"Pant, pant, pant"
In midair, Tian Ling'er's breathing grew rapid once more.
Her body twisted quickly. Twisted?
She could move?
Tian Ling'er looked delightedly at her writhing arms. The restraining force had weakened? Weakened?
Tian Ling'er struggled with all her might. She broke free—she had actually broken free.
Over there, the old man's face suddenly seemed to flush bright red as well, and he stared at Zhong Shan in disbelief.
Tian Ling'er rushed toward Zhong Shan, because he was still trapped.
As she ran toward Zhong Shan, Tian Ling'er felt the temperature around her. Why—why had it suddenly become even hotter? Hot, hot enough to reach her heart. She wanted so badly to take off her clothes. It was so hot!
The more Red Phoenix Mist the old man absorbed, the more fascinating his expression became. Bewilderment? A little, but more than that was terror—extreme terror. At any other time, it would have meant nothing, but now? How could this be happening to him? How could it be allowed?
His lower body was trapped in Black Ice and unable to move, but the old man knew things were going badly.
His eyes widened fiercely.
"Pfft~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
Zhong Shan's body flew backward, and his entire chest seemed to cave in. He spat out a great mouthful of blood and slammed into the mountain wall.
It had been divine sense—divine sense alone had struck Zhong Shan into this state. That it was Zhong Shan was the only reason he had survived. An ordinary Innate Fourth Stage cultivator would have died long ago.
Zhong Shan raised his head with difficulty, a wild smile appearing on his face.
"Hahahahaha"
The more Zhong Shan laughed, the more Red Phoenix Mist was produced. More and more pink energy surged toward the old man, because Zhong Shan knew that as long as the old man could still restrain himself, he would remain in even greater danger. He had to make the old man lose himself. Only once the man was bewildered could Zhong Shan be saved.
The Thought Power between his brows was already gone, but Zhong Shan still urged it on frantically.
"Crack"
Zhong Shan suddenly felt that, at the instant his Thought Power was completely exhausted, a cracking sound came from the very center of the space between his brows.
He could no longer force out even the slightest bit of Thought Power.
Yet Zhong Shan revealed a strange expression.
Because he sensed that, at the crack in the very center of the space between his brows, a tiny pink gleam had appeared.
A flame? An infinitely, infinitesimally tiny flame?
"Only when exhausted can it be broken; only when broken can life arise; only when life arises can flame appear."
Zhong Shan suddenly recalled a line from the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture. The third stage? The third stage?
Zhong Shan sensed the space between his brows in disbelief. The third stage? Wasn't that too outrageous? Both techniques had twelve stages, yet the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique was still stuck at the first stage, while the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture had broken through to the second stage not long ago and had already reached the third stage in the blink of an eye? Heavens, are you playing with me? With Root Bone this poor, could I really be this gifted at cultivating aphrodisiacs?
Zhong Shan could no longer move, and the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture had been exhausted as well. Although he had reached the third stage, Zhong Shan knew he could not urge it on even a little now. Furthermore, after being 'looked at' by the old man, he had suffered grievous injuries—absolutely the most severe in his life. It felt as though every bone in his body had shattered. The ribs in his chest were not broken, but they were nearly so. That tremendous force—truly terrifying force.
When Tian Ling'er saw Zhong Shan fly backward, she chased after him in terror. By the time she reached him, Zhong Shan had just desperately activated the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture, and Tian Ling'er became bewildered. She wrapped both arms around Zhong Shan's chest, her whole person dazed.
But Zhong Shan could not move at all now. He could only let Tian Ling'er carry out her 'beastly' violence.
On the other side, the old man's thoughts finally became muddled as well.
So what if his cultivation was high? Red Phoenix Mist was Number One Under Heaven's aphrodisiac. The old man's eyes were now bloodshot. Even though his lower body had already been frozen to pieces, his eyes still reddened. It was like an Eunuch consuming a bowl of aphrodisiac—utterly frenzied.
His hair—his hair lashed about wildly.
"Ah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The old man unconsciously twisted his body. His hair suddenly withdrew from the Magma Pool, and the Black Ice on his body abruptly expanded, rising to his chest in the blink of an eye. The pain was absolute, but beneath that pain he was also tormented by Number One Under Heaven's aphrodisiac. The old man's reason gradually vanished, and his hair plunged into the magma once more, beginning to absorb it frantically.
