Chapter 187: A Killing Spree

This Lingchi is the one furthest from that giant city.

Through observation, the patrol of these fire birds occurs roughly every half hour, so after the fire birds left, Mengchen and the others crept up.

"Time is tight, you all go quickly!" Mengchen said to Shi Hao and Xiaohuang.

Subsequently, Shi Hao and Xiaohuang plunged directly into the Lingchi filled with Earth Core Liquid, each beginning to form hand seals to absorb it.

To the side, Tianhu Shaonü, Heizi, Xiyao, and Yuechan looked at the two who had entered the Lingchi, their expressions full of envy.

"You want to go too!" After noticing their envious gazes, Mengchen looked at them and said.

"Hehe... Little Brother, you tempered your own body earlier, so naturally you don't need it, but this Earth Core Liquid is the best spiritual liquid for tempering the physical body; its efficacy is comparable to the Phoenix Blood Pool, so naturally, Big Sister is envious seeing it." Tianhu Shaonü said with a bewitching smile, and it was clear she really wanted to go.

"That's right! If we could go in and temper ourselves, it would definitely raise our physical strength by a large margin, but unfortunately, there are too many of the Fire Bird clan here; if we all go in, leaving you alone is ultimately not an option." Heizi said.

Although Xiyao and Yuechan did not speak, it was clear that the two of them also very much wanted to go into the Lingchi to temper themselves.

"Fine! You all go in and temper yourselves! I will stand guard for you outside." Mengchen said, looking at everyone one by one.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, but soon, Xiyao shook her head and said: "No! Leaving Senior Brother Mengchen alone up here is too dangerous."

Xiyao's words were undoubtedly also the concern of Heizi and Tianhu Shaonü; they looked at Mengchen, and although there was reluctance in their eyes, they still shook their heads and rejected Mengchen's proposal.

They felt that although Mengchen was strong, the number of the Fire Bird clan here was truly too great; if they all entered and were exposed, they feared there would be immense risk, and with them there, they could at least share some of the burden.

"It's fine! Trust me! Time is pressing, take advantage of this gap and go in quickly!" Mengchen said to them, patting his chest, his eyes revealing incomparable confidence.

A moment later, seeing that they still had no intention of moving, Mengchen's gaze became slightly solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Go quickly! Do not miss this good opportunity."

"Then, Little Brother... Big Sister will be impolite." Tianhu Shaonü's eyes were filled with gratitude, and after speaking, she also jumped directly inside.

"Then Senior Brother Mengchen, I'm going! You must be careful; if it doesn't work out, just run away yourself! Don't worry about us." Xiyao said with a troubled expression.

"Mm!" Mengchen looked at Xiyao with a bright smile, then said to Heizi and Yuechan: "You two don't dawdle either, go in quickly!"

"Mm!" Heizi made up his mind in one go and plunged into the Lingchi together with Xiyao.

And at this moment, only Yuechan remained, showing no intention of moving.

"What is the meaning of this? You don't want to go?" Mengchen looked back at Yuechan and said.

"Naturally, I want to!" Yuechan stood there, her temperament refined, speaking faintly and appearing very elegant.

"Then you..." Mengchen's expression was surprised; she didn't want to go?

"Wanting to is one thing, and going or not is another; I don't want to owe you a favor, lest you use it to talk about things in the future." Yuechan's gaze, as bright as the clear moon, swept past Mengchen.

Upon hearing this, Mengchen found it refreshing; this holy fairy was truly... hard to describe in words!

Yuechan did not know that the more she acted like this toward Mengchen, the less Mengchen would let her have her way, so Mengchen chuckled playfully and said: "Why be so distant with your husband!"

"You..."

Mengchen's self-proclamation as husband made Yuechan instantly glare, clenching her fists, but considering Mengchen's freakish and terrifying strength, she had to endure it.

However, the next second, to her surprise, Mengchen suddenly attacked, picked her up, and caused her to blush instantly.

Yuechan resisted fiercely and was about to strike with her palm when she was driven back by a single sentence from Mengchen: "I am only letting you go in to temper yourself; if you dare to act rashly, don't blame me for being even more unreasonable next."

Just like that, the blushing Yuechan, her heart pounding, was carried step by step by Mengchen to the edge of the Lingchi and placed very gently into it.

The outcome was already set, so Yuechan had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept it; with a burning face, she sank into the Lingchi after being placed there by Mengchen.

Just then, Mengchen's divine sense perceived that the Fire Bird clan's patrol was about to arrive, so he quickly retreated, and only after they had passed did he creep up again.

During the wait, time passed second by second; in this period, the patrol team had already patrolled no fewer than five times.

Inside the Lingchi, the six people—Xiaohuang, Shi Hao, Heizi, Xiyao, Tianhu Shaonü, and Yuechan—were each absorbing the Earth Core Liquid into their bodies, constantly tempering their physical forms.

Until two days later, Mengchen heard a different sound; the previously calm Lingchi began to boil, becoming steaming hot.

"It seems they have all reached the critical moment!" Mengchen muttered to himself, but his heart also began to worry, as this would easily attract the attention of the patrol team.

It was precisely at this time that the patrol team arrived again, and the now-boiling Lingchi naturally attracted their attention.

This Fire Bird team consisted of ten members; they looked different, coming from different races, and were patrolling together.

