My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 1319

Chapter 1319: Killing Zhentian Mo

 

“You can go to hell.” Qingfeng Li took out his Fire Emperor Sword and struck out suddenly, chopping off Zhentian Mo’s head with a flash of white light.

The number one devil, Zhentian Mo, was dead.

The surrounding people remained quiet and silent after witnessing this scene, only beginning to talk about it after a moment.

“What! Zhentian Mo actually died? His head was actually cut off by Qingfeng Li’s sword!”

“Qingfeng Li is too strong! Zhentian Mo had just reached the Spirit Emperor Realm, but he was still killed. Just how strong is Qingfeng Li’s combat ability?”

“Did you not realize that Zhentian Mo is not any weaker than Qingfeng Li? He was defeated by his bloodline power and was seriously injured before his head was cut off.”

“Yeah, you are right. Qingfeng Li’s Wolf God Bloodline had an invincible aura, so the Thousand-Year Blood Python simply could not defend itself.”

The surrounding self-cultivators were talking about it as they looked at Qingfeng Li, their eyes full of wonder.

These self-cultivators all understood that Qingfeng Li’s bloodline was definitely one of the top bloodline powers from the ancient era, that was why it could easily defeat the Thousand-Year Blood Python.

At this moment, Qingfeng Li became a God of War in everyone’s heart. He was invincible.

Black puppy, Sky-Devouring Snake, and Ziyue Jiang had just arrived in time to see Qingfeng Li kill Zhentian Mo. Their eyes were full of astonishment as well.

Just now, Qingfeng Li had left them behind, so that he could go ahead to save the Wolf Fang Team first. Black Puppy and the others lagged behind because they were not as fast as Qingfeng Li.

Black Puppy trotted up to Qingfeng Li with a look of surprise and said, “You really are getting stronger, even I am a little scared.”

Qingfeng Li glanced at Puppy, smiled, and said, “Let’s practice when we have time. Didn’t you always want to beat me?”

Black Puppy saw Qingfeng Li’s smile, and shivered and stumbled. “Nah. It’s okay. We are good friends.”

Sky-Devouring Snake came and said, “You really don’t know how to talk. Who want to be friends with a dog?”

Qingfeng Li skimmed at Black Puppy and Sky-Devouring Snake and said, “You both, cut the bullsh*t. Let’s kill the remaining Devil-Imperial Sect Disciples. None of them can live.”

“Okay, I’ve always been hunted by the Devil-Imperial Sect and I’ve disliked them for a long time. Let’s kill them all,” Sky-Devouring Snake smiled and said.

Black Puppy and Sky-Devouring Snake walked towards the Devil-Imperial Sect’s disciples, causing their faces to turn pale. They tried to run away but their speed was not as fast as Black Puppy, so they were overtaken in an instant.

Black Puppy swung its dog claws. They were extremely sharp and could pierce through gold and gravel. With a single scratch, all of the Devil-Imperial Sect’s disciples were splattered against the ground, leaving none of their bodies intact.

Sky-Devouring Snake also did not show any signs of weakness. It pulled out its snake tail suddenly and slapped the escaping Devil-Imperial Sect Disciples to death.

Those disciples all died horribly, killed by Black Puppy and Sky-Devouring Snake.

Of course, all of these disciples all died for a good reason. They were from the Devil-Imperial Sect and were involved in many heinous and malicious crimes in the past. They had done many bad things, so dying in the first level of Hell was actually a good thing for the rest of the human race.

Qingfeng Li came to the side of the Wolf Fang Team and asked, “Are you guys alright? Did Zhentian Mo do anything to you guys?”

Daoist shook his head and said, “No, only my face is swollen, and it hurts.”

Qingfeng Li smiled faintly and came beside Daoist. He reached out his palm and channeled the vital essence through his body. Daoist’s injury was healed in no time.

Qingfeng Li untangled the ropes on the Wolf Fang Team members and cut off all the ropes to set them free.

Subsequently, Qingfeng Li moved to Zhentian Mo’s side.

Zhentian Mo, as the number one devil in the self-cultivation world, must possess a lot of treasures on him, he was a it is said a sheep is an easy prey and a fat sheep is even a better reward, and it normally takes no effort to claim this reward super fat sheep¹.

Qingfeng Li’s eyes revealed a touch of light, as he reached out his hand to remove Zhentian Mo’s ring from his finger.

This was a black ring worn on the thumb. It followed the death of Zhentian Mo and became a ring without a master.

Qingfeng Li unleashed the spirit energy in his mind, erased the evil spiritual mark on the black ring, and printed his own spiritual mark on it.

The interior of the black ring contained a dimension of more than one thousand square meters. It was a very large space, but inside it was quite crowded with a lot of treasures. Some of the most valuable were vitality stones and there were even king level ones.

Qingfeng Li saw these king level vitality stones and became very pleased because he was now in the Ninth Level of the Spirit King Realm. By absorbing these vitality stones and refining their energy, he could break through to the Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm.

But at the next moment, Qingfeng Li’s mood changed because he found out these vitality stones were not green in color but red.

Red vitality stones were called blood vitality stones, and only self-cultivators of the Devilish Dao could refine and absorb them because they contained devilish energy and not vital essence.

“Zhentian Mo you bastard. Even when you are dead, I can’t even use the remaining blood vitality stone. Let me see if I have any use of the other treasures.” Qingfeng Li muttered and started looking at other places in the interspatial ring.

Many things were stored in other places of the interspatial ring. They included cultivation techniques, spiritual treasures, soft armors, spiritual elixirs, and more.

In this space, there were also many white bones. There were complete sets of human skeletons, as well as skulls which were all put here after Zhentian Mo had killed their owners.

Qingfeng Li found that these human bones and skulls all belonged to very powerful people, and many Spirit King Realm masters.

Qingfeng Li heard a legend in the world of self-cultivation that Zhentian Mo would kill his enemies and collect their bones. He did not believe it before but now that he finally saw it, he had to believe it.

