Extreme Almightiest Young Master
Chapter 2480 - 2459: Vengeful Spirit Ghostfire
Chapter 2459 Ghostly Fire of Grievance
Gazing at the towering structure, Lin Feng’s eyes carried a trace of killing intent, and he keenly sensed that his current murderous aura was in an agitated state. Suddenly, Lin Feng realized a question—that the formations outside the relic might not be meant to prevent outsiders from entering, but to stop this strange fire inside from harming others!
Once he sorted through these thoughts, Lin Feng immediately felt enlightened, his eyes calming down, and the turmoil within him settled as well. He roughly figured out how to deal with this peculiar Heaven and Earth Strange Fire!
Step by step, leading Xiao Huo toward the tower, regardless of the inner turmoil, Lin Feng remained as composed as a meditating monk, unaffected in the slightest. As Lin Feng drew nearer to the tower, it seemed to react, unleashing an intense heat as though trying to roast the approaching human alive!
At close range, Lin Feng sensed the negative aura emanating from the tower, his lips curling into a smile without hesitation. Enduring the unparalleled heat, he arrived at the tower’s edge!
Oh, there’s a formation here too!
Upon reaching the tower’s edge, Lin Feng noticed a formation, his lips curled into a smile. Judging by the situation, it seemed people here had long anticipated the Heaven and Earth Strange Fire. Upon discovering its loss of control, they evacuated, having prepared everything upon leaving!
However, what puzzled Lin Feng was why the artifact refining methods on the walls concealed a murderous intent. This explanation seemed untenable, unless there was something beyond his consideration?
Looking at the tower before him, Lin Feng decided to first subdue the Heaven and Earth Strange Fire, considering safety as a priority. He refrained from hastily dismantling the formation, instead choosing to erect formations around the tower to completely isolate it from the outside. Only then could he ensure the Heaven and Earth Strange Fire inside would not escape, giving him the opportunity to subdue it!
As if sensing Lin Feng’s intentions, the Heaven and Earth Strange Fire inside the tower went berserk. Yet, with the Eternal Divine Flame protecting him, the supposed intense heat proved futile, absorbed entirely by the Eternal Divine Flame. It took a full day before Lin Feng completed several layers of formations around the tower.
Once the multiple formations were set up, Lin Feng proceeded to resolve the formation at the tower’s edge. Breaking formations proceeded far faster than establishing them. After a mere six hours, Lin Feng dismantled the surrounding formations, even encountering unfamiliar ones, which he reinforced promptly on previous layers.
After finishing these tasks, Lin Feng confirmed one thing: the current formations outside the tower were even stronger than the previous ones. Within such formations, the Heaven and Earth Strange Fire inside couldn’t possibly escape. With a slight twitch of his brow, he pushed the tower’s door without hesitation.
Yet, as soon as the door swung open, a flame akin to a vicious ghost surged out, enveloping Lin Feng instantly, causing a brief lapse in control, his eyes reddening and murderous intent skyrocketing, seemingly on the verge of madness!
In this crucial moment, Fire Spirit Xiao Huo suddenly emerged, encapsulating Lin Feng, utilizing its fusion trait to momentarily suppress the Alien Fire. In that critical instant, Lin Feng regained composure, chanting Buddhist scriptures to pacify the internal chaos, achieving a particular state akin to the legendary Buddhist guardian, leaving the Alien Fire no opportunity to exploit!
A golden bell-like shield appeared around Lin Feng’s body, enveloping him. Surrounding Lin Feng were two special layers of flame. The inner layer was red, resembling a rampaging specter, like an evil spirit relentlessly pursuing Lin Feng’s golden shield, attempting to tear apart Lin Feng and devour his soul!
But on the outskirts of the red flame, a golden flame persistently attacked it. This was the Fire Spirit Xiao Huo Lin Feng had previously established, instructed by Lin Feng to swiftly integrate with the red flame, while simultaneously purging its negative emotions.
"Good heavens!"
"How terrifying!"
"How can there be such flames!"
"That flame seems almost like an evil spirit..."
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Tao Tao and the others gazed from afar at this phenomenon, completely stunned. They never expected the situation to turn out this way, nor did they anticipate that such an evil spirit was trapped inside the tower. Remembering all the oddities they encountered before, they dared not look further, quickly averting their gaze to avoid being influenced by the evil spirit-like strange fire, as that would cause unnecessary trouble.
