Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 188: Devouring the Abnormal Fire

Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Devouring the Abnormal Fire

"Is... could that Crimson Dragon be an Abnormal Fire?" Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire is very low-level, merely transformed from the fire poison within his own body.

Last time, in the ancestral tomb of Minister Wu’s family, he devoured considerable amounts of Taiyin Energy, advancing from First-grade First Stage to First-grade Seventh Rank. The temperature of the Abnormal Fire was around seven hundred degrees.

Although it’s not extremely powerful, it is more than enough to deal with a Sword Master at Level 1.

Even at the peak of Sword Master level, Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire could burn them to death. However, when facing a Great Sword Master, it appears much weaker.

At most, he could only threaten a Great Sword Master; to kill one would be very difficult.

The Crimson Dragon in the magma was able to invoke fear in Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire, indicating that its grade might well be higher than the Nine Yang Strange Fire. Chu Feng was both excited and nervous.

Abnormal Fires are indeed perilous; the slightest inattention can lead to being burned to death.

"Hu-chi~!"

A Fire Snake burst out from the magma, or more appropriately, a Fire Python. It was as thick as a water bucket, seven to eight meters long, and quite terrifying.

It shot out from the magma, and the magma in the abyss seemed to decrease substantially.

"Sure enough, it’s this thing causing trouble inside!"

Chu Feng’s face turned scarlet from the light of the Fire Python, and his clothes seemed as though they would ignite at any moment.

Waves of scorching heat rushed towards him as though they would completely incinerate Chu Feng.

After darting out, the Fire Python coiled and somersaulted above the magma.

"Woo~!"

It charged directly at Chu Feng.

Chu Feng was very clear that the Fire Python’s target was not him, but the Nine Yang Strange Fire within his body. Two tigers cannot share one mountain, and this is even more so among Abnormal Fires.

They can devour each other, with the victor elevating its grade.

"Perfect timing, I was worried you wouldn’t come!"

Chu Feng remained composed, without a trace of panic but quickly ran towards the secretly constructed Fire Secret Channel. Now that he has achieved the cultivation of a Beginner Level Sword Master, his full-speed sprint was impressively fast.

The Fire Python behind him relentlessly pursued.

Only someone who has lived for several thousand years through two lifetimes, an old monster like him, could be unafraid of such a terrifying Fire Python.

If he were an ordinary youth, he’d probably be paralyzed by fear on the spot at the sight of the Fire Python.

Chu Feng, leading it into the Fire Secret Channel, naturally had his reasons.

In order to better lure the Fire Python, Chu Feng deliberately unleashed the Nine Yang Strange Fire, flickering uncertainly on his fingertips.

It was just like fishing.

The Fire Python behind him was merely an Abnormal Fire. Although it had some spiritual wisdom, it was very low.

The Buddha once said that mountain spirits and wild monsters are all obstinately ignorant creatures. Abnormal Fire is one type that has become spirit-touched through flame.

Just like stones and plants, under certain conditions, nourished by the essence of sun and moon, they ultimately gain spiritual wisdom and become spirits or monsters.

Finally, Chu Feng had escaped into the Fire Secret Channel.

This was a secret channel built for discharging the molten magma during volcanic eruptions; naturally, it was not small. The channel was over three meters tall and more than twenty meters wide.

In there, moving agilely and dodging was quite comfortable.

After Chu Feng ran inside, he flicked his fingers and the Nine Yang Strange Fire burst out from his fingertips, continuously burning on the ground.

The pursuing Fire Python immediately shifted its target and pounced on the Nine Yang Strange Fire on the ground. It ignored Chu Feng, who was hiding to the side, treating him as if he were air.

Chu Feng immediately activated the gate mechanism, sealing the entrance to the channel.

By doing so, he had committed to a fight with his back to the wall.

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While preventing the Fire Python from escaping back into the Magma Abyss, it also blocked Chu Feng’s retreat. In fact, Chu Feng had no way out to begin with.