Qingfeng Li was a good man, he took all the white bones and skulls out of the interspatial ring, and a dirt pit before burying them.

Being buried beneath the earth had always been the ideal destination for both humans and self-cultivators after death. If they had stayed in the interspatial ring, they would become soulless ghosts and would be unable to reincarnate.

Although there were many treasures in Zhentian Mo’s interspatial ring, most of them were the Devilish Dao’s cultivation techniques or elixirs.

Qingfeng Li could not use these elixirs and cultivation techniques, because he was an orthodox self-cultivator. If he practiced these cultivation techniques or ate these elixirs, he would enter the state of vital essence deviation, and it would not be a good thing.

Although these elixirs were useless to Qingfeng Li, they were useful for Sky-Devouring Snake and Black Puppy. These two guys were Godly beasts, so they could eat these without fear of vital essence deviation.

Zhentian Mo seemed like a super big fat sheep but it was little help for Qingfeng Li, and that made him very upset.

1. It is said that a sheep is an easy prey and a fat sheep is an even better reward. It normally takes no effort to claim this reward.

Chapter 1320: Saint Soil

 

Suddenly, Qingfeng Li’s eyes lit up. He discovered a lump of soil in the corner of the interspatial ring.

This lump of soil was dark and about the size of an egg. The average person would not have noticed it, because the appearance of this lump of soil was ordinary, the same as your typical soil.

Qingfeng Li’s spirit energy was strong. He felt a surge of vital essence fluctuation in the soil.

The vital essence had violent fluctuations so much that Qingfeng Li was trembling.

Qingfeng Li’s intuition was very accurate. He felt that the black soil inside the interspatial ring was not simple.

Qingfeng Li’s spirit energy was at the emperor level, which was why he was able to feel such an unusual aura emanating from it.

Zhentian Mo had just broken into the Spirit Emperor Realm, but his spirit energy had not reached the emperor level yet. Therefore, he did not know how precious this lump of black soil was. Otherwise, Zhentian Mo would not have thrown it into the corner.

Qingfeng Li triggered a thought, and took the black soil out from the interspatial ring out.

Just then, Black-White Millstone inside Qingfeng Li’s mind suddenly dashed out. It turned into a black and white whirlpool and rushed toward the black soil trying to devour it.

“Black-White Millstone, how dare you?” the Fire Dragon’s soul fragment shouted. He also came out from Qingfeng Li’s mind and rushed toward the black soil trying to swallow it.

“You two are really shameless, this belongs to Qingfeng Li. Every time you see treasures, you just want to eat it.” Dark Night Emperor flew out from Qingfeng Li’s sword and scolded both of them.

Qingfeng Li just stood there with a dull face. What was this situation? What was happening? As soon as he took out the black soil, it looked like everyone jumped out to snatch it.

Qingfeng Li could tell that out of these individuals, only Dark Night Emperor was trying to help him. He stood by his side, while the Black-White Millstone and the Fire Dragon’s soul wanted to swallow the black soil for themselves.

Qingfeng Li used voice transmission and asked Dark Night Emperor, “Senior, what exactly is this black dirt? How come the Black-White Millstone and Senior Fire Dragon want it so badly?”

Dark Night Emperor’s face was serious, and he told him telepathically, “Little guy, let me tell you. This black soil is saint soil. Back in the ancient era, saints were buried after their death, and their saint aura and energy will infuse into the soil.”

After listening to what Dark Night Emperor said, Qingfeng Li realized what was happening. He finally understood why the Fire Dragon and Black-White Millstone were fighting for the black soil.

It was the soil that had been used to bury a saint. Swallowing it was like swallowing the saint’s energy, so it can make you a lot stronger.

The Black-White Millstone and the Fire Dragon’s soul gazed at each other, keeping the other under a vigilant watch. At the same time, Dark Night Emperor was guarding these two. He stood beside Qingfeng Li and prevented them from getting closer.

Qingfeng Li clearly understood it. The saint soil was very attractive, so the Black-White Millstone and the Fire Dragon Soul would not give up. If he wanted to swallow this treasure, it would be impossible.

Qingfeng Li was very smart. He knew that he must lose some to gain some. Since he could not swallow the treasure by himself, his only option was to share.

“Fire Dragon Senior, you don’t have to fight anymore. You can tell Black-White Millstone that the saint soil will be divided into four equal portions, and each of us will take one portion. If he does not agree, I’ll just throw it away, so no one will get it,” Qingfeng Li told Fire Dragon Soul using voice transmission.

Qingfeng Li knew that among everyone, only the Fire Dragon was an ancient Dragon God, which allowed him to communicate with the spirit of the Black-White Millstone.

Fire Dragon nodded his head. He knew that it was impossible to swallow the Saint Soil by himself, so the best option was to share.

Fire Dragon Soul exuded a spirit wave into the Black-White Millstone and communicated with it.

A moment later, Fire Dragon said, “Qingfeng Li, the Black-White Millstone agreed with your proposal to divide the black soil into four parts, one for each of us. It will also teach you the the method to refine the saint soil.”

Qingfeng Li’s eyes revealed a touch of joy. Although he had the saint soil, he did not know how to refine it. He was happy that the Black-White Millstone will teach him the methd to.

Black-White Millstone came from chaos. It was a mysterious spiritual treasure that was unpredictable, but it was very knowledgeable and even knew how to refine saint soil, something that had been forgotten since the ancient era.

Qingfeng Li divided his saint soil into four parts, so there was one for each person. Then he picked up his own part and left with the Wolf Fang Team, Black Puppy, Sky-Devouring Snake, Flower Fairy, and the rest of his group.

Qingfeng Li found a hidden cave and went inside directly while the others guarded the entrance.

The cave was not very large. It was only three hundred square meters and completely filled with black rocks.

After Qingfeng Li entered this cave, he took out his own share of the saint soil. It was only the size of a coin.

