Fire Style Magic

Next Day,

"So, is this a place where we need to be? It feels like a cave than an inheritance ground to me." Lee Che stood in front of a massive hill with a hole on the bottom and spoke. The hole was pretty massive as well. But, all he could see inside was darkness.

"Of course, it is a cave. Inheritance Grounds are meant to be inside the cave. I don't know why though? It feels a little ridiculous to me but someone started a trend of putting inheritance inside a cave and that trend exploded."

"Afterward, more and more dying powerhouses started digging their own caves just to keep the inheritance. Anyway, our goal is the inheritance inside the cave." Gu Tan explained while lighting up the wood in a fire.

"Anyway, let's move on!" Gu Chen also holds another wood with fire on it and walks inside the cave. His voice was getting more flat which didn't go unnoticed by Gu Tan. But, he didn't go and ask. After all, everyone has their own little secret that includes his dad as well.

As they walk inside the cave for a long time, Lee Che couldn't help but comment.

"Man, this place sure is long. It feels like we are going underground."

His voice echoed through the cave which surprised Gu Tan. He immediately shouted, "Dad, Elder Lee, turn sideways and stop."

Ka-cha! Ka-cha! Ka-cha! Ka-cha!

The iron spikes suddenly appeared from one side of the cave and pierced another side at an extreme speed. Fortunately, all of them had already moved sideways. The iron spikes passed by through the back and front.

"What the hell? There are traps?" Lee Che screamed when one iron spike passed below his chin. The cold sweat fell from his forehead as his leg started trembling.

"This place is full of traps but that's only for now. Later, we might face a greater obstacles." Gu Tan nodded his head and answered while the spikes returned back to their original positions.

Hearing his words, Lee Che's eyebrows twitched as he bursts into flames and shouted "And, you are telling us that now."

"Uh! I thought you would know more about inheritance place. After all, they were supposed to have traps and obstacles." Gu Tan stared at him with a weird gaze and spoke.

"I have never been inside an Inheritance Place." Lee Che screamed but soon he breathed out before continuing with a low voice.

"Village Chief, at least warn us about the danger beforehand. I almost got my chin pierced."

Gu Tan rolled his eyes and spoke "Do I look like a person who has been here before? Can't you use common sense? I was only able to warn you because I sensed them."

Although it was a lie, he wanted to make them believe that he only has information about the place, nothing more than that.

"Ahh! That makes sense. Sometimes I almost forget you are ten years old." Lee Che punched his palm with his fist and realized the situation.

"Anyway, what is so special about this inheritance?" Gu Chen asked while they kept walking inside.

Gu Tan moved his gaze around while trying to find the traps while answering.

"If we want to make the village stronger, every person in our village must awaken Martial Soul and Elemental Veins. But, if we follow the traditional way, it would take a decade to help everyone awaken Elemental Veins, so we are going to speed up the process."

"According to my master, this inheritance place has an immense amount of energies that has been hidden well. General, that means this place is a garden filled with Medicinal and spiritual herbs. We need to raid this place completely empty so that we can help everyone awaken elemental veins in four years."

"And, there is something else that needs to be done as well."

"Something else? Is it something serious?" Gu Chen couldn't help but ask.

"Didn't I already tell you about this? We need to cure Burning Skin Disease." Gu Tan answered with a straight face.

Hearing his words, Gu Chen's mouth opened wide. He couldn't help but clench his fist and thought.

'At least, don't like with such a straight face. I almost believed it.'

"Burning Skin Disease? What's going on? Are we suffering from Burning Skin Disease?" Hearing that name, Lee Che started panicking as he asked.

"Dad, can you explain this to Elder Lee? I got something to do." Gu Tan instantly dropped the burden on his dad who felt like slapping his son. But, he controlled it and told Lee Che the entire story.

Hearing the story, Lee Che's expression drastically change as his mood darkened.

"I never thought our village was suffering from such a catastrophe disease. And, I can't believe you become a village chief to cure this disease. Village Chief, you are so noble."

