Chapter 337 - 334: Three-second Fire

Chapter 337: Chapter 334: Three-second Fire

With plenty of Qi Recovery Pills to restore his Magic Power, Feng Hao could wear the mysterious monster down for as long as he wanted.

He had to wait for Solos to "come online" anyway, so he might as well wait here in this dump and see if the mysterious monster would reveal itself.

’How strange. This monster can actually talk. I wonder what kind of creature it is?’ Feng Hao thought, slightly curious.

As far as he knew, monsters in the Mage World generally couldn’t speak, unless their intelligence had evolved to a certain level or they had consumed some kind of heavenly treasure.

But there were always exceptions. Some monsters were born with the ability to speak, such as Yin Spirits and ghost-type monsters.

Therefore, Feng Hao was very interested in the mysterious monster before him.

Meanwhile, after letting its flames rampage for a good while, the mysterious monster finally accepted the fact that Feng Hao had escaped.

"What a pity. A fat sheep finally showed up, and I let him get away." The mysterious monster sighed helplessly.

Then, before Feng Hao’s astonished and suspicious eyes, the crimson, cloud-like flames began to converge. They gradually condensed into a single, golden-red wisp of fire. This flame would flicker three times, then dim for a moment, before flickering again, and dimming again, in an endless cycle.

Once the flame coalesced, the source of the mysterious monster’s voice also became clear.

"What the hell? After all that, it’s just this little thing?" Feng Hao’s expression was odd. "Judging by its appearance, it shouldn’t be a Spirit Beast, but a Fire Attribute Magic Soul. But Magic Souls aren’t supposed to talk, right? Did this Magic Soul gain sentience?"

The thought made Feng Hao even more curious.

’Why am I overthinking this? I’ll just beat it up first,’ Feng Hao sneered to himself. ’It wanted to eat my Demon Base Essence? Today, I’ll show it just how insidious and cunning humans can be.’ He then silently crept closer.

The flame monster, thinking Feng Hao had already fled, didn’t linger and began to float lazily in another direction.

But it never would have guessed that not only had Feng Hao not left, but he had already snuck up behind it.

"Gotcha!"

Feng Hao wasn’t one for small talk. After closing the distance with a shadow strike, he immediately unleashed a combo.

The sudden attack made the flame monster shriek. It hurriedly sped up and floated to the side. Upon seeing Feng Hao, it cried out in shock, "Dammit—you’re still here?!"

"Surprised, aren’t you?" Feng Hao sneered coldly. Without giving it a chance to react, his [Poisonous Chain] shot out and bound it tightly, preventing it from splitting back into the crimson flames from before.

The poor flame monster had no time to react before it was bundled into a ball by the dark green chain. After taking the brunt of Feng Hao’s combo, the flame monster’s light had dimmed considerably.

"Come on, baby! I’ve got a new home all ready for you!"

Seeing his Magic Power rapidly depleting, Feng Hao didn’t dare waste any time. He yanked the flame monster back and skillfully stuffed it into a crystal bottle.

Inside the sparkling Tri-color Crystal bottle, the flame monster struggled frantically, but it couldn’t escape its confinement.

"Weren’t you so arrogant before? Why don’t you try saying something cocky now?" Feng Hao shook the crystal bottle with a mocking sneer.

At his words, the flame monster finally gave up struggling. It floated limply inside the bottle, looking as pathetic as could be.

Feng Hao studied it with great interest, a smirk on his face. "Come on, come on. Give me a little acceptance speech. If you do well, I might go easy on you. Otherwise... you know what’ll happen!"

"Boss, can’t we talk this over?" the flame monster pleaded, on the verge of tears it couldn’t shed.

"Whoa, it even knows how to beg for mercy. Pretty high IQ, huh!" Feng Hao teased with a laugh.

The flame monster said dejectedly, "Boss, I was wrong. I’ll never do it again! See? I’ve admitted my mistake. So, uh, how about you let me go?"

"Let you go? Do you think I’m an idiot?" Feng Hao asked coldly.