Originally, the saint soil was only the size of an egg. After it was divided into four shares, it became even less. It was now around the size of a coin.

Qingfeng Li divided his spirit energy into two channels. It entered the saint soil from both sides.

Qingfeng Li formed a strange seal with his hands, clasping his fingers together as he chanted, with one palm facing upwards and one palm downwards. He sat with his legs crossed and his chest slightly lifted.

The saint soil was the size of a coin, yet it still contained a huge amount of energy.

Although the size of the saint soil was just a coin, the energy was like a tsunami. It rushed out turbulently and entered into Qingfeng Li’s strange seal. He refined the energy as it entered his body.

Suddenly, it was like he grew bigger and his body started blooming. This created a crackling sound, from his bones grinding together and his skin sparkling up.

It was an extremely painful sensation.

Qingfeng Li felt a tingling sensation in his body as if someone was slashing his flesh with a sharp saber. The pain was worse than dying.

Qingfeng Li clenched his teeth so hard that he ended up bleeding inside his mouth. There were pale veins popping on his forehead and sweat drops rolling down his cheeks.

However, Qingfeng Li persisted. He knew that the saint soil contained so much energy that it would have a substantial impact on his body. But he must endure it, because he would become a lot more powerful if he survived this.

Qingfeng felt that he could break through to the Spirit Emperor Realm if he was able to refine this saint soil.

At that point, no one was Qingfeng Li’s opponent within the entire first level of Hell, under the Kunlun Mountains. It was a simple task to attain the Saint-Perishing Fruit.

The Saint soil contained a lot of energy. It passed through his skin, muscle, meridians, joints, blood, and finally into his dantian. The energy condensed where his dantian was, gathering together to form a seal.

The spirit nucleus within the dantian began to mutate. At first the spirit nucleus’s color was pale yellow, before the color deepened into a magnificant, brilliant, golden luster.

A golden spirit nucleus was the sign of breaking through to the Spirit Emperor Realm.

When Qingfeng Li was about to break through a critical moment, two energy force rushed out. These two energies were normally deep within Qingfeng Li, revealing themselves to be his bloodline powers.

One energy force was the Devourer Bloodline, and the other force was the Wolf God Bloodline. Both of these forces were bloodlines power, and they were devouring the saint soil surrounding the spirit nucleus.

Chapter 1321: Breakthrough to the Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm

 

Within a short moment, these two bloodline powers had completely devoured the saint soil energy within Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li’s spirit nucleus had just turned gold, but the loss of the rest of the saint soil energy caused only one half to consolidate to gold while the other half reverted back to a pale yellow.

“I only broke into the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm.” After feeling the color of his spirit nucleus, his heart burned with anger.

Qingfeng Li could have been able to break into the Spirit Emperor Realm, but because of the Devourer and Wolf God Bloodlines, his spirit nucleus absorbed only a fraction of the saint soil energy. There was no more energy left after he reached the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm.

“You two bastards. You dare to come swallow my saint soil energy, but don’t even bother to say hi?” Qingfeng Li angrily asked the two bloodline powers.

In the face of Qingfeng Li’s question, both the Wolf God Bloodline and Devourer Bloodline did not respond. Instead, they swallowed at a faster rate and absorbed all the remaining saint soil energy in Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li almost died from frustration. Despite how angry he was, his body’s bloodline powers were just ignoring him. They just went back to lurking inside his body.

“Forget it, I do not care about it anymore.” Qingfeng Li could only comfort himself. Then, he stood up and walked outside.

Although there was no breakthrough to the Spirit Emperor Realm, Qingfeng Li was now at the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm. His strength was quite powerful.

Qingfeng Li came out of the cave, and Black Puppy looked at him and said, “You have fully refined the saint soil in your hands. How come you haven’t reached the Spirit Emperor Realm? Was your talent not good enough?”

As Black Puppy talked, it wagged its tail. Its small puppy eyes looked at Qingfeng Li as if it was sure that Qingfeng Li’s talent was not enough.

If the saint soil was given to Black Puppy instead, it would certainly have been able to break through to the Spirit Emperor Realm after refining and absorbing it. But, Black Puppy did not get the saint soil, so it was a little pissed.

Qingfeng Li took out his right hand and directly slapped the top of Black Puppy’s head. He said angrily, “You are the one without enough talent. If you talk any more trash, I’ll make a stew out of you.”

Qingfeng Li was not in a good mood. He was actually in an extremely bad mood. It was not easy to acquire the saint soil, and the Black-White Millstone and the Fire Dragon fought for it. Afterwards, the Wolf God Bloodline and the Devourer Bloodline came to snatch it as well.

Even now, this Black Puppy also wanted the saint soil. But it had been refined by Qingfeng Li, and he could no longer obtain it.

“Qingfeng Li, why are you hitting my head?” Black puppy shook its tail to express its dissatisfaction.

Qingfeng Li faintly smiled, glanced at him, and said, “Stop talking trash and quickly find the entrance to the second floor of Hell for me.”

Black Puppy’s eyes showed a touch of dissatisfaction, but it knew that the most important thing right now was to find the entrance to the next level of Hell. It can deal with Qingfeng Li later.

Black puppy led the way. It was familiar with the environment here, so they were able to avoid some danger. Qingfeng Li and the Wolf Fang Team safely followed behind it.

Hell’s sky was dark, as pitch black as ink. There was no sun nor moon and the ground was varying shades of black and dark gray.

Fortunately, Qingfeng Li and the others were self-cultivators. They all had luminous objects to light the way and they all had good eyesights, so they could see really far. So at the first level of Hell, they were able to avoid accidentally falling into rivers or walking off of cliffs.

“There’re a lot of dead people. How come there’s more and more dead people as we move forward?” Qingfeng Li frowned.

Qingfeng Li found that there were many dead self-cultivators on the ground as they walked straight ahead. Every self-cultivator died miserably, either pierced through the heart or beheaded.

