Chapter 64: This Demon Fire, Do You Dare to Claim It?

The brilliant, eye-catching golden light of Merit, as if endless, continuously merged into Lu Ren's body.

A large portion of the Merit even sank into the raging flames beside him.

The towering flames continued without end, trapping all the Demon Race on the field firmly; as the tongues of fire licked and scorched, the crackling sounds that reached the ears of the Human Race felt extremely pleasant.

But even so, Qingchengzi still found it unbelievable.

Merit.

That was Merit!

The Merit on Lu Ren was already so profound, and now it was sweeping toward him like a tidal wave; the accumulated amount was terrifying.

If one had so much golden light of Merit to protect the body, perhaps that Qiongqi could truly successfully pass the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation of its adult stage.

It was just...

Qingchengzi could not understand it no matter how he thought.

Anyone walking in this world must commit evil thoughts of greed, anger, and ignorance; the golden light of Merit should ebb and flow, and Lu Ren was certainly not a person of pure, untainted virtue.

How on earth could he accumulate so much golden light of Merit? Strange!

But no matter how puzzled or difficult to accept he felt, Qingchengzi did nothing, only watching Lu Ren with a complex expression.

If Qiongqi survived this tribulation.

Tianxuan would eventually face a great disaster.

But how could he stop it?

And what standing did he have to stop it? If he were to intervene in this Heavenly Thunder, he would be unable to protect even himself.

No matter how well everyone understood the situation, they could only watch helplessly, unable to do anything, let alone interfere.

The Strange Fire snatched from the monk was continuously shaped into various forms by the Thunder Tribulation, while the Red Lotus Karma Fire beside it refused to admit defeat, putting all its effort into eliminating karmic debt and burning the Demon Race until they wailed.

Also wailing was Qiongqi.

It was too painful.

Two tears welled up in Qiongqi's eyes, only to be quickly dried by the roasting of the thunder and fire.

He could even smell the charred scent of his own flesh.

If Taotie were here, he would surely be unable to resist gnawing on him.

Qiongqi couldn't help but be distracted.

Fortunately, he had eaten many good things by Lu Ren's side, and under such forging and tempering, his physical body was naturally incomparably tough.

Those low and mid-level Demon Race couldn't even break through Qiongqi's defense, and could only watch as Qiongqi underwent the tribulation.

Lu Ren was also enduring the bombardment of the thunder and fire.

Part of the reason Qiongqi could be so relaxed was that Lu Ren shared a portion of the Heavenly Thunder baptism for him.

Otherwise, Qiongqi would surely be lying on the ground wailing with his skin torn and flesh mangled.

Because he was not the main subject of this Heavenly Thunder, and not an intervener—Lu Ren and Qiongqi had a contract relationship, after all—the thunderous roar Lu Ren received was not much.

The extra bit was only because of his provocation.

He sat cross-legged beside the Demon Array, fearless and unhesitating, treating the Demon Array as if it were air, which made the white-haired Demon Race grit her teeth in anger.

She longed to rush out and kill Lu Ren.

But she could only be trapped in place, watching helplessly as the Heavenly Thunder struck the walls of the Teleportation Array until they were on the verge of collapse, her eyes practically splitting.

Under the body-tempering of the Heavenly Thunder, Lu Ren circulated the Imperial Thunder Art, continuously polishing and refining his physical body.

The energy of the thunder and fire forced out almost all the impurities in his body, drawing the thunder to merge into his bones and blood; amidst the deafening roar, Lu Ren's skin and flesh withered away, revealing his stark white bones.

The white bones were ghastly, with the power of thunder dancing upon them, continuously repairing and forging them; gradually, they began to shimmer with a jade-like, golden luster.

Jade Bone growing flesh.

The moment Lu Ren's bones were forged into Jade Bone, all the skin on his body was restored to perfection.

The translucent white jade luster was enveloped, replaced by the frantic growth of flesh and blood.

Lu Ren opened his eyes in an instant.

In his pupils, a golden-purple light flashed and vanished.

And almost at the same time, the Strange Fire, having fed enough on the power of the Heavenly Thunder and the power of Merit, finally began to transform.

It was as if a giant hand were molding it.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire burned incessantly, being pulled and stretched into petal-like shapes, like a lotus flower slowly blooming, stretching its body.

