A brilliant smile spread across the young man's childish face. He slowly raised the hand holding the flame seed, paused for an instant, then suddenly tossed it into his open mouth.
The golden lotus entered his mouth, and Xia Mo immediately sealed his lips shut. At the same time, his entire body shuddered violently as though struck by lightning. The little color remaining in his face vanished abruptly, leaving it deathly pale.
Enduring the waves of searing pain spreading through his body, Xia Mo slowly closed his eyes and gradually sank his consciousness into his body.
The moment his consciousness entered his body, a hazy internal world appeared in Xia Mo's mind. Within his many meridians, the golden lotus that had entered earlier had already split into tiny strands of Golden Flame. These Golden Flames, containing terrifying energy, darted wildly through his meridians. Anything blocking their path was instantly burned into nothingness.
As the Golden Flames coursed through him, Xia Mo's meridians were protected by the blood membrane formed from the Blood Lotus Pill and Azure Fire Venerable's Soul Power. Yet the terrifying heat still slowly seeped through. Though this residual heat was not especially scorching, to the body's most fragile meridians, it was undoubtedly a devastating blow...
Under the baking heat, the once broad and resilient meridians had twisted like dried fried dough twists, looking exceptionally bizarre and terrifying.
Naturally, the pain caused by his meridians being roasted into such distortion made Xia Mo's body cramp spasmodically. Every muscle in his body was taut, veins that resembled flesh worms bulged continuously, and his pale face was utterly bloodless.
Within his meridians, the Golden Flames raced about madly. In only a few minutes, Xia Mo's body had nearly been ravaged beyond recognition. Worse still, the medicinal effects of the Blood