novelraw Chapter 468, Three-Colored Lotus Flame
Chapter 468, Three-Colored Lotus Flame
The forbidden land of ghosts, where the heavenly tribulation clouds had long since dissipated; the sky above Nanxiang County had also returned to its usual sunny and calm state.
Just when everyone thought the divine punishment had passed, a thrilling life-or-death struggle was unfolding in the dantian of Hua Changxi, who had already fallen into a coma, at the mouth of the Ghost Fire Well.
"Click~"
A series of ear-piercing electric shocks rang out above the Qi Sea.
An electric dragon formed from the power of divine punishment was frantically surging above the Qi Sea.
The electric dragon was entirely silver-white, its scales flashing with blinding lightning, and its eyes filled with a violent and destructive will.
This is the mark left by the power of divine punishment in Hua Changxi's body. If the electric dragon cannot be refined or dispersed, Hua Changxi's dantian will be completely destroyed sooner or later.
"boom!"
The electric dragon suddenly swung its tail, its body crackling with lightning, and locked onto its first target—the nascent soul floating above the sea of qi.
"Hey~"
Sensing danger, the nascent soul suddenly opened its eyes, and the black flames on its heart also suddenly surged up. Then, the nascent soul moved as fast as a shooting star and hid deep in its dantian.
At this moment, the benefits of having a large dantian become apparent.
If the dantian is too small, the electric dragon can easily lock onto the nascent soul. However, Hua Changxi's dantian is as vast as the ocean. The electric dragon is just a small wisp of heavenly punishment power that penetrates the flesh and seeps into the dantian. The dragon's body is not thick.
On the vast ocean, it is no easy task for the electric dragon to accurately find and lock onto the Nascent Soul.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The electric dragon attacked the Nascent Soul repeatedly, but missed every time.
"Boom!"
After several attempts, the electric dragon seemed to lose patience and stopped pursuing the Nascent Soul, instead turning its attention to the Qi Sea.
You can't avoid the Qi Sea!
"Crack!"
The electric dragon swung its tail violently, and thick bolts of lightning burst forth from its tail, continuously striking the dantian.
The already depleted Qi Sea due to the exhaustion of spiritual energy was now in even worse shape.
The Qi Sea should be a place where spiritual energy gathers, like a vast ocean, sparkling with surging spiritual waves.
A cultivator spends most of their life cultivating, accumulating Qi in their Qi Sea, making it ever wider and deeper.
But now, Hua Changxi's Qi Sea is cracked and the spiritual energy is depleted, making it difficult to even gather a trace of defensive power.
Without the protection of the Qi Sea, the electric dragon's attacks all landed on the Dantian.
"Crackling and popping~"
Bolts of lightning struck wildly, like a torrential downpour.
The electric dragon seemed to sense Hua Changxi's weakness and its attacks became even more ferocious.
"Om~"
The dantian's defenses reached their limit and began to vibrate violently. Each attack from the electric dragon left a deeper mark on the dantian's walls.
"Click~"
Sensing that its dantian was about to collapse, the electric dragon opened its blood-red maw and spewed out an even thicker column of electricity, directly targeting the weakest point of the dantian.
"Hey~"
The nascent soul, hidden deep within the dantian, suddenly attacked and withstood the blow.
In an instant, the originally exquisite and jade-like nascent soul turned into a small, charred black figure.
Upon closer inspection, a faint layer of black flames swirled around the little black figure. And within those flames, tiny white dots, like fireflies, flickered intermittently.
With the appearance of the Nascent Soul, the electric dragon went even crazier.
After withstanding the electric dragon's third attack, the charred nascent soul, which had been weakened by the attack, suddenly shone with a bright red light.
Under a life-or-death crisis, the Vermilion Bird's spirit was passively activated.
"Whoo~"
A crimson flame rose from the depths of his dantian, quickly condensing into a Vermilion Bird spirit image.
The Vermilion Bird Spiritual Shadow spread its wings, surrounded by a sacred halo, like an indestructible barrier that enveloped the Nascent Soul and the entire Dantian, blocking all of the electric dragon's attacks.
Unfortunately, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow could only passively endure the attacks and was unable to launch a counterattack. Every strike from the electric dragon made the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow tremble.
As the electric dragon continued its attacks, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow could no longer hold on; its edges began to blur, and its flames gradually dimmed.
If this continues, the Vermilion Bird's spirit will eventually dissipate.
Once the spirit shadow shatters, Hua Changxi's dantian will be completely exposed to the electric dragon's attack, and he will surely die. Just when the Vermilion Bird spirit shadow was about to give way, "whoosh~", external force began to flow into the withered dantian.