Black Puppy waved its paw to stop the group from moving. Its face was serious as it looked at those who died.

“Puppy, what did you find out?” Qingfeng Li asked.

Black Puppy’s expression was very serious and it said, “These people didn’t die normally. It looks like they were killed by a hell snake.”

“A hell snake?” Qingfeng Li frowned, a touch of surprise in his eyes.

Naturally, Qingfeng Li knew all about the hell snake. Last time, when Qingfeng Li was in the Forbidden district of the Kunlun Mountains, he had jumped into a cliff in order to save his father. On the cliff, he met a hell snake. It could breath hellfire as hot as three thousand degrees, which was quite terrifying.

However, last time, the hell snake had been killed by Qingfeng Li. So this time, what would happen?

“Little Puppy, if there’s only one hell snake, it won’t be my opponent. You can rest assured,” Qingfeng Li said with a confident look.

Qingfeng Li not only broke through to the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm, he also had a lot of spiritual treasures. He was very confident about dealing with the hell snake.

Before Qingfeng Li could finish talking, Black Puppy waved its paw and said, “Do you think there’s only one hell snake? Within the first level of Hell, there are at least tens of thousands of hell snakes. Can you handle all of them?”

Qingfeng Li’s face changed. If there were tens of thousands of hell snakes, he would be a little bit scared. Qingfeng Li dealt with hell snakes before, so he knew how formidable they were.

Qingfeng Li was confident in killing one hell snake, and even ten or a hundred hell snakes should be okay. But if there were tens of thousands, then he would not be able to handle it.

Qingfeng Li turned his eyes and he suddenly thought of the black demonic rats. There were more than 10,000 black demonic rats, so the black demonic rats should be able to handle the hell snakes.

Qingfeng Li turned to Black Demonic Rat King and said, “Gather your men together and deal with the hell snakes.”

The Black Demonic Rat King shook his head and said, “Master, hell snakes are the natural predator of black demonic rats. Within the first level of Hell, they often swallow us and treat us as food. We cannot compete with them at all.”

This time around, Daoist went to Qingfeng Li and said, “Boss, did you forget? In Huaxia, snakes eat mice. The same rule applies in the first level of Hell, hell snakes will also eat the black demonic rats.”

Qingfeng Li nodded and suddenly realized it. It seemed that using the black demonic rats to deal with the hell snakes will not work.

Suddenly, Qingfeng Li thought of the saint soil. His saint soil was swallowed by the Black-White Millstone and the Fire Dragon’s soul. So even if they encountered thousands of hell snake, he could just get them to help.

“Do not be afraid, follow me and keep walking forward. Stand behind me if we encounter hell snakes, and I’ll help you deal with them.” Qingfeng Li waved his hand and led the crowd forward.

Hell was cold and gloomy, with a bone chilling aura floating around. Suddenly, there was a burst of mournful screams.

Qingfeng Li, who had just travelled a short distance, encountered a hell snake. The dark body of the hell snake was more than 500 meters long. It was covered with black scales which had a thick body like a water tank.

Its two eyes were dark like ink, the size of a lantern, and carried the color of hell. It would occasionally flash out with a fierce light.

Chapter 1322: Hell Snake King

 

Qingfeng Li’s face became serious. This hell snake was longer and bigger than any snake-type demonic beast he had ever seen.

Black Puppy’s face changed and it said, “Qingfeng, this is not good. This is the Hell Snake King. I can’t believe we actually encountered it.”

After listening to what Black Puppy said, Qingfeng’s face changed. His eyes revealed a touch of surprise.

“Hell Snake King.” Qingfeng Li never imagined that he would meet the king of the hell snakes so fast.

“Everyone, hide behind me. Don’t show yourself,” Qingfeng Li said to the people around him.

Qingfeng Li walked forward. He knew he could not escape. Since he encountered the Hell Snake King, he knew that it was either the Snake King’s death or his. There was no possibility of reconciliation.

“Human, you dare to break into the first level of Hell? You will die today!” Hell Snake King looked at Qingfeng and said with a strong killing intent.

Qingfeng Li smiled and coldly said, “If you’re just alone, then don’t talk big. Killing you will be a piece of cake…”

“Human, do you think I am by myself? I’ll show you how many of us there are!” The Hell Snake King opened its mouth and roared.

Suddenly, hell snakes were appearing everywhere in the first level of Hell. There were more than 10,000 hell snakes in every single direction, surrounding Qingfeng Li and his group.

Moreover, these hell snakes were very powerful and exuded an evil aura. Their faces were full of murderous intent while they looked at those around them.

At that moment, Qingfeng Li finally knew how those self-cultivators were killed. There were just too many hell snakes. No matter how strong the self-cultivators were, they couldn’t withstand an onslaught of that many hell snakes.

The Hell Snake King’s eyes suddenly focused. It saw Sky-Devouring Snake and said, “You and I are the same species, if you come over here, then I won’t kill you. But I will kill everyone else.”

Sky-Devouring Snake shook its head in disdain and said, “You little snake, quickly apologize to Qingfeng. Otherwise, you will be dead before you know it.”

When Hell Snake King heard what Sky-Devouring Snake said, a touch of anger appeared in its eyes. Hell Snake King originally wanted to spare it since they were both snakes. It wanted to give Sky-Devouring Snake a chance, but Sky-Devouring Snake was not grateful at all. If that was the case, it will just kill every single one of them, including Sky-Devouring Snake.

After Hell Snake King finished talking, it shook his tail. This was a command, and a dozen hell snakes suddenly swept in from the left. Each snake had a black tongue with black, sharp teeth that they used to fiercely bite at Qingfeng Li’s neck.

Qingfeng Li pulled out his Fire Emperor Sword and forcefully slashed forward, releasing a fierce streak of flame sword energy.

This flame sword energy was really dazzling in contrast to the darkness of the first level of Hell. The flame sword energy was like red bolt of lightning that instantly flashed in front of the hell snakes.

