Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 102: The Attraction of the Fire Tribulation Fruit
"Uncle, why are you here?" Zhao Manyan said to the man in the lead.

The man with his braided hair twisted his brows, then glanced at Chen Ying who was lowering her head beside Zhao Manyan, and snorted coldly, "You are really fooling around, is this a place for you little brats to come?"

“Uncle, don’t be in a hurry to scold us. Help us deal with the pursuers behind us first.” Zhao Manyan pointed to a group of two-faced demons behind them. These guys had been following them for a long time. Lin Ran was originally planning to take action, but he didn’t expect to meet his uncle. So Zhao Manyan planned to let his uncle take action.

Zhao Yulin had already seen those two-faced turtle demons that seemed to be covered in metal. He jumped off his trained beast with a look of disdain on his face.

The outlines of several star maps appeared around him. These star maps were drawn at the same time, interweaving into a complete magic pattern at an extremely fast speed. The star maps complemented each other, and in a diagonal manner, formed a three-dimensional star painting that completely enveloped Zhao Yulin!

The brown constellation was constructed, and gray-brown light could be seen flashing in Zhao Yulin's eyes. When the twilight-like brown light reached its brightest, an invisible solidified force radiated in a fan-shaped pattern and quickly spread towards the location of the group of two-faced turtle demons.

The gray-brown color was like a shadow claw reaching out into the distance, and wherever it passed, the loose soil and the fire-resistant cactus were all transformed into gray-white stone!

Petrification, the advanced petrification power of the earth element!

The two-faced turtle demon rushing in the front had obviously never seen this strange ability before, and even tried to resist with its own sturdy body. When the gray-brown color painted over its body, it completely turned into a hard dead object!
The other two-faced turtle demons were standing a little further back. Seeing this horrible petrifying power, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Being afraid of death, they didn't care about their petrified companion at all and turned around to flee into the Fire Pillar Mountain.

“Uncle is so awesome!” After seeing the two-faced turtle demons fleeing, Zhao Manyan walked triumphantly to the petrified two-faced turtle demon.

He kicked the two-faced turtle demon in the body, and the petrified two-faced turtle demon was shattered by this kick. As if it was not enough to vent his anger, Zhao Manyan stomped on the fragments and smashed them to pieces, cursing: "You are a pervert!"

Just as they were about to leave, they were stopped by Zhao Yulin: "What are you guys running around for? Follow me into our team. It's impossible for me to send you out now, so just follow us for now."

Mo Fan looked at Lin Ran and said, "What do you think?"

Lin Ran rubbed his head and said, "Follow them. They are also here to look for the Fire Tribulation Fruit, and the Fire Tribulation Fruit can give birth to Little Flame Princess. If you don't need Flame Princess, we can leave now."

Mo Fan's eyes lit up. He knew that Lin Ran had a way for him to get Yan Ji. He immediately pushed in front of Lin Ran and said, "My life depends on you."

“Get away from here.” Lin Ran couldn’t help but say. For the time being, he didn’t have a second contract position, so he gave the first Flame Lady to Mo Fan. When he got a second contract position, he would come here to start a fire disaster and give birth to Flame Lady.

Several people joined Zhao Yulin's team. Chen Ying kept her head down until she walked into the team, when she suddenly discovered that on a maroon desert fire horse sat a person wrapped in white cloth, staring at her with his black eyes.

Chen Ying looked incredulous and asked, "Mom, why is it you?"

The man in white cloth just nodded slightly, then called Chen Ying to his side, but did not speak.

Chen Ying looked at her father Zhao Yulin who was walking at the front of the team with joy. She originally thought that her father had been so heartless that he had given up on the search for the Fire Tribulation Fruit and only wanted to enjoy himself in the wealthy Zhao family. She didn't expect that after the fire disaster, he would come in person with his mother.

However, the strength of the team my father led was not particularly outstanding, and I was afraid that only my father Zhao Yulin was a high-level magician.

The Fire Tribulation Fruit must be guarded by an extremely powerful creature, and these people may not be its match.

The man in white cloth seemed to see what Chen Ying was worried about, and explained in a low voice: "The Sandy River has suddenly become violent, as if some unknown evil force came from the west... Now even the spiritual mages can't calm them down, and the major forces have selected some people with low levels but special abilities to barely cross the Sandy River. Your father is a special case, but he is probably the only high-level mage who safely crossed the Sandy River this time."

At this time Chen Ying looked at Lin Ran, who was also a high-level magician. She thought about it but didn't say it.

……

Not long after Zhao Yulin's team entered Huozhu Mountain, a group of soldiers with military medals on their chests also arrived here...

All hunters know that unless you have the strength to look down on the entire demon area, you must never use winged magic tools or flying beasts easily, otherwise you will be targeted by stronger demons.

Zhuoyuan is surrounded on all sides by the Dunhuang Magic Tiger Clan. To reach the northern corner of Zhuoyuan from other directions, one must cross the territory of the Dunhuang Magic Tiger Clan. Even super-class mages dare not do this.

