Free Web NovelChapter 390: Chapter 340: Damaged Black Banner
The black tide only paused for a moment, a portion of it vaporizing. Then, as the Black Banner swayed, it once again swept toward Hu Qi.
"Haha! Good! Crimson Sun Flame Prison, refine it!"
Faced with this, a savage look appeared on Hu Qi’s face as he brought his hands together.
Holding nothing back, his full power burst forth!
HUMMM!
The void trembled as a Crown Halo appeared around him.
The golden light around his body grew increasingly brilliant, as if a great sun had descended!
Golden flames began to emerge. At first, they were like mere sparks, flickering and swaying, but they soon spread and grew rapidly.
The temperature of the flames climbed sharply, instantly heating the surrounding air and causing it to CRACKLE and POP. freewēbnoveℓ.com
The searing light of the flames swept out, filling the heavens and the earth.
Everything was set ablaze beneath the blanket of golden flames.
The earth cracked, the seas boiled away, and the entire world seemed to transform into a true, fiery Hell.
To the naked eye, it was clear that the immense black tide, once like a monstrous wave, was now steadily shrinking at a visible rate beneath the raging flames.
The black tide seemed to have been cornered by the scorching flames, its churning momentum gradually weakening.
However, once the black tide had shrunk to a certain size, its rate of reduction suddenly slowed.
Seeing this, Hu Qi’s brow furrowed slightly.
He was somewhat surprised. ’I’ve already used my full strength, yet I still can’t seem to deal with this thing.’
’Even if I can refine it completely, it might take an eternity to wear it down.’
At this thought, Hu Qi closed his eyes.
A sliver of his consciousness quickly connected with the dark gold Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent pattern on his chest.
’Main Body, help me refine this thing!’
The instant the thought formed, a vast surge of Void Power erupted from the Three-Eyed Primordial Serpent pattern on his chest.
This power, like an invisible torrent, surged violently into his body.
In that instant, the golden light in his pupils expanded, spreading wildly to cover the bloodshot whites until it almost overflowed from his eye sockets.
The light was so dazzling it seemed capable of piercing all the darkness in the world.
Then, with his face contorted in a snarl, he let out a roar that rolled across the sky like thunder, shaking the very heavens and earth.
"Crimson Sun Flame Prison, refine it for me! Refine! REFINE!"
As he roared the word "refine" three times, the surrounding golden flames, as if hearing a battle horn, suddenly surged and raged wildly.
At that moment, back in its original spot, the Damaged Black Banner seemed to sense the threat.
The surface of the banner began to shake frantically, as if swept by a gale.
At the same time, the bone-chilling black tide grew even more turbulent, trying to resist being refined by the flames.
However, it was all in vain.
The golden flames swept in with unstoppable momentum, like a ferocious beast, completely engulfing and igniting the black tide.
Then, the flames quickly enveloped the Damaged Black Banner.
The Damaged Black Banner vibrated violently, making a RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE sound.
Immediately after, a pitch-black figure emerged from within. Its form was twisted and its outline blurry, only vaguely resembling a human.
Its voice trembled, filled with fear and pleading.
"Your Excellency, stop! We can talk about this..."
Hu Qi’s expression, however, was as calm as still water.
There wasn’t the slightest ripple in his eyes; he was unmoved by the shadow’s pleas for mercy.
At this moment, the surrounding flames tightly enveloped the Black Banner, turning the entire space into a gigantic, fiery furnace.
Terrifying flames surged uncontrollably. The very fabric of the world twisted and shattered, dissolving into Chaos.
The flames, carrying a world-destroying aura, continued to refine the object before him.
’This Damaged Black Banner is simply too bizarre. Even by borrowing the amplified power of my main body, I was just barely able to suppress it.’
’But I can’t maintain this state for long.’
He naturally couldn’t give his opponent any chance to recover.
"You... AARGH..."
The figure tried to speak again, but before it could finish, it was struck by the searing Crimson Sun Flame Fire.
In an instant, its form seemed to take a heavy blow and grew much more illusory, as if it might dissipate within the flames at any moment.
...
「While Hu Qi was refining the Damaged Black Banner.」
In the outside world, the night was dark, without a single star in the sky.
By the shore of the silent lake.
The Deceitful Painting, which had been hovering in mid-air, suddenly changed as if nudged by an invisible hand.
The dense black fog and the central island that had dominated the scene vanished in an instant, like illusory bubbles.
In its place appeared a fiery Purgatory, where flames churned and raged, threatening to devour everything in existence.
Soon, the scene spread like a surging tide across the entire Deceitful Painting.
Immediately after, a cluster of golden flame silently ignited upon the Deceitful Painting.
In an instant, it spread like wildfire, covering the entire Deceitful Painting in the blink of an eye.
Within the flames, the Deceitful Painting seemed to come to life.
It began to twist and struggle.
This lasted for only a few seconds.
The flames died down.
As the last spark dissipated, the Deceitful Painting vanished without a trace, as if it had never been there at all.
...
「An unknown amount of time passed.」
Within a Chaos Space, it was like the dawn of creation.
There was no lofty sky, no vast earth; everything was immersed in a hazy and disordered state.
Within this space of Chaos, a great sun hung, shining with immeasurable light.
Deep within the great sun’s dazzling radiance, a faint shadow flickered in and out of sight.
Suddenly, the light of the great sun began to recede like an ebbing tide.
The once-dazzling radiance grew much softer, and the shadow within it gradually became clear.
It was a Young Man who looked to be in his twenties. His clothes were in tatters, the rags fluttering gently in the currents of Chaos.
The Young Man sat quietly cross-legged in the void, a faint, almost imperceptible aura of flame coiling around him.
SNAP!
The Young Man’s eyes flew open.
A glint of golden light flashed in his eyes and was gone.
"I finally succeeded in refining it!"
