Chapter 1356: Chapter 1356: Tempering
The red flame shadow was extremely fast.
By the time Jing Yan realized that this thing was trying to escape, it had already darted a great distance away.
"Escape?"
"Human kid, do you really think you can make the great Huo Shiba run away? Hmph, I just needed a temporary rest!" The voice of the red shadow came through.
Jing Yan shook his head.
By this time, the red shadow had already disappeared into the ocean of flames, and Jing Yan’s Divine Thought could not sense a large area here, so catching up with the self-proclaimed Huo Shiba was quite unlikely.
Jing Yan hurriedly took out a High-level Divine Crystal and high-grade elixirs, while recovering his Divine Power, he continued to traverse through the ocean of flames.
The calm did not last long before Jing Yan’s expression turned grim once more.
He saw two red shadows rushing toward his position from a distance.
"Damn, that guy didn’t go to rest, he went to get reinforcements!" Jing Yan halted his flight, staring at the two approaching red flame shadows.
Although these things were made of flames, in Jing Yan’s eyes, they were not entirely the same. Thus, he could recognize that one of these two red shadows was the same Huo Shiba from earlier.
"Hey!"
"Human kid, do not run, the great Huo Shiwu has come to take your life!" Came the loud shout from one of the red shadows.
Upon hearing this shout, Jing Yan’s expression became even more serious.
Huo Shiba? Huo Shiwu?
Could it be that there are also Huo Yi, Huo Er, Huo San, etc. here?
"This is really not good! Just one Huo Shiba was so troublesome, if all those things come, won’t I truly die here?" Jing Yan’s spirit was highly concentrated, his eyes locked onto the two red shadows.
"Brother Shiwu, this human kid has some skills, he’s not that easy to kill." Huo Shiba said to Huo Shiwu.
It seemed, it was finding an excuse for its earlier defeat and escape by Jing Yan.
"Go!" Huo Shiwu gave a low shout.
"Whoosh!"
The two flames swept towards Jing Yan. Huo Shiwu and Huo Shiba each brandished a giant flame Ju Fu.
The scorching tongues of fire seemed capable of incinerating all things in existence.
"Sword Intent Domain!" Jing Yan, with the fastest speed, unleashed the Sword Intent Domain to fend off the attacks of the two red shadows.
"Bang!"
Jing Yan was knocked flying.
"This Huo Shiwu has slightly stronger combat power than Huo Shiba, but not by much."
Jing Yan quickly analyzed the combat power of the newly appeared Huo Shiwu.
"Eighteen, you were right, this human kid indeed has some skills, he actually managed to block the attack of the great Huo Shiwu!" Huo Shiwu seemingly nodded, acknowledging that Huo Shiba was not wrong.
"Brother Shiwu, I told you before, and you didn’t believe me!" Huo Shiba said with a smug tone.
"You two fools, take my sword!"
"Ultimate Nihility!" As Huo Shiwu and Huo Shiba were conversing, Jing Yan executed Ultimate Nihility, appearing before the two red shadows, the power of the Sword Intent Domain erupted.
Huo Shiwu and Huo Shiba, after turning into countless flames, quickly reverted back to their original form.
"Kill!"
"Boom boom boom!"
"Human kid, you have successfully angered the great Huo Shiwu, die!"
Jing Yan and the two red shadows continued their fierce battle within this ocean of flames.
As time passed, Jing Yan’s use of his Divine Power gradually reached an effective attack power of around ninety percent.
After reaching this level, Jing Yan’s improvement in using Divine Power became exceedingly slow.
However, taking hints from one aspect, Jing Yan shifted his focus to the use of the Sword Intent Domain. Before, Jing Yan could only achieve less than fifty percent effectiveness in attacking with the Sword Intent Domain.
When Jing Yan reached around sixty percent effective attack with the Sword Intent Domain, Huo Shiwu and Huo Shiba simultaneously ran away.
Only then did Jing Yan let out a sigh of relief, hastily recovering the consumed Divine Power.
"Hahaha, indeed a human kid appeared, I! The great Huo Shiyi have arrived!"
"Brother Eleven, this human kid does have some skill, not easy to kill!"
"Kill!"
Jing Yan faced the siege of three red shadows.
After a round of fierce fighting, Jing Yan’s effective attack using the Sword Intent Domain reached nearly eighty percent. The power of the Sword Intent Domain had greatly enhanced compared to before.
Huo Shiyi, Huo Shiwu, and Huo Shiba ran away!
"Practicing using power here is indeed great. However, consuming Divine Power too fast, and my resources are depleting too quickly. I can’t be trapped here for too long. If those creatures can’t directly kill me, I’ll be worn down to death." Jing Yan frowned, contemplating in his heart.
Jing Yan swiftly shuttled through the ocean of flames.
"The great Huo Laojiu has arrived! Hahaha, human kid, prepare to die!"
Four red flame shadows completely surrounded Jing Yan. In addition to the previous Huo Shiyi, Huo Shiwu, and Huo Shiba, there was now also Huo Laojiu.
Huo Laojiu’s combat power was stronger, each attack was powerful and heavy.
"Little Black, help me!" Jing Yan summoned Little Black with his Divine Thought.
Relying solely on his Divine Power and Sword Intent Domain was no longer enough to withstand the siege of four red flame shadows.
"Boom!" Jing Yan exerted all his strength to fend off the attacks of the four flame shadows.
With Little Black’s assistance, along with the Daluo Immortal Body rapidly recovering injuries, he barely managed to hold on.
Days later!
"Hoo!"
When Jing Yan escaped from the pursuit of five flame shadows and left the ocean of flames, his use of the Sword Intent Domain power also reached an effective attack of ninety percent.
"Fortunately! Fortunately, the Gravity Domain is effective against them, otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have been able to escape. They are too fast in the flames, and I was restricted by the ocean of flames, unable to perform long-distance Instantaneous Movement with the Nihility Domain." Jing Yan stood at the edge of the ocean of flames, turned back, and looked at the five red forms within the flames.
After Jing Yan left the ocean of flames, these five red shadows did not continue to pursue. It seemed their range of activity was confined to the ocean of flames. Once a Martial Artist left the ocean of flames, they couldn’t continue the chase.
"Human kid, you ran fast!" That red flame shadow, which called itself Huo Laosi, said loudly to Jing Yan from within the ocean of flames.
Jing Yan smiled, clasping his hands at the five flame shadows.
In fact, towards the end, Jing Yan realized that these flame shadows did not really intend to kill him. If they truly left no chance for entrants, they wouldn’t have increased one by one from the start but would have appeared all at once to surround and kill.
Their purpose of existence should be to hone the Martial Artists entering the Land of Descent.
Of course, if the entrant’s strength wasn’t strong, or the speed of improvement wasn’t fast enough, then they also wouldn’t deliberately show mercy.