Breakthrough, Obtaining the Hellfire Star

Breakthrough, Obtaining the Hellfire Star

Heat waves howled as the volcano erupted.

A torrential rain of magma poured down from the sky. Ma Xiaotao had no choice but to quickly flee the danger zone. Even Soul Beasts with several thousand or ten thousand years of cultivation began scattering in panic.

The volcano had erupted!

Meanwhile, Su Qingfeng was still in the midst of his breakthrough. Scarlet King offered up his body, and Hellfire enveloped the second Polar Star. At the same time, its immense cultivation condensed into a Second Soul Ring on Su Qingfeng's body.

Mu En stood amid the surging magma and scorching waves, yet remained completely unharmed. Layers of Radiant Holy Dragon light screens surrounded him.

He emerged from the flow of magma, shook his head, and said calmly,

"My dear disciple, if I say you are unlucky, you keep encountering Soul Beasts with hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation offering sacrifices to you. You even earned the Lucky Beast's recognition and companionship. I am already looking forward to your third Soul Ring."

"But if I say you are lucky, you run into such a violent volcanic eruption during a crucial breakthrough."

In just a few minutes, the heavens and earth changed color. The sky for dozens of miles around turned crimson. Magma swiftly covered an area spanning several kilometers, and even the Red Flame River could no longer contain it. Molten lava overflowed, transforming this place into the most dangerous region in the world.

Ma Xiaotao flapped her Phoenix Wings and had already escaped five or six thousand meters away. Yet after stopping, she risked everything to rush back, guarding Su Qingfeng's side.

Every trace of Evil Fire within her body was stirred. Her eyes turned scarlet as she shielded Su Qingfeng from the magma pouring down from above.

At her side, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion actually roared at the erupting volcano. A flame even more terrifying than Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire surged from its body.

Ma Xiaotao raised her brows, disbelief appearing on her bewitching face.

"Ultimate Fire? It is actually Ultimate Fire. Is this the Lucky Beast Patriarch spoke of? It possesses Extreme attributes."

The Ultimate Fire spewing from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's mouth was incredibly hot. It actually suppressed the volcanic magma, forming a protective barrier.

This power was enough to rival a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

However, in the face of such a natural disaster, even the power of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast could not suppress it alone.

In the end, Mu En took action. The Radiant Holy Dragon circled around them, centering on Su Qingfeng and enclosing Ma Xiaotao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion within.

Erupting magma splashed across Mu En's Radiant Holy Dragon, producing crackling sounds and leaving red-black marks on its golden-white scales. But the Radiant Holy Dragon trembled once, and all those remnants vanished.

Hellfire completely fused with the second Polar Star, and a deep-purple Soul Ring condensed around Su Qingfeng's Second Extreme Star.

Scarlet King curled up in a corner of the Sea of Consciousness, constantly testing the limit of Su Qingfeng's Second Soul Ring.

At the same time, Snow Empress sensed it and raised the age of Su Qingfeng's First Extreme Star as well, matching the Soul Ring age of the Second Extreme Star.

Mu En focused intently, closely observing Su Qingfeng's condition.

Two thousand years... two thousand five hundred years... three thousand years!

Buzz! The Immortal Realm and the External Soul Bone, Empty Clarity Immortal Feather, were forced out. Those ethereal, immortal-like wings swayed within the Sacred Dragon's body, instantly leaving Ma Xiaotao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion entranced.

At this moment, Su Qingfeng's looks and aura had completely exploded!

He was absurdly handsome!

At the same time, bolstered by the Immortal Realm and the External Soul Bone, Su Qingfeng's endurance increased. The age of his Second Soul Ring continued to rise... three thousand five hundred years! Three thousand seven hundred years! Three thousand nine hundred years!

Four thousand years!

The attributes of Ultimate Ice and Hellfire also took effect, and the two attributes efficiently absorbed part of Scarlet King's power.

In the end, the Soul Ring age of Su Qingfeng's Second Extreme Star actually reached six thousand years.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Snow Empress also raised the age of the Ice Extreme Star to six thousand one hundred years.

With an overbearing method, she raised it by an extra hundred years. Not for any other reason, but simply to tell Scarlet King that she was Su Qingfeng's first exclusive companion here and would always be stronger than it.

This was also the pride deep within Snow Empress's heart. She could not display such pride before Su Qingfeng, but before others and Soul Beasts, this aspect of her personality was fully revealed.

At the same time, Su Qingfeng's Soul Power rose to level twenty-three and was breaking through toward level twenty-four.

