Chapter 1359: True Stance!

"Hmph, you're overstepping, Lin Feng, you really think I'm made of mud!"

Seeing those rapid golden pillars of light shooting toward him, Wu Nie Tun Yan immediately clenched his teeth in anger.

But faced with these attacks, he had no choice but to act.

Then, immediately, the black flame cloud that had manifested from his body surged forth in an instant.

Then a massive torrent of black fire poured out like seawater, beginning to swirl toward the direction of the incoming light pillars.

Finally, in the sky, it formed a colossal flame vortex spanning several thousand zhang.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

As the vortex just formed, in an instant, golden light pillars shot straight at it, slamming violently into the black vortex.

However, when they collided, they did not erupt with the deafening explosions one would have imagined.

Within the vortex, an astonishing devouring force kept being released.

Whenever a light pillar struck, that devouring force would stretch it into a long noodle-like shape.

Then it would be completely devoured, disappearing into the center of the black flame vortex.

However, as each light pillar struck the black vortex,

waves of energy rippled, immediately beginning to spread outward from the vortex.

At the same time, the vortex, which had been like a starving ghost constantly devouring the pillars, also began to tremble.

"Clack."

Not long after, cracks began to appear repeatedly on the surface of the vortex.

"Damn it!"

Realizing his battle technique was about to fail, Wu Nie Tun Yan immediately gritted his teeth and muttered under his breath.

Simultaneously, he kept releasing black flames imbued with devouring power, pouring them all into the vortex.

Hoping his battle technique could hold out longer.

Ideally, he could safely endure this round of the opponent's attack.

But in reality, it was not as he wished; under the relentless bombardment of those golden light pillars,

even though Wu Nie Tun Yan kept feeding black flame into it, it was of no avail.

The cracks on the vortex continued to multiply and enlarge.

Finally, the black flame vortex could no longer hold and explosively burst apart.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a fierce explosion reverberated throughout the entire Refining Heaven Ancient Array.

At the same time, the remaining golden pillars, now unimpeded, rushed straight toward the black fire cloud ahead.

"Damn it!"

Seeing the pillars shooting straight at him, Wu Nie Tun Yan couldn't help but mutter softly.

But immediately, he quickly mobilized the black flames within the sea of fire, forming one flame barrier after another in front of the fire cloud.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The next moment, a series of explosions rang out, instantly echoing across the entire great array.

Fortunately, after the earlier vortex had consumed them, there were few golden pillars left.

Thus, amid the explosions, the remaining pillars were quickly exhausted.

"Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon, truly worthy of even the former Chief of the Soul Clan, all of whom consider themselves unbeatable super-strong. His renowned signature technique, the Refining Heaven Ancient Array, even I find hard to resist."

After finally repelling this wave of attack, Wu Nie Tun Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice.

These naturally cultivated marvels, though, are far harder to nurture than even demonic beasts.

But once they mature, in theory they are stronger than both humans and demonic beasts.

Take Wu Nie Tun Yan himself, for instance; despite being only a Ninth Star early-stage Battle Saint,

even when facing most Ninth Star late-stage human Battle Saints, he is confident he can retreat unscathed.

He did not expect that today, under the opponent's Refining Heaven Ancient Array, resistance would be so arduous.

"No, I must find a way to break the formation; otherwise, if this continues and those trash outside are cleared, I'll eventually end up as a pill."

Thinking of those Soul Clan Battle Saints outside, they are no match for the opponent's men.

Wu Nie Tun Yan swiftly scanned his surroundings, searching for a way to break the formation.

After all, he could not continue to waste time battling them.

However, Lin Feng was no fool; he naturally would not let the opponent gain a breathing chance.

Thus, with the earlier light pillars all blocked by Wu Nie Tun Yan, the dark‑purple spear in his hand moved instantly.

At the same time, the two massive arrays above and below began to rotate.

"Refine!"

Amid the rotating array, Lin Feng let out a booming shout and thrust his spear fiercely toward the distant black fire cloud.

"Boom—rumble—rumble"

Then, as his thoughts shifted, the sky array above and the earth array below both shuddered violently.

Immediately, two golden light pillars, far larger and far more ferocious than before, surged out from the upper and lower discs.

Their target: the black fire cloud on the distant horizon!

