Chapter 92: Can't Handle It

However, since Gu Fei had already come, he had to give it a try.

Qiu Ling noticed Gu Fei's expression, shook his head slightly, and did not think highly of his chances.

There are countless experts within the entire Pill Tower, and even the President is unable to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Gu Fei's hope, I fear, is also extremely slim.

"Young friend Gu Fei, you can separate a wisp of soul power and enter from here to see if you can influence the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Remember, you must not damage the Seal."

The next moment, Qiu Ling pointed to a special scale on the giant dragon's body and said.

"Influence?"

Upon hearing these words, Gu Fei immediately felt a sense of derision in his heart.

It is no wonder that no one in the Pill Tower has been able to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame for so many years.

This thing has long since birthed wisdom like a human; how could it be influenced? This world does not even have the so-called true essence of Buddhist teachings! The Three Thousand Burning Flame has been imprisoned in the Star Domain for so many years, unable to gain its freedom, and has long hated humans to the bone.

It will slaughter wantonly the moment it gets a chance.

To refine it, one cannot rely on that ethereal "influence." One must frontally erase the intelligence and consciousness it has produced, let it return to a state of chaos, and then suppress and refine its source fire.

"Alright!"

Thinking this in his heart, Gu Fei followed the instructions for the time being and stepped forward. His gaze swept over the giant dragon, which possessed an astonishing aura and was covered in flames, and then he found the dragon scale that was as tall as a person.

On it, there was indeed no flame swirling.

Glancing at this dragon scale, Gu Fei discovered that these dragon scales were covered in black lines resembling spider silk.

These black lines intertwined with each other, constructing runes that looked extremely strange, and these runes were tightly adhered to the dragon scale, like a vast black net, wrapping the Three Thousand Burning Flame completely.

It was because of these runes that the Three Thousand Burning Flame was forced to be bound here.

Gu Fei understood that this was a Seal set up by the giants of the Pill Tower working together. With the Seal in place, the Three Thousand Burning Flame could never leave the Star Domain.

He moved forward again. In his perception, that dragon scale emitted a faint, intimidating aura.

"Let's see just how fierce this guy is!"

Holding a probing mentality, Gu Fei stretched out his palm and, without further hesitation, touched it lightly onto that special dragon scale.

When his palm touched it, there was surprisingly no heat at all; instead, it exuded a faint chill.

But Gu Fei had no time to be puzzled at this moment. He closed his eyes, and the soul power at the center of his brow cautiously followed his arm, then followed the dragon scale, and slowly invaded inside.

"Boom!"

After Gu Fei's soul power invaded the dragon scale, a faint, low sound suddenly rang out.

Immediately, Gu Fei's soul felt as if it had broken through something, appearing in a strange, void space.

This void space was filled with purple-black flames everywhere. In the center of those flames, Gu Fei raised his eyes to look and saw a miniature version of the giant dragon there.

Compared to the massive giant dragon in the Star Domain, this small fire dragon appeared somewhat miniature, but the aura on its body was even more terrifying.

However, at this moment, this small fire dragon was coiled with its eyes closed, as if in a deep sleep.

Seeing the small fire dragon with its eyes tightly shut, Gu Fei knew that this thing was the source fire of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Gu Fei knew that this Three Thousand Burning Flame was not asleep; the moment he entered, it had already noticed him.

"Three Thousand Burning Flame, I know you are very eager to break free. If you can submit to me, I can take you away from this place!"

As his soul power swept over the small fire dragon, Gu Fei did not hide anything and stated his intentions directly.

The next moment, the small fire dragon, which had been keeping its eyes tightly shut, suddenly opened its eyes.

The dragon eyes, filled with purple-black flames, glinted with a cold color as they stared at that wisp of Gu Fei's soul.

【Three Thousand Burning Flame produces mocking emotion, Emotion Value +30】

"Human, do you think I would believe your nonsense?" "If I submit to you, what difference is there between that and death?"