"What is this? How could the Lingchi suddenly boil?" one fire bird said; it was a fire crow with a human body and a bird's head, with a pair of black fire wings on its back.

"Go! Let's go over and take a look!" another fire bird spoke, calling the others to come forward and investigate; this was a large bird covered in fire feathers.

Mengchen lurked not far away, watching the development of events.

"It was fine when we came last time, why is it like this now? Could it be that there is someone below?" Mengchen heard the guess of one fire bird.

"The Earth Core Liquid is a great treasure of our clan and cannot be tampered with; I must go down and check." The fire crow spoke and was about to rush down. "No! I absolutely cannot let them discover that there are people inside." Mengchen unleashed his Divine Power and threw a punch, successfully attracting their attention, immediately causing those fire birds to discover his existence.

"Who is it!" Those fire birds shouted in unison and instantly charged over to kill.

"Boom..." Kunpeng wings spread behind Mengchen, and he flew directly into the high sky.

"Daring to covet our clan's Lingchi! Die!" The bird-headed, human-bodied fire crow held a long spear and flapped its wings to kill.

"A mere Spirit Transformation realm dares to come and seek death!" Mengchen sneered, and then his Kunpeng wings flapped as he flew out; a flash of golden light appeared for an instant, and the fire crow was sliced into two halves, falling from the high sky.

Now, only by creating a big commotion and attracting enough attention could he ensure that Xiaohuang and Shi Hao and the others would not be discovered.

Mengchen's action was undoubtedly what thoroughly angered these fire birds.

"Ah... hiss..." The remaining fire birds began to roar toward the sky.

Mengchen knew they were calling for their companions to arrive.

"Boom—"

In an instant, from all directions, firelight shone brilliantly, and dense symbols shot into the sky as the Fire Bird clan surged over in large numbers.

"Kill!"

Seeing their clansmen summoned, the remaining nine patrol members charged up to kill.

"Good! Come on! Today I shall go on a killing spree!"

Mengchen opened his eyes in an instant, golden light flashing in his pupils; eleven Cave Heavens expanded in an instant, Divine Power surging violently, causing his clothes to flutter fiercely.

"Die!" Mengchen's gaze exploded, the golden light shooting out like arrows, ruthlessly wiping out the nine fire birds that were charging over.

The next instant, a large number of fire birds surged from all directions; they uttered no words, only carrying murderous intent as they killed their way forward.

"Immobilize!" Mengchen raised his hand and gave a soft shout, the Cave Heaven behind him shining brilliantly, radiating light that instantly immobilized everything around him.

These fire birds were truly weak, the strongest being no more than the Spirit Transformation Realm, so naturally they could not resist Mengchen's power of immobilization.

"Explode!"

A cold glint appeared in Mengchen's eyes, and the hand he had raised clenched into a fist, whereupon all the fire birds immobilized around him exploded into a vast mist of blood.

For a moment, the scent of blood permeated the void, becoming extremely thick; looking at that blood-red void, one could not help but feel chilled.

Immediately following this, taking advantage of the immobilization, Mengchen's second Cave Heaven became increasingly brilliant, and the red lotus nurtured within it flew out.

In an instant, the red lotus bloomed, causing this entire Heaven Domain and Earth Domain to turn crimson, completely shrouded under the red light emitted by the red lotus.

This was Mengchen's second Supreme Bone technique, the Red Lotus Dharma Finger; using it at this moment could not be better, as this divine ability could be said to be capable of producing large-scale lethality.

The Kunpeng wings behind Mengchen stirred slightly as he hovered in the void; he pointed a finger out gently, and the red lotus began to rotate at high speed, with red light surging and continuously shooting out from the lotus petals as it spun.

Following the rotation, the red light spread out in all directions, causing large-scale slaughter in an instant.

The fire birds were pierced through the center of their brows by the red light in droves and fell from the high sky; for a time, corpses piled up like mountains on the ground, the scene once terrifying.

"Human! How dare you kill my clansmen like this!" A thunderous shout came from the giant city.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, more than a dozen terrifying auras shot over in succession.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."

Very quickly, ten incomparably powerful figures appeared simultaneously around Mengchen, all of them radiating the aura of a Venerable.

"Damned human! I want you to die!" The first to speak was a fierce bird whose entire body was wrapped in flames; its body was as massive as a mountain.

"I think the one who should die is you!" Just at this moment, a familiar voice came from within the Lingchi.

Mengchen knew that it was Shi Hao; he had naturally finished his tempering.

"Swoosh...!"

Shi Hao spread his Kunpeng wings, flew up into the high sky, and stood together with Mengchen.

After nodding and smiling at Mengchen, he instantly opened ten Cave Heavens, which became dazzlingly bright in an instant; with surging momentum, he said to the Venerable who had just spoken, "Mere ingredients, yet you dare to spout such nonsense; you say you want whom to die?"

Shi Hao's eyes shone with brilliant golden light, his magnificent momentum making his hair flutter and his robes snap, becoming peerless in fighting spirit.

"Killing my clansmen, stealing my spirit liquid, and speaking disrespectfully—I, on behalf of my Fire Bird clan, sentence you both to be reduced to ashes." A Venerable looked on with cold eyes, pointing a long spear at Mengchen and Shi Hao.

This was a Venerable of the Fire Crow clan; the black fire wings behind it burned violently, and its vigorous momentum spread rapidly, shrouding the two of them.

(End of this chapter)