Chapter 408: Red-Tip Pot, Refining the Demon Flower

In fact, relying solely on the Flower Demon itself, no matter how extreme the principle of the Four Seasons Rotation might be, Du En's magic treasure transformation—blessed by the embryonic form of Dao Might within the Eternal Frozen Coffin—had already penetrated to the inner layer of its essence. It was fundamentally impossible to wear it down in a short time, let alone shatter it or easily transmit sound through it.

The main reason was the Sea of Sickness!

The magnitude of that boundless Sea of Sickness was too terrifying. As the Flower Demon took root and began to swallow it frantically, it transformed directly into an unstoppable torrent, constantly scouring the ice coffin from within, relying purely on sheer volume and output to force the principle of the ice coffin back into the inner layer!

Although Du En's magic power was also endless and incessant, under normal circumstances, it could not possibly be as terrifyingly surging as the diseased Qi of that Sea of Sickness, which had no output limitations whatsoever.

However, if things went on like this, the Time-Wheel Flower Demon would also suffer damage...

"Hahaha! Indeed, I will certainly suffer damage, but that is actually perfect! Let the water of the Sea of Sickness clash with your ice coffin; after the friction, it will become docile, which will better assist my breakthrough, and I won't have to worry about any agonizing mutations!"

The Time-Wheel Flower Demon was smug about this, casting its gaze toward the formidable enemy who had already appeared nearby, only to see that he looked exactly as expected, without a hint of panic.

From those eyes, it seemed able to see trust in a companion, as well as a trace of the same mocking expression as before.

Daring to be smug even now, when you didn't even dare to fully let go? How infuriating!

The Time-Wheel Flower Demon was just about to focus all its attention on killing this damned fellow first.

Then, in its peripheral vision before it could even retract its gaze, it caught sight of the Apostle Lie, who had actually stopped in response to those naive shouts!

It had clearly been launching a terrifying charge with a powerful diseased body, without any slowing down; that collision alone could have turned those vermin and ants into pulp, yet when it came to the moment, it had actually stopped?

"Impossible!"

It could not believe this situation at all.

In fact, the Holy Goddess also breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately after, she no longer needed to dissipate excess light and could finally focus her efforts wholeheartedly.

However, after the Time-Wheel Flower Demon lost this helper it could command, did it really still need her to intervene?

Indeed, while the Flower Demon was stunned, Du En took another step and arrived before it. He had not even looked back, his expression terrifyingly calm. Against the backdrop of the storm vortex, he seemed covered in an indescribable dark shadow, with only his gaze remaining ripple-free, as if staring at a dead demon!

Oh no...

The Flower Demon hurriedly gathered all its attention while surging with power to further shatter the Eternal Frozen Coffin, intending to pour out the power of the Four Seasons Rotation.

Du En merely raised his hand, magic power lingering upon it like scattered stars.

Boom! Roar! Killing intent!

The sandstorm, having brewed and gathered sufficient power, suddenly saw its eye collapse. The gale, like a dying, frenzied dragon, surged directly toward the center—the Time-Wheel Flower Demon.

Crack, crack, crack! Bang, bang, bang! The Eternal Frozen Coffin cracked and exploded, with fragments falling slowly. It was the power of the four seasons cycling and rotating once more. The surging Sea of Sickness, seemingly lingering in the sky, had actually long since wrapped around and engulfed this Holy Goddess Garden. At this moment, under its guidance and resonance, it tore through various surface spaces, turning into torrents that sought to completely slice the garden apart, drag it away, swallow, and digest it! But before that could happen, the gale had already arrived, and the ice coffin quietly dissolved, transforming into a brand-new magic treasure.

However, before that transformation was complete, the chaotic, violent killing wind had already collided with the power of the Four Seasons Rotation, grinding against each other in an inextricable struggle! Squeak, squeak, squeak, creak, creak, creak...

Various strange sounds rang out densely, and the surroundings shook violently, making everyone within feel extremely strange.

The passage of time seemed to have gone awry; words spoken and actions taken overlapped, existing in a completely distorted and sluggish state. Moreover, a tremendous sense of trembling terror shrouded their hearts. Glancing up, there was only darkness, their vision pained, their ears ringing; countless grains of sand and countless winds had directly covered the light!

This was, in fact, merely sensory confusion that occurred after the weak were struck by the shockwaves.

Even though such shockwave impacts were actually incredibly minute.

It was not a matter of being far away, nor a problem of space or time, but because someone was helping them block the vast majority of it, allowing them to remain stable as they were now.

And even for Yun, who still had some spare energy, looking up at this moment—even while circulating magic power, lifting their spiritual body, and pushing their cultivation to its peak—they could only see a colorless, chaotic patch rising, falling, expanding, and shrinking at the center of the clash.