His mind unclear and his impulses overwhelming, the old man absorbed a massive amount of Fire Poison into his body in an instant.
"Ah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The old man began to scream in agony. The Black Ice on his body vanished—all of it vanished. Not a trace of black remained. In its place, flames covered his entire body, wrapping his whole form in endless fire.
The old man rose into the air in pain.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The old man slammed into the mountain wall.
The impact produced a heaven-shaking boom. The entire interior shook, while the magma below surged into a towering wave.
After that first impact, the old man's body shifted, and he crashed into another section of the mountain wall.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
Zhong Shan stared at the scene in terror.
Was the Mountain Cave about to collapse? Was the old man going to smash it down?
But Zhong Shan lay on the ground, unable to move. He could only twitch his arms slightly, while Tian Ling'er held him in her arms, kissing and touching him nonstop. Her entire face rubbed chaotically against his chest.
Her soft body coiled around him like an octopus, twisting without pause and pressing herself against Zhong Shan, writhing back and forth, yet not knowing what to do next.
In Zhong Shan's arms, Tian Ling'er was bewildered and had no idea what to do. Her face once more took on an expression as though she were about to cry. As she kept kissing Zhong Shan on the mouth, she continuously made sounds that seemed half sobs and half whimpers.
What a sin!
A rare look of misery appeared on Zhong Shan's face. How had things turned into this? There were three people: the old man was repeatedly smashing into the walls, sending large amounts of stone raining down from above. The cave felt incomparably dangerous, as if the entire mountain might collapse at any moment.
He could not move. He was severely wounded, and here he could only endure Tian Ling'er constantly 'ravaging' him.
Looking at Tian Ling'er in his arms and feeling her exquisite, soft body, Zhong Shan knew that although she was still a little inexperienced, no man could endure being treated this way—even one suffering serious injuries.
Zhong Shan truly wished he had also been struck by this Number One Under Heaven aphrodisiac. Perhaps it would have been better if he had become delirious too. But the most maddening thing was that he had made this aphrodisiac himself. He was completely immune to it.
He could only spit blood while enduring Tian Ling'er's torment, unable to resist. In the end, he could only use his trembling arms to hold Tian Ling'er in place and keep her from moving wildly.
The instant he pinned Tian Ling'er down, Zhong Shan saw it—the cave collapsed. The Mountain Cave he had entered had already seemed in danger of collapsing. Now, after more than a dozen collisions from the old man's fiery body and tremendous strength, it finally collapsed completely with a thunderous boom.
Zhong Shan laboriously held Tian Ling'er and retreated a little.
He had no choice but to retreat. Large rocks were knocked loose from above, and only by hiding in a corner could he avoid being crushed.
"Plop~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
With a plop, everything went quiet. Everything fell silent.
Zhong Shan stared strangely at the Magma Pool in the center. The old man had just bounced into it.
An unmatched tyrant, an absolute powerhouse, a mighty figure who could kill a person with a single glance—tragically, in his bewilderment, he had fallen into the magma.
Zhong Shan opened his mouth and stared blankly at the scene. After falling in, the old man struggled in the magma for only a moment before no further sound emerged.
Seeing this, Zhong Shan finally confirmed that they were temporarily safe.
He lowered his head and looked at the dazed Tian Ling'er. Ling Er's clothes had been torn apart during the struggle, once again revealing the vivid red undergarment embroidered with little flower patterns beneath. The two lively little white rabbits on her chest were exposed as well, pressed against Zhong Shan's chest, while Tian Ling'er had also torn away most of Zhong Shan's clothes.
A bitter smile appeared on Zhong Shan's face.
The Red Phoenix Flame between Zhong Shan's brows leaped rapidly, swiftly absorbing the Red Phoenix Mist around them, as well as the Red Phoenix Mist within Tian Ling'er's body. This was already the second time. A bitter smile filled Zhong Shan's heart.
Tian Ling'er? Zhong Shan shook his head, a strange expression appearing on his face. There was a trace of affection, and also a trace of feeling, but only a trace. Compared with the conviction in his heart, this trace fell far short.
Before long, all the Red Phoenix Mist in the Magma Cave was drawn back.
At the very center of the space between his brows, that cluster of flame had grown much larger.
Tian Ling'er once again fell asleep from exhaustion. Looking at Tian Ling'er, who had passed out after taking advantage of him, Zhong Shan smiled bitterly. What—what was all this?
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