Chapter 1291: Dark Attribute
"It's useless, there's no way to take this Nine Leaf Demon Flame." The crowd's hearts trembled. Even a Venerable Lord level expert from the Flame Mountain had failed easily. The expanding nine petals had instantly swallowed nine suns, effortlessly. That Venerable Lord's nine suns weren't even qualified to compare with the Nine Leaf Demon Flame.
"If the Qi Family's Imperial Artifact, the Heaven Devouring Demon Chart, were here, there might be a chance to try!" The crowd thought to themselves. Without an Imperial Artifact, obtaining this Nine Leaf Demon Flame was simply impossible.
"How about splitting this land open?" At this moment, a Venerable Lord level figure swept his gaze over the crowd, a sharp glint in his eyes.
The crowd's eyes trembled at his words. Splitting this land open? Ruthless enough!
"This Nine Leaf Demon Flame might be a terrifying type of strange fire. Perhaps it has already given birth to life and intelligence. What we're seeing might just be its illusory side. The real Demon Flame could be underground!" One person spoke solemnly, slowly voicing his thoughts. The Demon Flame they saw might not be its true form.
"Let's start from the perimeter and flip this land over!"
The various Venerable Lords spoke one after another, quickly reaching a decision. Those below the Venerable Lord level had no right to interject.
"Everyone, fall back!" The Venerable Lords shouted in unison. The crowd immediately retreated far away, causing Lin Feng's eyes to narrow slightly. These guys actually wanted to flip this land over. He wondered if Qiongqi's plan could still be realized.
Soon, the crowd had retreated to a distance. Lin Feng looked at Qiongqi within the illusory dark flames and transmitted his voice: "What do I need to do?"
"Leave!" Qiongqi's body soared into the air, lunging into the distance. Lin Feng also left the land, maintaining a certain distance from Qiongqi.
"Let's move!" Those Venerable Lord level figures stood in the void, coldly shouting. Then, one figure slashed out a terrifying beam of spatial light. This fearsome spatial beam was like a heavenly blade, slanting down from the void toward the distant Demon Flame land, directly cutting into the deep demon soil and splitting the earth.
"Break for me!" Another Venerable Lord level expert waved his hand, as if a Milky Way was flowing backward. A terrifying hurricane tore at the land, whipping the dark demon mist released by the Demon Flame into a wild frenzy, ripping open dreadful fissures in the earth.
At the same time, the other Venerable Lord level figures also made their moves. The terrifying attacks bombarded the land, causing it to crack and collapse wildly. The entire land beneath the Demon Flame seemed about to be hollowed out, completely torn away.
"Roar!" A furious roar rolled out like an ocean surging, rushing toward the cracked land below. This terrifying ocean current swallowed everything, seeping into every crack, madly roaring. Soon, the entire land seemed to float up, lifted by that roaring ocean.
"There!" The crowd's eyes suddenly focused, releasing sharp glints. They saw that on the floating land, a dark nine-leaf lotus was held aloft. This lotus wasn't large, but above it, an immense nine-leaf black lotus bloomed, its nine petals covering heaven and earth, terrifying demon flames surging into the sky.
That small nine-leaf lotus was the true body of the Demon Flame. Obtaining it meant obtaining the flame.
"These Venerable Lord level figures are terrifyingly powerful!" Many were shocked. They had torn the land apart, using the ocean water to make the land carrying the Demon Flame float, revealing its true form.
The rolling, terrifying Demon Flame released dreadful dark flame mist, constantly rushing into the sky, dyeing the void of heaven and earth a dark color. But it couldn't hide the greed in those experts' eyes.
"Boom!" Several figures charged into the roaring ocean, trying to seize the Nine Nether Demon Lotus from below.
"Courting death!" Qiongqi sneered coldly at their actions.
"Get lost!" Several Venerable Lords shouted at the same time. A furious roar rolled out, stirring the ocean. Before they had even seized the Demon Lotus, they had already started fighting among themselves.
"The ocean I laid down—do you think you have the right to take the Demon Flame?" An icy voice rang out. Then, the crowd saw a figure slowly emerge from the ocean beneath the Demon Lotus. A large hand reached directly for the Demon Flame, breaking through the land to pluck the true body of the Nine Nether Demon Lotus.
