Chapter 242 (2/2)
The King Flame-Eater twisted its body, turned, and fled.
Boom!
As it turned to flee, a surge of black flames poured from Mu Chen’s body and took the shape of a dark bird. The bird’s eyes were stone-cold as they stared at the retreating figure of the King Flame-Eater. When it opened its beak, a stream of black flames poured out and raced through the magma, enveloping the King Flame-Eater.
“Chiii! Chii!”
The King Flame-Eater desperately struggled against the attack as it wailed mournfully.
The dark bird blazed and ignored the cries of the serpent. Then, it opened its beak again and inhaled. The black flame-shrouded snake writhed as it turned into a streak of dark light and was devoured.
Mu Chen watched with a dumbfounded expression. Then, he looked towards the slender black bird. Nine Nether Bird?
The bird that burned with black flames casually turned to Mu Chen. That expression. Who else could it be, if not the Nine Nether Bird?
“So, you can leave my body now?” Mu Chen said with a little shock. It looked like the Nine Nther Bird had regained quite a bit of strength.
“This is only a form created with Spiritual Energy.”
The Nine Nether Bird’s voice resounded deep inside Mu Chen’s heart. Then, it stretched its wings and looked at Mu Chen. “I don’t want to die just because I associated with you.”
Mu Chen shrugged and smiled. Thanks to the Bloodlink Bond between them, if he’d died from the King Flame-Eater, then the Nine Nether Bird would’ve also died with him.
The Spiritual Energy image of the Nine Nether Bird suddenly flapped its wings and a black flame spurted towards Mu Chen, “It looks like something that the King Flame-Eater ate hasn’t been fully digested.”
As Mu Chen observed the lump of black flames with wide eyes, the flames dispersed and revealed a palm-sized medal that looked like it’d been forged in silver. The surface of the silver medal flickered with a strange aura and had been engraved with the image of a soaring white dragon.
What’s this? Mu Chen was astonished. He examined the medal and its carving of the dragon, but didn’t sense anything off about it. He frowned as he muttered to himself and stowed it away.
Based on the design of the white dragon, this should’ve been something left behind by the White Dragon Sovereign. But why was it inside the King Flame-Eater?
Mu Chen had no idea how to use the silver medal, so he stowed it away and looked back towards the Fire Celestial Lotus. This time, he swam over without meeting any obstacles and gingerly landed on the petals of the rainbow-coloured lotus.
At the center of the lotus surged a strand of pure Fire Spiritual Energy. And inside this strand floated a rainbow-coloured lotus seed the size of an infant’s fist.
Over time, this rainbow-coloured lotus seed had slowly turned glossy as it gathered the Fire Spiritual Energy in the area. Even now, it constantly emanated an extremely pure fire-attributed Spiritual Energy.
“You can have the Fire Celestial Lotus seed. Once you eat it, give the rest of the flower to me.” The Nine Nether Bird swept an eye over the Fire Celestial Lotus and a look of satisfaction filled its eyes. Treasures like this — brimming with rich Fire Spiritual Energy — were exactly what it needed the most.
Mu Chen had no objections to the Nine Nether Bird’s request. The lotus seed was where the purest Spiritual Energy had gathered. The flower itself was also quite extraordinary, but the Spiritual Energy there was much more wild. Mu Chen would have to spend much more time and energy absorbing the flower — luxuries that he couldn’t afford at the moment. He might as well hand it over to the Nine Nether Bird.
“Refine it quickly. The Fire Celestial Lotus can counter the flame miasma. On top of that, cultivating with it here will greatly benefit the way you absorb the Spiritual Energy inside the lotus seed. You must take the opportunity, before my Spiritual Energy body disperses. I can still guard you, for now, but you must not waste time.” The black flames surged around the Nine Nether bird, then died down as it rapidly shrank to fit in a palm and landed on the lotus flower.
Mu Chen nodded and didn’t delay. He took two steps forward and plucked the multicolored lotus-shaped seed floating between the petals.
Onom. Onom.
The moment Mu Chen touched the lotus seed, the Fire Spiritual Energy around him began to churn chaotically. Several surges swept towards Mu Chen, but were absorbed as he circulated the Great Pagoda Art.
Mu Chen quickly unfolded his palm to see the glowing seed. A burning sensation was spreading through his palm, although it was pleasantly warm. When Mu Chen first dived into the magma lake, some of the flame miasma had managed to penetrate the Nine Nether Flame’s defenses and invaded his body. It had now been dispelled.
“Good stuff.”
Mu Chen exclaimed in admiration as he sat down on top of the lotus flower and pacified the ripples of Spiritual Energy within his body. He placed one palm on top of the seed and one below, then pulled; the suction from his palms caused the seed to explode with a dazzlingly scarlet light that was as intense as the burning sun.
An extremely pure scarlet Spiritual Energy rushed out from the lotus seed and bathed Mu Chen in a scarlet light. It poured into Mu Chen through his mouth, nose, and even his pores.
Mu Chen’s skin turned scarlet red and the Spiritual Energy within his body boiled vigorously and blazed with astonishing energy!