owlsbooks Chapter 69 Fire Spirit
Chapter 69 Fire Spirit
The fire dragon's upper body was riddled with countless dense, deep, bloody holes, some so deep that the bone was visible. Crimson dragon blood oozed from the wounds, flowing onto the stone ring and dripping continuously into the lava.
The enormous dragon's head lay limply on the stone ring, its mouth opening and closing, constantly vomiting blood and foam mixed with fragments of its internal organs.
Those originally majestic and intimidating golden vertical pupils shifted slightly, locking onto Mu Chunfeng, who was hundreds of feet away.
His eyes were filled with disbelief and overwhelming hatred.
"Kid! It was you who did this!"
Its voice was deep and weak, yet filled with a chilling venom: "Damn it! I almost left this place, just a hair's breadth away! You wretched ant!"
In a crevice not far away, Madam Wen collapsed to her knees, exhausted, her chest heaving as she gasped for breath.
Her once smooth face was now deathly pale, blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her clothes were tattered, stained with blood and charred from the flames.
She quickly took out a few pills, swallowed them whole, and frantically absorbed the medicinal power from the pills and the abundant fire elemental energy around her, racing against time to restore her almost depleted magical power.
Even bathing in the spring breeze is not a pleasant experience.
That mental attack just now almost drained all of his mental energy.
He felt dizzy and his vision blurred. If Xue Mo hadn't been there to support him, he probably would have collapsed.
He shook his head, fighting off the dizziness, and shouted at Madam Wen, "Senior! Finish it off with the final blow! Don't give it a chance to breathe!"
After saying this, Mu Chunfeng was already making rapid calculations in his mind.
Now, both the Fire Dragon and Madam Wen are severely injured; one is on the verge of death, and the other has exhausted her spiritual power. But now is not the best time for him to escape.
Madam Wen was, after all, a Nascent Soul cultivator. Although he was seriously injured and his magic power was exhausted, he was still not confident that he could slip away under her nose. After all, without becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator, one could not imagine the depth of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
What if she has some other tricks up her sleeve, or what if her current state is partly an act...?
Moreover, he was afraid that his earlier action would provoke the fire dragon's wrath, causing it to seek revenge before it died.
Therefore, he could only speak ostentatiously, seemingly reminding Madam Wen to press her advantage, but in reality, he was implying to the fire dragon that the greatest threat to it was still Madam Wen, a Nascent Soul cultivator.
If they fight again, he will have a greater chance to slip away in the chaos.
Madam Wen knew it wasn't time to stop yet. She barely managed to stand up, gathered the little magic power she had just recovered, and used the only flying sword she could still control to slash at the fire dragon's head.
"Don't even think about it!"
Upon hearing Mu Chunfeng's words, the fire dragon let out a weak but slightly frenzied roar.
Its crimson scales suddenly lit up, condensing into a thin crimson shield in front of its head, barely blocking the flying sword that Lady Wen was thrusting at it.
After successfully deflecting the flying sword, it twisted its enormous head and lunged at the fire lotus in the center of the stone ring.
Lady Wen's eyes widened in fury upon seeing this.
For this fire lotus, she risked her life force, spiritual power, and physical injury by fighting the fire dragon to the point of exhaustion. How could she possibly stand by and watch the treasure she was about to obtain be taken away?
"You beast! Don't even think about it!"
She suddenly patted the storage bag at her waist, and a red light flew out from it.
It was a bright red pill, its surface shrouded in a faint bloody mist, emitting a pungent, bloody smell. Without even glancing at it, she grabbed the pill, stuffed it into her mouth, and swallowed it without hesitation.
The next moment, her originally weak aura suddenly became three-tenths full, and ten percent of spiritual power was generated out of thin air in her originally depleted meridians.
The crimson flying sword that had been there before suddenly burst out with a dazzling red light under Madam Wen's control, transforming into a giant sword that was over ten feet long. Its speed was extremely fast, leaving a long blood-red trail in the air, like a meteor chasing the moon, and it stabbed fiercely towards the back of the fire dragon's neck!
The fire dragon had already pounced on the fire lotus, its huge mouth wide open, about to swallow the golden fire lotus whole.
At this critical moment—
Lady Wen's crimson flying sword pierced its nape with perfect accuracy!
"roar--!!!"
The fire dragon let out a heart-wrenching scream, its massive body trembled violently, and all its movements came to an abrupt halt.
