Fire Cloud Beast

The five Jie Sha Blades flew to Zhang Xingfeng's front, finally ceasing their flight and simply floating in front of Zhang Xingfeng.

The gleaming blade, the strange, seemingly illogical golden stripes—all of this captivated Zhang Xingfeng. Suddenly, a loud voice rang out. "We five brothers are the Jie Sha Blades, our attribute is Unbreakable, our spatial-breaking ability second only to Sister Void Breaker the Void!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xingfeng's face immediately broke into a smile, and he said, "You are the divine hearts of the five Jie Sha Blades. It seems that my first attempt at forging divine artifacts has been quite successful, as you have actually produced five mid-level divine artifacts!"

Aqi immediately interjected, "Hmph, hmph, you're not bad. Let me tell you, among the materials for forging divine artifacts, the most precious are the Jianyu Essence and the Drill Steel Essence. These two are naturally close to divine artifacts. As long as you have the skill, forging a top-tier divine artifact is a very easy thing. However, brother, your fire level is not high enough to forge it. Alas..."

Zhang Xingfeng's face immediately fell; he hadn't even managed to refine a mid-level divine artifact! However, Zhang Xingfeng quickly understood. He recalled that the ancient stone had been eroded by the Jianyu Essence within the billion-year-old stalactite, undergoing no refining process whatsoever. Time alone transformed the Jianyu Essence into a top-tier divine artifact! This demonstrated the incredible malleability of the Jianyu Essence. Moreover, the combined Jianyu Essence of Pangu and the Seven Fiends of the Demon Realm was only enough to refine three small Yan Yang Thorn, not even enough to refine one Jie Sha Blades. The preciousness of the Jianyu Essence was unimaginable.

Zhang Xingfeng realized this himself; it seems his refining skills are still insufficient!

"Are you all willing to become Zhang Xingfeng's artifacts and acknowledge me as your master?" Zhang Xingfeng asked.

The five swords, each Jie Sha Blades, simultaneously declared, "We are willing!"

Zhang Xingfeng was certain. He didn't let Tianyu show up this time because he was very confident. After all, he had forged these five Jie Sha Blades himself, which was why he was so confident.

Five drops of Essence Blood flew towards the five swords, Jie Sha Blades instantly absorbed Zhang Xingfeng's Essence Blood, becoming his Zhang Xingfeng weapons.

"Alright, you all should enter my body first. I'll go check things out ahead now!" After saying this, Zhang Xingfeng stored the five divine artifacts into his body. (Divine artifacts that have been bound to a master can be stored inside the body. Zhang Xingfeng's divine artifacts include: Intercepting Slayer, Dragon Breaker, Rou Jin, Heavenly Fire Armor, and the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow that he was about to transfer to another brother! Zhang Xingfeng stored all of these inside his body.)

As if strolling around, Zhang Xingfeng walked along the corridor between the Blazing Heavenly Fire Palace and the Divine Fire Palace.

"Roar..."

Suddenly, a roar erupted. Zhang Xingfeng felt a wave of dizziness and his ears were ringing. After a while, Zhang Xingfeng regained his senses, and what appeared before Zhang Xingfeng was a monster completely bathed in fire!

The monster had a very strange appearance, resembling a lion in size, but a full size larger. It was about ten meters long and utterly terrifying! Its fur looked like flames, constantly burning. Its entire body was red, and the intense heat emanating from it sent a chill down Zhang Xingfeng's spine.

The monster's body was covered in red flames, but the outer edges of the flames around its body were deep blue.

"The highest level of Blazing Heavenly Fire!" Zhang Xingfeng was shocked. "What exactly is this monster? It seems extremely powerful. The outermost part is the highest level of Blazing Heavenly Fire, but what is that red fire on its body? Isn't the highest level of Blazing Heavenly Fire the Divine Fire? But the color of the Divine Fire is black, so what is this red fire?"

"Human, you dare to attempt to enter the Divine Fire Palace? Then you'll have to get past me first!" A deep voice boomed from the monster's mouth.

Zhang Xingfeng was stunned, staring at the monster before him, a series of questions arising in his mind. "Could this be one of the challenges?"

"Fire Cloud's mission is to devour all outsiders who want to enter the Divine Fire Palace!" the monster roared, leaping forward and pouncing.

Zhang Xingfeng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately recalled the few lines written on the stone tablet, "... Remember, be careful, don't let that Fire Cloud Beast eat you... I'm going to have a drink..." He immediately understood that the monster in front of him was that Fire Cloud Beast.

