Free Web NovelChapter 555: Chapter 553: Terrifying Bloodflame
All eyes turned to Xu Yang, Shi Hu, and Jun Baimu, filled with envy and awe.
But the three paid no heed to any of this, their expressions grave as they stared outside.
Even Xu Yang felt his heart race with terror, a primal fear surging within him.
The chaotic, twisted expanse of heaven and earth beyond, swelling with power, seemed as though it would engulf and bury this vast mountain wilderness.
Just breathing alone—
It was unimaginable how terrifying it would be to find oneself within that maelstrom.
The sound of breathing grew louder and louder, like thunder crashing through the heavens.
Everyone gave their utmost attention, bodies taut, preparing for the impending disaster.
As if bracing themselves before a direst enemy!
The blood-flames on the Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s body seemed to come alive, writhing like scarlet liquid, faint flickers of flame lapping into existence.
In a certain instant—
The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s breathing suddenly vanished.
An eerie and dreadful quiet fell over the whole world.
But those twisting turbulence only surged more fiercely, pushing past the very limits the space could bear and dissolving into formlessness.
"It’s about to begin."
"It will awaken any moment."
"Look at those blood-flames—they seem ready to erupt completely."
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Murmurs rippled through the plaza.
In this moment, even with every preparation made, Xu Yang was still supremely tense.
Suddenly—
BOOM!
CRASH!
A towering torrent of blood-flames roared into the sky, like the eruption of some ancient volcano, endless and boundless, engulfing everything beneath its blazing majesty.
Within the vast rolling blaze, Xu Yang saw the Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s body jerk violently, its eyes snapping open, burning bloodfire within their depths.
Indifferent, shadowy, and cold—those eyes were two endless blood-red abysses, sending chills down the spine of all who beheld them.
KIIIEEEE!
The bird’s shriek was piercing and shrill, tearing through the heavens and splitting the earth, overwhelming all other sounds and disturbances, stirring up monstrous waves in the void that surged across the land.
Unending torrents of bloodflame surged forth, rolling like a tide toward the plaza.
"It’s coming—"
Someone screamed in terror.
Others reflexively retreated again and again.
The scene struck with unmatched visual and psychic force, cowing the very souls of all present.
The catastrophic blood-flames came crashing down in all directions.
Heaven and earth shuddered in their wake!
Xu Yang’s eyelids twitched—he abruptly closed his eyes and sat cross-legged where he stood.
Shi Hu followed instantly.
Elsewhere, Yai Ruotong’s slender body trembled, her delicate face ashen, utterly unable to contain her fear.
Jun Baimu suddenly slapped Yai Ruotong’s shoulder, snapping her out of her stupor.
"Don’t miss this chance."
Jun Baimu warned.
Though his face was composed, inside his heart was pounding wildly.
After he spoke, he too sat down cross-legged without hesitation.
RUMBLE!
The rolling flood rushed into the plaza, submerging everyone in an instant.
Over a hundred people—already far beyond initial expectations.
At least a third of them had seized the storm Xu Yang created to force their way in.
Most were high-tier and perfection-level True Monarchs, but their true strength varied dramatically.
In an instant—
The entire plaza was blanketed entirely by bloodflames—above and below.
"Ah~~"
Shrill, agonized screams burst forth from the sea of flame.
BAM! BAM!!
Someone was directly blasted into the air, hurled to the distance, their misery unspeakable.
Not even an instant of resistance—they weren’t qualified to withstand the divine sparrow’s breath at all.
In the instant the bloodflames surged over him, Xu Yang’s whole body quaked, as if he himself were set ablaze.
"What a terrifying power!"
Xu Yang forcibly suppressed his shock, blood and marrow surging, his form rooted to the earth like mighty ancient wood.
Though he trembled under the onslaught, he quickly steadied himself.
The raging, violent bloodflames barrelled into his body, flooding every limb and bone.
Within them, an unspeakably savage and manic ferocity was hidden, clawing directly for his mind and soul.
