Hong Haoyu was a Sky realm expert and was keen to even the slightest of changes. He was able to sense the changes in Lu Zheng's aura.
Lu Zheng's aura was rising as he stood with his eyes closed, the columns of fire surrounding him multiplying in both size and intensity.
The bloodline power of the Vermillion Bird Race within Lu Zheng was being stimulated to the very peak as his hair began to grow.
Within a few breaths of time, Lu Zheng's scarlet hair was piercing the earth.
Lu Zheng also grew taller and his jade-like skin took on a reddish hue. The Vermillion True Flame in his blood erupted fully at this moment.
This was the power of the Vermillion Bird Race's bloodline ability – Ignition!
"Hmm!" Hong Haoyu flew many metres backwards as he stared at the crimson Vermillion True Flame.
His mind told him that this flame could extinguish him into nothingness if he was too careless.
The other two men could not sense what Hong Haoyu sensed. Their realms were too low.
The Domains of the two men were like the deepest sea.
Water gushed as waves formed, crashing against Lu Zheng's body.
Lu Zheng was like a lone boat in the centre of a great tsunami but he still stood strong.
The waves twisted into multiple water serpents that snaked towards Lu Zheng in attempts to bite him.
Lu Zheng's eyes suddenly opened as his sword drew a large arc before him.
Dozens of Vermillion Blood droplets were expended as dense fire Qi formed in the water path Domains.
The two men were shocked beyond words.
Even as their Domains restricted other paths, Lu Zheng was still able to use his fire path abilities here.
Before they could even speak a word, the fiery arc cleaved their Domains into two as the earth turned molten.
The two men did not survive the attack.
Lu Zheng sheathed his sword immediately and stopped the flow of his bloodline power.
A strong sense of weakness overtook his body at once.
He had expended too much bloodline power when he used Ignition.
"Brother Lu!" Lannah was surprised to also see Lu Zheng falling down after he killed his opponents.
Keanu stared at the weakened Lu Zheng before suddenly turning and running away.
He knew that this was his only chance to escape.
Themur saw Keanu escaping but didn't spare him much thought. He was only concerned by Lu Zheng's condition.
"Brother" Hong Haoyu also flew towards Lu Zheng. "What is the matter?"
"Nothing" Lu Zheng replied. "Lannah, is there any Earth Flame on this island?"
"Earth Flame? Volcano!" Lannah immediately understood. "Yes, Blazing Flame Palace has one. Why?"
"Just take me there" Lu Zheng replied weakly.
Themur already understood what Lu Zheng meant and gestured for Lannah to sit on him with Lu Zheng.
With Themur running and Hong Haoyu flying, they soon reached the mouth of Blazing Flame Palace's volcano.
"I'll take it from here" Lu Zheng said as he stood from Themur's back and jumped into the volcano.
"Brother!" Hong Haoyu was shocked at once by Lu Zheng's actions. What was he trying to pull diving into a huge volcano?
"Don't worry about him" Themur said coolly.
"When I first met Lu Zheng, he was also swimming in a pool of Earth Flames"
"Swimming… in Earth Flames…?" Hong Haoyu didn't think it was possible and sent his Sea of Consciousness into the volcano's belly.
Soon, he found out that Lu Zheng's vital signs were still active and even more than normal.
He was doing just fine in the pool of lava.
"He's… alright" Hong Haoyu pursed his lips.
Lannah was surprised infinitely.
Themur only looked at them with disdain as if they did not know the secrets of the world.
Lu Zheng was deep within the volcano's belly, absorbing the heat of the volcano's magma into his own body.
Not only was he tempering his body and its internal organs, he was also condensing drops of Vermillion Blood.
Today, he had seen how powerful the Vermillion Blood was. With just a few droplets, he had easily killed three third tier of Domain Formation realm martial warriors.
He himself was stunned by the strength of the Vermillion Bird Race's bloodline.
Even so, the backlash from using too much of his bloodline power when activating Ignition was severe.
He still hadn't fully recovered.
To do so, he would have to replenish his fleshy and blood energy.
The only way to do so was to consume the meat of high ranking beasts. Their refined fleshy and blood energy could replenish his own fleshy and blood energy quickly.
But that would wait till he was done tempering his body. This way, he could endure the power of the Vermillion Bird Race's bloodline for longer periods of time.
As Lu Zheng tempered himself in the volcano, Hong Haoyu and the others waited at the mouth.
Hong Haoyu was constantly checking Lu Zheng's vital signs. He still found it hard to believe a person could survive in such strong Earth Flames.
One day, a third party visited Hong Haoyu and the others.
"What are you doing here?"