Unrivaled Miracle Doctor: The God-Defying Demonic Consort novel Chapter 598

Chapter 598: Chapter 33: The Unlucky Taichu Urgent Fire

Black-gray rocks, smooth ridges, and soaring volcanoes continuously spewed clouds and mists. Clusters of fog erupted from the crater, forming thick clouds in the sky, shrouding a ten-mile radius.

The white mist gathered without dispersing, growing thicker, as if it might collapse under its own weight.

In the dense fog, faint flickers of firelight could be seen.

Scorching lava splattered from the crater, dripping onto the mountainside, igniting flames that rolled downward.

When near the foot of the mountain, it gradually cooled, forming black-gray rocks.

A row of footprints remained on the sloping ridge. The three of them walked in formation, stepping on the fragmented volcanic stones, constantly heading towards the summit. A thin layer of white-blue flame enveloped them, diligently keeping the heat at bay.

However, as they approached the crater, this white-blue flame gradually lost its effectiveness, the flame shrinking smaller, even evaporating into thin heat.

"It erupts once every half-month. How long until the next eruption?" on the way, Mu Qingge asked.

Han Caicai replied, "It’s been five days since the last eruption."

"So, there are still ten days left," Mu Qingge said in a deep voice.

Han Caicai nodded, "I speculate that every eruption results from Taichu Urgent Fire’s agitation. As it weakens, it will gradually fall into slumber, marking the volcano’s dormant days. After that, the intervals between eruptions will keep extending. Of course, if our expedition succeeds and we manage to resolve it, this volcano formed by the Abnormal Fire will disappear."

"The question is, how to resolve it," Mu Qingge looked at Han Caicai.

Han Caicai glanced at her and Yin Chen, saying, "The three of us, plus your Mixed Element Heavenly Extreme Flame, shouldn’t pose much of a problem."

"At present, the Bone Demon Flame is gradually unable to withstand Taichu Urgent Fire’s heat. I’m afraid we’ll be roasted to death before we even find it, let alone fight," Mu Qingge retorted.

Saying this, she gave Han Caicai a strange look, "Aren’t people with Fire Element Bloodline supposed to be fearless of fire?"

"We naturally don’t fear ordinary Abnormal Fire, but Taichu Urgent Fire is the hottest of them all, and our bloodline hasn’t reached that level of resilience," Han Caicai stated righteously.

"..." Mu Qingge was at a loss for words, feeling somewhat taken for a ride.

She knew Han Caicai wouldn’t offer her a big advantage for nothing!

"Yin Chen, how are you? If you can’t bear it, I’ll send you back," Mu Qingge turned back to Yin Chen.

Yin Chen had sweat on his forehead. Even with the Bone Demon Flame, he still felt uncomfortable. But Mu Qingge’s words made him immediately shake his head, "I’m fine, no need to go back." He wanted to stay and help Mu Qingge.

Mu Qingge barely nodded, telling him, "Don’t push yourself. If you can’t bear it, let me know."

Yin Chen nodded heavily.

Mu Qingge withdrew her gaze, only to see Han Caicai examining her.

She raised an eyebrow, asking, "What are you looking at?"

Han Caicai said in a mocking tone, "When will you also be gentle and caring towards me?"

Mu Qingge’s mouth twitched, too lazy to respond to him.

Yin Chen was her contracted beast and partner. Besides, he naturally felt unwell in such an environment. She naturally showed more concern.

As for Han Caicai?

Though he was sweating too, he seemed more at ease than anyone else.

"We’re almost there." As the crater came into view, Han Caicai suddenly stopped.

Standing there, the heat was even stronger, almost ready to roast a person at any moment.

"Not everyone can withstand Taichu Urgent Fire’s heat. For it to weaken and be reborn here, it will certainly raise the heat to a level where no one can approach, ensuring its safety. If we were any later, we might not even make it here," Han Caicai said.

With that, he stretched out his hand in front of Mu Qingge, revealing three red beads in his palm.

Mu Qingge’s gaze fell on them, asking, "What are these?"

"Fire Extinguishing Pearls," Han Caicai answered.

"Fire Extinguishing Pearls? The legendary beads that can avoid all flames?" Even before Mu Qingge reacted, Yin Chen was already shocked. He cast a disapproving look at Han Caicai.

If he had such treasures, why make Qingge suffer?

