Chapter 50: Roasting Tiger

  Every day, flying away during the daytime and resting at night, within a day, it can fly into the Eastern Wilderness for one thousand six or seven hundred miles, and after six days, it will fly into the Eastern Wilderness ten thousand miles away.

  However, Gu Chen and others were not fleeing to the northeast, but rather in a southeast direction. In fact, they only truly ventured deep into the eastern wilderness for about 3,000 or 4,000 li.

  Every night, Gu Chen would seize the time to cultivate, spending only about two hours sitting and resting, under the double absorption of middle-grade Yuanling Dan and Ling Stone, his innate true energy was growing wildly every day.

  As soon as Gu Chen stopped, he entered the state of cultivation. Wan Renjian and others just sneered. This time going to Huoyan Mountain, no matter whether Gu Chen can summon Zhu Hu or not, the result is the same.

  A congenital fifth-layer cultivator, along with four congenital fourth-layer cultivators. Such a powerful team would find it no different to leave behind a congenital first-layer cultivator than to step on an ant.

  As a result, Gu Chen was no different from a dead man in the eyes of the five Wan family members. Because the five Wan family members treated Gu Chen as a dead man, they were unusually polite to him on this journey, and even Wan Si didn't utter a single angry word to Gu Chen.

  The Wan family's five members, how are they? Gu Chen doesn't care at all. Since the other side also wants to capture Zhu Hu, before Zhu Hu is captured, he will absolutely not make any moves against him.

  Gu Chen was concerned about his daily cultivation, the innate true energy in his body increased day by day, and the growth rate was extremely fast. It wouldn't take long before he would step into the fourth layer of the Innate Realm.

  All the way, Gu Chen did not forget to cultivate the Tian Jie Quan Ti Da Fa. On the sixth day of entering the Eastern Wilderness, Gu Chen finally completed the third level of the Tian Jie Quan Ti Da Fa, making him overjoyed. The Tian Jie Quan Ti Da Fa was one of his trump cards, and the higher the level of cultivation, the greater the effect of this trump card.

  Fly during the day and rest at night...

  Day after day, Gu Chen and the others left Taiyang City for the 29th day. The forest in front of them suddenly became sparse, with fewer and fewer trees in the dense forest. Before long, a bald mountain range appeared in front of them, with only some weeds on the mountain. As they advanced further forward, even the hardy weeds disappeared, leaving the entire mountain range barren, with only bare rocks and sand remaining.

  In front of a hundred miles away, there is a high mountain over a thousand feet tall, no less than Mount Tai. The entire peak is floating with fiery red light, and if someone approaches to watch, it turns out to be some eternal flames that never go out.

  A wave of scorching air rushed forward.

  Wan Ren pointed to the mountain in front of him, which was emitting flames, and said: "That is Huoyan Mountain. The Huoyan Cave is located on the waist of the mountain, and it connects to the underground magma. The Zhuohu is hidden deep within the cave. The cave extends about a hundred feet into the ground, where there are flowing underground fires. We must lure the Zhuohu out of the cave before we can capture it."

  Ancient dawn gaze, this mountain's summit spewed a red cloud, ceaselessly erupting with molten fire from the earth, falling around the mountain body, lingering unextinguished.

  The eternal flame on Mount Flame is the masterpiece of that continuously erupting volcano.

  A hundred miles away, for Gu Chen and the others, it was a short distance. In about half an hour, they arrived in front of Huoyan Mountain and stopped their bodies.

  The air here is already quite hot, and Gu Chen and the others are all using their Xiantian True Qi to form a protective aura around themselves, blocking out the waves of heat.

  On the halfway up the Flame Mountain, there was a large cave emitting fiery red light, ten zhang wide and ten zhang high, even bigger than several houses combined.

  Gu Chen looked at the Flame Mountain and then his gaze fell on the half-mountain waist, in that huge cave, which was the Melting Flame Cave mentioned by Wan Ren Sword.

  Looking at the Magma Cave, Wan Ren Sword said: "The Blazing Tiger is hidden in the Magma Cave, and it's hard to come out even once a year. I've entered the cave before and seen this demon once. This demon's power doubles in the underground magma, and it can come and go as it pleases. Even a cultivator at the Divine Sea realm cannot capture this demon in the underground magma."

  Wan Rongqi's eyes shone with excitement as he said, "What method do you have to lure this demon out of the Furnace Flame Cave? There's no need to keep pretending anymore!"

  Gu Chen glanced around at the terrain, pointed to a small hillside beside them, and said: "You all hide behind that hillside, I'll go lure this demon out. This demon has a cultivation of five layers in the Pre-Heavenly realm, so it's up to you all to kill it afterwards."

  "Wan Renjian was delighted: 'As long as you can lure out this demon, it will be a great achievement. What do you need from the demon's body? You can choose it yourself at that time.'"

  "Haha... what do you want? Take whatever you want! Haha..." The three house slaves also burst out laughing.

  Wan Rongqi gave Gu Chen a displeased look, seemingly blaming him for not answering her question.

