Devour

"Bang!"

A figure crashed violently down from the sky, smashing a huge crater into the ground as dust billowed everywhere.

High in the sky, the Amethyst Winged Lion King hovered in midair. Its wings beat behind it, purple light flowed across its body, and a faint violet glow shone from the horn on its head.

Within the crater, Lin Feng looked wretched. Parts of his clothes had been torn apart, and the lightning glow on the wings behind him had dimmed. He staggered to his feet, took a few steps, then coughed up blood.

He had still underestimated the Amethyst Winged Lion King's strength. After all, it possessed the power of a Dou Emperor; it truly could not be judged by ordinary standards.

His ribs were broken, one of his arms was somewhat dislocated, and he had opened the second of the Eight Inner Gates. After fighting for so long, Lin Feng's body was gradually reaching its limit. He could feel the exhaustion in his body—every inch of him ached, his muscles twitched, and it felt as though his body and soul had been torn apart.

Enduring the pain, Lin Feng looked up at the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky, then glanced toward Yun Yun, who was still breaking the seal. His Chaos Flame guarded her side, keeping the magical beasts from approaching.

"Kid, this should be your limit, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Feng's lips moved, but he coughed up another mouthful of blood. Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Lin Feng raised his head to look at the Amethyst Winged Lion King and asked, "Is that so?"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's expression changed. The strange and mysterious black flames around Lin Feng began to rise, and the surrounding temperature instantly climbed sharply, as though the very air were about to burn.

The flames gathered in Lin Feng's right hand. At the same time, another flame rose from his left hand, making the Amethyst Winged Lion King's expression shift. "You actually condensed Purple Flame!"

Two flames, one black and one violet, gathered in Lin Feng's hands. Black and purple radiance intertwined around him as he said calmly, "With Coexisting Amethyst Source, is condensing Purple Flame really so difficult?"

As he looked at the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky, a mad idea rose in Lin Feng's heart—the Angry Buddha Fire Lotus from the original work.

By fusing two flames, one could create an Angry Buddha Fire Lotus of immense power. Yet he did not know whether he could succeed.

His Chaos Flame was the source of all flames. This had been clear from his battle with the Amethyst Winged Lion King just now—his Chaos Flame had directly devoured its Purple Flame. When the two flames met, would they fuse into a powerful Angry Buddha Fire Lotus, or would the Purple Flame simply be devoured by the Chaos Flame?

He did not know. And even if he succeeded, he did not know whether his current condition could withstand the damage caused by the Angry Buddha Fire Lotus.

But now, he could only risk everything.

"Next, have a taste of this."

The two flames merged in Lin Feng's hands, and violent, terrifying power instantly filled the heavens and earth. The surrounding trees were directly destroyed. Seeing Lin Feng bring the two flames together and sensing the horrifying power contained within, the Amethyst Winged Lion King was startled as well.

"Kid, what are you trying to do?!"

Lin Feng did not answer. A pained expression appeared on his face. Although the meeting of the two flames went smoothly because of the Chaos Flame, their powers did not fuse after coming together. Instead, the Purple Flame was being devoured by the Chaos Flame.

"Can this really not succeed?"

Even so, Lin Feng could still feel the terrifying power contained in his hand. From the moment the two flames met, that power had been growing stronger without end.

"If they can't fuse successfully, then what is this power?"

Lin Feng was puzzled. The Purple Flame and his Chaos Flame had merged, but not as he had planned. Their powers had not intertwined and fused into an Angry Buddha Fire Lotus of immense might. Instead, the Purple Flame's power was being devoured by the Chaos Flame. What was strange was that this power had not weakened at all—it had actually become stronger.

Moreover, he could vaguely sense that after devouring the Purple Flame's power, the Chaos Flame seemed to have strengthened slightly. The change was not great, but it had genuinely grown stronger. And this power was being fed back into Lin Feng's body, causing his strength to begin rising and breaking through.

"This feeling and this change... could the Chaos Flame grow by devouring other flames between heaven and earth? And could its increased power be fed back to me, its master?"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King watched as Lin Feng's strength continuously climbed, directly breaking through to the five-star Dou Shi realm before gradually slowing and stabilizing at the peak of five stars.

"Did he absorb the power of the Purple Flame?"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King was greatly alarmed. It did not know whether Lin Feng had absorbed the Purple Flame's power or whether that mysterious black flame had done so, but it knew that it absolutely could not allow Lin Feng to continue.

"Roar!"

With an enraged roar, purple flames blazed across its body as violet light circulated around it. Powerful energy gathered between heaven and earth, while a purple radiance condensed on the horn atop its head.

"Amethyst Seal!"

As the purple light flashed, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's deep roar echoed continuously throughout the mountain range.

A dark-purple beam of light shot forth, attacking Lin Feng directly. Wherever it passed, space seemed to twist faintly. In the blink of an eye, it descended with the terrifying momentum of a falling meteor.

Chaos Flame burned in Lin Feng's hand. The power fed back to him by the Chaos Flame was almost more than his body could bear. He forcibly suppressed it, desperately needing to release this excess power.

"Ah!"

With a loud roar, the Chaos Flame in Lin Feng's hand transformed into a black lotus. With a light wave of his hand, the black fire lotus collided with the dark-purple beam, carrying terrifying might.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion rang out. Black and purple forces collided in the sky, twisting space slightly. The immense power contained in the fire lotus seemed capable of burning away the very space around it.

The instant the two attacks collided, a massive shockwave swept outward. The surrounding mountain peaks were directly sheared flat, and the trees below collapsed. This power was violent and overwhelming. It even blasted the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body away, leaving it covered in wounds, with the horn atop its head broken off.

Although Lin Feng had prepared himself, he too was sent flying by the force, his blood and qi churning wildly.

Yet he could feel that the power within his body had still not been released. Because of his internal injuries, he could no longer fully suppress it. It was faintly growing violent, and his body felt as if it were burning. A scorching heat surged through him, as though he were about to burst apart.

Lin Feng's expression changed. At such a critical moment, his body had actually developed a problem. As expected, this sudden increase in power was dangerous.

He tried to suppress it, but there was nothing he could do. The power fed back to him by the Chaos Flame churned restlessly inside him. His body became scorching hot, and it felt as though his entire body were being roasted in a furnace.

What was more, this power had begun affecting his mind. Right now, all he wanted was to vent it.

"Roar!"

A feral roar erupted from Lin Feng's throat. His figure shot forward, appearing directly before the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King had only just stabilized its body after being blasted away when it sensed Lin Feng appear beside it at extreme speed. Just as it was about to dodge, a crack rang out—the horn on its head was directly snapped off by Lin Feng's blow.

"Kid, you're dead!"

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