Chapter 398: Chapter 394: The Sun and the Fire

Were they aiming to get all the blessings?

The Thirteenth Bureau really was quite confident.

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi raised an eyebrow, but he didn’t pay much mind.

Although he didn’t know the specific effects of the blessings, considering Li Xusheng’s condition earlier, they must be pretty good. That the Thirteenth Bureau had such thoughts was entirely normal.

Just then, a raging flame suddenly burst forth on the Red Lotus. The thirty-six pets resting on the petals vanished on the spot.

“Were they transported into the world inside the petals?”

Seeing this, Bai Qi squinted, and found that he could clearly see the condition of all the pets and transcendent creatures on the petals.

The beetle was now in a fiery world, and opposite the beetle, a flame lion was slowly taking shape.

“Is the goal to defeat the Fire Beast to advance?”

Bai Qi gave a slight nod at the sight, issued an order to the beetle, and the beetle responded promptly. With a flutter of its wings, it transformed into a golden rainbow and pierced the flame lion.

The flame lion shattered instantly, but immediately split into two identical flame lions, blocking the beetle’s path once again.

“Infinite splitting? Is it a test of the pets’ endurance?”

Bai Qi nodded slightly again, he had never been afraid of a competition of endurance. This round was basically a sure win.

The others also quickly realized the method of the Trial of Fire, and started adjusting their combat methods, opting for the most energy-efficient way to fight.

Reasonable allocation of energy was one of the abilities a powerful creature had to master.

But this situation lasted for only a short while before the challengers inside the Red Lotus noticed something was off.

“Boss, a portion of my energy just disappeared for no apparent reason.”

Just as the beetle was effortlessly piercing the sixteen lion forms surrounding it, and was about to promptly destroy the thirty-two flame lions that hadn’t yet fully formed, it suddenly found a portion of its energy inexplicably gone.

“Energy disappeared?”

Bai Qi raised his eyebrows at this, as if he had thought of something. After carefully scanning the pets in the thirty-six petals, he finally found his target on the petal opposite the beetle.

A flame lion.

This lion’s sideburns were entirely replaced by flames, and it stood on flames with all four limbs, presenting an awe-inspiring sight.

If one disregarded its evidently tired expression that is.

“I see, it’s not a free-for-all, but a designated opponent battle, isn’t it?”

Given the sight of the giant beetle formed by the flames opposite the lion, Bai Qi immediately understood the method of the Trial of Fire.

Pairs of opponents would absorb each other’s energy value to form a flame clone, until one party’s energy was completely depleted.

From the beetle’s feedback, it seemed that energy was only drawn from the body when the flame clone was destroyed. Clearly, the further it went, the greater the consumption.

Bai Qi smacked his lips and said, “Epsilon, speed up the attack. Don’t give the opponent a chance to drain your energy.”

Although it was a battle of attrition according to the rules of the Fire Lotus, the safer one fought, the more likely the opponent would deplete one’s energy first.

The lion fighting the beetle had been so cautious that it had allowed the beetle to drain a lot of its energy, hence why it had only managed to destroy one of the beetle’s flame clones.

Put simply, this was essentially a speed battle dressed up as a war of attrition!

“I understand, boss!”

The beetle, who had learned the truth about the Trial of Fire from Bai Qi, soon caught on. Concentrating the Power of the Sun on the surface of its body, it effortlessly pierced through the newly formed thirty-two flame lions.

Then it comes sixty-four heads…

Rawr!

The flame lion whose energy had been depleted roared unwillingly before being transported out of the trial.

Seeing this, the other transcendent creatures still inside the Fire Lotus quickly understood, and abandoning their conservative fighting manner, began accelerating their attacks on their opponents.

But even after grasping the rules of the fight, there was still a major distinction among the thirty-six pets on the stage.

The strength of one’s clone depended on the total energy value of the body, while the speed of defeating the opponent’s clone was determined by one’s own attack strength.

Only those who possessed both traits could hope to reach the end in the Trial of Fire.

Fire, after all, was the coexistence of gentleness and explosiveness.

“They finally noticed the true face of the Trial of Fire.”

The Eternal Night Blood Emperor smirked, looking at the Red Lotus Enchantress, “Red Lotus, you really haven’t been out for a while. These youngsters have no idea about your explosive temper.”

“Maybe…”

Red Lotus Enchantress covered her mouth and laughed gently, “And it’s only the first layer now, they haven’t fully seen through the Trial of Fire.”

The Eternal Night Blood Emperor shrugged, “Only you guys could come up with such a complicated trial. A simple free-for-all would be so much easier.”

“But it looks like the one called Bai Qi might win again.”

The Guardian of Light in his deep voice expressed his opinion.

“That’s debatable, the Judgment Angel of the Bo Ge family, as well as the human descendants of the Huo family, are not to be trifled with.”