Puchi, Puchi, Puchi …

A dozen hell snakes were suddenly cut in half by the sharp sword energy. They all fell to the ground and started bleeding black blood. These hell snakes were not Qingfeng Li’s opponent at all.

“Human, I didn’t think you were actually in the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm.” The Hell Snake King felt the strength of Qingfeng Li, and a touch of surprise appeared in its eyes.

The Hell Snake King had killed many human self-cultivators before, and it knew that, at Qingfeng Li’s age, there was almost no one that had cultivated to the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm. So to speak, this man’s self-cultivation talent was very high.

The Hell Snake King’s heart was filled with killing intent. It knew that it must kill Qingfeng today, or, he would become a big threat in the future.

“Burn him to death with your flames,” the Hell Snake King ordered its underlings that had gathered beside it.

This time, thirty hell snakes came out. They opened their mouths and shot out thirty gusts of black flames toward Qingfeng Li and his group.

The thirty black flames released by the hell snakes were called the Fire of Hell, which was very powerful.

In the ranking of Flames, the Fire of Hell was within the top two hundred flames, and was only a little weaker than Qingfeng Li’s Golden Flames.

Originally, Qingfeng Li wanted to use the Golden Flames but he decided against it. This is because he knew that if he used the Golden Flames now, he would have trouble fighting the Hell Snake King.

Qingfeng Li directly took out the Golden Calabash and shot out a bolt of golden energy, splitting the mass of black flames in half.

But Qingfeng Li was surprised that the black hell ire did not go out, as it continued to fly toward him.

At this time, Sky-Devouring Snake came over and suddenly waved its tail, which extinguished those black flames without a trace.

A touch of praise appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes as he said, “Sky-Devouring Snake, good job. You sure know how to deal with these demonic beasts of your own species.”

Sky-Devouring Snake shook its tail and proudly said, “I am their ancestor, and the hell snakes had been one of my branch families. How dare they attack me now? Don’t they know how to respect their ancestors.”

Seeing Sky-Devouring Snake’s arrogant face, the Hell Snake King looked even more unhappy and angrily said, “Who do you think you are? How dare you call yourself the ancestor of the snake demonic beasts?et me teach you a lesson.”

This time, the Hell Snake King did not attack with the hell snakes near it. Instead, it opened its own mouth and spat out a ball of black flames.

This mass of black flames was five times as hot as the flames that the other hell snakes had breathed out, reaching five thousand degrees Celsius.

Where the black fire passed, the air itself was burned. This black flame created a crackling noise while it quickly flew towards Sky-Devouring Snake.

Sky-Devouring Snake’s face changed, as it felt how dangerous the black flames were.

Although Sky-Devouring Snake was the snake ancestor, Sky-Devouring Snake had not thoroughly awakened its past memories on its cultivation techniques, so it had not recovered its strength. It was not the opponent of the Hell Snake King.

When Qingfeng Li saw the Hell Snake King release its black flame, there was touch of happiness in his eyes. He said in a cold voice, “I was waiting for you to attack. Now it’s my turn!”

Qingfeng Li released the Golden Flames in his body, shooting out against the Hell Snake King’s black flames and then rushing to the Hell Snake King itself.

The Golden Flames were the black flames’s nemesis, which had a temperature of 5,500 degrees Celsius. This temperature was higher than the black flame. When it collided, the black flame was swallowed by the Golden Flames, becoming fuel that helped intensify the current of flames towards the Hell Snake King.

Qingfeng Li’s face was excited, because his Golden Flames ate the black flame. The temperature reached seven thousand degrees Celsius, which was an increase of fifteen hundred degrees Celsius. This temperature was high enough to melt anything.

Chapter 1323: Fighting for the Immortal Sutra

 

“Human, why are you in possession of the Gold Saint’s flame?” asked the Hell Snake King, completely stunned.

The Gold Saint was incredibly famous during the ancient era. His Golden Flames were also renowned in the world of self-cultivation. Regardless of species, everyone and everything was afraid of it.

At the inquiry of the Hell Snake King, Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows and said, “You know about the Golden Flames? Not bad, you know quite a lot!”

The Hell Snake King’s face darkened. Qingfeng Li had absorbed its black flame, indicating that his Golden Flames was hotter than its black hell flame. If it used the black flames again, it would be absorbed once again.

“Bastard, I will kill you even if you have the golden flames in your hand.” The Hell Snake King glowered at Qingfeng Li, its tone icy cold.

Qingfeng Li felt irritated. He thought that by using the Golden Flames, he would scare off the Hell Snake King. Apparently, he had thought wrong.

“Hell Snake King, since you want to die, come at me!” Qingfeng Li said confidently, putting away his Golden Flames.

Qingfeng Li couldn’t use the Golden Flames too many times.

He had already used it once and didn’t want to waste it again. He needed to save it for obtaining the Saint-Perishing Fruit. As for the Hell Snake King, Qingfeng Li had other plans to take care of it.

There was still the Fire Dragon Soul in Qingfeng Li’s brain. It was a godly dragon of the heavens and earth, capable of dominating all serpent type demonic beasts, except the Sky-Devouring Snake. The Sky-Devouring Snake was the ancestor of snakes and was not under the control of the Fire Dragon.

“Senior Fire Dragon, help me battle the Hell Snake King,” Qingfeng said telepathically to the Fire Dragon’s Soul in his brain.

The Fire Dragon nodded and said, “Alright, I ate your Saint Soil before, so I’ll help you this time.”

The Fire Dragon flew out from Qingfeng Li’s brain, exuding a Godly Dragon Aura. The Godly Dragon looked incredibly daunting, covering the sky and the sun, lighting up the entire atmosphere, and heating up the air with red, torrid flames.

The Hell Snake King’s face dropped in panic, trembling from fear, prostrating its body on the ground, too afraid to even lift its head.

