The Wood Demon Clan has been passing down their heritage here for many years, their strength is not to be underestimated. Although the majority of the Wood Demons in the clan are in the first three realms, there are also strong individuals in the fourth and fifth realms.

However, among the five elements, fire overcomes wood. This raging fire severely restrains their clan members, hence their plea for help.

But to venture into this mountain fire to investigate, Chu Liang was somewhat hesitant. Mainly because none of the Wood Demon warriors who entered had returned, the danger inside was completely unknown.

Even though he himself didn’t need to worry about the weakening effect of fire overcoming wood, what if the things inside were much stronger than him?

After some contemplation, he decided to use another golden hair. It was the most suitable item to use when exploring unknown territories.

So, he had the Golden Hair Flood Dragon stay by his side, sat cross-legged on the ground, and summoned a golden hair. In an instant, a clone appeared in the field.

The clone didn’t have any magical tools, only wearing a standard flying sword bracelet from Shu Mountain. This way, even if there were losses, he wouldn’t feel distressed.

As for the Golden Hair Flood Dragon, Chu Liang didn’t plan to bring it along. Instead of having a fifth realm spiritual beast protect the clone, it would be better to have it stay here and guard his real body.

Seeing this, Elder Qinghuai praised continuously:

“Ah! Young hero, what a great skill! With this clone, you can safely investigate.” Chu Liang said:

“Please take good care of my real body, Elder. I’ll be back soon.”

“Rest assured, young hero!” Elder Qinghuai said. He raised his hand, and countless vines sprang up from all around, quickly forming a dense tree house, firmly blocking Chu Liang’s real body and the Golden Hair Flood Dragon guarding him.

“As long as I’m here, no one will be able to touch your body.” Elder Qinghuai solemnly said.

“Thank you.” Chu Liang nodded.

“Young hero, there’s no need to thank me. Right now, you’re the one helping our Wood Demon Clan!” Elder Qinghuai said. Chu Liang smiled and didn’t say much. He turned around and stepped into the sea of fire.

Flames surged! As soon as his figure flew to the outskirts of the fire field, he felt an incredibly hot wave hitting him. He didn’t even need to get close, just the scorching temperature alone was unbearable for ordinary people.

This fire was no ordinary fire! Chu Liang immediately circulated his true energy to protect his body, only then could he delve into it and slowly move forward.

Under such intense heat, his true energy was constantly evaporating, depleting at a fast rate. If it were an ordinary Golden Elixir realm cultivator, they might not be able to hold on for long.

Just staying here for a while could possibly consume more than half of their true energy. If they encountered danger at that time, it would be troublesome.

But for Chu Liang, with the replenishment of two top-grade Golden Elixirs, this level of consumption could be fully replenished in time.

He could maintain his full cultivation at any time to deal with any crisis that might arise. This was the importance of recovery speed.

After searching along the way, he soon arrived deep in the valley. Many charred bodies lay around. The wild animals in the mountains were all mutilated, it was clear that they were not burned to death.

Chu Liang became more cautious. The trees here had long been burned to ashes, but the flames seemed to have some powerful evil nature, still able to leap and burn on rocks, mountain walls, and bones.

No wonder the Wood Demons were so afraid. If it were ordinary fire, it wouldn’t cause them much harm. But this kind of unknown fire, even a slight touch could potentially kill them.

“Hiss…” As Chu Liang was flying, he suddenly sensed a hint of coldness from the endless heat wave. An inexplicable sense of danger came over him, and he quickly leaped away from his original position. The next moment, he saw a huge fireball falling from the sky and exploding with a bang. Boom! It was as if ripples were rising in the sea of fire. Chu Liang was affected by the shockwave and was thrown several meters away, but there was no sign of any enemy in his divine consciousness. So, he lay down on the side of the rock wall, closed his eyes, and didn’t move, pretending to be dead. Since all the corpses he found earlier were mutilated, he guessed that this hidden enemy might prefer to torture its prey with its teeth. If he appeared to be incapacitated, it should show itself. As long as it revealed its true form, his mission would be considered complete. After all, he was only here to investigate what had happened, not necessarily to solve the problem completely. After a while of silence. The only sound in the air was the crackling of the flames. From behind a rock wall, a flat, elongated head covered in red scales silently appeared, a pair of crimson golden vertical pupils, although surrounded by flames, were extremely cold. Then, half of its body slithered out, with a pair of ugly red wings, it fully exposed itself in front of Chu Liang. It was a huge winged red-scaled python! Its body was massive, over ten meters long!