Yin Chen’s accusation made Mu Qingge narrow her eyes slightly, looking at Han Caicai with a hint of sarcasm.

Han Caicai, however, calmly explained, "The Fire Extinguishing Pearls aren’t as miraculous as legends claim. They can indeed block flames and insulate heat, but there’s a time limit. In the presence of Taichu Urgent Fire, they can only last for five hours at most. So we must find and subdue the Taichu Urgent Fire within those five hours, or we will perish in there. In short, whether or not we succeed, we only have five hours. Five hours, succeed or retreat."

Han Caicai’s words seemingly avoided explaining why he didn’t produce the Fire Extinguishing Pearls from the start, but Mu Qingge and Yin Chen understood.

Since there’s a time limit, the time must be wisely used. If they used the Fire Extinguishing Pearls right from approaching the volcano, the remaining time to find Taichu Urgent Fire would be shorter, increasing their risk.

Mu Qingge took two Fire Extinguishing Pearls from Han Caicai’s hand and tossed one to Yin Chen before asking, "Where did you get such treasures? How many are there?"

Han Caicai sneered, "These are treasures of the Han Family. There are only five in total, and I brought three this time."

Mu Qingge held the Fire Extinguishing Pearl between her fingers, examining it. A red bead the size of a quail egg, with red flames swirling inside, it was very pretty, resembling a jewel with a faintly brilliant glow. "Is this a one-time use item or can it be used repeatedly?"

Han Caicai put his own Fire Extinguishing Pearl into his mouth and swallowed it, then explained to the astonished Mu Qingge and Yin Chen, "Swallow the Fire Extinguishing Pearl to activate its ability. Over time, it will gradually dim and become no different from a stone. After it loses effect, spit it out, and take it to a special place for nurturing. In about a year, it will be restored as new."

Mu Qingge’s mouth twitched. The method of using the Fire Extinguishing Pearl made her feel a bit uncomfortable.

She held the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, hesitating to swallow.

Because she truly didn’t know who had swallowed this Fire Extinguishing Pearl last time, or how many times it had been swallowed, how much saliva it had collected?

Seeing her hesitation, Han Caicai finally said, "Rest assured, every time a Fire Extinguishing Pearl is used, it is cleaned thoroughly. Washed in the snow water of Jade Snow Mountain and burned by Abnormal Fire. Moreover, it has been nurtured for a year, so even if there was anything, it vanished long ago."

Even so, it was still somewhat unsettling!

Mu Qingge thought silently.

She pondered, then with eyes closed and gritted teeth, swallowed the Fire Extinguishing Pearl in her hand. After all, survival was paramount, and if there was no other way to resolve it, why be squeamish?

She swallowed the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, and Yin Chen followed suit.

As soon as the Fire Extinguishing Pearl entered the body, a cooling sensation spread from within, expelling the internal heat, making the whole body feel as if bathed in a pleasantly temperate environment, extremely comfortable.

Mu Qingge opened her eyes, and her clear pupils glowed with astonishment.

She hadn’t expected the Fire Extinguishing Pearl to be so miraculous!

Yin Chen felt the same. After taking the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, his aversion to heat and irritation vanished instantly. If he weren’t standing on a volcano, he’d think he was residing in the grasslands within Mu Qingge’s space.

Warm, cozy.

"From now, we only have five hours," Han Caicai reminded them once more.

Mu Qingge and Yin Chen nodded solemnly.

"Let’s go," Mu Qingge said.

The three continued towards the crater. Before long, they stood atop the volcano.

The circular crater, the scorching airflow, the blazing magma. Without the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, Mu Qingge felt she’d be instantly reduced to ashes!

"It must be hiding below. Let’s go down," Han Caicai said.

"Hmm," Mu Qingge furrowed her brow slightly.

Then the three of them leapt together, diving into the magma from the crater, causing splashes that ignited flames beyond the crater.

In the world of magma, everything was a glowing orange-red.

Mu Qingge submerged within, feeling her body continually sinking. Thankfully, with the divine object like the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, it shielded her from erosion by the magma.

She parted the magma with her hands, to make her vision clearer.

It took great effort to see the two figures not far from her.

Here, they relied wholly on Han Caicai’s intuition for the Abnormal Fire to discern direction. Mu Qingge signaled Yin Chen with her eyes to stick close to Han Caicai.

"Boss Mu, I can sense its presence!" Suddenly, excited words came through to Mu Qingge in her mind from Yuanyuan.