Facing such a ferocious attack, even Wu Nie Tun Yan couldn't help but show a change of expression.

Immediately, he muttered inwardly, "Soul Heaven Emperor is unreliable."

Seeing that he had been trapped in the Refining Heaven Ancient Array for so long without anyone stepping in to help break it,

after all, given the Soul Heaven Emperor's newly surged power, breaking Lin Feng's formation shouldn't be that difficult.

However, faced with the attack that was just a stone's throw away, Wu Nie Tun Yan had to once again mobilize the surrounding black flames, forming one black flame rune after another across the sky, then swooping toward the two golden pillars of light that appeared in an instant.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Yet those black flame runes met the golden pillars and, with a bang, exploded, turning into a cloud of black flame that spread in all directions.

As for the two pillars, though they dimmed slightly, they still steadfastly surged toward the fire cloud formed by Wu Nie Tun Yan.

You bastard, you little son of a bitch, you'd better not let me seize the opportunity. Otherwise, sooner or later I'll kill you, you little rabbit!

Seeing that this attack was so hard to counter, Wu Nie Tun Yan could no longer hold back and shouted profanities straight at Lin Feng.

Of course, during this time, he also swiftly continued to cast those black flame runes to drain the pillars' energy.

However, although this method worked, such a wasteful consumption clearly caused Wu Nie Tun Yan a huge loss.

After all, most of Lin Feng's energy comes from the external heavens and earth.

But Wu Nie Tun Yan cannot replenish it.

Every bit of energy he uses is truly drawn from his own body.

Hehe, if you want to kill me, you also need to have that chance!

Hearing Wu Nie Tun Yan's insults, Lin Feng, who was far away, instantly cracked a grin.

Within his smile, a hint of calmness quietly emerged.

After the Imperial‑grade embryonic pill fell into the hands of the Soul Heaven Emperor, his goal changed instantly.

Since then, what he seeks here, besides the ancient emperor's inheritance, is Wu Nie Tun Yan.

After all, if he could obtain this second‑ranked flame on the Exotic Fire List, it wouldn't be a loss.

At the very least, after devouring it, he could boost his strength a bit.

Of course, the reason he dares to target Wu Nie Tun Yan.

Is because, during this period, he acquired a great many priceless treasures.

Moreover, his body was tempered by the Reincarnation Sage with primordial emperor Qi, gaining tremendous enhancement.

Furthermore, he is now almost a Ninth‑rank Golden Core Alchemist.

Later, he can still locate a pill formula to forge a Ninth‑rank Golden Core pill to increase his odds.

This gives him enough confidence to refine Wu Nie Tun Yan.

Otherwise, with his current Dou Qi level, he wouldn't dare to scheme against Wu Nie Tun Yan.

Thinking this, Lin Feng immediately, under Wu Nie Tun Yan's bewildered gaze, slowly closed his own eyes.

Boom!

But the next moment, a vast black‑and‑white Dou Qi surged violently outward from Lin Feng's body.

At the same time, the Heavenly Phoenix Wings behind Lin Feng quickly transformed into a black‑and‑white wing and a wing soaring with golden flame.

Even the former's eyes reopened at this moment.

Likewise, from a previously normal appearance, it turned into a form burning with golden flame, a yin‑yang twin‑fish!

Swoosh swoosh.

Simultaneously, a black and a white stream of light suddenly shot out from Lin Feng's body, then circled around him continuously.

Finally, under Wu Nie Tun Yan's stunned gaze, they turned into two metallic books that kept orbiting the former's body.

Buzz!

The next instant, a terrifying aura comparable to a late‑stage Nine‑Star Dou Saint burst from Lin Feng's body, instantly filling the entire Refining Heaven Ancient Array!

Looking at it, the former now has one wing constantly shrouded in faint black‑and‑white mist, while the other continuously erupts with raging, scorching golden flame.

Even the pair of eyes resemble a yin‑yang twin‑fish and a vivid fire‑lotus.

As for the body, half of it is ablaze with golden fire.

The other side continuously emits intertwining black‑and‑white mist.

Moreover, around his body hover a black and a white Book of Death and Life, whirling around him with a whooshing sound.

What... the hell is this?

