Chapter 644: Time for Revenge

Chapter 644 -640: Time for Revenge

“So confident?”

The Snake King and the Chrysanthemum King looked ecstatic.

After several days of agonizing waiting, the seeds of hatred in their hearts had sprouted and grown into a towering tree.

The Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame deep underground was simply too terrifying. They had already tried to descend several times, but all their attempts ended in failure. Otherwise, they would have long since thrown caution to the wind, found Hong Yu, and slaughtered him.

Now that Tan Tianhuo and the Fire-Devouring King had finally arrived, they were actually still a little worried.

They feared that even these two would be unable to handle the Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame.

Only now could they finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The Fire-Devouring King said calmly, “The Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame is formidable, but from your descriptions, the one underground is merely a fire seed. If it were the true Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame, I naturally couldn’t handle it. But a mere fire seed? Resisting it is no problem. And now, with Tan Tianhuo’s help, it’s completely foolproof!”

“My Netherworld Race has always been the best at manipulating Netherworld Flames. This Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame originates from the Netherworld, and we possess a Supreme Treasure that can ward off fire!” Tan Tianhuo’s voice was cold and hard, almost metallic.

The pair of black, flaming wings on his back flapped gently.

A cunning look flashed in his eyes. “However, before we go in, it’s best to make a few things clear!”

“Please, speak!”

The Snake King said.

The Fire-Devouring King was one thing; after all, the upper echelons of the Four Great Divine Cities kept in contact with one another.

His relationship with the Fire-Devouring King was unshakable.

Even just to avenge his ruined arm, the Fire-Devouring King would help him hunt down Hong Yu.

But Tan Tianhuo was different.

He was of the War Race, an enemy of the Four Great Divine Cities. They were worried Tan Tianhuo might try to pull a fast one. If they were backstabbed and killed, it would all be over.

Tan Tianhuo glanced at the three of them and said flatly, “We all came here for Hong Yu’s Venerable Golden Bone.”

Before he could finish, the Fire-Devouring King snorted coldly. “The Venerable Golden Bone? My Lord of Divine City has already instructed that since our Eastern Divine City discovered it first, we must bring it back!”

“Hmph!”

Tan Tianhuo snorted coldly and said with indifference, “Our Netherworld Race isn’t interested in the Venerable Golden Bone. The reason we are hunting Hong Yu is because our clan discovered that he obtained the inheritance of the Fire Cloud Divine Sect. We suspect he has a Ninth-Grade Divine Armor on him. I don’t want the Venerable Golden Bone, but after we kill Hong Yu, the Ninth-Grade Divine Armor is mine!”

The Netherworld Race excelled in the way of flames.

Their methods of comprehension and increasing their strength were different from humans and most of the War Race. To them, the Venerable Golden Bone was not even as helpful as a Ninth-Grade Divine Armor.

The Snake King and the other two exchanged a look.

They had naturally heard the same news, but comparatively, they cared more about the Venerable Golden Bone.

With that thought, the three nodded. “Fine. After we kill Hong Yu, the Ninth-Grade Divine Armor is yours!”

“Good!”

Tan Tianhuo nodded, then added, “However, you humans are far too cunning. We must first swear a lifeblood oath that we will absolutely not make a move against one another.”

“But of course!”

The three were also worried about Tan Tianhuo backstabbing them, so they readily agreed.

The four of them swore the lifeblood oath.

This was an oath rooted in one’s life and True Spirit, witnessed by one’s Martial Arts Heart. If the oath was violated, one would suffer a backlash from the Martial Dao.

Except for a few desperate fugitives, few would ever dare to break such a vow.

After the oath was complete, the four of them headed toward the underground cavern.

Upon entering the cavern, the Fire-Devouring King was enveloped in golden flames. He let out a cold snort, and a Divine Bell Dharma Aspect materialized behind him.

The Divine Bell Dharma Aspect was wreathed in fiery Inscriptions and even had Azure Dragons roaring upon it, converging into ninety-nine flaming long dragons, each one different, yet all incomparably powerful.

“Every time I see the Fire-Devouring King’s Martial Dao Dharma Aspect, I feel like I’m about to be cooked alive!” the Snake King remarked with emotion.

The Fire-Devouring King’s Cultivation Technique was strange; he raised his cultivation by devouring all kinds of flames between heaven and earth.

He had already devoured ninety-nine different types of flames, and his strength was immense.

SIZZLE!

Under the protection of the Divine Bell, the Fire-Devouring King had no fear of the Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame.

“Come out!”

Tan Tianhuo smiled faintly and flicked his wrist.

A massive Array Banner appeared in his palm.

On this Array Banner was the image of a dark flame. Although it was just an image, it was enough to inspire awe and fear.

It was like facing that powerful Divine Fire itself.

“The Netherworld Fire Dragon Banner?”

The Chrysanthemum King’s eyes widened, his gaze burning with desire.

The Snake King was also stunned, muttering, “As expected of the Young Master of the Netherworld Race. To think he carries even one of the clan’s foundational Supreme Treasures with him.”

The Fire-Devouring King was also moved. “Back then, the Lord of Divine City fought a great battle with the old Clan Leader of the Netherworld Race. That old fellow used this very Netherworld Fire Dragon Banner to fight our Lord to a standstill. The War Race truly has many treasures!”

“My War Race has a legacy stretching back countless eons. Our treasures are naturally beyond compare to yours,” Tan Tianhuo said flatly.

With that, he waved the Netherworld Fire Dragon Banner in his hand.

A ring of black, fiery light shot up, forming a flaming barrier that enveloped the four of them.

Tan Tianhuo then took out a black stone disk.

A needle on the disk quivered slightly before pointing in a certain direction.

