Chapter 1052: Chapter 662: Devour
Finally, he landed steadily on a stone platform.
“Liu, you scared me to death. I thought you were done for,” Wu Dao, not far away, couldn’t help but sigh in relief, yelling loudly at Liu Hun.
“You’re the one who’s done for, your whole family is done for!” Liu Hun glared at Wu Dao and cursed.
This kid really can’t talk properly.
“Hehe, as long as you’re alright. But if you didn’t use this grenade just now, I’d have almost forgotten about it.” With that, Wu Dao fished out a bunch of grenades from a backpack he carried.
“Haha, you disgusting creatures, today I’m going to show you how badass I am!” Wu Dao said, then directly started pulling the pins of the grenades and quickly tossed them at the giant pythons.
“Damn!” Liu Hun saw one of the grenades flying towards him and couldn’t help but curse, swiftly dashing forward.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!” Liu Hun had just run a few steps when there came a series of massive explosions behind him. Suddenly, molten lava splattered everywhere, and everyone had to cautiously dodge the molten lava.
“Cough, cough, sorry, I slipped, I didn’t notice. Let me try again,” Wu Dao, seeing Liu Hun’s very disheveled appearance, couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed.
He had nearly killed Liu Hun just now.
Liu Hun didn’t have the mind to scold Wu Dao now, because in his haste, he inadvertently reached the Xuan Fire.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the giant pythons were constantly dodging Wu Dao’s grenades, not even having the thought to cause him trouble.
“This might be an opportunity!” Liu Hun focused his eyes on the Xuan Fire in front of him, squinting slightly with a glint in his eyes.
With that, Liu Hun swiftly approached the Xuan Fire, eager to snatch the Xuan Fire and Nine Nether Cold Ice.
“No…!” The clan leader, initially shocked by the scene, suddenly saw Liu Hun’s movements. His face revealed a look of shock, and he couldn’t help but shout at Liu Hun.
Nevertheless, he was too late. Liu Hun’s hands had just reached the Xuan Fire, intending to retrieve both the Nine Nether Cold Ice and the Xuan Fire simultaneously, when the Xuan Fire, like a lotus blossom, clung to him, rapidly spreading over Liu Hun’s body.
Seeing this, Liu Hun’s face turned deathly pale.
The Xuan Fire quickly enveloped his entire body, making him feel like he was on fire, and no matter how much he tried to suppress it, it was to no avail.
The tattered clothes on his body weren’t affected, but the terrifying temperature made Liu Hun break out in a sweat that evaporated as soon as it appeared.
As time passed, the Xuan Fire quickly penetrated Liu Hun’s entire body, starting to burn his blood within.
If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before all the blood in Liu Hun’s body evaporated.
“Hiss, old man, what’s happening here?” Wu Dao couldn’t help but gasp at the sight, asking the clan leader in shock.
“That’s the horror of the Xuan Fire; you absolutely must not touch it with your hands. If you do, it will spread over your entire body like a bone-eating parasite, evaporating all the blood and cells in your body,” the clan leader said with a grim expression.
Of course, he didn’t wish to see Liu Hun end up like this, but he was helpless; once the Xuan Fire enters the human body, there was no way to solve it.
“Then, according to you, if someone wants to consume the Xuan Fire, how would they do it?” Wu Dao asked the clan leader with a trace of hope.
“To consume the Xuan Fire, one must prepare extensively beforehand. Rushing in like Liu Hun did is like a moth flying into a flame,” the clan leader shook his head, his face filled with bitterness.
“So now that the Xuan Fire has entered Liu’s body, how much time does he have left?” Wu Dao pursued.
“Hmm? As a rule, once the Xuan Fire enters the body, anyone below innate strength should evaporate quickly. Why hasn’t he…” The clan leader, reminded by Wu Dao’s words, recalled the situation, looking at Liu Hun in the center of the scene with surprise.
At this moment, Liu Hun’s face was deathly pale, bloodless, but he was standing rigidly on the stone platform, showing no sign of change in his body.
In this situation, Wu Dao didn’t think too much, but instead felt a glimmer of hope rising in his heart.
“Roar Roar!” Just as the crowd was looking at Liu Hun with some surprise, without the obstruction of those grenades, for a moment, all the giant snakes emerged again from the molten lava, spitting out streams of lava from their mouths, occasionally letting out a few loud roars.
Seeing this scene, Wu Dao was instantly furious, shouting loudly at those giant snakes, “Screw your grandma! Didn’t get enough of the grenades just now, and you dare to mess with me again? I’ll blow you up to death!” Wu Dao finished, quickly pulling out a few more grenades from his backpack and throwing them at the giant snakes.