"Creak, creak, creak! I have the Sea of Sickness pouring in endlessly, while your wind is destined to exhaust its strength! Why would I lose!!!"

The Time-Wheel Flower Demon's voice rang out, seemingly able to penetrate into the heart—at the very least, it did not enter through the ears—appearing exceptionally rampant.

However, there was one problem that was quite prominent.

What was Du En trying to do just after raising his hand? The answer had already been revealed!

It was light!

From Yun's perspective, light spots suddenly emerged from that distorted patch, then erupted silently, like a great sun rising, as if a scorching sun were falling, appearing directly there and expanding violently.

Domain of Radiant Splendor! Ding! Amidst a nameless palpitation, the boundless brilliance suddenly retracted into a single point.

From Yun's perspective, that was how it was, but in reality, one could detect a subtle strangeness.

Had a long time passed?

At this moment, the wind vanished and the clouds dispersed; the four seasons withered. Everything shifted abruptly from extreme ferocity to extreme silence.

The Sea of Sickness lingering in the sky silently rose by a zhang. The torrents that had originally been sweeping and flooding, breaking open surface spaces everywhere, had now been blocked back. One could see dense, glowing stitches forcibly sewing the riddled surface space back together.

And most crucially, all the roots that the Time-Wheel Flower Demon had exposed during its desperate struggle were severed! Ever since this fellow revealed it was rooting itself to draw from the Sea of Sickness, Du En had wanted to do this.

Yet, although this fellow had a rotten nature and was quite stupid, liking to be self-righteous and take things for granted, it did have some cunning. Relying on the principle of the Four Seasons Rotation, it could hide its roots very deeply, only exposing them all when fighting with everything it had.

"Dam, damn it..."

The Time-Wheel Flower Demon's pitcher-plant-like body was trembling and twitching at this moment—a sign that it had failed to brake in time, and having been violently squeezed and pushed to the limit without the supply of the Sea of Sickness, it had damaged its origin.

Du En stood beneath the Sea of Sickness. In its eyes, it was as if the Sea of Sickness itself were reflecting him—no, fearing him, and shifting backward! A sense of terror welled up spontaneously.

Or perhaps it had always been there.

Incredibly, that sense of crisis and terror had almost vanished.

Because the Holy Goddess felt that she did not need to intervene here, she chose to remain still, holding back her remaining strength, waiting only for a more suitable opportunity...

It is time to end this.

The gaze Du En cast over was saying exactly that. Because of the lingering rhyme of the four seasons, to the outside world, the two of them now appeared to be slowed down by many factors.

The Time-Wheel Flower Demon's face had aged significantly. At this moment, the corners of its eyes were twitching slowly, and its entire face looked ferocious, as if it wanted to say something, wanted to roar something more.

However, Du En only continued his relentless combo.

The glimmer remained fast despite the slowness, changing and transforming into bone, with fire and dreams clinging to it. In the blink of an eye, it was complete, directly scooping up the Time-Wheel Flower Demon and sealing it inside.

Red-Tip Pot! An original, very ordinary magic treasure of only the third rank. In the past, when Du En had just refined his natal magic treasure, he had used it for actual experiments.

At first glance, it was unremarkable. Even now, after he had optimized and adjusted it with his artifact-refining skills—truly reborn—it still could not compare to those inherently powerful magic treasures. However, the original owner was an alchemist! Weren't you thinking that the Holy Goddess wanted to use you to refine pills?

Fine, now I shall satisfy you.

Du En blessed it with the embryonic form of Dao Might, immediately allowing it to touch the essence.

A crisp chime rang out. On the side of the pot, an elegant fire phoenix was painted, floating amidst clusters of crimson fire patterns, appearing like a monarch of fire.

Fire Phoenix!

Phoenix Crimson True Flame!

Another cry followed, and on the other side, another vermilion divine bird spread its wings, its whole body covered in fire, white and blue like a bright light, with four eyes and four wings, leaping vividly upon the pot.

Vermilion Bird!

Southern Bright Separation Fire!

Du En's pupils also turned vermilion, with golden pupils inside, and a white-blue flame shape dotted within the pupils.

At this very moment, he was going to use two types of True Fire to refine the Time-Wheel Flower Demon alive.

"Ah! You damn bastard! Ugh, ah!"

The Time-Wheel Flower Demon fell into the pot as if falling into a crimson abyss, watching the two sides erupt with two types of True Flame, roaring and sweeping over; it immediately split its eyes in terror, shouting to curse, and then was wrapped by the flames, immediately screaming out.

It was filled with grief and indignation, it was crazy, and what about kindness? Bullshit! All bullshit! Isn't this just refining itself?! "Ah!!!!"

Hearing the screams coming from within, Yun couldn't help but shrink her head slightly.