The Hell Snake King was a serpent type demonic beast of Hell and snakes were naturally afraid of dragons. On top of that, beasts from Hell were the most fearful of flames, so the Hell Snake King was utterly paralyzed by the appearance of the Fire Dragon’s Soul.

“Hell Snake King, since you dared to hurt Qingfeng Li, I’m sentencing you to death.” The Fire Dragon’s Soul looked down upon the Hell Snake King with cold eyes.

Shoo!

The Fire Dragon Soul opened its mouth and spat out a ray of red flame. The red flame was one of the original sources of fire between the heavens and earth. Carrying an immense power, it directly shot into the body of the Hell Snake King.

The Hell Snake King screamed out in pain, its massive body engulfed by the powerful flames disappeared into nothingness.

In the blink of an eye, the once unrivalled Hell Snake King vanished into thin air, as if it had never existed.

At the sight of its death, the surrounding 10,000 hell snakes were all sent into a panic. They were all trembling with fear, with some even fainting to the ground.

“You have three seconds to run. You are not to attack Qingfeng Li if you meet him again.” At the sight of more than 10,000 hell snakes, the Fire Dragon warned coldly.

Shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo…

At the Fire Dragon Soul’s words, more than 10,000 hell snakes turned and ran for their lives, faster than rabbits, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Qingfeng Li looked at the Fire Dragon Soul with confusion in his eyes. He asked, “Why didn’t you kill the rest of the hell snakes?”

The Fire Dragon Soul explained, “Kid, of course I want to kill them all. But my abilities are limited right now. Although I have refined the Saint Soil, I’ve only regained part of my spirit energy. Killing one Hell Snake King wasn’t too difficult but killing 10,000 hell snakes? That’s impossible.”

“Senior Fire Dragon, what do I do if the hell snakes attack me again?” Qingfeng Li asked, uttering his worry.

The Fire Dragon Soul said, “Don’t worry, I’ve already instructed them not to attack you. Also, now that their leader, the Hell Snake King is dead, they are all scared out of their wits. They won’t attack any human self-cultivators for the next while.”

Hearing the Fire Dragon Soul’s words, Qingfeng Li breathed out a sigh of relief. He really didn’t want to battle 10,000 hell snakes. That would be terrifying.

“Let’s keep going.” Qingfeng Li led the others forward.

Black Puppy guided them in the front. It was very familiar with the area and brought the group of people to the entrance of the second level of Hell in no time.

A very tall mountain greeted them. It was so tall that it looked endless, its mountaintop fusing into the skies.

It was completely made of black rocks, dark as could be, emitting a bone-chilling atmosphere, and surrounded by a black fog.

Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows and asked, “Little dog, is this the entrance to the second layer of hell? Where is the entrance? I don’t see it.”

Black Puppy smiled lightly and pointed to a rock beneath the foot of the mountain. “The entrance to the second layer of Hell is beneath that rock,” said Black Puppy.

Just as Qingfeng Li raised his right foot, about to head forward, a sudden golden ray of light shot pass them. A golden book flew across the skies and arrived before the huge black rock.

The golden rock exuded a golden light, incredibly brilliant. On top of it were tadpole-like characters, completely illegible.

These were characters from the period of the ancient continents, and the book was written in immortal text, completely incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Black Puppy’s face lit up with delight, yelling, “Immortal Sutra! This is the Immortal Sutra!”

Qingfeng Li was overjoyed as well. He had always wanted to obtain the Immortal Sutra.

Qingfeng Li said, “Little dog, Sky-Devouring Snake, let’s go together and get that Immortal Sutra.”

Both the Black Puppy and the Sky-Devouring Snake rubbed their hands together in anticipation, overwhelmed with excitement. They knew that the appearance of an Immortal Sutra within Hell came once in a lifetime. It was an incredible treasure.

Anyone who obtained it could use it to practice, and gain a chance at becoming an Immortal.

Qingfeng Li and the others were just about to rush up the mountain when a couple of people flew to them. They were very fast, arriving before the foot of the Hell Mountain instantly.

These people all exuded powerful energies. Qingfeng Li had met them previously outside the foot of the Kunlun Mountain. They were all sect masters of different Emperor-Level sects.

The person at the forefront was Jianhuang Zhao, the sect master of the Sword-Emperor Sect. Standing next to him was Yihuang Shou, the sect master of the Beast-Emperor sect, and Huohuang Fu, the sect master of the Talisman-Emperor Sect.

Qingfeng Li’s expression turned heavy. The last time he saw them was outside the cave abode. They were at the time still half-step Spirit Emperor Realm masters. Now that they had entered the first layer of Hell, they all seemed to have acquired treasures and were now all Spirit Emperor Realm masters.

Chapter 1324: Entering the Second Layer of Hell

 

At the sight of the sect masters, Qingfeng Li finally realized something. It was no wonder all of the top-tier self-cultivators of Huaxia wanted to enter the first layer of Hell. It contained too many elixirs, technique books, and treasures. All of these could help the self-cultivators in their breakthroughs.

Qingfeng Li looked around, wanting to find Linger Yao. To his disappointment, she was nowhere in sight.

Qingfeng Li felt a complex emotion towards Linger Yao. He wanted to see her again. He found it strange that she wasn’t there to fight for the Immortal Sutra.

The Immortal Sutra was a spiritual spell of the Immortals. Logically speaking, any self-cultivator would fight to the death for it. Qingfeng Li couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that Linger Yao wasn’t there.

As he prepared to grab the Immortal Sutra, a sharp sound shot through the sky. The Immortal Sutra flew across the air, transforming into a golden ray of light, directly entering the second layer of Hell.

Although an energy veil protected the entrance of the second layer of Hell, it was not enough to stop the Immortal Sutra. The text flew through the defenses instantly.

At this sight, everyone was stunned. The sect masters from the different emperor level sects were even more shocked.

