Volume 1 Chapter 357: Flames Burning the Mountain

Xiang Yun squatted down, stretched out his right palm, and gently pressed it on the stone floor. A ray of sun fire emerged and enveloped his right palm, burning fiercely and emitting an extremely terrifying high temperature. The breathing of the surrounding Gan Cheng, elders, and disciples became rapid and their mouths became dry.

"What are you going to do?" Gan Cheng was frightened and blurted out the question involuntarily. As the leader of the Fiery Pavilion, the martial arts he practiced were related to fire. At this moment, he sensed the flame in Xiang Yun's hand and knew how terrifying it was, and his fear became even greater.

Xiang Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will only take a moment."

The next moment, the temperature around actually rose a lot. Not long after, the rocky ground under Xiang Yun's palm gradually turned red and continued to spread outward. There were many sparks jumping up on the red surface.

Gan Cheng and the eight elders were startled by this scene and stepped back a few steps. They saw that the fiery red color was spreading faster and faster. In just ten breaths, the area within three meters around Xiang Yun had turned completely fiery red. There was black smoke, sparks, and the air was distorted. It was obvious that the temperature was not low.

Gan Cheng's heart was beating wildly, but now he was so frightened that he couldn't utter a word. He just watched stupidly. Before long, even the ground beneath his feet was burning red.

Gan Cheng suddenly felt an extremely hot sensation under his feet and severe pain in the soles of his feet. When he looked down, he saw that the pair of Fire Cloud Lotus Silk Shoes on his feet were actually blazing with flames.

In the blink of an eye, the fire grew larger and burned his clothes, and he was immediately engulfed in flames.

Gan Cheng screamed and retreated quickly, constantly using his internal energy to protect himself and disperse the flames. However, he was practicing a fire-based martial art, and his internal energy was inherently hot and yang. Once he used it, the fire on his body grew instead of decreasing, and the temperature became even higher.

Gan Cheng was burned so hard that the pain was unbearable. In his panic, he accidentally fell down and landed on the red-hot ground, getting burned even more.

He struggled frantically on the ground. The flames were fierce and soon his body was charred and he stopped moving.

Before Gan Cheng died, the eight elders saw that the situation was not good and retreated down the mountain one by one. However, two of them hesitated and were burned to death on the spot like Gan Cheng.

Three minutes later, the fire, under Xiang Yun's control, spread down from the top of the mountain and had already burned one-third of the mountain red. The high temperature was still spreading down the mountain. From a distance, it looked like coal balls burning in a country stove.

Xiang Yun's attack was so powerful that a large number of people from the Liehuo Pavilion who failed to evacuate in time were burned to death on the mountain. More people saw the fire was so strong that they ran down the mountain, trying to escape.

However, as Liehuo Pavilion is a large sect, its territory is naturally vast. Not only is the mountain towering, but it is also huge in size. With the speed at which the high temperature flames spread, it will only take another ten minutes to burn the entire mountain. Within ten minutes, unless the servants or outer disciples who are already at the foot of the mountain can escape, how can those who are halfway up the mountain escape?

With fear in their hearts, everyone panicked and lost their way. Many people even rolled down the mountain after falling. Countless people were trampled to death along the way, and screams for help were heard everywhere.

Now Xiang Yun was the only one left on the mountain top, but he was frowning, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with the temperature of the sun's fire.

He knew that he was not strong enough to unleash the full power of the Sun's Essence Fire. Otherwise, with this spiritual fire born from the universe, the high temperature would be enough to melt the entire mountain in an instant. Why would he have to burn and wait silently like he was doing now?

Thinking of this, Xiang Yun could not help but use all his strength to activate the sun's fire, causing its temperature to continue to rise, without any fear of whether his body could bear it.

As the temperature rose, the entire mountain in Liehuo Pavilion was burned red faster and faster. The original ten-minute time was shortened by nearly half. If someone was close to it, they would not be able to outrun the speed of the flames.

This made it difficult for those disciples of Liehuo Pavilion who were trying to escape. Because of Xiang Yun's momentary desire to win, they would lose their lives. This amount of time was not enough for them to escape.

Time passed quickly, and Xiang Yun felt that he had burned the mountain to the foot, and it had become as red as charcoal.

The houses, attics, elixirs, and even flowers and trees in the Liehuo Pavilion on the mountain were all turned into charred ashes without exception at this moment, and were no longer of value.

Xiang Yun slowly stood up and raised his right palm, only to see that it was also charred black. It was obvious that although he had not suffered much damage by exerting the full strength of the Sun's Essence Fire, it was enough to hurt his body. One can imagine how terrible this fire was.

Xiang Yun practiced Qigong to regulate his breathing, then flew high into the sky to look at the red volcano, thinking to himself: "I don't know how long this fire I set will burn..."

None of the disciples and elders of the Fiery Pavilion survived; they were all buried in the sea of fire and turned into nutrients for the volcano. Although Xiang Yun killed so many people for no reason, his heart was as calm as water and he didn't care. He even felt a little bit of pleasure for his revenge. If ordinary people knew Xiang Yun's heart, they would probably be scared to the bone and tremble.

Xiang Yun's heart has become as hard as iron. He doesn't care even if more people who have nothing to do with him die. He just wants... not to see too much blood.

For the next year, the mountain was red all day long and the high temperature did not decrease. The surrounding peaks were also scorched black by the high temperature and no grass could grow. After a year, the high temperature finally decreased, but sparks could still be seen on the mountain, and flames could be spewed out of thin air. The temperature of the surrounding areas was always much higher than that of other areas. Various legends were left among the people, and some even talked about gods, but no one guessed that it was Xiang Yun who did it.

Xiang Yun returned to the team with a faint smile on his face. Seeing that Qin Su and the others still looked miserable, he said, "I only care about your intentions. There is only one sect left, the Kuangba Sect. After destroying it, you can return to the barracks and study hard. I will not interfere."

Everyone was speechless, Jiang Yue could only respond in a low voice, and Xiang Yun led them to fly towards the Chixiao Dynasty;

The Kuangba Sect and the Huanhai Sword Sect are both located within the Chixiao Dynasty, but the Kuangba Sect is a little further away, located at the border between the southernmost part of the Chixiao Dynasty and the enemy territory of Qingyun.

Even the power and reputation of the Kuangba Sect are mostly within the Qingyun Empire, and few people in the Chixiao Dynasty have heard of it.

After the leader of the Kuangba Sect, Jue Yan, was beaten up by Jiang Fei, who had activated the Taixu state, in the Great Sun Dynasty, he took advantage of the chaos to escape. He carefully returned to the Kuangba Sect and has been staying indoors ever since. It is unknown whether he is healing his wounds or practicing some advanced internal skills.

However, he kept issuing orders to the Kuangba Sect disciples scattered around the place to return to the sect, and not to go out without permission to cause trouble, but to study hard and practice kung fu in the sect. He was extremely strict, as if he was facing a powerful enemy.