Chapter 314: Chapter 315: Hellfire Evolution

Translator: 549690339

On the shore, red light flickered as a giant tongue made frenzied stabs, creating gaping wounds all over Li Xiaobai’s body.

However, these wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Li Xiaobai had anticipated the monster’s attack from the lake’s depths and had preemptively stuffed several Heavenly Fragrance Life-extending Pills into his mouth.

Seeing that Li Xiaobai’s wounds had recovered in the blink of an eye, the crimson tongue ceased its attacks, and withdrew into the depths of the lake, disappearing from view.

“Why aren’t you attacking anymore?”

“Come at me, why don’t you?”

“Big guy, your attacks are totally useless. I’m unfazed, internally calm, and I even feel like laughing!”

“I, Li Xiaobai, beg for death!”

Seeing no more disturbances on the lake surface, Li Xiaobai resumed his taunting, but this time, the monster from the lake’s depths wouldn’t appear no matter what.

There wasn’t even the slightest sound, and the lake returned to calm.

After shouting for a while, Li Xiaobai realized that the idea of leveling up using the lake’s big boss had to come to an end, acknowledging that it was quite impressive the boss had already helped him grind up to two million.

The hate points were maxed out, and if he wanted to continue to farm Attribute Points, he’d have to think of other strategies.

After sauntering around the lake, he carefully observed the surrounding environment. This small world had only one lake, and the dense forests around it were just illusions. As Li Xiaobai reached the edge of the dense forest, he encountered an invisible barrier.

It was because of this barrier that the Thousand-Mile Instantaneous Talismans had failed before.

However, Li Xiaobai wasn’t worried in the slightest, with plenty of high-level items in his inventory—Godzilla, Gundam Sentinel, and several Divine Artifacts—none of which he had used yet.

But breaking this barrier posed the risk of the monster escaping from the lake. He would need to understand more before making any plans.

At the very least, he had to figure out what cultivation level this creature had. He had thought that reaching the Mahayana Realm was the apex on the Immortal Spirit Continent, but now it seemed clear that this world still harbored existences that threatened his own life.

Continuing his stroll for a while, he found an open space on the shore and sat down, pulling out the burnt-black Ji Wuqing from his chest.

This rooster had died several times in just a few hours. Each time it revived, it found itself in the monster’s belly alongside Li Xiaobai, only to die again instantly. However, at this moment, he could clearly sense a hint of pressure emanating from it.

The Pudong Rooster’s trait was that the more times it died, the stronger it became.

[Pet: Pudong Rooster (Death count: 5 times).]

Now that the monster was no longer eating him, the chicken’s chances of getting stronger had also come to an end. If only he’d known, he would have kept Ji Wuqing in the monster’s stomach to die repeatedly, racking up thousands and thousands of deaths.

If it were to come out after that, it would undoubtedly be a terrifying force.

The moment that thought crossed his mind, Li Xiaobai immediately dismissed it. It was nice to think about, but if he actually did it, when Ji Wuqing emerged one day, it would absolutely turn on him.

That was the Phoenix, a Divine Beast; it was better to play it safe.

Flipping his wrist, a black flame appeared in his palm. This was Hellfire. With the rare opportunity to sit down and properly cultivate, Li Xiaobai decided to upgrade every aspect of himself within this small world.

Anything that needed to be upgraded would be upgraded. After making several major maneuvers recently, he had amassed a vast fortune to continue his spendthrift ways.

He nonchalantly brought forth a large handful of herbs and tossed them into the roaring Hellfire.

[Hellfire (Divine Level skill) Current status: attached to the right arm (15/100) can be evolved.]

Keep throwing.

Another large batch of herbs went in, along with a few elixirs.

[Hellfire… (attached to the right arm (20/100) can be evolved.)]

The initial material cost for the upgrade was acceptable, and the black flames had spread from his fist to his forearm.

Seeing this, it seemed the progression of the flames was linked to his body. By the time it evolved to its complete form, it should be able to envelop his entire body. When wrapped in black flames from head to toe, the thought alone felt awesome.

Enough talk, continue adding materials.

“Heavenly Fragrance Life-extending Pill!”

“Nine-Turns Potent Serpent Pill!”

“Soul Severing Herb!”

“Superior Spiritual Artifact!”

“Top-grade Spirit Stone!”

“Female cultivator’s Inner Armor!”

Li Xiaobai haphazardly took out items and threw them into the Hellfire, not even bothering to see what they were, confident that he definitely wouldn’t need them.

A large trove of treasured items blazed fiercely, and the progress of the Hellfire soared rapidly.

[Hellfire (Divine Level skill) current status: Right Arm (complete) Left Arm (15/100) ready for advancement.]

The right arm was completely engulfed in Hellfire, but unfortunately, since this was a skill provided by the System, it couldn’t harm him; otherwise, he could have kept increasing his defensive power.

“Kid, you actually have so many Heaven and Earth Treasures; to squander them like this is simply wasteful!”

The voice from the bottom of the lake came through once more, witnessing Li Xiaobai continuously taking out a massive amount of cultivation resources, the creature was getting somewhat impatient.

But this time, it was Li Xiaobai’s turn to be silent, wordlessly throwing batches of materials into the Hellfire, which burned black and crackled loudly.

Seeing that Li Xiaobai was not responding, the voice from the lakebed seemed to grow anxious.

“Kid, say something!”

“Weren’t you quite talkative just now?”

“You’re squandering cultivation resources like this; it’s simply the epitome of wasteful extravagance!”

“If this lord is not mistaken, that thing in your hand is a kind of flame that can grow, right? It needs to devour Spiritual Power to advance, and although this lord doesn’t recognize it, directly throwing cultivation materials into it is the most foolish method!”

Hearing this, Li Xiaobai’s expression shifted, “Then tell me, how should one enhance this flame?”

“Heh, the Spiritual Power within this lord’s body is as vast as the sea of stars. If you stored the flame within me, in one day’s time, it could spread through your whole body,” the monster said indifferently.

Li Xiaobai’s mind stirred; indeed, this creature’s cultivation level was unfathomable. If he allowed the Hellfire to devour the Spiritual Power within its body, it would definitely become much stronger, but would this guy be so kindhearted?

“Then, many thanks to you, senior.”

“Heh, you’re quite good at climbing up the pole, kid. This lord can help you enhance the flame, but in exchange, this lord wants those Heaven and Earth Treasures you just took out. That’s not too much to ask, is it?”

The creature at the bottom of the lake said, its eyes practically hot with desire for Li Xiaobai’s treasure trove, craving for the taste of such a quantity of Heaven and Earth Treasures after so many years.

Li Xiaobai pondered for a moment and nodded his head. From a cost-efficiency standpoint, letting the creature inside its body would allow the flame to grow more rapidly.

With a light flick over the Space Ring, a small mountain made up of Spiritual Artifacts, Magic Treasures, and Elixirs appeared in an instant.

“Eat up.”

Li Xiaobai said with a smile.

There was no movement on the surface of the lake.

“Huh? Why aren’t you eating?”

“Kid, do you take this lord for a garbage dump? You think you can deal with this lord by offering some inferior goods?”

“This lord wants the treasures you just fed to the flame!”

The displeasure of the creature came up from the lakebed.

“Those have already been used up; this is all for now. Since the big boss isn’t interested, then I’ll just use them to upgrade the flame,” said Li Xiaobai, snapping his fingers and sending a clump of flame toward the small mountain of Elixirs.

“Wait!”