As he spoke, Li Feng was already engulfed in a sea of fire, the all-pervading Red Lotus Fire igniting and consuming Li Feng's Protective Gang Qi as fuel.

Zeng Batian looked at Li Feng trapped by the Red Lotus Fire, with a sneer on his lips. The opponent couldn't escape, nor could he hide. The Protective Gang Qi was just the first step. Next, the Red Lotus Fire would enter the opponent's body.

The Red Lotus Fire wouldn't directly burn the opponent's skin to ashes; instead, it would drill into his body, following the meridians and even the bloodline to his Dantian, surrounding his Golden Core. All the energy in his body would become fuel for the Red Lotus Fire.

The burning would continue relentlessly, starting with the opponent's True Essence Energy, then the Golden Core. When his Golden Core could no longer withstand the strain and shattered, the Red Lotus Fire would then start to burn the opponent's internal organs, entire skeleton, and finally the outer skin.

So the opponent wouldn't die quickly or painlessly; instead, he would endure unimaginable suffering, eventually perishing in body and soul.

Yet this kid is quite resilient; he hasn't uttered a sound.

"If you want to scream, go ahead. This could be the last sound of your life."

Zeng Batian said coldly. Missing the screams at this moment seemed to lack a bit of soul, which did not align with his intention of torture.

"I will not... submit..."

Li Feng gritted his teeth, speaking intermittently, seemingly enduring immense pain.

"Haha, no matter how much you endure, how long can you withstand it? You should feel the changes of the Red Lotus Fire entering your body now."

"Don't rush, the Red Lotus Fire will gradually burn away all your energy and directly refine your Golden Core, shattering your Dantian. Afterward, the Red Lotus Fire will enter your bones, using them as fuel, to let you experience what bone-corrosive pain is."

"I want to see how much longer you can endure."

Zeng Batian looked coldly at Li Feng, with plenty of patience.

Ten seconds.

Twenty seconds.

Finally, Li Feng let out a muffled groan, seemingly as Zeng Batian had said, his body already filled with the Red Lotus Fire, slowly consuming everything inside him.

Following this muffled groan, Li Feng seemed genuinely unable to withstand it, a scream burst forth, resembling the cries of a wounded beast, chilling to hear.

"This?"

Ji Feixue instantly stood up, looking at Li Feng engulfed in flames, her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Brother, save him."

Ji Wuyang frowned, looking at Ji Feixue: "Save who? That Li Feng?"

"You know him?"

Ji Wuyang keenly sensed his sister might be hiding something from him, Ji Feixue stomped her feet, looking at the unresponsive Ji Wuyang.

"Brother, I'll explain later, just rescue him first."

Ji Feixue pleaded.

Ji Wuyang remained indifferent: "I'll ask you first, how do you know this Li Feng, what is your relationship with him?"

Ji Wuyang couldn't imagine his sister having any connection with someone from the Lower Three Rings.

The two wouldn't be...

Listening to Ji Wuyang's questioning, Ji Feixue rolled her eyes and said, "Brother, what are you thinking, I have no relations with this Li Feng. It's just that earlier, when I was heading to Xuanwu Sacred Land, I was intercepted halfway by the Ten Demon Hall. Didn't you ask me before how I returned?"

"Didn't you say you ran back by yourself?"

"I did manage to return myself, but it was thanks to encountering this Li Feng midway, he dealt with the pursuing soldiers from the Ten Demon Hall, allowing me to return to Ancestor Dragon City, but as he's of low birth, I didn't mention it."

"I originally thought to return the favor casually later, but since I was grounded, it's been delayed. This time, hearing he was going to duel someone, I came out, planning to repay him once for saving me, considering it even."

Ji Feixue finished urgently: "Brother, I owe him a life-saving grace, our Ji Family always repays kindness and grudges, if he dies, I'd be owing him a great debt."

"Brother, please help me this once."

Ji Feixue begged beside Ji Wuyang, who hadn't expected such a backstory. He had wondered how his sister could return unharmed through the heavy blockade of the Ten Demon Hall to Ancestor Dragon City.

If the Ten Demon Hall had acted, they wouldn't leave any loopholes, and his sister wasn't even a Golden Core, how could she break through the siege?

Ji Wuyang exhaled, looking at Ji Feixue: "It's too late, this fire obviously isn't ordinary. If I'm right, it should be the Red Lotus Fire, one of the ten Abnormal Fires."

"Red Lotus Fire is born in the Vermilion Bird Forbidden Land, in a maze of underground lava fissures, amidst molten lava will emerge a kind of Red Lotus, which accumulates Earth Fire Lava over countless ages, when the flower blooms, Earth Fire Red Lotus will be born, a treasure of Earth Rank."

"Consuming this Red Lotus gives a chance to master the Red Lotus Fire, one of the strongest burning fires among the ten Abnormal Fires, piercing all defenses, whether Protective Gang Qi or others, it can even penetrate Realm Domains."

"Those who can master the Red Lotus Fire are one in millions, as the fire is overly ferocious, who knows what luck the opponent had to not die from it."

"Brother, is he really beyond saving?"

Ji Wuyang shook his head: "I'd save him if I could, but you ask how to rescue him now. The opponent is already ignited by the Red Lotus Fire, estimating his internal organs are being burned now, even if I intervene, he has no chance of survival."

"But he survived the Sikong family's Vermilion Bird Fire...!"

"Not the same."

Ji Wuyang looked at his still hopeful sister: "The Sikong family's bloodline isn't pure, though Sikong Lie awakened it, his Vermilion Bird Fire likely lacks even one percent of the Vermilion Bird's original fire power."

"If not, would you think I'd fearlessly face his Vermilion Bird Fire?"

"Even from my perspective, Sikong Lie's current Vermilion Bird Fire is far from matching this Zeng Family's Red Lotus Fire."

Although the Vermilion Bird Fire is strong, it doesn't mean the Sikong Family's Vermilion Bird Fire is strong. Considering the generational lineage, even if awakened, the bloodline is very dilute, how much of the Vermilion Bird Fire's power can be exerted remains unknown.

At least he had ways to counter the Vermilion Bird Fire, but facing Zeng Batian's Fire Lotus Hell, Ji Wuyang had to reconsider.

After all, the opponent might have directly consumed the Red Lotus, thus birthing the Red Lotus Fire, incomparable to Sikong Lie's incomplete experience.

"Is he doomed then?"

Ji Feixue muttered, biting her lip.