However, Zhang Xingfeng is now full of confidence in himself, so how could he give up so easily?

"Take this punch!"

With a flash of golden light, Drill Glove made of Rou Jin appeared on Zhang Xingfeng's right fist. Instantly, Zhang Xingfeng used all his strength on his right fist and slammed it hard against the Fire Cloud Beast. At the same time, the Void Breaker ring lit up, and amazingly, spatial cracks appeared at the tip of the Drill Glove.

The Fire Cloud Beast, however, was dismissive. With a casual gesture, a ball of crimson fire hurtled towards Zhang Xingfeng. Zhang Xingfeng, brimming with confidence, Drill Glove Cone Gauntlet, combined with the aid of Void Breaker. The force was so great that even an Immortal Monarch -level expert wouldn't dare to easily block it. But Zhang Xingfeng had forgotten: what if his opponent was Immortal Emperor -level expert?

Zhang Xingfeng's right fist slammed into the red ball of fire!

"Boom!"

Zhang Xingfeng was thrown down, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood. He could only sigh in his heart, "It's too strong, too strong! My vicious attack didn't even have the slightest effect in stopping it. This Fire Cloud Beast is just too powerful!"

"Human, roar... I'll eat you!"

The Fire Cloud Beast had already reached Zhang Xingfeng's side. Zhang Xingfeng naturally wanted to dodge, but he found that he was being locked on!

"Void Breaker!" Zhang Xingfeng shouted, his figure flashing as he escaped the Fire Cloud Beast's gaping maw.

The Fire Cloud Beast grinned, its jaws wide, and said, "Not bad, human, truly not bad. You actually managed to escape my Fire Cloud Devouring Sun. Not bad at all. However, you will still die!" The Fire Cloud Beast suddenly roared to the sky, and the flames on its body instantly intensified and began to surge higher...

In an instant, the flames spread throughout the entire Hundred-Foot Hell, completely enveloping Zhang Xingfeng.

What terrified Zhang Xingfeng even more was that he was now paralyzed from movement, and he had to use the Void Breaker in time!

Void Breaker said helplessly, "Brother Xingfeng, this is his Fire Domain. Unless your power is stronger than his and you forcibly break through this domain, you will only face death!"

Zhang Xingfeng certainly didn't want to die, so he frantically activated the Limitless Power within his body, but it had no effect whatsoever, like an ant trying to shake a tree.

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly smiled. Now, all he could do was resort to his shameless trick—hiding inside the Dragon Spirit Space.

Suddenly, Zhang Xingfeng felt a flash of light all over his body, followed by a wave of dizziness...

"That kid is such a disappointment! He didn't even last until Huo Yun's third move. Humph!" Old Man Huo paced back and forth in Old Man Hei's house, looking extremely angry.

The Old Man Hei said, "You're really something, so uncaring about your disciple. If I hadn't intervened at the last minute, your precious disciple might have been eaten by your Fire Cloud Sacred Beast. You, as his master, are truly unlucky!"

The Old Man Huo suddenly said smugly, "Hehe, you Old Man Hei, you've been meddling in other people's business this time. My apprentice has two life-saving artifacts, how could he die so easily? You old bastard, you really are... hehe..."

Upon hearing this, the Old Man Hei immediately became suspicious. He instantly locked onto Zhang Xingfeng with his incredibly powerful Divine Sense, scrutinizing him thoroughly. Finally, the Old Man Hei could only sigh and look at the Old Man Huo, realizing he had truly been meddling in other people's business!

The Old Man Huo walked over to the Old Man Hei, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Actually, he's almost finished training. I was going to release him anyway, so you're helping me out, hehe..."

The Old Man Hei glanced at the Old Man Huo and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "You..." The Old Man Huo, on the other hand, was extremely proud. He grabbed the gourd and started chugging the wine down his throat.

Zhang Xingfeng felt dizzy for a moment, but quickly regained his senses, however...

"Where is this?" Zhang Xingfeng stared blankly at the scene before him. The boundless void and the few planets in the distance told Zhang Xingfeng that he had left the mysterious Hall of Illusory Fire God.

"Never mind, at least I'm leaving that awful place!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled and took out Star Brilliance.

Zhang Xingfeng immediately entered the Star Brilliance, and what Zhang Xingfeng did immediately was to make *** Yan come out of the Dragon Spirit Space.

