Chapter 1156: Demon Saint's Remnant Soul Lends a Big Hand

As for that ball of light, it also paid no heed to Lin Feng's following, simply entering his skin and muscles on its own.

After wandering around, it finally came to rest at the spot between his eyebrows.

"Hey, are you there?"

"You barged into my body without warning—at least say hello first!"

"Young man, are you asleep?"

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Upon seeing the light ball finally stop hovering calmly between his brows, Lin Feng immediately stepped forward to greet it.

However, no matter how he called out, that ball of light never responded.

"Forget it, I can't do anything about you—stay if you want."

Seeing this, Lin Feng, knowing that awakening the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon's remnant soul ahead of time was hopeless, immediately pursed his lips unwillingly and gave up the idea.

Although he had considered trying to forcefully break into that light ball, thinking the battlefield was his own head, Lin Feng ultimately dismissed the notion.

After all, a clash between a Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul and an Emperor Realm Soul Remnant is no joking matter.

If he lost control even slightly, he might end up crippled outright.

Thinking this through, Lin Feng immediately abandoned the idea.

"Right, while Feng'er isn't around, let's first go check out that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire."

Recalling how he had painstakingly obtained that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire from the Dou Saint relics, Lin Feng instantly had an idea.

Immediately afterward, he strode off in a certain direction toward the Lin Family Fortress.

Upon reaching a room, he then skillfully went to a section of the floor and lifted it up.

As the lid was lifted, a pitch‑black, bottomless pit appeared before Lin Feng.

Seeing the pit, he felt no surprise; instead he leapt straight in and plummeted downward at extreme speed.

As he descended, the surrounding temperature rose in a straight line.

Moreover, after descending several dozen li, the pitch‑black pit was no longer dark, but was illuminated brightly by the golden light shining up from below.

However, the temperature inside the cavern likewise rose in a straight line.

"Whoosh~"

Not long after, Lin Feng landed in an underground chamber a hundred li deep, constructed entirely of an extremely sturdy, heat‑resistant stone; at the center of this chamber, several thousand square feet in size, a golden flame hovered above white bones, burning continuously and emitting a whooshing sound.

"Now I, my soul power has already reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, and my strength has risen to five‑star Dou Saint—I don't know if I can dispel its aura and thus absorb this Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire."

Gazing at the golden strange fire hovering within the white bones, Lin Feng immediately rubbed his chin and muttered.

Before this, he had actually tried several times to absorb that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.

But in the end, without exception, they all ended in failure.

Moreover, because he kept provoking that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, the owner's bones began to struggle to keep it in check.

As the bones' restraining force continually weakened, the temperature emitted by that strange fire grew ever higher, until even the entire Lin Family Fortress began to show signs of melting.

Therefore, left with no choice, Lin Feng could only place that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire in that underground chamber a hundred li deep and isolate the heat with this special stone.

Otherwise, it's estimated that everything in Linjiang City and the surrounding hundred‑li radius would be doomed.

Even now, the temperature of that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire is so high that even a few Dou Venerables who rashly approach it risk being burned to ashes.

At the same time, if this continues unchecked, Lin Feng estimates that at most five years will pass before that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire breaks free of the owner's bones' restraint and regains its freedom.

By then, if other ancient races learned that he still possessed an unrefined Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire ranked seventh on the Strange Fire Ranking…

…they would probably be unable to resist and come straight to seize it!

Especially the Flame Clan and the Medicine Clan—if they truly saw such a high‑grade wild strange fire and didn't come to snatch it, that would be odd.

Thinking this through, Lin Feng immediately gestured, and the dark‑red strange fire within him surged forth.

It spread with extreme speed toward the location of the Dou Saint skeleton that housed the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.

"Bang!"

As the dark‑red strange fire approached, the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire seemed to sense danger and instantly erupted into violent frenzy.

Originally curled up in the skeleton's dantian, merely a golden seed the size of a head, it instantly expanded to tens of meters, engulfing the bones.

"Whoosh!"

The moment the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire had just swollen, the dark‑red strange fire Lin Feng released followed close behind, continually roasting and compressing the golden flame.

It seemed it would not rest until it had pressed that fire back to its primal state.

Yet under attack, the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire was no pushover; it immediately gave off a faint dark fragrance that spread throughout the surroundings.

In an instant, it enveloped the entire chamber.

"Heh heh, my soul is already Heavenly Realm Great Perfection—do you really think this medicinal fragrance can erode my soul? It's long since useless!"

