Taisui Flame, Azure Lotus Flame, Fusion Upgrade! The Best Match!

After parting ways with Xiao Yan, Shen Shihuang returned once again to the Mittel Clan.

Ya Fei held a flagon of wine, her eyes filled with reluctance as she looked at Shen Shihuang. "If you have the time, don't forget to come back and visit."

Shen Shihuang took the flagon from Ya Fei's hand and nodded. "Rest assured, if I have the time in the future, I will certainly return."

Compared to the reluctance in Ya Fei's eyes, the sentiment in Teng Shan's eyes was even more intense, and he did not forget to gift Shen Shihuang a large sum of gold coins.

"Ya Fei, Elder Hai, Great Elder, farewell!" Shen Shihuang said, cupping his hands in a salute.

Three days later, Shen Shihuang looked toward the distance, where the Black-Corner Region lay.

He had already obtained the origin energy of the Green Lotus Core Flame; this was Shen Shihuang's first step. "Next is the origin energy of the second Heavenly Flame."

Within the Black-Corner Region, there existed another Heavenly Flame. The owner of this flame was none other than the Medicine Emperor, Han Feng, of Maple City.

Likewise, he was the weakest among all those who possessed a Heavenly Flame.

As for the other Heavenly Flames, they were either passed down through generations and impossible to seize, held by the ancient clans like the eight Dou Di families, or in the hands of terrifying powerhouses who had been famous for ages.

Compared to those, the Medicine Emperor Han Feng was simply... far too weak!

If he didn't rob him, who would he rob?

"Ranked fifteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, the Sea Heart Flame." Shen Shihuang did not act immediately. Although he was now strong enough to forcibly seize the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng, he wanted to see what changes the Taisui Flame would undergo after absorbing the origin energy of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Swish!

Thinking of this, Shen Shihuang found a desolate area, punched open a cave, crawled inside, and sealed the entrance with rocks.

After sitting down cross-legged, Shen Shihuang extended one hand, and the black Taisui Flame flared up. In an instant, the temperature inside the entire cave soared. Controlling the heat, he extended his other hand, and a wisp of cyan flame appeared. Compared to ordinary fire, this cyan flame was far more brilliant, as if it were the result of countless purifications.

"Merge!"

Shen Shihuang slowly brought his hands together. The black Taisui Flame suddenly became manic, and countless black flames surged up, instantly engulfing the cyan flame entirely.

In an instant, Shen Shihuang felt a crazily surging flow of energy rampaging through his body.

"Damn it!"

Shen Shihuang's vision went black, and he nearly fainted. At this moment, his entire body was being scorched by the black Taisui Flame; he was essentially using his own body as a furnace and his Dou Qi as fuel.

"Hiss!!"

Shen Shihuang endured the pain of his skin tearing, his bones being calcined, and his blood evaporating, his face contorting into a grimace. "What powerful strength!"

At the same time, Shen Shihuang felt the immense power emerging within him. He vaguely sensed that through his current Heavenly Flame, he could even trigger the magma beneath the earth.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Shen Shihuang gasped for air. The black flames burning on his body were slowly forming the shape of a lotus with him at the center.

The Green Lotus Core Flame was shaped like a lotus. If one were in a volcanic region, it could trigger a volcanic eruption, creating a terrifying, world-destroying force.

At this moment, Shen Shihuang clearly felt that the Taisui Flame had also acquired this ability.

Is this the ability of the Taisui Flame?

By merging the origin energy of other Heavenly Flames, I gain their specific abilities?

At this moment, Shen Shihuang's heart was filled with extreme excitement. If he were to obtain the origin energy of all the Heavenly Flames on the ranking, how powerful would the Taisui Flame become?

Furthermore, the existence of the Taisui Flame made it clear to Shen Shihuang that there must be other Heavenly Flames in the Dou Qi Continent that were not recorded on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

As the Taisui Flame slowly receded from Shen Shihuang's body and returned to his palm, his clothes had long since been burned into nothingness.

The Taisui Flame was even aware of Shen Shihuang's current condition; wisps of flame flowed over his body, unexpectedly transforming into a black robe.

"Ah~~~~~~~~!"

As the black robe appeared, Shen Shihuang felt as if his back were being split open alive.

Whoosh!

A pair of black bone wings, ten feet wide, emerged from Shen Shihuang's back. The pitch-black wings were like the gaze of an abyss. With a flicker of his heart, he flapped the black bone wings, and the stones at the cave entrance were instantly overturned.

Shen Shihuang vanished directly from the cave, soaring into the sky.

Feeling the power brought by the bone wings on his back, a look of realization dawned in Shen Shihuang's eyes.

"The Taisui Flame... has it leveled up?"

The black bone wings possessed no visible power, yet they seemed to contain an incomparable terror. Shen Shihuang flapped his wings and immediately streaked toward the distance like a meteor.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Shen Shihuang stopped, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

The speed of these bone wings was several times faster than his own mid-air flight!

It was simply terrifying.

"Taisui Bone."

"Earth-tier low-grade Dou Technique."

"It can evolve along with the leveling up of the Taisui Flame; upon reaching its peak, it can break through the constraints of time at will."

Information, as if innate, appeared in Shen Shihuang's mind. It was information regarding the black bone wings on his back.

"Hiss!"

Shen Shihuang shuddered. "Break through time at will? Could it be that I can even travel through time?"

As for whether he could or not, Shen Shihuang did not know for the moment, but he did know that the speed of these bone wings was likely unmatched by anyone within the Dou Zong realm.

At least, that was the case for now.

"Could it be that every time the Taisui Flame levels up, I will receive similar benefits?"

On a mountain peak, Shen Shihuang sat cross-legged, resting his chin on his hand as he pondered.

However, he did not notice at all that on the black bone wings behind him, tiny specks of black flame were appearing and merging into the space around him.

"If that's the case, this Earth-tier low-grade bone wing is already this strong. If the next level-up grants an offensive Dou Technique, wouldn't it be even more powerful?"

"Heavenly Flame!!"

After witnessing the benefits brought by the Taisui Flame for the first time, his desire for the origin energy of Heavenly Flames grew even stronger.

Rip—!

Suddenly, black flames appeared in front of Shen Shihuang, forcibly tearing a fissure in space. Shen Shihuang hurriedly stood up and retreated.

Looking at that spatial rift, it seemed to be filled with endless flames.

Black ones.

They felt of the same origin.

"Taisui Flame?"

Shen Shihuang was stunned.

He then saw a figure slowly walking out from within the infinite black flames.

It was a young, handsome face, though perhaps a notch inferior to Shen Shihuang's.

The man walked slowly from the endless flames to the spatial rift, and then stepped out.

When he had fully emerged, he bowed respectfully toward Shen Shihuang.

"Congratulations, my King."

Shen Shihuang: "???"

Although he was bowing in salute, he could not hide the elegance of his bearing. The man walked slowly to Shen Shihuang's front and circled him once.

He said, "My King's first fusion and upgrade, the awakening of the Taisui Bone, is the key to summoning us."

"My King must grow stronger rapidly from this day forward; only then will we, your subjects, be able to arrive in this world."

Listening to this person's words, Shen Shihuang wore a look of utter bewilderment.

Who are you?

What are you talking about?