Chapter 336 - 333: Bizarre Flames

Chapter 336: Chapter 333: Bizarre Flames

"Alright, fine. I’ll go back and look for them. Just be patient," Solos replied helplessly.

"Go on, go on, and be quick about it~!" Feng Hao reminded him again.

Solos didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He began to activate the Secret Realm Mark in his sea of consciousness, then asked in a daze, "Oh, right. Do you want Western or Asian ones?"

"I want them all, I want them all. It’d be best if you can get some from Japan," Feng Hao said with a knowing smile.

To be honest, he preferred Asian "educational films," but he planned to sell them to the entire Ancient Cang Realm. Therefore, there were business opportunities in both Asian and Western varieties. After all, the Ancient Cang Realm was home to a complex mix of races; there was a market for everything.

"Got it." With that, Solos was teleported back, and the Stone Listening Communication was cut off.

With the matter of the pornographic films settled, Feng Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Solos could gather the video files, he would be able to make a huge profit.

Next, he had to figure out how to establish an entertainment industry. He couldn’t help it; life in the Mage World was just too dull. Since he’d arrived, every day was nothing but training, training, and more training.

Although he’d had the Yao Girl’s company recently, it didn’t change the fundamental boredom of it all.

"What the hell? Why is this damn place getting hotter and hotter?"

After cutting off the Stone Listening Communication, a strange, intense heat swept in from all directions, horrifying Feng Hao.

What was even stranger was that the intense heat wasn’t constant. It came in waves, as if he were surrounded by a circle of bonfires that flared up, died down, then flared up again.

After a moment of shocked suspicion, Feng Hao immediately grew vigilant. He silently gripped his primary and secondary daggers and activated his Divine Sense to probe his surroundings.

’Strange, there’s nothing out of the ordinary... Could it be because my Divine Sense is too weak?’

Feng Hao pondered for a moment. ’Forget it. I’ll leave this damn place first.’

Without further hesitation, he summoned Mansa, got in, and started it up, all in one smooth motion.

However, just as he was about to take off, Mansa’s engine suddenly died. Immediately after, a bizarre sound drifted over, accompanied by a suffocatingly high temperature.

"Not good!" Feng Hao exclaimed, hastily activating his Gang Qi to resist the heat.

But the temperature was too terrifying. Even with 1267 points of Gang Qi, he could barely withstand it, and his Qi Blood began to drop rapidly.

Fortunately, after refining the Earth Breath Beast Essence, his vitality had reached 327 points, which was enough to offset the loss of Qi Blood.

PFFT—PFFT—PFFT—BANG!

PFFT—PFFT—PFFT—BANG!

...

The strange sound grew closer, somewhat resembling the sound of a fire burning. It would whoosh three times before abruptly extinguishing with a bang.

"What the hell is this thing? If you’ve got the guts, show yourself to this young master!" Feng Hao’s expression was grim. He got out of the vehicle and gritted his teeth, scanning his surroundings.

He saw circles of cloud-like flames closing in on him. The fire would flare three times, then dim, then burn again, then dim again. The rhythm was remarkably steady, like a guttering candle on its last legs, yet one that would never go out.

"Fuck, are you a man or a ghost?" Feng Hao cursed through gritted teeth.

He was helpless. With this constant loss of health, he didn’t even have a chance to activate his [Secret Realm Mark].

"Gak Gak Gak! Human boy, it is your honor to meet your Third Grandfather! Obediently hand over your Demon Base Essence!" a series of strange cackles echoed from all directions, making it impossible to pinpoint the source.

"We’ll see if you have what it takes!" Feng Hao sneered, his Divine Sense frantically scanning the area.

The so-called [Demon Base Essence] was a special energy condensed when the Genetic Tree leveled up, similar to experience points in a game.

Under normal circumstances, Demon Base Essence could not be extracted. It was symbiotic with a Mage’s life; if a Mage died, the essence would dissipate. Conversely, if the Demon Base Essence disappeared, the Mage would also perish.

