Chapter 489: Betrayal (1/2)
Chapter 489: Betrayal
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
As Bai Yu’s voice echoed out, the enormous hole seemed as if it were being further ripped apart by a mysterious force.
Bai Yu’s petite figure appeared at the mouth of the hole, dragging a large Earth Flame Beast behind her with a number of colorful ribbons.
That Earth Flame Beast was almost twice as large as the one Nie Tian had seen in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.
There was an obvious puncture wound on the Earth Flame Beast’s forehead. Apparently, something had gone through its head and killed it.
Bai Yu dragged the Earth Flame Beast towards the others. Pointing at it, she said with great excitement, “This Earth Flame Beast was probably the true target of whoever created that enormous hole in the volcano!
“Look! This Earth Flame Beast has four long blazing tails! This is a seventh grade Earth Flame Beast!”
“A seventh grade Earth Flame Beast!” Zhu Lian’s eyes grew wide as he instantly flew to the Earth Flame Beast’s side. Numerous tiny lightning bolts rose from his fingertips and flew into the Earth Flame Beast’s gigantic body, where they examined it carefully.
In the next moment, his eyes lit up as he exclaimed, “There’s still copious amount of flame power within this dead Earth Flame Beast! Its bones are still imprinted with the profound truths of flame power! The battle prowess of this seventh grade Earth Flame Beast was equal to that of a Soul realm human expert! If we carve its body up, we can harvest the core materials to forge a fire-attributed Spirit Channeling grade treasure!”
Zhen Huilan was also inwardly shocked, and said, “If this Earth Flame Beast’s soul hasn’t completely dissipated into heaven and earth, I have complete and utter confidence that I’ll be able to forge a fire-attributed Spirit Channeling grade treasure with its soul and body parts!”
The other Tool Sect Qi warriors were also overjoyed as they gazed at the gigantic Earth Flame Beast with wide eyes.
They had never expected that they would gain the corpse of a seventh grade Earth Flame Beast so soon after entering this mysterious dimension.
Even if its soul had completely dissipated, many of its parts were still very precious treasures.
Its bones, skin, teeth, and eyes could all be used to forge spiritual tools.
For those who practiced fire incantations, the profound truths of flame power branded in its bones were rare treasures they could try to derive enlightenment from.
Standing off to the side, Nie Tian sensed the yearning of the Flame Dragon Armor as the Earth Flame Beast was dragged towards them.
It seemed as if the Flame Dragon Armor, which had been absorbing earthflame essence from within that large crystal, had just found a better target, and thus was eager to charge out of his ring of holding into the dead Earth Flame Beast and devour all of its residual flame power.
Therefore, Nie Tian had to spare some of his attention to hold the restless Flame Dragon Armor down, stopping it from unveiling his true identity.
As hard as she tried, Bai Yu failed to mask her excitement and joy. “There is still earthflame essence in the heart of the volcano. I left a storage tool there. It won’t take very long to gather all of the earthflame essence that remains.”
With a broad smile, she looked at Zhu Lian and Zhen Huilan and said, “We’ll split the earthflame essence three ways after it finishes collecting. I don’t plan to carve up this Earth Flame Beast for now. I think I’ll take its intact corpse back to the Tool Sect.”
Then, she turned to look Zhen Huilan in the eye and said, “Perhaps we might be able to forge a spiritual tool out of its intact body. Don’t worry, senior martial sister. I’m only able to get it out of the volcano because you’ve stabilized the spatial fluctuations for us. You’ll get your fair share after this Earth Flame Beast is evaluated.”
With a faint smile, Zhen Huilan said, “Sure, I know I can trust you for that.”
Everyone was full of smiles as they looked the seventh grade Earth Flame Beast up and down, feeling that they had made the wisest decision of their lives by fighting to gain control of one spatial rift and entering it despite the risks.
“There are also some fire-attributed materials in the heart of the volcano,” Bai Yu said. “I’ll gather them and sort them through after my storage tool finishes gathering the earthflame essence.”
Both Zhu Lian and Zhen Huilan nodded briefly.
WHOOSH!
While they were in the middle of discussing how they would divide their loot, a ring of holding suddenly flew over from the distance.
In the blink of an eye, it arrived in front of the Earth Flame Beast’s gigantic body, where it turned into a gray vortex and created a violent suction force.
Channeled by the strong force, the large, mountain-like Earth Flame Beast started floating towards the gray vortex.
The expressions of Zhu Lian and the other powerful experts flickered drastically as they instantly blossomed with dazzling spiritual power, and reached out their hands in an attempt to destroy the ring of holding that had appeared out of nowhere.
An intense sense of danger instantly caused Nie Tian’s hair to stand on end. He subconsciously pulled Pei Qiqi’s arm as he circulated his spiritual power.
Eyes still closed, Pei Qiqi seemed to be completely unaware of what was happening in the real world. Her eyes snapped open as soon as Nie Tian pulled her arm.
With bewildered eyes, she asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Who’s there?!” Zhu Lian thundered. One after another, numerous cyan thunderballs with a metallic luster shot out of his leveled sleeve, each of which looked like a fruit ripe with thunder power.