Breaking Through (Part Two)

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Er Dongsheng closed his eyes and focused his mind on his entire body. The Life Energy in his stomach surged forth, wave after wave rushing toward the cells around it!

Boom!

Pitch-black flames burst from his body and blazed ever higher. Life Energy circulated through him and poured into every cell. Like oil poured onto a raging fire, the dim Ink Spirit Flame cores within his cells suddenly flared with black light. With a whoosh, Ink Spirit Flame engulfed every cell!

This was the bloodline-tempering method he had developed for himself, drawing on the refinement of vital essence here! He used Life Energy as fuel and the mysterious Ink Spirit Flame as the source of fire. Like oil fed to a blaze, he burned himself to temper his body! Like iron in a forge, he forged his blood and flesh in roaring flames, remaking every cell!

"Hiss!"

Er Dongsheng drew a deep breath. Sweat poured from his body, only to evaporate instantly in the heat of the flames covering his skin! His dark scales turned completely red. From the outside, he looked like a cooked shrimp!

As more Life Energy flowed in, the Ink Spirit Flame burned ever fiercer. Er Dongsheng felt the temperature of his skin climbing sharply! Every cell felt as though it were being torn apart. Numbness, itching, aching, pain—all manner of strange sensations gnawed at his nerves!

In truth, these were all Er Dongsheng's illusions. The wondrous Ink Spirit Flame had two sides. When he used it against an enemy, it instantly became a terrifying, searing fire with