“Oh no! The Immortal Sutra has entered the second layer of Hell. What do we do now?”

“What else can we do? We need to get in and get the Immortal Sutra.”

“Yes, you are right. As long as we get the Immortal Sutra, we can potentially become Immortals in the future.”

The surrounding emperor level sect masters all began to chatter.

Immediately after, these sect masters all transformed into a multitude of rays, shooting through the defense of the second layer of Hell, entering instantly.

At the sight of their sect masters entering the second layer of Hell, the other self-cultivators immediately followed as well.

Although the second layer of Hell was extremely dangerous, it contained even more treasures than the first. Otherwise, the Immortal Sutra wouldn’t have entered it in the first place.

Black Puppy walked towards Qingfeng Li and said, “Let’s go in as well.”

Qingfeng Li looked around and said, ” Little dog, why didn’t Linger Yao come?”

At the sound of his voice, Black Puppy raised its eyebrows and said, “No wonder you are hesitant. You’re thinking about Linger Yao! What went on between you two?”

“Little Dog, don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask. Her and I are completely normal. What could happen between us?” Qingfeng Li said, looking at the Black Puppy.

Flower Fairy watched Qingfeng Li with a strange expression in her eyes. Through a woman’s natural sense, she could tell that something was going on between Qingfeng Li and Linger Yao. But she didn’t know exactly what.

Qingfeng Li gazed towards a Demonic-Imperial sect disciple in the distance. She was a long-haired young woman, with a delicate face and graceful figure. He had seen her near Linger Yao before.

Qingfeng Li walked towards the young woman and asked, ” Hi, I just wanted to ask, where did Linger Yao go?”

The young woman glanced at him with eyes of caution. She said coldly, ” Who are you? Why are you looking for our sect master?”

Qingfeng Li smiled politely and explained, “My name is Qingfeng Li, and I am a friend of your sect master Linger Yao. Can you tell me now?”

The young woman looked over Qingfeng Li carefully and realized that she had seen him outside of the Forbidden district before. Linger Yao did, in fact, help Qingfeng Li defeat the people from the Devil-Imperial sect. He was indeed a friend of hers.

The young woman put down her defenses and said, “Our sect master left. She had entered the second layer of Hell long ago. She said she needed to find treasures and spirit herbs.”

“Thank you for your information. Goodbye.” Qingfeng Li waved his hand and walked away.

Qingfeng Li’s only intention was to find out if Linger Yao was still alive. He was relieved hearing that she was alive and well.

Qingfeng Li was about to enter the second layer of Hell. There was a possibility he could run into Linger Yao inside.

“What a strange person, leaving immediately after asking about our sect master.” At the sight of Qingfeng Li walking away, the young woman furrowed her brows, her eyes full of confusion.

“Eldest Senior Sister, are we also entering the second layer of Hell?” a short-haired girl asked.

The young woman nodded and said, “Of course we are. Our sect master is inside, so we must go find her.”

Qingfeng Li wasn’t with the members of the Demonic-Imperial Sect. Instead, he arrived at the entrance of the second layer of Hell along with Black Puppy, Sky-Devouring Snake, Flower Fairy, Ziyue Jiang, and Xianzhi Qin.

It was a black cave, dark as the night and black as ink. It appeared to go on forever, its end nowhere in sight. A black gust of wind blew from its top, sending chills down every person’s spines.

At its entrance stood a black protective energy veil. If the people wanted to enter the cave, they must first break the veil.

Qingfeng Li extended his right fist, channeling his vital essence and shaping it into a gigantic fist before smashing it towards the black defensive energy veil with all his might, shattering it instantly.

“Everyone, follow me and jump. Be careful.” Qingfeng reminded the rest of the group and jumped first.

Upon jumping, Qingfeng Li realized that the cave was enormous. Looking around, he couldn’t see an end to the area. It was an independent space, a secretive spatial world, different from the world above ground.

Gusts of wind blew past his ears. He could almost hear the anguished cries of undying souls.

Of course, these were not the voices of phantoms. The real phantoms lived within the third layer of Hell, where the Netherworld was located. It was impossible for ordinary self-cultivators to get in.

The first two layers of Hell were basically protective layers of the Netherworld, a zone between the underworld and this world.

After some time, Qingfeng Li landed at the bottom. There, the sky, the ground, the mountains and the rivers were all pitch black, dark as could be. It was the same color as the first layer of Hell, except it was even more ominous.

After Qingfeng Li, Black Puppy and Sky-Devouring Snake also landed beside him.

Black Puppy furrowed its brows as it looked around, circling the area.

At the sight of the busy Black Puppy, Qingfeng Li asked, “What are you sniffing at? Is there a difference between here and up there?”

Black Puppy answered, “Back in the ancient era, I’ve came to the first and the second layer of Hell. The soil smelled different back then.”

Sky-Devouring Snake twitched its mouth and said, “Of course it’s different. It’s been a couple of thousands of years. Isn’t it normal for the soil to change?”

Chapter 1325: News About the Saint Perishing Fruit

 

At the sound of Sky-Devouring Snake’s voice, Black Puppy glanced at it and said, “You know nothing. There is far more than what meets the eye. When the soil of Hell changes, it means that the devils beneath the Netherworld are about to appear.”

Black Puppy’s words startled Sky-Devouring Snake. The latter asked, “Are you serious? Isn’t the Netherworld beneath the third layer of Hell? It has never appeared before, how could the devils underneath the Netherworld appear in this world?”

With a face full of contempt, Black Puppy said, “How are you the ancestor of all snakes? The number one snake between the heavens and earth? You don’t even understand something so simple. Devils should exist in the Netherworld, but Earth has already mutated. This means that the underworld and our world are slowly fusing together. If a devil comes out, you wouldn’t even know what hit you.”

Sky-Devouring Snake didn’t like what it heard, saying, “What do you mean by that? There’s no way that devils can kill me. I’m not afraid of them.”

