The fire lotus rotated as it sprouted, accompanied by bright red, scorching bubbles. As the rhizomes emerged from the magma. The petals quickly unfolded, revealing the Fire Elite Zombie at the centre.
The Fire Elite Zombie had a large head and reddish skin, the colour of blood. Everything below its waist was still wrapped in the flower. The armour on its body seemed to be made of deep red flowers, covering its entire body except for its face.
The Fire Elite Zombie's exposed body twisted rapidly inside the flower. The petals at its waist slowly peeled backwards. The beautiful, dazzling red petals of the Fire Lotus contracted, condensing into an armour on the Fire Elite Zombie's lower body and legs.
During this process, the huge amount of Fire Elemental power in the surrounding area was agitatedly gathering towards the Fire Elite Zombie after the crazy explosion around the formation. The fire elemental power condensed into fire stars that filled the sky, flowing towards the fire elite zombie like a flaming milky way.
The blazing heat radiated from the Fire Elite Zombie's body, slowly forming a lotus pattern in the spot between its eyebrows. The pattern was blurry at first, but it became clearer and clearer. Eventually, it shrank to a small fire lotus, a hundred times smaller than the one that had nurtured it, and engraved itself on the Fire Elite Zombie's glabella.
The giant fire lotus that enveloped the Fire Elite Zombie slowly shrank and disappeared. When the lotus imprint on its glabella appeared, the fire lotus beneath its feet had also vanished without a trace.
The Fire Elite Zombie's body was completely red. As its deep red eyes turned to look at Han Shuo's body, its large head shook slightly. It opened its mouth wide to take a deep breath.
The flames were still swirling around Han Shuo's body, furiously eating away at his shield. As the Fire Elite Zombie inhaled deeply, red rays of light flew into its mouth and entered its belly through its throat.
The surging flames vanished, but the block of ice surrounding Han Shuo still stood strong. Seeing the Fire Elite Zombie emerge, Han Shuo stopped circulating his Magical Yuan and slowly walked towards the crack.
The Lord of Flames, who'd been howling constantly, immediately stopped his howling when he saw the Fire Elite Zombie emerge from the lotus. He focused all his attention on it.
As the lotus imprint formed between its eyebrows, the Fire Elite Zombie turned its gaze to the Lord of Flames, as if it were having a conversation with him. The furious Lord of Flames gradually calmed down.
As Han Shuo slowly floated up to the rift, he could feel a deep motherly love permeating the extreme place of fire. The Lord of Flames had completely relaxed. His huge palm lifted the Fire Elite Zombie as they used a mysterious method to communicate.
Since the Fire Elite Zombie had appeared, Han Shuo knew that the former would find him through the connection established by his blood essence due to the restrictions of demonic magic. Not to mention that the little skeleton was the one who had brought the Fire Elite Zombie over from the other dimension. Even though the Fire Elite Zombie possessed consciousness and high intelligence after being refined by the demonic method, the soul mark in the depths of his soul hadn't changed much. Han Shuo wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to recognise his master.
Han Shuo walked away easily as the Lord of Flames had stopped trying to kill him. As he shot back up to the surface, he encountered no obstacles before finally arriving at the centre of the mountain valley.
Upon his return to the mountain valley, Han Shuo immediately ordered the Fire Elite Zombie to gather various strange ores from the extreme place of fire. He then stayed in the mountain valley to wait for the Fire Elite Zombie to complete its task.
The Fire Elite Zombie and the Lord of Flames had spent several months together in the Extreme Place of Fire. During this time, the Lord of Flames had come to think of the Fire Elite Zombie as his own child. Since both of them had absorbed the fire elemental power in the environment, they naturally had the same presence, which made them feel even more intimate with each other. Therefore, Han Shuo understood that these two originally different beings had certainly developed deep feelings for each other.
When the Fire Elite Zombie left the Fire Lotus, it meant that he wouldn't be staying in the extreme place of fire any longer. Since he had to leave, the two different beings would obviously have to part ways, so Han Shuo didn't disturb them.
As Han Shuo lay comfortably enjoying a hot spring in the mountain valley, a series of raging flames appeared from an unknown location and instantly drowned Han Shuo in heat. The hot spring boiled and bubbled. Han Shuo immediately jumped out, hot mist emanating from his body.