Its spine was completely pierced, and the nerves connecting its entire body were severed inch by inch. Its massive head lost its support and crashed heavily onto the stone ring, less than three feet away from the fire lotus.
The scalding blood of the dragon splattered onto the petals of the fire lotus, making a sizzling sound, and the light of the fire lotus actually intensified slightly.
"So close... so close..."
The fire dragon's golden vertical pupils were filled with bloodshot veins and extreme resentment.
It trembled as it stretched out its claws, trying to grab the fire lotus that was so close, but as soon as it raised its claws, they fell limply to the ground.
At this moment, it was on its last breath. Mu Chunfeng could even clearly sense that the life force within its body was rapidly dissipating, and its demonic aura was also collapsing. It would probably die completely in the blink of an eye.
Madam Wen breathed a sigh of relief, staggered over, and landed next to the fire lotus.
She looked at the fire lotus in front of her, which exuded a strong pure yang aura, and a greedy glint flashed in her eyes.
With this fire lotus, she could not only heal all her injuries in a short time, but also use the spiritual power within it to break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
and……
She glanced at Mu Chunfeng not far away with a very subtle look, and a cold smile appeared on her lips.
Since this kid doesn't have any tricks left by the old ghost of extreme yin, she's determined to take him away today.
This kid's double pupils not only give him the ability to see through restrictions, but also allow him to launch unexpected spiritual attacks. We don't even know if he has any other supernatural abilities.
However, this kid is no pushover either. As for lying to her earlier... we'll settle the score with him slowly after we get out by planting a restriction in his body.
Mu Chunfeng was standing not far from the stone ring, flying in the air watching the man and the dragon surrounding the fire lotus, when a strong sense of unease suddenly rose in his heart.
Not right.
Something's really wrong.
He didn't stop the fire dragon's actions earlier because he clearly sensed that there was still a trace of spiritual power remaining in the fire dragon's body, enough to launch a last-ditch counterattack, but it chose to pounce on the fire lotus instead.
Even though Lady Wen was still present, she certainly wouldn't let it succeed so easily, so why is it acting this way? Is it a gamble? Or is there some kind of conspiracy?
In addition to all the strange things that happened before, including what did the fire dragon mean by saying "I was almost able to leave this place"?
Various questions swirled and intertwined in Mu Chunfeng's mind. He seemed to be connecting all the things, but he was just missing that one last crucial link.
Just as the three were lost in their own thoughts, the fire dragon, which was already barely breathing, suddenly spoke slowly.
Its voice was very weak, yet carried an eerie calmness. The anger and resentment from before seemed to have vanished, as if it were stating something unrelated to itself.
"Purple-eyed brat, guess who arranged everything here?"
"What do you mean?"
Mu Chunfeng frowned, a sense of unease surging through her heart like a tidal wave.
"Hehe, since you've received the inheritance from the Golden Book, you should understand how this Pure Yang Fire Lotus came to be, right?"
The fire dragon struggled to turn its eyes, looking at the golden fire lotus in the center of the stone ring. A barely perceptible trace of longing flashed in its eyes, which was then replaced by a chilling cruelty.
"Could it be?!"
Mu Chunfeng was struck dumb, and a flash of inspiration struck her, instantly leading to a terrifying guess!
He recalled a technique from the Xihe Yuri Jue concerning the Pure Yang Lotus Fire: the Spirit Imbuing Technique!
The cultivation method states that the natal fire, the Pure Yang Lotus Fire, can possess a fire spirit, similar to the weapon spirit of a natal magic weapon.
There are two types of fire spirits. One type is bound to a special essence, which then becomes the fire spirit of the lotus fire.
One method is to use spirit-infusing techniques to imbue it with spirituality, allowing it to develop its own intelligence.
However, this method takes a long time and requires a lot of effort.
After all, only a portion of powerful innate fires can develop some intelligence over a long period of time. It is conceivable how difficult it is to imbue acquired fires with spirit.
When Mu Chunfeng first arrived here, the Fire Lotus wasn't its true form; rather, it was an illusion of fiery trees on its surface, an illusion that even he couldn't discern at first. If he hadn't understood the methods in the Sun Control Technique, he might have truly missed the Fire Lotus.
At first, he thought that the fire lotus had developed a trace of spirituality during its ten thousand years of growth and was protecting itself.
But the way the fire dragon looked at the fire lotus at that moment gave Mu Chunfeng another terrifying idea.
Is the fire spirit of the Pure Yang Fire Lotus inside the body of this fire dragon?!