"What are you doing?"
Long Chen couldn't react in time. There was a very strong force in his heart that urged him to protect Long Qinglan, but because of his own hesitation, he was still one step too slow.
The four heavenly swords pierced through Long Qinglan's body. The pure power of the heavenly swords caused Long Qinglan to explode along with the black pillar.
Long Qinglan's face was emitting black gas. His entire body was burning. He looked at Long Chen furiously and roared, "Unfilial son, you dare to disobey me. You deserve to die ten thousand deaths. I regret creating you. Return everything that doesn't belong to you to me."
"Otherwise, you can kill everyone in the Eternal Dragon City. Then, you can kill everyone in the world and change this world. Let us true free people take over this place."
He roared like this until he finally disappeared.
Long Chen's eyes flashed with strong reluctance. No matter what, he still held a deep respect for this father of his. Respect, love, and respect surpassed everything else. Until now, he had already known that this was the so-called unredeemable abyss. But seeing this old man die with his own eyes, he still felt a sharp pain in his heart.
Ling Xi pulled him away from Nie Tian and retreated a long distance.
"Chen, I'm sorry. I only wanted to save you. I didn't want to make you sad." Lingxi said pitifully.
"It's okay."
Long Chen gently stroked her head. Just as he was about to say something, there was a strange change on Long Qinglan's side. His body and the black pillar behind him were burning. As it burned, its volume became smaller and smaller. Gradually, it turned into a ball of flame about the size of a fist.
This flame.
Long Chen and Long Chen's eyes shook. That's right, this ball of flame is exactly the same as what you saw when you entered the Pool of Jade. It's exactly the same. It's just as strange. It's as if there is a mysterious world. And in this world, there are countless people, countless wills, and crying loudly.
"What exactly is this? This is the secret of the Martial Devil Cave."
Long Chen looked while retreating. He felt like he was being watched. The strangeness of this ball of flame was shocking.
"Big brother, let me out. I can feel that it contains a lot of power. I can swallow it and digest it. Believe me, no matter what kind of flame it is, as long as it has the essence of a flame, I can transform it into my own power."
Within the Great Void Realm, Mo Xiaolang said softly.
Long Chen pondered for a moment. In the end, he still let Mo Xiaolang come out. He only reminded him, "Don't move for now. Let's see if there's any movement from this flame."
He always felt that although this was a real flame, it was very strange and it was best not to touch it.
At this moment, the black flame rotated, as if a pair of eyes were staring at Long Chen. This made Long Chen's scalp tingle. He had an intuition that he was the flame's food. The way it looked at him was the same as the way Mo Xiaolang looked at it.
"Let's go."
Long Chen said decisively.
Just as Long Chen said this word, the strange flame instantly crossed the space and chased after him. Its speed was extremely fast, completely suppressing Long Chen. It looked like it was about to pounce on Long Chen.
At this juncture, Mo Xiaolang was already prepared. He knew that this flame was a little strange, but he was even more confident in his ability to devour flames. Therefore, just as the flame was about to pounce on Long Chen, Mo Xiaolang suddenly accelerated. A black vortex appeared in his mouth and swallowed the black flame. In the blink of an eye, it was already in his stomach.
"How do you feel?" Long Chen hurriedly asked.
This flame was clearly targeted at him. Fortunately, he had Xiao Lang's help. Otherwise, who knew what would have happened. He also believed in Mo Xiaolang's ability to devour flames. This was because he had seen it with his own eyes. However, he was still somewhat worried.
Mo Xiaolang gently shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I'm digesting it. I've already devoured it."
Seeing his current stable state, Long Chen heaved a sigh of relief.
Mo Xiaolang crawled on the ground and began to focus on refining the power of the flame. After a while, he said, "I've completely digested it. Although it's strange, it's still a flame in essence. Moreover, there's also a large amount of power equivalent to the dissipation of demonic thoughts. I'm about to face the Earth Demon Heart Tribulation."
Hearing this, everyone was pleasantly surprised.
This time, coming to the Martial Demon Cave, the three of them had almost passed the Earth Demon Heart Tribulation together. Their strength had increased together. This was a great thing.
However, Mo Xiaolang had never been attacked by demonic thoughts. It would probably be difficult for him to pass the Earth Demon Heart Tribulation. After Long Chen heard that the flame had been completely digested, he turned his attention to the Earth Demon Heart Tribulation. He said, "Focus on passing the tribulation. Besides, Lingxi can also help."
