Devour

Chapter 108: Condensing Qi and Lighting Lanterns

A little man with golden skin, red hair and golden armor rose from between the chest and abdomen of the torch, waving his hand to absorb the brilliant spiritual fire.

Li Tong said hurriedly: "That is Jiong Huang's true body, hidden in Ju's body. But the Jiong Huang who just fought with You Fu is definitely not a false clone, otherwise how could the physical body have such strength to fight with him."

Cheng Bai asked doubtfully, "Could it be that Jiong Huang and Ju exchanged their souls?"

The Smoker spoke frankly, "Possession. Some great monsters in the monster race always feel that their bodies are not good enough, so they cultivate a stronger body from their own kind to replace it, so that they can practice faster in the future. The ancient gods have a long lifespan, so cultivating the younger generations may not necessarily be for the sake of inheritance. It is not surprising that they will sacrifice when necessary."

Cheng Bai's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized, "Jiong Huang did it more efficiently. There is no Torch in the world, only Jiong Huang's Yuanshen clone. He worked hard for many years to forge the body of the lava giant with the essence of the earth fire contained in the Fire Lake. When a strong enemy attacked, the Yuanshen real body and the clone exchanged bodies. This is indeed the best idea to escape, which not only saves himself, but also the brilliant spiritual fire."

Li Tong said: "Then he just needs to hide outside the Qiongqi Continent and get rid of his previous identity, and he can leave cleanly and once and for all."

Shi Chi said: "It's a pity that I was still one step behind and was found by Mo Ruo."

Cheng Bai smiled and said, "The Ming King has resurrected and is up again."

The remains of the Frost Dragon King on the ground were pushed aside, and Mo Ruo, who was hiding underneath, changed into a set of flaming armor and was already prepared to fly towards the brilliant spiritual fire in Ju's chest.

Jiong Huang Yuanshen sensed the enemy approaching and cursed: "You yellow-mouthed brat, you dare to plot against me, how can I let you leave alive, haha... go to hell."

His true spirit held up the brilliant spiritual fire and chanted, "The divine mighty earth fire embraces all rivers, and the invaders will be burned to ashes and destroyed."

The brilliant spiritual fire shone brightly, and the light gold turned into bright gold. With the flame as the center, Ju's chest leaned forward, as if it had turned into a black hole, sucking in Mo Ruo who was running towards it like a whale drinking water, and pulled his body to fly towards the gap in his chest, intending to use his body as a cauldron to refine his skills.

Mo Ruo's charging steps quickly turned into retreating steps to resist the suction, but he was still being pulled forward. He felt that all of his Erosion Fire Qi was being captured. Even if he tried his best to resist the attraction, he could not stop it from sinking into Ju's chest bit by bit.

He was horrified and asked, "Li family's Tianchi magic?"

Cheng Bai was about to rush forward, but stopped when he saw this.

Shi Chi said: "It's okay. The Divine Mighty Earth Fire Absorption Method has no effect on the master. He uses the Brilliant Spirit Fire as the source of his spells, and all fire-attributed skills will be absorbed. The Six Paths of Supremacy has unique properties and is not included."

Cheng Bai looked at the brilliant spiritual fire that Jiong Huang's soul held high above his head and thought, "How can I obtain the source of that divine fire?"

Li Tong pointed out: "Look, Mo Ruo fights back."

Mo Ruo reluctantly reached into the Sumeru mustard seed and took out the last treasure in his collection. He said with some pain, "I really have to use this treasure, but I can't."

The treasure grew rapidly in the wind, and became taller than a person, blocking Mo Ruo's way. It turned out to be a dark three-legged round tripod. As soon as it appeared, it could compete with the brilliant spiritual fire in Jionghuang's soul's hand. The three dark rune spirits on it flickered faintly, and the mouth of the tripod swallowed, as if it wanted to take the brilliant spiritual fire inside.

Mo Ruo took the opportunity to get rid of the opponent's suction and laughed: "Without three-point three, dare you climb Mount Xumi? I am the great Changsheng Mingwang. If I didn't have this Black Ruins Cauldron that can defeat all kinds of fire, how dare I stroke the tiger's whiskers? Today, the brilliant spiritual fire must be taken at hand."

