Chapter 1176: with translation of chapter title

Of course, because the Blood Spirit Flame's color is somewhat similar to that of the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire, it was directly assimilated by it.

Otherwise, that would have been the eleven-colored Imperial Lotus.

However, although there are many of these ten-colored Imperial Lotuses, due to the quality of the strange fire, they cannot compare to the eight-colored fire lotus that Xiao Yan condensed by borrowing fire during the Medicine Clan war in the original.

After all, at that time in the original, Xiao Yan not only fused the third-ranked Pure Lotus Demonic Fire on the Strange Fire ranking, but also absorbed part of the origin of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and before deploying the fire lotus, he also borrowed the fifth and thirteenth-ranked Living Spirit Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Fire from the Strange Fire ranking.

Especially the Living Spirit Flame, although due to its own nature its attack power is not very strong.

But no matter what, it is still the fifth-ranked existence on the Strange Fire ranking; the energy within the flame is not weak at all, and it surely can greatly increase the power of the fire lotus!

But the ten-colored Imperial Lotus condensed by Xiao Ling, although its power cannot compare to the eight-colored fire lotus mentioned earlier, is absolutely not to be underestimated.

At least, it is capable of posing a tremendous threat to Dou Saint experts of the level of Lin Feng and the Stone Clan Great Elder.

However, the formation of these Imperial Lotuses is not without cost.

At least, after Xiao Ling formed this Imperial Lotus, the sea of fire around her was completely sucked dry by this colorful fire lotus no bigger than a face plate.

This situation clearly shows that fusing this ten-colored Imperial Lotus has caused this little guy to pay a huge price.

「Old turtle, dare to attack my master, watch me blast you so your own mother won't recognize you! 」

As soon as the Imperial Lotus formed, Xiao Ling, feeling hard to maintain, quickly waved her hand, controlling the Imperial Lotus before her and swiftly shooting it toward the distant stone monster.

「Damn, how are these two so weird. Besides, when I get back this time, I will definitely cripple the person in charge of intelligence; with so much intel, aside from things everyone knows, not a single piece is correct! 」

Sensing the ten-colored fire lotus emitting a deadly aura flying toward him, the still dizzy Stone Clan Great Elder immediately began cursing loudly in his heart.

Who knows how badly those intelligence idiots have screwed him this time.

If he knew the opponent's strength was this great, would he have come over without any preparation?

「Bastard, I can't just sit here and wait for death! 」

At this moment, the Stone Clan Great Elder, shaken by the aftermath of the Yellow Springs Heavenly Fury as if he were a drunkard, staggered with his legs moving independently, but his strong will to survive and years of combat experience told him that if he did not find a way to block the attack of that beautiful fire lotus, he might really be done for this time.

「Ah! 」

Just as the former was frantic over the ten-colored Imperial Lotus, another battlefield in the distance again transmitted a miserable scream.

The Stone Clan Great Elder turned his head and saw that the one who let out the miserable scream was indeed a Two-star Dou Saint of their Stone Clan.

Because the combat power difference between a Two-star Dou Saint and a Four-star Dou Saint is enormous, that person merely assisted another Stone Clan Four-star Dou Saint, taking advantage of their stalemate to harass Zi Yan.

As the saying goes, 'He who walks by the river often gets his shoes wet'; sure enough, while harassing Zi Yan, he was finally seized by her and she thrust a spear through his brow.

And under the spear tip's tremendous penetrating power, that Two-star Dou Saint's head was instantly pierced through.

Furthermore, after Zi Yan's spear entered the opponent's head, she quickly twisted it several times, her jade arms trembling slightly, controlling the spear tip to continuously vibrate inside the Two-star Dou Saint's brain, thoroughly stirring the brain matter.

「Damn! 」

Seeing one of his own clan's Dou Saints killed, the Stone Clan Great Elder immediately jumped up in anger.

After all, Dou Saint experts of this level are few even for the entire Stone Clan.

