Chapter 94: The Fire Beast King

  Under this quiet waiting, an hour quickly passed, and the clouds in the sky above Huoshou Forest also dispersed, leaving only a very faint piece.

  The crowd around slowly woke up.

  "This time entering Huo Shou Lin, Tang Chuan must find Hei Huo Lian Peng, at that time will surely soar to the sky."

  "Haha, I'll also get a few black lotus to sell at a high price, and then I won't have to worry about the rest of my life."

  "Is it a dragon or an insect? It will be decided today."

  With a flash of figures rushing out, they swept into the Fire Beast Forest. The warriors behind also rushed out like locusts, and even the cultivators who had reached the Unity Realm couldn't help but charge in quickly.

  Hú Gāo had a premonition similar to that of Xiǎo Wǔ, so he wasn't in a hurry. After everyone entered, he brought two oil bottles and slowly began searching for the black fire lotus flowers in the Fire Beast Forest.

  Actually, Hu Gao didn't think much of the Black Fire Lotus. In his spatial ring, there were still quite a few Black Fire Lotuses left. These Black Fire Lotuses had impure fire properties and Xiao Wu looked down on them a bit. He planned to keep them for future use or sell them for money.

  Unfortunately, the three of them searched for half a day but couldn't find any truly good treasures. They couldn't even see one Hei Huo Lian Peng, so Hu Gao made a decisive decision to head deeper and rush towards the direction of Huo Suo Peak.

  This didn't last for long, as a few warriors soon caught up with the trio's speed. Hu Gao eventually found some Black Fire Lotus seeds, which were evenly divided among the three of them.

  "Hu Gao brothers, is it still half a day's journey to Huo Yi Feng?" Yun Feng asked, having just killed an unfamiliar fire beast with his dual swords.

  "It's almost time."

  Hu Gao nodded, the closer they got to Huoyue Peak, the higher the chances of encountering a Fire Beast King. They had to be more careful, as even the weakest Fire Beast King was not something an ordinary early-stage Body Refining Realm warrior could handle, and slightly stronger ones could take their lives.

  However, opportunities always arise with danger, and only at the foot of Huo Zhi Peak can you find real treasures.

  The three of them became even more cautious afterwards, but Hu Gao didn't care, having the sense of Xiao Wu, he didn't need to be constantly on guard, tense and strained, it was too tiring.

  "Boss, there seems to be a lot of black fire lotus by the lake up ahead." At this time, Xiao Wu's voice echoed in his mind.

  "Black Fire Lotus? Not enough?"

  Hú Gāo's eyes suddenly lit up.

  Yun Feng and Han Chong, who were standing by, also became interested. Every time Hu Gao's eyes lit up before, they could immediately spot the Black Fire Lotus. Now that Hu Gao's eyes were shining so brightly, it was as if he had seen a stunning beauty in red, and the treasure might be even more precious.

  "Come on, I'll take you to find something good."

  Hu Gao immediately rushed towards the coordinates provided by Xiao Wu, while Yun Feng and Han Chong were slightly stunned and quickly followed up.

  Soon, the three of them arrived at a riverbank about thirty meters wide. The water vapor on the surface of the river was steaming like mist, but Hu Gao and the others didn't go to admire it, instead they looked towards a small pool not far away.

  The water pool below is **golden red, similar to what Hu Gao saw in the Fire Toad Cave, emitting a terrifying high temperature, similar to magma.

  Many fire-attributed plants grew on the surface of the water, but the three still saw dozens of black fire lotus flowers, and even several black fire lotus flowers had grown black fire lotus pom-poms.

  "Finally knew why Hu Gao's eyes lit up, it turned out that he discovered so many black lotus."

  "This crimson liquid is molten lava!"

  Yun Feng and Han Chong finally looked at each other in shock, their eyes fixed on Hu Gao with increasing astonishment. They really didn't know how he had discovered so many Black Fire Lotus.

  "Alright, stop daydreaming, quickly go and pick the Black Fire Lotus and Black Fire Flower, we need to leave here as soon as possible, there are already many people rushing this way, if we're discovered it won't be good." Hu Gao waved his hand and was about to head towards the Lava Pool.

  But just then, Xiao Wu's voice rang out again, "Boss, wait! There is a powerful fire-attribute creature in this pool, it seems to be... a Fire Beast King?!"

  "Blazing Beast King?"

  Hú Gāo's heart skipped a beat, and his body froze in place.

  "What's wrong?" Yun Feng and Han Chong saw him stop, and they didn't dare to act rashly either.

  "Huǒ shòu wáng, zài chí zi lǐ!" Hú Gāo xiǎo shēng dào.

  Translation:

  "The Fire Beast King is in the pool!" Hu Gao whispered.

  Upon hearing that there was a Flame Beast King in the Magma Pool, Yun Feng and Han Chong's pupils constricted, revealing a dangerous glint. Their bodies subtly trembled with the urge to release a powerful aura, which was an unconscious reaction on their part. After exchanging a glance, they swallowed hard and immediately suppressed the aura emanating from their bodies.

  Compared to Hu Gao, this white-handed traverser, the two geniuses who received family support had a much deeper understanding of Flame Valley.

  The Fire Beast looks similar to ordinary demonic beasts, but it's good at fire attribute attacks. However, due to the dense fire attribute elemental force throughout its body, if other forces invade its body, they will be quickly incinerated by the fire attribute elemental force.

  Of course, similar to Hu Gao's mastery of the Blood Light skill that attacks the spiritual soul, powers that do not fall under attributes can still take effect.

  Earlier, Hu Gao tried to use the Blood Light skill on a relatively powerful Fire Beast, but that Fire Beast didn't get killed instantly, it just fainted.