When Su Qingfeng opened his eyes, both Ma Xiaotao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion were gazing at him affectionately from very close by, nearly scaring him to death.

Though he knew the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was a Lucky Beast and possessed intelligence no less than a human's by nature, it was still far too frightening for a three-eyed Soul Beast to look at him with the admiring gaze of a woman toward a man.

Unless one had some strange fetish, like humans and beasts...

And then there was Ma Xiaotao's burning gaze. Her face was still flushed. He had no idea whether it was from the environment or because her heart had been stirred, but Su Qingfeng feared she would XXOO him right on the spot.

It had to be said, Su Qingfeng: I'm still just a child!

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"Enough. Since the breakthrough is complete, do not linger here. It is still dangerous. If you really want to flirt, you can do whatever you want after leaving the danger zone."

At that moment, Mu En used his immense power to take Su Qingfeng, Ma Xiaotao, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion away. Before long, they had left the core eruption zone of the active volcano and arrived at the end of the Red Flame River Zone.

They could see that the amount of magma within the Red Flame River Zone had visibly increased. It had originally flooded only half the river zone, but now it had submerged the path they had taken here. They could only remain atop mountain peaks and lava pillars.

Fortunately, Su Qingfeng had the Empty Clarity Immortal Feather given to him by his senior brother Yan Shaozhe, allowing him to fly. Having reached this point, he now possessed the ability to protect himself.

Looking back, the thousand-year Soul Beasts that had followed Su Qingfeng on the way here, along with some unfortunate ten-thousand-year fire-type Soul Beasts, had already been swept into the Red Flame River Zone.

Their bodies had begun to suffer damage from the scalding magma. Before long, once their strength was exhausted, they too would be burned to death by the lava and eventually become piles of black charcoal.

"What a pity for so many Soul Beasts. Nature is merciless. In an instant, it killed so many of them. Their deaths are related to me as well. If they had not followed behind me, they would not have come to such a dangerous place without any preparation."

Su Qingfeng sighed.

Mu En was also filled with emotion. For Soul Masters to grow stronger, Soul Beasts were indispensable. Given time, Soul Beasts would likely become increasingly rare, their species dwindling. Coupled with natural disasters, their circumstances would only grow more difficult.

"Star Lord, do you wish to save them?"

At that moment, Scarlet King spoke from within Su Qingfeng's Sea of Consciousness.

"Me? Are you talking about me? I am only a Soul Grandmaster in my twenties. Even though I have fused with your Hellfire now, it would still be difficult for me to save so many enormous Soul Beasts from a magma river."

Su Qingfeng said.

"Star Lord, you have the ability. Perhaps this is the true ability of the Polar Stars, one that even you yourself have not yet discovered.

"The Polar Stars are planets, not merely simple spheres. They possess the ability to allow life of matching attributes to thrive within them. As you grow stronger and your attributes are strengthened, the Polar Stars will grow larger and larger, producing substances that can sustain life. This is the true reason why you attract us Soul Beasts so deeply.

"At the current strength of the Second Extreme Star, the Hellfire Star, it can accommodate Soul Beasts whose combined cultivation ages total three hundred thousand years. However, no individual Soul Beast may exceed six thousand years. Yes, that is also the limit of my current cultivation, while the limit on any single Soul Beast is the current age of your Second Soul Ring."

Scarlet King said.

Snow Empress also spoke from within the Sea of Consciousness. Upon hearing her speak, Scarlet King obediently stayed to the side.

"Yes, it is correct. At first, I did not know of this trait of the Polar Stars either. Because I was born from the ice and snow of heaven and earth, I did not understand much about the other laws of the world. It was only after living on the Ice Extreme Star for some time that I vaguely discovered it.

"The first Soul Beast on a Polar Star will become the Star Lord's Extreme Star Agent, governing everything on that Polar Star. It can also cultivate there, which means it can avoid the Heavenly Tribulation that we Soul Beasts must ultimately face and reach greater heights.

"Taking in other Soul Beasts can also make the elemental power on the Polar Star denser and allow it to evolve."

"This means that the Child of Ice—no, Star Lord—you are destined by fate. You will ultimately become the True Lord of this world and starry sky!"

Snow Empress said excitedly. She had never believed in anyone so deeply before, not even the legendary and elusive Ice God. Too much time had passed, and even that faith had gradually faded.

Hearing this, Su Qingfeng also cast aside his doubts. No wonder he had sometimes vaguely felt that something was missing from his Ice Extreme Star. He could faintly sense its vastness.

One day, if his spiritual power reached a certain level, perhaps he would be able to look within and see the true scenery atop the Polar Stars!