Niu Wanqing's face was deathly pale and his eyes were filled with a thick black color. Only his pupils were still suffused with a faint white light.
"You … know it's me?"
Niu Wanqing was very surprised that Zhou Fu was able to see through his identity.
He quickly recalled his recent behavior when he saw Zhou Fu. He thought that he did not give himself away, so how was he discovered?
With regards to this, ever since Zhou Fu cultivated the Great Sun True Qi, he would be able to sense the cold and gloomy energy approaching him.
Especially after he established a connection with the Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Idol and condensed martial force, he became very sensitive to his surroundings.
Therefore, when he saw Niu Wanqing in the restaurant that day, Zhou Fu had a feeling in his heart and secretly paid attention to this person.
Before Niu Wanqing could wait for Zhou Fu's reply, the surrounding dark environment began to shake violently. Streaks of fiery red light faintly shone down from the sky.
"What is this!" Niu Wanqing's tone began to panic. He widened his dark eyes and looked above.
Boom boom boom!
Violent explosions sounded. The thick black fog above the two people's heads was like boiling water, crazily tumbling.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Fu sighed in his heart. It seemed that the things he had arranged outside had also been activated. In other words, the outside was also under attack.
Before he came to the valley, he had privately instructed all those who cultivated fire attribute cultivation methods to set fire if they found something wrong!
Whether it was wild beasts or ghosts, they were all subconsciously afraid of fire.
Zhou Fu said, "Among the people who came with me, there are two Blood Changing Realm cultivators who cultivate fire attribute cultivation methods.
Now, are you going to surrender or be beaten down by me and then be captured? "
Niu Wanqing turned to look at Zhou Fu and laughed harshly, "Surrender?!
Hahahaha! "
A pitch-black claw stretched out from the black fog and black flames appeared on his palm.
After the black flames appeared, the surrounding air also slightly distorted.
"For the sake of strength, I've become like this, neither human nor ghost. You want me to surrender?"
"You're only at the Bone Forging stage. No matter how strong you are, you're still Bone Forging!"
"Today, I'll show you what true strength is!
True strength! "
The pitch-black claws suddenly slashed down towards Zhou Fu, and several black flames rushed towards him.
Zhou Fu suddenly felt uneasy. He pulled out his saber and slashed repeatedly.
Puff! Puff!
The saber radiance collided with the black flame.
The black flame flickered a few times, and its volume shrank by a third. It burned the saber light and then continued to pounce on Zhou Fu.
"My black flames are not ordinary flames. I want to see you scream miserably as you burn into a pile of ashes!" Niu Wanqing said hatefully.
Seeing that the saber-light had been extinguished, Zhou Fu did not continue to resist. Instead, he dodged and retreated.
It wasn't easy to find a monster with low strength and intelligence. He had to carefully observe such a high-quality research material.
Bang bang bang!
The black fire landed on the ground and instantly burned a few holes in the demonic fog floating on the surface of the ground.
What was even more strange was that the black fire did not extinguish. It continued to burn.
Niu Wanqing saw Zhou Fu's surprised expression and laughed. Flames gathered on his pitch-black claws again.
"Don't be surprised. This black fire could burn a person's bones into ashes. You'll feel it soon!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and threw out another flame.
"If pure inner force can't extinguish the black fire, can the blood-colored inner force of the Demonic Whale Killing Fist?"
The long saber in Zhou Fu's hand turned blood-red in the blink of an eye. In a trance, the surrounding air began to be filled with the smell of blood.
Swoosh!
Blood flashed.
Two blood-red saber radiance slashed out.
Bang!
After the saber radiance and the black flame collided, it instantly exploded. The shattered black sparks were blown away by the inner force.
"The power of the blood-colored inner force just happened to cancel out the black flame. In other words, the quality of the black flame is lower than the Great Sun True Qi and Wisdom King Scripture."
While Zhou Fu was still calculating, Niu Wanqing panicked.
"How can it be!
How can it be!
My black fire burned more than ten Bone Forging Realm cultivators to death. They couldn't resist it!
I don't believe it!
I don't believe it! "
Niu Wanqing roared. His black pupils were filled with madness.
A pair of pitch-black claws kept waving, throwing out balls of black fire.
Seeing Niu Wanqing's appearance, Zhou Fu frowned. The long saber in his hand extinguished the black fire that was pouncing towards him.
