Chapter 1005: Golden Ancestral Fire of the Nine Abyss

Immediately, he slightly closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them.

Accompanied by a burst of golden light that rose from his eyes, his once jet‑black pupils instantly turned golden.

If one looks closely, one can see that within the gold there is a hint of noble purple.

At the same time, a towering bloodline pressure radiated from Lin Feng's body, suddenly pressing toward the two distant beasts.

"Roar!"

Sensing the powerful bloodline pressure, the two beasts' fierce aura vanished instantly; they let out a fearful low growl at Lin Feng and involuntarily stepped back a few paces.

However, the situation did not last long; the two beasts, as if urged by something, suddenly let out a long howl toward the sky and then charged straight at Lin Feng!

"Sure enough, something is controlling them; now these beasts aren't even as afraid of my bloodline pressure."

Watching the two beasts charging forward, Lin Feng frowned slightly, and his internal battle Qi began to surge rapidly.

"Grand Void Stabilizing Seal!"

Then Lin Feng spread his right palm, and a deep violet light seal appeared.

He then darted through space to the beasts' side and flung the light seal onto one of them.

At the same time, he clenched his other hand into a fist and hammered it hard onto the other beast's massive head.

"Bang!"

The fist collided violently with the head, generating a tangible shockwave that instantly spread from the point of impact.

Under this monstrous force, the large beast was instantly lifted and hurled backward.

As for the beast struck by the light seal, it was instantly blown apart into a spray of flesh and blood.

No, more precisely, it turned into a mass of slightly dried meat shreds and jet‑black blood.

As the beast was shattered by the combat technique, a strong putrid stench instantly filled the air.

"Sure enough, the mastermind behind this used some method to kill the beasts and then control them. That's why they can still move after death as if they were normal beasts!"

Staring at the foul flesh, Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, looking exactly as if he had expected this.

From the condition inside these beasts, it was clear they had been dead for a long time.

Immediately, his gaze shifted to Yun Yun and the human puppets, and he saw that they had almost dealt with their opponents.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng looked at the beast he had smashed with a single punch, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Then he clenched his fist, and golden light surged from it instantly.

"Ten Thousand Spears Shattering Fist!"

Accompanied by a booming shout, Lin Feng's form darted through space, and in the blink of an eye he appeared before the beast, delivering a crushing punch to its head.

"Bang!"

Under Lin Feng's full‑force strike, the beast's head exploded like a watermelon.

A torrent of foul blood and flesh splattered everywhere, staining a wide swath of the sky.

"Whoosh!"

As Lin Feng finished off the second beast, Yun Yun, accompanied by two human puppets, flew over from a distance.

"Husband, these beasts are indeed as you suspected—already dead, yet moving now, likely because someone is controlling them from behind."

Approaching him, Yun Yun furrowed her brows, her expression solemn.

Hearing this, Lin Feng dispelled the battle Qi from his fist and chuckled, "It's fine, we'll keep pushing forward; we'll eventually find the mastermind."

With that, he looked toward the center of the ruins and said, "Let's go, the inner hall should be ahead. We'll go inside and see if we can find something worthwhile."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Lin Feng was the first to move, soaring toward the building ahead.

"Alright."

Upon hearing that it was the inner hall, Yun Yun immediately suppressed her worry, her beautiful eyes filled with anticipation as she looked ahead.

She darted forward, following right behind Lin Feng.

After a short flight, Lin Feng arrived at a new grand hall with Yun Yun.

This hall, in every aspect, was undeniably far superior to the ones outside.

Even the timber used far surpassed that of the previous structures.

"Bang!"

However, just as Lin Feng was about to explore the palace interior, the Unusual Fire within him suddenly erupted in a violent surge.

Immediately, Xiao Ling's clear, youthful voice rang from deep within him.

"Master, master, about twenty li ahead of you lies a tremendously powerful Unusual Fire; let's go check it out!"

As she spoke, Xiao Ling's voice carried an obvious urgency.

"The Unusual Fire... is that the one Dan Yitian and the others saw back then?"

Receiving Xiao Ling's reminder, Lin Feng immediately speculated silently in his mind.

"Master, let's go inside first; I have a feeling that if you obtain and devour that Unusual Fire, not only will your strength surge dramatically, but I will also grow!"

Seeing Lin Feng still daydreaming, Xiao Ling's voice urged again.

"Sigh, I think you little rascal just want to gobble that Unusual Fire."

Hearing the incessant urging, Lin Feng shook his head with a helpless expression.

"Hehe."

At his teasing, Xiao Ling gave an embarrassed smile before falling silent.

Lin Feng let out a helpless sigh, then turned to Yun Yun and said, "Yun'er, let's go inside and see what's going on."

"Alright."

After a brief thought, Yun Yun agreed to the suggestion.

Seeing this, Lin Feng immediately took her jade hand and rose, flying forward.

However, as the flight continued, Lin Feng not only felt the anomalous fire within his body beginning a more intense reaction, but even the temperature of the surrounding heavens and earth rose sharply!

