Chapter 722: The Flame Orcas, Chen Hu—My Invincible Brother (I)

North of the Azure-White Colossal Dragon's territory lay the Misty Region, the territory of the ancient creature that had once pursued the Dragon Emperor.

Beyond that region, past the former territory of the Black Abyss King, lay the entrance to Passage Three.

For this ancient creature to reach the Chaotic Region, it would have to traverse the Misty Region, the Azure-White Colossal Dragon's territory, and the land of Thorsafi's mother, the Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon.

The estimated straight-line distance was nearly five hundred thousand kilometers, riddled with dangerous and forbidden zones, making it a journey that would take considerable time.

Beneath the oceans of the Blue Planet, at the ruins of the Dragon Palace, a mound of mud and stone suddenly stirred.

Gurgle!

Large bubbles rose from the seemingly lifeless heap. The mud and sand sloughed away to reveal a colossal sea turtle's head, its eyes still carrying traces of fear.

The turtle looked wretched. Its once-massive body, over fifty meters long, had been reduced to half. Its shattered shell exposed gray-brown flesh resembling compacted earth.

A single strike from that terrifying bone-spiked colossal beast’s tentacles had been enough to tear its body apart. If not for its innate ability to merge with the earth element and camouflage itself as an inanimate stone, it wouldn’t have escaped, but gotten devoured instead.

Boom!

The sea turtle pressed its front claws against the seabed. The ocean trembled, and waves surged skyward as it propelled its broken body toward the surface.

Boom!

Water exploded into the sky as the sea turtle’s head, as large as a house, broke through the ocean’s surface. Droplets cascaded off its scales, splashing in all directions.

The turtle’s mouth opened slightly, revealing two blazing red flames, each about a meter in diameter, and from its nostrils came a faint, rumbling growl.

General, Second General, that terrifying creature is gone.

From within the slightly larger flame, a weak spiritual fluctuation echoed.

That despicable thing dared to attack the Dragon Palace! We must find Uncle and take revenge!

The smaller flame flickered in hesitation, emitting a doubtful fluctuation.

Big Brother, why not look for Father?

The larger flame flared aggressively.

Father is too dumb, and he isn’t that strong. What if he’s no match for that thing?

The second flame wavered in agreement.

That’s true... Uncle is definitely stronger. Every time Father gets beaten up, it’s always Uncle who avenges him.

Big Head, take us to the lava first so we can absorb some flame energy. Once we stabilize our condition, we’ll head to the mythical world to find Uncle and Mother.

For creatures that lived in the sea, awakening innate abilities usually had something to do with water or aligned with their natural instincts—like the venom of a sea snake or the deep-sea vortexes of a whale.

However, due to the Blood Crystals they had acquired, Hu Yi and Hu Er's physique had undergone a transformation and awakened a fire-based ability, which ironically made them weaker than Hu San.

Unlike the Destructive Dragon Emperor, who could continuously break past limits after awakening fire abilities despite being an aquatic creature, these two weren’t so lucky. The environment naturally suppressed them.

This was proof that not everything should be eaten indiscriminately; some things could cause serious problems.

However, some luck had still been on the orcas' side. The bloodline resonance triggered by the Dragon Emperor's ascension to emperor-level had caused their flame abilities to evolve twice, reaching a high level and granting them the ability of Flame Transformation.

When their bodies had been shattered by the bone-spiked beast, they unleashed their full firepower, boiling the sea itself, and fused their souls and spiritual will into fire to survive.

Unfortunately, they weren’t cultivators of the Ninth Heavenly Realm. Staying in this state required an immense amount of fire energy to sustain.

There was another problem—without physical bodies, they could potentially remain in this flame form forever, vulnerable to being extinguished by water at any moment.

Still, for the two orcas, the fact that they had survived at all was already a stroke of luck. They had no time to dwell on such concerns; once they reached the mythical world, they could ask their parents for a solution.

Under their command, the sea turtle struggled onto land despite its injuries, dragging its mangled body toward the lava sea behind the Dragon Palace.

Dark-red lava churned, radiating intense heat. The sea turtle exhaled a wave of air, sending the two flames drifting into the lake.

Boom!

The instant the flames touched the lava, they flared dramatically, unleashing a powerful suction force and greedily absorbing the surrounding heat energy.