"Who dares?!" Han Shuo leapt into the air and let out a loud scream. He unleashed purple spellfire from both of his hands, extinguishing all the flames on his body, then coldly surveyed his surroundings.
The two Yin Demons drifted around the mountain valley after being released, watching for any changes. Han Shuo also sent out his consciousness to survey the area. He had a strong killing intent towards the ambushers.
Seven or eight red magic orbs shot towards Han Shuo from the fiery red cliffs at the edge of the mountain valley. He wasn't an easy target now that his guard was up. A purple light quickly and cleanly knocked the bullets out of the air.
As soon as the magic bullets were knocked back, fireballs, fire walls, and fire snakes appeared from all directions, hurtling towards Han Shuo. The two Yin Demons immediately approached and saw a fiery orb perched high on a rock wall.
The fiery orb was a magic shield cast by fire mages. Inside, a blurred shadow was waving a magic staff, unleashing attack after attack. The incantations were blocked as the mage was inside the magic shield, so Han Shuo couldn't hear any sounds.
"Huh! No need to hide, fire Grand Magus Marceau!" Han Shuo snorted mockingly and quickly drifted over, a series of pops and bangs ringing out on his way. He deflected all the fire magic attacks that were fired at him.
The originally still fire shield suddenly shot up into the sky, the blurry shadow slowly becoming clearer amidst the random sparks. It was indeed Fire Grand Magus Marceau of the Brut Merchant Alliance who'd appeared during the last battle in the mountain valley. She and Han Shuo had been allies. However, after the unfortunate predicament at the Place of Extreme Fire, they had parted ways on less than pleasant terms.
It was unexpected that Marceau was still investigating the Place of Extreme Fire and had run into Han Shuo by chance. Privately, Marceau was suspicious of Han Shuo because of the sudden disappearance of the Fire Lotus. Now that she saw Han Shuo appear here again, she was certain in her heart that he'd tricked her last time.
Moreover, she had already harboured a grudge against Han Shuo in her heart, but she couldn't do anything because her mental strength was exhausted. Meeting him here this time, in addition to the temptation of the Fire Attribute Treasure, had given her the courage to take a risk and attack Han Shuo.
When Marceau saw that she'd been identified and that Han Shuo was calmly dealing with her various fire magic attacks, she immediately realised that Han Shuo's strength had made terrifying progress. Therefore, she had to leave as soon as possible.
"Hehehe. Running off so soon? Where do you think you're going?" Han Shuo sneered coldly as he quickly shot towards Marceau. The Demonslayer Edge had appeared in his hand at an unknown time.
The scenery of the mountain valley quickly lagged behind their speed. Marceau still had the spare power to unleash walls of fire to impede Han Shuo's flight. However, Han Shuo simply ignored the blockades and charged forward. Han Shuo's body was charred in large patches as he did so, the burnt skin scattering with the wind and new skin appearing underneath, still as clean and shiny as before.
Even though his eyebrows had been burned to a crisp, they grew back after a moment. Han Shuo had gone from looking extremely scorched to regaining his carefree and dashing manner during the pursuit.
Not far behind Han Shuo, a fiery red shadow shot out like a raging flame. Everywhere it passed through the mountain valley, dried plants immediately burst into flames. Anything that could burn was engulfed in intense flames.
Fire Grand Magus Marceau used her levitation skill to flee, her heart filled with horror. She hadn't expected Han Shuo's strength to be so terrifying that her deliberate ambush couldn't even hurt him. Han Shuo's flying speed was also too fast as the distance between them became smaller and smaller. Marceau was very worried when she saw that Han Shuo was going to catch up with her very soon.
"Ah! If it isn't Grand Magus Marceau?" A surprised cry suddenly rang out from the depths of the forest as Marceau flew by. A beautifully dressed group of adventurers looked up at Marceau inside the fire globe.
The fleeing Marceau looked down at the group of adventurers and breathed a sigh of relief. She landed next to them and hurriedly said, "An assassin from an enemy empire is after me. Everyone prepare for battle."
Marceau and this team of adventurers must have been acquaintances. As soon as they heard her words, they immediately looked furious and each of them readied their weapons and arrows. They aimed directly at Han Shuo in the air, just waiting for him to approach so they could make an immediate move.