The flying sword whistled through the water and fire, then instantly flew back, hovering once above Hu Le's head before his primordial spirit instantly escaped from the flying sword and returned to his physical body's ancestral aperture.
Hu Le's physical body also opened its eyes at the right time. With a wave of his hand, the Autumn Water Sword instantly transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into his sleeve.
At this moment, as clusters of blazing flames rose continuously from below, the flames formed a vast ocean that rapidly expanded, instantly evaporating large amounts of seawater in their path.
Countless aquatic creatures also suffered as a result, fleeing frantically towards the depths of the distant sea.
Hu Le shook his head upon seeing this. If the spirit fire were allowed to run rampant, the entire vast sea area would probably turn into a sea of flames.
If someone could step forward to extinguish the flames and use their great magic to suppress the gushing spiritual spring, it would surely be a great act of merit.
His body, that of a Dao-merging saint, possessed immeasurable merit, so he naturally didn't take the merit of suppressing the spiritual spring seriously.
Moreover, given the strength of his physical body, suppressing the spiritual spring would require considerable effort.
For the sake of that little bit of merit, he couldn't be bothered to do anything...
Seeing the surrounding fire growing increasingly fierce, Hu Le flicked the Xuanhuang Ruyi, directly opening a path, and then shot towards the sea.
A short while later, he had already rushed out of the sea and stopped hundreds of feet in the air, suspending his body in mid-air and looking down.
The scenery below then became incredibly bizarre.
The land below, stretching for thousands of miles, was engulfed in a sea of fire, with flames rising tens of feet high.
Surrounding the sea of fire was an endless expanse of azure water.
Water and fire, red and blue, hot and cold, now they blend together seamlessly, yet appear distinctly separate in the world.
As the spiritual spring below continued to spew out flames, the fiery red ocean rapidly spread outwards.
At first, it was only a thousand miles in circumference, but as the spiritual fire increased, the area of the sea of fire also expanded rapidly.
Just then, a celestial light suddenly descended from the sky.
Within the rising, swirling, seven-colored celestial light, four figures suddenly appeared.
They occupied the four directions—east, west, south, and north—above the sea of fire.
The next instant, each of them produced a banner and waved it at the same time towards the raging sea of fire.
In an instant, a Four Symbols Formation was set up.
The entire sea of fire was instantly enveloped in a layer of gray mist, and its rampant spread came to an abrupt halt.
Seeing this, Hu Le knew that a master from this realm had stepped forward to clean up this mess.
Hu Le's body floated up lightly, moving further away from the sea surface.
"Hey! Fellow Daoist, did you do this? If so, you can't just walk away like this!"
Suddenly, a rough voice came from the Four Symbols Formation below, stopping Hu Le who was about to leave.
Hu Le chuckled softly upon hearing this: "How can you speak like this, fellow Daoist? If you don't have evidence, you must not wrong an innocent person."
"Hmm? Do you think you're innocent? You should know that we only see you here. If it really wasn't you, fellow Daoist, you might as well produce some evidence to prove your innocence."
"If I have truly wronged you, I will personally pour you tea to apologize," the man in the formation replied.
Hu Le almost burst into laughter in anger after hearing this.
That bastard!
What is it?
They actually made baseless accusations against others.
Do you still want to ask him for evidence?
"You fellow Daoist are simply a bit clueless. Fine, I'll say it again: this matter has nothing to do with me."
If you want to confront me, you should get the evidence first before coming to me...
I'm off!
After speaking, Hu Le ignored the man and immediately released a stream of primordial yellow energy to envelop his body. In a moment, he flew towards the western inland.
"Huh! You think you can just leave without leaving an explanation? It's not that simple!"
When the man in the formation saw that Hu Le wanted to leave, he thought that Hu Le was guilty and immediately became unhappy. The next moment, a flash of light appeared in the formation, and a sword light flew out and shot towards Hu Le.
A moment later, the sword light caught up with Hu Le.
Hu Le faced the sword light and threw the Xuanhuang Ruyi in a backhand motion.
With a clang, the Ruyi scepter collided with the sword light, and they separated in the blink of an eye.
The sword light shattered, revealing a sword pellet the size of a thumb.
Hu Le pointed, and the Xuanhuang Ruyi flew back into his hand. He glanced coldly at the formation.
Considering that the other party was suppressing the spiritual fire, if he attacked and destroyed the Four Symbols Formation, and the spiritual fire were to erupt again and become uncontrollable, he would inevitably share in the sins that would befall him.
Therefore, he temporarily suppressed his intention to attack and flew forward again.
The man in the formation was unwilling to give up after failing to land a blow, and seeing Hu Le leave, he was about to urge his sword pellet to chase after him.
Another somewhat aged voice rang out from within the formation.
"Junior brother! That's enough! Suppressing the spiritual fire is the priority now, let's not cause any more trouble!"
"But that person could very well be the culprit behind all this. Are we just going to let him go so easily?"
“You… sigh! Don’t be so arbitrary. These things are not necessarily the work of that fellow Daoist. Besides, if it really was him, let’s deal with this calamity first, and then go and hold him accountable.”
"Hmph! Senior brother makes it sound so easy. If he escapes now, but we're really sure he's the murderer, where will we even begin to look for him in this vast sea of people?"
Although this man was resentful, he knew what was important and what was urgent, and he did not risk losing more than he gained by leaving the main force to chase after Hu Le.
After all, their suppression of the spiritual fire to prevent the creatures in the sea from being ravaged was a great act of merit.
Once successful, with accumulated merit, the power of the heavenly tribulation will be significantly reduced when facing future tribulations...
Seeing his junior brother still grumbling indignantly, he regretfully escaped with Hu Le's help.
The other three in the group didn't seem to think anything was wrong.
This person has always been so righteous and indignant. When he encounters injustice, he will step in to uphold justice, even if it doesn't concern him personally.
Another person in the formation spoke up to comfort them, saying, "Forget it! Fellow Daoist, if it was really that person who caused such a calamity, they must already be burdened with sins by now."
Even if you let him off this time, what then!
As the saying goes, cause and effect are cyclical, and retribution is inevitable.
When the heavenly tribulation descends in the future, he will inevitably perish under its weight.
"Hmph! I hope so..."
After that, he said no more, retrieved the sword pellet that was hanging in the sky, and began to focus all his attention on operating the great formation.
As the range of the Four Symbols Formation continued to shrink, the area of the sea of fire that had been raging and expanding outwards below also contracted.
The gaps that had been cleared were quickly filled back in by seawater...
Hu Lefei watched for a while, and seeing that the man didn't make another move, he smiled slightly, "That guy is quite lucky..."
Some things can only be done once, not twice.
He was able to let the other party off the hook the first time they provoked him, giving them a chance.
But if the other party is obstinate and keeps making a fuss, even if he has a compassionate heart, he won't let that person go...
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