"Let's get it done," everything was already planned out, with Shi Chun's main task being to lead a group to a predetermined spot.

After flying on the Wind Scales for a while, they lowered their flying altitude and began skimming through the mountains.

As they approached their target location, they withdrew the Wind Scales and darted through the icy valleys.

Relying on his superpower in the right eye to observe, Shi Chun stopped when they were only one mountain away from the group at Shudao Mountain, and everyone hid behind the hillside to secretly watch.

They shortly retreated back to the valley, and Shi Chun instructed Wu Jinliang and Tong Mingshan, "Take care of yourselves."

After speaking, he gestured to leave with the others.

Chu Jingtang unexpectedly called out, "Do you want me to switch with Brother Jinliang? He keeps running to the exit, it's hard to go unnoticed."

Indeed, due to this concern, while he was reluctant to take risks, he also didn't want to be implicated.

With only a few people here, the Master needed to use the Secret Technique to find the Divine Fire, and once it was found, An Wuzhi had to control it with his Fire Attribute Skill. At this moment, no one else was available, so Chu Jingtang replacing Wu Jinliang seemed like the appropriate choice.

This was actually well-meaning advice.

Shi Chun considered it and politely declined, "There's no need, Tong Mingshan has to go. It's not his first time either, and he would also be recognized. Moreover, those ten elders are bound by rules; they cannot participate in the competition. They will be monitoring each other, and nothing will happen."

Chu Jingtang said, "My cultivation is a bit higher than Brother Jinliang's, and handling the Wind Scales might be more convenient."

"Huh," Wu Jinliang was somewhat displeased. What, do you look down on me?

Shi Chun still refused, "It's not too far, his cultivation can withstand it. He's run that route back and forth and is more familiar with it. Also, he has thicker skin than you, which makes it more convenient at the exit."

In the end, Shi Chun trusted Wu Jinliang's abilities more. They all came from East Nine Plain and understood each other well. Besides, the Big Gourd Wu Jinliang carried was also a Magical Treasure, which made it not so easy to capture him when fleeing, so entrusting the task to Wu Jinliang was more reassuring.

Seeing his insistence, Chu Jingtang smiled and said no more.

"Alright, let's go." With a call from Shi Chun, he took An Wuzhi and left.

On the other side, with the last two people's report, the Element Locking Array set up by Shudao Mountain was also complete.

Gu Lianni took out a compass-like Magic Artifact and was rotating and deducing on the disc when suddenly, from the side of the mountain, a fierce noise of a fight erupted.

Boom, the sound of collapsing ice valleys shook the ground.

Gu Lianni was furious, wondering who was causing the disturbance, what would happen if they scared off the Divine Fire?

Everyone turned back to look, only to see a reddish firelight flickering over there.

"Are you crazy, causing such a commotion? Have you got it under control?"

"Got it."

"Let's go."

A figure was seen carrying an eerie reddish light and darting into the air, followed by another person flying out from the other mountain peak, who unfolded his Wind Scales in mid-air and enveloped the person carrying the reddish light, whisking them away with a change in direction.

"Divine Fire!" Several disciples from Shudao Mountain exclaimed almost simultaneously, their breathing becoming rapid.

"Chase!" Pang Hou roared angrily and motioned for several sect members to swiftly take to the air in pursuit.

As expected of the second largest sect in the Artifact Refining World, everyone had their own valuable Wind Scales.

They all pursued with a mix of shock and anger, daring to steal the Divine Fire planned for so long right under their noses, an act they couldn't tolerate. Normally, it would be them robbing others.

The rest turned their gaze to the leading younger uncle.

Gu Lianni stood still, muttering to herself, "Is there a red Divine Fire on the Ice Field?"

She was full of doubt.

Yuan Yao saw her hesitating and immediately panicked, "Uncle Master, it doesn't matter what color it is, it must be the Divine Fire without a doubt. Haven't you noticed? That big guy with a Big Gourd on his back, that's clearly Wu Jinliang, Shi Chun's accomplice. Psh, I've said it before, Shi Chun's presence here is no coincidence – clearly, he has a hidden agenda and secretly took action."

Gu Lianni's mind flashed with the image of the big guy with the Big Gourd, and she suddenly realized she had been tricked by Shi Chun. Remembering his previously humble appearance, clearly intended to lull her into a false sense of security, it was obvious he was playing her, and she was instantly infuriated. She stowed the Compass and commanded, "Chase! Let's see where he can run off to!"

A group dashed towards the sky, soaring rapidly into the heavens, each equipped with Wind Scales.

"One, two, three, four, five, six..."

Hidden behind an ice mountain, Chu Jingtang muttered a count, then turned and said, "Master, no mistake, beautifully done, one hundred of them, all gone."

Shi Chun then rose from his crouching position and declared loudly, "Time to switch, it's our turn to start."

Chu Jingtang and An Wuzhi exchanged smiles as they also rose. Shi Chun then took out half a stick of burnt incense and lit it before them.

Chu Jingtang couldn't help but ask, after exchanging glances with An Wuzhi, "Master, why is this 'Fire God Incense' so miraculous?"

Shi Chun: "I also don't know, but it only works within the Divine Fire Domain. I'll go up and take a look; you guys follow me from below." Having said that, he rode the Wind Scale, taking off into the sky.

Chu Jingtang withdrew his gaze from the sky and muttered to the person beside him, "Our Master's pockets are really deep, unfathomably deep."