This direction was precisely where the World-Burning Golden Lotus and Hong Yu were.

Tan Tianhuo said, “Back in the outer warzone, I already collected the aura of the Fire Cloud Divine Sect. Hong Yu is wearing the Fire Cloud Divine Armor, and its aura has been sensed by the stone disk. He is in this direction!”

“Heh heh heh, we finally found him!”

“You little bastard, I’m going to tear you to shreds…”

The four God King Level experts shot forward in unison, rapidly approaching Hong Yu’s location.

With the Shelter of the Netherworld Fire Dragon Banner, they had no fear of the Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame.

After all…

The Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame here was merely a fire seed.

Of course, if this were the true, Peak Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame, forget the Fire-Devouring King and his group; even if the Lords of Divine City joined forces, they wouldn’t dare to come here.

「At the same time.」

In the depths of the cavern, a resplendent golden fire lotus had already shrunk to half its original size, the rest of its energy having surged into Hong Yu’s body.

He had already been enduring for several days.

His Spiritual Power was almost depleted, and he was holding on by sheer, unyielding willpower.

「Time trickled by.」

The meridians in Hong Yu’s body had already swollen to the thickness of his arms, filled with the berserk energy of the World-Burning Golden Lotus. Blood seeped from his entire body, turning him into a man of blood.

“Break for me!”

Failing to break through the Luo Rune Seal time and time again, Hong Yu was on the verge of despair.

Seeing that even the Runes on his meridians could no longer restrain the energy of the World-Burning Golden Lotus and that his body was about to explode, a ruthless and resolute look flashed through Hong Yu’s chaotic eyes. ‘Dammit, I’m going all in! It’s do or die!’

「With this thought.」

Hong Yu suddenly let out a low roar. He pushed both the Primordial Gang Fighting Technique and the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Technique to their absolute limits.

He drove his final dregs of Spiritual Power and Primordial Gang together, merged them with the berserk energy of the World-Burning Golden Lotus, and combined them. The threefold stream of terrifying energy surged toward the Luo Rune Seal in unison.

HUM!

The Luo Rune Seal erupted with black light, and its over 10,000 stars flared with an eerie dark radiance.

It was still resisting stubbornly.

However…

Under Hong Yu’s final, desperate assault, the three completely different energies finally smashed through the Luo Rune Seal’s blockade with a deafening BOOM. WHOOSH! The energy flooded madly into the Luo Rune Seal.

The energy that had been rampaging through Hong Yu’s body suddenly found an outlet, surging forth like a bursting dam.

HUM! HUM! HUM!

The Luo Rune Seal shone brilliantly as its own black energy merged with the other three.

A total of four types of energy began to rage wildly within the Luo Rune Seal.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

One, two, three, four…

Stars within the Luo Rune Seal were continuously lit up. But whereas the stars had been pitch-black before, they now glowed with a dark gold color.

The speed was incredible.

The World-Burning Golden Lotus also began to shrink rapidly.

A full three hours passed before the World-Burning Golden Lotus was finally absorbed completely. With a final BOOM, all its energy poured into the Luo Rune Seal.

PFFT!

Hong Yu collapsed onto the ground.

He was completely exhausted.

But before he could even catch his breath, the Luo Rune Seal, now with 18,000 stars lit, suddenly shattered with a loud CRACK. As it broke apart, 18,000 dark gold stars spread out from his right palm, quickly filling Hong Yu’s entire body.

All of his acupoints, large and small, were filled with these dark gold stars.

HUM!

A dark gold radiance flickered all over Hong Yu’s body.

At the same moment the World-Burning Golden Lotus shattered, the old man sitting cross-legged within it also snapped his eyes open with a SWISH. A look of relief appeared in his eyes as he gave Hong Yu a deep look.

Then, his body began to disintegrate.

In the end, only two eyeballs were left floating in the void. The two eyeballs then merged together and, with a SWISH, shot into Hong Yu’s right eye.

“AHH!”

Hong Yu’s original eyeball actually exploded, leaving his socket empty and mangled.

But this process did not last long.

The old man’s two fused eyeballs, glowing with golden light, extended golden tendrils that wrapped around and took root in Hong Yu’s right eye socket.

HUM!

The dark gold light flickered.

Hong Yu’s eye was restored, only it was no longer a black pupil in a white sclera.

His pupil had turned a dark gold color.

Even more strangely, Hong Yu’s pupil was not round, but had taken the shape of a miniature World-Burning Golden Lotus.

However, this strange sight only lasted for a moment.

The World-Burning Golden Lotus-shaped pupil gradually changed, returning to its normal shape, though it remained a dark gold color.

HUMMM!

Hong Yu’s eyes closed involuntarily.

Covered in a dark gold radiance, his figure slowly drifted in the Darkness. Several hours passed like this.

「At a certain moment…」

Hong Yu suddenly opened his eyes. In his left eye, the dual pupils of the Thunder Emperor’s Divine Eyes and the Ice Blue Star Eyes glinted with an otherworldly light.

In his right eye, the dark gold pupil flickered like a flame. As Hong Yu activated the Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame, the pupil gradually transformed into the shape of a World-Burning Golden Lotus Pupil.

However, this World-Burning Golden Lotus only had nine petals, a far cry from the eighty-one petals he had seen before.

When the World-Burning Golden Lotus Pupil appeared, golden Nine Netherworld Burning World Flame began to flicker slowly around Hong Yu. With every move, it felt as if he could incinerate the earth and burn the heavens to ash.

The corner of Hong Yu’s lips curved upward. Feeling this unparalleled power, he looked back the way he came, his gaze seemingly locking onto the four experts cloaked by the Netherworld Fire Dragon Banner. He grinned and muttered in a low voice…

‘I’ve waited long enough. It’s time for revenge!’