Chapter 358: Nine Stars Battle Nine Stars

Lin Feng's palm-held Strange Fire instantly burst forth with a brilliant radiance.

In a short time, an extremely intricate and complex light formation formed in the sky!

As soon as the light formation formed, the battle qi in the surrounding heaven and earth frenziedly gathered toward Lin Feng and his companions.

Above the sky, after merging with the Strange Fire, the two quickly fused and condensed into a shape resembling a medicine cauldron.

"Boom!"

With a deep, ancient-like resounding sound, it echoed across the sky.

An azure-green flame giant cauldron directly enveloped the entire sky within a radius of one hundred meters.

And Lin Feng, together with that toad old man, were also wrapped within this flame cauldron!

Of course, Lin Feng's procedure seemed complicated, but in fact it was all completed in the blink of an eye.

"Hmm?"

However, as the flame giant cauldron formed, Lin Feng felt.

His own soul power could actually be released at will.

The mysterious force that had prevented him from releasing his soul power beyond a hundred meters has now disappeared.

Lin Feng's heart stirred, and he immediately weakened the intensity of the Glazed Lotus Heart Fire on the cauldron wall.

Not long after, within the formation, another energy seemed to have appeared.

This situation caused Lin Feng to slightly frown.

He constantly felt that this power was as if someone were controlling it from behind.

However, he also deliberately weakened the Glazed Lotus Heart Fire on the energy cauldron wall.

Allowing the energy capable of suppressing soul power to smoothly enter the formation.

After all, the opponent's soul power is stronger than his; restricting soul power actually gives him the advantage.

At this moment, the toad old man's earlier carefree expression had completely vanished.

Only saw his eyes filled with greed, fixedly staring at Lin Feng's hand, that extremely violent azure-green flame.

At the instant that flame appeared just now, he clearly felt.

His own eighth-rank Beast Fire actually showed a feeling of fear.

The Beast Fire he is currently using cost him dearly, obtained in exchange from a four-star Fight Venerable-level fire-attribute magical beast.

Ordinary flames simply cannot cause it to feel fear.

After thinking it over, there is only one possibility.

That is, the azure-green flame in this person's hand is the Strange Fire, the sovereign of all fires!

But his brows soon tightened together again.

This Strange Fire does not match any of the twenty-three Strange Fire appearances recorded in his memory's Strange Fire Ranking.

The only somewhat similar one is the Green Lotus Core Fire, ranked nineteenth on the Strange Fire Ranking.

However, the color of that Green Lotus Core Fire should not be so rich.

Moreover, being only the nineteenth-ranked Strange Fire, its power should not be this terrifying.

Having found no answer through thought, he immediately turned his gaze, filled with endless greed, onto the Glazed Lotus Heart Fire in Lin Feng's hand.

As long as he takes it over and studies it carefully, won't it become clear?

Thinking this, the toad old man's prominently protruding mouth revealed a cruel smile.

"Looks like, old man, my luck is good today; such a top-quality Strange Fire actually came to me on its own."

Gazing at the middle-aged man before him, the toad old man sneered: "Junior, since you brought me a Strange Fire, I will repay your kindness—later I'll leave you a complete corpse."

As an alchemist, he naturally cannot resist the temptation of the Strange Fire.

Especially Lin Feng's battle qi strength is still far below his.

No matter what, he must get that Strange Fire into his hand.

"Hehe, then let's see who lives and who dies today!"

Upon hearing those words, Lin Feng gave a light laugh, and the Strange Fire within his body erupted violently.

Under the amplification of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes, his battle qi level rapidly rose from four-star Fight Sect to five-star pinnacle.

"Indeed, even just the first change of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes is already starting to fall behind my pace."

Sensing that the increase was less than two stars, Lin Feng secretly sighed.

When he was at three-star Fight Sect, the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes could still boost him by two stars.

Now, however, he can no longer achieve that.

"The Blazing Flame Valley's Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes?!"

Seeing the former's strength suddenly rise, the toad old man's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed in shock: "Are you from Blazing Flame Valley?"

Immediately, thinking that if he obtained this Strange Fire, perhaps under its amplification he could further advance his alchemical arts.

On his face, a hint of ruthlessness appeared, and he said in a grim tone: "Old man, I don't care who you are; in any case, today's Strange Fire is mine!"

After speaking, crimson flames swiftly gathered in his palm, finally condensing into a crimson long blade.

Lin Feng saw this, the corners of his mouth slightly rose, and he secretly marveled at the formation's profundity.

Even a Seventh Grade Pinnacle Alchemist would momentarily find it hard to detect the subtle flames within this formation.

"Die!"

The toad old man swung his long blade, his figure shooting toward Lin Feng's position.

Seeing the swiftly approaching opponent, Lin Feng merely looked on calmly, without dodging.

But when the toad old man entered within a hundred meters of Lin Feng, his complexion suddenly became off.

He sensed a hint of something amiss on the latter's body.

'Whoosh!'

Just as the former was doubtful, an illusory figure suddenly shot out from the snow-white storage ring on Lin Feng's finger.

The manifested Heaven Flame Venerable, while waving the soul sword in hand, directly attacked the toad old man!

'A soul form of star Dou Zong Level!'

Seeing that slightly illusory figure, the toad old man exclaimed in shock.

As a Seventh-Tier Alchemist, he naturally could recognize this kind of soul form.

At the same time, he also knew that those capable of reaching such a level of soul power...

His former strength was likely that of a Dou Zun expert!

Thinking of this, he realized that he might have been schemed against.

But looking at that extremely tempting heavenly flame, he really couldn't bear to abandon it and flee.

Immediately, he swung the flame longsword in his hand and slashed straight at the Heaven Flame Venerable!

'Clang!'

The longsword and the soul sword, under their masters' full-force swings, suddenly clashed together.

Immediately, an earth-shattering clear collision sound reverberated throughout the space inside the energy fire cauldron.

The resulting surging storm violently struck the cauldron wall.

The immense force caused the entire formation to tremble violently!

Lin Feng, seeing this, increased his output, maintaining the grand formation while not idling.

With a wave of his palm, a faint light flashed by.

Three fierce silver figures appeared before him.

'Go!'

At Lin Feng's command, the three silver puppets swiftly rushed toward the toad old man.

In midair, the three Earth Demon Puppets simultaneously raised their sandbag-sized fists and struck forward!

'An ancient puppet, long lost since antiquity?!'

Seeing two seven-star Dou Zong peak and one six-star Dou Zong level silver puppets beside him, the toad old man was startled again.