Chapter 927: Slurry
In the center of the sea of fire, the black cat’s figure was not annihilated as expected. Instead, orange-yellow vertical pupils in the center of the distorted black shadow became increasingly bright, igniting a sun-like, blazing holy pupil.
Zhuo Hua’s expression slightly condensed, perceiving something was not right.
What is this?
Before he could ponder further, a blazing white, chaotic halo spread from the black cat’s body.
The blood-red sea of fire that had originally submerged the black cat seemed to be devoured in reverse, turning into a dazzling scarlet and forming terrifying, surging light waves. With a booming hum, they swept outward to a range of ten, a hundred, and a thousand cubic meters, instantly blasting through the warship’s hull and scattering into the endless darkness in the distance.
“Buzz—!!!”
“Screech!!!” The peacock was engulfed by the light waves, letting out a piercing cry, on the verge of disintegration.
Zhuo Hua reacted swiftly. With a thought, he directly turned his Sin Shadow Blazing Feathers into a crimson light flow and merged with his body.
This was also one of the Sin Shadow Blazing Feathers’ abilities: it could transform into armor and fuse with the host, enhancing the host’s agility and perception of spatial changes, while also increasing resistance to fire-element abilities.
A cool, mecha-like armor covered his entire body, but he still struggled to withstand the stellar heatwaves surging from the black cat. Zhuo Hua’s hands rapidly shifted to form seals, and layers of defensive Spirit Robes spread out to protect his entire body, yet the skin on his surface visibly began to carbonize.
He had already recognized it and his expression darkened.
This was a branch ability of the Blazing Sun Divine Domain: the Solar Constant Domain!
Why would Huang Zhaoyue’s Sin Shadow possess a Spirit Robe Ability?!
And an S-class Spirit Robe at that!
Zhuo Hua’s mental state was already poor, and now his mind was even more muddled.
[Solar Constant Domain: You can release stellar energy to form a domain. Everything within the domain will ascend to ‘stellar extreme temperatures,’ annihilating all sub-plane spaces and counteracting all fire-related abilities. When a certain level is reached, the domain range will become a small star, illuminating all directions.]
Xia Feng had previously absorbed the stellar energy of a star and now had abundant stellar energy in his soul.
However, he did not release too much to form a small star, as they were currently in the Eternal Flow Sea.
Although the warship was protected by the Tree of Sin and could quickly self-repair.
If he were to instantly destroy it, it would be irreparable, which would be troublesome.
“Tap—tap—”
The black cat slowly emerged from the sea of fire. Its orange-yellow vertical pupils were like the eyes of a god at this moment, filled with blazing holy fire.
Currently, although its cat body was small, its shadow beneath its feet was like a terrifying giant beast, blazing and swaying.
“This is quite interesting, Your Highness the Imperial Concubine.”
Zhuo Hua’s languid eyes stared coldly at this eerie black cat and he let out a cold laugh. “You certainly hid your depths well, for your Sin Shadow to possess the ability to learn an S-class Spirit Robe. This level of Sin Shadow might even surpass the three core Sin Leaves on the Tree of Sin.”
In the distance, the woman sat with her legs crossed, a simple white shirt draped with an abyssal black coat. Her cold and beautiful little face remained expressionless.
But inwardly, a storm was brewing.
Zhuo Hua, lacking experience, did not notice, but she could clearly distinguish that the power of this Solar Constant Domain was not something an mere S-class Spirit Robe could achieve.
Just the output of this stellar energy could forcefully repel Zhuo Hua, making Zhuo Hua, whose spiritual nature leaned towards fire, dare not approach even an inch, and even rendering all defensive measures ineffective.
This should be the power of an S-class Dao Fruit!
This guy… Huang Zhaoyue’s grayish-beautiful eyes gazed thoughtfully at the black cat in the sea of fire, her curiosity towards Xia Feng increasing by another level.
Achieving an S-class Dao Fruit at the second level of Venerable.