In a blink of an eye, a day had passed like this. Perhaps feeling the threat to its life, the evil spirit-like strange fire began to counterattack, desperately fighting against Xiao Huo. However, the fire spirit Xiao Huo had evolved multiple times, and its strength had long surpassed imagination, making it extremely difficult for the evil spirit-like strange fire to stand a chance against Xiao Huo!
Moreover, with Lin Feng continuously reciting Buddhist chants to calm the malevolent thoughts of the evil spirit-like strange fire, the entire process lasted only three days before the evil spirit-like strange fire was completely absorbed by the fire spirit Xiao Huo and vanished.
"This guy is not simple!" As soon as the strange fire was absorbed by Xiao Huo, Lin Feng opened his eyes and said flatly.
"It inherently possesses a special ability to infect human souls due to its evil thoughts and the arising Heaven and Earth Strange Fire. The previous owner who tried to subdue this strange fire failed and was instead controlled by it, ultimately dying inside the tower." Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, the fire spirit Xiao Huo immediately responded. This was all the information it obtained after subduing the evil spirit-like strange fire.
"Died inside the tower?"
Hearing this, Lin Feng instantly developed an interest in the tower’s affairs. After murmuring a question, he turned and walked towards the tower.
As he ascended the stone-like stairs, Lin Feng reached the top of the tower. Upon reaching the highest level, he encountered a skeleton. What puzzled him was that the skeleton emitted a shimmering light, resembling a jade stone skeleton.
As he withdrew his gaze, Lin Feng suddenly noticed the skeleton’s finger pointing to a certain place. Turning his head to look in the direction indicated, Lin Feng discovered directly opposite the skeleton, a palm-sized jade stone stele, which also emitted a faint light.
After a brief hesitation, Lin Feng touched the stele with his hand, and instantly an extremely peculiar aura entered his body. Simultaneously, a special voice emerged in the depths of his soul.
"Fellow Daoist, don’t be puzzled and don’t speak. My remnant soul doesn’t have much time left, just listen to what I have to say," continued the old-sounding voice. "The jade stele before you is actually a key. Beneath the tower is a secret place, where I’ve stored everything throughout my life. Since you’ve reached here, it indicates that you’ve either subdued or destroyed that damn strange fire. Either result is what I hoped for. I don’t want that damn strange fire to harm people anymore!"
"This damn strange fire was actually obtained from an Ancient Tomb. It’s called the ’Wraith Ghost Fire,’ born from gathering all the evil energy in the Ancient Tomb. Initially, I was also entangled by it, and having no other choice, I returned here and sealed off this place after dismissing everyone around me. I never expected that eventually, I was still controlled by this Wraith Ghost Fire, and I constructed many traps here. In a brief moment of clarity, I activated the Formation prepared long ago around the tower, trapping the Wraith Ghost Fire inside."
At this point, the old voice suddenly paused and then supplemented, "As for my identity, I can tell you, I am Zhenxuan Venerable, Elder of the Thousand Spirits Clan. If you have the chance to encounter descendants of the Thousand Spirits Clan, tell them about me, as this would be your way to thank me. My only request for help is that I hope you can fulfill this last wish for me..."
As soon as the words were spoken, Zhenxuan Venerable’s last remnant soul completely vanished.
Facing Zhenxuan Venerable’s skeleton, Lin Feng nodded earnestly, then bowed, picked up the jade stele, and then rushed down the stairs in the tower. Upon reaching the first level, he indeed saw a groove on the side of the stone steps, perfectly matching the size of the jade stele.
Seeing this, he placed the jade stele into the groove, and the moment it was placed, the stele emitted a light screen. Suddenly, a light screen appeared on the side of the stone steps. Seeing this, without any hesitation, Lin Feng stepped into it.
Once inside, Lin Feng discovered it was an immensely spacious area, undoubtedly forcibly created with special space formations.
Within this space, there were many regions, and at the edge of each region, there was a stele with explanations. Coming to the nearest stele, Lin Feng saw written on it, "Defensive Array Research Area," which contained many models of formations that had been researched!
This instantly captured Lin Feng’s interest, and he immediately began deciphering these formation models left by Zhenxuan Venerable, gaining considerable insight and even opening up many unique perspectives, allowing him to comprehend the wondrous nature of these formations.
After spending three days thoroughly understanding the various formation models in the Defensive Array Research Area, Lin Feng, with an excited expression, proceeded to other regions. This time, he encountered the Attack Array Research Area, and upon seeing the formation models inside, his eyes brightened even more, without any hesitation, he continued to fully immerse himself in deciphering those formation models...