An Wuzhi gave a slight nod, "If he managed to get us all in here, then he must be aware of it."

Shi Chun, with his right eye's superpower activated in mid-air, noticed something amiss—the vague shadow that had been flickering beneath the ice layer had now disappeared, and even holding the incense could not cover up the fact that the target had vanished.

He realized it might have been scared off by the big commotion caused by Wu Jinliang and couldn't help but curse in secret; that guy always used such rough tactics, and it was also his own fault for not giving a heads-up beforehand.

He immediately began circling in the air to search.

It wasn't long before he stopped mid-air, right above the ice valley that Wu Jinliang had collapsed. There, he noticed the flickering shadow again.

The color of the shadow was nearly identical to the ice and snow in his right eye, making it difficult to spot under normal circumstances. The only reason he could see it was that it kept shaking, which made it conspicuous in the otherwise still ice and snow.

He flew overhead, with Chu Jingtang and An Wuzhi promptly running beneath him to keep up.

After observing the surrounding terrain, Shi Chun pondered for a while and realized an issue: it seemed like the Divine Fire could traverse within the ice layer. If that was true, then things would be troublesome. Capturing it would be a problem.

To verify his guess, he pointed downwards and loudly cast a spell, "It's right below, try collapsing the area beneath."

Chu and An exchanged a glance, then subtly nodded at each other. They silently signaled each other with a one, two, three count and at the same time, cast their spells, stomping the ground.

Boom! The ice blocks, piled up haphazardly, collapsed once more.

Shi Chun, who had been intently watching below, caught a flash of movement as the shadow quickly darted away, swiftly fleeing in another direction.

Shi Chun in the air immediately followed, with the two on the ground leaping up to pursue right after.

Once the shaking shadow halted and curled up again, Shi Chun surveyed the terrain around and gradually came up with a counter-strategy. He then forcefully pointed down, and the understanding Chu and An stomped the ground again.

Bang! The ice layer broke and collapsed, sending ice chips flying.

The shadow beneath the ice flinched and escaped again, with Shi Chun once more giving chase. Once it stopped, he motioned for Chu and An to attack from above.

After repeatedly doing this, Shi Chun was certain of it: there were no channels underneath the ice layer, and the Divine Fire could indeed move freely beneath the ice.

After several pursuits, An Wuzhi guessed what it might be as well. Although he hadn't seen it, he repeatedly gestured to Shi Chun in the air.

Once Shi Chun landed, An Wuzhi exclaimed with excitement: "Ice Flames, it must be the Divine Fire Ice Flames if it can freely move through the ice and snow!"

Regardless of what kind of flame it was, as long as it was Divine Fire, it was enough. Shi Chun showed little reaction and simply pointed down, "Right beneath us, keep going!"

After his words, he flew back into the sky, and the ground once again erupted with loud rumblings.

After dozens of consecutive chases, a strange phenomenon occurred—the shadow hiding beneath the ice stopped moving, seemingly numb or confused by constantly being found no matter where it hid, allowing attacks to rain down from above while it remained motionless below.

"Still below, start digging!" Shi Chun called out from above.

An Wuzhi, as if gone mad, pounded with his palms, booming again and again, sending ice blocks flying in a frenzy of excavation. This had to be his Divine Fire, and he couldn't let it escape no matter what.

"This lunatic..." Chu Jingtang muttered. With that chaotic bombardment, he found it difficult to make a move and settled for standing back to watch the commotion.

A large pit soon appeared on the Ice Field, and the shadow hiding below, apparently sensing danger closing in, swiftly flickered out of place and took off.

This time, not only Shi Chun but also An Wuzhi in the pit saw a light and shadow run from beneath the ice layer. He immediately looked up and shouted loudly, "Master, did it escape?"

Seeing Shi Chun head in another direction, he leapt out instantly, with pinpoint accuracy in his strikes.

Chu Jingtang looked on in disbelief, muttering again, "Mingshan Sect's number one loyalist, this 'Fire God Incense' is truly divine..."

Having said that, he hurriedly followed suit. It wasn't right to keep standing by as a spectator; after all, the Master was watching from above, and the substantial sum of money he carried had all been given by the Master.

When the shadow beneath the ice was attacked again, it suddenly accelerated its escape.

Shi Chun, who followed, noticed something was off; the shadow's previous behavior of hide-and-seek had changed, and it was now heading toward higher ground. This was exactly what he had been coercing it to do, so he shouted immediately, "It's about to reveal itself, hurry up and chase!"

The two below sped through the air.

Suddenly, as the shadow passed over a mountain ridge, because the area below was all rocks and the covering snow was too thin, it finally burst out.

Shi Chun also saw its true nature. The actual thing looked just like the shadow—translucent, with a tinge of color, a pale silver-blue, exuding an air of nobility.

The faint silver-blue flames, once they surfaced, seemed somewhat panicked.

Unknown to it, Shi Chun's intent was exactly to flush it out, not aware that Shi Chun had already closed in; hence when it emerged, it found Shi Chun right beside it and, in a panic, released a powerful force in defense.

Shi Chun, with experience in handling such creatures, reached out with a palm strike, using his killing move, the Demon Dispel Hand!

The Divine Fire's power was nowhere near that of the golden flame of the Iron Forest, but it was enough to stall the approaching Shi Chun momentarily.

Yet it could not delay the wave of sinister patterns, as the ripple inversely penetrated the pale silver-blue flames.

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