The young girl’s sword was three chi long, with flames coiling around the blade, and a faint, shimmering pattern of a fire dragon visible on its edge.
The sword hilt appeared to be crafted from dragon’s teeth, entwined with golden wire.
This sword is not a star weapon, yet it does not resemble a star artifact either.
“You, too, have your eyes on this sword, just like them.” The young girl tightened her grip on the sword and stepped backward.
He said the duel was just a figure of speech.
The young girl stood beside Lu Yu, feeling as though she were facing an insurmountable mountain.
She was already out of breath, let alone having any fighting spirit left.
Now, with Lu Yu staring at her sword, she felt even more frightened.
The warrior who was with the young girl had cold sweat on his forehead. Suddenly, he snatched the long sword from the girl’s hand and handed it to Lu Yu, saying, “Mr. Lu, if you value this sword, then it’s yours. Consider it a gift for saving us.”
“Brother, that sword is mine!” the young girl exclaimed in dissatisfaction, wanting to rush forward and snatch the sword back.
But the warrior held the girl back, shaking his head and saying, “Lingling, we’re lucky to still be alive. Do you still want that sword?”
The warrior saw that Lu Yu was paying attention to the sword and also knew Lu Yu’s personality.
Lu Yu never saved anyone without a reason. If Lu Yu now demanded that sword as payment for saving them, there was nothing they could say.
If the life is lost, the sword will be lost as well.
Trading a sword for a life, this deal is really worth it.
The warrior said, looking at Lu Yu, “Mr. Lu, this sword is truly extraordinary; I believe it is worthy of my gratitude. Additionally, I hope you can protect both of us and help us leave this place. Considering the value of this sword, I think it should be sufficient.”
Lu Yu looked at the sword and nodded, saying, “Hmm, quite a fine weapon.”
“Robber!” the young girl shouted, pointing at Lu Yu, struggling even harder, as if she wanted to jump forward and bite him.
Lu Yu held the long sword in his hand, feeling its weight. The power emanating from the sword was mysterious and immense.
Especially when this sword fell into his hands, a tremendous power, like a volcano about to erupt, seemed to surge forth.
This force seemed to be beyond his control, struggling to break free from his grasp.
Boom.
In an instant, terrifying flames surged skyward from the sword.
Then the flames engulfed Lu Yu.
Lu Yu’s voice roared fiercely through the flames: “You wish to devour me, yet you are nothing more than a weapon.”
Boom. Boom.
The temperature around them soared abruptly. A towering flame giant, as tall as a man, stood amidst the fire holding that sword.
The flames on the Flame Giant became even more fierce and terrifying as they surged back against the longsword, overpowering it in return.
Boom.
Two flames collided in the void, and their shared-origin power began to merge. Then, the entire crimson land started to pulsate.
From the cracks in the earth, lava erupted violently, as if the land itself were awakening.
Hum.
The sword trembled, and the earth itself began to quake.
“Brother, that’s my sword, my very own sword,” the girl said, her eyes red and teary, on the verge of crying.
The girl realized that Lu Yu had already begun to counterpress the long sword. The sword no longer lashed out, and the flames on its blade gradually calmed down.
Lu Yu also retracted his flame body, with flames flickering in his hair, making him look as if he had fiery long hair.
Lu Yu suddenly threw the sword toward the girl and said coldly, “It’s a pity this sword doesn’t belong to me, and I can’t afford this item. Everything I want, I obtain through equal exchange. However, right now I can’t afford this sword. If you were foreigners, I would just take the sword by force. But since you’re also people from Huaxia, I won’t take the sword. However, during the time I protect you, you must work for me.”
The young girl’s eyes were still brimming with tears as she stared blankly at the long sword in her hand, feeling somewhat at a loss.
She looked at Lu Yu in surprise.
To hold something like this in one’s hand and not feel the slightest temptation—what kind of person could he possibly be!
“Mr. Lu, you said you can’t afford it?” the soldier gasped in disbelief, thinking he must have misheard.
Is there anything in this world that Lu Yu can’t afford to buy?
Lu Yu said, “This sword is the inheritance of the Fire King, just like the inheritance of Qin Hai. Do you understand?”
“Uh!” The warrior was taken aback. Looking at the young girl, he gave her head a hard tap, both angry and amused. “Haha, you actually tricked your own brother. This sword, who would’ve thought it had such an extraordinary background.”
The warrior became excited.
Think about how Qin Hai obtained the inheritance—it’s like an instant rise to the heavens!
My own younger sister has inadvertently received the King’s inheritance; how powerful she will become in the future!
The young girl gripped the sword tightly without letting go, her pretty face turning even redder.
“What, this is the inheritance, this sword is the inheritance!”
“My goodness, could it be that another heir has emerged in Huaxia!”
More than twenty people gasped in astonishment, their eyes fixed on the long sword with immense envy.
Among them were also the demons under Qin Hai’s command.
At this moment, upon hearing that this sword was the inheritance, they couldn’t help but feel shocked in their hearts!
Lu Yu said, “This sword is probably the most valuable thing on this crimson land. I think the humanoid lives are also searching for it. Unfortunately, what I need is not the inheritance, but something else on this land.”
Lu Yu said so, and no one could object.
If it were someone else, they would probably only be laughed at as a fool or a conceited person.
Lu Yu was different. As early as the battle between India and Lei Yan, news of Lu Yu possessing the power of a king had already spread.
Lu Yu doesn’t need an inheritance—he already possesses his own King’s Power. One day, he will surely become the King!
He has come this far relying solely on his own strength, and in reality, he has even more potential than the heir.
