The scorching sun hung high, unleashing its passion with abandon. The blazing heat made the air seem to ripple slightly.

Looking around, there was nothing but a golden desert, undulating like a wrinkled golden ocean blown by the wind. Occasionally, one could see crimson flames bursting from beneath the sand, only disappearing after a long while.

Whoosh!

A figure sped across the golden desert, skimming the ground at lightning speed. Due to its incredible speed, the sand surface where it passed was torn with a clear slash mark, as if a blade had cut through.

The figure was Luo Feng.

It had been four days since he left Red Mysterious City.

Two days ago, he successfully entered the Red Flame Desert, and now he had journeyed thousands of miles deep into it.

The Red Flame Desert was an inhospitable place, filled with rampant Fire Evil Yuan Qi. Many powerful demon beasts lived here, with countless unknown dangers. To avoid recklessly attracting the attention of strong demon beasts, Luo Feng chose to traverse the desert on foot instead of flying through the air.

Although this method was slower than aerial flight, it helped avoid many dangers.

Moreover, there was another reason Luo Feng avoided aerial flight.

In the past two days, besides being attacked by a few demon beasts, he also encountered several disciples from the Demon Sect. Fortunately, these Demon Sect disciples were not very powerful, allowing him to evade them smoothly with his strong soul power.

Otherwise, if discovered, he would certainly lose a lot of time. If he attracted a master from the Demon Sect, he might even have to abandon his journey to the Red Dragon Mountain Range.

Although he didn’t know what the red dot on the map represented, judging from Tu Shan’s concern for the map, it was certainly not a trivial matter. Since Luo Feng had decided to investigate, he was not willing to give up halfway.

Pop!

He stopped on a sand dune and took out the map.

Unfolding the map, he glanced at it, only to show a wry smile on his face.

Since the first day he entered the Red Flame Desert, the map’s markings had been relatively detailed. However, as he went deeper, the map became increasingly sparse. From his current position to the Red Dragon Mountain Range, it was entirely blank, indicating that he needed to continue northwest.

Hmm?

While examining the map, Luo Feng felt a chill up his spine. Instantly, he dashed forward, leaving a mirage behind.

Rumble, rumble...

Just after he left, the sand dune where he had stood collapsed suddenly. As the ground trembled, the dune exploded, and a brilliant crimson fire column shot skyward, stretching endlessly into the clouds.

Luo Feng stopped after dashing thousands of meters and turned back, his scalp tingling.

A towering fire column, spanning a thousand meters, connected heaven and earth, extending beyond view. Its dazzling brilliance surpassed even the blazing sun, its aura wild and fierce.

Even with protective Gang Qi as a barrier, Luo Feng felt the scorching heat assailing him. If he had tarried a moment longer, he would have been gravely injured. Though he had reached the late stage of the Spiritual Rotation Realm, he would not have been spared.

"What a terrifying Evil Fire Storm."

Exhaling hot air, Luo Feng was about to move.

Yet, trouble followed quickly.

Crash!

Suddenly, a nearby sand dune split open, and a streak of black light shot toward him like lightning.

Luo Feng frowned, his figure flickering to the side, dodging a dozen meters away.

Shizz!

The black light shattered the mirage he left behind, plunging deep into the ground. Instantly, the originally golden sand began exuding wisps of black aura, collapsing inward as it corroded and melted.

"What terrible corrosiveness!"

Luo Feng’s eyes flashed as he looked ahead.

There lay a giant poisonous scorpion as large as a small hill, entirely pitch black like steel. A scorpion tail bristling with barbs stretched fifty meters long, its tip dripping black venom that hissed corrosively upon hitting the ground. A foul stench spread instantly.

Red Poison Giant Scorpion!

Luo Feng recognized the monstrous beast before him.

Hiss!

After its initial attack missed, the Red Poison Giant Scorpion’s blood-red eyes flashed with ferocity, opening its maw to spew forth a black and red demon qi pillar at Luo Feng.

The demon qi pillar obliterated the sand it passed over, even causing nearby sand to begin melting.

Luo Feng had no doubt about the power of this Yuan Qi pillar. If struck, his protective Gang Qi would likely be instantly corroded.

"Slash!"

Emperor Yan’s Sky-breaking Saber was drawn, its blade forming a fiery whirlwind as it sliced through.

Sizzle!

The Yuan Qi pillar was instantly torn apart, and the Emperor Yan’s Sky-breaking Saber slashed onto the Red Poison Giant Scorpion’s back with a clang. The scorpion’s massive body, as large as a hill, was jolted into the air, causing a large portion of the sand to collapse under the impact.

"What formidable defensive power!"