The only way to enter the northern corner of Zhuoyuan is through the Shawang River, which is also a no-fly zone. Whenever a creature flies over the river, a gigantic dragon corpse will rise from the river and swallow any creature flying over its head in one gulp. This dragon looks particularly irritable, as if it was irritated by someone.

Therefore, on the one hand, the Dunhuang Military Region here does not raise sky eagles, and on the other hand, neither the Shawang River nor the northern corner of Zhuoyuan can fly!

"We climb up from the outside. Although the mountain is high, there are too many unknown dangers if we walk from the inside, so we still have to climb the mountain." said a female officer with a hooked nose.

This female officer was obviously the leader of this team. Everyone else obeyed her submissively and did not dare to resist at all.

"The old hunter mentioned before that this Fire Pillar Mountain looks vertical and steep, but in fact the rock is not as hard as imagined. We can carve out a ladder to climb up."

"We should act immediately tonight and not let others get ahead of us."

“Captain Nanjue, what exactly is the use of this Fire Tribulation Fruit? Why did you send us here to find it?” an officer asked.

“It has many uses... Let’s put it this way. The simplest one is that it can be used as a synthetic material for condensing soul-level fire seeds, and it is almost 100% successful.” Nan Jue, the female officer with a hooked nose, said.

"Soul... Soul-level materials... It's still 100% successful!"

The soldiers' eyes lit up.

Soul-level fire seeds are powerful elemental treasures that can quadruple the power of all fire magic. In addition, soul seeds have domain effects that can make mages invincible. This value is often more valuable than an important cultivation resource for upgrading from a mid-level to a high-level one! !

Soul seeds are extremely rare. Even if you search the entire demon land, you may not be able to find one. Even in the most famous auctions in several big cities, it takes a long time to hold soul seed auctions... Therefore, most soul seeds are condensed and synthesized using spirit seeds, but it is said that the success rate of condensation and synthesis is extremely low. Even with the addition of extremely expensive auxiliary materials, the failure rate is far higher than the success rate.

This Fire Tribulation Fruit can actually make the soul seed synthesis rate reach 100%, it is truly a rare treasure! !
You have to know that spirit seeds can be bought with money, but soul seeds are really hard to come by.

……

At this time, on the other side of the Fire Pillar Mountain, a group of people wearing the green and yellow exploration uniforms of the Hunter Alliance arrived at the bottom of the mountain. They were obviously prepared to face the extremely steep mountain. One of the mages with crisscross scars on his forehead summoned a climbing beast.

The claws of the mountaineer are special. Not only can they penetrate directly into the interior of the mountain, but they can also form inner hooks to firmly grasp the cliffs of the entire Fire Pillar Mountain.

The climbing beast was huge in size, and this group of people hung on the body of the beast and climbed to the top of the Fire Pillar Mountain easily.

In the middle of the mountainside less than two kilometers away from the group of hunters, a magician who controlled a special earth-type spirit species was walking on the cliffs as if it were flat ground.

This person walked up along the mountain wall, and when he saw a protruding rock, he would tie the rope firmly to it... He would continue to go up and tie ropes continuously, and the people from the Magic Association below could then climb straight up along the rope.

……

The world is so vast that nothing is impossible. Even if Sha Wanghe's violent attack has obstructed a large number of magicians who want to go to the northern corner of Zhuoyuan to search for treasure, the three major forces like the Hunter Alliance, the Magic Association, and the military will eventually find capable people to overcome these difficulties.

And these people, they definitely didn’t come here for the spirit seed fragments and spirit seeds scattered all over the ground, what they really wanted was the Fire Tribulation Fruit!!
In the Fire Cloud Forest, Nan Jue and his group, wearing military medals, seemed to be the first to arrive at Pingling Mountain. They wandered in the Fire Cloud Forest, seemingly somewhat lost.

In fact, after arriving here, they didn't know where to go, so they could only wander around the Fire Cloud Forest aimlessly. The old man who had set foot here only told them that the Fire Tribulation Fruit should appear. In this forest, the higher the temperature, the denser it grows.

"Did you hear any sound, like a monster sticking out its tongue?" asked a bronze-skinned officer.

"Don't be suspicious. The temperature is so high here, how can there be any demons?" said the female officer walking at the end of the team.

Her forehead had already been covered with countless beads of sweat from the rising sun. This was only morning; by noon or afternoon, this place would be like a furnace that could burn people to death.

"Ye Zi, do you have any water? Give me a sip first...Ye Zi?"

The bronze-skinned officer walking in front turned around, only to find that there was no one behind him!
He lowered his head and suddenly found traces of dragging on the fallen leaves on the ground. His face changed suddenly and he hurriedly reported to the team members in front.

“Captain Nanjue, Ye Zi, who is in charge of keeping watch at the rear, has disappeared,” the bronze-skinned officer said in panic.

Nan Jue immediately raised her hand and gestured for the whole team to stop. She glanced around the silent forest.

"Let's go back and look for her. She might have fallen behind."

Nan Jue shook her head. Those who were selected into the team were all elites of the Dunhuang Military Region. Not only were they extremely powerful, they also obeyed military orders. There was no reason for them to leave the team without saying a word, so it was obvious that those who left the team were already dead.

