Chapter 2723 - 2722: Parting Ways

Ling Feng coldly stared at Huo Tian’s hand pressing against his wrist and questioned him.

Initially, Ling Feng thought Huo Tian was protecting Ling Feng’s hand from the high temperature of the Fire Lotus, reaching out to stop him, since the Fire Lotus, being the essence of the Lava World and a secret treasure within the Heart of the Volcano, must have a surface of extremely high temperatures.

But when Ling Feng saw the unfriendly expression on Huo Tian’s face, he realized something was wrong, this expression clearly revealed a desire to prevent him from getting the Fire Lotus!

Huo Tian pressed his hand against Ling Feng’s and then coldly said, "No other meaning, it’s just that this Fire Lotus is a secret treasure of our Lava World, and it’s also a secret treasure of our Huo Clan,"

"Although you are the people from the prophecy, now that our Huo Clan is close to extinction with no chance to contend against the Shui Clan, you have made no effort from beginning to end, so it’s impossible for me to give you this secret treasure."

Huo Tian shook his head to express his stance.

Upon hearing Huo Tian’s words, Ling Feng’s face finally turned completely cold.

"Clan Leader Huo Tian, you’re right, we indeed have made no effort from beginning to end, I don’t deny this, but there’s one point I cannot agree with. What makes you say this Fire Lotus is your Huo Clan’s secret treasure?" Ling Feng retorted.

"As far as I know, this Fire Lotus has existed since the creation of the Lava World, this is a statement confirmed by Yan Yun, and your Huo Clan is merely a race that appeared later, what merit qualifies you to possess this secret treasure?"

"The Fire Lotus wasn’t created by your Huo Clan, nor did your Huo Clan bring it to this world, you merely happened to appear in this world and happened to know of the Fire Lotus’s existence,"

"What qualifications do you have to claim it’s your secret treasure?" Ling Feng sneered, "Ha ha, and excuse my bluntness, your Huo Clan is on the brink of extinction, incapable of even protecting yourselves, what ability or qualification do you have to possess this Fire Lotus?"

Ling Feng’s blunt words caused Huo Tian’s face to darken completely, "So you’re saying you want to forcibly seize the Fire Lotus?" Huo Tian asked coldly.

"Ha ha," Ling Feng sneered again, "Do you think I’m negotiating with you? Not to mention, even at your peak I wasn’t afraid of you; now you’re like a candle in the wind, at the end of your strength, do you think you have the qualifications to compete with me?"

"Now... let go of your hand!" Ling Feng forcefully swung his arm, shaking off Huo Tian’s hand.

"Ha ha, very good, very good, who would have thought my Huo Clan, which once dominated, would fall to the point where any cat and dog could suppress us and flaunt arrogance against us!" Huo Tian snorted coldly, then shouted loudly:

"I alone may not be enough, but don’t think my Huo Clan is entirely wiped out! Brothers! Come forth and kill this man!"

At Huo Tian’s loud shout, the clan leader’s attendants who were just knocked down and flung away gathered again, surrounding Ling Feng and the Fire Lotus without leaving an inch of space.

Ling Feng watched the angry Huo Clan members with a smile, showing no sign of panic.

"Ling Feng, my young friend, do you need my help? Just one condition is required." Song Ruozhao’s voice slowly transmitted.

Ling Feng shook his head to express his attitude, Song Ruozhao nodded and transmitted his voice to the people over there again: "Then quickly resolve it, once we get the Fire Lotus we can leave."

Huo Tian and the other Huo Clan members’ faces grew increasingly unpleasant, this clearly showed no regard for them!

Huo Tian shouted, "All of you, attack! Kill this man! Take back our Fire Lotus!"

Upon hearing the clan leader’s command, the Huo Clan members ignited yellow flames on their bodies and charged at Ling Feng with furious yells.

Ling Feng merely stood and lazily stretched, while Jin Gang suddenly appeared in front of him, throwing punches at the charging Huo Clan members.

Though the Huo Clan’s flames were quite scorching, Jin Gang’s skin and muscles were thick and resilient, well suited to resist both fire and cold; just a single punch sent the Huo Clan members flying.