When he reached into his backpack again for grenades, his expression immediately changed, because the backpack was completely empty.
“Quick, keep throwing, buy Xiao Tian more time. Maybe a miracle will happen on Xiao Tian!” The Clan Leader’s eyes flickered with a gleam, staring intently at Liu Hun in the field, while not forgetting to shout loudly to Wu Dao.
“Um… the grenades were thrown too fast just now, they’re already all gone…” Wu Dao responded to the Clan Leader with some embarrassment.
Constantly throwing grenades just now indeed satisfied him, but now the grenades were exhausted; so at this moment, it was a bit embarrassing.
“Then go all out, help Xiao Tian delay for as long as possible!” The Clan Leader gave Wu Dao a deep look; this guy was really unreliable.
But now that things had come to this, there wasn’t much more the Clan Leader could say. The most important thing was to delay time for Liu Hun; all other matters were secondary.
“Alright, as long as Liu bro can survive, I’ll do whatever it takes, under the condition that I don’t get sent to my death,” Wu Dao concluded, not forgetting to remind.
At this moment, no one knew what exactly was happening inside Liu Hun’s body. If anyone knew the best, it was only Liu Hun himself.
Just when those Xuan Fire entered his body, his blood quickly started to evaporate. Originally, Liu Hun was a bit desperate, but in the next moment, his blood and strength suddenly started to boil, constantly fighting against this Xuan Fire, neither yielding to the other. Amidst the struggle, Liu Hun was astonished to find that his bloodline and power could temporarily hold off the devouring of the Xuan Fire.
“Being able to hold it off is a good thing!” Feeling the changes in his body, Liu Hun couldn’t help but feel a glimmer of hope in his heart.
No matter how the Xuan Fire might ultimately end up, at least for now, his body could still withstand it. Then, Liu Hun began to mobilize all the power in his body, guiding his blood and strength to fight against the Xuan Fire.
At first, the Xuan Fire could hold some advantage, but as time passed little by little, gradually, Liu Hun started to gain the upper hand.
No one knew what was really going on with these changes, and the Clan Leader, Wu Dao, and Old Bai, among others, were struggling to support Liu Hun; preventing those giant snakes from causing trouble for Liu Hun.
Even though the Clan Leader was constantly attracting the attention of these giant snakes, the corner of his eye never left Liu Hun. At first, seeing Liu Hun looking in excruciating pain, but now, Liu Hun’s brows had relaxed, and he wasn’t swallowed by the Xuan Fire.
If that’s the case, then there’s only one conclusion left, that is, Liu Hun is slowly devouring the Xuan Fire!
Since ancient times, no one has been able to devour Xuan Fire relying solely on their body. Anyone who wanted to devour the Xuan Fire had to be fully prepared beforehand, and even then, success wasn’t guaranteed.
It’s like a double-edged sword, better if successful, but if failed, the price could be a life; plus, obtaining Xuan Fire aren’t easy things in the first place. In such cases, across the world, unless someone is very confident or desperate to acquire the Xuan Fire, generally, they would not compete for it.
But now Liu Hun has set this precedent, he could devour the Xuan Fire with just his flesh’s strength. If Liu Hun succeeds this time, then in the future, Liu Hun will likely achieve great things; after all, Liu Hun’s alchemy talent is extremely terrifying.
“Truly the best among men, no wonder that person did what he did back then. This also means that Shixiong chose the right person.” The Clan Leader took a deep breath in his heart and murmured softly.
“Everyone, work a little harder, try to make sure Xiao Tian doesn’t get disturbed at all.” The Clan Leader loudly urged the others after finishing his words.
Following his words, everyone started to focus. Wu Dao obviously didn’t want Liu Hun to die, as Liu Hun had saved his life once, and for Old Bai, his daughter’s life was still in Liu Hun’s hands, so naturally Liu Hun couldn’t be let to die here.
As for the Poison Queen, there’s no need to say, she wasn’t even sure if Liu Hun’s death would mean her own death as well. Even though the chance was small, she still didn’t dare to take the risk.
The Ghost Doctor Clan didn’t need mention, since besides coming for the Chiyou Weapon, having met Liu Hun, they would also protect Liu Hun to the fullest.
Although Liu Hun was currently wrestling with the Xuan Fire inside, he could still sense everything happening outside, feeling somewhat moved in his heart.
But thinking about how the Ghost Doctor Clan treated the old man back then, Liu Hun always had a knot in his heart.