Crossing to Douqi Continent and walking sideways

The golden fire of the Burning Heaven Gate slowly fell into Xiao Muchen's palm, as warm as jade, but containing the energy to destroy the world. At the moment when the fire touched his skin, the sky of the Endless Fire Region suddenly darkened, and the red clouds were like being stained with ink, quickly spreading into darkness.

"Rumble--"

The ground began to tremble, and a series of explosions could be heard in the distance. Chu Li held onto the rock wall to steady himself, his face pale: "The seals in the Fire Region... have all been lifted!"

Lin Wan'er dodged and jumped to a high place, her pupils suddenly shrinking: "Look over there!"

Everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and saw countless black and red pillars of fire rising from the horizon. Distorted figures could be vaguely seen in each pillar of fire, stretching out their burning limbs and emitting creepy screams.

"It's the Fire Demons... a real army of Fire Demons!" Ice crystals condensed on Ling Shuang's fingertips, but they quickly vaporized under the high temperature. "Each one has the strength of the Creation Realm..."

Ye Feng clenched the mace tightly, and green flames flowed on the shaft of the mace: "Damn it, this has stirred up a hornet's nest!"

Xiao Muchen stared at the golden flame beating in his palm, and suddenly pressed it into his chest. Dazzling golden light burst out from his seven orifices, forming a set of colorful flame armor on his body. The seven kinds of flame patterns on the armor complemented each other, and finally gathered into a white lotus pattern on his chest.

"The inheritance of Emperor Yan... I see." He opened his eyes, and his pupils had turned into pure gold. "This is not power, but responsibility."

In the distance, the first wave of fire demons were approaching. They had different shapes, some were like giant dogs, some were like flying birds, but they were all made of black and red flames, and even the magma was contaminated into ink wherever they passed.

"Form a formation!" Xiao Muchen gave the order, and everyone quickly took their positions. Chu Li's white flames turned into a light curtain that enveloped the surroundings, Lin Wan'er's golden flames condensed into countless sharp blades suspended in the air, Ling Shuang's blue flames froze into layers of ice walls, and Ye Feng's green flames wove a vine network on the ground.

When the first fire demon pounced on him, Xiao Muchen just raised his hand slightly. The golden flame rushed out like a torrent, engulfing and purifying it in an instant. But then ten, a hundred... In a blink of an eye, everyone was surrounded by the tide of fire demons.

"There are too many!" Lin Wan'er's short blade was already stained with black air, "There's no way we can kill them all!"

Xiao Muchen frowned, and suddenly sensed something, and looked up at the sky. In the dark clouds, a crack across the sky was slowly opening, and countless fire demons could be vaguely seen pouring out of the crack.

"It's a space crack... a passage leading to the Fire Demon Realm!" Chu Li exclaimed, "We must close it, otherwise the Fire Demons will continue to come!"

Xiao Muchen took a deep breath, and the seven kinds of strange fire in his body circulated at the same time. He raised his hands, and a crystal white lotus bloomed in his palms and slowly rose into the sky.

"Cover me!" he shouted, and his body turned into golden light and rushed into the sky.

The four people on the ground immediately changed their formation. Ling Shuang's ice wall rose from the ground, forming a spiral staircase; Ye Feng's green flame vines swept the low-altitude fire demons like a giant python; Lin Wan'er's golden blades formed an airtight sword formation; Chu Li was doing his best to maintain the protective barrier.

Xiao Muchen rushed up the ice steps. Every time he took a step, the ice steps under his feet were ignited by golden flames, dragging a gorgeous tail flame behind him. When approaching the space crack, the white lotus suddenly exploded and turned into a flaming lotus hundreds of feet in size, wrapping up the entire crack.

"seal up!"

With a roar, the lotus petals closed one by one. The fire demon in the crack roared unwillingly, but could not stop the repair of the power of space. Just when the crack was about to close, a huge claw covered with black scales suddenly stretched out and stuck the crack!

“Ants...want to seal the world?” The hoarse voice sounded like the roar of thousands of fire demons, causing pain in everyone’s eardrums.

Xiao Muchen gritted his teeth and persisted, a trickle of golden blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. Chu Li below saw this and suddenly bit his fingertips, a drop of blood merged into the white flame: "Use blood as a guide to help the fire burn the sky!"

