A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 306 Ice and Flame Eruption

Luo Ming activated the "Myriad Spirits Blood Technique," forming a blood-red armor on his body, which could barely withstand the erosion of the cold air.

He stood at the edge of the cave entrance, his Qianyang Fire Eyes slightly activated, his gaze piercing through the churning, dark blue flames and chilling air, straining to see into the bottomless depths of the cave.

With the enhancement of his crimson-gold pupil power, the scene inside the cave became clearer. At the bottom of the cave, which was dozens of feet deep, floated a massive, ancient-looking, heavy, dark blue three-legged cauldron!

The cauldron was not completely still, but slowly rotated and floated in the ice flames, exuding an aura of majesty that suppressed everything! Just looking at it was enough to shock one's mind!

"This is the Heavenly Treasure... the Void Heaven Cauldron?" Luo Ming thought to himself.

"Hiss—! Is this the legendary Azure Ice Flame?" Just then, in Luo Ming's sea of ​​consciousness, the voice of the Heavenly Mirror Hermit, filled with surprise and apprehension, rang out.

"My divine sense had barely attempted to approach and probe it, and before it even made contact, I felt as if I were about to be instantly frozen and annihilated! The icy coldness and destructive properties of this flame are simply inconceivable! It's unimaginable how the ancient cultivators managed to control and wield such a wondrous flame of heaven and earth!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly sent a telepathic warning: "Senior! This flame is dangerous. Do not attempt to contact or probe it with your divine sense! If your soul is injured by its icy power, any unforeseen events later could jeopardize our plans!"

"Hehe, don't worry, kid Luo, I know what I'm doing." Tianjing Sanren chuckled, his tone full of confidence.

"My soul, after all, has been tempered and nurtured by the Golden Divine Flame for hundreds of years, and has already merged with the Golden Spirit, making it extraordinary in nature. Although this Dry Blue Ice Flame is strong, it is not so easy for it to damage the foundation of my soul in a short time. I was just curious and tried to sense it."

Luo Ming felt somewhat relieved upon hearing this, but he still dared not be completely at ease. However, when Tianjing Sanren mentioned "Golden Divine Flame" and "fusion with the Golden Spirit," a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Senior, since you have some knowledge of this flame and your soul is special... do you have a way to temporarily seal or safely collect this Dry Blue Ice Flame?" Luo Ming asked tentatively via telepathy, his tone filled with anticipation.

He was also extremely envious of the Azure Ice Flame! It was one of the most supreme ice-attribute flames in the world, possessing boundless power and countless uses. Whether used to cultivate fire-attribute divine abilities or as a powerful weapon against enemies, it was an unparalleled treasure!

He had previously considered using the Xuan Turtle's geomagnetic elemental lightning to try and collect it. After all, Han Li had safely obtained the Azure Ice Flame by wrapping it with the Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning.

"Seal this flame?" Heavenly Mirror Hermit seemed somewhat surprised by Luo Ming's idea, then suddenly realized and pondered, "If we're talking about sealing... isn't your Spirit Gathering Cauldron just right? This cauldron has extremely high essence, sealing the Azure Ice Flame shouldn't be a problem."

"The Spirit Gathering Cauldron..." Luo Ming smiled bitterly to himself. He naturally knew that the Spirit Gathering Cauldron could most likely seal the Azure Ice Flame, and might even be extremely effective. But the problem was—the Spirit Gathering Cauldron was his most important and core treasure. If he used it to seal the Azure Ice Flame, how could he use the cauldron again?

Most importantly, he knew that several elders of the Star Palace were hiding somewhere watching this place, and he didn't want to take out the Spirit Gathering Cauldron to use it.

Just as he was pondering, Han Li was already controlling the Blood Jade Spider, slowly spitting out a thumb-thick, snow-white, crystal-clear spider silk from the end of its abdomen, shooting it towards the large hole in the center that was emitting blue light.

Now that Han Li's spirit beast had already "taken the lead" and was temporarily safe, Luo Ming no longer hesitated. With a thought, the Five Spirit Bracelet on his wrist flashed with a faint light, and two plump snow silkworms, much larger than the golden silkworms, appeared.

The two little ones had just appeared when they felt the chill around them. They instantly went from being dazed to excited, their little eyes fixed on the large hole in the middle that was emitting wisps of blue light.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he could vaguely sense that these two guys seemed to have an urge to jump inside.

These two snow silkworms were obtained when he killed the guards beside Dongmen Xiao in Tiannan. Despite his careful cultivation over the years, they are only at the peak of the fourth level.

This made him wonder if these two little guys, like the Fat Sun Bird, needed a special icy environment to advance. Now that there was the astonishing cold air released by the Azure Ice Flame here, it was a good opportunity to verify his guess.

"When you're pulling the cauldron later, you don't need to exert yourself too much. Just do enough and focus your energy on absorbing the cold energy here," Luo Ming silently instructed.

The snow silkworm understood and immediately spat out two crystal-clear silk threads, each about the thickness of a thumb. They moved with lightning speed and precision, wrapping around the enormous Void Cauldron below!

Luo Ming carefully sensed the changes in the silkworm silk with his mind. He discovered that the cold air released by the Azure Ice Flame below was slowly gathering into the Snow Silkworm's body through the silkworm silk. This made him happy, and he thought to himself that it was indeed so.

Just as Luo Ming's snow silkworm silk was "in place," the Extreme Yin Ancestor on the other side also began to make his move.