Cheng Bai was surprised and said, "There are so many treasures. This one seems to be even more powerful. If I had taken it out the day before yesterday, it would have been a lot of trouble."

Shi Chi speculated: "The Lord cut his soul that day, and the Indestructible Demon Body couldn't recover. He must have been scared."

Li Tong analyzed the treasure and said, "The Black Ruins Cauldron is made of Lihuo Nether Gold and is inlaid with three Nether Bone Dragon Rune Pills. It is a top-grade spiritual weapon. Its attack power may not exceed that of the Eye of Defeat by much, but its value is obviously higher. If it obtains the Brilliant Spirit Fire, the Black Ruins Cauldron can be upgraded to a soul weapon, which is much more powerful than it is now."

There are also great differences between magic weapons of the same level. With each upgrade, the spirituality and power increase exponentially. Ordinary products usually have obvious defects; powerful products are almost perfect; supreme products are the pinnacle of refinement; unless there is a great opportunity, it is extremely difficult to find the top-level ultimate products, so this level is hard to come by.

Jionghuang Yuanshen said angrily: "The green-haired and yellow-mouthed brat is looking for death."

The remaining body of Ju was also urged to move. The one arm with half of the bones exposed on the upper arm was stretched out and sealed in front of the chest. He concentrated his magic power, and golden light became stronger. Cooperating with his true body, the power gradually increased. He then forcefully pulled the Heixu Ding and Mo Ruo, staggering towards him, and if he got angry, he wanted to swallow both the people and the magic weapons together.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mo Ruo pressed his palms against the Black Ruin Cauldron and mobilized all his strength. The orange-red gas waves of Erosion Fire Qi bloomed, and a three-eyed, nine-faced giant appeared behind him, making magic seals to help in the battle. Looking mighty and spectacular, the endless flow of magic power supported the Black Ruin Cauldron to contend with it. Only then was it able to gain a foothold, stabilize the situation, and remain undefeated.

He thought to himself, "The ancient god is indeed powerful. He is seriously injured and only has his soul and body left. He still has the energy to fight with me. If he hadn't comprehended the Great Nine Heavens Wrath Divine Art the day before yesterday and advanced to the No Thought Realm, I'm afraid he would never come back."

Seeing that he could not defeat Mo Ruo after a long tug-of-war, Jiong Huang's soul was furious, but the power of his soul was limited. The two bodies, the main body was killed by You Fu, and the strength of Ju was greatly reduced. For now, the only way was to rely on the brilliant spirit fire.

Jionghuang's soul sneered and said, "You green-haired brat, you forced me to do this. Today I will smash you into pieces and turn you into molten ashes." He secretly controlled the brilliant spiritual fire and increased its absorption power.

Located deep underground, magma was surging violently. The power of the underground fire was repeatedly drawn out and gathered towards the body of the torch on the ground. The ground of most of the city was slightly raised, and a new volcano was gradually forming.

The ground around Kaiyang City was shaking continuously. Cheng Bai sensed the change in the power of all things. His face suddenly changed and he said hurriedly, "We can't let them continue, otherwise it will cause a bigger disaster." He immediately ordered Shi Chi, "The Shengjin Pagoda is in charge of defense."

Shi Chi nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master."

Cheng Bai took the inheritance magic cube and said, "Open the netherworld road leading to the location of the brilliant spiritual fire, and allow me to absorb the source of the divine fire." Since knowing that the magic cube can also open the netherworld road, the prospects for treasure hunting have become much broader.

Li Tong said hurriedly: "Remember my kindness, the more good things you can do to me in the future, the better."

"I will never forget your kindness."

After Cheng Bai finished speaking, he activated the inheritance cube. He saw countless tiny cubes on its surface moving and rolling, and a deep square passage opened up in the middle from small to large, which distorted the space and went straight to the top of Ju's chest.

The glorious spiritual fire is right in front of you.

Cheng Bai immediately unfolded the beast head domain, and the Taotie image suddenly appeared, devouring the source of the divine fire.

Jionghuang Yuanshen suddenly discovered that the Netherworld Road was opened above him, and a ferocious beast head poked out, opening its mouth to devour the brilliant spiritual fire. He was immediately shocked and angry, and cursed: "Shameless villain, how dare you take advantage of others in danger."