The turtle let out a relieved sigh, then collapsed onto the ground, exhausted. Closing its eyes, it focused its spiritual will, drawing upon the energy around it to heal.

As a level 7 colossal beast, its body had already developed elemental characteristics. Combined with its formidable life force, it could recover from even the most grievous wounds, as long as its head and heart remained intact.

It was relentless, dragging its half-shattered body for kilometers just to ensure Hu Yi and Hu Er could stabilize themselves before tending to its own wounds.

Without further interference, the turtle’s wounds slowly began to regenerate, and the two orcas burned even brighter as they absorbed massive amounts of fire energy.

Suddenly, the larger flame trembled slightly. Hu Yi's spiritual fluctuation rippled through the air.

Brother, do you feel that? There’s something deep inside the lava...

Squeak! I feel it too!

In the two orcas’ perception, the entire world was composed of red lava, white air, and blue ocean.

However, deep within the searing lava lake, an even more intense golden radiance flickered, exuding a faint but irresistible allure.

Hu Er's flame flickered.

Big Brother, should we go check it out?

Hu Yi hesitated briefly before his flames pulsed with resolve.

That’s where Uncle usually sleeps and undergoes breakthroughs. There might be something valuable left behind. Let’s go.

The two then dissolved into intangible fire and dove into the lava, swiftly swimming toward the depths of the former volcano before plunging downward.

In the past, their strength would have been far too weak to descend thousands of meters into the magma. However, now that they had become pure flames, moving through the molten depths was significantly easier.

Whoosh!

The two blazing flames surged directly toward the more intense radiance they had sensed.

Boom!

The moment Hu Yi and Hu Er absorbed even a single strand of the golden energy, their flames expanded violently, burning with even greater intensity.

They radiated an excited spiritual fluctuation.

Brother! This golden energy is definitely Uncle’s! I can feel his aura!

Eat more! The more we consume, the bigger we’ll get!

The two flames leaped excitedly, madly devouring the remaining golden radiance. With each strand of light they absorbed, their flames burned ever fiercer, exuding powerful energy waves.

These golden lights were remnants of the Dragon Emperor’s life aura mixed with the golden flames on its body—energy released unconsciously during its slumber and pseudo-heavenly-tier metamorphosis.

The golden flames it had ignited contained a special energy, rich with the essence of laws. Compressed beneath the extreme pressure of the magma depths, this energy had merged with the molten fire.

This was an artificially created rare resource, and as the two absorbed and fused with it, their forms gradually shifted, condensing into the shape of orcas once again.

Once the two flames finished absorbing the last of the golden light, their forms expanded and transformed into flame orcas, each over twenty meters long.

Boom!

A surge of energy equivalent to level 6 erupted, accompanied by a distinct life aura.

Wooo!

Hu Yi, now with fiery wings resembling both fins and wings, stretched them wide, letting out an excited horn-like call.

Brother, it feels like we have bodies again!

Hu Er, still wrapped in blazing flames, bobbed and squeaked with excitement.

Big Brother, we’ve revived! And this new form feels amazing!

Having gone through death and the loss of their physical bodies, Hu Yi and Hu Er had grown more intelligent, their minds maturing significantly.

After their initial excitement, they began absorbing the surrounding flames like mad. Their life auras surged more and more by the second, while their new bodies gradually became more tangible.

As the two orcas underwent their rebirth, elsewhere, the Single-Horned Kunpeng remained in deep slumber.

In the Rift World, three colossal beasts—Zhulong, the Kunpeng, and the Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon—each occupied a mountain peak, all in the process of breaking through.

The Golden-Blue Dragon had already grown to a staggering five hundred meters in length. It was surrounded by swirling flames, ice crystals, shattered rock, and fierce winds, creating a majestic and dazzling spectacle that stretched across kilometers.

Unlike the Silver Colossal Dragon, which had mastered the high-level Laws of Space and Ice Crystal Destruction, the Golden-Blue Dragon’s top-level ability was Elemental Conversion and Crystal Manipulation.

Elemental Conversion allowed it to freely condense various elemental powers. Crystal Manipulation enabled it to solidify and compress energy, forming crystal bombs that could explode with dozens of times the normal power.