Therefore, he looked down upon other forms of power.
“Really? You don’t want it?” The girl still felt uneasy.
“My power has already become very strong. Possessing too many abilities will not allow me to focus, and thus becomes useless. When facing powerful enemies, what’s needed is strength, not numerous weak skills!” Lu Yu replied, “Now, what I need is to enhance my power. You scared away my Fire Dragon, so you must help me find another one.”
The young girl, seeing Lu Yu bring up the topic again, said in anger: “Fine! If you want it back, I will return you a fire dragon, just wait!”
“Don’t be angry, young lady,” someone laughed. “You know how long we’ve been searching to finally find one. You were chased by the snake people, which startled the fire dragon away. I think it won’t come out again anytime soon, so we’ll have to start searching all over again!”
“I’ll go look for her!” the girl said in a huff, casting a glance at Lu Yu before going to help her older brother.
…
The snake-man, having both arms severed, fled back and informed his tribespeople of the news.
In an instant, the humanoid beings of the crimson land couldn’t help but roar in fury, their voices and momentum as if they could overturn this land entirely.
On this land, nearly ten thousand humanoid lifeforms of supreme power have now gathered.
If a real battle were to happen, the human world could easily be crushed.
However, due to the will of the deities, they have remained inactive.
But this human is too arrogant!
It’s not just provocation; it’s killing their own kind.
“If the Snake Demon doesn’t act, we cannot defy the will of the gods.”
“Damn it, these people have had enough. Leave this land, I will flatten the human world!”
“There’s no need to rush. Humans are too weak now. But in order to avoid repeating past failures, we must find it this time.”
After being provoked by Lu Yu, the artificial lifeform did not retaliate. Even the Serpent Demon fell silent, as if it had vanished completely.
Lu Yu was somewhat surprised this time and said, “They don’t even want the inheritance of the Fire King anymore—what exactly are they looking for?”
On the road, when encountering humanoid lives again, each one glared at Lu Yu with rage, yet no one dared to approach him anymore.
The crimson land had been turned over in many places, and among them, Lu Yu discovered a ruined relic.
This ruin was also destroyed by the Fire King, and there were a large amount of radiant lights falling inside.
Even the snake people dare not approach the ruins, as the temperature here is so high that getting any closer feels like you’ll be roasted alive!
The girl watched from a distance, too afraid to approach even with the Flame King Sword in hand.
“This is exactly what I’m looking for,” Lu Yu said fearlessly, slowly walking towards the center of the ruins despite the high temperature.
Boom!
The ruins began to tremble, and a vast amount of radiant light surged into the sky, creating a dazzling spectacle like a shower of falling stars.
Lu Yu absorbed the radiant light, and his ability replication reached 27%.
Lu Yu did not find any place within the ruins where someone had left a palm print. The center of the ruins was nothing more than a dry, cracked expanse of land.
When Lu Yu absorbed all the radiance, the temperature here dropped to normal.
“Has the Fire King become so cautious that even a single skill has to be divided into so many parts?”
Lu Yu knew that without the Fire God’s Wrath, which made him immune to any high temperature, he probably wouldn’t have been able to get close.
This way, many unqualified people can be excluded.
Approaching requires an exceptionally strong ability to control flames. In this sense, it’s also a way for the Fire King to search for a physique similar to that of flames.
After the light had been fully absorbed, Lu Yu signaled for the others to enter and began searching around, trying to find anything useful.
Unfortunately, there is nothing else here except for Guanghua!
“I found it,” said the young girl and the warrior, who had somehow arrived at the ruins without being noticed.
The girl smiled at Lu Yu in a taunting manner and said, “You all searched for days with so many people, yet I found it in just one day.”
Everyone understood the underlying meaning of this.
This means that these twenty-odd people are all stupid.
“Hmph.”
Quite a few people laughed. The girl was still so childish.
The fire dragon was not a true dragon, being no more than a hundred zhang in length, and its power did not exceed that of a hundred experts.
Lu Yu easily subdued the fire dragon and extracted its heart’s blood.
“Enough.”
Lu Yu shook the small bottle, within which the blood of thirty-seven Flame Spirits swirled, their ancient runes finally reaching completion.
The secret formula left by King Huo on the King Cheng Stele is none other than his Flame Sigil.
This is the source of Wang Zhiyuan’s power.
Although this flame pattern may not be considered a true inheritance, according to records, if he can truly integrate the flame pattern, his current strength could increase by no less than forty levels without any problem.
“Stay not too far from me, yet do not disturb me, or I cannot guarantee your safety.”
Lu Yu found a small volcano and walked directly to the top of it.
Lu Yu tilted his head back and drank the vial of collected blood.
The scalding blood surged into Lu Yu’s body and instantly exploded like a burst of flame.
A rumbling roar emanated from within Lu Yu’s body.
Immediately afterward, every inch of Lu Yu’s skin began to split apart.
The power contained within the complete flame talisman is extremely volatile, possessing a devastating destructive force akin to flames.
“This is the power of the Fire King!” Lu Yu was astonished. Within the flames, he sensed two entirely different fires, completely distinct from the essence of hellfire.
The hellfire blazes fiercely.
The power of the Fire King is filled with destructive and devastating force, and is even more explosive.
Lu Yu’s body couldn’t withstand the Fire King’s devastating power and exploded in an instant.
“What a powerful force.” Lu Yu’s body began to fuse, but it exploded before even a tenth of a second had passed.
“This isn’t something that can be countered—Flame King, you’re playing dirty!” In one second, Lu Yu’s body exploded dozens of times, completely defenseless.
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