Luo Feng caught the returning Emperor Yan’s Sky-breaking Saber, a hint of astonishment in his eyes.

With his current strength, a casual slash could easily kill a late stage Spiritual Rotation Realm cultivator, yet the level-nine junior demon beast Red Poison Giant Scorpion was merely injured.

Not wanting to waste time, Luo Feng was about to deliver a killing blow to the Red Poison Giant Scorpion when, suddenly, the scorpion with blood-red eyes let out a sharp howl!

Next moment!

Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble...

The earth shook, with thundering rumbles reverberating across the land.

The sand around Luo Feng suddenly cracked open. Amidst the swirling sand, pairs of blood-red lights appeared—whole groups of Red Poison Giant Scorpions, eight in total.

"This is the nest of the Red Poison Giant Scorpions!"

Luo Feng’s heart trembled, and without hesitation, he tapped the ground with his foot, soaring into the sky.

Hissing, hissing, hissing, hissing...

Sharp whistling broke through the air, the spot where he stood penetrated by five flickering black scorpion tails at once.

Yet the Red Poison Giant Scorpions’ attack did not stop there; some of the scorpions outside opened their jaws, spewing black demon qi, weaving a web of demon qi upon him.

Though the swirling sand obscured sight, Luo Feng’s keen senses had the situation below in his grasp. Knowing he couldn’t escape the Yuan Qi pillars’ blockade, he flipped mid-air, stopping. His body emanated a wild aura, with the Emperor Yan’s Sky-breaking Saber glowing with lightning brilliance, its power immense.

"Summer Thunder Falling from the Sky!"

Crash!

With a vertical slash, a thunderous crash erupted between heaven and earth.

The power of the slash was unimaginable, causing the entire space to churn. Even the Earth Core Fire Fiend Storm several kilometers away was drawn closer, boosting Luo Feng’s momentum.

Sizzle!

A blinding flash of light appeared, and the unmatched sharp saber Qi effortlessly tore through the demon Qi pillar of the Red Poison Giant Scorpion, piercing through instantly.

A piercing screech rang out, as all nine Red Poison Giant Scorpions were shredded to pieces by the violent saber Qi, their bodies scattered across the ground, with black blood spurting out, corroding the ground into numerous blood pits.

Clang!

Luo Feng sheathed the Emperor Yan’s Sky-breaking Saber and looked downwards.

From the sky, he observed the appalling slash marks on the ground, forming a large ’Heaven’ character, covering a range of over a thousand meters, with saber marks still emitting threads of Thunderbolt aura, the power was astonishing.

"This is the power of the second form of the Four Symbols Ultimate Saber... truly remarkable."

Since cultivating the Summer Thunder Falling from the Sky saber, Luo Feng had not had the opportunity to unleash it before. This was the first time he used it with full force, and the power greatly satisfied him, even exceeded his expectations.

It should be known that he had only cultivated the Summer Thunder Falling from the Sky saber to a Small Success level. If he could cultivate it to a Great Achievement level or even a Perfect Realm, the power would surely rise to a new level.

However, considering the difficulty of cultivating the Four Symbols Ultimate Saber, achieving that is not an easy task.

Still, it’s more than enough.

The Summer Thunder Falling from the Sky saber compensated for his lack of attack power, and combined with his soon-to-be Great Accomplishment Momentum, the fusion of the two would certainly be a terrifying saber technique.

Shaking his head, Luo Feng collected his thoughts, waved his hand, and the demon core of the Red Poison Giant Scorpion was absorbed through the air and thrown into the Washing Dragon Ring.

Turning around, Luo Feng looked at the Earth Core Fire Fiend storm still erupting in the distance, then glanced at the corpses of the Red Poison Giant Scorpions, muttering to himself:

"The Red Flame Desert is indeed dangerous. If not for my recent improvement in the Momentum Realm and breakthrough to the late stage of the Spiritual Rotation Realm ninth level, attempting to go deeper would be quite challenging. It’s a pity there’s no detailed map; otherwise, it would be much safer."

Maps generally mark dangerous areas; if he had a map, he would have known there could be an Earth Core Fire Fiend storm here and wouldn’t choose this path.

More importantly, danger is secondary; the most crucial aspect is he had never ventured into the Red Dragon Mountain Range and doesn’t know where the marked places on Tu Shan’s map are.

The prominent mountain range marked on the map looks very conspicuous, but from what he knows, the Red Dragon Mountain Range stretches over hundreds of thousands of miles, vast and boundless. Finding a mountain range in such a large area is like finding a needle in a haystack.

If he had the time, he could slowly search, but what he lacks now is time.

"Forget it. There must be martial artists adventuring near the Red Dragon Mountain Range. I can inquire about it when the time comes. If I can buy a detailed map, it would be even better..."