However, this side was fighting against Mo Ruo with all his strength, and could only watch as the beast head swallowed the brilliant spiritual fire and quickly shrank back into the Netherworld. The entrance to the space channel was instantly closed.

The source of power that Jionghuang's soul relied on was suddenly lost, and he felt an unprecedented sense of fear as if he had fallen into an abyss. The powerful pulling force of the Black Ruins Cauldron controlled by Mo Ruo immediately covered the surrounding area of ​​several thousand meters, and the core fire that was condensed underground was about to surge out of control completely.

"Ruined……"

Before Jiong Huang's true spirit could finish his words, the volcano beneath his feet erupted.

Mo Ruo also sensed something was wrong. His opponent in the stalemate suddenly lost his strength, and the Black Ruins Cauldron's powerful suction force overturned the Kaiyang Temple complex, including Ju's body. However, there was no source of divine fire that the Black Ruins Cauldron wanted to absorb. Countless earth, rocks and debris would not be taken away by this spiritual magic weapon, and were just thrown into the air, making it impossible to tell which was which.

Not only that, where the torch was, the earth suddenly cracked open with a huge wound, and pillars of hot fire and ashes shot up into the sky. Several violent magma like fire dragons gushed out, and the primitive natural force broke free from its constraints and galloped across the sky. A volcano quickly rose where the Kaiyang Temple was, dyeing the sky a fiery red, and rolling volcanic ash and smoke blocked the sunlight.

The remains of Ju slowly sank into the ground in the eruption of magma, converted to the earth fire, and returned to nature. Without the support of the flesh and magic weapon, Jionghuang's soul could not stop being shattered by the impact of the magma flow even though he screamed hoarsely.

Kaiyang City gradually disappeared in the volcanic magma.

Mo Ruo was blocked by the Black Ruins Cauldron, so he could not see the battle directly. He could only sense everything around him with his domain, which was almost the same as seeing it with his own eyes. However, Li Tong's netherworld path was fleeting, and with the protection of the Shengjin Tower, he was unable to know what was happening.

He didn't understand why, and thought that Jiong Huang was resisting stubbornly, and cursed: "An old man who refuses to die is a thief. He would rather die together with me than hand over the source of the divine fire."

He immediately manipulated the Black Ruins Cauldron from attack to defense, turned over and jumped into the cauldron. A three-eyed, nine-faced giant protected the mouth of the cauldron, and neither magma nor volcanic ash could get close. The cauldron body shone with a faint light and slowly rose into the air.

Mo Ruo poked his head out to take a look at the raging volcano on the ground, and sighed, "Could it be that the brilliant spiritual fire has escaped into the center of the earth? I don't know how many years it will take to see the light of day again. My mission is doomed to fail."

On the other side, Cheng Bai seized the brilliant spiritual fire, and the Taotie beast head held it and retracted it into the Dantian, approaching Jianmu. The upward branches of the three branches on the bottom layer held up three streams of red, yellow and white clear air, which were full of vitality and rising fiercely, as if they were particularly looking forward to the arrival of the brilliant spiritual fire.

Cheng Bai pondered and said, "Although I have obtained the brilliant spiritual fire, my power is far from enough to refine it for my own use. Where should I put this spiritual object of heaven and earth? I can only use it as a sacrifice to Jianmu. But this 'Qi Condensation and Lamp Ignition' is a sign of Jianmu's fourth transformation."

Li Tong urged, "It's fine. It's best to sacrifice the brilliant spiritual fire to Jianmu. Emperor Yunmen also obtained the fire of truth and sacrificed it to his own Jianmu. How can the fire of burning lamps cultivated by one's own insignificant cultivation be compared with the real source of divine fire?"

Shi Chi disagreed: "Having said that, after sacrificing the divine fire source, the difficulty of practicing the Lantern Fire of the Six Paths Supreme Art must be multiplied to advance to a higher level."

This is basically the same principle as sacrificing the inner elixir.

Li Tong said: "You are a child of destiny, with extraordinary talent. The ordinary cultivation method is too easy for you. How can you cultivate without some challenges? The brilliant spiritual fire is not as good as the fire of truth obtained by Emperor Yunmen. If you can't even cross this threshold, how can you dare to call yourself an emperor?"

This made sense, and Cheng Bai had made up his mind.