The Huo Clan members fell to the ground unconscious.

Ling Feng said blandly, "Jin Gang, go and step on their arms and calves as I instructed before, thoroughly crippling their meridians, so they can never act aggressively again."

"Yes!" Jin Gang’s size shrunk a bit, rapidly approaching several unconscious Huo Clan members, then heavily stomping on their acupoints and meridians.

"Crack!" The sound of bones breaking echoed, with blood seeping out.

Huo Tian stared blankly at his attendants felled and stomped upon, muttering incessantly, "No, don’t step on them anymore!"

He clearly knew even if his attendants could survive, their meridians had suffered irreversible damage, leaving them as mere shells forever.

Huo Tian collapsed to the ground, incredulously witnessing everything before him, moments ago believing numbers could defeat Ling Feng and reclaim the Huo Clan’s Fire Lotus, but now realized his grave mistake.

The man before him was someone he never should have provoked!

Ling Feng slowly approached Huo Tian, delightedly observing his vacant expression, then slowly said, "Frog in the well, you have no idea who you’ve provoked!"

"If you had just given me the Fire Lotus, these people of yours wouldn’t have become useless, and your few remaining Huo Clan members could still live well in the Lava World, why must I have a contest with you?"

Ling Feng observed the hatred in Huo Tian’s eyes, understanding his thoughts.

Ling Feng continued smiling, "I know what you’re thinking, Clan Leader Huo Tian, you think I’ll spare you, right? Regrettably, I’m meticulous in my actions, never sparing anyone or anything that could potentially threaten me!"

"But rest assured, I won’t kill you, I’ll just give you a little punishment..."

"Jin Gang." Ling Feng summoned Jin Gang, who had completed his task of stomping, to his side, then said lightly, "Hold our Clan Leader Huo Tian, otherwise I’m afraid he’ll struggle later and accidentally injure other parts, which would be unfortunate..."

"Yes!"

Huo Tian had realized what Ling Feng intended, he immediately exerted all his remaining strength to escape, confident that should he flee from here, leveraging his familiarity with the Lava World, he could evade Ling Feng.

"Trying to leave now? Why didn’t you do that earlier?" Ling Feng shook his head, sighed, "Little Fei, keep him here!"

"Yes!" Little Fei immediately spat out a blob of slime, rapidly firing it into Huo Tian’s body, causing him to collapse, unable to move.

This slime contained a neurotoxin that anesthetized enemies, incapacitating them completely after exposure, rendering them immobile.

Ling Feng approached and shook his head, "Why did it have to come to this? You’re a clan leader, lying on the ground is so disgraceful... Tsk tsk, drool is flowing."

"But in a way, it’s better, it saves me from unnecessary movement during surgery."

Ling Feng retrieved the Shadowless Needle from his Ring, performing a series of maneuvers on Huo Tian’s body, severing all his internal meridians. Once finished, Huo Tian became as much a wreck as those clan members.

Ling Feng stood and coldly gazed at Huo Tian, "Don’t blame me, blame your own overestimation, in any world, it’s survival of the fittest, today I took the Fire Lotus, a grudge was formed,"

"You were bound to create trouble for me in the future, I’m most afraid of trouble, originally I wanted to kill you, but I’m also extremely kind-hearted, so you’ve been reduced to a wreck."

"Sigh, why did it have to be this way? Why escalate it to this point?" Ling Feng took the Prophecy Scroll from Huo Tian’s body, then approached the Fire Lotus, grabbing it upon sensing its temperature.

As expected, the Fire Lotus’s surface temperature wasn’t high, merely emanating warmth. However, Ling Feng felt the powerful force within it.

Ling Feng placed the Fire Lotus into his Ring, allocating space specifically for this formidable secret treasure, then returned to Ling Yao and Song Ruozhao’s side.

Their faces were expressionless, indifferent to Ling Feng’s actions, the three turned and left.

Now powerless, Huo Tian lay on the ground, blankly gazing at the crimson sky, his fate radically altered at this moment, major events would unfold due to Ling Feng’s actions today, changing outcomes!

From now on, there would be no Huo Clan in the Nine Nether World...