Chapter 621: Subduing the Divine Beast |
After his soul blood explored within, he felt his entire body suddenly grow heavier.
"Whoosh!"
The next moment, with a slight sway, he arrived at the edge of a vast, empty lake.
Surrounding him was dense, misty immortal energy. At the very center of the lake, water-wave patterns gradually began to ripple and spread.
"Roar!"
The next instant, an enormous head emerged from the water.
"Splash!"
Accompanied by the surging sounds of flowing water.
A massive, grayish-brown tortoise shell appeared.
In the blink of an eye, it suddenly shrank.
Finally, it became just over one zhang in size, slowly hovering before Ning Qi.
"Are you here to save me?"
The Black Tortoise's icy eyes gazed at Ning Qi, revealing no discernible emotion.
"No."
Ning Qi shook his head, replying indifferently.
"Then you're here to cause trouble."
The Black Tortoise's eyes grew even colder.
After uttering those words, its entire body erupted with a fierce, chilling aura.
Then, it abruptly lunged towards Ning Qi below.
"A mere sealed beast, and you dare to attack me."
Ning Qi didn't move at all, merely letting out a cold snort.
His entire body suddenly erupted with the aura of a fifth-grade Golden Immortal. The next moment, the Dharma Body behind him abruptly took action.
A massive hand reached down to grab the Black Tortoise below.
"What? A fifth-grade Golden Immortal, and he actually has a Dharma Body?"
The Black Tortoise exclaimed in shock.
Clearly, like the Realm Spirit, it hadn't expected Ning Qi to possess a Dharma Body.
"Whoosh!"
However, there was no time left for it to react further.
Ning Qi's large hand had already fiercely grabbed downwards.
"Crunch."
The Black Tortoise's body was suddenly, firmly grasped in his palm.
"Either become my servant, or be crushed by me."
Ning Qi said coldly.
"Wishful thinking!"
The Black Tortoise remained stubborn, erupting with a powerful aura as it began to resist his grip.
"Overestimating your own strength."
Ning Qi merely smiled faintly.
Then, his Dharma Body suddenly erupted with an overwhelming force.
It squeezed down hard.
"Whoosh!"
Fierce gales instantly surged violently all around.
In just the blink of an eye, the Black Tortoise was squeezed a few sizes smaller.
Gripped so violently by Ning Qi, it continuously shrank its own body.
Until finally, it became only the size of a palm.
"Hey, if you don't submit as master soon, I'm going to crush you into nothingness."
Ning Qi began to mock it. "Trapped here for so long, has your brain turned stupid too?"
"Come with me, I can give you freedom. Wouldn't that be better?"
"That's right, what's so bad about following our master?"
The Pill Spirit also chimed in. "Staying here is just waiting for death."
"Fine, I submit! You win."
In the end, the Black Tortoise agreed.
A trace of unwillingness still lingered in its eyes.
However, the previous arrogant, defiant look was completely gone.
"Soul blood."
Ning Qi wasted no words, simply gesturing faintly.
"Whoosh!"
The Black Tortoise no longer resisted, directly condensing its own soul blood.
It shot towards Ning Qi's palm.
Once Ning Qi held its soul blood in his hand, he unhesitatingly placed it into his own Consciousness Sea.
In just the blink of an eye, he had completely taken control of its soul blood.
"Good. With your water attribute enhancement, I will no longer fear the power of water laws."
Ning Qi smiled, sensing the changes within himself.
The Black Tortoise's water attribute had granted him a similar power of control over water.
At this moment, he felt his Three Thousand Like Water technique had grown stronger.
It felt like a fish returning to water.
"Whoosh!"
In the blink of an eye, the Black Tortoise, like the Azure Dragon, directly merged into his arm.
Instantly, another mark appeared on his arm.
With a flash, Ning Qi vanished from this place.
When he reappeared, he was already back in the outside world.
"Master!"
Seeing him appear, the Azure Dragon also greeted him respectfully.
Clearly, it also knew that Ning Qi had succeeded.
"Then, the next level is the White Tiger."
Ning Qi looked up, his gaze turning towards the direction of the stairs.
"Correct. She is of the fire attribute, and master, you possess the Chaos Flame."
"She will willingly submit!"
The Azure Dragon nodded, pointing upstairs as it spoke.
"Good, then let's go!"
After agreeing, Ning Qi directly headed upstairs.
He soon arrived on another floor of the pavilion.
When they arrived, Ning Qi saw that this floor contained only an iron cage.