This was no longer comparable to another Huang Ye; perhaps a few Huang Ye combined wouldn’t match this man’s heaven-defying capabilities.
How exactly… did he achieve this?
Huang Zhaoyue was born with knowledge. Strictly speaking, if her bloodline were fully restored, she too would have had the chance to form an S-class Dao Fruit below the Sacred Realm, but even so, she wouldn’t have been able to reach Xia Feng’s level.
Xia Feng silently recited this name. Huang Zhaoyue narrowed her beautiful eyes, the depths of her pupils flickering.
She realized that perhaps this man might truly be the key for her to open the ‘Dragon Locking Well,’ slaughter the entire Huang clan, and gain freedom!
“Unfortunately, Sin Shadows are still just Sin Shadows!”
Zhuo Hua recovered from his astonishment. Although his body was constantly carbonizing, and his cheekbones were clearly visible, he remained unhurried.
Instead, he quickly bit his thumb’s fingertip and let a drop of blood fall onto the shadow beneath his feet.
At some unknown time, Zhuo Hua’s shadow and the black cat’s shadow had merged.
At this moment, with the integration of that drop of blood, the two shadows were instantly bound into a single pillar, and the black cat’s figure became stiff.
[A-class Dao Fruit: Shadow Soul Bind]!
Xia Feng felt as if his soul had also grown a shadow, bound by dark threads, unable to move, his thoughts fragmented and intermittent.
“This is a strong control type Spirit Robe that uses shadows to control the enemy, with a greater weakening effect on Sin Shadow creatures. The side effect is that after use, both parties can only remain in place and are unable to move.”
Huang Zhaoyue’s explanation echoed in his mind.
Xia Feng blinked, inexplicably finding it somewhat amusing.
First, he was not a Sin Shadow.
Second, in this world, someone dared to use his shadow for a soul attack?! Wasn’t that like offering his neck for her to chop?
“Screech—!!” With another high-pitched peacock cry, the armor on Zhuo Hua’s chest reformed into a peacock entity, transforming into a massive, blazing crimson peacock that instantly attacked Xia Feng!!
Xia Feng’s cat pupils were serene. Beneath his feet, countless bloodworms, like a famished tide, surged along the path of the shadow actively connected by Zhuo Hua, instantly reaching Zhuo Hua’s feet. They crawled upwards like countless blood-white evil hands from the depths of hell.
“!!!!” A sense of existential dread shot through his mind. Zhuo Hua’s pupils trembled and contracted, the smile he had just attempted to form froze, and his heart was filled with horror. What the hell is this?
Bloodworms? Why are there bloodworms?!
“You—!” His pupils were filled with terror, staring fiercely at the black cat. He had no time to think before his whites were filled with countless bloodworms, and a suffocating sensation washed over him. He clutched his neck, struggling in fear.
But it was in vain.
Because he discovered that his mental power was actually inferior to a Sin Shadow black cat!!
The most effective way to resist this soul-invading bloodworm was to consume mental power.
As long as the mental power was high enough, no matter how much the bloodworms sneak attacked or how suddenly they surged into the soul, they couldn’t cause even the slightest damage.
But outrageously, that black cat’s mental power was that of a Sage of Light!
He had also actively dispersed his Dao Comprehension Domain, connecting his shadow with the black cat’s. Unprepared, the Spirit Pressure layer protecting his Spirit Base was instantly pierced and devoured by the bloodworms.
Damn it!!
“Bang—!!” In the final moment of panic and terror, Zhuo Hua’s mind moved. His ferocious face exploded into countless pieces of flesh and blood, falling to the ground with a splat and turning into slurry.
His headless body also rapidly dimmed, turning into a clay figure that was melted by the high temperature, collapsing into a stream of mud that flowed away rapidly.
At the same time, the blazing crimson peacock that had charged towards Xia Feng lost its master’s control and dissipated.
Rustle, rustle, rustle—The slurry, like countless conscious crawling insects, scattered in all directions and hid within the sea of fire.