The other three followed suit, and four blood flames of different colors shot up into the sky and injected into the white lotus in the air. The lotus, which was blessed, shone brightly, and finally forced the giant claw back bit by bit.

"No——!" Accompanied by an earth-shaking roar, the space crack finally closed completely.

The fire demon army, which lost its reinforcements, immediately fell into chaos. Xiao Muchen swooped down from the sky, falling into the demon group like a golden meteor. Wherever he passed, the fire demons were reduced to ashes.

Just when everyone thought they had won, the ground suddenly cracked open into an abyss. A giant hand made entirely of black flames broke out of the ground, followed by a second one... Two giant hands grasped the edge of the crack, and a mountain-like head slowly rose up - it was an enlarged version of the first master of the Soul Hall!

"I am here in person!"

The terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire place. Except for Xiao Muchen, the other four people all knelt on the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices. The fire demons bowed their heads one after another, whimpering like they were worshipping.

Xiao Muchen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the fighting spirit rose in his golden pupils: "Your true body is indeed hidden in the center of the Fire Region."

"Smart boy." The giant figure laughed deafeningly, "Emperor Yan sealed me here, but he didn't know that this is exactly what I want... I have absorbed the essence of the Fire Realm for three thousand years, and today I finally succeeded!"

It slowly raised a giant hand, and a dark fire appeared in the palm of its hand: "Look, this is the real... Burning Sky Fire!"

The moment the fire appeared, the flames of the entire Endless Fire Region dimmed. The white lotus mark on Xiao Muchen's chest flickered violently, as if to fight against it.

"Now..." The giant pressed the fire to his forehead, "Let me show you... what the real... Fire Demon Ancestor is!"

At this critical moment, a stream of red light suddenly shot out from a distance and hit the black fire accurately!

"Yanyu is late!"

Everyone looked back and saw the young warrior Yanyu of the Fire Feather Clan leading hundreds of tribesmen galloping over. Behind each Fire Feather Clan warrior, wings made of flames stretched out, and longbows in their hands continuously shot red arrows.

"Fire Feather Clan, listen up!" Yan Yu shouted, "Form the Heaven-burning Demon-killing Formation!"

Hundreds of Fire Feather Clan warriors quickly spread out and formed a huge flame totem in the air. Yan Yu flew to Xiao Muchen's side and said quickly: "The clan leader calculated today's disaster and ordered us to come to help. This demon has absorbed the essence of the Fire Realm for three thousand years, and only fire can defeat fire!"

Xiao Muchen's eyes lit up: "You mean..."

"Borrow the power of the Fire Region!" Yan Yu pointed to the erupting volcanoes in the distance, "Detonate the energy of the entire Endless Fire Region and perish together with it!"

This crazy plan shocked Xiao Muchen. But looking at the giant merging with the black fire, he knew this was the only option.

"Chu Li, lead everyone to evacuate!" Xiao Muchen said resolutely, "I will cover the rear!"

"No!" Chu Li grabbed his arm tightly, and the white flame and the golden flame merged with each other, "If we die, we die together!"

Lin Wan'er, Ling Shuang, and Ye Feng took a step forward at the same time, with no fear in their eyes. Yan Yu laughed: "Okay! Then let the Huoyu Clan and you... face this disaster together!"

Xiao Muchen took a deep breath and suddenly formed an ancient seal with his hands. The white lotus mark on his chest flew away and turned into a huge flaming lotus in the air.

"In that case... then..."

His voice was suddenly drowned out by a thunderous explosion. In the distance, the first volcano had erupted, and red lava shot straight into the sky. Then the second, the third... In a blink of an eye, the entire Endless Fire Region began to boil!

The Fire Demon Ancestor roared angrily, and the fusion of the black fire was forced to stop. It waved its giant arms to stop it, but was entangled by the Fire Feather Clan warriors led by Yan Yu with a suicide attack.

"Now!" Xiao Muchen shouted, and seven kinds of strange fires burst out at the same time. The flame lotus bloomed with brilliant light, enveloping everyone in it, and turned into a stream of light rushing towards the ancestor of the fire demon...

(To be continued)