"Boom!"
Everyone fell into the scorching lava. The terrifying heat surged, and before they could touch the lava, they were knocked unconscious by the flames.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a fiery dragon rose from the lava, exhaling a breath of dragon breath that enveloped everyone.
Long Xi wrapped around everyone, slowly dragging them into the lava. After a full hour, the lava exploded, and the disciples of the elite group were ejected from the lava, flying up to the cliff.
"Buzz!"
A fire dragon flew out from the lava, appearing before Long Chen, shrinking to only about a foot long, burning at Long Chen's fingertips, affectionately rubbing against his fingers.
"Truly worthy of being the spirit of ten thousand fires. You can control any flame. Unfortunately, this lava fire has no spirit; otherwise, it could be used for your cultivation." Long Chen gently stroked the Fire Dragon's head, sighing involuntarily.
Huo Ling'er was the Earthfire Seed collected by Long Chen. After being suppressed by the Chaos Pearl, she finally yielded to him and became a powerful ally for him.
Huo Ling'er was originally a fire of the mortal realm, but in the Immortal Realm she could still fuse with other flames. Long Chen suspected this was related to the Chaos Pearl.
The Chaos Pearl was too mysterious, and Long Chen still knew nothing about it. But no matter what, with the pearl around, he felt endless confidence.
"The fire poison and scorpion bee venom have fused, and after two life-and-death trials, the effects of the Potential Pill have been fully activated. If their abilities don't awaken soon, they will truly be a bunch of pigs." Long Chen put away the fire dragon and looked at the "elite" disciples who had fallen into a coma, sighing inwardly.
All the good talents are buried, turning into a bunch of useless people. Indeed, the most outstanding people have similar abilities, while the unfortunate have their own unique struggles.
At this moment, the effects of the medicine in everyone's bodies kicked in, and under the threat of death, their talents began to slowly awaken.
Actually, the first time they were stung by a scorpion bee, they should have woken up, because when Long Chen prepared the potion, he had already added the antidote for the bee venom.
Unfortunately, the threat of death came too quickly; before they could truly experience it, it was over.
Long Chen could only choose another place to let the fire dragon draw in the magma, giving them enough time to feel death and better unleash their potential.
What surprised Long Chen was that, at the critical moment of life and death, these selfish people could actually help each other, which surprised him a little.
Perhaps it was because they shared the same misfortune that they developed a sense of sharing hardships together, willing to take risks for others. Watching them, sorrow appeared in Long Chen's tiger-like eyes.
In the battle on the Tianwu Continent, more than three thousand Dragon Blood warriors died. It could be said that each of them was Long Chen's own brother. Whenever he recalled this event, he felt the urge to burst into tears.
"Mentor Long Chen... Long
Chen had just finished refining a batch of pills, and Li Cai had already awakened. Seeing Long Chen, he couldn't help but shout excitedly.
In his memory, he was already dead, swallowed by lava. He even remembered the process of his body being burned, but he didn't know that the fire dragon had worked with Long Chen to hypnotize them, letting them taste the taste of death.
When Li Cai woke up and saw Long Chen so excited, he was actually still alive.
Long Chen put away the alchemy furnace, glanced at Li Cai, and nodded, saying, "The blood pattern has penetrated deep into my pupils. It should be considered fully awakened. I have to say, your parents' bloodline is indeed very powerful and must be an extraordinary existence." Li
Cai's bloodline power mainly represents strength, and Long Chen is also a strength-type powerhouse, so his potential was immediately apparent, which is why he was chosen as the leader.
Prompted by Long Chen's reminder, Li Cai realized his body was covered in blood-stained patterns. Clenching his fist, feeling the surging power within him, Li Cai was overwhelmed with excitement.
At that moment, the other disciples also slowly woke up. Upon waking, they immediately noticed their own changes and shouted excitedly.
When they looked at Long Chen again, their hearts were filled with awe and admiration. No matter how foolish they were, they knew it was all Long Chen's doing.
Just as Long Chen predicted, with the dual poison invasion combined with the threat of death and the support of the Potential Pill, even the pigs awakened, and the facts proved they were both stronger than the pigs.
"Now your talents have awakened, but don't celebrate too soon. No matter how good your talent is, if you don't know how to use it, it's all for nothing.
Besides, on the Divine Path List, who doesn't have talent and bloodline? To beat them, you still need to go a long way.
However, for everyone's sake, we don't have much time to proceed step by step.
Starting today, you will enter the wilderness hunting grounds directly to hunt fierce beasts and gain practical combat experience. Long Chen said.
"Wilderness hunting grounds?" No way, we've never even entered the arena. "A disciple exclaimed in shock.
According to the academy's rules, to train disciples for practical combat, they must first pass through the arena—that is, one-on-one, kill a fierce beast—and only after passing the assessment qualification can they enter the group hunting ground.
A so-called group hunting ground refers to forming a squad of seven to ten people to kill a fierce beast.
However, this beast was different from the beasts in the arena; it was a true beast, untamed, with intact teeth and claws. One careless move could cost it its life.
Only after passing the group hunting grounds can one qualify to enter the wilderness hunting grounds. The group that used flying boats to ram Long Chen was the hunting squad heading to the wilderness hunting grounds.
Entering the wilderness hunting grounds, even the smallest team needs to be at least a hundred people. To prevent the appearance of fierce beasts at the Divine Fire Realm, besides having a large team, heavy weapons and armor must also be equipped just in case.
And yet Long Chen sent a group of rookies with almost no combat experience to the wilderness hunting grounds—this was basically suicide.
"Enough talk. Just leave when I tell you. In this world, is there anything without risk? It is precisely because you dare not take risks that you put yourselves in true danger, with even life and death in someone's hands.
If you don't even have the courage to face fierce beasts, how can you face your opponent? Are you still going to keep living in the dreams you've woven for yourselves? Long Chen snorted coldly.
Three days later, Long Chen arrived at the wild hunting grounds with the disciples of the elite squad. This was a wild land. As soon as they entered the hunting grounds, a fierce wind suddenly surged, and a tiger's roar like wild thunder made everyone's ears buzz.
"Benleihu, we've entered its territory, and it's issuing a warning to us." Li Cai said nervously.
"The Thunder Tiger possesses the power of thunder, moving as fast as lightning and possessing immense strength. Even a hunting group of a hundred without heavy weapons wouldn't dare provoke it. We ...," a disciple timidly looked at Long Chen.
"Crack, crack..."
At that moment, a large array of thunder runes appeared in the surrounding space. The disciples of the elite squad changed their expressions dramatically:
"It's over, it's already here."
At that moment, a fierce tiger over ten zhang tall, surrounded by endless thunder runes, appeared before everyone.
"Roar!"
The Thunder Tiger howled toward the sky, endless thunder runes rolling, and its lantern-like eyes looked at Long Chen and the othersThe disciples immediately felt a chill run down their spines.
At that moment, Long Chen approached the Thunder Tiger. The tiger's fur stood on end, and with a roar, it lunged at Long Chen.
"Boom!"
The massive Thunder Tiger was struck on the head by Long Chen's punch. With a loud explosion, the ground cracked, and the massive body of the Thunder Tiger was knocked to the ground by Long Chen's punch, then completely immobilized.
"Dead... Done? The
disciples present stared at Long Chen in disbelief, their mouths agape. Such a terrifying Thunder Tiger had been killed by a single punch.