He muttered incantations, formed a strange hand seal, and then pointed at the two fiery pythons beside him, which were entirely crimson with fiery scales, fleshy crests on their heads, and exuding a scorching and violent aura!

Immediately, two blood-red pills, each the size of a longan, flew out from his sleeve and accurately shot into the wide-open mouth of the fire python!

"roar--!"

The moment the fire python swallowed the pill, it let out a roar that was a mixture of pain and excitement! The crimson scales all over its body instantly became even more vivid and dazzling, as if they were about to drip blood, and a violent aura far greater than before suddenly erupted from its body! Its body even seemed to have swelled up a bit, and the ferocity in its eyes almost materialized!

"Blood-Burning Essence-Exploding Pill! Extremely Yin, you're really willing to give it up!" Upon seeing this, the Qingyi Hermit raised an eyebrow and whispered. He clearly recognized the origin of the pill; it was a domineering pill that could temporarily stimulate the potential of spirit beasts, greatly enhancing their strength and supernatural abilities, but afterwards would cause them to suffer severe damage to their vital energy or even drop in their cultivation level.

The Yin Ancestor's face was grim, but his eyes flashed with a fierce and expectant light. He ignored Qing Yi's teasing. He was completely focused on controlling the fire python.

Stimulated by the power of the elixir, the two fire pythons suddenly extended their long, scarlet tongues covered with fine barbs! Incredibly, those tongues could stretch for dozens of feet, becoming as thick as an adult man's arm, and their surfaces were covered with a layer of blazing, deep black blood-red flames!

The crimson flames, like living arms, pierced through the surging cold air below, precisely wrapping around the left and right ears of the Void Heaven Cauldron, and intersecting with or alongside the snow silkworm silk of the Luo Ming spirit beast.

"Alright! My fire python has unleashed its full potential, but it can't maintain this peak state for long! Without further ado, let's have these spirit beasts exert their strength simultaneously and pull the Void Heaven Cauldron up! Success or failure hinges on this!"

After the Yin Ancestor finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on the bottomless blue hole, showing both excitement and tension.

"rise!"

Almost simultaneously, Luo Ming and the others mentally commanded their respective spirit beasts to drag them with all their might!

"Hiss—!" The Blood Jade Spider's eight legs slammed into the hard altar floor, making a screeching sound. Its whole body shone with a bright crimson light, and the thick, snow-white spider silk in its mouth tightened instantly, pulling backward with all its might!

Luo Ming's two snow silkworms trembled slightly, their crystal-clear bodies shimmering with spiritual light. They contracted their abdomens with all their might, and the two nearly transparent, slender silk threads suddenly straightened, emitting a faint yet clear "clanging" sound that could be clearly heard through the silk threads.

"Roar—!" The fire python of the Extreme Yin Ancestor roared in pain. The medicinal power of the Blood-Burning Yuan Pill caused it to suffer great pain, but its blood-red flames burst out with astonishing power, frantically contracting and dragging backward!

"Boom—!!"

Just as the five beasts exerted their power simultaneously, the ancient behemoth that seemed to be sleeping in the blue hole was awakened and suddenly burst out with a deafening roar!

Deep within the cave, the Void Heaven Cauldron, seemingly shaken by the combined forces of these three parties, began to slowly and laboriously move upwards! Though its speed was as slow as a snail's pace, it was indeed rising!

"It moved! It really moved!" Ji Yin's voice trembled with excitement, and his eyes shone brightly.

"Alright! Pull it for me!" the bearded man roared, his eyes flashing with golden light, his excitement overflowing.

"Stay calm and control your strength! Don't be greedy and act rashly!" Master Qingyi hurriedly reminded him, his tone solemn. He could see that the backlash from the cold air at the cave entrance was becoming increasingly fierce, and this was the most dangerous time, the most likely to go wrong.

With the addition of Luo Ming's two snow silkworms, the process of dragging the Void Heaven Cauldron was indeed much smoother and more stable than when there were only the Blood Jade Spider and the Fire Python. The Void Heaven Cauldron was successfully raised to half its original height.

Perhaps because the Void Heaven Cauldron was elevated and moved away from its original core position of suppression, the Azure Ice Flame below, which had been suppressed and bound by it for countless millennia, lost some of its suppressing power!

"boom--!!"

A sound far more muffled and heavy than any previous eruption, as if a terrifying chill emanated from the depths of the deepest hell, suddenly burst forth from the very bottom of that blue hole!

Immediately afterwards, a flame, only the thickness of a thumb, pale blue in color, almost transparent, yet radiating an extreme chill that could freeze one's soul, burst out from the edge of the large hole with a "whoosh" sound, like a fierce spirit breaking free from its cage!

Its location was, by sheer coincidence, right at the edge of the cave entrance where one of Luo Ming's snow silkworms was located.

The moment this pale blue flame appeared, before it had even completely left the cave entrance, a chilling aura, seemingly capable of freezing everything, erupted and swept out from its center!

"Snap, snap, snap—!"

With the pale blue flame as the origin, the surrounding space seemed to freeze instantly! The spiritual energy in the air, and even the light, solidified and crystallized under this chill!

In the blink of an eye, a huge ice flower, over three zhang in diameter, crystal clear, and exquisitely beautiful, bloomed out of thin air near the cave entrance, with each "petal" reflecting a deep blue light!

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