He heard Shi Hu grunt with pain nearby, prompting Xu Yang to take a deep breath and set his cultivation technique into motion.
The breath swept through him, making his flesh howl in agony.
Torn, burned, churned into a thousand gaping wounds.
But Xu Yang immediately perceived the benefits to enduring this breath—
Shattering the limits of the flesh, he was ceaselessly shedding, transforming.
"Lock!"
With a thought, he stirred his spirit-mark, invisible chains binding the rampaging bloodflame within his body, letting it rampage as it would.
The process was simply agonizing beyond description!
Xu Yang’s face twisted, his whole body shivering uncontrollably.
For the impact of the breath grew ever more intense by the moment.
As time passed, he gradually sensed his flesh being stratified by the onrushing fire, his body peeling apart layer by layer, separated by the bloodflames.
The realization gave Xu Yang a jolt of dread.
Could these bloodflames truly wield such bizarre power?
Splitting his body into layers, separating him piece by piece—if he couldn’t endure it, once those layers were wholly divided, could he even still control himself?
The thought sent a shock through his soul—immediately he forced every inch of muscle, fascia, bone, and blood to vibrate in resistance.
Outside, the bloodflames surged into the plaza in a ceaseless tide.
One could faintly glimpse a colossal blood-red shadow rising slowly, spreading its wings wide, shrouding the nearby mountains, striking terror into all hearts.
Its twin blood-red eyes hung like oceans of blood across the sky!
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Within moments, over a dozen were flung out, grievously wounded.
The rest trembled as if in a sieve under the shroud of bloodflames, enduring unbearable torment.
After just a quarter hour, only half of the hundred-plus remained.
Yet even those martial artists who only endured a quarter hour and withdrew had reaped amazing benefits, sitting in recuperation at the back, their bodies still wreathed in bloodflame, and as it was absorbed and refined, their flesh erupted with wild, dominant qi, improving dramatically!
"I’m exerting my utmost, and still can’t hold it at bay!"
Xu Yang’s heart reeled with shock.
Turning inward, he beheld a dense web of bloodflames within his body.
Within, flesh, sinew, and bone were besieged by bloodfire, nearly divided into millions of layers, each like a tiny secret realm, with the links between them rapidly weakening under the bloodfire’s burning assault.
It was clear—once every inch of his body lost its connections, his physical form would collapse, unable to endure a shred more.
But if there was any advantage—if he could withstand it and maintain those connections, his body would be reforged time and again, every inch a secret realm—tiny yet vast, accumulating an unimaginable strength.
"Steady!"
Xu Yang summoned his divine cauldron with a thought, ancient ripples spreading through his form, its invisible might causing the bloodflames to momentarily coalesce.
In that fleeting instant, spirit fire rushed forth.
BOOM!
The sudden surge of flame incited the bloodflames into frenzied chaos.
SSSS!
Xu Yang hissed in pain, teeth clenched tight.
Under bloodflame’s frenzy, the Heaven-Burning Divine Fire began to collapse at alarming speed.
But Xu Yang did not back down.
The Heaven-Burning Divine Fire surged out endlessly—even as it collapsed, it painstakingly tore a crevice through the bloody tide.
The ink-black spirit fire condensed into threads—under Xu Yang’s grim control, inching forward, weaving through the bloodflames, stitching through his flesh, spreading toward every limb and bone.
This spirit fire—was the very key to maintaining the cohesion of his body!
Condense fire into silk, thread through the bones!
Though the bloodflames were terrifying, the spirit fire was no ordinary thing.
With the divine cauldron’s suppression, it simply could not be destroyed! ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
The next ordeal—would be to endure inhuman torture, all while maintaining the thread of spirit fire unbroken within himself.
The process was agony incarnate.
Stubborn as Xu Yang’s will was, he felt his limits being shattered, again and again.
Half an hour passed.
Fewer than twenty remained within the field.
Only True Monarchs of perfection remained, save for Xu Yang, Shi Hu, and Jun Baimu.
