Chapter 2945: Hallucination?

"N-no... it's bad, my soul body... my soul body can't hold on much longer! Ah..."

"So... so hot! I... I can't take it either!"

"My soul body is already very strong, so why can't I hold on?"

...

As time passed, many began to falter.

The temperature of the sea of fire seemed to be rising higher and higher.

Their ethereal aura was gradually being evaporated, growing dim.

In the end, it turned into nothingness.

They had originally thought that, with Ye Yuan's teachings in the first level, their strong soul bodies would be enough to endure.

But they had clearly miscalculated.

Wang Qian was no exception.

Feeling the scorching heat in his ethereal soul body, Wang Qian felt as if he had been slapped in the face.

He tried to use this powerful sea of fire to temper his soul body.

But it was useless!

His soul body was still being weakened bit by bit.

Ye Yuan was not far from him; as far as his eyes could see, he could see Ye Yuan still frowning in thought, not having transformed into an ethereal form either.

But suddenly, Ye Yuan's form moved, and he turned into a mass of ethereal aura.

Seeing this, Wang Qian couldn't help but sneer, "Heh, putting on airs! Do you really think you'll be lucky every time? In the first level, you were just lucky! After all this fuss in the second level, aren't you still doing the same thing? What's the difference between you and us?"

Wang Qian had already understood that in this Seven-Colored Pagoda, each level passed down different things.

But how exactly to inherit them required one to figure it out on their own.

He knew he hadn't found the way yet.

And Ye Yuan, likewise, hadn't found the way either.

The first level was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse—he stumbled upon it by luck.

"Ouch, it's so hot! I feel like my soul body is about to evaporate! Ye Yuan, have you figured out how to crack this level? Old Bai is here to learn from you!" Bai Cuishan's strange cry rang out.

Wang Qian's face darkened. This guy, had he no shame?

"Bai Cuishan! You're also a genius who has been guided by the ancestor, and you just follow others around to mooch off them?" Wang Qian said coldly.

Bai Cuishan glanced at Wang Qian, then suddenly put on a weak expression, saying, "Save... save me! Ye Yuan, save... save me!"

Wang Qian's face instantly turned as black as a pot bottom.

Wasn't this exactly the same fawning, begging look he had in the first level?

This was the disgrace of his life!

That bastard Bai Cuishan was actually rubbing salt in his wounds!

"Tsk, who was it that begged Ye Yuan desperately in the first level? What, forgotten already in the blink of an eye?" Bai Cuishan said disdainfully.

Wang Qian's eyes blazed with fury as he roared, "Bai Cuishan! Today, if I, Wang Qian, don't kill you, I swear I'm not human!"

Wang Qian completely exploded!

Ignoring the rapidly depleting soul power, he madly lunged at Bai Cuishan.

Bai Cuishan was also startled.

His strength was naturally far inferior to Wang Qian's.

Wang Qian, being valued by the Central Soul Domain, was certainly no ordinary genius.

Once he went berserk, Bai Cuishan felt a pressure like a mountain crashing down upon him.

Boom!

In an instant, the two clashed.

Wang Qian let out a muffled grunt and flew backward.

Bai Cuishan looked at his own palm in disbelief, utterly dumbfounded.

"Eh, when did I become so powerful?" Bai Cuishan said innocently.

"Hey, Brother Bai, are you really clueless or just playing dumb? Although your soul body isn't as perfect as Teacher Ye's, it's still outstanding among us! And Wang Qian's soul body, after being roasted for so long in this level, is already at the end of its tether. At this moment, how could he be your match?" said a person beside Bai Cuishan who had entered with him.

Hearing this, Bai Cuishan suddenly understood: "So that's it! Tsk, on the way here, I said I'd protect Ye Yuan. But once we got in here, it's all Ye Yuan protecting me, hahaha! Ye Yuan, have you cracked this level yet? Old Bai is itching to go!"

On the other side, Wang Qian almost spat blood.

When had Bai Cuishan become so strong?

He knew well that his own condition was not good.

But he thought dealing with Bai Cuishan would still be no problem.

Who knew he couldn't even block one of his moves!

This showed that Bai Cuishan had made tremendous progress in the first level by tempering his body with the morning drum and evening bell!

Was the gap really that huge?

He had entered the second level to snatch the source fragments.

Who knew Bai Cuishan had already grown this much in the first level!

He suddenly realized he might have missed something.

Boom!

Suddenly, Ye Yuan caught fire!

His ethereal aura actually ignited in the sea of fire.

Seeing this, Wang Qian was overjoyed!

"Hahaha, what did I say? In the first level, he was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse—pure luck! In this level, his true colors are revealed! Burn! Burn! Burn to ashes, that's good!"

At this moment, Wang Qian felt an indescribable pleasure.

He would rather die here himself than see Ye Yuan continue to be awesome.

In front of Ye Yuan, his disgrace could never be washed away.

Bai Cuishan and the others' faces instantly turned serious.

"Th-this... what's going on? Ye Yuan, are... are you okay?" Bai Cuishan asked worriedly.

"Teacher Ye! Don't scare us!"

"It's over, it's over! Even Teacher Ye has fallen into this level. It seems we're all doomed this time!"

...

Many had already seen Ye Yuan burning up.

Having held on in the sea of fire until now, their soul bodies were about to give out.

Their only hope was Ye Yuan.

But who knew Ye Yuan couldn't make it either.

This time, it was over!

"Heh, an ignorant fool! This Seven-Colored Pagoda has been here for so many years, and no one has ever been able to pass all seven levels and collect all the source fragments! Who do you think you are to turn things around?" Wang Qian laughed loudly.

Many cast angry glances at him.

But anger was useless.

Ye Yuan was about to die, it seemed.

Ye Yuan's ethereal aura was burning fiercely, almost merging with the surrounding flames.

When the ethereal aura completely disappeared, Ye Yuan would be gone.

Sure enough, Ye Yuan's ethereal aura was gradually turning into the sea of fire.

People began to despair.

Even in the midst of it, Ye Yuan offered no resistance at all.

Wang Qian felt immense satisfaction, even a sense of revenge.

Watching Ye Yuan die before him was also a pleasure, wasn't it?

Finally, Ye Yuan's ethereal aura vanished completely.

The place where he had been was now entirely a sea of fire, fully merged with the sea of fire in this second level.

"Heh, dead! Finally dead! So what if you cracked the morning drum and evening bell and got the source fragment? You still die here, don't you? Hahaha..." Wang Qian laughed loudly.

Everyone's expressions darkened; their last shred of hope was shattered.

And just then, a figure suddenly coalesced and appeared in the sea of fire.

Wang Qian was stunned and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

Was he seeing things?

Had his hatred caused him to hallucinate?

Was that... Ye Yuan?