"This trash only knows how to throw black fire?"
Zhou Fu was very disappointed.
At this moment, Zhou Fu felt something in his heart. The floating black fog on the ground quickly retracted.
Boom!
After a series of explosions.
The black fog that enveloped Niu Wanqing and Zhou Fu collapsed. The light from the fire outside shone in. The people inside also saw the scenery outside.
"Sir, are you alright?"
Zhou Fu shook his head. "I'm fine. What about you?"
A guard replied, "We're fine. A few of our brothers are injured."
Hearing that someone was injured, Zhou Fu asked, "What's going on?"
"A lot of monsters suddenly rushed out. At first, our brothers didn't react. Five or six of them were injured. Now the situation has stabilized."
On the periphery, there were dozens of gray monsters that were fighting with the guards Zhou Fu brought.
Niu Wanqing's face was gloomy. He stared at Zhou Fu and said hatefully, "Zhou Fu, you're lucky today. We have a long future ahead of us!
Just wait and see! "
As soon as his voice fell, he let out a strange sound and turned around to flee.
Roar!!
The gray monsters suddenly went crazy and desperately attacked the guards' line of defense.
Niu Wanqing had just turned around when his vision suddenly turned black.
Pa!
A huge force exploded on his face, bringing his body crashing to the ground.
Zhou Fu looked at his left hand helplessly, then looked at the saber in his right hand and sighed. "It's too convenient. I wanted to use 'Armor Breaking Saber'."
"Come, tie this thing up."
"Yes!"
Zhou Fu tapped his foot and jumped into the air. A blood-red light bloomed and a saber light slashed down.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! The saber light smashed down and exploded in the group of monsters. The violent blood-red internal strength caused great damage to those monsters.
After one attack, there were only twelve or thirteen monsters left out of the original forty or fifty monsters, and all of them were injured.
"Quickly deal with it, and then check the village." Zhou Fu ordered and left in a flash.
"Where is he?"
Zhou Fu asked.
The guard quickly said, "Sir, this way."
While leading the way, he said, "We've made an empty room and locked the monster inside. Someone is keeping an eye on it right now."
Coming to a remote room, Zhou Fu saw Niu Wanqing who was tied up.
Zhou Fu walked in front of him and asked, "Tell me what you know."
Niu Wanqing snapped, "In your dreams!
Kill me if you have the guts. "
Zhou Fu nodded and pointed out a finger. The blazing Great Sun Qi rushed into Niu Wanqing's arm, and a heart-wrenching scream sounded.
The Great Sun Qi clashed violently with the energy in Niu Wanqing's body, tearing at the surrounding muscles and tissues, causing him unbearable pain.
About thirty seconds later, the Great Sun Qi was completely worn down by Niu Wanqing.
Looking at the panting Niu Wanqing, Zhou Fu raised his hand and pressed it on Niu Wanqing's head. Waves of Great Sun Qi washed over him like a shower.
At this moment, Niu Wanqing was like a fish on land, twitching his body.
Slowly, cracks appeared on the surface of Niu Wanqing's body, and a black liquid began to seep out from them.
Puff!
A blood vessel burst, and a large amount of black blood spurted out.
Zhou Fu let go of Niu Wanqing's head and raised his hand. The Great Sun Qi gathered in his palm, making it look like a piece of red-hot iron. Then, he pressed down on the area where Niu Wanqing's blood vessel burst.
Sizzle!
White smoke rose into the air, accompanied by a burning smell.
This scene made the two guards in the room look as if they had seen a ghost. They looked at Zhou Fu with fear in their eyes.
This punishment was too cruel, and it made them feel as if they had experienced it themselves.
Zhou Fu also noticed the abnormality in the guards. He said, "You two can leave now."
The two guards felt as if they had been pardoned, and quickly left the room.
After the door closed, Zhou Fu stared at Niu Wanqing and asked, "Can you talk now?"
The intense pain almost suffocated Niu Wanqing. After a while, he regained the ability to speak.
Although the pain had subsided, his body was still trembling.
Hearing Zhou Fu's question, he said in a trembling voice, "I'll talk, I'll talk!
I'll talk! "
Zhou Fu nodded. He moved a chair over and placed it in front of Niu Wanqing.
After sitting down, he said, "Speak, I'm listening."
Niu Wanqing said, "Actually … when I went to the village outside the city to investigate that day, I didn't run away. Instead, I was caught by the black flame."
