Chapter 1479: Chapter 1479: Ambush
After wandering for some time in the deepest part of the Fire Sea searching for Flame Crystal Stones, Lin Chen had exhausted quite a bit of his Spiritual Power. After all, operating the Abyssal Eye and deploying spiritual defenses against the Fire Sea were both very energy-consuming.
Thus, after searching for a while, Lin Chen arrived at the outer perimeter from the depths of the Fire Sea. He soared above the Fire Sea to find an open area and took an elixir to restore his Spiritual Power.
Under the Fire Sea, not only was Lin Chen’s Spiritual Power greatly depleted, but his Soul Power was also somewhat drained, given that the Abyssal Eye, when powered by Soul Power, had much better effects.
If it was about restoring Spiritual Power, relying on the elixirs crafted by Zhao Rushi, Lin Chen could recover quickly. The challenge was recovering Soul Power, which required some time.
While Lin Chen was restoring his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, he temporarily did not intend to have Little Profound Turtle return to the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron.
This little fellow, feeling bored, immediately jumped into the Fire Sea as if it were a hot spring. After all, the Fire Attribute energy from the Fire Sea had immense benefits for it.
While soaking in the Fire Sea, the surging magma did not harm Little Profound Turtle; instead, it thoroughly enjoyed it.
Noting Little Profound Turtle’s compatibility with Fire Attribute energy was even stronger than his own, possessing a Fourth Grade Green Lotus Divine Fire, Lin Chen had an idea.
"Little Profound Turtle, with your abilities, can you subdue that Yang Flame Divine Fire?" Lin Chen asked while looking at Little Profound Turtle.
"Hm, wanting me to subdue that Yang Flame Divine Fire? In my prime, this level of Divine Fire could be swallowed in one gulp, but now, I’m not even one-tenth of my former strength. Subduing this Yang Flame Divine Fire is rather difficult, maybe it will be possible once my cultivation recovers a bit more," Little Profound Turtle replied casually.
Upon hearing Little Profound Turtle’s response, Lin Chen gave up on this idea. Without absolute confidence, he did not want to take risks.
Moreover, Lin Chen felt that the Little Profound Turtle had become sly and might be planning to rely on the Star Map in the Second Layer Space of the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron to quickly regain its strength.
That would be somewhat detrimental to Lin Chen.
After all, Little Profound Turtle using those starlights to strengthen its physique and awaken its bloodline can enhance the limit of its cultivation, which Lin Chen did not oppose, especially since it drained the starlight slowly. However, if Little Profound Turtle were to absorb starlight fully, Lin Chen feared that not only would the eleventh Star Map he had illuminated dim, but all the star maps would extinguish.
Lin Chen quickly adjusted his state to peak condition, then plunged into the Fire Sea once more to collect Flame Crystal Stones below.
In this manner, Lin Chen submerged into the Fire Sea to collect Flame Crystal Stones. When his Spiritual Power and Soul Power were nearly exhausted, he would surface to the Fire Sea and recover. This process repeated, and after another hour passed, Lin Chen had collected nearly a hundred Flame Crystal Stones this time, among which there were fifty Low Grade Flame Crystal Stones, thirty Middle Grade, and twenty High Grade.
For Lin Chen, this was another great fortune. When converted to Low-grade Spirit Crystals, it amounted to roughly four million, and combined with the previous collections, in just over an hour, Lin Chen had directly earned four million eight hundred fifty thousand Low-grade Spirit Crystals.
Lin Chen was thrilled at heart because if this continued, by collecting some more Flame Crystal Stones, he would be able to recharge and illuminate the dimmed tenth Star Map due to Little Profound Turtle’s absorption of Starlight Power, and restore the eleventh Star Map.
Moreover, if Lin Chen collected Flame Crystal Stones in this Fire Sea for a month, wouldn’t he be able to illuminate the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth Star Maps by then?
Of course, the collected Flame Crystal Stones still needed to be exchanged for Low-grade Spirit Crystals outside. Even though Flame Spirit Crystals were precious, the strength of the energy they contained could not match ten thousand Low-grade Spirit Crystals, as they were only useful for artifact refining and Fire Attribute Martial Artists.
Lin Chen thought so, and his heart grew increasingly excited. If not collecting for one month, but two months here, wouldn’t that earnings be insane?
After searching for Flame Crystal Stones for a while, Lin Chen emerged from the Fire Sea and began to regulate his breath. Once his state was restored to peak condition, just as Lin Chen was preparing to submerge again, suddenly, a chill ran down his back, and he sensed that something was amiss.
He saw a Sword Light howling as it pierced toward him.
When Lin Chen reacted, the Sword Light had already opened a long sword wound on his body. The cut was very deep, and the fierce Sword Intent was rampaging within him, continuously destroying his vitality.
As one sword slashed by, a second Sword Light immediately followed slashing over.
Lin Chen dared not be careless. He immediately leaped and jumped into the Fire Sea, diving deeper while operating the Abyssal Eye to gaze at the figure above the Fire Sea. He had to see who was ambushing him.
"So it was him!"
Through the Abyssal Eye, Lin Chen discovered that the person who had just ambushed him was Yun Kaige. Lin Chen was very surprised, as he and Yun Kaige had no interactions and had only met twice in total. Lin Chen didn’t expect Yun Kaige to make a dark move on him.
Lin Chen thought carefully. He had some grudges with the people of the Heaven Hall, but those guys shouldn’t be enough to instruct Yun Kaige, after all, Yun Kaige was the Thirteenth Prince of the Cloud Dragon Kingdom, having an esteemed status and being a proud person.
Speaking of pride, Lin Chen immediately felt that perhaps it was his own talent that garnered this guy’s resentment, feeling threatened, so there was killing intent.
No matter what, although Lin Chen was not one to seek trouble, since the other party had openly attempted to assassinate him, he would remember this mark and undoubtedly settle it later.
At this moment, Lin Chen dared not be careless, quickly escaping deeper into the Fire Sea. Besides Yun Kaige, he also saw Shi An, Wang Shuo, and other disciples of Heaven Hall, who had unexpectedly allied with people from Black Yan Hall to encircle him, clearly both sides colluded to target him.
Watching Shi An and others collude with Hei Xuan and others, Lin Chen sneered silently and also noted down this account in his mind. From this moment on, he and Heaven Hall had truly formed a life-and-death enmity.
Previously, although Lin Chen had friction with Heaven Hall, both sides were not mortal enemies in the true sense, and Lin Chen never intended to threaten the lives of Heaven Hall disciples.