Chapter 486: Absorbing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Releasing a Cat Back to the Wild!
Bone Ghost's hair stood on end. Was this the so called "Dou Venerate level weakling" from the intelligence reports? The one that was supposedly easy to crush if one possessed a Heavenly Flame? The one a Half Saint could supposedly squash like an ant?
His mind was crumbling.
This man's soul power had already materialized into physical form, capable of ripping him out of the void itself and they had dared to call this a weakling?!
The moment he arrived, Bone Ghost had felt something off. Wu Tian's calm and indifferent gaze, watching him like a mere jumping clown, was the same way he himself looked at the Soul Hall's lesser subordinates.
Then, his first slap in the face Wu Tian was not at the Dou Venerate level. He was a Half Saint!
Now, his second slap in the face was this even just a Half Saint?!
Bone Ghost was the Soul Hall's Second Heaven Venerate, second only to the First Heaven Venerate, a true Dou Saint level existence. Yet here he was a high tier Half Saint, forcibly yanked from his escape into the void.
It was unbelievable.
Only two possibilities could explain this.
One: Wu Tian had already surpassed him and reached the level of a Dou Saint. But… how was that even possible? It had only been a year since the last intelligence update. No one could progress so fast!
(Then again, those intelligence reports had clearly been garbage.)
Two: Wu Tian's soul power had broken through the Spirit Realm's pinnacle and ascended to the legendary Heavenly Realm!
And if that were the case…
Then it all made sense.
But this Heavenly Soul suppression was simply too overwhelming!
At this point, Bone Ghost knew it was already too late. He should never have come here for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
Now?
Forget the Three Thousand Burning Flame he himself was about to die!
Wu Tian's mocking voice echoed in his ears:
"Since you came all this way to deliver a Heavenly Flame… I'll gladly accept your offering!"
Bone Ghost shuddered.
A wisp of soul power shot into his body, and an overwhelming sense of death gripped his very being.
He didn't dare move.
His instincts screamed if he resisted, he would die instantly.
Without hesitation, Wu Tian's soul hand reached into Bone Ghost's body grabbing hold of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and tearing it out!
"AHH !"
Bone Ghost's body collapsed, floating weakly in midair.
A crippling weakness surged through him.
This Heavenly Flame had been part of him for decades integrated into his very essence. Having it ripped out was as painful as having his soul itself torn apart.
For a Half Saint, this kind of severe injury was catastrophic.
His strength might permanently decline or worse, his realm might plummet.
But Bone Ghost wasn't even thinking about that anymore.
Right now, he just wanted to live.
And there was a glimmer of hope.
Wu Tian had taken his Heavenly Flame… but hadn't killed him.
With Wu Tian's power, he could have instantly obliterated him.
Yet he didn't.
Maybe… just maybe… he had a chance to survive.
If he could just escape, he could recover and seek revenge another day.
That was how the strong survived.
In the Dou Qi Continent, strength ruled all. If one was strong enough, one could change the rules.
Bone Ghost had always believed in this, clawing his way up to the ranks of a high tier Half Saint.
But tonight…
He was the one being crushed under someone else's absolute power.
As if he were nothing.
Wu Tian glanced at the newly extracted Wind Fury Dragon Flame, its earthy yellow flames swirling like a miniature tornado.
"Ranked 18th among the Heavenly Flames… let's see how much you can contribute to me!"
He casually tossed the flame into his palm, and without hesitation
He absorbed it directly into his body.
Bone Ghost: "..."
Xuan Kong Zi: "..."
They watched in shock.
He just… directly absorbed it?!
With his bare hands?!
As two high tier alchemists, they knew absorbing a Heavenly Flame required immense preparation. Even for Half Saints, the process was painstakingly difficult.
If something went wrong, the flame could rampage within the body, potentially burning the cultivator from the inside out.
Yet Wu Tian?
He just sucked it into his body like it was nothing.
The level of fire affinity required to do this was absurd.
No wonder…
No wonder he could fuse multiple Heavenly Flames!
For Wu Tian, these flames posed no danger at all.
Bone Ghost stared in disbelief.
Wu Tian, meanwhile, felt nothing special.
Even though this Wind Fury Dragon Flame had been nurtured for years by a high tier Half Saint, in the end…
It was still too weak.
It didn't boost his cultivation at all.
At most, it gave him a slight increase in energy reserves but it was barely noticeable.
"Hmm… decent, but Bone Ghost… your flame was a little disappointing."
Wu Tian shook his head and casually flicked his wrist.
"Scram."
"Ahhh !"
Bone Ghost was blasted into the sky, tumbling far into the horizon.
As his figure vanished into the distance, his voice echoed in the night
"You dare injure me?! I WILL RETURN!!!"
Wu Tian smirked.
"Typical villain dialogue."
From above, a hazy, elderly figure materialized
It was Xuan Kong Zi.
His ancient voice carried a hint of concern.
"Lord Pavilion Master… you just let him go? You realize you're letting a tiger back into the mountains?"
Wu Tian chuckled.
"Xuan Kong Zi, you're overthinking it."
"That wasn't a tiger."
"At best… that was just a cat."
Xuan Kong Zi: "A… cat?"
(End of Chapter)
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