The fire dragon suddenly spat out cold human speech, its voice full of mockery.

Even as powerful as it was, it had suffered quite a few losses at the hands of humans.

After being suppressed in the Star Domain, batches of humans had come in, attempting to refine it.

Since then, the Three Thousand Burning Flame clearly knew that as long as it was a human, they all wanted to obtain its source fire.

But those people wore ugly faces and said things that sounded nice—that they would take it out, that they would set it free... it was truly ridiculous! The prerequisite for refining the source fire is to erase its intelligence. If that happens, only a shell remains; what difference is there between that and death? Even if it could produce intelligence again later, it would have nothing to do with it.

"It seems you are not stupid!"

Gu Fei was not surprised by the reaction of the Three Thousand Burning Flame; this Exotic Fire already possessed wisdom no different from a human's.

【Three Thousand Burning Flame produces angry emotion, Emotion Value +30】

"Get out!"

Flames ignited in the cold dragon eyes of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and it roared in a rage.

Purple-black flames suddenly surged violently from within the fire dragon's body and then swept toward that wisp of Gu Fei's soul, covering the sky and the earth.

If Gu Fei's physical body had entered, he might have had a way to contend with it; after all, the Exotic Fire within his own body was no pushover.

But this was only a wisp of soul power, so it naturally could not withstand the attack of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

The flames burned upon his soul, and Gu Fei's figure was submerged in the raging purple-black inferno.

Inside the Star Domain, Gu Fei, whose palm was touching that dragon scale, opened his eyes abruptly, a trace of anger on his face.

He had left quickly enough to avoid being scorched by the flames.

Seeing this scene, Great Elder Qiu Ling immediately understood that Gu Fei had failed: "Young friend Gu Fei, this Three Thousand Burning Flame has been in the Pill Tower for countless years, and many people have tried to influence it. Failure is normal. It seems your affinity with this Three Thousand Burning Flame is not enough!"

Hearing Qiu Ling's words, Gu Fei frowned.

"Elder Qiu Ling, the Three Thousand Burning Flame already possesses intelligence no different from a human's. This talk of 'affinity' is empty talk to begin with!"

Gu Fei was not afraid of offending anyone and directly refuted this rhetoric of Qiu Ling's.

If one truly followed this ridiculous, fake-benevolent approach of the Pill Tower, attempting to get people to influence it, then the Three Thousand Burning Flame would never be subdued by anyone.

To deal with such a spiritual object that has birthed intelligence and harbors extreme hatred for humans, one still needs to use the most brutal methods.

"Then what high opinion does Young Master Gu Fei have? Could it be that you can suppress it directly?"

【Qiu Ling generates feelings of displeasure, Emotion Value +30】

Hearing Gu Fei negate the method the Pill Tower had implemented for so many years, Qiu Ling said with a straight face.

His face was clearly somewhat displeased, but Qiu Ling also knew that Gu Fei's status was very likely extraordinary, so he did not go too far at this moment, and his tone appeared tactful.

Qiu Ling believed that although Gu Fei was gifted, he was after all too young and could not possibly have the strength to forcibly suppress the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

"Directly suppress..."

Hearing these words, Gu Fei was silent for a moment and did not reply to Qiu Ling.

At this moment, Gu Fei was considering things in his heart; during this trial, he had never once requested assistance from within his clan.

Since he could not defeat it, why not find a helper? "Although I cannot suppress it, if a senior from my clan comes to assist, suppressing a mere Three Thousand Burning Flame would still be easy!"

Gu Fei made his decision, and as his voice fell, he crushed a Space Jade Slip.

Following the shattering of this Space Jade Slip, an extremely formidable surge of Space Power suddenly erupted, and immediately, it forcefully twisted a piece of the space nearby into a rift.

And just as the rift formed, a white figure slowly walked out from that rift.

(End of this chapter)