Within a brief instant, Yun Yun felt the surroundings become scorching.

A few fragrant beads of sweat gradually surfaced on her plump, fair forehead.

"Husband, it seems there truly is an anomalous fire here. Moreover, judging by its power, its ranking on the Anomalous Fire List isn't low."

Perceiving the surrounding heat, Yun Yun lightly wiped the sweat from her forehead, and a deep look of shock appeared on her exquisite face.

That anomalous fire, even at such a distance, could make this Dou Zun strongman feel extremely hot.

It seems the fire's core strength has already entered the Transcendent Dou Zun level.

Moreover, it isn't an ordinary Transcendent Dou Zun.

Hearing this, Lin Feng simultaneously erected a gray anomalous fire shield to block the surrounding heat and said, "I think that fire is probably the Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire, ranked seventh on the Anomalous Fire List. After all, if it were the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, we'd have turned to ash at this proximity!"

As he spoke, Lin Feng's gaze fixed on the sky ahead, where golden flame rays were gradually appearing.

This terrifying flame, ranked two spots ahead of the Three‑Thousand Yan Yan Flame, even he could not afford to be careless.

After all, a single misstep could cause a disaster, so he must remain vigilant at all times.

"Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire?"

Hearing this, Yun Yun's eyes darkened slightly as she searched her mind for information on that fire.

Shortly thereafter, the information about the fire appeared in her mind.

The Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire, the seventh‑ranked flame on the Anomalous Fire List, contains metallic penetration and defense.

After subduing it, when battling a person, if one summons this fire to cover one's body and weapon, it not only provides a defense stronger than that of a demonic beast, but also grants extreme penetrating power, giving a decisive advantage in human combat.

"Swoosh~"

As Yun Yun recalled the Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire's details, Lin Feng led her to the previously seen sky shimmering with golden light.

However, the moment the two approached that sky, a sudden barrage of sharp gale winds blew fiercely.

The penetrating force within them continuously struck Lin Feng's anomalous fire shield.

Under the attack, Lin Feng's shield was rapidly consumed at a visibly fast rate.

Seeing this, Lin Feng hurriedly summoned the Xiao Ling inside him, asking the little girl to help maintain the shield.

As for himself, he focused all his attention on the ground below.

No, rather than grass, it was more like a sand surface.

At the center of this palace lay an extremely vast circular sand plain, which Lin Feng estimated to be about ten miles in diameter.

Of course, what concerned him was not the grassland turned to sand by the Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire.

What truly caught his attention was the ashen white human skeleton sitting cross‑legged on the sand.

In the center of the sand, a complete white skeleton sat silently.

At its lower abdomen, a fist‑sized golden flame hovered peacefully.

The skeleton's hands still held a palm‑seal in one and extended the other, with the index finger pointing forward.

The skeleton's gesture was not made in vain.

Because with its movement, the golden flame at its abdomen continuously emitted a golden fire line.

The line passed through some of the skeleton's bones, reached its index finger, and shot forward.

More than a mile ahead of the skeleton, a massive golden fire cauldron hundreds of meters tall and dozens of meters wide stood.

This anomalous fire cauldron, entirely composed of Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire, had existed for an unknown length of time.

Nevertheless, even now the cauldron blazed fiercely, showing no sign of dimming.

"If I'm not mistaken, the skeleton below should be the master of this ruin."

Staring at the skeleton below, Lin Feng lightly rubbed his chin with his palm and mused.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Yun beside him immediately said, "Husband, there seems to be another skeleton there."

While speaking, she extended a jade finger toward the distant ground, where faint pallor was barely visible.

"Indeed, but why did that skeleton wander so far away?"

Hearing his wife's reminder, Lin Feng's gaze instantly turned forward.

As his sight moved forward, he soon spotted, ten‑plus miles ahead, the skeleton Yun Yun mentioned.

However, that skeleton lay in the opposite direction of their approach, almost adjacent to the opposite building.

Thus, Lin Feng, whose attention had been drawn by the Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire, had failed to notice the skeleton's presence.

After seeing clearly, Lin Feng was slightly surprised and said, "Indeed, could it be that this skeleton is the enemy of the one below? After discovering that the lower skeleton was here, it slipped in secretly, took advantage of its unpreparedness, ambushed the ruin's master, and in the end, for reasons unknown, both parties perished together?"

Staring at the distant skeleton, Lin Feng couldn't help but begin various conjectures in his mind.

He speculated on the relationship between the lower skeleton that possessed the Nine‑Nether Golden Ancestral Fire and the distant skeleton.

In the end, having no clue, he helplessly shook his head, then looked at Yun Yun beside him and said, "Let's go take a look."

"Alright."

Yun Yun, equally curious about the distant skeleton, promptly agreed upon hearing "let's go take a look."

Seeing this, Lin Feng instantly darted, swiftly carrying Yun Yun across the ten‑plus miles to the sky above the second skeleton.