"Brother Feng, you're out of there! That's wonderful! That place was terrifying and bizarre. I really don't know who built it..." ***Yan kept saying. Zhang Xingfeng felt touched by ***Yan's tender concern and hugged her tightly.

As soon as Yan entered Zhang Xingfeng's arms, her voice gradually faded, leaving only sobs...

"Don't cry, I'm out now, aren't I?" Zhang Xingfeng said with a smile.

Yan stopped crying and looked at Zhang Xingfeng, saying, "Tianyu told me that even the Demon Lord never left that place alive, only Master Pangu did. Your power is still far from that of Pangu back then. Even Pangu had such a difficult time getting out, so how could you..."

"Alright, stop crying. I won't make you worry anymore!" Zhang Xingfeng comforted him. In fact, he knew how credible his promise was. After all, sometimes danger will find you even if you don't go to dangerous places.

"Really?" ***Yan looked up at Zhang Xingfeng, looking into Zhang Xingfeng eyes.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled and said firmly, "Really!" Zhang Xingfeng thought to himself, "For Yu Yan's sake, it's best to play it safe from now on!"

***Yan seemed to believe Zhang Xingfeng as well, nestled in Zhang Xingfeng arms, and watched with Zhang Xingfeng the planets drifted away in the boundless starry sky.

One day later

"Sigh, I really ran way too fast that month, way too fast!" Zhang Xingfeng looked at the star map and saw that he had only just passed a fraction of the distance from Black Prison. He had been chased by that Black Sun Ancestor so fast that his speed was definitely no less than that of Star Brilliance. Now, thinking back, Zhang Xingfeng still wondered how he could have run so fast back then. It seems that the threat to his life can be a great motivation!

"Brother Feng, doesn't this star map indicate that there are several inhabited planets in this star field? Let's go explore them first, we're not in a hurry anyway!" ***Yan said coquettishly to Zhang Xingfeng.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled and nodded, and then the two headed to the nearest planet— Blue Cod Star.

Blue Cod Star is the largest of the surrounding inhabited planets. According to the star map of the Seven Fiends of the Realm, the Blue Cod Sect on Blue Cod Star is a relatively large sect. Although it is not as powerful as the Black Sun Sect, its sect leader is a late-stage Immortal Monarch. However, it is unknown whether the sect leader has made any breakthroughs over the years.

Above a restaurant in the Blue Cod Sect.

Alcohol is ubiquitous, Zhang Xingfeng has yet to find a place without it, indicating that there are indeed many people who enjoy it. At this moment, Zhang Xingfeng and *** Yan are enjoying Blue Cod Star's specialty dishes at this restaurant.

"Brother Feng, these Phoenix Eye Fruit really delicious! We should buy more before we leave!" ***Yan said to Zhang Xingfeng as she savored the delicious Phoenix Eye Fruit.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled and nodded, but he didn't eat any food; he just slowly drank his wine.

"Oh, this young lady is quite pretty, quite pretty, um... how about coming back with me?" A voice that sounded like it came from many years ago rang in Zhang Xingfeng's ears.

A smile appeared on Zhang Xingfeng's face. He turned around and saw a burly man walking towards him, and the object of his attention was—***Yan?

"How many years has it been? It seems like I last saw something like this in the Mortal World. I never imagined that such a thing would happen in the demon realm." Zhang Xingfeng laughed. He wasn't angry about encountering such a thing; instead, he found it rather amusing!

To someone of Zhang Xingfeng's stature, the burly man before him was nothing more than an ant. Do you think a person would get angry with an ant?

***Yan was all smiles at first, but when she saw the lecherous look in the big man's eyes, her face turned cold and her eyes flashed with a cold light. She glared at the big man, who was just an ordinary person in the Demon Realm. His cultivation level was not even at the Golden Core Stage. He was intimidated by the cold light in the eyes of ***Yan, who was already Tribulation Crossing Stage expert. He was instantly thrown into a state of mental chaos and immediately collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Xingfeng and *** Yan, however, did not care at all and continued to enjoy the fine wine and food. The other people in the hotel also ignored the person lying on the ground. After all, this was the Demon Realm, and they only needed to take care of themselves!

"This time, our Blue Cod Sect and the Feng Shan Sect won a great victory in the Qi Ke Xing! Our sect leader even brought back a treasure this time! This treasure was also the fuse that ignited this battle!" A man said to his brother next to him by the restaurant.

A person nearby immediately asked, "Treasure? What treasure?"

The man said smugly, "I'm telling you, but don't tell anyone else, that's the legendary... Nine-leaf Lingzhi!"