met free 544. Devours everything
544. Devours everything
As the master, Xiao Yan could clearly sense that the black flame was not like his three different flames, refined by the Burning Technique and becoming his own. Rather, it seemed to be temporarily residing in his arm. However, its power was ultimately of the same origin as the devouring power of the Void Devouring Flame, so Xiao Yan was certain that he could activate it!
Xiao Yan was actually reluctant to use this ability that was not under his control, but he was well aware of the power of the Black Flame. It could devour all the attacks he released, and even the Buddha's Fury Lotus could be absorbed as nourishment. Releasing it now should be able to help the current situation.
With his junior sister Qingyu's safety not guaranteed, Xiao Yan dared not hesitate. Driven by his will, black flames erupted from his right arm, completely incinerating the clothing covering it. A chilling black light suddenly burst forth from Xiao Yan's right arm, and a terrifying hiss emanated from the depths of the collapsing vortex in his palm.
The power of devouring seems to have grown considerably after merging with the black flames.
Seeing this, Ling Zhuo snorted coldly: "No matter how much you struggle, you are going to die."
The energy of the medicinal herbs in his hand had been completely drained, and a green pillar of life light burst forth. The number of herbs was limited, but the energy drained from each one forced Xiao Yan to fight with all his might. Ling Zhuo knew that continuing the fight would be far more advantageous for him. Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan, his two greatest rivals in the Pill Gathering, were both here. If he could kill them, winning the Pill Gathering would be virtually guaranteed. Therefore, Ling Zhuo was now giving it his all.
In the instant the pillar of life was launched, the viscous, ink-like flames appeared. As soon as the black flames appeared, they began to condense and take shape. The flames rolled and condensed on his shoulders, gradually outlining a fiery face that was no different from Xiao Yan's.
However, the black face formed from the black flames was actually a rather terrifying and sinister face, which made Xiao Yan feel a chill run down his spine. He had originally thought that the ability to transform into a human face was given to him by Mu Gu, but it turned out that it was simply an inherent property of the flames themselves.
Upon seeing the incoming pillar of life light, the black-faced figure opened its maw to an unprecedented degree, frantically tearing at the pure energy. The entire pillar of life light was transformed into food and devoured. Xiao Yan clearly felt the devouring power at work; the emerald energy of the Source Spirit Crystal surged into the black-faced giant's maw like a burst dam, and the ancient runes on the surface of his pale white arm bone burst forth with a fierce crimson light.
The pillar of light that had given Xiao Yan such a headache was actually neutralized by the Black Flame. In fact, because it had absorbed the pillar of life, the Black Flame's size began to gradually increase. The devouring power in Xiao Yan's right arm had also devoured many things, but it had never become stronger because of devouring.
"What's going on?"
Amidst Xiao Yan's bewildered confusion, the black flames completely broke free from his control, rapidly sweeping along the Dou Qi within the space towards Ling Zhuo's location. The black flames devoured everything within their range, and combined with Xiao Yan's distorted face, it resembled a demon god descending to earth.
As Ling Zhuo watched the flames draw ever closer, his resolve began to waver. Black flames, with such powerful devouring force—among the Spirit Clan's research on strange flames, there was only one: the Void Devouring Flame.
"How is that possible? Xiao Yan absolutely does not have the strength to subdue the Void Devouring Flame!" Ling Zhuo's composure had not yet vanished due to this sudden turn of events.
Then Ling Zhuo released his own strange fire, the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, which soared out to block the strange black flames rushing forward. Between the black and yellow flames, the black flames' human face suddenly showed a hint of anthropomorphic excitement, and then transformed into more than a dozen black fire pythons, which separated and surrounded the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, giving it no chance to escape.
"Stop playing tricks on me!" Ling Zhu gritted his teeth, his battle qi and soul power instantly merging and then pouring into the Wind Fury Dragon Flame like a waterfall: "Crush him!"
With Ling Zhuo's support, Feng Nu Long Yan also let out a roar of dragon's rage, and flames soared, trying to burn the black flames to ashes.
The speed at which the black flames devoured the dragon began to surge with the eruption of the raging dragon flames, and the ever-flowing flames became the most delicious food for the black flame snake swarm.
Xiao Yan's fighting spirit surged and fluctuated within his arm bones, and the swarm of black flame snakes formed a cage, forcibly dragging the struggling Wind Fury Dragon Flame towards the center of the vortex. Ling Zhuo's eyes widened in horror—he clearly saw Xiao Yan's distorted and eerie face, a cold smile, within the black flames that were constantly absorbing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
A sickening chewing sound came from the depths of the vortex, and fine cracks appeared on the surface of the Windfury Dragon Flame Seed. The Windfury Dragon Flame could only grow at a limited rate, but the black flames were devouring it at an increasingly rapid pace.
Seeing that his natal fire was about to be consumed, Ling Zhuo immediately shouted, "Quick, come back!"
The raging dragon flames wanted to rush back into his body, but were blocked by the black flames and could not do so for the time being.
If one's natal fire is severely damaged, it will also affect its master. Moreover, if one loses one's own strange fire, there will be no need for others to compete for it in this pill gathering; Ling Zhuo will passively lose the ability to compete.
The strange fire must not be lost!
Ling Zhuo sensed a desperate plea for help from the primordial fire, so he no longer hesitated and drew energy from another herb. He was determined not to let his flames be consumed by the black flames.
A beam of life light shot out at lightning speed, more decisive than ever before. However, the all-consuming Black Flame seemed to prefer the life source refined from the Source Spirit Crystal. For a moment, it actually abandoned the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and instead swallowed the green beam of light whole.
Finally, taking advantage of this brief moment, Windfury Dragon Flame successfully broke free. Ling Zhuo retrieved Windfury Dragon Flame and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, after the black flames devoured the source of life, they reformed into Xiao Yan's face, growing even larger. With a ghostly smile, they charged forward again. Ling Zhuo watched this, desperately trying to dodge, but the black flames clung to him like a leech, ultimately devouring Ling Zhuo along with Ling Yu and Yao Qingyu beside him.
Ling Zhuo immediately released his battle aura for protection, but the black flames were already rapidly eroding Ling Zhuo's energy shield. Given the black flames' ability to devour anything, everyone present knew that Ling Zhuo's protection would crumble in an instant.
The black flames released by Xiao Yan were so eye-catching that the fighting among the others slowed down considerably, because everyone was focusing some of their attention on the black flames.