he would certainly be fine.

Boom!

When the large hand of runes descended, a terrifying fluctuation rippled through the surroundings. The symbols there blazed even brighter, as though something had been opened.

Lei Chong looked over. Countless particles of light spun beneath the ground, accompanied by Chaos Qi. In the end, they actually formed a gate of light leading to some unknown place.

An altar could be seen beneath the gate, giving off a hazy glow.

As for what lay deeper inside, neither of them could see it at all. The altar blocked their view, and even their divine senses could not penetrate it.

A great number of symbols drifted out of the altar and gathered above it into a mass of flames.

"That's..." The Divine Flame Man's eyes widened.

Only after the altar appeared did he finally understand. Those had not been flames before. No wonder he had been unable to control them.

He studied Lei Chong, trying to read something from his face.

Lei Chong's face was full of confusion. Clearly, he had not known either.

After considering it for a moment, however, he decided to investigate. At worst, he would lose a spirit body. If he was lucky enough, he might encounter a great opportunity inside.

Hum!

A spirit body passed through the gate of light and stood on the altar.

The altar emitted a glow that completely enveloped the spirit body. The next moment, the light flashed, and the altar teleported the spirit body away.

Fortunately, although the spirit body had vanished from sight, it remained connected to the true body.

The connection was rather vague, however, and he could only tell that the spirit body was still alive.

Standing on the boulder, Lei Chong kept muttering to himself, What's going on? The spirit body feels very close, yet we can't sense each other. What on earth is happening?

The Divine Flame Man stared at Lei Chong, wanting to see how he would react. This man is far too bold. He actually sent a spirit body straight in.

Lei Chong was in no hurry now. His spirit body was still alive and well, so it was exploring inside. Once it had investigated the dangers there, it would come out on its own, or it would encounter danger inside and ultimately be wiped out by it.