Chapter 577: Chapter 0572: Melting Gold Flames

“This is the Demon Claw Flame King Grass.”

Chen Yu’s heart trembled slightly.

Such a rare treasure had long been extinct in the Kunyun Realm.

The Demon Claw Flame King Grass was a precious demonic material that could greatly enhance cultivation techniques, but its medicinal effects were too fierce and violent. If consumed directly, the meridians and organs of the entire body would suffer burns like from fierce fire, potentially damaging the foundation, causing cultivation levels to drop instead of increase.

Therefore, usually, this precious material was refined into a “Devil Claw Flame Pill” to greatly soothe its potency, making it milder.

“Great stuff!”

Chen Yu decided he would seize this treasure.

He glanced around, noticing that no one was paying attention to him, then took out an ancient token from the [Smoke-spitting Pearl] and swiped it across the Array Barrier around the Demon Claw Flame King Grass.

However, this time, the Array Barrier did not immediately break open with an entrance but just cracked and slowly expanded.

“It seems the level of the array here is too high, even this token can’t break it directly.”

Chen Yu thought to himself.

Although the ancient token had the power to breach Array restrictions, it definitely could not easily break through arrays of any tier.

The Array restrictions around this treasure were at least above the Sky Sea Realm level, and over the years, had decayed somewhat.

“This is not good…”

Chen Yu was secretly anxious.

If someone saw this scene, the secret of the ancient token would be exposed.

Suddenly, Chen Yu remembered. His mysterious heart could sense the strength of the energy in the array.

Immediately, he closed his eyes and concentrated, sensing the fluctuations of the earthy-yellow barrier through the mysterious heart within him.

Thump, thump! Thump, thump!

The mysterious heart’s beating entered a strange and slow rhythm.

Gradually.

The changes in the array’s energy flow entered Chen Yu’s mind.

In his mind, a grid-pattern of earthy-yellow appeared; some grid areas had finely intricate lines whilst others were loose, even occasionally showing momentary discontinuities, creating small loopholes.

“These are the weak points and flaws in the array!”

Chen Yu opened his eyes and aimed the token at the loopholes he sensed, making a fierce swipe.

Whoosh!

Instantly, Chen Yu sliced open the earthy-yellow barrier.

Chen Yu immediately reached inside, took the Demon Claw Flame King Grass, and put it into the [Smoke-spitting Pearl].

At that moment,

A tall woman approached–it was the tall woman who had been following Yan Gao.

“Eh?”

The tall woman noticed the large opening in the array in front of Chen Yu and the absent treasure inside.

How could this be?

With Chen Yu’s ability alone, how could he have broken the array so quickly? Could it be that Chen Yu was also an Array Master?

“How did you do it?”

The tall woman immediately demanded.

“This array was just damaged, so I was able to break the barrier quite easily,”

Chen Yu said with a smug look, as if boasting about his good luck.

If he had seemed secretive, it would have easily raised suspicions.

The tall woman stamped her foot in irritation.

She had been sent by Yan Gao and Lv Jingguang to check if other treasures’ arrays had been damaged, making it easier to obtain the treasures within.

She couldn’t believe that as soon as she saw Chen Yu, she learned that he had found a damaged array and easily got the treasure inside, driving her mad.

What angered her more was that she couldn’t confront Chen Yu physically and rob him of the treasure.

Back in the Soul Nourishing Hall, Chen Yu had faced Yan Gao and held his ground!

The tall woman ignored Chen Yu and continued to inspect the arrays on nearby treasures.

Chen Yu happened to find a damaged array, and she might find one too.

At that moment, Lv Jingguang and others destroyed an array and obtained the Yang Soul Fruit.

“Rest assured, everyone. I got the Yang Soul Fruit, and you won’t be left out of the benefits.”

Lv Jingguang said with a smile.

With the Yang Soul Fruit, he was confident his spiritual power could reach a new level.

Plus, with quite a few people helping him, he was willing to share some treasures in return.

Meanwhile, Yun Fei’er, Chu Yu, and Senior Brother Wang from the Chi Hong Realm also obtained equally precious treasures.

Afterward, the three groups resumed their search for high-quality treasures or treasures with weaker array restrictions.

Shortly, three more people came in–two from the Chi Hong Realm and one from the Sky Wolf Realm.

Fortunately, among these three, there was no one of the Holy Guard level sufficient to disrupt the balance of power among the three factions.

Chen Yu approached another corner.

This time, the yellow array in front of him contained strands of crystal-red bodhi seeds that emitted a fiery red glow.

Chen Yu closed his eyes, using his heart to sense the loopholes and weaknesses in the array.

“This is the spot!”

Chen Yu opened his bright eyes, the ancient token swiping again.

He then quickly took the crystal-red bodhi seeds from inside.

Chen Yu had just left when the tall woman arrived.

“Eh? Is the array damaged?”

She was very surprised.

The treasure inside the array had vanished.

“Chen Yu!”

The tall woman looked at Chen Yu’s retreating back, her gaze deepening.

Within the valley, few Arrays were found flawed or damaged–only a handful discovered by the teams from the three smaller realms. Yet, Chen Yu had astonishingly found two, unnoticed by others, and had taken away the precious materials within.

There must be something odd here!

The valley soon came to an end, making it difficult for Chen Yu to find opportunities to stealthily take the treasures.

With quite a number of people having entered, totaling nineteen so far, stealing precious materials under the watch of so many powerful figures was considerably challenging.

