Chapter 335: Desire Beyond Life and Death

“Ahhh…”

Numerous powerful individuals screamed in agony. Within the eight different flames surrounding the Grand Pure One’s Eight Trigrams Furnace, the kings wailed as if weeping, rolling on the ground from the intense burning.

“Ooooh…”

Inside the magnetic underground cavern, Chu Feng, on the other hand, was ecstatic, feeling like he was in heaven. To match their cries of misery, he also howled loudly, making it sound like he was in agony. His loud cries echoed throughout the area.

Two different types of cries, two entirely different outcomes.

Some of the kings had already met their doom, turning into ashes. Chu Feng, meanwhile, felt incredibly comfortable. Various colorful energy particles surged and permeated his body.

Outside the field, people listened, dumbfounded. What exactly was happening? Hearing the kings’ wails, it was undoubtedly a human tragedy unfolding. But listening to Chu Feng’s cries, something seemed amiss.

“Ooooh…” Chu Feng’s cries were truly erratic and fluctuating, and sounded somewhat off.

To some, his cries made them want to kill him. For instance, the old Daoist priest, whose divine perception was too keen, had already confirmed that Chu Feng was unharmed and merely faking it. He wished he could rush over and slap Chu Feng into fourteen pieces! Even the old woman, despite being dazed from the burning and reacting sluggishly, was still startled and found no peace in her heart. These cursed cries… they were too demonic.

As for the divine emissary Abel, he wanted to curse. He was close to being burned to death, and what was he hearing before he died? It was too offensive to his ears, truly shameful!

“I can’t take this anymore, Brother Chu Feng! You’re an expert in energy fields, don’t you have a solution? Quickly, come and resolve this, save me!”

A king-level expert, rolling from the burning, revealed his true form: a large rooster. Its body was engulfed in flames, turning into a massive torch, with half its body already burned away.

“Brother Rooster, I can’t resist these calamitous fires either! I’m about to be dragged down to death by you all; my flesh is already cooked, ooooh!” Chu Feng wailed dramatically from his spot.

Indeed, flesh was being cooked, but it wasn’t his. He smelled the fragrant aroma of chicken meat, and secretly sighed in pity, as that was the Chicken King who had broken six restraints. He had no intention of rescuing them. He had warned everyone long ago not to step in here. Anyone who harbored good intentions toward him would certainly not have entered. Those with malicious intent had ignored his warnings, and their current predicament was entirely self-inflicted.

Chu Feng’s heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment. Outside the furnace, fierce flames raged, while inside, mists and colors shimmered like clouds and rosy glows, and various mysterious energies circulated, making him almost float in the air.

Several weapons were clearly evolving! He had already taken off the Vajra Bracelet and placed it in the center of the Eight Trigrams Furnace, letting it bob up and down, sometimes landing, sometimes rising several feet above the ground, wrapped in colorful mists and surrounded by ethereal white fog. Fine patterns genuinely appeared on the gleaming bracelet, intricate and profound, beyond his current comprehension. He would need to study them slowly in the future.

He knew that what was called “ultimate scrap material” was rather peculiar, far from as simple as he had imagined. Now, as it was being tempered in the Grand Pure One’s Precious Furnace, some divine aspects were manifesting, making it increasingly unfathomable. In a trance, he saw the patterns on the Vajra Bracelet transform into images: purple qi coming from the east, clouds gathering for thirty thousand li, and then, in an instant, coalescing to form the gleaming bracelet.

At the same time, beside it, the vibrant red flying sword was also undergoing very intense changes. Amidst clanging sounds, the crimson sword body was shrinking, accompanied by the burning flames, and some dark red impurities were being peeled away. This was a process of refinement, quite astonishing, removing impurities and retaining only the essence. At a visibly rapid pace, the vivid red sword body grew smaller, continuously condensing. It became even more vibrant in color and exquisitely translucent. Some reddish material flaked off and fell to the ground, as if a piece of beautiful jade were being peeled away, revealing the brilliant scarlet, jade-like core within.

This was an astonishing transformation! This vibrant red sword body was extraordinary; it shouldn’t have contained so many impurities in the first place. This was clearly a further optimization. Chu Feng felt that a weapon-nurturing field couldn’t achieve this level of refinement; this was entirely the doing of the Grand Pure One’s Eight Trigrams Furnace! This type of naturally occurring underground furnace was most suitable for nurturing weapons and refining elixirs. It was truly a realm of creation. Unfortunately, he didn’t have any exotic fruits with him; otherwise, if thrown in here, they might directly transform into a batch of spirit elixirs.

