Chapter 928: Old Shadow Eccentric (1/2)

Nie Tian’s expression flickered with astonishment. “A cluster of Divine Flame that is a Heaven Nourished grade spiritual material?! And the whole Domain of Flame’s End was destroyed just because it arrived hidden inside a meteor?!”

“That’s right!” Jing Feiyang said with knitted brow. “It plagued every single realm of the Domain of Flame’s End and killed every soul that lived in them, turning them into dead realms! After that, it just stayed in the Domain of Flame’s End and never went anywhere, but it’s very intelligent.

“Once, the head of the flame element sect of the Five Elements Sect, an expert at the peak of the God domain, heard about it, and came here in an attempt to capture that cluster of Divine Flame.

“However, that cluster of Divine Flame shrewdly sensed his aura, and hid itself.

“He scanned each and every realm in the Domain of Flame’s End, but failed to find it anywhere.

“After searching for six months, he left empty-handed and frustrated.

“After that, many other cultivators who practice flame power incantations and had confidence in their abilities came to explore this region, hoping to take that cluster of Divine Flame for themselves.

“The result was: none of those who were powerful enough to pose a threat to the Divine Flame were able to find it.

“Those who weren’t very strong, however, somehow found it, but ended up being burned to death by it.

“Gradually, fewer and fewer Qi warriors would travel through domains to this place to seek that cluster of Divine Flame.

“However, when cultivators who have powerful flame power spiritual tools or spiritual materials on them, or practice special flame power incantations, pass through this region, the cluster of Divine Flame will show up and attack them.”

Nie Tian’s expression flickered. “Powerful flame power spiritual tools will attract its attention?”

Jing Feiyang nodded.

Nie Tian instantly remembered that the Flame Dragon Armor was a fire-attributed Spirit Channeling grade treasure, which even had the potential to advance to the Immortal grade.

Its soul was that of a flame dragon’s, and its Blood Core was the flame dragon’s heart. After he had infused it with his Blood Essence, Bloodline Crystal Chains had magically reappeared in its Blood Core, reviving the flame dragon in an unorthodox way.

Furthermore, the head of the flame element sect of the Five Elements Sect had originally forged it for the Daughter of Flames, which meant it had been an unearthly treasure since the day it had been born.

Now that he had infused it with his Blood Essence and life aura, and it had taken it upon itself to absorb a significant amount of earthflame essence and earthflame crystal strings, it was now more powerful than ever.

“Could it be the Flame Dragon Armor that alarmed that cluster of Divine Flame?” Nie Tian thought to himself, his brow furrowed. “But it’s stored in a sealed ring of holding. Don’t tell me it can even sense it like this!”

Days passed, and their ancient starship continued to sail towards the Domain of Flame’s End.

Every once in a while, Nie Tian would examine their surroundings through a curious prismatic crystal inside his cabin.

He would see dead stars that looked like charred wood from time to time. Those dead stars were bereft of any aura of the living. No grass or trees could be seen. Desolation and endless silence was all there was.

During this time, he felt like he was being watched stealthily a few more times while he practiced the True Flame Incantation.

“Is that cluster of Divine Flame really watching me?” He grew more and more vigilant.

Another day passed...

A large shadow suddenly flew out of a dead star as their ancient starship sailed past it.

It rose ethereally, and rapidly expanded to cover dozens of kilometers as it approached their ancient starship.

All of a sudden, an ice-cold voice came from the heart of the shadow. “If you give that Son of the Stars named Nie Tian to me now, I promise that I’ll let the two of you go.”

“Old Shadow Eccentric!” Duan Shihu exclaimed inside his cabin.

Moments later, Nie Tian left his cabin to meet Duan Shihu and Jing Rou in theirs.

Floating in front of Jing Rou was a prismatic crystal that reflected the shadow with great clarity.

Jing Feiyang suddenly appeared in the cabin. “This is exactly as I expected! Old Shadow Eccentric is at the early Void domain. As a well-known Hunter, he wanders the starry river among the powerful domains year-round. The fact that he suddenly showed up here proves that there must be someone behind this!”

“He’s not so easy to deal with...” Jing Rou muttered. After a moment of pondering, she turned to Jing Feiyang and added, “Father, I doubt that he’s the only one. If you go fight him now, you’ll be exposed. Then, if other Hunters show up later, they might come up with strategies that target you.”