How should one put it, although that guy deserved the punishment, watching Du En do this with a calm expression always gave one the illusion that you are the one on the demonic path.

Even if one doesn't say something high-sounding or show an expression of unbearable sighing, at the very least one should appear as if it is something that must be done, otherwise it is very easy for those who don't know the sequence of events to misunderstand.

This physician's younger sister had quite a lot of belly-aching in her heart at this moment.

However, the others cheered one after another.

Damn it, to actually dare to use us to threaten His Holiness the Holy God, it is truly a crime deserving of death; just subjecting it to death by fire is simply letting that piece of dog-shit demon flower off too easily! Glancing at these citizens of the Holy Nation who were showing signs of developing into fanatics, the Holy God could not help but sigh slightly, and then the hanging lamp floated over to Du En's side.

"You aren't doing this quite right; let me add some fire for you, lest this demon flower still has the strength to struggle and resist!"

Watching the two divine birds that had flown out from the patterns and were now singing in harmony to guide and strengthen the flames as Du En continued to channel them, the Holy God's gaze was a bit strange.

Du En, however, did not refuse the help from this side.

Because the Time-Wheel Flower Demon looked like it had no power to resist now, and the backlash it had just received hadn't dissipated yet, but just by hearing it scream so loudly, one knew that this guy still had some remaining strength and would definitely struggle in the next steps; relying on the power of the Four Seasons Time-Wheel, even with the two great True Fires, it would be very difficult to successfully refine it into a medicinal pill.

After all, Du En hadn't actually studied alchemy; he relied entirely on the alchemy vessel restrictions preserved in the Red Tip Pot, letting it play freely, so it invisibly seemed unreliable.

Of course, just refining it into ashes was simple enough; directly going all out, two-in-one, burning fiercely, and even throwing in the Phoenix Crimson True Flame he had cultivated himself, could burn this guy who had already entered the pot to death.

However, that would be a bit of a waste.

The Four Seasons Time-Wheel Flower, this kind of rare flower is quite extraordinary; on the Immortal Sect's merit exchange list, a Tier 5 Four Seasons leaf requires three 'Yi-Upper' merits, and if it is a Tier 6 Time-Wheel flower, it soars directly to one 'Jia-Upper' merit!

If it were the whole plant, at least one more would have to be added! A 'Jia-Upper' merit! That is a merit that can only be obtained by killing an enemy Void Refinement Perfection Great True Person on the front lines between Immortal Sects! Everyone comes from an Immortal Sect, with the strongest inheritances at present, and even with talent barriers, they are many times harder to deal with than the vast majority of figures in this Source-Life Star Realm.

Taking Du En, a weak prodigy, as an example, even if he reached the Void Refinement stage, it would be impossible for him to have the performance of an early-stage fighter against a perfection-stage one; at most, he could fight a mid-stage one, and wanting to kill one completely would be very difficult.

Because those strong genius True Persons, although their talent seems much weaker, are basically all old monsters, and their resources are abundant, capable of accumulating an unimaginable quantity to suppress and reduce the quality gap brought about by talent differences.

Therefore, the Immortal Sect's 'Jia' grade merit is extremely difficult to obtain and has extremely high gold content!

And now, this Time-Wheel Flower Demon is about to break through to Tier 6; although it is just a hair's breadth away, it is still a chasm, but isn't there the Fluorite Disease?

Admittedly, it is infected with the Fluorite Disease, and the active kind at that.

However, because it previously resisted the mutation, holding a purely utilitarian mindset of only wanting the benefits and not the drawbacks, its origin has not actually been tainted, nor is it so easily tainted; it is, after all, a rare flower containing time secrets.

In other words, there is no Seed of Immortality inside its body yet!

That Seed of Immortality, carefully cultivated by the True Monarch of Non-Movement using various spirit bodies and various rare qualities as a hotbed!

Du En does not want to become his experimental subject, and the Time-Wheel Flower Demon at hand has no possibility of generating one; even if there were a sign, he wouldn't be afraid of refining it away while he has the chance.

The remaining Fluorite Disease will only be a tonic for the spirit body; even if there were a Seed of Immortality—no, or rather, the extreme infection crystal of the Fluorite Disease is the Seed of Immortality; with this premise, there is actually already a prototype, and Du En has long been constantly swallowing tonics of this level.

Relying on the Holy God's pure light...

She didn't think too much, or rather, what she cared about now was subtly different from Du En's; after a period of brewing, she spat out a fire seed from the hanging lamp.

Brilliant radiance, like the beginning of the sun!

As soon as it appeared, the air became several degrees hotter; the onlookers simply couldn't look directly at it and could only avoid their gaze, vaguely seeing that seed of light and flame circle Du En a few times, looking eager to move toward his eyes.

Seeing this, he could only raise his hand and point to his forehead.

(End of this chapter)