Chapter 616: The Secret of the Fire Qilin
Qilin Cave.
Within the Heaven Demon Secret Caves, the greatest secret was the imprisonment of a Fire Qilin!
The Fire Qilin was the most vigorous and mighty spiritual beast in the world. Unlike ordinary spiritual beasts, it was extremely intelligent, had lived for ages, and its strength rivaled that of those at the mythic level!
Although the entire Heaven Demon Sect possessed a Fire Qilin, they were unable to control it. In the end, they had to set up arrays, creating an environment of extreme yang and extreme yin within the cave where the Qilin lived.
The environment of extreme yang was a place where the Fire Qilin enjoyed staying, while the environment of extreme yin was the place where the Heaven Demon Sect thrived—its true stronghold, the Heaven Demon Secret Caves!
Based on the deductions of countless martial arts masters from past lives, the passages near the Fire Qilin were likely set up by the Heaven Demon Sect to prevent it from wandering around and causing harm with its flames.
However, as a result…
The Fire Qilin became less impulsive and violent, instead showing cunning and caution, making it even more difficult to deal with. Even supreme warriors like Shi Zhi Xuan found it extremely troublesome.
Moreover, according to rumors in the martial world, obtaining a single scale from the Fire Qilin could boost a weapon’s grade by 100%! (Refer to Luan Dong’s “Fire Qilin Sword” from “Wind and Clouds.”)
The gap between Grade 3 and Grade 4 was immense—so vast that countless martial artists lost everything trying to obtain it. In fact, striving for a Grade 4 weapon could drain the vitality and foundation of an intermediate or even large faction.
But after learning of the miraculous effects of the Fire Qilin’s scales, numerous powerful warriors flocked there… Groups of martial experts were willing to risk their lives for these scales worth hundreds of millions!
Later, rumors spread further…
The blood of the Fire Qilin had effects similar to the Life and Death Dream Pill—capable of healing wounds and strengthening internal energy, with remarkable results.
The Fire Qilin and the Heaven Demon Sect thus became hotspots for powerful martial artists!
However…
In past lives, only a few people managed to obtain the Fire Qilin’s scales, and those who were lucky enough to get its blood were even rarer…
The Fire Qilin was extremely cunning and tenacious. As a spiritual beast born of heaven and earth, it had incredible vitality, a powerful physique, and moved swiftly like wind and fire. Once injured, it would dive deep into flames and remain there for a long time.
It was precisely because they understood the Fire Qilin’s nature and strength that they did not lead everyone deep into the second passage on the right from the start…
Mo Mo was led out of the passage. The original intention was to head to the Extreme Yin Cave, the true secret lair of the Heavenly Demon. Although it couldn’t compare to the Fire Qilin, a mobile treasure trove, it still held treasures over the years—scales and blood of the Fire Qilin. However, the Heavenly Demon Cave was extremely dangerous, and its treasures were hidden within a magical realm.
Mo Mo stopped at the entrance of the second passage on the right, feeling the intense heat radiating from inside, and frowned slightly. “It didn’t seem this hot just now…”
“Don’t worry about it. Since the people from the Xifeng Tower are inside, it’s not appropriate for us to go in, to avoid misunderstandings.”
“If we don’t go in, where shall we go?”
“Another cave.”
Kai Xin pointed in that direction.
“But we don’t have the Fire-Resisting Pearl.” Mo Mo hadn’t forgotten that after entering, Kai Xin had returned the Pearl voluntarily.
“It’s okay. It’s not hard to take one person with us.” Kai Xin’s “Jiuyang Divine Skill” could absorb the masculine energy of heaven and earth, and his mental technique could also affect another person.
Before his words faded, a thunderous, ancient roar suddenly came from the passage on the right. The entire cave trembled slightly, with sound waves echoing continuously. Both of them changed expressions.
“What was that?”
Mo Mo quickly glanced into the passage and noticed that the fire inside seemed even stronger, with intense heat waves. It seemed something was moving rapidly toward them.
Kai Xin’s expression changed drastically as he hurriedly urged Mo Mo to leave. “It’s bad! Let’s go quickly!!”
Just as the two of them rushed out, Wu Kuo’s panicked shouts came from inside the passage: “It’s Young Master Kai Xin outside!”
“Please! Save my sister!!”
Hearing this, Kai Xin immediately frowned and stopped.
Had Mei Ying encountered trouble?
Damn it…
Gritting his teeth, under Mo Mo’s puzzled gaze, Kai Xin resolutely turned back.
Whoosh whoosh!
Wu Kuo and three experts from the Xifeng Tower emerged one after another from the passage, looking like workers who had just come out of a coal mine—their faces and bodies covered in soot, with multiple burns and charred areas. They were breathing heavily and unsteadily, looking extremely disheveled.
“Young Master Kai Xin, our master is still inside…”
“There’s a Fire Qilin inside—a spiritual beast of unknown strength. We’re no match at all. One of our brothers has already died.” Wu Kuo and the others still had some sense. Seeing Kai Xin turn back, they quickly explained the situation inside, overjoyed.
“A Fire Qilin?!”
Mo Mo also had experience dealing with fierce spiritual beasts, but upon hearing it was a celestial spiritual beast, her expression immediately turned grave: “The Fire Qilin is at least at the mythic realm. Happy, you can’t go…” Although Mo Mo didn’t fully understand the situation, the fact that a single spiritual beast could drive the group of experts from Mei Ying into such disarray spoke volumes about the Fire Qilin’s strength.
Wu Kuo and the others showed signs of anxiety.
“Don’t worry.”
Happy gave Mo Mo a reassuring look and said, “Since Mei Ying is still fine so far, I can hold out for a while. You all leave first using the Fire-Avoiding Beads. I’ll hold them off here and join you soon.” With that, he stood at the entrance, gripping his sword, staring intently at the rapidly intensifying flames, his expression growing increasingly solemn.
“Great!”
Wu Kuo was overjoyed. Happy’s words were enough.
Happy still had a good reputation in the martial world. Once he promised, he would never go back on it.
“No, if you don’t leave, I won’t either.”
At that moment, Mo Mo became stubborn. She took out a precious sword and stood beside Happy.
Wu Kuo and the others gritted their teeth:
“We can’t let you take risks. If we run, brothers, forget it—let’s stay and fight that Fire Qilin too…”
“What are you talking about?”
Mei Ying, moving like a ghost, appeared several times swiftly from the passage, followed by a blazing fire like a small sun, radiating fierce momentum!
“Go quickly! The Fire Qilin is impervious to weapons—it’s not easy to deal with.”
Mei Ying spotted Happy and Mo Mo at the entrance. A flash of joy disappeared from his eyes as he shouted a warning.
Happy ignored him.
His brows furrowed rapidly, and his right hand, resting on the sword hilt, clenched slowly. As the Fire Qilin, with its head emerging from the flames from time to time, drew closer, his mind became as calm as still water.
Footsteps… Heat waves! And the screams of Mei Ying and the others—all forgotten.
In his eyes, there was only the Fire Qilin!
One sword strike… Only one chance.
When the Fire Qilin rushed close to the entrance, its head emerged from the flames once again. Its fist-sized eyes glared menacingly, exuding immense pressure!
Whoosh!!
The Imperial Extreme World-Shattering Art! A stunning sword aura, accompanied by a silver dragon, sliced through the air like a streak across the galaxy, passing by Mei Ying and disappearing into the passage. Inside the narrow passage, the oncoming Fire Qilin had no way to avoid it.