Towards the Path of Heaven
Chapter 258

It was a stone door, but the word "death" was engraved on it, covered in blood. The strong smell of blood spread. Not to mention ordinary humans, even some cultivators might not be able to resist it.

It was hard to imagine what kind of terrifying killing intent was contained in this word!

And the closer he got, the more clearly Yan Chutian could feel the majestic blood qi nourished by this word. So much so that he had to use his spiritual power to create a thin curtain in front of the stone door. Otherwise, he might not be able to block this majestic blood qi.

Then, Yan Chutian slowly extended his hand and pressed the stone door, wanting to push it open.

However, as his hand pressed against the corner of the stone door, suddenly, a pale, bloodless palm was placed on his arm.

Yan Chutian hurriedly turned his head and saw a middle-aged woman looking at him with eyes full of longing. However, before he could say a word, a sharp bronze spear pierced through his stomach, causing him to spurt out a huge amount of blood mist. He fell down gently before Yan Chutian's eyes.

This sudden sight stunned Yan Chutian. He looked around and there were no stone doors around. Blood mist flew everywhere, dripping blood. Fire burns in all directions, like purgatory in the human world.

"Swaying sounds!"

A sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded, and a bronze spear shot out of nowhere, ruthlessly piercing through a middle-aged man with an incredible cultivation base, and nailing him to a stone pillar.

And no matter how reluctant the middle-aged man was, the seemingly ordinary bronze spear nailed him to death, and he would never be able to break free.

At the same time, accompanied by an ear-piercing sound, the bronze spear that pierced through the body of the woman in front of him was slowly pulled out. Dark red blood flowed into the body of the spear, and it was extremely bloody.

Amidst the bloody slaughter, cold and hoarse laughter sounded. Hearing this hoarse laughter, Yan Chutian suddenly felt extremely disgusted. It was as if this was the thing he hated the most in his life, even his soul, and it could never be erased.

However, no matter how much Yan Chutian hated him, he could not see the source of that hoarse laughter. He could only see what looked like a wisp of black fog that took out a blood-stained bronze spear, and then massacred again crazily.

Suddenly, Yan Chutian's sleeves were pulled up once more. This time, he lowered his head to look, only to see a tiny figure curled up beneath him. The little girl tried her best to stretch out her hands, opening her mouth as if she wanted to say something.

However, before he could say a word, a bronze spear shot out from afar and pierced through the little girl's body.

Red blood spurted out and dyed Yan Chutian's entire face to red.

"Hu hu …"

Yan Chutian gasped. After he panted, as he raised his head again, the scenery around him turned back into passageways and stone doors. The blood and fire have disappeared.

Then he quickly retracted his arm as if he was electrocuted. Yan Chutian was not an idiot. When he regained his senses, he naturally knew that the scene earlier was most likely the source of blood on the stone door, the memories of those who had tragically died.

Yan Chutian did not know what had slaughtered all of them. The only feeling he had was that he hated those things. Even if he did not say that he hated them as if he was born, Yan Chutian could not forgive what they had done.

There were many experts among them who had been slaughtered, but many more were low-level cultivators and even humans. But even so, the others did not let them go. How could he not be angry?!

For a long time, Yan Chutian could not calm his emotions. Only after a long time did he gradually recover.

No matter what, he had no idea how many years ago it had happened. Even if the current Yan Chutian was angry, there was no possibility of saving him. Yan Chutian even felt that even though he appeared in front of the other party with all his might, he would only be slaughtered.

After gradually stabilizing his emotions, Yan Chutian once again stretched out his hand and slowly pressed against the stone door.

This time, there were no bloody memories from before. Even after that, Yan Chutian easily opened the stone door.

The stone door was slowly pushed open. However, there was no stench like Yan Chutian had imagined. Instead, what entered his eyes was a stone platform about five feet tall. And in front of the stone platform, there was a stone tablet.

"If you want to pass, on the stone platform, it is burned by the Earth Flame Core for a moment."

The method to pass is very simple. Although it seemed simple, Yan Chutian clearly knew how terrifying the Earth Flame Core was.

The so-called Earth Flame was a flame that was directly guided from the depths of the earth. This kind of flame was not comparable to an ordinary flame. Not only could it burn the forest, it could even burn Spiritual Energy Metals. It could be seen how frightening it was.

It was no exaggeration to say that not to mention ordinary cultivators, even cultivators who had practiced some body refining techniques would not dare to withstand the burning of the Earth Core Fire, let alone for a quarter of an hour.

But for the others, Yan Chutian was eager to give it a try. Now that his Mysterious Fire Body was approaching third grade, he was very confident that he could withstand the burning of the Earth Core Fire.

Moreover, at this point, no matter what happened, Yan Chutian could not give up without trying. Therefore, after a slight hesitation, he slowly climbed up the stone platform and sat on it.

In an instant, the rich Mysterious Flame Qi continued to flow from Yan Chutian's dantian to his limbs and bones. There were mysterious fluctuations emitted from his body. It was as if no matter what kind of attack fell, it would not be able to damage his body.

This was a Mysterious Fire Body!

At the same time, there was a constant movement around the stone platform. The originally sealed ground suddenly had a crack. Then, without any explanation, a pillar of red fire spewed out and directly surrounded Yan Chutian.

Earth Core Fire!

Even though he had already thought the Earth Core Fire would be terrifying, when it actually came into contact with his body, Yan Chutian still felt an extremely hot burning sensation. Even if his body was close to the third level of the Mysterious Fire Body, he could not completely contain this feeling.

Almost in an instant, all the clothes on Yan Chutian's body were destroyed. The Earth Core Fire was like a spirit snake roaming all over its body.

Fortunately, Yan Chutian had sealed his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Otherwise, even if he could withstand the burning of the Earth Core Fire, he would not be able to withstand it if it attacked his body.

Time sometimes passed like a white horse, and sometimes crawled like a snail. Just like now, under the continuous burning of the Earth Core Fire, Yan Chutian only felt that time was going very slowly. It was only a quarter of an hour, but it felt like a year.

During this process, the burning power of the Earth Core Fire showed no signs of weakening. Instead, it became increasingly terrifying. In the end, even Yan Chutian was unable to endure it.

This was because his skin showed signs of black burning. Blood seeped out, but it was quickly vaporized by the Earth Core Fire.

This kind of pain, even if Yan Chutian could endure it, he could no longer endure the painful groans in his mouth.

The power of the Earth Core Fire was too terrifying. It was no exaggeration to say that the current Yan Chutian was like a human being burned in a fire. How could it be easy for him to endure it?

And because of the terrifying power of the Earth Core Fire, many powers in the Heaven Realm would even use it as a torture method for interrogation.

But of course, when facing a strong cultivator, they would naturally use the deeper Earth Core Fire on earth. The closer to the legendary Earth Core, the more terrifying the power of the Earth Core Fire.

Finally, after a quarter of an hour, Yan Chutian hurriedly fell down from the stone platform enveloped by the Earth Core Fire. After Yan Chutian left the stone platform, the Earth Core Fire around the stone platform disappeared. At this moment, Yan Chutian's entire body was extremely black, like a lump of coal. Moreover, it faintly gave off the smell of charred meat.

If others saw him, they would definitely think that Yan Chutian had been burnt to death by the Earth Core Fire.

However, if one carefully inspected it, they would be able to find that under this charred appearance, there was clearly an extremely powerful life aura pulsing through.

After an hour, with a sudden cracking sound, Yan Chutian's charred skin completely opened, and along with the cracked skin, an extremely white complexion was revealed.