Mu Qingge’s eyes brightened and she asked in her heart: ’Yuanyuan, can you sense the position of Taichu Urgent Fire even within the space?’

"Hmm! After Yuanyuan cultivated with Mother Boss last time, I found that I can sense some external aura through Mother Boss." Yuanyuan replied.

This response made Mu Qingge ecstatic.

In this way, Yuanyuan wouldn’t need to expose himself prematurely and draw the attention of Taichu Urgent Fire, yet could secretly help them discern directions, greatly shortening the time needed to find Taichu Urgent Fire.

This was undoubtedly a huge piece of good news for the three of them with time constraints!

Moreover, the mutual sensing between Abnormal Fires must be more reliable than the sensing ability within Han Caicai’s bloodline, right?

With this good news, Mu Qingge resolutely swam towards Han Caicai.

Han Caicai, who was searching ahead for Taichu Urgent Fire’s whereabouts, was also frowning at this moment because since entering, the aura of Taichu Urgent Fire was everywhere, making it hard for him to discern its true body.

The flames here are all derivatives of Taichu Urgent Fire, naturally carrying its aura, which undoubtedly increased Han Caicai’s difficulty in distinguishing.

Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder and when he turned around, he saw Mu Qingge gesturing something to him.

Han Caicai looked puzzled.

However, before he could figure it out, Mu Qingge was already sinking forcefully in another direction.

Han Caicai’s narrow eyes widened in surprise as he reached out trying to grab her. Unfortunately, he was a step too late. Just then, Yin Chen also followed Mu Qingge and sank down.

Han Caicai had no time to think, and could only follow down with the two of them.

The leader changed to Mu Qingge.

"Sink a little further, sink a little further. Right side, right side, no, slightly to the left..." Yuanyuan’s voice kept resonating in Mu Qingge’s mind, adjusting her direction.

Mu Qingge continuously adjusted her angle based on Yuanyuan’s directions, sinking, sinking...

Roughly half an hour later, the magma had reached the bottom.

Yuanyuan was still shouting, "Keep going lower, keep going lower!"

"Yuanyuan, it’s already at the bottom." Mu Qingge communicated to Yuanyuan in her mind.

"Eh?" Yuanyuan’s surprised voice came out. He murmured, "No, I feel it’s hidden deeper down, it’s not here yet, at least a half hour’s distance more."

Such a large discrepancy!

Mu Qingge’s eyes flashed with a hint of mystery. She didn’t doubt Yuanyuan’s sensing but started searching carefully herself. Yuanyuan relied on perception to discern directions, the probability of error was low. However, they might have been deceived by a Blinding Technique.

’Yin Chen, look around for anything unusual or another entrance nearby,’ Mu Qingge signaled to Yin Chen through their contract.

Yin Chen immediately understood and began searching.

Han Caicai saw the two’s expressions and immediately understood what was happening, so he joined the search.

Soon, Mu Qingge discovered a hidden cave entrance. The entrance was very narrow, only allowing one person to pass through. Mu Qingge said to Yuanyuan, "Yuanyuan, carefully sense if Taichu Urgent Fire’s aura is coming out from here."

Yuanyuan was silent for a moment, then told Mu Qingge, "The aura inside is really strong, let’s go in and check it out."

Mu Qingge nodded, signaled Yin Chen and Han Caicai, and went ahead into the cave.

As she disappeared, Yin Chen and Han Caicai hurriedly followed, squeezed into the narrow cave.

The cave was narrow, and the aura inside was even hotter than outside. Even with the Fire Extinguishing Pearls, they felt breathless. The gases they inhaled were burning inside.

Finally, Mu Qingge saw the cave’s exit, kicked powerfully with her feet, and escaped from the narrow cave.

Coming out, her vision suddenly expanded as if she were in a large space.

Yin Chen and Han Caicai emerged one after another, standing beside Mu Qingge.

Here, there was no overwhelming magma; it more resembled a grand Underground Palace, but lacked traces of artificial excavation, seemingly naturally formed.

On the ground formed by black rock, there were small streams where magma flowed instead of clear river water.

These streams of magma flowed in one direction, forming lines, and poured into the cave, as if they were the origin of magma elsewhere.

The three remained silent, carefully observing the surrounding environment.

When they looked up towards the ceiling, their eyes simultaneously narrowed.

Hanging upside down from the Underground Palace ceiling were countless fire bats!