Qingfeng Li waved his hand and stopped the two from arguing. He said, “Stop arguing, hurry up and help me find the Saint Perishing Fruit.”

As far as Qingfeng Li was concerned, the most important thing for him to do in Hell was to find the Saint Perishing Fruit. Everything else was secondary. Devils? If they dared to appear, Qingfeng Li would kill them without hesitation.

Black Puppy nodded and continued to lead the way. It had been here before and was very familiar with the area.

“Everyone, be careful. The second layer of Hell is even more dangerous than the first. There are many ferocious beasts, all of which had survived since the ancient era and are all extremely powerful.”

Just as Black Puppy finished speaking, a three-headed black dog appeared in front of them.

Pu-ha!

Sky-Devouring Snake couldn’t contain its laughter. It pointed at the three-headed black dog with its tail and laughed loudly.

“Little dog, your brother is here. It even has two more heads than you!” Sky-Devouring Snake began loudly teasing Black Puppy.

Black Puppy rolled its eyes and scoffed, “That’s not my brother, that’s the Three-Headed Hell Hound, a ferocious beast within the second layer of Hell. Its abilities are equivalent to that of a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm master.”

The Three-Headed Hell Hound glowered at the two and said coldly, “How dare you make fun of me? Do you want to die? I can devour you both!”

Black Puppy reached out its paw and patted its chest. Pretending to be fearful, it said, “Your Grand Daddy Dog is so afraid! How do you plan on killing your Grand Daddy?”

For a moment, the Three-Headed Hell Hound thought that Black Puppy was afraid, but after hearing the latter’s words, it realized that Black Puppy was mocking it. If Black Puppy was Grand Daddy Dog, what was the Three-Headed Hell Hound? Its grand child?

“Little dog, where are you from? How dare you mock me?” The Three-Headed Hell Hound glowered at Black Puppy.

Black Puppy wagged its tail and said arrogantly, “Didn’t I already tell you? I’m your Grand Dady. Give it a try, call me Grand Daddy.”

“Stupid dog, how dare you act so pompously in the second layer of Hell. Do you want to die?!” The Three-Headed Hell Hound looked murderous, glowering at Black Puppy with chilling eyes.

The Three-Headed Hound suddenly waved out its right claws, turning them into three gigantic hands and smashing them towards Black Puppy viciously.

Black Puppy was unfazed. It also swung out its claw, turning it into an enormous paw. With unmatched power, Black Puppy’s paw collided with the three claws, creating a deafening blow, exploding the surrounding atmosphere, and leaving an uncountable amount of cracks in the sky.

Deng!

The Three-Headed Hell Hound retreated a step, its three claws were also forced back.

“Stupid dog, you’re quite powerful,” said the Three-Headed Hell Hound, its eyes flashing cold.

“Grandchild, how dare you curse at your Grand Daddy?! Watch me teach you a lesson.” Black Puppy was livid. It was infuriated by the words of the Three-Headed Hell Hound.

Black Puppy launched itself into the air, arriving before the Three-Headed Hell Hound instantly, as if it were a black lightning bolt.

This time, Black Puppy initiated an attack, wanting to kill the Three-Headed Hell Hound.

Black Puppy opened its mouth and spewed out a ray of black light. It was a unique superpower belonging to Black Puppy.

The Dharma spell superpower was reminiscent of a black lightning bolt, reaching the body of the Three-Headed Hell Hound in a flash, shooting a black hole through one of its heads, and causing black blood to gush out furiously.

Although Black Puppy shot down one of its heads, the Three-Headed Hell Hound had two more heads to use. Its remaining two mouths shot out rays of black flames at Black Puppy, known as the fires of hell.

Black Puppy swung its giant dog claw first to put out the two black flames.

“Die!” Black Puppy roared furiously, unleashing two more rays of black light, shooting down the Three-Headed Hell Hound’s remaining two heads and killing it entirely.

Thud!

The Three-Headed Hell Hound fell to the ground, smashing a huge crater and dying instantly.

The surrounding self-cultivators were all shocked by this scene. Black Puppy was too powerful, killing the mighty Three-Headed Hell Hound almost instantly.

“And a piece of garbage like you wanted to fight me? What an imbecile!” Black Puppy spat on the Three-Headed Hell Hound’s corpse and turned to leave.

Qingfeng Li asked, “Little dog, why don’t you eat the Three-Headed Hell Hound’s Demonic Pill? Wouldn’t it elevate your abilities?”

Black Puppy wiggled its snout and said, “A Demonic Pill from such a piece of garbage? I don’t want it. It wasn’t as strong as me so its pill would be useless to me.”

Truthfully speaking, Black Puppy had another reason to why it didn’t take the Demonic Pill. Other than the pill being useless, both Black Puppy and the Three-Headed Hell Hound were both dog-type demonic beasts. No matter how much Black Puppy despised the Three-Headed Hell Hound, the former was still the ancestor of all dogs. It wasn’t about to eat one of its descendants.

Qingfeng Li continued to walk, followed by Black Puppy and the rest.

Along the way, they were met with even more self-cultivators. These self-cultivators were all just making their way into the second layer of hell, and they were all huddled up in a discussion.

“Did you guys hear? A small black tree appeared about 70 kilometers north from here. There is a black fruit on top of it, and many self-cultivators are there fighting for it.”

“Yes of course! But the small black tree can run, and the self-cultivators cannot catch it.”

“Nonsense! How could a tree run? It’s not like it’s a human.”

“I’m serious! The small tree was actually running! I saw it with my own eyes.”

The self-cultivators all chatted as they walked, talking about what they had just seen.

Qingfeng Li just happened to pass by, and he heard their every word.

He turned to Black Puppy and asked, “Little dog, a small tree that can run? What is that?”

Black Puppy looked delighted and explained, “If I’m not wrong, the little black tree is called the Saint Perishing Tree, and its fruit is none other than the Saint Perishing Fruit.”