Mist wreathed the mountains, and the crimson bonfire, refracted through the fog, cast rings of red radiance that dyed the ravine scarlet.
Jiang Feng, the two women, and the Azure Ox sat around the bonfire. A skinned divine beast had been mounted over the flames, slowly roasting in the smoke.
The fragrance it gave off made the Azure Ox and Shen Xiaohe impatient with hunger.
Yet Jiang Feng sat quietly beside the fire, his brow tightly furrowed, unease filling his heart.
This unease came from the depths of his soul.
Although he had not used the Fire Extreme Golden Body lately, nor had he even used the Bloodthirsty Heart Lotus Divine Fire, he had still discovered that the power within the Fire Bodhi was invading the Slaughter God Heart more and more noticeably.
The Slaughter God Heart, once bright crimson, was not only gradually darkening, but was also developing streaks of black patterns like flames.
As for the Fire Lotus, the true body of the Bloodthirsty Heart Lotus Divine Fire, its changes were even greater. It seemed to have begun transforming from dark red into black.
Jiang Feng had already realized that whether or not he used the Bloodthirsty Heart Lotus Divine Fire, he could not stop the Fire Bodhi from affecting him.
Perhaps because of this, Jiang Feng had faintly sensed changes in himself.
When he had killed Puyang Feng last time, he had felt that bloodthirsty desire, as though it could seize his heart at any moment.
Moreover, perhaps under its influence, his desperate efforts to restrain that bloodthirsty urge had made him exceptionally sensitive to the word "kill."
Even when it came to normally hunting Magic Beasts for food, he had become deeply hesitant.
Jiang Feng knew that this was an extreme reaction before his will was