  "There's something on me that has an immense allure to demonic beasts. Once I take it out, all the demonic beasts within a hundred miles will come rushing over. Later when I go to the Blazing Inferno Cave, no matter how deeply this demon is hiding, it'll excitedly rush out of the cave."

  Gu Chen had already made up his mind. Having arrived at this point, he would not let the five members of the Wan family leave without a single one. He then revealed the method to attract the fierce tiger.

  "Is there really such a treasure? Can it attract all the demons within a hundred miles to come and seek it out? What exactly is it?" Wan Renshu asked excitedly, his eyes shining with a greedy light.

  Gu Zhen said: "Once this thing is brought out, the demon beast will explode into action. Everyone should go and hide behind the mountain slope first, I'll go and lure the demon over, and when the time comes you'll know what it is. Although the Fire Flame Mountain, apart from the Blazing Tiger, has no living creatures within a hundred miles radius, there's still a fear that some demon beast might accidentally wander into the hundred-mile range, and when the time comes they will also come to investigate, everyone must be prepared to face the enemy."

  Wan Renshu nodded and said, "This is not a problem. Most of the demons here are in the early stages of their innate realm. Even if they come, it won't have much impact. Let's go prepare behind the mountain slope now. You go and lure out this demon!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Rensheng and five others flew their vehicles to the back of the mountain slope, while Gu Chen went towards the Magma Cave at the waist of the mountain.

  "Master, when are we making our move?" Wan Si asked as soon as they reached the back of the mountain slope, seeing Gu Chen enter the Furnace Cave.

  Wan Renshu watched as Gu Chen disappeared into the Furnace Cave and said, "No rush, let's kill Zhu Hu first, heh heh..."

  "Alright, kill Zui Hu, I'll behead that little brat with one slash of my sword. His dog eyes dare to ignore Miss's beauty, I'll dig them out." Wan Si said harshly, his gaze constantly darting towards Wan Renci.

  "Hahaha..." Wan Renci laughed and said, "No need to be in such a hurry, don't you want to play a game of cat and mouse? This month has been flying non-stop every day, how boring!"

  "Not bad... after killing Zhi Hu, let's play a game of catching mice, have some fun, haha..." Wan Renshuang said with a smile.

  "We will definitely make sure the young master and miss have a great time." The four of them said in unison.

  Entering the Furnace Cave, the air becomes even more scorching.

  However, with the resistance of the congenital true energy halo, the scorching air had little effect on Gu Chen.

  After entering the Flame Cave for over ten zhang, Gu Chen stopped in his tracks. The spiritual energy could attract demonic beasts within a hundred li radius. Although the Flame Cave was winding and curved, it was unknown how deep it was, but it shouldn't exceed a hundred li distance.

  With a raise of his hand, an emerald green bead appeared in Gu Chen's palm, which was the spirit essence obtained from the corpse of the giant Devouring Spirit Beast after killing it in the Beitaishan mine.

  Ling Jing is the spiritual essence produced after a giant Soul Devouring Beast ingests a Spiritual Stone, and it cannot be formed within the body of a Soul Devouring Beast that has not reached the Innate Realm.

  Ling jing is a demonic dan formed inside the body of a demon beast, which has an enormous effect on the demon beast. Therefore, every kind of demon beast has an extraordinary desire for ling jing.

  "Chirp...chirp..." Gu Chen took out the Ling Jing, and Xiao Bai immediately let out two excited cries.

  Shaking his head slightly, Xiao Bai seemed to be asking Gu Chen if he still remembered what he had said in the Beidai Mountain mine.

  Gu Chen smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry, once you obtain the inner elixir of the Blazing Tiger, this spiritual essence will be yours."

  "Squeak squeak squeak... Squeak squeak squeak..." Xiao Bai suddenly let out a happy cry, his head rubbing intimately against Gu Chen's ear.

  His ear was tickled and he felt itchy, Gu Chen burst out laughing and held Xiao Bai in his arms, saying: "Shh... be quiet and listen carefully."

  Xiao Bai immediately calmed down and obediently hid in Gu Chen's arms, stretching his head out, with his ears perked up long, listening carefully.

  The entire lava cave was quiet and still, with no sound at all. In this scorching hot cave, even the wind had stopped moving.

  With his spiritual energy grasped in his hand, Gu Chen didn't move at all, and he carefully listened with his ear tilted, not missing any sound from the Magma Cave.

  Zhuo Hu has a cultivation base of five layers in the Xiantian realm. Although Gu Chen said he was not afraid, to kill Zhuo Hu, he must use his greatest strength to have a chance. Outside, there are five people from the Wan family guarding this Zhuo Hu, it is naturally more suitable for them to solve it.

  Gu Chen, just need to lure Zhi Hu over there, then stand aside and watch.

  There was no wind, no movement, and the Furnace Cave was eerily quiet.

  Gu Chen didn't move, this Magma Cave was connected to the underground magma, so it must be incredibly deep. The Blazing Tiger wasn't motionless in the underground magma, just like humans living on land, they would move around everywhere.

