The temperature of the Fire Python could very likely exceed 1300 degrees Celsius—nearly twice that of Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire. Moreover, as a wild Strange Fire, it has resided within this Earth Fire Magma for countless millennia.
The fire energy absorbed is incredibly terrifying.
Facing such a formidable opponent, Chu Feng would have been reduced to ashes with just one sweep from it.
The fight between the two was extremely intense, and Chu Feng’s ’Subdue’ Divine Seal also barely managed to enter the Fire Python’s fiery core. At this moment, he finally learned what kind of Strange Fire this Fire Python was.
"Haha, I didn’t expect it to be the Crimson Refining Strange Fire! This is a notably high-ranked fire among Strange Fires, squeezing into the top two hundred of the World Strange Fire List shouldn’t be a problem."
Strange Fires exceeding 1000 degrees are already considered very powerful.
With its temperature surpassing 1300 degrees, it’s even more fearsome.
"Once I devour it, my Nine Yang Strange Fire can definitely ascend by a major grade!"
Chu Feng felt extremely exhilarated.
If he encountered a mediocre Strange Fire, even if he devoured it, it would be hard to ascend a grade. Now, his Strange Fire upgrading from First-grade to Second Grade was a sure thing.
Of course, this would only happen if he successfully devoured the Crimson Refining Strange Fire.
Marked harshly by Chu Feng’s ’Subdue’ Divine Seal directly at its fiery core, the Fire Python immediately revealed its true form. Its external flames, peeling off like shells, fell to the ground and quickly extinguished.
"Still trying to resist? Wind Blade Slaughter Form, Beidou Corpse Cutting!"
Chu Feng performed hand seals, and his Nine Yang Strange Fire transformed into a Flame Saber, fiercely striking down at the revealed true form of the Crimson Refining Strange Fire.
At this moment, it looked just like a red ribbon—that was its true form.
Its length was about three meters, merely the thickness of a youth’s arm.
Chu Feng’s Flame Saber mercilessly cut through it, causing it to violently tremble, and then it split into two, falling onto the ground, unable to rise again.
At this step, its fate was basically sealed.
However, the Crimson Refining Strange Fire was not willing to be devoured. Knowing it was no match against Chu Feng and the Nine Yang Strange Fire, after splitting in two, it swiftly rejoined. Then, like a snake, it slithered, trying to escape back the way it came.
"Hehe, I’ve anticipated you’d try to escape! Just let my Nine Yang Strange Fire devour you obediently!"
Chu Feng, foreseeing this, had sealed the entrance to the secret passage.
There was no escape for it.
In the end, like a gambler with red eyes, it desperately contested against Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire.
The real devouring began.
Chu Feng did not relax at all, carefully controlling his Nine Yang Strange Fire, devouring the Crimson Refining Strange Fire. This process was extremely arduous and dangerous.
But fortunately, the techniques for devouring Strange Fires learned from the Medicine King Scripture by Chu Feng were formidable.
After enduring for three days and four nights of tug-of-war and devouring, Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire achieved the ultimate victory.
At the moment Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Strange Fire successfully devoured the Crimson Refining Strange Fire, it transformed like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon—its previous deep red color changed to golden yellow.
It was as bright and dazzling as the sun.
With a gesture from Chu Feng, the Nine Yang Strange Fire immediately retracted into his body.
"Wow, Second Grade Ninth Stage! That’s insanely awesome!"
Chu Feng, after checking, let out an utterly astonished shout. His Nine Yang Strange Fire ascended directly from First-grade seventh-stage to Second Grade Ninth Stage. Just one more upgrade, and it would advance to Third Grade Strange Fire.
Second Grade Strange Fire is enough to burn a Great Sword Master to death.
If it ascended to Third Grade Strange Fire, it could probably even kill a Sword Saint. That Elder Yang acting all high and mighty before him, once he ascended to Third Grade, with a flick of a finger, he’d turn Elder Yang into a human-shaped roast pig.
After the ecstasy, a surge of mighty fire energy flowed back, entering Chu Feng’s body, then absorbed by the Fake Sword Vein and converted into Fire Sword Qi.
"Hmm... it hurts so much!"
Chu Feng screamed in agony, as if he was being violently forced, his Fire Sword Qi escalating at a terrifying pace.
He had no choice. The Crimson Refining Strange Fire devoured by his Nine Yang Strange Fire had absorbed countless years of Fire Energy inside the Earth Fire Magma. Even transferring only about one-tenth of it to Chu Feng, the master, was enough to drastically enhance his strength.
Had his Nine Yang Sword Veins not been taken from him, it would have been a great opportunity.
His cultivation could have skyrocketed, even possibly creating a legend within the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, advancing him directly from a Beginner Level Sword Master to an Intermediate Sword Master, or even stronger, in just a blink.
But now, it’s a disaster for him.
Remember, his Fake Sword Vein nearly burst when he was still at the Ninth Rank Swordsman. It was only stabilized after taking the Solid Vein Elixir.
Chu Feng had planned that once things stabilized within the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, he would find an opportunity to seize back his Nine Yang Sword Veins and then proceed to enhance his cultivation.
Unexpectedly, fortune and disaster are interdependent.
The disaster came so unexpectedly. Successfully devouring the Crimson Refining Strange Fire spurred his own cultivation to unexpectedly skyrocket.
And it skyrocketed immensely.
Beginner Level Sword Master, First Level!
Beginner Level Sword Master, Second Level!
Beginner Level Sword Master, Third Level...
As his cultivation soared, cracks began to form in his internal Fake Sword Vein. At this rate, his Fake Sword Vein would soon explode, and Chu Feng would undoubtedly die.
By the time his cultivation surged to the eighth level of Beginner Level Sword Master, his Fake Sword Vein was like a balloon about to explode, revealing horrifying cracks.
Chu Feng himself felt his Divine Soul trembling and his heart pounding, aware that he could be blown apart at any moment.
Yet, the Fire Energy released from the Nine Yang Strange Fire showed no signs of stopping.
"No good, if I don’t find a solution, I will certainly die!"
Chu Feng made a swift decision, activating a mechanism and rushing towards the outside.
Hadn’t he obtained the inheritance of the Heaven and Earth Sword Skill? With so much fire energy inside his body that it could burst him, he must release it.
Arriving at the steel gate at the entrance of the Fiery Flame Cave, Chu Feng unleashed the Heaven and Earth Sword Skill he had mastered, frantically attacking the steel gate.
Wave after wave of crimson Sword Qi fiercely slashed at the steel gate.
Chu Feng had only mastered the First Level of the Qiankun Sword Technique. Feeling it was far from enough amidst his frenzied attacks, he tried to comprehend the Second Level of the Qiankun Sword Technique while attacking.
The First Level involves Fast Sword, like a flash of lightning and shadow of a sword, that pursues extreme speed.
While the Second Level involves the Heavy Sword.
The Heavy Sword without Edge emphasizes unleashing maximum power with every stroke.
This was especially suitable for Chu Feng’s current condition, as he urgently needed to release the excessive fire energy from his body.
Since he hadn’t yet mastered the Second Level of the Qiankun Sword Technique, Chu Feng could only make do with what he had—forcing every move of Heavy Sword technique he could simulate by rote.
Outside, Steward Mu Kun and others heard the dull sounds of the steel gate being attacked by Sword Qi and couldn’t help but laugh cruelly.
"Haha, looks like that Chu kid can’t hold on anymore. It’s just the madness before death, he will soon be burned alive inside the cave!"