"Oh no, Xu Dong is missing too. He was just leading the way for us." Another officer came running to report.

Nan Jue's face changed, and she immediately said to everyone in the team, "There should be a lot of enemies, let's get out of here as soon as possible!"

"Aren't we going to save Ye Zi? How can we abandon our companions?" said a bronze-skinned officer.

“If you want to die here, then go ahead and look for Ye Zi’s body!” Nan Jue said coldly.

After the order was given, everyone immediately chose to leave the overly dense forest.

However, in the hasty process, several people disappeared mysteriously.

It was at this moment that everyone realized how terrifying this forest was. The distance between each person in their entire team was only a few meters. Those who suddenly disappeared disappeared in an instant. There was no screaming sound, and no blood was seen. The only things left were the dragging marks in the fallen leaves!
Nan Jue is an extremely powerful mage. When the team members were in danger of their lives one after another, he himself did not notice any demonic aura nearby, which may indicate that the creature's strength is far superior to theirs.

Nan Jue told the team members about this speculation, and they were all terrified. However, the bronze-skinned officer asked in confusion, "Since its strength far exceeds ours, why did it kill us one by one instead of killing us all at once?"

“It must be enjoying the torment of playing cat and mouse. If we stay where we were just now, it will kill us one by one.” Nan Jue said with certainty.

"What the hell is this place? I think we were killed by the demons lurking in this Fire Cloud Forest before we found the Fire Tribulation Fruit." A man said.

……

Lin Ran and his group followed Zhao Manyan's uncle and climbed into the Fire Cloud Forest.

As soon as Lin Ran arrived, he smelled blood and was afraid that someone had died.

Lin Ran reminded everyone. At this time, Lin Ran looked at the man in white cloth. He knew that this woman was a fugitive. She disguised herself as Chen Ying's mother just to use Chen Ying to obtain the Fire Tribulation Fruit. Chen Ying, who was used, foolishly killed her biological mother.

Chen Ying's biological mother is the Fire Witch. She was once saved by an old Flame Princess, but the price was an unborn little Flame Princess. Therefore, in order to repay the old Flame Princess' kindness, Chen Ying's mother volunteered to guard the birth of the little Flame Princess here. Now this little Flame Princess is the last Flame Princess in the world, and the fire disaster here is no longer able to give birth to another Flame Princess.

So in the original novel, Chen Ying's mother used her last life to give birth to little Yan Ji, and let Mo Fan adopt little Yan Ji.

Lin Ran wants to kill the woman who pretends to be Chen Ying's mother. Of course, not now, but when he meets up with the Flame Witch, he will make everything public and help Mo Fan obtain Yan Ji. Although the Flame Witch is powerful, she is only a high-level wizard. Although she can beat a large group of high-level wizards, she is still far inferior to Lin Ran's monarch-level body.

So getting Yan Ji this time can be said to be a sure thing.

After receiving the reminder, everyone moved forward cautiously and soon encountered a group of military magicians.

The leader was a woman, who looked from the hairstyle to the straight, full, and slender buttocks in military pants.
These legs are so damn long. The thighs are so full that even the loose military pants can't cover them, while the calves are extremely slender. They are so straight and slender even without wearing high heels. They are truly the best!
This woman is of outstanding height. Lin Ran is not considered short among men, but this woman is only one or two centimeters shorter than him at most. With that cold and handsome face, when she looks down at the little boys, she has a sense of heroism and majesty that makes people willing to submit. When facing little girls, she is even more amazing and makes the girls doubt their own sexual orientation!

Her nose is a rare and delicate hooked nose, matched with bright and narrow single eyelids. The androgynous beauty of this female officer in front of us is full of electricity, with a kind of handsomeness and arrogance that can make people fall in love with her!
Well, no matter if you are a sissy or a tomboy, as long as you are good-looking, it doesn’t matter which side you lean towards. This is a world where having a good look can make the world go round! !

The woman's name is Nan Yu and she is a military mage. Because of her strength, Zhao Manyan's uncle invited her to join the team. After all, dealing with the Fire Witch is no joke.

Nan Yu didn't want to give up this mission, so he agreed.

Zhao Manyan wiped his saliva and said, "This is really exciting. It would be really great if I could discuss this with her tonight..."

Mo Fan wanted to say something naughty, but when he saw Bai Tingting's piercing gaze, he said nothing.

Lin Ran stayed obediently beside Ye Xinxia, ​​while Ye Xinxia focused her attention on the person in white cloth. She could feel that this woman was very dangerous and strange.

Suddenly, the person in white cloth turned around and looked at Ye Xinxia. For a moment, Ye Xinxia felt a cold and gloomy breath. This person in white cloth was definitely not simple, and she had no feelings for Chen Ying at all. This was in sharp contrast with the Fire Witch... Suddenly Ye Xinxia caught something. Is it possible that the Fire Witch is Chen Ying's mother, and the person in front of her is an imposter?

This idea was too scary. Ye Xinxia shook her head hastily. This shouldn't be possible, but she still kept it in mind.

Soon people encountered monsters, but with Zhao Manyan's uncle there, they quickly dealt with the monsters.

(End of this chapter)