  Perhaps the fierce tiger is far from the cave entrance at this moment, but Gu Chen believes that it will definitely feel the presence of the spiritual energy and rush out recklessly. The spiritual energy has too great an effect on the demon beasts, especially the spiritual energy condensed by the Heavenly Boundary Devouring Spirit Beast, which has the greatest effect on the Heavenly Boundary demon beasts.

  Taking a piece of Spiritual Essence can raise one's cultivation realm by one or two levels, even for a Primordial Spirit Beast.

  Such a great temptation, all the demon beasts cannot resist it. Since the Blazing Tiger only has a cultivation base of five layers in the Innate Realm, it will definitely come out for the spiritual essence.

  Suddenly...

  A faint tremor, transmitted from the soles of his feet, this faint vibration was extremely weak. At this moment, Gu Chen was fully focused on all the changes in the Magma Cave, and this faint vibration did not escape his perception.

  Gu Chen's heart was filled with joy, he had arrived...

  Sound travels faster in solids than in air, and although the sound had not been heard yet, Gu Chen already knew that Zhu Huo had made his move.

  "Hiss..." Xiao Bai let out a low growl, his ears perked up even straighter. The demonic beast's hearing was extremely keen, and apparently, Xiao Bai had also sensed it.

  Gu Chen's mouth curved into an arc, his heart filled with boundless joy. If he could get his hands on the Zhu Hu's inner elixir, then all the materials needed for the Three Extremes Great Array would be complete. The Broken Mustache Golden Vajra Array was within reach.

  Wave after wave of vibrations came over, slowly growing stronger, proving that the Blazing Tiger was rapidly approaching Gu Chen.

  "Knock knock knock knock, knock knock knock knock……"

  As the shockwave beneath his feet grew stronger, it indicated that Zhu Huo was rapidly approaching Gu Chen. The distance between them was getting closer and smaller by the second. Half a moment later, Gu Chen suddenly heard Zhu Huo's footsteps in his ears.

  This proves that the distance between Zuo Tianchen and Gu Chen is no longer far.

  Gu Chen immediately turned around and rushed out of the cave, covering a distance of ten zhang in an instant. He quickly exited the Flame Cave and ran towards the small hill where Wan Ren Sword and others were located.

  Wan Renshu and a few others had been secretly watching from the small hillside, seeing Gu Chen come out of the cave, they immediately hid their bodies behind the hillside.

  Gu Chen's speed was extremely fast, and in just over a dozen breaths, he had already run out of a hundred yards, and soon he would be running up the small hill.

  "A loud roar... like a burst of thunder, echoed through the heavens and earth. Gu Chen turned his head to look, and a giant red tiger with its entire body engulfed in fierce flames appeared at the entrance of the Furnace Cave."

  This tiger is over three zhang tall, over ten zhang long, with a pair of blood-red eyes, several sharp teeth gleaming brightly, stretching for several chi. The tiger's paw gently pats the ground, and the stones on the ground immediately shatter into fragments.

  It is precisely the demonic beast, Blazing Tiger.

  The scarlet eyes of the tiger immediately locked onto Gu Chen, and what it was staring at was the emerald green bead in Gu Chen's hand.

  "Roar......" The fierce tiger let out a lustful roar, and immediately pounced on Gu Chen, covering dozens of meters in an instant. Its speed was several times faster than Gu Chen's running speed.

  Gu Chen immediately released his flying sword, and its speed suddenly increased. The tiger roared in anger and chased after him at an incredible pace.

  Soon, Gu Chen crossed over the mountain slope and immediately stopped his body, turning around to smile at the pouncing Zhu Hu.

  The prey in front stopped, the tiger let out a joyful roar, its four limbs patted the ground fiercely and jumped up more than ten feet high, pouncing towards Gu Chen.

  At this moment, several sword auras suddenly flashed out beside him, all of which chopped down towards Zhuī Hǔ's body. Zhuī Hǔ was greatly shocked and, being in mid-air with no place to borrow force to change direction, his body suddenly tilted to one side. His four iron claws danced wildly as he swiped at the several sword auras that were chopping towards him.

  Hmph... Hmph... Hmph...

  A loud explosion, the iron claws of the fierce tiger, actually blocked the attacks of several magic weapons. Those four tiger paws were extremely hard and absolutely good materials for refining equipment.

  There were five sword auras in total. Zhuo Hu blocked four of them, but one sword aura broke through the seal of his tiger claws and stabbed into his body.

  "Ahhh......" A bright red blood spurted out, and Chi Hu let out a mournful howl.

  Fell into an ambush...

  The tiger suddenly came to its senses and looked at the smiling human in front of it, bursting into a furious rage. However, the five sword auras from just now made it realize that it was currently facing a dangerous situation.

  Most demons are controlled by their instincts, with desires much smaller than those of humans. The fierce tiger's heart was angry, and it wanted to get the spiritual energy in the human's hand in front of it, but as soon as it faced danger, it made a judgment in an instant - escape.

  Nothing is more important than life itself.

  The tiger fell to the ground, turned around instantly, and prepared to escape into the Magma Cave. As long as it escaped into the Magma Cave, it would be fearless.

  However, Zuo Hu's body hesitated for a moment, and it was already too late. The direction he was fleeing towards the Molten Flame Cave had been blocked by three humans.