And this was clearly no ordinary iron cage; upon it were inscribed numerous golden symbols.
These symbols were blood-red in color. Inside the cage was imprisoned a bird whose entire body was fiery red.
"Is this the Vermilion Bird?"
The Pill Spirit arrived on his shoulder, curiously observing the Vermilion Bird before them.
"Mmm, that's right."
After the Azure Dragon responded, it glanced back.
It discovered that, unnoticed, the Black Tortoise had already followed them out.
"Vermilion Bird, this is our master. He is here to help you escape your imprisonment."
The Black Tortoise took the lead in explaining.
"I already know."
"I saw the commotion you all made downstairs."
The Vermilion Bird was clearly much calmer than the other two, speaking indifferently. "If he can help me escape, I am also willing to acknowledge him as master."
"However, this seal of mine... I'm afraid he cannot break it."
"This is forged from Chaos Profound Iron. Ordinary weapons are completely useless."
"Then, what about the Chaos Flame?"
Hearing her words, Ning Qi couldn't help but smile.
Then, he directly walked over.
He raised his palm, instantly condensing and refining a beam of blazing radiance.
This radiance began to burn, instantly erupting into a flame that made even souls tremble.
"Chaos Flame!"
The Vermilion Bird could no longer remain calm, its eyes fixed on the flame in Ning Qi's hand.
"Correct. Our master possesses the Chaos Flame. He can help you escape."
The Azure Dragon also added. "Only the Chaos Flame can refine Chaos Profound Iron."
"Then I'll give it a try!"
After Ning Qi walked over, he immediately began to circulate his Immortal-Demonic Power.
He activated his Chaos Flame, beginning to envelop the iron cage.
"Whoosh!"
Under the refining power of the Chaos Flame, waves of heart-palpitating heat erupted here.
The Azure Dragon and the Black Tortoise exchanged a glance, then directly merged into Ning Qi's arm.
However, the Vermilion Bird inside the iron cage, facing these fluctuations, instead revealed an expression of enjoyment.
It began continuously absorbing this Chaos Flame into its own body.
Its originally dull, lusterless body gradually began to regain a sheen.
This was the fiery red color of the flame, startling to behold and still giving people a heart-palpitating feeling.
This floor was filled with raging flames, heat waves surging one after another.
"Whoosh!"
Ning Qi took a deep breath, continuing to refine the Chaos Profound Iron.
"You only need to refine an exit about the size of a palm."
"Without the support of the Chaos Profound Iron and the symbols on it, I can get out on my own."
Seeing this, the Vermilion Bird spoke up. "If you intend to completely refine it, that's impossible."
"Only a Master Artifact Forger would have the capability to do that."
"Good, that makes things much simpler."
Hearing her explanation, Ning Qi nodded, showing a relaxed expression.
He had originally truly planned to refine it completely, but with her explanation, it became much easier.
Refining just one section? That was far too simple.
After agreeing, Ning Qi began to take action.
He concentrated all his power on a single point, continuously refining that piece of Chaos Profound Iron.
At first, there was no change, but later on, the area gradually began to transform.
From an extremely rigid state, it gradually became soft.
Then, as he fully circulated his Immortal-Demonic Power, in an instant, the area was swept by heat waves.
Ning Qi began continuously refining that piece of profound iron here.
No one knew how much time passed, but finally, the profound iron began to loosen.
"Almost there."
Seeing this, the Vermilion Bird immediately revealed a look of joy.
Freedom was finally within sight.
"Whoosh."
Ning Qi took a deep breath, then suddenly exerted tremendous force.
"Crackle!"
The Chaos Profound Iron was instantly refined by him until it melted.
As the Chaos Profound Iron melted, a palm-sized gap appeared.
Seizing the opportunity, the Vermilion Bird abruptly flew over.
In just the blink of an eye, it flew out from within.
"Haha! I'm out!"
Once free, it couldn't help but laugh heartily.
Imprisoned for so long, it finally had the chance to see the light of day again.
"Congratulations."
The Azure Dragon also emerged.
"We are all free now."
The Black Tortoise also said with a smile.
"This is my soul blood. From now on, you are my master!"
The Vermilion Bird had already consciously condensed its own soul blood, shooting it towards Ning Qi.
Seeing this, Ning Qi merely gestured, directly collecting it.
The Vermilion Bird's figure flickered, then directly merged into his arm.
After she entered his arm, his entire body instantly felt a wave of heat surge through it.