According to Niu Wanqing's information, not only did the flame not kill him, but it also gave him strength, allowing him to break through from the first level of the Bone Forging Realm to the second level of the Bone Forging Realm. It also promised that if Niu Wanqing brought it 50 Bone Forging Realm cultivators, it would help him break through to the next level.
Not only that, as long as Niu Wanqing brought more experts, he could continue to break through.
Of course, this kind of breakthrough also had a price. It was that he would become neither human nor ghost.
In the beginning, Niu Wanqing did it to survive.
Later, when he gained strength, he began to crave more.
He constantly brought 'food' to the flame. Although the quality was not enough, he used quantity to make up for it.
That strange flame did not let Niu Wanqing's efforts down. Not only did it help him adapt to his new strength, but it also taught him new martial arts and guided Niu Wanqing's cultivation.
After his cultivation was successful, it also taught Niu Wanqing two powerful 'techniques.' One was to transform ordinary people into ghosts to help Niu Wanqing.
He used this method to transform all the farmers in the manor and the gang members in the encampment.
He also prepared to make a move on the Red Sea gang, but it was too late. Zhou Fu had returned, so he set his mind on Zhou Fu.
The other was the black fire that he had used to attack Zhou Fu. According to the flame, even if someone at the Blood Transformation Realm encountered the black fire, they would feel a headache.
As for those at the Blood Transformation Realm, they would kill anyone they saw.
After Niu Wanqing tried it, it was as the flame had said. Once the black fire came out, it was invincible. That was until he met Zhou Fu.
"What's that flame?"
When he heard Niu Wanqing repeatedly mention that 'ball of flame', he was very curious.
"This … I don't know. Every time I see it, it's a black flame. It's similar to the black fire I use, but it's not the same."
Zhou Fu nodded and asked again, "Where's the flame?"
Niu Wanqing was silent for a moment. When he saw Zhou Fu raise his hand, he subconsciously trembled and hurriedly said, "It's just above the valley. Follow the river and walk for about two hours. There's a small burned town there. The black fire is in there."
Four hours?
After calculating the distance, Zhou Fu felt that it was a little far. He didn't want to go, so he asked, "How do you communicate with it?"
"Every full moon night, we meet in a stone temple not far from the valley."
Full moon night?
Zhou Fu thought for a while and realized that he didn't know how to count the days.
"When's the next time?"
"Five days later."
Zhou Fu struck out with his palm, and a scorching hot inner strength entrenched itself within Niu Wanqing's body. As long as Zhou Fu willed it, the inner strength would explode, and Niu Wanqing would be blasted into a pile of minced meat.
"Then I'll let you live for another five days."
Niu Wanqing was silent. He was struggling in his heart.
Killing him directly was fine. Waiting for death was even more torturous.
…
Five days later, Zhou Fu let the guards rest in the valley below the mountain. He brought Niu Wanqing to the so-called stone temple.
Although it was called a temple, it was actually four walls made of stone. Then, facing the door, there was a stone platform with a broken stone statue on it.
Seeing this thing in the depths of the forest was a little scary.
The moon was high in the sky. A black shadow flashed from the depths of the forest and arrived at the stone temple.
The black shadow constantly swayed. It didn't seem to be human.
"You're early." Saying this, it turned its gaze to Zhou Fu.
"He's the one you brought this time?
He looks young, but aren't there too few of them? "
Niu Wanqing looked at the silent Zhou Fu. He made up his mind and said quickly, "He's Zhou Fu, the Giant Whale's External Affairs Emissary. He's at the second level of the Bone Forging Realm and can kill the black fire. He threatened me to bring him here."
Silence.
Silence.
The wind in the forest shook the branches and the leaves rustled.
"Haha … hahahaha!"
A burst of wild laughter came from the black fire.
After a long time, it said, "Zhou Fu?
You want to see me?
Now that you've seen me, what do you want to do next? "
Zhou Fu said, "I want to know what kind of thing you are."
"Things?" Its voice turned cold, and its tone was filled with anger.
"We're not things!
If you want a title, you can respectfully call me Lord Black Fire. "
Zhou Fu sneered, "Black Fire, right?
You and this Niu Wanqing secretly slaughtered the Giant Whale's men. If you know what's good for you, come with me now. "
Black Fire's tone became strange, "You're so young. Why don't you think before you speak?"