Heavenly Desolation

Lightning struck his body, making black smoke pour from him.

The Divine Flame Man's body convulsed, having suffered considerable injuries.

Streaks of lightning rushed into his body and filled his meridians, obstructing his senses and preventing him from using precious techniques.

The Divine Flame Man's presence weakened, and the flames around him rushed into his meridians, seeking to burn away the lightning within him.

"That's absolutely impossible. Master looks like he's about to lose."

"No, how could Master lose? He's sizing up his opponent's methods."

"Quick, attack together and buy Master some time."

The pure-blooded creatures exchanged glances, then charged at Lei Chong together.

Crack!

Lei Chong raised his fist and struck at them. Lightning coiled around his fist, its terrifying flashes cracking the void itself.

The pure-blooded creatures had only just rushed forward when the terrifying force of his punch sent them flying.

Now he was like a bolt of lightning, striking at the Divine Flame Man's glabella.

He couldn't even be bothered to look at those small fry.

Hum!

Above the Divine Flame Man's head, the fragment of the Chaos Disk trembled gently. Wisps of chaos Qi descended and blasted apart the huge net of lightning.

Not only that, the lightning in his body was also completely dispersed by the chaos Qi, and his damaged primordial spirit was nourished.

His injuries healed completely, and he returned to his peak.

Lei Chong was also blasted away by the chaos and slammed hard into the earth.

"This..." Lei Chong struggled to rise from the dirt.

The moment he saw the Divine Flame Man, he naturally knew his identity as well.

So when he first attacked, he had immediately used his strongest divine ability, hoping to kill his opponent in an instant and prevent him from using the Reincarnation Disk.

He hadn't expected the Reincarnation Disk to revive on its own and protect the Divine Flame Man from being killed.

Fortunately, what put his mind at ease was that the Reincarnation Disk fell silent again. No more chaos Qi seeped out, and it did not take the initiative to attack him.

What a treasure. If only I could snatch it, it would definitely make a trump card. Lei Chong's eyes shone, but he knew perfectly well that it wasn't realistic.

The Divine Flame Man glanced at the Reincarnation Disk, his eyes showing little reaction.

"I was careless just now and actually let you injure my primordial spirit. Now, in a battle at my peak, let's see how many tricks you have left," the Divine Flame Man said.

Whoosh!

The Divine Flame Man formed seals with both hands, and clusters of divine flame gathered, circling in his palms like little dancing figures.

"After I was born, a ball of heavenly fire fell from the sky. Not only was I not burned to death, I obtained a flame imprint that lets me control the divine fire around me. Since I began making my way in the world, few have been able to withstand this divine fire," the Divine Flame Man said proudly.

As he spoke, the flames in his hands drifted upward.

The little figures formed from flame circled and instantly wrapped themselves around Lei Chong.

At the same time, the figures swiftly formed an array, constructing a prison of flame.

A wave of heat swept over the area, making even the void hum and tremble. One could imagine the terrifying temperature Lei Chong, standing at its center, was enduring.

"These flames really are formidable," Lei Chong said, his expression grave.

These first-generation geniuses of the Upper Realm were extraordinary indeed, each with opportunities of their own. But compared to him, they still fell far short. If he hadn't been wary of the man's Reincarnation Disk, he would have suppressed him long ago. How else could he have kept jumping around for so long?

Several pure-blooded creatures stood behind the Divine Flame Man.

The force of the punch had struck them earlier, leaving them with serious injuries.

If they hadn't been pure-blooded creatures, they would already have been reduced to piles of bloody pulp.

"With Master using his divine flames, how many people in the Lower Realm can withstand them?"

"Ahem, once Master unleashes his divine flames, even the first-generation geniuses of the Upper Realm must submit."

"..."

The pure-blooded creatures talked freely, paying Lei Chong no mind at all.

But in the very next moment, they fell silent.

Hum!

Golden vortices appeared around Lei Chong, absorbing the flames of the prison surrounding him. This was the Golden Spin Ripple Technique, which could convert the energy around him.

Threads of flame followed the vortices and were absorbed into Lei Chong's body.

The divine flames turned into the purest energy, washing over Lei Chong's flesh.

Red energy flowed through his internal organs, every meridian, and even every cell.

His body glowed faintly, like translucent jade.

The flames surrounding him had grown extremely faint.

"This... this is absolutely impossible."

"He actually withstood the divine flames and even absorbed them into his body."

"What kind of monster is he?"

The pure-blooded creatures could no longer remain calm.

Bang!

Lei Chong shook himself lightly, and the cage of flames around him collapsed.

At the same time, lightning flashed from his body and formed a gigantic suanni.

The suanni opened its mouth and roared, spraying countless bolts of lightning.

"Li Fire Disk!" The Divine Flame Man controlled the flames, making them form a disk to fight the mountain-sized suanni.

At the same time, flaming figures appeared around his body.

These were all divine fire, transformed into figures of flame under the Divine Flame Man's control.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The flame figures came one after another, closing in to surround Lei Chong.

A pair of enormous wings appeared on Lei Chong's back, formed from the Kunpeng Method. Bolts of lightning coiled around them, turning the Kunpeng wings into a pair of lightning wings.

Swoosh!

Lei Chong swooped past, the wings behind him like heavenly blades. They sliced through a flame figure in an instant, cutting it cleanly in two.

The flame figure exploded, turning into terrifying flames that filled the sky.

The other flame figures charged in, surrounding Lei Chong.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lei Chong unleashed his full strength. The lightning around him turned into heavenly blades, cutting down flame figure after flame figure and shattering them amid the lightning.

Then he charged to the Divine Flame Man's side, and the two began a great clash.

The Divine Flame Man was formidable indeed. Though he was at the peak of the Array Formation Realm, his strength far surpassed that of many Venerables. No wonder pure-blooded creatures had submitted to him.

Of course, Lei Chong had not used his full strength. If he drove his opponent into a desperate situation and the latter used the Chaos Disk outright, he really would have no way to resist it.

The two fought for dozens of exchanges, leaving the valley riddled with holes.

As Lei Chong fought, he was chanting a certain incantation.

In the years before, when he was still in the Kunpeng Nest, he had explored most of it. Of course, at the very beginning, when his cultivation was still very low, he had relied on the Heavenly Desolation halberd to protect him from the shadows.

And whenever he wasn't cultivating, he had kept trying to communicate with Heavenly Desolation.

At first, Heavenly Desolation had shown no response. It had merely regarded him as a descendant of the Ten Fiends and casually lent him a hand.

But Lei Chong never tired of trying, and continued attempting to communicate with it.

Sure enough, as Lei Chong continually broke through realms at their extremes, Heavenly Desolation began to stir and gave him a slight response.

Only in the last few years, when the Kunpeng Nest was about to open, did Heavenly Desolation finally respond and speak of an obsession it held.

It turned out that after the previous era's destruction, the Kunpeng had returned grievously wounded, only to be ambushed by several True Immortals and die a tragic death.

Although those people had been crippled, they had not died completely.

Heavenly Desolation had once intended to avenge the Kunpeng, but did not know where those people were hiding.

Lei Chong had volunteered, saying he could help investigate and would notify him with a special incantation as soon as he found any clues.

After all, he had read the original work and knew the identities of those enemies.

So naturally, he felt no pressure at all about doing this.

Hum!

A ripple passed through the void and entered Lei Chong's mind. It was Heavenly Desolation's response, and it put Lei Chong considerably more at ease.