"Fine, I accept my fate." The flame monster nodded bitterly. "Just don’t kill me. I’ll do anything you want."

"But what if I just want to kill you?"

"No, no, no! I can help you control Secret Techniques! I can help you increase your combat power!" the flame monster said in terror.

But Feng Hao’s eyes were filled with disdain. "Tch, a Magic Soul? Big deal. I ran into an Earth Breath Beast a few days ago. I have more Magic Souls than I know what to do with. It makes no difference whether you’re here or not. I’d rather kill you to vent my anger than keep you around."

"Um, could you please not compare me to that trash whose sentience hasn’t even fully formed?" the flame monster suddenly said, full of pride.

Feng Hao paused, then sneered, "And why not? Just because you can talk?"

"Of course not! Third Master... uh... I am one of the first Fire Seeds nurtured in the Taichu Secret Realm!"

"What did you say? You’re a Fire Seed?" Feng Hao exclaimed, his heart thumping wildly in his chest.

"Obviously. Have you ever seen a Magic Soul that can talk?" the flame monster said in a haughty tone.

Feng Hao snapped out of his delighted surprise and hurriedly tried to inspect it with his Crystal Eye. Unfortunately, his Divine Sense was too low, and he couldn’t get any information. So, he activated his game panel. This time, he finally managed to retrieve the flame monster’s information and data:

[Three-second Fire] (Fire Seed)

Evolutionary Form: Primary

Fire Attribute Strength: 120

Trait: A special Fire Seed nurtured by the Taichu origin, possessing an extremely strong burning ability, but can only burn for three seconds.

Burn Damage: 21530

"Holy shit, it really is a goddamn Fire Seed!" Feng Hao couldn’t help but curse.

It couldn’t be helped. Fire Seeds were exceedingly rare and unique. He had never even dreamed that he would encounter a legendary Fire Seed.

Seeing Feng Hao’s excitement, Three-second Fire became a little smug. It said confidently, "How about you let me go now? It wasn’t easy for this bro to evolve this far, you know."

Feng Hao rolled his eyes and said coldly, "Cut the crap. Tell me how to refine you. Is it the same as refining a Magic Soul?"

"No need. Just let me live in your sea of consciousness. I can help control any Fire Attribute Secret Technique," said Three-second Fire.

"Then what are you waiting for? Get in here!"

With that, Feng Hao eagerly let Three-second Fire out of the bottle, then quickly pulled it into his sea of consciousness to prevent it from seizing the opportunity to escape.

After entering the sea of consciousness, Three-second Fire swayed a few times as if stretching its body, then began to saunter around swaggeringly.

"Not bad, not bad. The Genetic Tree is growing quite healthily." Three-second Fire floated over to Feng Hao’s Genetic Tree, first making a few critical remarks, before noticing the Dark Moon Soul and the Deceitful Poison Chain Soul among the many Secret Technique Marks.

"Haha, from now on, you little guys will be rolling with me! Don’t worry, with your Third Grandfather here, I guarantee you’ll all live the good life!"

Three-second Fire acted like a big boss, as arrogant as could be.

Feng Hao couldn’t be bothered with its nonsense and asked coldly, "Cut the crap. Help me cast [Shadow Sparks] and let me see the effect."

"Don’t worry, you’ll be more than pleased!" Three-second Fire said with a confident laugh, then zipped into the [Shadow Sparks] Secret Technique Mark with a SWOOSH.

Seeing this, Feng Hao eagerly channeled his Magic Power and unleashed [Shadow Sparks].

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The familiar dark red ball of light hit the ground and exploded violently, and it did so three times in a row. The damage was higher, but the original scorching zone had vanished without a trace.

"What’s going on? Where did the original burning effect go?" Feng Hao asked, confused.

"Can’t be helped. It’s my fate in this life to only burn for three seconds. I overwrite the effects of all burning-type Secret Techniques. Why else do you think they call me Three-second Fire?" Three-second Fire explained helplessly.

"..." Feng Hao was speechless.