Nine Nether Divine Flame

"Found it!"

Su Fang quickly spotted the main trunk of the Nine Nether Demon Vine.

He immediately charged forward.

"Power of Gods and Devils! Activate!"

Su Fang fully unleashed the power of the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body, then leaped onto the Nine Nether Demon Vine's main trunk and began raining down punches like mad.

"Break!"

"Break!"

"..."

Punch after punch, Su Fang relentlessly smashed the Nine Nether Demon Vine's trunk. Before long, it was covered in cracks, dark green sap spraying everywhere.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With its core trunk grievously damaged, the Nine Nether Demon Vine whipped its countless vines through the air, slamming them repeatedly and viciously into Su Fang's back.

In an instant, his back was battered into a bloody mess.

Even so, Su Fang did not stop punching.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Bolstered by the power of the demon god, Su Fang looked utterly crazed. He felt not the slightest pain, only continuing to smash, continuing to smash...

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion rang out!

The Nine Nether Demon Vine's trunk was finally smashed completely apart, split into pieces, while all its vines instantly lost every trace of life and fell limply to the ground.

Soon afterward, they began to wither away.

"Damn it, this thing was tough too. I'm exhausted."

After killing the Nine Nether Demon Vine, Su Fang finally collapsed into unconsciousness.

By the time he woke again, a full day and night had passed.

The first thing Su Fang did upon awakening was inspect his injuries. Yet what astonished even him was...

Every injury on his body had already healed completely, without so much as a single wound remaining.

"This recovery speed is several times more terrifying than the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art's!"

Su Fang was deeply astonished.

"As expected of a cultivation technique beyond the divine grade. It really is terrifying beyond measure!"

"If only activating its power did not affect my mind."

Su Fang felt a slight regret.

Still, he did not care too much. Compared with the formidable effects of the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body, such minor side effects were entirely acceptable.

After thinking this through, Su Fang turned to inspect the spoils he had gained from this hard-fought battle.

First were the large number of Nether Crystals scattered around, left behind after the Nine Nether Demon Vine had absorbed their flesh.

After a rough count, Su Fang found there were more than several hundred.

This number of Nether Crystals was enough for Su Fang to cultivate for a very long time. He might even be able to cultivate all the way to the Third-Transformation Divine Body.

As for his second great harvest, it was naturally the Nine Nether Core within the Nine Nether Demon Vine's corpse beneath his feet.

With that thought, Su Fang tore open the Nine Nether Demon Vine's trunk and dug out a pitch-black crystal from within.

Looking at the crystal, Su Fang examined it closely.

Though Su Fang's gains from this battle were enormous, the price he had paid was equally heavy.

More than half the spiritual energy stored within the Heavenly Evolution Array Disk had been consumed, and the spirit stones on Su Fang's person were already stretched thin.

He likely could not support many more battles like this.

Therefore, if the Nine Nether Core's effects failed to satisfy Su Fang, that would truly be depressing.

With that in mind, Su Fang began trying to refine the Nine Nether Core.

A completely black power seeped into Su Fang's body. After circulating through him once, it began gathering within the Qi Sea of his dantian.

The meager spiritual energy in Su Fang's dantian Qi Sea immediately retreated three paces upon encountering this black Nine Nether Divine Force, directly surrendering the most central position in the Qi Sea.

Then, a ball of completely black flame appeared, floating at the center of Su Fang's dantian.

But that was not the end of it. The black flame burned hotter and hotter, then slowly began spreading outward from Su Fang's dantian.

It started scorching Su Fang's flesh.

"Ah!"

Su Fang cried out in agony!

He forcibly endured the repeated burning of that black flame.

Very quickly, the flames burned from within Su Fang's body to the outside of it.

At once, Su Fang was in such pain that he wanted to curse his mother!

"What body-tempering sacred treasure? What rebirth through shedding flesh and remaking bone!"

"This is trying to burn me into ash!"

"That really would be remaking bone... I'd turn straight into ash..."

As Su Fang wailed in pain, he cursed furiously in his heart.

He truly had not known that absorbing the Nine Nether Core would be so dangerous, so painful.

He had not been mentally prepared in the slightest.

The black flames continued to burn...

Having become a human torch, Su Fang felt as if he were about to be roasted through. In his daze, he even thought he could smell the charred aroma of his own flesh.

Fortunately, the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body began operating frantically at that moment, continuously healing Su Fang's body.

It kept him from truly being burned into ash...

And so, nearly half a day passed.

The flames on Su Fang's body slowly began to dim...

Before long, they completely dispersed and returned to Su Fang's dantian, turning into a tiny black flame.

Only then, after the excruciating pain had ended, did Su Fang let out a long breath...

"Whew... it's finally over..." Su Fang said in relief.

He then began examining his body.

He found that he seemed to have suddenly lost dozens of pounds, his entire body having thinned by a full circle.

Yet Su Fang found his body to be incomparably comfortable.

It was as though his body were a naturally formed treasure, flawless and perfect, without the slightest impurity.

His skin felt like a piece of luminous jade. Not a single pore could be seen, nor the slightest flaw.

"Th-this is marrow cleansing and bone forging?"

"It really made me shed my mortal form and remake my bones..."

Su Fang said in shock.

At that moment, he felt like an entirely different person, with endless strength filling his whole body.

The discomfort he had previously felt when switching from the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art to the Nine-Transformation Godfiend Body had also completely vanished.

Yet that was not all.

Apart from the enormous transformation of his body, tremendous changes had also occurred within the Qi Sea of Su Fang's dantian.

A tiny black flame floated above Su Fang's Qi Sea like a black sun, constantly shining down upon it.

Bit by bit, it removed the impurities from the spiritual energy in Su Fang's Qi Sea, refining his spiritual power until it became even purer.

Seeing this, Su Fang tried to summon the tiny black flame above his Qi Sea.

At once, a flame appeared in the palm of his hand.

"Could this be the Nine Nether Divine Force the system mentioned?"

Su Fang recalled the system's introduction from back then.

Then, he experimentally tossed the tiny black flame outward.

"Boom!"

A muffled blast sounded!

That tiny black flame directly burned away the Nine Nether Demon Vine's corpse beneath Su Fang's feet, leaving not even a trace of residue.

Yes.

Not even a speck of ash remained, as though the Nine Nether Demon Vine's corpse had evaporated into thin air.

"Terrifying! Far too terrifying!"

Su Fang exclaimed repeatedly.

Su Fang had personally experienced the toughness of the Nine Nether Demon Vine's body. Even if he had smashed at it himself, he would have needed to do so for a very, very long time.

Yet now, in the blink of an eye, the flame formed from Nine Nether Divine Force had burned it away completely.

This showed just how terrifying that tiny flame was.

"From now on, I'll call you the Nine Nether Divine Flame!"

Su Fang muttered to himself.

With the Nine Nether Divine Flame, Su Fang had undoubtedly gained another immensely powerful trump card.

He would no longer need to keep using the Heavenly Evolution Array Disk.

Thinking of this, Su Fang was immediately overjoyed.