Those fire bats were not real creatures but fire puppets formed from Abnormal Fire, similar to the strange fish made by Fire Cloud Yang Flame in Sunset Wilderness.

Their existence was solely to protect Abnormal Fire from disturbances, blocking all who coveted the Abnormal Fire, be they human or beast!

In this Underground Palace, the volume of fire bats was immense, making one’s scalp tingle. Layer upon layer, endlessly extending, at least over a hundred thousand. Such an overwhelming number made the three gasp involuntarily.

"Mother, keep moving forward. I sense his aura is getting clearer!" Yuanyuan urged within the space.

Mu Qingge composed herself, retracted her gaze from the ceiling of the Underground Palace, and looked towards Yin Chen and Han Caicai.

With no magma enveloping them here, they could freely speak.

However, facing so many fire bats, they couldn’t easily make a sound either.

’They probably alert based on sound.’ Mu Qingge conveyed to the two.

Han Caicai nodded, the rare serious expression appeared in his narrow eyes: ’Given Taichu Urgent Fire’s capability, I’m afraid the fire puppets don’t just consist of these fire bats. The deeper we go, the more danger there will be. Even if we don’t disturb them here, once we find Taichu Urgent Fire, start fighting, they’ll still attack us from both front and back.’

These words made Mu Qingge purse her lips in silence.

She asked Yuanyuan in her mind: "Yuanyuan, is there any way to stop these fire puppets, or temporarily make them lose control?"

Yuanyuan ’hmm’d for a long time before saying: "The spiritual power of the fire puppets directly connects to the Abnormal Fire’s core. As long as the core has commands, it can instantly transmit them to every fire puppet’s consciousness. There’s no way to make them lose control unless you subdue the Abnormal Fire."

"You don’t have fire puppets?" Mu Qingge inquired curiously.

Yuanyuan proudly said: "Fire puppets are something those old cultivators create when they’re injured or need to hide away to die, acting as guardians. This young master is healthy and vigorous, why would I need such things?"

Mu Qingge’s lips twitched, continuing to ask: "So there’s no other way?" She frowned. If indeed a fight broke out, the three of them deal with Taichu Urgent Fire still uncertain of victory, let alone these overwhelming fire puppets, it would truly be a situation of nine deaths and one life.

"We can set a trap!" Yuanyuan’s voice contained a trace of cunning.

"A trap?" Mu Qingge’s eyes lit up.

Yuanyuan said: "These fire puppets have little individual combat power, but they win in numbers. Be careful not to alert them, each time after a certain distance, I’ll set traps for them. Once they awaken and fly towards the cave’s interior, they’ll fall for it. Hehe!"

’Who taught this sly laughter?’ Mu Qingge grumbled in her mind.

But she understood Yuanyuan’s idea.

Mu Qingge’s lips curved up in a smile, saying to Han Caicai and Yin Chen: "Let’s go, be careful not to disturb them." With that, they headed towards the interior of the Underground Palace.

This time, Mu Qingge walked at the back; Han Caicai and Yin Chen didn’t know what she intended.

They only saw her walking and stopping, occasionally squatting, acting mysteriously.

After walking for a good half hour, they finally passed through the fire bats’ territory. At this point, they arrived before a stone door, with a Three-headed Fire Lion lying asleep before it.

The three stopped, exchanged glances.

Han Caicai’s gaze clearly expressed the fact that, as expected, Taichu Urgent Fire’s fire puppets were not limited to those fire bats outside.

This Three-headed Fire Lion was as huge as a mountain. Standing before it, the three seemed like dwarves from a dwarf kingdom.

At this moment, it was asleep, intermittently emitting thunderous snores, the liquid dripping from its mouth immediately producing white smoke upon hitting the ground, burning a small hole.

The mane from its head to its back was obviously burning with flames.

With this gatekeeper ’beast’ blocking the way, how could they enter without alerting it?

’Just kill!’ Han Caicai proposed.

Mu Qingge’s glance turned cold, saying: "Must strike and hit!" If failing to swiftly end the battle would alert the fire bats outside and even the Taichu Urgent Fire inside.

She looked at Han Caicai, and through transmission asked: "You know a lot about Abnormal Fire, do you know its weak point?"

Han Caicai pursed his lips, after a while he said seriously: "Generally, although fire puppets have different forms, their source of power is within the Fire Core. Finding the Fire Core’s location and extracting it will kill them."

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