r18novel 531. Mysterious Black Flame
531. Mysterious Black Flame
The mysterious figure stretched out its palm, and an unimaginable, massive amount of devouring power suddenly surged forth. Everything, including Mist Mountain, was now within this person's grasp.
At that moment, Xiao Yan watched in the mist as Mu Gu's corpse suddenly began to burn slowly!
Xiao Yan also cautiously took a few steps back. A strange devouring power that Xiao Yan was very familiar with suddenly erupted from the corpse. Then, Mu Gu's body began to burn with black flames as if it were fuel.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan subconsciously thought of the first time he fought Mu Gu. At that time, he noticed that Mu Gu's black flames were very strange. Now, observing them up close, he could clearly feel the flames resonating with his own arm!
"It can react to my arm, could this black flame actually be the Void Devouring Flame?" Xiao Yan said in disbelief.
Just as Xiao Yan was speaking, cracks appeared on Mu Gu's skin, and jet-black flames, accompanied by thick black mist, surged out. Even Xiao Yan felt a chill run down his spine at this sight.
Xiao Yan suddenly felt that the suppression of his Dou Qi by the mist was gradually easing, and a continuous stream of power began to flow into his body. For some reason, the suppression of Dou Qi by the mist completely disappeared.
Within the eerie black flames, a new surge of soul power began to emerge.
"Hehehe... Xiao... Yan... Hehehe..."
The black flames gradually began to gather, and after a series of strange changes, an extremely terrifying black face appeared. Xiao Yan could tell at a glance that it was Mu Gu, who had just died at his hands!
Xiao Yan's pupils suddenly contracted, and Mu Gu's charred remains began to writhe eerily in the black flames. Countless viscous, ink-like streams of flame climbed up along the gaps in the bones, staining the stark white skeleton black. The shattered skull twisted and reformed in the flames, transforming into a grotesque face that was half-real and half-illusory, emitting a piercing laugh like metal scraping as its jaws opened and closed.
"Are you a human or a ghost?"
"How dare you take my life? I have already been reborn in the flames!"
Black flames surged into a twisted humanoid shape three zhang tall, and thirteen ghostly flames with devouring power burst forth from Mu Gu's spine, each flame consuming the struggling and wailing fragmented soul. Mu Gu had now completely transformed into a humanoid torch, the black flames leaping in his eye sockets fixedly on Xiao Yan.
"You've become this inhuman, ghostly creature. I can kill you once, and I can kill you a second time!"
Then Xiao Yan's hand seals flew, and the purplish-red Red Lotus Heart Flame in his body split into three, with cyan, blue, and blood-red light surging out three times before quickly shrinking back into Xiao Yan's body.
The Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Fire!
A surge of fiery Dou Qi filled Xiao Yan's body, and with the activation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations, his strength briefly advanced from the two-star Dou Zun realm to the four-star Dou Zun. After Xiao Yan's advancement to Dou Zun, the most core secret technique of Burning Flame Valley finally unleashed its full power!
With his fighting spirit restored, Xiao Yan returned to full strength, and then he shouted in his heart: "Wind-Summoning Palm!"
A fierce wind gathered in Xiao Yan's palm, and the Red Lotus Heart Flame spun continuously within his body. Then, the flames shot out like madmen, drawing arcs in the air and precisely delivering themselves to the back of Mu Gu's head.
The Crimson Lotus Heart Flame, unleashed at full power, shattered the space, and the mist began to evaporate rapidly from the flames. Hundreds of flames streaked across the sky, ultimately landing precisely under the force of the wind.
The wind fanned the flames, and the fire, fueled by the wind, created a massive ring of fire between Xiao Yan and Mu Gu.
An attack of this magnitude would be something even a five-star Dou Zun could not take lightly. Meanwhile, the flames on Mu Gu's body intensified rather than diminished, and a remarkably lifelike look of covetousness appeared on the face formed by the flames.
An extreme force of attraction swept away all the Red Lotus Heart Flames. The connection between the devoured Red Lotus Heart Flames and Xiao Yan was completely severed; the unique ability of the Red Lotus Karmic Flame to draw upon its own heart flame was rendered useless. Since Xiao Yan acquired the Red Lotus Karmic Flame, even when facing opponents far stronger than itself, the Red Lotus Karmic Flame had only resorted to brute force suppression. This domineering, direct absorption was truly a first.
As all the Crimson Lotus Heart Flames were consumed, the Black Flames burned even more fiercely, and a terrifying howl resounded. Mu Gu raised his hand and attacked Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan moved, causing the attack to miss its target. Then, flames suddenly shot out from Mu Gu's almost broken and decaying arm, burning and melting the rocks.
Looking at Mu Gu's corpse in mid-air, Xiao Yan felt a sense of unease. Usually, it was his own devouring ability that caused his opponents a lot of trouble, but now he was facing an even more terrifying and powerful devouring ability, which was quite troublesome.
"Could it really be the Void Devouring Flame?" Xiao Yan was still puzzled. The black flame in front of him could suppress and even devour the Crimson Lotus Heart Flame, so it couldn't possibly be some nameless flame.
The Void Devouring Flame ranks second on the list of strange flames! Calling it a wonder of heaven and earth would be an understatement.
If this black flame is truly the Void Devouring Flame, it would likely engulf this entire space if it unleashed its power. More importantly, if Mu Gu could obtain the Void Devouring Flame, why would he bother competing for the Three Thousand Burning Flames?
Although the Three Thousand Burning Flames and the Void Devouring Flames are only seven places apart on the Strange Flame Ranking, the difference in their power may be dozens of times greater.
"If it doesn't work, I'll try again!" Xiao Yan decided to himself.
The Crimson Lotus Heart Flame condensed in Xiao Yan's palm, and Xiao Yan slashed down with two consecutive horizontal and vertical strikes.
The Heavenly Ruler, domineering and tyrannical.
The Heavenly Ruler, shaking the world.
Mu Gu neither dodged nor evaded, but instead raised his left fist and slammed two foot-long beams of light into the air. The collision produced a huge roar, and the black flames and red lotus heart fire scattered in the sky. The black flame face opened its mouth again, and both the black flames and the red lotus heart fire were swallowed up by it again.
As the black flames churned, its size continued to expand, eventually growing into a giant about five zhang tall. The corpse of Mu Gu, which had served as fuel for the black flames, was now completely shattered, with only some remnants remaining.
While Xiao Yan was at it, he finished fusing the three types of fire and guided them to explode on the forehead of the black flame giant. However, this time, the Buddha's Wrath Lotus was swallowed up by the black flames before it could even unleash its sea of fire, and after a brief churning, it vanished without a trace.
"It's no use, give up, hehehehe!"
A massive black flame palm condensed, and then thin black lines appeared around Xiao Yan's body, instantly forming a huge cage that imprisoned him.
"Today, Xiao Yan, you will surely die!" Mu Gu's crazed voice resounded.