The Guardian of War shook his head, saying: “And, the whelp of the Red Lotus family, the Emperor’s Heart Lotus, has also entered the fray.”

“Ah, I envy you all. Unllike me who has a horde of offspring but only a few have made a name for themselves.”

The Eternal Night Blood Emperor somewhat enviously looked at the Red Lotus Enchantress, but she just cast a casual glance at the Eternal Night Blood Emperor, saying: “If only you were a little more responsible, your descendants wouldn’t be such disappointments.”

“Responsible? Not likely.”

The Eternal Night Blood Emperor indifferently waved his hand, vowing to perpetuate his title as the most irresponsible person in the pet world. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and asked Aleta.

“Big sister, who are you rooting for?”

“Me?”

Aleta looked sideways at the transcendent creatures remaining in the field, saying: “If I must choose, I agree with Fenir’s point of view.”

“Supporting Bai Qi, huh?”

The Eternal Night Blood Emperor nodded slightly, saying: “It seems this whelp from the association is destined to be the shining star of Eden tonight.”

“The brightest? Well put.”

“Fenir, you should go out more.”

…

Above the Red Lotus.

With Bai Qi leading the discovery of the method of the Trial of Fire, half of the transcendent creatures were quickly eliminated, and new opponents appeared in front of the winners immediately.

As well as a candle suspended above their heads.

“Chief, I feel this candle is linked to my life force.”

As the first transcendent creature to defeat his opponent, Silkworm Grass was the first to detect the abnormality above this candle, and immediately reported it to Bai Qi.

“A candle tied to life force? The Red Lotus Enchantress even plays the Life Candle game?”

Bai Qi laughed wryly. First it was burning Energy Value, now it’s burning life force. If this continues, wouldn’t it burn Spirit Power too?

“We should opt for a quick resolution. We can’t drag the rhythm with our life force burning.”

Bai Qi issued orders to Silkworm Grass, who immediately took action. Facing the huge fire bird in front of him, the two colorful tentacles on the sides of his mouth suddenly elongated, and pierced straight through the fire bird’s body.

Though Dream Vine’s abilities were overpowered by Green Dragon’s Power of Nature, Silkworm Grass’ control over plants didn’t weaken at all. In fact, with the Dragon attribute, his attack power was even stronger.

The fire bird was injured, but did not dissipate like before, only the Life Candle above its head burnt even faster, with about a fifth of the candle disappearing altogether.

Feeling the threat to its life, the fire bird on the other side immediately increased the intensity of its attack. The incarnation also responded at the same time, shrieking as countless fireballs appeared out of thin air, forming a rain of fire, rushing towards Silkworm Grass.

Seeing this, Silkworm Grass didn’t retract his vines. He shook his head, and the colorful vines danced like two long whips, impenetrable, dispersing the fireballs in the air.

With the double blessing of the Dragon attribute and the Power of the Sun, Silkworm Grass’ two vines were almost immune to fire damage.

It seemed that due to the failure of its attack, the fire bird became more and more violent. Its body exploded in fire, surprisingly giving up the long-range attack, and actively moved closer to Silkworm Grass.

It seemed outrageous that it was being pushed to this extent by a bug that should be food.

Seeing the fire bird attempting close combat, Silkworm Grass immediately retracted his two colorful vines. His body shone brightly as he started to fully utilize the Power of the Sun.

Basking time, and not only for the fire bird he was facing. Even the spectators outside seemed to see a round sun slowly rising, gradually becoming scorching hot.

“My eyes… This lad inherited a very pure Mythical bloodline.”

Feeling the increasingly intense Power of the Sun from below, the Eternal Night Blood Emperor tightened his robe to block the sunlight.

Although not to the point of being restrained, it was true that the Eternal Night Blood Emperor preferred the night.

On the other side, the fire bird too noticed the anomaly. As it got closer and closer, it could clearly feel the terrifying heat radiating from Silkworm Grass.

Could it be burned to death?

The fire bird had a thought that even it found laughable.

The idea of a fire creature being burned to death was simply preposterous.

With this thought, the fire bird exploded once again, disregarding the battle over at its main body’s side and actively transferring its energy to its incarnation here.

In a moment, the flame of the fire bird burned even more brightly, and the originally red fire bird gradually turned white.

On the other hand, the golden light on Silkworm Grass became even more blinding, so much so that his body shape was completely unseeable.

Finally, the sun met the fire. Contrary to everyone’s expectations of a violent explosion, the white flame just disappeared in the Golden Great Sun without making any impact whatsoever.

The Sun Beetle worshipped as the sun by the ancient humans, how could ordinary flames possibly compete?

As expected, with the golden light disappearing, Silkworm Grass appeared in front of everyone in complete condition, seemingly even more energetic than at the start.

But the incarnation that had gathered all the energy of the fire bird was gone without a trace.

A moth to a flame, a fire bird charging the sun, the end result was naturally being used as fuel.