Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 1122: Chapter 1121: Life Fire, Everlasting Vitality

Tian Boguang and Hu Gao are two people who can be described as two of a kind, peculiar, and certainly among the most unreliable three on Earth. These two fellows are simply frustratingly eccentric, nonsensical, and equally lascivious. When they come together, even a brief interaction is enough to drive Daley and another Early-stage Martial Saint powerhouse from Devouring Sky Village to their wit’s end, leading them to unleash a punch to take them down.

The gap in cultivation realms and the lack of power left Tian Boguang and Hu Gao with no ability to fight back; all they could do was wait for death with open eyes. However, having reached this stage, they had long come to terms with life and death; to a broad-minded martial artist, death isn’t much.

”Looks like we’ll be meeting Big Brother Tianchen soon. We can finally see who’s the ugliest,” Hu Gao chuckled as he spoke.

”That’s a must. You two are terribly ugly. I need an unbiased judge. Let’s find the King of Hell!” Tian Boguang also laughed as he replied.

Bang!

Daley’s Slaughter Aura surged forth, completely annihilating the area where Tian Boguang and Hu Gao stood, leaving nothing behind. However, Daley merely furrowed his brows, not relaxing, and coldly looked to the sky as he said, ”Where is Ye Tianchen? Is he sending his friends here to die continuously?”

”Tianchen won’t come. We can kill you ourselves!” Dongfang Meng coldly looked at Daley below and said.

As Daley attempted to strike Tian Boguang and Hu Gao with a punch, Dongfang Meng, Tianshuang, and Zhang Ruotong arrived, saving Tian Boguang and Hu Gao.

”Ye Tianchen won’t come? What exactly happened to him?” Daley asked with a frown and cold voice.

”Old guy, we have no obligation to tell you. You’re asking too much!” Tianshuang said impatiently.

Daley was momentarily stunned, then coldly watched the five, including Dongfang Meng, and said, ”Since Ye Tianchen isn’t coming, all five of you are going to die here, and I will personally bloodwash Desolate Stone Village. Ye Tianchen can’t protect it!”

Dongfang Meng, Tianshuang, Zhang Ruotong exchanged glances, then Dongfang Meng and Tianshuang made their move, attacking Daley alongside the other Martial Saint expert from Devouring Sky Village. Meanwhile, Zhang Ruotong took Tian Boguang and Hu Gao aside to begin healing their injuries.

”Cough cough... In my life, I’ve seen many beauties, but it’s my first time seeing such beautiful ones as these three!” Tian Boguang coughed twice, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth as he spoke.

”These three are indeed very beautiful, much like female fairies, but they all have their hearts set. I don’t get it; I’m a thousand times more handsome than Big Brother Ye Tianchen, yet they favor him. It’s just not right!” Hu Gao also smiled bitterly as he spoke.

”You two shouldn’t joke around anymore. I’m healing you now. Focus all your energies and channel the Martial Arts True Qi within you to assist me. If our five don’t join forces, we can’t kill Daley. Also, the terrifying presence behind Devouring Sky Village may act, so prepare for the possibility of dying here!” Zhang Ruotong said with a serious face, devoid of a hint of a smile.

Tian Boguang nodded and also turned serious, saying earnestly, ”Indeed, the old guy is very strong, with a Mid-stage Martial Saint Cultivation Realm. If we want to defeat him, we five have to fight with all our might!”

”And that other old fellow is also at the early-stage Martial Saint Cultivation Realm. Killing these two old men isn’t easy, and behind them looms the terrifying presence of the Devouring Sky Village. The pressure we’re facing is immense!” Hu Gao said seriously as well.

”No matter how great the pressure, or how powerful they are, we must stop them here. We can’t let them threaten the safety of the Desolate Stone Village’s villagers. With Tianchen gone, even if it costs my life, I must protect everything he once safeguarded...” Tears rolled down Zhang Ruotong’s face. At this moment, her heart was sorrowful, but her expression was resolute. She was ready to die.

The battle erupted. Dongfang Meng and Tianshuang, two peerless beauties, temporarily held back Daley and another Martial Saint expert from Devouring Sky Village. Although Dongfang Meng and Tianshuang were already at the late Martial Venerate stage, they were still slightly lacking. However, the four beauties from the Ancient Martial Sect are natural talents, extremely gifted with high comprehension skills, not bound by common logic. Even if they couldn’t kill Daley and the other Martial Saint expert, they could delay them for a moment. They were fighting with all their might.

