Chapter 431: Black Flame Unleashed

Although he could tell that the depths of this man’s eyes held profound gratitude and a desire to repay him, and that he was probably someone who would bring his master more benefit than harm, Fu Young still did not like him.

That was why he had deliberately distracted his master with a voice transmission earlier, preventing him from noticing this man’s approach.

Now, seeing Venerable Jian Li take such an action, Fu Young’s anger only grew stronger. He secretly snorted and thought, With me here beside my Master, if I still let danger get anywhere near him, then what right do I have to say I love him.

"This is the Holy City’s emergency battle signal. There are seven directions from which signals have been sent. Three are from the city gates, while the other four are between the city gates. How could this be?"

The Ninefold Elixir Palace Master, completely unaware of the thoughts of the people around him, heard Venerable Jian Li’s words and followed his gaze. Seeing seven three colored signal stones rising into the distant sky from seven different directions, he immediately spoke.

Xiao Shou who was completely unfamiliar with the Holy City’s defensive system immediately released his immense divine sense upon hearing this. He connected it to the sixth-grade defensive formation array plate he had deployed throughout the Holy City and investigated what was happening at the seven locations where the signals had been released.

He then frowned and described what he saw.

"All seven locations are surrounded by demonic aura. The Demon Abyss Clan is appearing and disappearing within the demonic aura, rapidly launching attacks and continuously striking the Holy City’s defensive barriers. The guard forces inside the city are gathering to stop them."

Young’er’s judgment had indeed been correct.

It seemed that the Demon Abyss Clan had truly chosen to launch a forceful assault.

What should he do here?

This large scale battle reminded Xiao Shou of the time when the base in his homeland had been breached by alien beasts. He could not help worrying.

The Holy City absolutely could not be destroyed like that base had been.

For now, the Heaven Origin Realm was his place of refuge, and he did not want to see it become a world shrouded in demonic aura.

The Heaven Origin Realm was currently filled with beautiful mountains and rivers, with spiritual energy permeating the air, and it was quite pleasant as it was. But how was he supposed to deal with the Demon Abyss Clan?

Having never experienced such a large scale battle before, Xiao Shou stood there at a loss.

However, aside from Fu Young, no outsider could tell what was going through his mind beneath his stiff expression whenever he became nervous. Thus, only his beloved disciple knew about this vulnerable side of him.

After hearing this, the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s expression darkened. He spoke to the others who had stayed behind without participating in the battle.

"Looks like these Demon Abyss Clan bastards are launching an all out attack. Look at how they keep rushing out of the demonic aura, with their numbers constantly increasing and their cultivation levels becoming higher and higher. There must be something strange about this demonic aura. Sect Master Xiao, can you speed up the rate at which you burn it away?"

"Mm! I’ll give it a try."

Ever since leaving Yingzhou Celestial Isle, Xiao Shou had not controlled the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame again. Furthermore, he did not possess any spiritual flame control techniques or cultivation methods, so his control and familiarity with the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame were far from sufficient.

He had only heard Venerable Tongchan talk about what the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame had done on Yingzhou Celestial Isle. As for how the black flame had begun acting or how it had accomplished those things, he had no idea.

Judging from the current situation, the abilities of the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame were not as exaggerated as Venerable Tongchan had described.

No!

Perhaps it was precisely because of his crude control that he was restricting the black flame’s abilities.

When Xiao Shou thought about what had happened on Yingzhou Celestial Isle, the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame had completely followed its instincts and acted freely. The scale of destruction it had caused then was completely different from how it was currently behaving under his control.

But what if he allowed it to follow its instincts again? What if it burned and killed so many people again?

After thinking about it, he tried communicating with the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame’s source in his dantian, whose consciousness was still hazy and immature.

He sensed its current thoughts continuously repeating.

"I’m so hungry. There are so many delicious things around me!"

So he simply transmitted the thought over and over again.

"You cannot eat people. You can eat everything else."

Finally, after Xiao Shou himself no longer remembered how many times he had repeated it, the hazy consciousness of the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame slowly changed from.

"I’m so hungry. There are so many delicious things around me!" To "You cannot eat people. You can eat everything else."

Seeing that there had finally been a change, Xiao Shou removed his restrictions on the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame outside his body and summoned more than half of this altered portion of the flame’s origin.

It merged with the black flame in the distance that was currently burning the demonic aura.

The moment the two flames merged, Xiao Shou and the others felt that the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame, which had originally been steadily burning and devouring the demonic aura, suddenly paused.

Then, completely unlike its behavior under Xiao Shou’s control, one part of the flame suddenly stretched out to its fullest extent, while another part split into countless strands of black flames that extended in every direction.

At a speed completely different from its sluggish pace just moments ago, it began devouring the demonic aura across a massive area.