In the moment before losing consciousness, Hua Changxi used her last bit of awareness to release most of her cultivation resources.
In an instant, fire spirit power, ghost energy, ghost fire, soul power... all kinds of energy filled the bottom of the nine-story prison tower and rushed into her body through her pores.
"Whoo~"
A surge of fiery spiritual energy was the first to flow into the dantian, like rain after a long drought, causing a ripple in the parched sea of qi.
Immediately afterwards, an ink-like ghostly aura surged in.
Finally, there were the eerie green will-o'-the-wisps.
Ghostly energy and ghostly fire have a strong corrosive effect on the dantian and should not remain there, but at this moment, there is no time to worry about these things.
The nascent soul formed hand seals and, as if desperate, unleashed the 'Ten Thousand Fires Converging to the Source' divine power.
As soon as the supernatural power was activated, a vortex appeared in his dantian, which devoured all the fire spirit energy, ghost energy, and ghost fire, then refined and fused them, finally transforming them into a pure fire spirit power, which was then injected into his sea of qi.
Become!
The Qi Sea began to recover.
The originally cracked seabed gradually became full.
With the replenishment of fire elemental power, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow's originally dim flames shone brightly again.
Sensing the threat, the electric dragon intensified its attack.
Bolts of lightning poured down like a torrential rain, striking the Vermilion Bird's spirit shadow and sparking countless bolts of lightning.
The lightning and fire entered the dantian and instantly turned into fuel, which was absorbed by the vortex in the center of the dantian.
After that, the Electric Dragon and the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow were locked in a tug-of-war!
However, before long, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow was unable to continue.
There was no other reason than that, although Hua Changxi provided a considerable amount of resources, they were ultimately limited, and he also had to take care of Song Weimin and his group. Therefore, it wasn't long before the 'fire spirit energy, ghost energy, and ghost fire' injected into his dantian began to decrease.
With the reduction of external forces, the fire elemental power that sustains the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow also decreases.
But the problem was solved very quickly!
The place where Hua Changxi was at this moment was connected to the Ghost Fire Well of the Ghost Realm. With a thought from his Nascent Soul, the Ghost Fire Token on Hua Changxi's body suddenly vibrated at the mouth of the Ghost Fire Well.
The next moment, green will-o'-the-wisps shot out from the mouth of the Will-o'-the-Wisps Well.
Immediately afterwards, the green will-o'-the-wisps surged toward Hua Changxi like a flowing river, continuously entering her body.
As soon as the will-o'-the-wisp entered the dantian, it was immediately absorbed by the vortex and transformed into pure fire elemental power.
As the Qi Sea became increasingly full, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow's aura rose steadily.
"Chirp~"
After an unknown amount of time, the Vermilion Bird Spirit suddenly raised its head and let out a clear and melodious cry.
This cry carried boundless majesty and holiness.
The next moment, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow spread its wings and soared into the sky, rushing towards the Electric Dragon.
"Boom!"
The Vermilion Bird and the Electric Dragon collided, unleashing a sky full of fire, lightning, and electricity.
The electric dragon formed from the power of divine punishment, being without origin, was struck by the Vermilion Bird's spirit shadow, causing its body to dim slightly.
However, the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow can draw fire elemental power from the Qi Sea to continuously replenish its energy.
Once, twice, three times.
When the Vermilion Bird Spirit Shadow collided with the electric dragon for the ninth time, the electric dragon disintegrated and collapsed, turning into a rain of electric lightning that fell from the sky and was then absorbed by the vortex in the sea of air.
After these points of light entered the vortex, they were refined and fused, eventually transforming into a pure force of lightning that was injected into the dantian.
"Zizi~"
On the surface of the Qi Sea, spiritual waves rolled and lightning flashed.
At this moment, the color of the Qi Sea was no longer just pure fiery red, but mixed with a trace of silver-white, which was a sign of the integration of lightning power.
At the mouth of the Ghost Fire Well, Hua Changxi's aura was undergoing a dramatic transformation.
The aura that was originally so faint as to be almost imperceptible has now begun to steadily rise, and that aura... is extremely peculiar.
It possesses the scorching heat of the Vermilion Bird Fire, the eerie atmosphere of the Will-o'-the-Wisp, and the fury of the Heavenly Punishment Thunderfire.
Three completely different forces coexisted harmoniously within her!
Meanwhile, Song Weimin and his group were shocked to discover that the lifelike fire lotus totem between Hua Changxi's eyebrows was changing colors—sometimes crimson like flames soaring into the sky, sometimes eerie green like will-o'-the-wisps flickering, and sometimes silvery white like lightning flashing.
The three colors intertwined and flowed, sketching a bizarre yet magnificent picture between her brows. (End of Chapter)