When Wu Nie Tun Yan saw Lin Feng's drastically altered form, the words instantly surged in his mind.

At this moment, his mind still couldn't catch up.

Because, if his perception is correct, Lin Feng's body is now continuously emitting two completely different Dou Qi streams.

And judging from the differing Dou Qi levels of those two streams.

One should be merged with the previous fire spirit, exceeding the normal early‑stage Nine‑Star aura.

The newly emerged black‑and‑white Dou Qi remains at the early‑stage Nine‑Star level.

And now that the two are combined, they have made Lin Feng possess an aura comparable to a late‑stage Nine‑Star Dou Saint.

But soon, Wu Nie Tun Yan reacted.

Then, within the fire cloud he formed, a massive flaming head suddenly appeared, looking horrified and saying, "You... you actually have two vortices, and can manipulate and use Dou Qi simultaneously and independently?!"

Hehe, you guessed right.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng, wielding a dark‑purple spear, laughed and teased, "Since you're so clever, then I'll reward you by letting you ascend to that supreme realm with me."

As soon as the words left his mouth, his spear twitched, and a torrent of Dou Qi surged wildly from his body, then poured into the two great arrays above and below.

Refining Heaven Ancient Array, Dream Nightmare Mist!

Accompanied by Lin Feng's thunderous shout, in an instant the two heavenly arrays above and below began emitting dense golden mist.

As the thick mist spread, Wu Nie Tun Yan was startled to find his perception range shrinking rapidly.

Within just a few breaths, his perception completely failed.

Swoosh!

But soon, a figure darted out behind him, brandishing a dark‑purple spear and lunging forward at speed.

Sensing this situation, Wu Nie Tun Yan did not dare be careless, immediately mobilizing black flames and charging straight at that figure.

Bang!

Following his attack, that figure seemed to suffer a slight loss, then hastily retreated back into the thick mist.

Hmph

And Wu Nie Tun Yan, seeing the opponent retreat, couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

But soon, he noticed that the figure reappeared from elsewhere, continuing to stab at him.

Seeing this situation, Wu Nie Tun Yan without hesitation immediately mobilized the surrounding flames to attack again.

And shortly after, this scene kept repeating inside the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation.

As for Wu Nie Tun Yan, his brain wasn't stupid either.

With the passage of time, this scene occurred repeatedly.

This also made him realize that he might have fallen into an illusion.

However, this was because the opponent's strength was too great, plus their soul power was not weaker than his, and the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation's famed technique of the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon lent its support.

So he had not found a flaw up until now.

"Damn it, this can't go on like this. Otherwise, given enough time, I will surely lose!"

Looking at that figure repeatedly repelled by his attacks yet able to keep reappearing, Wu Nie Tun Yan instantly grew anxious.

If he didn't attack, he feared the opponent might feign weakness and seize the chance to strike him.

But if this continued draining on, he would eventually be worn to death.

Therefore, he must quickly dispel the opponent's illusion.

Otherwise, what awaits him will be a slow death!

Meanwhile, as the former panicked, Lin Feng in the distance holding a spear was also silently calculating the opponent's Dou Qi consumption.

After all, Wu Nie Tun Yan is the second-ranked different fire on the Different Fire List, and even when resisting desperately, its destructive power is not to be underestimated.

Therefore, he must strive for a single successful attempt as much as possible.

Otherwise, with no other option, he could only first go to the Ancient Emperor Inheritance to try his luck.

"Hopefully this time I can proceed successfully according to the plan. If I can capture this Wu Nie Tun Yan, plus the Dou Emperor bloodline energy of the strong ones from the Soul, Ancient, and Flame three clans, as well as Gu Xun'er holding the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, I can at least reach the Half Emperor Realm. By then, even without receiving the recognition of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, I could have time to flee with my family."

Thinking of the Soul Heaven Emperor who had successfully swallowed the Emperor-grade Infant Pill, Lin Feng let out a helpless sigh.

He is now, in effect, blocked ahead by the Old Ancestor of the Spiritual Sect, a veteran Dou Emperor, and behind by the Soul Heaven Emperor, a Dou Saint Peak with a high chance of successfully advancing to Dou Emperor—or rather, a Half Emperor powerhouse encircling him.

The discomfort is indescribably high. (End of chapter)