Seeing the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, under duress, once again release the Golden Core medicinal fragrance stored within, hoping to affect his thoughts and defeat him as before, Lin Feng couldn't help but curl his lips in a hint of mockery.

Now his soul power is vastly different from before—how could he possibly be so easily swayed by that medicinal fragrance?

Thinking this, Lin Feng increased the pressure on one hand, continuing to use strange fire to compress the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.

At the same time, he mobilized his soul power on the other hand, preparing to expel the invading strange energy.

"Bang!"

However, before Lin Feng could dispel those energies, the light ball in his brow suddenly burst forth with a blinding flash.

At the same time, after the light ball sensed the source of that energy, it seemed to emit a hint of surprise in that instant,

but that emotion instantly vanished.

"Boom!"

However, the next moment, the light ball at Lin Feng's brow erupted with a terrifying soul pressure.

And this pressure, as if it had eyes, bore straight down upon that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire!

Whoosh~

Struck by this irresistible soul pressure, the originally blazing golden flames of the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire instantly became much withered.

At this moment, upon first glance, it still appeared much like a person dazed and listless.

Buzz!

The next moment, the light mass at Lin Feng's brow again emitted an invisible strike, accurately hitting the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.

Sizzle.

And as that Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire was struck, in that instant a rich elixir fragrance permeated from it.

However, after those elixir fragrances were squeezed out, this golden strange fire quickly withered.

Even its huge form could no longer be maintained, rapidly shrinking into a fist-sized golden fire seed.

At the same time, that light mass between his brows also fell silent.

What's going on?

Seeing this sudden scene, Lin Feng was full of question marks, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"Hiss, I never expected that the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire I couldn't solve before would be dealt a heavy blow by the remnant soul at my brow in one move!"

After a long while, Lin Feng gazed at the cluster beaten back to a fire seed state, the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, and couldn't help but suck in a cold breath, secretly sighing at the terror of the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon.

Who would have thought that even a remnant soul of the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon could, in one move, leave this Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire utterly powerless to resist!

But soon after, his heart filled with wild joy.

It turned out he couldn't absorb this Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire because the Golden Core had coexisted with this fire for who knows how many years, and during that time the Golden Core, relying on its own great strength, forcibly infected this very flame that had once refined it.

Although it's still unknown to what extent it can be controlled, if Lin Feng hadn't entered back then, sooner or later the Golden Core would, relying on its own great strength, achieve complete mastery over this Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire!

And what obstructed Lin Feng from absorbing this strange fire was, as expected, the mark the Golden Core gradually set within the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire over those long years.

Moreover, due to spending a long time together with the Golden Core, this strange fire actually stored much of that Golden Core's peculiar elixir fragrance, which can affect one's thoughts.

Back when Lin Feng urgently wanted to absorb this Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, the result was that those elixir fragrances made him anxious and distracted, and finally the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire seized the opening and drove him back.

And the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon's soul wave just now not only shattered the mark of the Golden Core within the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.

Even its main body suffered heavy damage, becoming extremely withered, almost unable to resist.

Now, the remnant soul of the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon can be said to have done him a great favor!

Thinking of this, he immediately shouted in his mind: "Senior, thank you."

His thanks were both sincere and an attempt to strike up a conversation with that remnant soul, hoping to gain some information.

However, to his call, the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon's remnant soul, as expected, paid no heed.

Alas, a pity.

Seeing the other party unwilling to reply, this made Lin Feng a little disappointed.

But soon, he, who had long been mentally prepared, recovered and immediately turned his gaze to the origin fire seed before him.

Bang!

The next moment, his right hand palm together with his arm were covered by a cluster of dark red flames.

Immediately after, his figure drifted before the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire, he extended his palm and seized that weak origin fire seed.

"As the seventh-ranked strange fire on the Strange Fire Ranking, let's see how much help you can bring me."

As soon as the words fell, Lin Feng promptly shoved it into his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

Of course, beforehand he had already mobilized the strange fire within his body to protect all parts of himself.

And with the protection of the nine strange fires headed by the Crimson Lotus Flame, plus a new fusion strange fire of the Blood Spirit Flame, Lin Feng temporarily need not worry about his safety.

After all, although the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire ranks one above the Crimson Lotus Flame, his strange fire is not merely the Crimson Lotus Flame.

But rather a fused flame possessing as many as ten strange flames!

"Burning Art, refine me!"

Since Xiao Ling is still unconscious, Lin Feng can only again activate the Burning Art, personally refining the incessantly struggling strange fire seed within his body.