This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Chapter 673: Chapter 17 Mysterious Forces_2

Heart Sword, Fetal Light—Severing Worries.

The Nine Fires Taoist momentarily lost himself.

His disorientation wasn’t significant, but the problem was, just before this happened, he had been manipulating the ferocious “Holy Fire” to launch an attack.

The Black Flame was at the juncture of releasing or not releasing. Although it lost control from the Nine Fires Taoist, its strength had accumulated to a point where it could not be contained, and thus, it exploded on its own.

Boom!

A moment later, the Black Flame exploded outright.

Since it wasn’t refined by the Nine Fires Taoist, naturally there was no such thing as protection from it; hence, the Nine Fires Taoist became the first target of the Black Flame’s attack.

Setting fire to oneself.

The black sea of fire, centered around the Nine Fires Taoist’s body, suddenly spread out, terrifying waves of fire sweeping out with horrifying temperatures.

The Nine Fires Taoist, at the center of the Black Flame explosion, unsurprisingly, turned into ashes instantly, leaving nothing behind.

The Six Fires Taoist reacted extremely swiftly. In the instant when the Black Flame lost control, he executed an escape skill and quickly fled the range of the explosion.

Still, even then, he was continuously groaning, with blood spurging from his throat.

The sea of fire kept spreading like a line of surging waves.

Just as this violent force was about to reach Lu Qingshan.

“Stop!” A firm, low shout suddenly sounded.

All was silent.

Under this command of “stop,” the wild Black Flame, like a naughty child meeting a strict father, indeed halted its spread.

In the midst of the sea of fire, as the Six Fires Taoist who was hurriedly fleeing to avoid the explosive force of the Black Flame looked on in shock, a tall figure appeared.

Over this figure’s body, five colored Netherfire gathered, forming a cloak of five-colored flames.

The Six Fires Taoist, a lifelong fire manipulator, had never seen such a scene. Were those five types of Netherfire?

He couldn’t believe it.

More shocking was yet to come. In his trembling gaze, the owner of that figure slowly stretched out his hand and grabbed toward the mass of Black Flame floating in the center of the fire sea.

How could he dare?

The Six Fires Taoist cried out in his heart.

This was definitely seeking death! To think of touching Holy Fire with bare hands.

One must know, this Holy Fire was painstakingly refined by them over a hundred years, and even so, they only dared to touch it through a special spell, and they still had to be extremely careful; otherwise, they could be subjected to backlash and lose their lives at any moment.

To handle Holy Fire barehanded, did he think he was the Flame Emperor?

Humph!

As Mo Yan’s palm touched the Black Flame, the flame, which had stabilized at his command, suddenly expanded massively and transformed into towering, aggressive flames that even changed the color of the Sky Dome.

Seen from afar, it was as if this volcano had erupted, depicting a fear-inducing apocalyptic scene.

“It’s over now!” the Six Fires Taoist thought, as he tightly focused his gaze on the center of the Black Flame, wanting to witness firsthand the tragic end of the bold cultivator who dared to touch Holy Fire with his bare hands.

But the outcome was the opposite of what he wished.

Although the Black Flame exploded, it couldn’t penetrate the space three inches from Mo Yan’s body.

And in the palm of Mo Yan’s hand, a tiny but incredibly intense mass of Black Flame still pulsed.

That was the essence of the Black Flame.

Surrounded by Black Flame, Mo Yan, right in front of the astonished Six Fires Taoist, stuffed the essence of the Holy Fire directly into his mouth and swallowed it.

The next moment, from every inch of Mo Yan’s skin, from every pore, Black Flame burst forth.

“Mad, totally mad, this world has gone mad!”

The Six Fires Taoist, his mind wavering, couldn’t bear to watch any longer.

Seeing his sword cultivator companion, who had also swallowed Netherfire, seemingly captivated by Mo Yan’s actions like himself, without any intention to meddle with him, finally snapped out of it.

His urgent priority was to escape!

“This is a group of madmen, if I don’t run now, I’ll end up just like Nine Fires, dead right here!”

The Six Fires Taoist continuously muttered in his heart: “Losing the Holy Fire is not important, that cultivator possesses five types of Netherfire.

I just need to report this, and when help arrives, to seize those five types of Netherfire, not only will there be no fault, but there will even be great merits!

I must escape!”

The Six Fires Taoist had already realized the terrifying nature of these people and dared not take any chances.

He immediately took out a Blood Talisman from his storage ring.

This was a Space-Rending Talisman, a top-tier escape talisman involving the power of space, his life-saving last resort.

With a thought from the Six Fires Taoist, the Blood Talisman ignited without wind, and then, a force of space enveloped him.

In the next instant, his figure had completely vanished.

Meanwhile, Lu Qingshan immediately noticed the Six Fires Taoist’s escape but had no intention of stopping him; instead, he let out a breath of relief, “Given so many chances, you’ve finally thought of escaping….”

His focus was intentionally on Mo Yan, explicitly for the Six Fires Taoist to see.

It was specifically to give him a reasonable excuse to escape.

Who could have imagined that this Underworld Cultivator would be so dull, hesitant and, just like him, mesmerized by Mo Yan’s act of refining Netherfire.

I was pretending for you to see, so who are you pretending for?

The Netherworld Prison Master certainly doesn’t appreciate this act.

Lu Qingshan was beginning to feel frustrated that the Six Fires Taoist did not seize the opportunity, but thankfully, in the last moment, the Six Fires Taoist finally came to his senses and escaped in time….

At the beginning, the Six Fires Taoist thought he had used all his skills to barely block Lu Qingshan’s Flying Sword attack.