Asura Mad Emperor

Qinchuan's gaze was calm.

The place was a complete mess, and the entrance to the palace had long since disappeared, but the ideas of these powerful cultivators seemed feasible.

As long as they defeated these fire crows and struck fear into them, instinct would kick in, and the crows would return to the place they were most familiar with on their own.

And that place was the palace where the will of the Ghost Emperor resided.

Under Qinchuan's instruction, Er Rengu and Feng Hongyi joined the many formidable cultivators in starting to hunt down these fire crows.

The energy that burst out from this location attracted more and more cultivators to rush to the scene.

As more and more cultivators joined the fray, the flock of fire crows quickly began to falter, with crows continuously falling from the void and into the scalding magma.

Indeed, before long, the fire crows stopped fighting against everyone. They saw the leader, a crimson fire crow, let out a piercing cry, and the entire flock flew en masse in one direction.

"Quick, follow them, these fire crows must be heading back to their ancestral grounds!"

A powerful cultivator shouted loudly.

Before he had even finished speaking, countless cultivators' figures had already shot forth, closely following behind the fire crows.

After flying over a sea of magma, the flock of fire crows entered into a range of divine peaks.

Among these peaks, Qinchuan noticed that this part of the Earth Realm had not been destroyed by fallen meteorites and still preserved its original form.

Located among the divine peaks, Qinchuan immediately noticed at the very center, there was an exceedingly vast Dao platform.

At the edges of the Dao platform, in different directions, there were entrances glowing in gold, blue, white, red, and yellow.

These corresponded to the elements: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

The group of fire crows flew with their wings flapping towards the entrance shimmering with firelight.

It seemed that they had come out of this very entrance.

However, just as the flock of fire crows approached the entrance, suddenly, from within the crimson entrance, a divine flame flashing with a faint blue light burst forth.

Being enveloped in flames themselves, ordinary flames could not harm them, but when the strange fire from within the entrance reached them, a mysterious faint blue light instantly ignited upon the crows.

The next moment, several fire crows were burned to ash and vanished without a trace.

"Gua!"

Seeing the leading few fire crows incinerated to powder, the remaining dozens of crows let out a series of mournful cries.

At this time, seeing a large number of cultivators already catching up from behind, escaping had become an impossibility.

The group of fire crows split up, heading in five different directions, each flying towards the entrances of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

As these fire crows drew near,

the next moment, a jet of golden light spewed out from the gold entrance, countless vines stretched out from the blue entrance, a massive surge of vapor erupted from the white entrance, and the yellow entrance was filled with flying sand that obscured the sky and land.

The splendid light of five colors shone, and the power of the Five Elements surged within the Great Formation, stirring up a tremendous storm.

In the wake of the Five Elements Energy, before long, all the fire crows were killed, turning into dust, and not even a single body was left.

"What's happening?"

Powerful cultivators who were far behind hesitated, thankful they had not entered the platform, as the energy just now would have suppressed them completely.

"It seems there's a Defensive Formation here!"

An elder speculated from afar.

"This is a formation left by the Ancient Ghost Clan. Beneath this formation, there must be concealed treasures of magical significance!"

Some cultivators murmured softly to themselves.

"This place's formation is different from the one that suppresses the Undying Bird. This is a thoroughly Defensive Grand Formation."

Qinchuan and his two companions had also arrived at the location. Er Rengu seemed to know something and spoke softly.

"Once this formation is activated, one can safely emerge from it; however, if one wishes to enter, they must expend considerable effort."

Qinchuan had also noticed that this formation was opposite in orientation to that which suppressed the Undying Bird, and the effects of the formation were exactly reversed as well.

The formation in the west was difficult to enter and hard to exit, whereas this formation was difficult to enter but easy to exit.

The Fire Ravens were unaware of the reasoning; they attempted to return the same way they came, only to find themselves completely suppressed by the Five Elements Formation.

"With the Fixed Fire Bead in hand, we can enter through that fire pathway," Feng Hongyi said at this time.

Everyone landed outside the arena, and for a moment, no one dared to enter.

Just as Qinchuan and the others prepared to enter, at that moment, a furious voice erupted.

"This ancient realm has been sealed for hundreds of millions of years; I do not believe this formation still holds much power."

A figure with bulging eyes and a leonine gaze strode forward, making his way towards the arena.

Qinchuan himself wanted to observe the ancient formation. Seeing someone taking the initiative, he immediately stopped to watch coldly from the sidelines.

The man with the leonine gaze stepped into the arena, and there was no reaction from it.

But everyone knew that the arena itself was not the most frightening part.

The most terrifying aspect was the five gateways of the Five Elements.

"I have cultivated the Fire Attribute and have done extensive research on Strange Fires. Let's see what mysteries this fire pathway truly holds!" The man declared confidently.

As he spoke, his body radiated light, and resplendent spiritual energy formed a battle armor around him before he cautiously proceeded towards the Strange Fire pathway.

The cultivators outside the arena held their breath, anxiously watching the man's every move.

One step, two steps, three steps…

The man drew closer and closer to the Strange Fire gateway, which still showed no sign of reaction.

"Could it be that this Five Elements gateway only affects these Fire Ravens?" As the man continued unharmed and everyone's faces lit up with joy.

But their elation was short-lived. As soon as the man reached three feet from the fire pathway gateway, there was a sudden change.

Blue light flickered again within the gateway.

"Whoosh—"

A flame flashed by, and in the next instant, the thick layers of Spiritual Dao Armor on the man were shattered by the Strange Fire, which ignited on him in a blink of an eye.

The man had time only for a dismal scream before he was reduced to smoke and dust.

From the Strange Fire igniting upon him to being burned to dust happened in the blink of an eye, less than half a breath's time, giving no chance to react, rendering even the protective spiritual armor useless.

"This is actually Netherworld Strange Fire!" Qinchuan realized at that moment, the flame bursting from the fire pathway was none other than the Netherworld Strange Fire from the top ten ancient Strange Fires.

Among the top ten ancient Strange Fires, Nether Fire was ranked fifth, born from the depths of the endless purgatory, ever-burning, capable of incinerating all sin and desire in the world.

"That is Netherworld Strange Fire!"

Among the Divine Envoys and Great Emperors present, many were worldly and recognized that the blue flames were indeed the Netherworld Strange Fire from legends.

"My God, it's actually the Nether Fire."

Although the Netherworld Strange Fire was an ancient flame and not widely seen, its reputation was immense; even those who had not seen it had heard of its power and were deeply shocked.

"Since it is guarded by Netherworld Strange Fire, let alone a hundred million years, even a billion years may not extinguish it. This path is blocked!"

The Divine Envoys and Great Emperors sighed one after another.

"As expected of an ancient clan's realm, the dangers within are truly difficult to overcome."

Many cultivators frowned, and with the Netherworld Strange Fire obstructing the way, they began to think about retreating.