The beast head held a brilliant spiritual fire in its mouth and circled Jianmu. Three streams of red, yellow and white air rose and fell. The yellow one was the most stable, obviously a perfect match, so it was placed on the branching giant claw and lit a golden lamp.

The brilliant spiritual fire constitutes a part of Jianmu and becomes a brilliant spiritual lamp, which continuously transforms the vast vitality of heaven and earth into pure true essence, constructing a more vigorous and majestic Jianmu.

At this time, the essence of the earth and fire nearby is being released crazily, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Under the protection of the Shengjin Pagoda, a golden vortex swirled around Cheng Bai, sucking in all the vital energy of the surrounding heaven and earth into his body. Corresponding to the erupting volcano next to him, a spectacular sight was formed with a pointed protrusion spewing red flames and another concave one sucking in the golden vital energy torrent.

In less than a moment, the three middle branches of Jianmu drooped down and condensed the three turbid airs of blue, green and purple, while the upward branches held up the three clear airs of red, yellow and white, and the second layer of clear and turbid air was complete.

Cheng Bai only then realized how much incredible amount of pure true energy was needed to condense each time his clear and turbid energies advanced to a higher level. If it weren't for this brilliant spiritual lamp, it would have taken him who knows how many years of accumulation to reach this level.

The concave Yuanqi mountain that was larger on the top and smaller on the bottom absorbed more and more power, and forcibly pulled the shattered true body of Jionghuang's soul over.

As an ancient god, Jionghuang's soul can move freely between heaven and earth. Although he was hit by the violent eruption of the volcano, his body and soul did not disappear. There is still hope that he can revive in time.

Now being torn apart and crushed into smaller Yuan Qi powder by the Yuan Qi Mountain, Jiong Huang let out a dying scream: "God is dooming me..." Finally, his soul and spirit were destroyed and returned to the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, which was digested as nutrients by the white Jianmu and swallowed up completely.

Cheng Bai had just completed the second level of Jianmu's clear and turbid qi, and was not yet surprised when the drooping branches of the three upper branches quickly condensed three streams of turbid qi of blue, green and purple. The upward branches then held up three streams of clear qi of red, yellow and white, and the third level of clear and turbid qi was also completed.

Even he didn't know that he had sacrificed the spirit of an ancient god to achieve his own success. It was only at this time that a volcano erupted, the vitality of heaven and earth was extremely rich, and this opportunity was rare to come by in a thousand years.

The vast and endless stream of vital energy was absorbed into the white dantian and refined into pure true essence. Jianmu grew a lot more, glowing with light, like a towering immortal fairy tree. The surrounding area formed a world of its own. Jianmu's second transformation was successful.

The five realms of becoming a white man are finally completed.

But it is not over yet, even more powerful magic power surged and surged around Jianmu. Brilliant flames appeared one after another, revealing knives, spears, swords, halberds and other sharp weapons, all of which were sharp and unmatched. Countless weapons crisscrossed to form a huge rune formation, constructing the first door of magic power - the Gate of Inaction.

Those who do nothing do not act recklessly. They move according to their heart, see the true reality, comprehend the natural laws of the great way, and generate endless magical powers.

If the magic power generated by Jianmu before was like a trickle, it will now gather into a river, circulate around the body through the gate of inaction, and everything will go as desired.

Cheng Bai advanced to the Wuwei realm in a short period of time. His eyes flashed with golden light. His skills improved so much. He turned around and mounted the Smoker, removed the hidden protection of the Shengjin Tower, put away the two immortal weapons, and said with a smile: "Catch up with Mo Ruo and give him a surprise."

Mo Ruo flew to the east on the Black Ruins Cauldron, and said gloomily, "Such a great opportunity, which only comes once in a thousand years, but I didn't get the Brilliant Spiritual Fire. Where can I find the source of the Divine Fire? The Destroying Ghost Fire? That doesn't seem suitable for me."

He suddenly sensed the change in the power of the universe. He turned around and saw a golden mountain of vital energy suddenly appearing opposite the erupting volcano in the distance. The golden vortex was spinning rapidly and shrinking inward. He couldn't help but ask in shock, "What is that?"

The Yuanqi Mountain appeared and disappeared in a moment, and Cheng Bai, riding on the Suanni King, flew out from it and rushed towards him.

Mo Ruo was stunned and murmured, "What... did you do?"