At this time, in the second layer of the Flame Valley’s Fire Domain, the young Fire Qilin continued to hover by the Fire Well after throwing the body of Ye Tianchen, engulfed in flames, into it. It occasionally made some noises, as if calling for Ye Tianchen, yet there was no reaction at all. Apart from the occasional burst of firelight from within the Fire Well, which even the young Fire Qilin dared not touch, there was nothing else.

The young Fire Qilin was genuinely at a loss. It threw Ye Tianchen’s corpse into the Fire Well because it knew that this Fire Well was as strong as the fourth and most powerful layer of the Flame Valley. The flames within this Fire Well were different from those in the first, second, and third layers, as they came from the strongest fourth layer. Why there was a Fire Well here was unknown to all.

By throwing Ye Tianchen’s burned-out, lifeless body into this Fire Well, the young Fire Qilin believed it might save Ye Tianchen, because that single red grape contained an immense, irresistible Fire Power. The plant that bore this red grape grew within the fourth layer of the Fire Domain, at the heart of the Flame Valley. Since the flames within this Fire Well came from the fourth layer, it also might be able to block the Fire Power of this red grape. But who knew, once Ye Tianchen’s body was thrown in, it was immediately engulfed by the firelight, and there was no other reaction, as though he had been completely consumed, with no vital signs left.

The young Fire Qilin felt sorrow and helplessness. It had caused the death of Ye Tianchen, someone willing to play with it, a great hurt for the young Qilin. It was deeply remorseful, but unaware that within Ye Tianchen, thrown into the Fire Well, a spark ignited in his Dantian. This spark protected a wisp of Ye Tianchen’s Divine Thought from dissipating, placing him in a miraculous state. Ye Tianchen, believing himself dead, regained some consciousness and discovered himself in a cave filled with firelight, a place capable of incinerating everything.

”Where is this? Didn’t I die?” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but ask in his heart.

When Ye Tianchen, maintaining a sliver of Divine Thought consciousness, looked around, seeing nothing but firelight, he felt very strange. Hadn’t he died? The power emanating from that grape-like thing was too overwhelming, regardless of what methods he tried to resist, it couldn’t stop his body from burning from the inside out, turning to ashes—a death Ye Tianchen was sure he felt. Why was he conscious? Why was he still alive?

”Oh no, today is the day of the decisive battle with the Devouring Sky Village. If I don’t go, I’ll not only doom the Desolate Stone Village but also harm the Devouring Sky Village. I can’t think so much; I must find a way out, to restore my body and strength!” Ye Tianchen suddenly realized this, his whole self shocked. There are things he alone knew, like how Dongfang Meng and the other women’s temperaments would definitely make them take his place in the fight against the Devouring Sky Village. They are not opponents for the mid-stage Martial Saint Daley; their lives would be in danger.

Settling his Divine Mind, Ye Tianchen constantly felt the spark burning in his Dantian. Suddenly, upon seeing that spark of Life Fire, not being devoured by the external scorching flames, still struggling at the brink, a strong Life Force surged forth. Ye Tianchen seemed to comprehend something, an epiphany akin to a divine revelation.

”Could this be what the Buddhist scriptures mean by, ’Find life in a place of death’, to have an awakening, with Life Fire, life is ever-regenerating?” Ye Tianchen solemnly and seriously questioned himself.

”Life Fire, life is ever-regenerating...”

Ye Tianchen repeatedly chanted, constantly comprehending, using his own understanding to grasp the meaning of this phrase. Watching the flickering spark of fire in his Dantian, he felt a sense of enlightenment. Though the environment was perilous, so long as that spark of Life Fire didn’t extinguish, not even the greatest immortals could save him if it did. Yet, it was precisely this circumstance that placed Ye Tianchen in a never-before-experienced environment, his mind in a wonderful state.

Hum!

Suddenly, that tiny spark of Life Fire in Ye Tianchen’s Dantian glowed brightly, emanating waves of Life Power, a powerful surge of essence energy flowed out, providing an overwhelming feeling, like a force that would never fade, allowing Ye Tianchen to feel the power. His realm returned, his strength returned, he even blocked the Fire Power of that red grape, and seemed to have refined it within his body. At this time, Ye Tianchen found a Martial Arts Divine Skill concerning fire in his mind, a skill available for immediate use, narrowly escaping death, misfortune and fortune intertwined. He persisted through it, he was alive again, leaping out of the Fire Well, his entire body ablaze with firelight... (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com for reading.)