“Next time, I’ll try harvesting some exotic fruits and refining them in the Eight Trigrams Furnace. I don’t expect them to yield any Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, but if they can help me evolve, that’ll be enough.” Chu Feng’s expression changed to one of surprise.

The black and white millstone within his body was reshaping. Once it fully formed, he would be able to directly consume exotic fruits and spirit elixirs without issue in the future, and wouldn’t have to rely solely on pollen for evolution. The Yellow Ox had said that this item was extraordinarily transcendent, capable of helping its owner purify energy, vital blood, and other substances, removing various harmful elements!

Everything was developing favorably, and Chu Feng was filled with anticipation. Inside his body, the millstone rotated, shrouded in mist, like Yin and Yang energies, divided into two colors, becoming increasingly mysterious and unfathomable.

“Ooooh…” Chu Feng couldn’t resist, letting out another “agonized” cry that sounded like pure ecstasy, to complement and echo the wails of the people outside.

“How utterly shameless!” Outside the field, Jiang Luoshen scoffed lightly. Although Chu Feng’s cries sounded miserable, she still felt something was off. A blush appeared on her flawless, beautiful face. She just felt that this guy was peculiar, not like he was wailing in mortal agony.

Others were also paying attention to Chu Feng, listening closely. It was indeed a wail of agony, but why was it so unsettling? Only the “problematic” young girl praised him, saying, “That voice is magnetic, pleasant to listen to, truly sexy.”

Inside the field, the old Daoist priest gnashed his teeth and said, “Little demoness, you’re truly disgracing me! Can’t you be a bit more reserved? You have sacred blood flowing in your veins; you should be thinking about suppressing the prodigies from all realms. Letting you enter the mundane world was for experience and understanding, not for developing worldly affections! Look at your attire, look at your posture, what kind of propriety is that?!”

“Hmph!” The rebellious girl, eleven or twelve years old, pouted, completely unconcerned. Her large eyes were alluring, and her tall, curvaceous figure was remarkably mature and captivating.

The old Daoist priest was indignant and rebuked, “Your grandfather is burned to this state, and you’re still so heartless?!”

“Old man, your strength is so great, you’ll definitely be fine! At most, your backside will be bruised and you’ll need to lie in bed for a while to recover!” the problematic girl clapped her hands and laughed.

The old man in the Daoist robe was so enraged that he felt like he would vomit blood; he truly had no temper left.

“Ah…”

Around the Eight Trigrams Furnace, final screams of agony came from some areas; many had been burned to death! It could be seen that in certain areas, there were piles and piles of ashes left behind. Nothing else remained.

“Everyone, don’t just stand there! Let’s join forces and rescue them!” Some people were anxious, like ants on a hot pan, their faces pale. This was because their own people were trapped inside.

“Quick, let’s all strike to destroy this place and dismantle this energy field, to free the kings! This would be a great deed; saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda!” Someone responded. Evidently, a considerable number of factions had powerful experts who had ventured into the energy field. Moreover, those who entered were all leaders, influential figures who were powerful in their time. If they perished inside, the impact would be too significant.

However, when they took action, they were swept up, as flames spread out, literally setting themselves on fire. Lines appeared on the ground, one after another, emitting light, interweaving and crisscrossing, surging out from the fiery area, and engulfing some of the rescuers.

“Ah, no!” someone screamed. At that moment, they experienced the suffering of those inside the energy field. Some avian kings tried to soar into the sky, but they couldn’t even fly high; they were firmly locked to the ground by a powerful force. They were like those stuck in a quagmire, completely unable to move, and were swallowed by the flames.

“Help!”

It was too tragic. More than a dozen of the experts who had just taken action were directly engulfed by the Eight Trigrams flames, following in the footsteps of those before them. There were many evolved beings in the mountain region. Now, each of them felt their hearts pound with fear. Seeing the kings’ miserable state and hearing their cries, they were all terrified.

What on earth was going on? How could an energy field be so terrifying? Many people looked into the field, such as the Master of Jade Pure Palace, and the heads of various financial groups, among others. Each of them felt heavy-hearted; this place completely overturned their understanding.

“Large-scale energy fields are actually this terrifying? Those who construct them can utilize the terrain of mountains and rivers to wreak havoc with a single thought, it’s utterly horrifying!” Someone sighed.

“Could it be Chu Feng’s doing?” asked the Master of Jade Pure Palace.