But the [Origin Secret Realm] was special. Mages didn’t truly die here; instead, they would lose one level’s worth of Demon Base Essence.

As the saying goes, every advantage has its disadvantage. While Mages could obtain essences from Spirit Beasts, Spirit Beasts could also obtain a Mage’s Demon Base Essence after killing them, thereby accelerating their own evolution. This was how many high-star Spirit Beasts came to be.

This "monster" before him wanted to devour his Demon Base Essence, so naturally, Feng Hao wouldn’t back down.

’Are you kidding? I’m level forty right now. If I drop a level, I’ll fall directly back to being a Third-tier Mage. The loss would be enormous.’

"What? You say I don’t have what it takes?" The bizarre voice suddenly burst into manic laughter. "Your Third Grandfather has been roaming this area for so many years, what level of human haven’t I seen?"

"Don’t even mention a Fourth-rank Mage! Even if a sixth or seventh-rank came, your Third Grandfather would devour them all the same!"

Feng Hao’s expression tightened, and he cursed inwardly. He was at a complete loss; he didn’t even know what the thing looked like, so he had no way to fight it.

"Heh, even bragging has to be based in reality. You don’t even have the guts to show your face, and you dare call yourself awesome?" Feng Hao taunted with a cold laugh.

"Bullshit! The fact that your Third Grandfather can destroy you without even showing my face is proof enough of how awesome I am."

"..." Feng Hao was speechless.

’Damn it,’ he thought. ’I was hoping to taunt it into showing itself, but this damn thing is unbelievably cunning.’

’If only Yaoyao were here. With her natural talent for taunting, she could definitely trick this monster into coming out,’ Feng Hao sighed to himself.

"Gak Gak Gak! Give up the struggle! From the moment you stepped into this wasteland, you were already my food."

The mysterious monster laughed wildly, and the surrounding cloud-like flames instantly converged on Feng Hao, emitting that strange series of sounds: PFFT—PFFT—PFFT—BANG...

"Fuck!" Feng Hao cursed under his breath, frantically trying to think of a countermeasure.

Fortunately, after his [Shadow Escape] proficiency reached 100, the channeling time had been reduced to 0.8 seconds. The damage from these strange flames was a tick per second, which meant that as long as he timed it right, he could enter the Shadow Escape state.

As for whether [Shadow Escape] could evade the mysterious monster’s detection, that would depend on the strength of its Divine Sense.

Seeing the flames draw closer, Feng Hao stopped hesitating. He adjusted his breathing and, at the exact moment the flame damage ticked, activated Shadow Escape, successfully entering the [Shadow Escape] state.

To be on the safe side, Feng Hao simultaneously activated his [Black Eye] bloodline to enhance his concealment ability.

He then used more than a dozen Shadow Assault Secret Techniques in a row to escape the area enveloped by the strange flames. Although the [Ethereal] effect helped resist the damage, he still lost over thirty thousand Qi Blood to the bizarre fire.

After escaping to a safe area, Feng Hao didn’t dare let his guard down. He hastily swallowed a few Blood Recovery Pills and Qi Recovery Pills to restore his stats.

’What a strange flame. It only burns for three seconds, and the damage per second is actually that high?!’ Feng Hao marveled to himself.

It turned out that [Shadow Escape], when used in the Black Eye state, was indeed capable of breaking free from the mysterious monster’s Divine Sense scan.

After he escaped using Shadow Escape, the strange flames lost their target and began to dart about aimlessly.

"Damn it! It’s a Concealing Secret Skill!"

The mysterious monster cursed through gritted teeth, frantically controlling the flames to roam the area. But unfortunately for it, Feng Hao had already hidden himself far away.

"Good, good." Feng Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. His pitch-black eyes coldly observed the commotion over there. ’Hmph. Now I’ll see just what kind of damn thing you are.’