If it wasn't for Lingxi, the two of them would definitely have been conquered by demonic thoughts in this endless world.
Mo Xiaolang nodded and didn't say anything else.
As time passed, Long Chen realized that black demonic fog had started to appear on his body. It was similar to his own. Very soon, he was completely enveloped in the demonic fog. His whole body was trembling and his eyes were closed. He was having a tough battle with the Earth Demon Heart Tribulation.
Although he wasn't passing the tribulation himself, Long Chen's palms were still sweating.
And at this moment, he felt that the entire endless world was trembling. There seemed to be endless wails coming from all directions. It was as if something was feeling sorrowful.
The dark world was still trembling. The demonic thoughts seemed to have increased by a lot. Mo Xiaolang was still in the midst of passing the tribulation. When he encountered the Hellfire Flame Star Beast, it could be said to be extremely easy. But when it came to the Earth Demon Heart Tribulation, it was not as easy as Lingxi.
This painful process lasted for a full four hours before it finally ended.
When he opened his eyes, he was already drenched in sweat.
However, his body was in the midst of a rapid transformation.
Long Chen let him return to the Great Void Realm. At this moment, the endless world was trembling even more violently. He suddenly felt a force tightening around his waist.
"They're pulling me up," Long Chen said with some surprise.
Although he didn't know why, it was definitely related to the digested flame.
At this juncture, he let Lingxi return to the Great Void Realm. At the same time, he thought about what had happened to the endless world. The only thing that couldn't be explained was the black flame. Although he didn't know what it was, it should have disappeared after being digested by Mo Xiaolang's heaven-defying ability to devour flames.
An invisible force acted on his body, allowing him to quickly leave this world. Long Chen felt that his surroundings were starting to become blurry. He felt the cold pool water. The scene in front of him kept changing until he realized that his body was completely immersed in the pool water. At this moment, he was almost out of the water.
With a splashing sound, he rushed out of the water.
Long Chen hurriedly steadied himself on the ground.
The purple-gold rope left his waist.
Looking up, he saw that the elder was still lying on the stone block. The one who pulled him up was the expressionless Su Zhen.
Seeing Long Chen, the elder opened his turbid eyes and looked Long Chen up and down. A trace of surprise and shock flashed across his eyes. It didn't escape Long Chen's eyes. Presumably, this elder also knew about the existence of the black flame.
As for Su Zhen, he had long cultivated to the point where he didn't show any emotion. He took two steps in front of Long Chen and said, "You saw the flame inside, right?"
Long Chen realized that his heart was still somewhat shaken, causing his speech to be different from before.
He pretended to be at a loss and nodded.
"You can wake up from the attack of the demonic consciousness. You're really not simple."
Su Zhen gave a rare compliment, but he quickly asked, "Let me ask you another question. That black flame, where did it go in the end?"
Long Chen pretended to be calm, but in his heart, he was thinking of a countermeasure. According to the script set by Su Zhen, the black flame should have entered his body, so he didn't answer with words. Instead, he pointed to his body and said, "It went in here, and then it disappeared without a trace."
"Oh …" Su Zhen slowly nodded.
Long Chen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his guess was right, because Su Zhen's eyes didn't show any disappointment.
Instead, there was some sadness in the elder's eyes.
It was as if he was sad for himself.
Long Chen asked, "What exactly is this thing?"
Su Zhen said, "It's related to the secret of my ancestor. It's a great thing for you. It can let you have an even more terrifying cultivation and a broader mental state. You just need to remember, you can't tell anyone about what happened today, and your encounter in the Martial Devil Cave."
Long Chen knew that this would be the answer. The reason why he asked this question was just for show.
After a while, Su Zhen said, "From now on, you'll cultivate in the inner city. Since I've taken you as my adopted son, I'll do my best to nurture you. I'll let Yuji arrange a good place for you to go, so you can reach a deeper realm in a short time."
Long Chen nodded, neither surprised nor happy.
This was more like Su Zhen's binding of him. He guessed that Su Zhen was like the City Lord of Unjust. Back then, the City Lord of Unjust wanted him to nurture the God Slaying Sword, and this Su Zhen seemed to want him to help him nurture the black flame. But he didn't know that the black flame had already been digested by Mo Xiaolang.
Su Zhen didn't bid farewell to the elder, and left with Long Chen.
That elder's gaze was fixed on Long Chen the entire time. Only after Long Chen left did he let out a heavy sigh and said, "I hope that many years later, I won't say the words' the evils you brought upon yourself are the hardest to bear. '