Hoo.

Li Feng exhaled, feeling as if the breath from his lungs was fire, and it seemed like there was fire flowing through the meridians inside his body.

For a moment, Li Feng felt like he was about to ignite.

Mhm.

Tian Wenxin watched Li Feng, who was bathed in fire as he descended two layers, and couldn't help but frown. What's this guy doing?

"Lady Fang, you need not worry. Don't forget that the Family Head of the Li Family has awakened the Vermilion Bird Bloodline. Mere molten lava cannot harm the Family Head."

The goateed man stroked his beard, squinting his eyes as he watched Li Feng walking through this Fire Sea Hell. A non-Sikong family outsider had awakened the Vermilion Bird Bloodline. Although countless people witnessed it, the goateed man still found it hard to believe.

Why him?

If the Vermilion Bird Bloodline were so easy to obtain, Ancestor Dragon City wouldn't only have the Sikong family. Many have even discovered that the Sikong family's bloodline has become increasingly diluted through continuous inheritance.

Although the Sikong family maintains the dignity and status of a First Rank family, compared to its heyday, it has declined significantly. It's just that a starved camel is still bigger than a horse.

But now, with Li Feng as a new factor, if the Vermilion Bird Bloodline in Li Feng is potent, it could change things.

He wanted to witness the Vermilion Bird Bloodline for himself. He had been figuring out how to make the other party descend and activate their bloodline. Unexpectedly, Li Feng voluntarily asked to try.

Tian Wenxin didn't speak, but she always felt that the goateed man beside her had other intentions. They were here to buy war slaves. Based on past experiences, the other party would summon everyone for them to choose from.

However, this Eighteen Layers of Hell beneath Underground Palace City was clearly the training ground for war slaves and was obviously not open to outsiders.

She didn't think that just because they intended to buy a lot of war slaves, the other party would enthusiastically bring them to such a core confidential place.

The mention of the Vermilion Bird Bloodline earlier—could it be that someone wanted to confirm if Li Feng's Vermilion Bird Bloodline was real?

Tian Wenxin thought about this and took a cold breath.

Li Feng's Vermilion Bird Bloodline was undoubtedly being eyed, and it wasn't just the Sikong family. While the Sikong family wanted to obtain it, for some families, destroying it aligned more with their interests.

After all, who doesn't want to rise higher? But to ascend, one must become a stepping stone.

The Sikong family, which thrived on the power of its bloodline, saw its bloodline thin over millennia. Since there was no marriage with someone equally possessing the Vermilion Bird Bloodline, the bloodline born was doomed to halve. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

And now, in this Fire Sea Hell, there are over two hundred war slaves. If they were to attack in unison...

With these thoughts in mind, Tian Wenxin turned her head towards the goateed man without showing any expression. "Let's discuss the price of these war slaves."

Hoo.

Breathing once more, Li Feng's nostrils almost spewed fire. It seemed like the meridians in his body had reached an extreme limit. The Fire Spiritual Energy converted by the Burning Technique was almost like a rushing stream of fire.

And as this fire surged within him, Li Feng felt his bloodline throbbing, his blood boiling uncontrollably, and his heart's pulse quickening.

Li Feng's body seemed to be undergoing an upgrade and replacement. With the Burning Technique's constant circulation within him, the surrounding Fire Spiritual Energy began to be absorbed by Li Feng like a whale swallowing.

Underneath his skin, fiery red lines started to glow, and an overwhelming power continuously surged up.

Instantly.

Li Feng was like a vortex as energy gathered around him, causing even the still underground lava lake to produce swirling hot currents.

This commotion attracted the attention of some war slaves practicing the Burning Technique, leaving them curious about who this person was.

After all, he looked unfamiliar.

"Coming here for the first time and starting to condense Fire Meridians, is this person insane?"

War slaves who hadn't condensed Fire Meridians watched curiously, while those who had wore serious expressions. Only those who had experienced it knew the terror of condensing Fire Meridians.

That could result in eternal damnation if even slightly careless.

Here, people constantly came in, and people died, but those who successfully condensed Fire Meridians were one in a hundred.

As for those who failed, they all became fuel for the lava lake.

Some shook their heads, then closed their eyes. Distraction was the greatest taboo in practicing the Burning Technique. This person is doomed.

There are no shortcuts in cultivation.

Li Feng felt as though his meridians were entirely filled with fire flow, and the meridians throughout his body were completely unblocked, making him feel reborn, indeed somewhat different. Notably, the energy contained in his meridians seemed to multiply.

Even the Vermilion Bird Bloodline within him seemed stimulated, becoming active and continuously absorbing the power of the Burning Technique to transform.

Hmm?

But quickly, Li Feng detected something amiss. He had condensed the Fire Meridian Path, and as it formed, the Burning Technique circulated more smoothly, and the absorption of external Fire Spiritual Energy became more violent.

Or rather, it wasn't absorbing but attracting; the surrounding Fire Spiritual Energy surged toward Li Feng almost madly.

This was energy run amok. If not suppressed, his fate would be self-destruction.

No wonder practitioners of the Burning Technique easily went berserk and self-destructed. The condensation of Fire Meridians increased affinity for Fire Spiritual Energy, which caused energy to run amok in such energy-rich places.

For others, this might be a problem, but for Li Feng, energy run amok?

Heh.

Impossible.

Li Feng directly opened his sealed Dantian, and instantly the meridians connected to the Dantian, allowing the surging fire flow within the meridians to find an outlet.

It was like a flood, the more you blocked it, the more likely it was to collapse. But if you found a drainage, you could naturally calm the turbulence.

Moreover, the domineering Purple Flame within Li Feng's Dantian was like a black hole, capable of devouring and absorbing any amount of energy.

Li Feng's nearly berserk body instantly calmed, and only the faintly visible red veins under his skin indicated that Li Feng had successfully condensed the Burning Technique Fire Veins.

"Stabilized?"

"So easily?"

"Is he not practicing the Burning Technique?"

Questions popped up above some people's heads, especially in a nearby cave, where a war slave attempting to break through the Fourth Level of the Burning Technique and condense his Fire Meridian held a confused face.

In his effort to condense the Fire Meridian, he was cautious, not daring to be greedy or rash, absorbing bit by bit and then slowly grinding, which was the most reliable method.

Did that mean the method he spent considerable points exchanging for was fake?

In an instant's distraction, the war slave who had been tempering his Fire Meridian for a long time lost control. Being too close to Li Feng, his body was like a magnet, absorbing the surrounding Flame Power.

Instantly, countless Fire Spiritual Energy surged toward him.

This immediately spelled disaster. Inside, he didn't have an Abnormal Fire comparable to a bottomless pit that could devour everything. As a flood of Fire Spiritual Energy entered him, his condensed Fire Meridian lit up and began uncontrollably to surge throughout his body.

Ah.

It's over.

This war slave already sensed his fate. With energy run amok, he could not control it. As Fire Spiritual Energy continuously poured into his body, his end was inevitable.