“There’s a cave dwelling ahead!”

Chu Yu shouted.

Many were attracted to it.

This place could very likely be the residence of the Alchemy Master, and the legendary treasure might be there as well.

Therefore, upon hearing the word “cave dwelling,” everyone couldn’t help but perk up and put aside what they were doing.

However, as the three groups approached the cave dwelling, they found its door closed, and everyone’s attention was drawn to a wall on the right where a precious material grew.

The material on the wall looked like a fiery red lantern containing a bundle of golden flames inside, which were very bright and piercing; if one got too close, it felt like their whole body was burning painfully.

“Jade Fire Bamboo Cage!”

Senior Brother Wang’s eyes lit up.

The Jade Fire Bamboo Cage was a divine treasure of heaven and earth resembling a lantern but made of a jade-like material with flame burning inside.

In the main hall of the “Red Rainbow Palace,” the ruling power of the Chi Hong Realm, this materiel was used as decoration to illuminate the whole main hall.

Clearly, this Jade Fire Bamboo Cage was probably also used as a decoration by the Alchemy Master.

However, the flame inside the Jade Fire Bamboo Cage was not the ordinary flame typically found in such materials, but another type of Innate Spiritual Flame!

“Molten Gold Flame!”

Chen Yu’s eyes sparkled slightly.

The “Molten Gold Flame,” ranked three hundred sixty-eight in the True Fire Spirit Flame List, was a high-temperature flame excellent for smelting gold and forging iron.

Ancient texts from Yun Zhao Country documented that before the unification of the ancient country, a Sky Sea Realm powerhouse obtained this spiritual flame and turned an opposing sect’s domain into a sea of molten lava, leaving no one alive.

The atmosphere at the scene instantly froze.

Postnatal True Fire was easy to condense, but Innate Spiritual Flames were serendipitous discoveries, and the Molten Gold Flame, ranking three hundred sixty-eight, was already considered highly.

Almost everyone from the three great forces was intensely covetous of this flame.

“It’s a waste of heaven’s gift to use an Innate Spiritual Flame for illumination!”

Lv Jingguang chuckled with a trace of excitement.

For everyone present, the Molten Gold Flame was extremely precious, but for the Alchemy Master who ruled this realm, this three hundred sixty-eight-ranked Molten Gold Flame might be quite ordinary.

“Miss Yun, we must not let Lv Jingguang acquire this flame.”

Senior Brother Wang secretly communicated this message.

“Of course!”

Yun Fei’er responded.

She had been severely injured by Lv Jingguang before, nearly meeting King Yan.

She would not let Lv Jingguang easily get the “Molten Gold Flame,” and Yun Fei’er also highly desired it.

The “Molten Gold Flame” was much stronger than the “Fierce Flame True Fire” owned by the Yun Family.

Moreover, the cultivation of Innate Spiritual Flames wasn’t greatly related to their cultivation techniques; even Water Practitioners and wood cultivators could utilize the Molten Gold Flame against enemies.

Thus, no one lacked desire for this Innate Spiritual Flame.

“This flame belongs to me, Lv Jingguang, whoever dares to touch it is declaring themselves my enemy.”

Lv Jingguang shouted loudly.

Facing such a precious spiritual flame, he no longer cared about consequences; even facing the other two teams as enemies didn’t matter.

“Hehe, saw it first, didn’t I, Brother Lv? Don’t you understand the order of arrival?”

Senior Brother Wang sneered.

“Seeing it first makes it yours? This world has always spoken through power.”

Lv Jingguang asserted strongly.

“Do the people of Sky Wolf Realm always ignore reason like this?”

Yun Fei’er posed as if upholding justice.

“Hahaha, full of sanctimonious hypocrisy!”

Lv Jingguang laughed loudly, his laugh piercing and rather sinister.

Suddenly, his arm shook, and a pill rolled out from his sleeve.

Boom!

The pill exploded, spreading a thick gray-black flame that carried a chilling and corrosive force.

At the same time, Lv Jingguang released a spirit pet, a small wolf with silver fur and a purple mark on its head.

The wolf immediately howled, letting out an eerie wolf cry.

“Ah…”

Instantly, members from Kunyun Realm and Chi Hong Realm felt a stabbing pain in their souls, clutching their heads and groaning.

“Hehe, Brother Lv’s spirit pet, the Night Soul Wolf, combined with its wolf poison, is tremendously powerful!”

“Brother Lv is mighty!”

People from Sky Wolf Realm had already consumed Detoxification Pills and were unaffected by the wolf poison.

At most, the sonic attack of the Night Soul Wolf slightly affected them, but it wasn’t too severe.

“Kill!”

Lv Jingguang shouted lowly, taking the lead.

“Join forces!”

People from Chi Hong Realm and Kunyun Realm banded together.

Most of them were aware of Lv Jingguang’s methods, so they had taken precautions; only some were affected, and they were also prepared with corresponding countermeasures.

Just like Yun Fei’er, who had already taken a Detoxification Pill and reinforced her spirit.

“Let them fight; it’s an opportunity for me to steal some precious materials.”

Chen Yu thought with a chuckle in his heart.

He possessed the “Blood Crystal Flame,” ranked within the top hundred in the True Fire Spirit Flame List, far superior to the Molten Gold Flame, so he hadn’t thought about competing for the Molten Gold Flame.

Instead, since the three great forces were now fully engaged, Chen Yu could take the opportunity to steal some divine treasures of heaven and earth.