Hearing the praise, Gu Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Everyone, be careful! Something is coming."

Suddenly, Gu Tan distracted them with an intense look on his face.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The ground started shaking. Three of them looked around, trying to find the source until they saw the dust rising in front of them. As the dust reached closer, the sounds of footsteps became heavier.

"Get ready for the impact!" Gu Tan said while dashing behind Gu Chen and Lee Che. He wasn't stupid enough to bear the impact on his own.

"Dark North Guardian Technique!"

"Tiger Claw!"

Gu Chen activated his new main cultivation technique as an invisible shield appeared around him. At the same time, his hands slowly started transforming into the claws of a tiger and they were quite bigger than normal claws.

"Metal Body- Arm Hardening!"

Lee Che instantly activates his martial art as the entire body started releasing internal energy into his fist. Slowly, the internal energy transformed into a bronze hardened skin around his real skin.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just as they used their defensive technique, the dust moved away as the bull bigger than themselves struck them. The horns of the bulls pointed at the front. Gu Chen grabbed the horns of one bull while Lee Che grabbed the horns of another bull.

But, there was another bull on the first line. Behind them, there were still many other bulls. The third bull got its chance as it struck its horns towards Gu Chen. But, suddenly, Lee Che moved his head towards the bull from below.

His head glowed with the bronze color as his head also got hardened.

Bang!

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

His scream echoed upon doing a head-butt against the bull. While his arms pushed one bull, his head pushed another bull. At least, for a few seconds before the bull got their momentum back and started pushing them.

"Damn you! Go away!"

Gu Chen cursed as he raised his leg and smashed at the balls of the bull. Although he didn't do it intentionally, his leg still struck those balls hidden inside its tough skin. The bull flew up and collided against the ceiling before falling to the ground.

Bang! Thud!

But, just when Gu Chen tried to move, the bull behind that bull swing its head and smacked Gu Chen to hell. Thankfully, the horns only broke the Guardian Shield and didn't injure them.

"Damn! Village Chief, move back!"

Lee Che shouted when he saw Gu Chen getting smashed on the wall. Gu Tan was completely defenseless at this moment. But, he wasn't worried. He calmly clenched his fist but before he could do anything. Gu Chen smashed his foot on the ground and rushed above the bull.

"Tiger Paw Gatling!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gu Chen condensed internal energy into his fist and slammed his paw over the bull. But, this time he moved his hands so fast that he smashed the bull nearly fifty times in less than ten seconds.

Alongside the bull under him, a few other bulls also got caught in the Gatling Paws. On other hand, Lee Che also slammed a kick on the bull whose horn he was holding. But without distracting himself, he caught the horns of bull to whom he had collided with his head and raised its body.

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Bastard, die!"

Bang!

Pouring more internal energy into his fists, his strength immensely increased. He spun its body and slammed other bulls a few times before slamming it on the walls.

Thud! Thud!

Both of the bulls fell to the ground but there were still a few remaining. Lee Che took a deep breath and shouted "Brother Gu, back down!"

His words started Gu Chen but he immediately retreated while Gu Tan also retreated. He had already seen through Lee Che's intention.

"They said mages are supposed to be stronger than martial artists. I wonder if that's true. I only became an Advent Mage yesterday and I am only on the first stage. But, let's see if my fire can blast you to hell."

'I only formed the first rune in my elemental vein and it's still weak. Anyway, let's conjure some fire.'

Lee Che thought to himself as his body started glowing with red light. Slowly, the entire body got covered with red flames. He closed his hands together and condensed the small ball of fire.

"Lee, the bulls are coming. Do whatever you want to do faster!"

Gu Chen screamed when he saw the bulls recovering from the previous attacks and rushing towards Lee Che.

"Don't worry!" Lee Che smirked and opened his hands. Slowly, the ball of flame moved out of hands and dashed towards the bulls. As it moved, the ball of flame slowly transformed into a shape of a bird.

"Fire Style Magic- Firebird!"

Boom!