“Probably not. He himself is in danger, trapped there. It’s hard to say if he’ll even get out alive,” Qi Honglin from the Pre-Qin Research Institute spoke with gleaming eyes. He brought up some old matters. They had once come to this area to excavate an ancient mythical tomb underground, but had almost been completely annihilated. Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

“Then it must be the work of ancient energy field researchers, who inscribed various mysterious symbols that can still exert their power in this era.” Originally, in their view, those skilled in energy fields were talented individuals, but they merely served evolved beings, for example, by drawing on earthly fire and celestial essence to nourish weapons. But now they were horrified; such people were truly against the heavens!

“On Earth, only Chu Feng is proficient in energy fields, but he himself is trapped. Who else can save them?”

At this moment, all parties were plunged into despair.

“Second Prince, hold on!” The Sea Race shouted; they were from the South Sea. Some, anxious to protect their leader, tried desperately again, but it was futile, like moths flying into a flame. They, too, screamed from the burning, dying tragically on the spot, unable to solve anything.

“I hate this!” cried the Black Chi. He was burned until he revealed his true form, making his situation even worse. His body, a several-hundred-meter-long black flood dragon, was too large a target and writhed on the ground. Flames swirled around it, and Geng Metal energy shot out. It was cut into dozens of segments, until finally it lay motionless. Fierce flames surged skyward. The Black Chi was burned until its bones were broken and its flesh vanished, utterly dead.

“God, go to hell! Whoever can save me will be my God! Chu Feng, please come and do a good deed! I was just following orders to abduct you to the West, it wasn’t my personal business!” The divine emissary Abel screamed in agony; he, too, was at his limit.

Crack! The lantern in his hand disintegrated. The Lunar Fire inside scattered, met with the Solar Fire essence, and triggered a massive explosion. The divine emissary Abel screamed; most of his body simply vanished. Only his torso and head remained. He was clearly on the verge of death, his breathing shallow.

“God, you despicable bastard! No one who works for you comes to a good end! First Schiller, then Aman, and now it’s my turn. Ah, you damned God!” These were Abel’s final resentful thoughts. He then turned into a skeleton and was burned to death. His death was too horrific, as he departed with a curse.

“Chu Feng, quickly think of a way! This old woman apologizes to you. I shouldn’t have thought about forcibly taking you. Please save me.” The old woman’s body glowed several times, yet she refused to die, which was astonishing. She held a section of green vine in her hand, which seemed capable of taking her place in death. It glowed three times in succession, drawing away the flames that engulfed her and concentrating them onto the green vine.

“Old woman, ooooh, I’m dying too! I’m about to be refined into a human flesh elixir! Don’t you smell the aroma of cooked meat? Ah, old woman, please come save me! I’ll definitely follow you into the Divine Mountain!”

Chu Feng’s wails were too grating on the old woman’s ears. “Ooooh,” “entering the Divine Mountain”—it was practically blatant sarcasm. What right did she have to take Chu Feng away now? She was on the verge of ruin herself.

Finally, the green vine was burned through and broke. The old woman’s withered body could no longer endure it. Her body burst into fierce flames, emitting sounds like ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

“What’s that smell?” Chu Feng’s nose twitched. With one last shriek, he looked at himself and actually smelled the aroma of elixirs, and even cooked meat. He frantically fumbled, wishing he could extinguish the furnace flames immediately. Was he really going to be roasted alive?

“Oh dear, I’m really getting cooked, damn it!” He cursed angrily, unleashing a stream of profanity, almost bringing himself down with it.

At this moment, he felt a sharp pain in his eyes, as if they were about to split open. Then, both his eyes felt like they were being pricked by needles, an unbearable pain, and golden light burst forth from them. Chu Feng screamed and rolled on the ground, surprising the onlookers, who realized he might actually be doomed, because there were faint flames appearing on his body too.

Just as Chu Feng was about to cut off the fire source, his eyes began to feel cool, and the pain surprisingly vanished. Then, two golden beams of light shot out from his eyes.

“Huh?!” He was stunned. What was going on? How did his vision become so powerful?

“Fiery Golden Eyes?!” Chu Feng suspected that the Grand Pure One’s Eight Trigrams Furnace had refined his eyes in a special way. When he looked outward, his gaze falling upon the crowd, his expression turned strange. How could he see their bare bodies through their clothes?!

“Huh, that’s… Jiang Luoshen!” He saw Jiang Luoshen, her figure slender. Her chest was luminously pale, sparkling white and prominent.

“Truly… ample and impressive.” Chu Feng felt his eyes sting a little. While marveling, he also felt guilty, believing he shouldn’t be peeking. Nevertheless, he “accidentally” peeked again and again.

“Ooooh…” he howled, genuinely afraid he’d get a stye.