Exhaling lightly, Luo Feng threw a yuan Qi recovery pill into his mouth.

After rushing and fighting a great battle, nearly sixty percent of the yuan Qi in his body was consumed.

Worried about the Earth Core Fire Fiend storm attracting other dangers, Luo Feng, after swallowing the pill, did not linger, executed the Sky Cloud Step, and continued flying northwest.

Two more days passed; the boundless desert gradually elevated in terrain, the fire yuan Qi between heaven and earth became more explosive, and the ground occasionally erupted with giant flames dozens of meters high.

"Should be near the Red Dragon Mountain Range."

Feeling the rise in terrain, Luo Feng murmured:

"It’s said the Red Dragon Mountain Range was once a Spiritual Mountain, a blessed land, full of Spiritual Medicine and nearly chosen by the holy land for a base. But then a flame Divine Dragon fell from the sky, perished here, and for three months, unending fire burned all life within tens of thousands of miles of the mountain range to ashes. Since then, this mountain range has been filled with extremely violent fire yuan Qi. Except for martial artists of the Spiritual Rotation Realm, anyone entering would be instantly burned to ashes. I wonder if this legend is true..."

As he felt the increasingly restless heaven and earth yuan Qi surrounding him, echoes of the Red Dragon Mountain Range’s formation legend appeared in Luo Feng’s mind.

Because of this legend, throughout history, countless martial artists flocked to the Red Dragon Mountain Range, seeking the fallen Divine Dragon, only to return disappointed, with many never leaving this mysterious land.

Originally, Luo Feng did not believe in these ******** sayings.

But now, standing on this land, he harbored some doubts.

As he drew nearer to the Red Dragon Mountain Range, his body felt yuan Qi unusually agitated, unaware of the reason.

"First, find the martial artists adventuring here to inquire about where the mountain range on the map is."

Taking out the map, Luo Feng wiped the red dot clean with yuan Qi, leaped forward, sped up, and shot towards the front.

...

Boom, boom, boom...

At the desert’s edge, a series of heavy footsteps resonated, shaking the heavens, and rising dust vaguely revealed a massive figure five or six meters tall, wrapped within, sprinting forward.

Occasionally, a black yuan Qi pillar would shoot out from the dust storm, briefly clearing an opening in the dust storm, revealing the center of the storm to be a giant scorpion with a tail thirty to forty meters long, its whole body pitch black.

"It’s the Red Poison Giant Scorpion! Quick, find somewhere to hide first, then take the opportunity to kill it!"

Ahead of the giant scorpion, five figures swiftly moved, flying forward.

"Red Poison Giant Scorpions usually live deep in the Red Flame Desert. Why is it appearing here?"

A妖娆女子 on the left wielding a prized sword asked as she flew forward.

The skinny martial artist leading the group dodged a charging yuan Qi pillar and said, "It might be related to the recent thunderstorm in the Red Dragon Mountain Range."

Splatter!

Just as his voice fell, an ominous black light came piercing through the air, a young female swordsman failed to evade, her body pierced through, turning purple-black in the blink of an eye, as the scorpion’s tail wrapped around, intending to drag the female swordsman’s corpse into the dust storm.

"Ah! Beast!"

Beside the young female swordsman, a blue-clothed martial artist’s eyes turned red, looking devastated.

He had always admired the young female swordsman, yet now could only watch as she got killed, her body devoured by the Demon Beast, ending up with no remains.

"I’ll kill you!"

Clenching his teeth, the blue-clothed martial artist halted, producing a silver spear in his hand.

"Qin Yun, don’t go to your death!"

The leading skinny martial artist yelled sternly.

The young female swordsman was weak and died just died, but Qin Yun’s strength was not lacking; he’s an indispensable force to kill the Red Poison Giant Scorpion later. If he dies here, it will cause trouble.

But it was too late.

"Breaking Space and Star Spear!"

With a frenzied roar, dark golden light erupted from the blue-clothed martial artist, and the silver spear in his hand burst forth with a dark golden spear glow over three meters long. With a casual sweep, a large area of the ground was cut open.

Next moment!

The blue-clothed martial artist, with man and spear combined, turned into a comet-like massive spear glow, ferociously spinning forth, charging towards the Red Poison Giant Scorpion in the dust storm’s center.

Sizzle!

At that moment, the Red Poison Giant Scorpion also launched an attack; a black yuan Qi pillar pierced through the air, directly shattering the dark golden spear glow.

Splatter!

The blue-clothed martial artist spat a mouthful of blood, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string.

Swoosh!

The pitch-black scorpion tail changed direction, swiftly sweeping over the remaining three.