That Fenxin Sacred Fire was not to be outdone, desperately fighting for territory, extending its body to the limit, carving out a piece of land, and injecting the fire power that had begun to transform into gold into it.

Sixteen red lotus petals and sixteen golden lotus petals loosely gathered into half a two-colored lotus flower.

Not enough! A flash of inspiration crossed Lu Ren's mind; he knew this was the opportunity to shape his own lotus body.

The lotus flower must be formed so that the Strange Fire could be injected into it later. This opportunity came too early; it was both a good thing and a bad thing.

The bad thing was that he had only collected two Strange Fires.

The good thing was that since the opportunity had formed today, everything would follow its natural course in the future, and he would never encounter a Heavenly Thunder more targeted than Qiongqi's.

Still missing two Strange Fires! Lu Ren opened the shop, his lips slightly flattening.

Strange Fires were naturally available in the shop.

But his Qi Luck Value was insufficient! The Lu Family Head encountered a financial problem for the first time in a long while.

In the distance, Feng Wuyou looked on.

She had a flash of intuition and suddenly said, "Second Brother has encountered trouble."

The half-lotus flower composed of Strange Fire seemed to show signs of decay, and Feng Wuyou couldn't help but frown tightly.

Two Strange Fires made half a lotus flower.

Are two more missing? But Strange Fires are hard to come by, and where could one get them now? "If you are short on Strange Fires, I can assist," Weisheng Yucheng said abruptly from the side.

He closed his eyes and took out an object.

A small Fire Tinder, flickering with spiritual light, appeared in his hand.

Weisheng Yucheng said, "This is a Gathering Fire Dharma Artifact; if you only need fire, it can serve as a temporary substitute."

"However, it depends on whether the Lu Family Head dares to gamble!"

These words of his were spoken to Lu Ren.

Weisheng Yucheng knew that Lu Ren could hear what was being said on their side.

Therefore, he continued to speak slowly: "This object absorbs the fire Qi from heaven and earth to condense into a fake fire, but now, Wanren City is full of Demon Qi; if it absorbs that, it will certainly be a Demon Fire."

"Does the Lu Family Head still want it?"

Demon Fire.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart.

If it weren't for the fact that Lu Ren never revealed his inner thoughts, he would be beaming with joy right now.

Whatever is needed comes right on time.

The World-Extinguishing Black Lotus was precisely in need of Demon Fire! He looked at Weisheng Yucheng without changing his expression. Their gazes met, and Weisheng Yucheng understood instantly. He immediately opened the Fire Tinder, violently absorbing the nearby fire Qi. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, feeling that the Fire Tinder was full of fire Qi, he threw it to Lu Ren without a word.

Lu Ren caught it, and he directly released the flame within.

It was thick with Demon Qi, evil and ferocious.

It really was Demon Fire! Once the Demon Fire appeared, he immediately forced it into the layers of the lotus that were about to take shape.

Another sixteen petals of the lotus were formed! So far, only a quarter of the lotus remained.

Meanwhile, the Human Race present had no solutions and looked at each other in dismay.

The white-haired Demon Race inside the array wall, however, sensed something. She suddenly laughed, her voice ethereal, as if it had a small hook, and she chuckled softly, "You lack fire?"

"Fire, I happen to have some; do you dare to take it?"

……

……

At the edge of Wanren City, not only were the Demon Race rampaging, but there was also the Protective Clan Array resisting them. Countless low-level Demon Race that had slipped through the net gathered at the edge, desperately trying to drill their way out to wreak havoc on the common people.

"Cough..."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Outside the Protective Clan Array, an aged figure slowly approached, coughing every now and then.

The impregnable Protective Clan Array seemed not to exist at all for him, as he passed through it with ease.

The old man in plain clothes narrowed his eyes and looked toward the center of the city.

He sighed softly.

"Finally, this old man has arrived."

The voice fell.

He casually gripped the head of a medium-level Demon Race that lunged at him.

Snap! Flesh and blood scattered, blurred and messy.

The old man shook the meat paste off his hand and disdainfully wiped it clean using the body of the Demon Race. Unaffected, he walked step by step, steady and firm, toward the center of the city.

Wherever he passed, the Demon Race were all crushed into blood foam and meat paste, with not a single piece of intact flesh left.

Demon blood slowly spread out behind him, rippling into a small lake.

Sick today, one update today, extra update tomorrow (End of this chapter)