His control over flames had grown several degrees stronger.
This was the benefit of possessing the Vermilion Bird divine beast. In the future, if he encountered attacks using the power of flame laws, he could simply ignore them.
Even if the opponent was stronger than him, he would still have the power to fight.
"Master, shall we go upstairs?"
The Pill Spirit emerged again, asking.
"Not for now."
"Refining two divine beasts in succession has consumed too much of my energy."
Ning Qi shook his head, revealing a solemn expression. "Let me rest for a while first!"
"Alright, then let's go down first!"
After agreeing, the Pill Spirit suggested.
"Mmm, refining here has also taken up quite some time. Let's go out and see what's happening outside."
Ning Qi nodded, then directly headed downstairs.
Soon, they arrived back in the outside world. He then turned his head to look back.
The Iron Pagoda behind him remained. However, the lower few floors, after their restrictions were broken, were no longer so mysterious.
Ning Qi merely glanced at it, then directly left.
From his Pocket Dimension, he returned to the small courtyard.
After returning, he checked the sky.
It was daytime. Sensing around, he confirmed Zhao Zhirou was still here.
That was a relief. As long as she was here, it proved they hadn't yet reached their destination.
"Master, it seems we haven't wasted much time."
The Pill Spirit also confirmed they were still relatively safe, then said with a smile.
"Correct. Let's go out too."
Ning Qi nodded, then walked outward.
Once on the path, he saw Zhao Zhirou also happened to be coming over.
"Young Master Ning, are you going out too?"
After approaching, Zhao Zhirou asked curiously.
"Yes, going out to check the situation."
Ning Qi nodded, then asked in return. "Do you have any news?"
"I asked my elder brother earlier. We still have two or three days before we can reach our destination."
"If we go out now, we probably haven't arrived yet."
Zhao Zhirou thought for a moment, then continued. "However, our speed is very fast. We should be able to arrive before long."
"Mmm, then let's go. Get some fresh air."
Ning Qi nodded, then continued walking outward.
"Alright."
Zhao Zhirou didn't refuse, directly following him out.
After the two opened the door leading out, they smoothly arrived at the deck area.
They saw their fleet was parked in the void of the Realm Sea.
Not far from them were numerous meteorite regions.
Here, there were also several other fleets.
"What's going on?"
Looking ahead, Ning Qi couldn't help but show curiosity.
He never expected to encounter other fleets here.
"These are people from other demonic race families."
Zhao Zhirou merely glanced, then couldn't help but frown. "These are all my grandfather's descendants. My father has several brothers..."
She gave a simple explanation, but Ning Qi already understood the situation.
In other words, some of these people were also members of their family, just not from the same branch or tribe.
"Master, having too large a family isn't good either!"
The Pill Spirit, within Ning Qi's dantian, began to tease.
"Mmm, then that's their headache. It has nothing to do with us."
Ning Qi merely acknowledged, with no intention of asking further.
They thus arrived near Zhao Tianlei.
"Brother, what's going on? Why have so many families gathered together?"
Zhao Zhirou stepped forward and directly asked.
"We discovered a demonic site nearby here."
Zhao Tianlei pointed ahead, then continued. "There must be treasures inside."
"Then shouldn't we just go in directly? Why wait for them?"
Hearing this, Zhao Zhirou immediately became puzzled.
"We didn't discover this; they did!"
Zhao Tianlei shook his head, then continued. "Moreover, the seal here is very strong. We simply cannot enter."
"We can only wait until enough people have arrived, then work together to break the restrictive formation here. Only then will we have a chance to enter."
"Oh, no wonder they aren't going in and are waiting for people. So it's because one or two families cooperating simply cannot open this seal."
After understanding, the Pill Spirit followed up with a complaint within Ning Qi's dantian. "I was wondering, since when did the demonic race have the awareness to share."
"Elder Brother, then won't this delay us?"
After hearing him finish, Zhao Zhirou couldn't help but ask.
"It's fine. Our large force is almost here."
"It doesn't matter if we're a little late!"
Zhao Tianlei smiled, then added. "We need to seize the opportunity. Perhaps going there will allow our strength to increase greatly."
"That's fine too."
Zhao Zhirou nodded gently, looking towards Ning Qi. "Young Master Ning, what is your opinion?"
"Anywhere is the same, as long as there is an opportunity."
Ning Qi spread his hands with a smile, looking ahead. "However, aren't there too many people here? Are the resources here enough to share?"