“Winged Fire Snake!” Chu Liang recognized it at first glance, it was a Winged Fire Snake! A very ferocious spiritual beast!

Legend has it that there was once an eight-winged Fire Snake in the human world, a divine beast of the eighth realm, which caused a great slaughter.

If it grew another pair of wings, it would be a Snake God of the ninth realm! Thanks to the joint efforts of various immortal sects at that time, this threat was eliminated.

Although there were still descendants of the Winged Fire Snake in the human world, none of them were significant. They lived in the Evil Mountain in the west and didn’t disturb the human lands.

Why had this two-winged Fire Snake come here? Although it wasn’t mature, it was at least a fifth realm spiritual beast!

He couldn’t win! Chu Liang made a judgment in his heart. The flying sword burst out, and before the sword energy dissipated, he had already flown out!

Even though it was a clone, the feelings were real. Chu Liang didn’t plan to go and get himself killed, he immediately tried to escape on his sword!

“Hiss…” A cold light flashed in the vertical pupils of the Winged Fire Snake, and its pair of meat wings flapped! Boom—this huge creature took to the air, and in an instant, like a winged Flood Dragon, it chased after Chu Liang with its body engulfed in flames!

It wasn’t looking for food, it was just naturally cruel and wanted to tear every living thing it saw in half! Chu Liang concentrated his divine consciousness, fully controlling his flight. The sword light instantly turned several bends, circling around the mountain wall twice!

The Winged Fire Snake wanted to chase again, but suddenly found its body wrapped around a large rock pillar!”Hiss— It was enraged, struggling with all its might, its massive body crushed the rock pillar. But during this time, Chu Liang had already escaped from the sea of fire! This was also the first time Chu Liang had flown at full speed on his sword after forming his dual top-grade Golden Elixirs. He felt as if he was racing against the wind and lightning, and could lose control at any moment! If it weren’t for his previous meticulous practice, he might have really fallen off his sword. The speed of the dual Golden Elixirs was terrifyingly fast! Whoosh— The sword light flashed and he instantly returned to the forest where he was just now. After landing, he slightly caught his breath, just about to explain to the Wood Demon Clan what was inside, when suddenly a bone-chilling cold light flashed! Killing intent! Was it the Winged Fire Snake catching up? No! But this time it was several times faster than the Winged Fire Snake, Chu Liang couldn’t dodge in time, and when he turned around, he only saw a black light! Swoosh— Blood splattered, his body and head separated. Where the black light passed, a masked swordsman appeared, with a crow perched on his shoulder.

“You still won’t die this time…” The swordsman muttered coldly. At the same time, he raised a black flag and thrust it into the ground.

Boom! The Soul Suppressing Banner! If there were any souls leaving their bodies, they would be suppressed by this banner, unable to escape. But a moment later, the banner didn’t flutter at all.

“What’s going on?” The swordsman frowned,

“Why can’t I really kill him every time? Why?”

“Could it be that you’re just unlucky?” A voice sounded from not far away, and Chu Liang’s figure walked out from another side.

Another one? How many times will it take? The swordsman stared at Chu Liang’s reappearing figure, didn’t say a word, just tightened his grip on the sword.

Killing intent surged! But the next second, his killing intent suddenly faltered. Because the surrounding light flashed, demonic energy rose, and a large number of towering ancient trees transformed into human forms.

One, two, three… more than two hundred Wood Demons transformed into human forms, and the swordsman was right in the middle of their encirclement.

More than two hundred pairs of eyes were staring at him. A drop of cold sweat slowly slid down his forehead. In his thirty years as an assassin, this was probably the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Thinking he had secretly killed someone, but when he turned around, he was suddenly surrounded by a sea of people. How embarrassing. But after all, he was a mature assassin, and he didn’t show any panic at this moment.

Instead, he was fearless in the face of danger, facing the more than two hundred pairs of eyes around him, he coldly spat out a sentence.

“Do you believe me if I say I was just passing by?”