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Judging from Xue Wei's tone and her strength, Su Xing was certain that this girl, who looked as innocent and cute as a little loli on the surface, was also a terrifying existence that couldn't be ignored. It was just that for some reason, this existence could only temporarily remain within the Fire Spirit Bead.

"Ai, I'm good at anything. I just don't like being mocked by women. Since you've already said so, let's make a trip!"

In any case, Su Xing thought that since he was the owner of the Spiritual Bead and Xue Wei had to rely on the Spiritual Bead in order to survive, this also meant that she had to rely on him.

Su Xing and Xue Wei slowly approached the Blazing Mountain. However, before they reached the foot of the mountain, a pile of white bones appeared beneath their feet.

"With so many skeletons piled up here, it means that this place is not as simple as we have guessed."

Su Xing raised his head and looked at the summit of the volcano. There was not a single blade of grass growing there, and it was dark. There didn't seem to be anything strange about it.

"I can feel the aura getting closer and closer." Xue Wei stared at the volcano in front of her and said coldly, "That thing should be inside this mountain."

"Inside the mountain, how are we going to get in? Could it be that we're going to smash this mountain open?" Su Xing asked.

"There's no need. Just descend from above." Xue Wei said.

Su Xing took out his sword and prepared to ride it up to the volcano's crater to take a look at the situation.

However, the moment he used his spiritual power, the temperature in the area suddenly rose. From the direction of the volcano's crater, a ferocious ball of fire flew straight towards Su Xing as if it had been summoned.

"What's going on?" Su Xing could feel the scorching heat in the air as he hastily dodged to the side.

The fireball smashed straight into the ground, sending up a cloud of ashes. However, just as Su Xing let out a sigh of relief, countless fireballs started falling down from the direction of the volcano's crater towards where Su Xing was.

When he finished, the entire sky turned into a dazzling scarlet yellow.

"What happened? Why are there so many flames? And these flames seem to have locked onto us?" Su Xing hurriedly asked Xue Wei as he dodged the fireballs.

"We seem to have alarmed something inside," Xue Wei said, her expression as calm as still water.

"Then what should we do?" Su Xing asked.

"There's no other way. I can only go in and see him." Xue Wei urged. "Hurry up and go up. With the Fire Spirit Bead, he isn't afraid of fire. On the contrary, he likes fire the most."

Su Xing quickly threw out the Fire Spirit Bead. The moment the Fire Spirit Bead appeared, it began to spin rapidly in midair. Afterwards, the surrounding flames actually began to continuously absorb it.

"The Fire Spirit Bead was originally born from fire, and it is said that the first master of the Fire Spirit Bead was famous for his expertise in using the power of fire. Once the Fire Spirit Bead appears, it will burn all living things in the world, but now that the Fire Spirit Bead has been damaged, its power will no longer be 10% of what it was before, however, dealing with fire shouldn't be a problem."

Xue Wei stared at the Fire Spirit Pearl above her head and said softly, "There are countless supreme treasures in this world. The only one who can seal gods is the Seven Spirit Pearls."

"Seven Spiritual Beads?" Su Xing was stunned for a moment before asking in shock, "Are you saying that there are a total of seven Spiritual Beads like this?"

Xue Wei returned to her icy cold demeanor and said in a deep voice, "The current you is too weak. If the news of a single Fire Spirit Pearl were to spread, countless supreme experts would come chasing after you, not to mention the other spirit pearls."

"I know, but sooner or later I will become stronger." Su Xing said confidently, "If one Fire Spirit Pearl is already so powerful, then wouldn't I become a heaven defying existence if I gathered all seven?"

"Don't daydream. Even some super experts wouldn't dare to say that they could get one Spiritual Bead in their lifetime, yet you want to collect seven of them. That's simply nonsense." Xue Wei said coldly, "I really don't know what's so special about you. To think that the grand and majestic Fire Spirit Pearl of the first generation would choose you."

"Haha, you can't eat grapes, right?"

Su Xing saw that the Fire Spirit Bead had almost finished absorbing the energy, and there weren't any more flames shooting out from the direction of the volcano. Thus, he quickly flew up to the top of the volcano.

Standing beside the crater of the volcano, he looked down and saw a sea of boiling lava.

"How do we get down?" Su Xing looked at the magma that was emitting a surging heat wave and asked.

"Jump down." Xue Wei said.

"Jump down?" Su Xing opened his eyes wide and said, "If we continue to jump down like this, won't we be burnt into nothingness?"

"Others may be burnt to ashes, but you won't." Xue Wei said, "If you place the spirit pearls inside your body and release the protective fire through the spirit pearls, the magma won't be able to do anything to you."

"How do I put the Spiritual Bead into my body?" Su Xing was troubled again. "Swallow it?"

Xue Wei looked at him with disdain and said, "Spirit pearls are divine objects. Once they recognize a master, they can be freely placed in the Sea of Consciousness. You just need to release your mind energy and guide them into your Sea of Consciousness."

Su Xing didn't know anything and could only follow Xue Wei's instructions step by step. Under the guidance of Su Xing's Spiritual Energy, the Spiritual Bead in his hand turned into a beam of light and entered Su Xing's body.

After the Spiritual Bead entered his body, a warm current suddenly spread out from his sea of consciousness. At the same time, a faint red color started to appear on the surface of Su Xing's body.

Su Xing felt the changes in his body and didn't hesitate any longer. He jumped into the lava and instantly submerged himself within it.

Su Xing fell down in a straight line. After he passed through a dark area, light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

When Su Xing opened his eyes, he saw a huge circular pool in front of him. And within the pool, the boiling lava was bubbling nonstop. The scorching aura made Su Xing feel like he was suffocating.

"I never thought that after 10,000 years, the first person to come here would be a human!"

Suddenly, an enormous figure appeared in the sky above the pond. However, this figure was faintly discernible, and appeared to be extremely unreal.

When Su Xing saw the figure, he was stunned.

"A beak like a chicken, a chin like a swallow, and a dazzling fiery red tail feather. This … Is that a phoenix? " As Su Xing looked at the figure, a name involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

"It's not a phoenix," however, Xue Wei's words directly denied Su Xing's guess. She continued, "This is the Vermillion Bird, the Vermillion Bird of the Four Ancient Divine Birds."