Who would have thought that what he believed would be an easy operation would turn into this situation, and moreover, two Dou Saints were killed outright!

However, at this moment, although he is extremely furious and wants to immediately tear apart those in his clan responsible for intelligence, he now has more important matters.

His gaze is now fixed firmly on the point several li ahead of him.

There, a colorful fire lotus no bigger than a face plate is slowly rotating.

And upon that fire lotus, eleven kinds of flames slowly burn, forming ten gorgeous colors, incomparably beautiful.

「Since our clan's founding, we have gradually risen to become the continent's top body-cultivating clan; I refuse to believe that we cannot block your heretical ways! 」

Gazing at the extremely fast ten-colored Imperial Lotus, the Stone Clan Great Elder, knowing he cannot dodge, immediately wiped the blood from his mouth, endured the intense headache, mobilized his entire Dou Qi, and began to circulate it along specific meridians.

「Ten Thousand Rock Wall! 」

The next moment, he suddenly shouted, and his Dou Qi surged out like a tide, endlessly rushing forth, swirling around him; from afar, the gray Dou Qi continuously rotated around him like an ocean of Dou Qi, occupying the sky for dozens of miles in width!

「Rise! 」

Amid the erupting Dou Qi, the Stone Clan Great Elder immediately clenched his teeth and forced out a word from between them.

At the same time, his hands suddenly crossed in front of his body, his gaze fixed on the approaching colorful fire lotus.

「Boom—」

As his words fell, the Dou Qi ocean beside him immediately moved with the sound, rushing forward in low rumbles, and then a stone wall quickly formed before him.

Of course, while he was executing that Dou Technique, the Imperial Lotus ahead did not stop flying.

On the contrary, with its extreme speed, it only grew faster, and in the blink of an eye the fire lotus had already swept to his front.

And looking at that fire lotus, now within arm's reach, only a stone wall's distance away, the Stone Clan Great Elder's face visibly turned fearful.

However, that beautiful fire lotus with ten colors did not wait for any reaction from him; a brilliant radiance burst forth from within.

「Hum! Hum! Hum! 」

Afterward, countless beams of light containing destructive power shot out densely from the fire lotus.

And wherever those light beams struck, including the spatial seal previously released by the Stone Clan Great Elder using other means, it was like a hymen—just a single impact from the beam and it instantly ruptured!

However, the Stone Clan Great Elder, as a descendant of the continent's top body-cultivating clan, the Stone Clan, is no slouch.

Whenever those light beams struck his stone wall, although they caused massive loss to his Dou Qi, they also successfully blocked the beams' attacks.

However, the power of that fire lotus fused with eleven kinds of flames is not so simple.

After the light beams were shot out, before he could even feel relieved, a destructive wave surged out from within the fire lotus.

The next moment, the ten-colored Imperial Lotus exploded violently under the Stone Clan Great Elder's rapidly panicked gaze.

The Dou Qi and strange fire violently compressed inside, at the instant the Imperial Lotus ruptured, burst forth like a breaking dam, rushing outward in succession, forming wave after wave of terrifying shockwaves!

During the release of Dou Qi and strange fire from within the Imperial Lotus, the sky was filled with gorgeous, blinding light, like another scorching sun rising in the heavens.

The blinding light instantly shattered the damaged spatial seal a hundred li away, illuminating the ground within a radius of a thousand li centered on that point.

「Boom—」

In that instant, an indescribable shockwave swept across the sky in all directions, destroying every protrusion within a thousand li.

The moment the shockwave struck the ground, it was instantly scorched to bare earth; the terrifying heat even melted the mountain ranges away.

As for Lin Feng and Xiao Ling, they had already retreated a hundred li away to avoid any mishap.

And Zi Yan, the sole surviving Stone Clan Four-Star Dou Sheng among the three earlier, was also unable to spare attention from beating her opponent back repeatedly; seeing that she could easily kill him, she quickly flapped her phoenix wings behind her, dove into the void where no restrictions remained, and ran away.

