Cao Zhen felt the intense heat emanating from the flame crystals and still reached out directly to grab one of them.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

As soon as his hand touched the flame, a burst of sound came from the sizzling fat dripping into the flames, as his flesh was roasted.

In an instant, his hand was scorched.

Cao Zhen stared in astonishment at his palm, wondering how such a powerful physical strength could still be charred by these flames.

Glancing at the source, the flame of Samadhi True Fire appeared on his palm, and he reached for the flame crystal once again.

Actually, he felt that he could grab the flame crystal directly with his physical strength, but it wasn’t necessary, after all, it really was too hot to handle!

Just as his Samadhi True Fire made contact with the flame crystal, a surge of flames erupted, seemingly wanting to devour the Samadhi True Fire on his palm entirely.

Cao Zhen seized the opportunity to grasp the flame crystal, and the intense heat charred his palm as he quickly stored the flame crystal into the Heaven and Earth Ring.

He knew that the burning flame on the flame crystal derived its power from within, and so the longer it burned, the lower the purity of the flame crystal.

However, the Heaven and Earth Ring was a very special entity, as soon as the flame crystal was placed inside, the burning stopped instantly.

Cao Zhen soon reached out to retrieve the flame crystal again.

"This is a Nirvana Flame Crystal!"

Cao Zhen’s eyes widened; there were many kinds of flames in the world, such as Vermilion Bird’s Fire, Phoenix’s Fire, and more...

And Nirvana’s Fire was definitely among the top three, if not top two flames in the world! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

This luck was truly extraordinary!

He had just seen a meteor fire rain fall from the sky; could it be that they were all Nirvana Flame Crystals!

Each of Cao Zhen’s hands was enveloped in flame, quickly grabbing towards the scattered flame crystals before him.

His disciple Yi Sheng cultivated in flames, and his wife Li Ke also cultivated in flames, which was what they sought.

Soon, he had placed all nine flame crystals before him into his Qiankun Bag, not even checking if the remaining flame crystals were Nirvana Flame Crystals; he immediately dashed off towards the distant location.

He had just seen flame crystals falling, meaning that others could see them too. What if he arrived too late and someone else snatched them away!

Cao Zhen, as swiftly as possible, ran to another place where flame crystals scattered, though there were fewer here, only seven.

He quickly collected these seven flame crystals and continued onward, remembering that two other places ahead had many scattered flame crystals.

Before long, intense waves of heat approached, and at a glance, he could see more than twenty scattered flame crystals on the barren land!

Cao Zhen rapidly collected these flame crystals and continued onward.

In a short time, his line of sight encountered more than twenty flame crystals. Swiftly advancing, he raised his hand to grab two flame crystals. As he reached for a third, the sound of footsteps approached from afar. Cao Zhen looked up toward the direction of the sound, and suddenly froze.

Immortal Lord Yun Huo?

And behind that, Linghu Gudu... What brought them here?

The last time he saw Linghu Gudu was about two months ago, and there was still a distance between them at that time. In these two months, Linghu Gudu had somehow arrived here and once again encountered him.

Opposite, Immortal Lord Yun Huo and his companions were also stunned for a moment.

"So... so many flame crystals!"

"And there’s a cultivator who’s one of our Human Clan, which makes things much simpler."

Vast Universe Immortal Monarch looked at the distant figure and shouted loudly, "What is your name, Dao Companion? We are all from the Human Clan, there’s no need to fight over these flame crystals. Let’s each rely on our ability; whoever gets the flame crystal, it’s theirs, how about that?"

He felt this proposal was very fair, even though they were three people and later would surely grab more flame crystals than the other party.

But likewise, if the other party had encountered the Beast Clan or Demon Clan instead, they might not even have the chance to collect flame crystals.

Moreover, collecting flame crystals takes quite a bit of time.

Now they could also help guard the area, and if any alien races approached, they could drive them away.

Cao Zhen felt a headache from being asked about his name, once again needing to think of a name.

Right, there were hardly any who called themselves Sword Lord, he could call himself Sword Lord this time.

Cao Zhen’s mind moved, casually saying, "I am Sword Lord Chi Huo, and these flame crystals are not exclusively mine. Let’s rely on our own ability to take them."

He pondered a bit before deciding not to blatantly attach the Samadhi True Fire to his hand to forcibly take these flame crystals as before.

After all, doing so really drew attention.

Besides, they were all from the Human Clan, let them take a few, increasing the power of the Human Clan, which in turn would strengthen his era. In the end, he would profit, especially considering he had already collected enough flame crystals.

After speaking, Cao Zhen’s gaze fell on Immortal Lord Yun Huo and the three individuals. He saw them use fire to attract the flames from the flame crystals, peeling them away, and he learned to do the same, stripping away the flames from the flame crystals.

Even though they used the same method, he deployed Samadhi True Fire, and even though he acted later, he had already stripped the flames from the flame crystals before him. The fastest among them hadn’t even peeled away one-third of the flame from a flame crystal.

In the distance, Vast Universe Immortal Monarch and his companions were always vigilant about the surroundings, checking if any alien races were approaching or if there was danger, and observing the cultivator who called himself Sword Lord Chi Huo.

Even though the other party was a Human Clan cultivator, during their ten years in the Killing Battlefield, they had encountered three Human traitors, so even with a Human Clan cultivator, they needed to be cautious.

A glance left everyone dumbfounded.

"Such speed!"

"With this speed, he can gather three flame crystals quicker than Huoyun could secure just one!"

"What kind of flame is this person’s flame?"

Although Immortal Lord Yun Huo’s physical strength wasn’t strong, they were well aware of the immense strength of his flame!