Because the exit of the Fiery Flame Cave had already been sealed by Steward Mu Kun from the outside using the mechanism.

Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire was only as thick as a thumb, a stark contrast to the colossal Fire Python. It was like a baby fighting a giant.

If it weren’t for the presence of Chu Feng, its master, his Nine Yang Strange Fire was bound to be defeated and inevitably devoured by the Fire Python.

"Supreme Fire Spirit, Essence of Emperor Yan! Rays of dawn flashing like lightning, shining upon the trinity!"

"By my command, transform the god of the Nine Yang Strange Fire into the Ancient Witch Pattern! In the south, there is Southern Li; in the north, Beiming; Overwhelming on top, striking fear below, I sit in the central hall! Soul-shocking!"

Chu Feng followed the techniques learned from the Medicine King Scripture, forming hand signs, stepping in mystical combat stances, and chanting the True Mantra.

Subduing the Abnormal Fire was extremely dangerous.

Controlling one’s Abnormal Fire to devour another also posed great risks. Moreover, Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire was many times weaker than its opponent, making it even more perilous.

The Fire Python lunged towards Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire, seemingly ready to swallow it in one gulp.

Unexpectedly, like a tiny ant devouring a whole elephant, the lesser preys on the immense.

Under Chu Feng’s control, his Nine Yang Strange Fire astonishingly transformed into an intricate Ancient Witch Pattern.

It appeared to resemble the character for "awe-inspiring."

The aura it emitted also caused a tremble from the depths of the soul.

"Whooosh~!"

The Fire Python, counter-suppressed by the Ancient Witch Pattern the Nine Yang Strange Fire had turned into, was wrapped up as if by a net. It immediately stiffened its body and burst forth with a dazzling and fierce blaze.

The entire secret passage was lit up brightly, with the terrifying heatwave instantly raising the temperature inside the cave to five or six hundred degrees.

A thin layer of flame covered Chu Feng’s body.

This was the Nine Yang Strange Fire protecting its own master.

The current situation was incredibly dire; Chu Feng and the Nine Yang Strange Fire were like grasshoppers on the same string, their lives tightly bound together.

If anything happened to one, the other would surely be doomed as well.

It was under this intense pressure that Chu Feng and the Nine Yang Strange Fire became even more harmonious, blending like milk and water, trusting each other completely.

His soul fully entered the core of the Nine Yang Strange Fire.

The spark of the Nine Yang Strange Fire also directly obtained the highest permissions within his Soul Sea, capable of utilizing all of Chu Feng’s Soul Power.

"The six ghosts and thieves, transform into celestial minions! The true ancient Five Spirits, are my revered masters! Casting fire to vanquish evil spirits, myriad ghosts and a thousand spirits! Let the talismanic seals fly, crowned with the Five Stars! Nine paths of central yellow, General Fu Tian commands, all spirits bow down before me, all beings revere me with devotion!"

"Wind God Fire Seal, myriad ghosts and a thousand spirits, suppress!"

Chu Feng knew it was a moment of desperation, not daring to be careless in the least. With hand signs formed, he chanted the True Mantra, controlling the Nine Yang Strange Fire, which transformed into the "suppress" Witch’s mark, and drilled inside the Fire Python.

He aimed to completely suppress the Fire Python’s Spiritual Sense.

Boom boom boom!

The Fire Python felt excruciating pain, desperately resisting. It never imagined that the prey it had found to devour would prove to be so formidable.

From the Fire Python’s perspective, the Nine Yang Strange Fire was nothing more than a tiny shrimp.

But under Chu Feng’s control, the shrimp transformed into a ferocious shark.

And now, it was the Fire Python that was on the verge of being devoured.

Its tail thrashed around wildly, while Chu Feng quickly dodged far away to avoid being hit.

With his current ability, Chu Feng could only withstand temperatures up to seven hundred degrees at most because his Nine Yang Strange Fire was currently at that temperature.

However, the temperature of this Fire Python was at least over a thousand degrees.