However, the Stone Clan Four-Star Dou Sheng who was badly wounded by Zi Yan was not so fortunate.

Due to her severe injuries and limited talent, that Stone Clan Four-Star Dou Sheng's speed was much slower than the former's; after running less than ten li, she was caught up by the shockwave from behind.

One after another, shockwaves mixed with violent strange fire slammed into her again and again!

At the same time, her figure was quickly swallowed by the colorful flames, completely disappearing from everyone's sight.

This devastating shockwave lasted for the full duration of an incense stick before gradually dissipating.

At the same time, as the fire shockwave dispersed, two streams of black smoke fell from the area where the shockwave had been, crashing down heavily and blasting a huge pit nearly a thousand zhang deep into the ground.

Upon seeing someone appear, Lin Feng, Zi Yan, and Xiao Ling instantly turned their gazes toward them.

Next, two figures, pitch-black all over and continually emitting black mist, the so-called 'Africans,' appeared within their line of sight.

However, of these two black-skinned monkeys, only one had a somewhat normal breath, while the other clung to life with just a last gasp; if left unattended, she would likely lose even that faint breath within the time it takes to burn an incense stick.

However, even the one whose breath was somewhat better now appeared feeble, half-dead.

Judging by this appearance, this person obviously also ended up at least severely injured.

"Bastard, you intelligence guy, I'll fuck your whole family, you've screwed me over."

Lying helplessly in the huge pit, the Stone Clan Great Elder, who had reverted from his earlier stone‑monster appearance, ignored the searing heat and pain throughout his body, strained his mouth to open and close, and began cursing those who, before his departure, had confidently claimed that Lin Feng was only a three‑star Dou Sheng and possessed four‑star Dou Sheng‑level combat strength.

Having earlier received news of Lin Feng's rapid surge in strength, he still sent people to gather information about Lin Feng, and specifically instructed them to be as detailed as possible.

Before setting out, he even went to the clan chief and had him craft this sealing scroll.

Who would have thought that those people would handle intelligence in this way.

Even though he had made such thorough preparations, he still ended up defeated by Lin Feng.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, Lin Feng summoned the Heavenly Phoenix Wings behind him, and with a flap of both wings he instantly arrived at the pit where the Stone Clan Great Elder lay.

"Lin Feng, we all underestimated you. You have gone to such lengths to conceal your strength; I suspect your ambitions are not small. Otherwise, given your and your woman's current strength, plus your ties to the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, there would be no need to be so cautious—revealing part of your power would be fine."

"On the contrary, revealing your strength would make us more wary of you, making your situation safer and giving you more time to develop; after instantly wiping out the opponent, we became overconfident, and this time we were simply careless."

Gazing up at Lin Feng looking down on him, the Stone Clan Great Elder mustered his remaining strength to raise his hand, trembling as he pointed at him.

Having cultivated to this level, he is naturally not stupid; having escaped from the "opportunity" marsh that could have saved the whole clan, the more he thought about it, the more fearful he became.

Whether Lin Feng's painstaking concealment of his strength hides some other agenda, or whether he knows the inside story of the Spirit Clan's disappearance and fears something, dreading being thrust into the spotlight, is why he refrains from revealing his power now.

"Heh, it seems you've also figured out some of the situation, but it's too late. For I could never let go of someone who wants to kill me. At least, my current strength no longer requires me to live in constant fear as before—even if you are of an ancient race, the same applies."

As his words fell, Lin Feng raised his palm, and a flash of purple‑gold light passed over it.

When it reappeared, his hand had turned into a dragon claw.

"Crack!"

Immediately afterward, Lin Feng's dragon claw swooped down swiftly and pierced precisely into the Stone Clan Great Elder's brow.

Then a violent bronze‑colored strange fire shot from the tip of his claw, almost completely incinerating the contents of the opponent's head, leaving only a faint soul.

After all, this cannot be destroyed; for him, who is capable of refining puppets, it still has some use.