  As for the Fire Beast King, apart from a higher rank and thicker fire attribute energy, there is also the ability to mutate, supporting one head of Fire Beast to become the Fire Beast King.

  "I don't know what kind of mutation ability this Fire Beast King has." Han Chong was somewhat worried.

  "Variation?" Hu Gao thought of that fire-breathing salamander.

  "Heavy use of Black Fire Lotus can bring about an energy surge that triggers a mutation in the Flame Beast, granting it new abilities. The Flame King is said to have originated from this." Yun Feng explained, "It's not easy to deal with!"

  So that's what happened to the Fire Salamander? Hu Gao was perplexed, recalling the purple fireball that could counter the Flame Dragon Technique.

  "Xiao Wu, what kind of strength does this Huo Shou Wang have?" Hu Gao had no choice but to ask Xiao Wu for help again.

  "Boss, I'm not quite sure about the specific strength of this Fire Beast King. It's submerged under the crimson... I can sense it only because we're too close. If we were a bit farther away, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to sense its existence..."

  Xiao Wu was quite helpless, his sensing ability was restricted everywhere in the Fire Beast Forest, either being blocked by this thing or affected by that thing. Along the way, they rushed on their journey, Xiao Wu always provided a route where he could sense clearly, so as to avoid any accidents.

  Xiao Wu noticed the worry on Hu Gao's face and continued, "Hey, don't worry too much, Big Brother. The Fire Beast King probably sensed our arrival by now, and even knows that our goal is the Black Fire Lotus and the Black Fire Peony. But it hasn't shown any hostility towards us. So I think, as long as we don't disturb it too much, it shouldn't attack us."

  "Are you not going to take action against us?"

  Hu Gao nodded silently, but still made preparations to respond. Once the detestable Flame Beast King darted out, he would immediately cast his Blood Light skill and strike it back.

  "What's wrong with Brother Hu?" Yun Feng and Han Chong looked at Hu Gao, who didn't respond for a long time, staring at the smelting furnace pool, unsure of his intentions.

  "Hmm, if I'm not mistaken, the Fire Beast King is asleep. If we don't disturb it, there shouldn't be a problem."

  Hu Gao nodded and calmly said.

  "Isn't this going to be too dangerous?" The two of them saw that Hu was eager to try and couldn't help but worry.

  The two had previously killed ordinary fire beasts, although they succeeded, but also experienced the power of the fire beast, which was not ordinary and slightly more powerful. If a Fire Beast King were to come out, they wouldn't have much confidence in killing it.

  Even if we kill them, it's a thousand enemies killed but at the cost of eight hundred losses on our side, not worth it.

  "It's nothing, even if it's a second-order intermediate demon beast, I have confidence in escaping unscathed."

  Hu Gao patted the two on the shoulder and laughed, saying that he didn't have too much to worry about because he still had many trump cards in his hand, and his own strength was not weak either. Yun Feng and Han Chong's joint efforts might not be enough to kill the Fire Beast King, but with his help, they could do it without using any trump cards. At that time, wouldn't those Black Fire Lotus flowers all belong to them?

  There are so many black fire lotus in the molten pool, it's worth a try to use up all the wind and thunder beads and fire poison darts.

  At this time, Hu Gao walked directly to the side of the small pool. Under the terrifying high temperature emitted by the molten lava, he had no choice but to use his Yuan force to protect himself.

  "Xiao Wu, are you sure that the Fire Beast King is asleep?" Looking at the small pond's surface covered with black fire lotus flowers and black fire lotus seed pods, Hu Gao stretched out his hand but did not immediately pick them.

  As for the Fire Beast King, he said he wasn't afraid of it at all, but in his heart, he still had some apprehensions.

  Joking aside, that's the Fire Beast King. If it were to suddenly appear, how perilous would that be? Hu Gao didn't want such a heart-pounding and hair-raising thing to happen.

  "Wow, boss, the Fire Beast King is indeed asleep now."

  Hearing Xiao Wu's answer, Hu Gao subconsciously let out a sigh of relief, but just as he was about to reach out his hand, Xiao Wu continued to say: "However, it's only a light sleep, not a deep and sound sleep..."

  "Light sleep? What does it mean?"

  Hu Gao's mouth twitched, and he had a bad feeling subconsciously. He wanted to leave immediately. Yun Feng and Han Chong, who were standing behind him, also wisely stayed back without approaching him.

  "Cough, cough... Light sleep is like being half asleep and half awake. Although it's sleeping, it's fully aware of its surroundings. If someone intentionally startles it, it will absolutely rise up in anger and deliver a powerful blow to the enemy."

  Hu Gao nodded helplessly, it seemed that he still had to be more careful, otherwise, before he could even pick the Black Fire Lotus, he would alarm the Fire Beast King and make it rush out, which would be quite troublesome.

  "You two just stand by and watch, there are too many people who may startle the Fire Beast King, I alone... Hey, don't retreat, just stand where you are, be prepared to fight at any time, I alone can't beat it, you two are the main force."

  Hú Gāo was a bit worried that they would be unhappy if he went to pick the Black Fire Lotus alone, but unexpectedly they retreated so neatly, without any hesitation or delay. Suddenly understanding, he gave them a disdainful stare.

  "Fire Beast King, you can continue to sleep. I'll try not to disturb you. If you really want to jump out and fight us to the death, then we'll have no choice but to join forces and kill you, and then roast and eat your Fire Beast meat."

  Hu Gao looked towards the Scarlet Cauldron Pool, he didn't want to disturb the Fire Beast King, because this was of no benefit to him.

  He took a few steps forward, and then suddenly stopped in his tracks, as if he had just realized something, and muttered "Oh no!" under his breath.