1044 Unlucky Star (1/2)
Swish!
Meng Nong's body sped up. One of his fists glowed golden and then turned into an eagle's claw. A gold aura surrounded it. In a flash, Meng Nong tore up the air around him with his claw. There was an ear-piercing sound.
”Right now!”
Jiang Yi's narrow eyes burst wide open. A huge stone furnace appeared in his hand. It looked unassuming and weak. The dao patterns on top of it, however, stirred. To everyone around it, the furnace looked extremely primitive.
”An ancient artifact, retre—”
Everyone in the Snow Region belonged to an ancient sect. They were all familiar with ancient artifacts. Meng Nong himself had one. The feeling that Jiang Yi's ancient artifact gave Meng Nong was a strange one. In his heart, he knew that his life was in danger. Instinctively, therefore, Meng Nong retreated.
Buzz!
Jiang Yi's essence force and star sphere force had been gathered already. He channeled them all into the Smelting Divine Furnace. The dao patterns on the furnace lit up. Faintly, they saw runic patterns appear. The runic patterns and mysterious images began to flicker. A frightening air covered the area.
”Flee!”
The scouts and martial artists watching the battle flew away in fright. Huo Yan's eyes widened as he shouted, ”The Smelting Divine Furnace! This is the Fire God's Smelting Divine Furnace! Quick, run!”
The Fire God has existed since ancient times. Nobody was his match ever since then. Since the Fire Chi Race bent fire, they were familiar with the Fire God. They had even heard of this Smelting Divine Furnace since a long time ago.
Huo Yan was sure that Jiang Yi had already activated the first layer of Nine Heaven True Flames. It was obvious that he was trying to activate the second layer of Nirvana Flames now. Once he did that, everyone within a five-kilometer-radius of the furnace would perish.
”This is?”
Mantis Blade and Mo Shen, who had been battling three kilometers underground suddenly stopped. Mantis Blade had gotten hold of Qiu Shan's Ancient Divine Essence Ring, and Mo Shen was hounding him without any intention of letting him go. Suddenly, both of them felt an aura belonging to an ancient artifact. They immediately stopped fighting and headed further underground. Mantis Blade used his wind blades to break apart the soil while Mo Shen's hands turned into claws with a flash of light. The two of them dug deeper and deeper like Earth Dragons.
Shit… I worked so hard to obtain some star sphere essence force. Now, I've expended it all on this furnace, and it's still not activated?
”No way! I must activate the Nirvana Flames!”
His heart was pounding, and the cogs in his mind were turning at rapid sweet. At last, he figured out a so-called solution. Was this Smelting Divine Furnace not a fire-elemental treasure? He could try to push flames in to make it look like the Smelting Divine Furnace had been activated!
Tsk! Tsk!
His Fire Spirit Pearl lit up. There was still some Thunder Fire inside it, as well as Earth fire from the Lava Lake, and the Fire Snake Dance which he had absorbed from Huo Yan earlier. He pushed all of these flames into the Smelting Divine Furnace. At the same time, he used the Heaven-Extinguishing Inferno technique to change his essence force into the Nine Heavens Dragon Flames. Once again, he channeled it all into the Smelting Divine Furnace.
Buzz!
Surprisingly, all this work actually activated the furnace!
Jiang Yi's eyes lit up immediately. He pushed his hands out and caused the Smelting Divine Furnace to fly up into the air. Mid-way up, the dao patterns moved out of the way quickly and the furnace grew significantly until it was several hundred meters big. It looked just like a palace had popped up in mid-air.
As the Smelting Divine Furnace flew up, black flames descended. The black flames turned into a black dragon, which turned one full circle with a radius of about five kilometers. Everything in its path turned to ash.
”Ah—”
There were countless cries of pain. The Nirvana Flames were far too hot. It entered the masses' divine shields, causing their bodies to burn up immediately. Blood spurt out all over the place, and the people's essence force was greatly reduced as well. Many other divine shields fell apart, and bodies caught fire. All the martial artists within a five-kilometer-radius were burned to death.
”No, no!”
Meng Nong ran as far as three kilometers, but this distance proved useless. The moment the Nirvana Flames appeared, his essence force got messed up. He watched as his own divine shield fell apart, and his body caught flames.
”This, this…”