Battle Through the Heavens: A Dragon at the Start

Chapter 17 Yin Yang Twin Flames

As he drew closer, Qi Lie could feel a slight heat emanating from the cave entrance. He slowly approached and finally stopped at the edge of the cave entrance.

Looking down, black and white energy filled the cave, surging continuously, and even with the eyesight of a Dou Wang expert, the end could not be seen.

Qi Lie observed quietly at the cave entrance. After more than ten minutes, he roughly figured out the pattern: the black and white energy surged up every two minutes and then receded. Moreover, the heat contained in each surge of energy seemed to increase slightly compared to the previous one.

Qi Lie's expression was solemn, his eyes fixed on the cave entrance. When the black and white energy surged out again, he raised his hand and inhaled, drawing some of the energy into his palm.

The black and white energies continued to recede as usual, seemingly without any change.

Qi Lie withdrew his gaze and looked at the energy in his palm. Two feelings, one of vitality and the other of death, appeared in Qi Lie's mind at the same time, which was extremely strange.

Qi Lie gradually formed a startling conjecture.

"This thing... it might be a strange flame..."

It is black and white, containing the power of life and death. The yang fire is ever-flowing, while the yin fire is dead and destructive. It ranks twenty-first on the list of strange fires. It is the Yin-Yang Twin Flame!

Qi Lie's eyes gradually burned with fervor. The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame could basically be declared his. If the Yin-Yang Twin Flames really existed here, he could choose which one to use!

Anything you don't need can be sold to Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen can exchange it for five Earth-rank cultivation techniques!

In just a moment, Qi Lie had already decided how to deal with the strange fire, as if he had already confirmed the existence of the Yin-Yang Twin Flames here and regarded them as his own.

Qi Lie stood there, imagining all sorts of wonderful futures in his mind. After a moment, his fiery gaze gradually returned to calm, the turmoil in his heart slowly subsided, and finally, he regained his composure.

With his gaze focused on the black and white energy in his hand, Qi Lie's mind stirred, and the energy in his hand was absorbed into his body.

He closed his eyes slightly, and the black and white energy entered his body and was instantly refined.

"Great, it feels very fulfilling!"

Qi Lie opened his eyes, smiled slightly, and looked at the hole that was spewing out black and white energy, revealing a determined expression.

With the strange fire before us, taking some risks is worthwhile!

Qi Lie took a deep breath, his fighting spirit surging out to form a protective shield around him. Then, with a light touch of his toes, he leaped into the cave.

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The deep cave was filled with black and white energy. As Qi Lie's figure rapidly descended, the temperature in the cave continued to rise. However, protected by the energy of battle qi, it did not pose any threat to Qi Lie for the time being.

The passage was of unknown length. Qi Lie descended for a full ten minutes without reaching the deepest part, and the surrounding temperature was rising exponentially. Even with the protection of his battle qi, Qi Lie still felt the intense heat.

While maintaining his energy shield, Qi Lie absorbed energy from the cave to replenish himself. He silently calculated the rate at which his internal fighting spirit was consumed and replenished, and continued to descend.

He continued descending in this manner until nearly an hour later, when Qi Lie even began to doubt whether he would continue to descend until he reached the outside of the Dou Qi Continent, at which point he suddenly stopped.

His gaze swept around, and Qi Lie couldn't help but show shock on his face.

This is a vast underground space. As far as the eye can see, black and white energy is surging. The intense heat permeates the entire underground space. An ordinary fighting spirit would not last more than half an hour here before being roasted to death by the high temperature.

Here, Qi Lie could feel both a vibrant sense of life and a profound sense of desolation.

Life and death coexist.

Qi Lie has basically confirmed that there is a strange fire here.

Qi Lie's gaze swept around and finally settled on the center of the underground world. Black and white filled the place, and he couldn't see it clearly, but he could feel an extremely terrifying temperature emanating from it. All the black and white energy and temperature here came from there.

Qi Lie sensed the rate at which his battle qi was being depleted, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly flew forward.

The closer to the center, the higher the temperature, and Qi Lie needs to expend more battle qi to protect himself from the heatwave.

As he approached, Qi Lie noticed something unusual. The walls of this underground world were made of some kind of special rock, which, despite being scorched by such high temperatures, had not turned into lava.

As he drew closer, Qi Lie's vision became clearer. In the center, a ball of extremely dense black and white flames, about five or six meters in size, was slowly swaying. The flames were invisible, but they contained a heart-palpitatingly high temperature and energy. Even from a distance, Qi Lie could feel the terrifyingly high temperature contained within them.

Qi Lie was basically certain that this was the Yin-Yang Twin Flames!

Extreme heat and terrifying energy permeated thousands of meters, filling the entire underground world, and even rising to the surface through the cave. Qi Lie estimated that, based on the speed and time of his descent, this place was at least forty or fifty kilometers deep underground!

"Are strange flames really that terrifying...?"

Qi Lie was somewhat shocked. He had only seen this one strange fire before, but according to the original description, even the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire or the Fallen Heart Flame were not this terrifying!

Qi Lie stared in shock at the flickering flames ahead, then his gaze suddenly shifted as he examined them closely.

As the black and white flames flickered, their size seemed to shrink slightly!

Qi Lie was somewhat incredulous. He stepped back and quietly observed the changes in the strange fire.

Half an hour later, Qi Lie confirmed that the strange fire was gradually shrinking and made some guesses.

This strange fire is slowly taking shape in some unknown way, and it is even developing sentience!

Qi Lie stared at the strange fire, his eyes flashing with heat and struggle. Reason told him that now that the truth had been discovered, he could leave and wait until he found Na Ling and confirmed which strange fire to refine. However, another impulsive thought, like a demon, shook his reason.

What if he could subdue this strange flame...?

Subduing is not the same as refining!

While it is gathering its intelligence, could you imprint your own soul mark on it and perhaps tame it as a pet?

Once this idea emerged, it quickly gained momentum, causing Qi Lie to waver.

"A Seven-Star Battle King shouldn't be incapable of escaping, right..."

The scales in Qi Lie's heart gradually tipped. He looked at the black and white flames, and the struggle and hesitation in his eyes gradually disappeared, turning into determination.

The worst outcome is death!

Having made his decision, Qi Lie did not act rashly. He continued to observe the rate at which the strange fire shrank. Two hours later, he had some speculations in mind, and then turned and left.

Returning to the entrance of the passage where he had landed, Qi Lie spread his wings and quickly flew upwards.

An hour later, Qi Lie returned to the ground and explored the surrounding area.

The fact that this place hasn't been discovered by others suggests only one possibility: the opening hasn't been continuously absorbing and releasing energy, but rather it only started recently.

After searching the ground and finding no other cave entrances, Qi Lie found a hidden cave halfway up the mountain and crawled inside.

After some time, Qi Lie made preparations and adjusted himself to his peak condition before returning to the mountaintop.

He found the flying magical beast, fed it some more medicinal herbs, and used a special control method to restrict its activity area to around the mountaintop, so that he could be there to help it in case of any accidents.

Afterward, he checked the pills in his storage ring before returning to the cave entrance and jumping inside.