"Ah..." A roar of unbearable pain rang out. Then, the crowd watched as that Venerable Lord level existence was swallowed by the dark Demon Flame. In an instant, his entire body turned to ash, vanishing into the ocean.
"Don't touch it!" The crowd's eyes trembled. Then, the demon fire within the Nine Nether Demon Lotus roared madly, devouring everything. Terrifying flame hands reached out in all directions. The ocean was evaporated, and space itself seemed to burn, turning dark.
"Run!" Those Venerable Lord level figures turned pale. Seeing the raging Demon Flame, they frantically retreated and dodged away. But the chaos continued to spread, threatening to swallow everyone.
"Hmm?" The crowd's eyes stiffened. Seeing the Demon Flame surging toward them, they all began to flee, not daring to get close.
"Go over!" Qiongqi transmitted his voice to Lin Feng, making Lin Feng's eyes narrow. Then, he walked toward the Demon Flame. Wisps of terrifying illusory flame descended upon him. Lin Feng was startled to find that these flames had no burning power—they were just a bluff.
"That guy did this!" Lin Feng's eyes focused. It seemed the expansion of the Demon Flame was Qiongqi's doing, meant to drive everyone away. Sure enough, a Venerable Lord level expert had been instantly swallowed. Now, no one stayed; they all fled into the distance.
"Is that man crazy?" Someone saw Lin Feng walking toward the Demon Flame and froze. This guy was definitely insane, going to his death.
The dark Demon Flame light quickly swallowed up dozens of miles of land. The dark intent covered the void, and everyone disappeared, fleeing into the distance. But Lin Feng arrived beneath the Nine Nether Demon Lotus.
Not only Lin Feng, but Qiongqi also swaggered over. Here, only the two of them remained.
Outside, the distant crowd fled far away, watching the overwhelming dark light engulf everything. They felt regret. Such a terrifying Demon Flame was beyond their reach, especially those Venerable Lord level figures, who sighed inwardly.
"And someone actually went to die!"
Some saw a man and a demon beast step into the dark demon light. They were surely seeking death. By now, they had probably been swallowed up.
At this moment, within that dark space, Qiongqi slowly walked to Lin Feng's side and said, "Release your Martial Soul. I, the Emperor, will examine it for you!"
Lin Feng silently cursed this guy. If he wanted to see his Martial Soul, he could just say so. Claiming to examine it was just an excuse.
But Lin Feng still obeyed Qiongqi. With a thought, the strange Heavenly Book Martial Soul appeared in the void. Dazzling, brilliant light soared upward, and layers of resplendent light screens made even Qiongqi's eyes freeze.
This was Lin Feng's Martial Soul, his second Martial Soul. It looked like this. How many people in the Nine Heavens Continent wanted to see what this Martial Soul looked like? Today, he finally saw it.
"Was your Martial Soul with you from birth, or did it appear during your destiny awakening?" Qiongqi asked Lin Feng.
"From birth," Lin Feng murmured inwardly. He hadn't been born in this world, but this Martial Soul had indeed been with him since he crossed over. At first, it was just a shadow, allowing him to merge into darkness, enhancing all his abilities—sight, hearing, and comprehension.
Later, during his destiny awakening, the Heavenly Book Martial Soul appeared. Its first gift to him seemed to be a pupil technique, allowing him to see through everything.
"At first, the Martial Soul was a shadow, letting me merge into darkness and clearly perceive everything in my surroundings. After my destiny awakening, the Heavenly Book Martial Soul was born," Lin Feng replied.
"It's an attribute!" Qiongqi's huge eyes suddenly stiffened. It was darkness, the dark attribute. No wonder this guy cultivated demonic arts and curse power. The attribute born before his destiny awakening belonged to darkness, not light.
"Dark eyes, a black sword, a dark fire lotus, and this dark land." Qiongqi muttered to himself, making Lin Feng's eyes suddenly stiffen. That's right, he had overlooked it. When the Heavenly Book Martial Soul turned its pages: the first time, it granted him a pair of dark pupils, eerie and strange, shooting dazzling light; the second time, a dark sword; the third time, dark nether fire; the fourth time, a barren, desolate dark land.
"Darkness... attribute!" Lin Feng's eyes suddenly froze as he stared at Qiongqi. This guy must know something!
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