Chapter 2071 - 2069: The Hapless Vermilion Bird

Chapter 2071: Chapter 2069: The Hapless Vermilion Bird

The Eight Strange Meridians, like another domain connected to the body, when the Eight Gates are opened, a surge of immense power suddenly floods from within.

According to Mo Yin Sect’s records, this surge of power is exchanged at the cost of squeezing one’s own potential and overdrawing one’s life force. So, while the Eight Gates can grant temporarily overwhelming power, the aftermath is hard to bear.

The technique of the Eight Gates, opening below the Third Gate, the squeezed out power is still controllable. As long as it is not overly used, it does not pose a life-threatening risk. However, the more Gates are opened, the greater the price that must be paid.

According to Mo Yin Sect’s records, cultivators from past generations almost reached their limit at opening the sixth gate.

Li Feng had already opened the Four Gates outside, despite the deadly nature of the Eight Gates technique, the power obtained was indeed potent.

Then, the first time all Eight Gates were opened was when Li Feng came to the Kunlun Realm, facing Qin Hu of the Hunting Group, who was at the Perfect Foundation Establishment, Half-step Golden Core.

Though Li Feng was the Dragon King outside, with maxed combat skills and some rudimentary Sword Control Technique, these skills were undeniably insignificant compared to Kunlun Realm’s cultivators.

Furthermore, Qin Hu and his people roamed the border areas, relying on hunting Spiritual Beasts for livelihood, with rich combat experience. Ultimately, Li Feng had no choice but to unleash the Eight Gates technique, while Qin Hu, realizing the unfavorable situation, directly solidified his pill, confronting a Golden Core expert. Even if just entering Golden Core, it was beyond Li Feng’s capability. Li Feng forcibly opened all Eight Gates at once, dramatically increasing his power, thus overpowering Qin Hu.

But the price was extremely severe. Enjoying the power brought by the Eight Gates inevitably induces the backlash of the Eight Gates, the moment he couldn’t control the rampaging power inside was when the backlash kicked in.

The backlash of the Eight Gates, akin to forming a black hole within, instantly drains the rampaging energy, also absorbing surrounding energy to fill the black hole. If the energy black hole couldn’t be filled, the outcome was that the entire blood essence of the person would be consumed by the black hole.

That time, Qin Hu’s Golden Core self-detonated, attempting to drag Li Feng to the netherworld together. The explosion’s energy was swallowed by the black hole, barely filling the void, allowing Li Feng to reclaim a life.

Of course, Li Feng could use the self-detonation of Qin Hu’s Golden Core to refill because his strength at that time was only at the Qi Refinement stage, the difference between the Golden Core and Qi Refinement stages being more than a hundredfold.

The second time Li Feng opened the Eight Gates was facing the Domineering Domain of Nine Layers Mountain, yet that time Li Feng didn’t fully open all Eight Gates.

This time before him, was the second occurrence of Li Feng opening all Eight Gates, albeit Li Feng transferred from merely Qi Refinement strength to at least Golden Core Late Stage strength, without a doubt, making this occurrence more perilous.

But perilous, it must be done.

After all, if he didn’t give his all now, the outcome was death, be it him dying, or dragging a group down with him.

Along with the unlocking of the Eight Gates within, Li Feng’s single knee kneeling posture exhibited a change in aura, his body engulfed in Phoenix Flame, akin to a flickering candle in the wind.

"You, stop it now."

Vermilion Bird also sensed Li Feng’s abnormality, shouting loudly.

"It’s too late."

"Are you insane, using the Taoist forbidden technique, are you mad?" Vermilion Bird had long collaborated with Ancestor Dragon City, even had visited, known to Ancestor Dragon City’s cultivators’ cultivation techniques by heart.

Living long, one naturally gains extensive knowledge.

Dao Mountain’s Qimen Skill, it’s a life-risking power, when Ancestor Dragon City’s cultivators were establishing their foothold, this technique was mandatory but later banned due to its self-destructive outcome once the Eight Gates were fully opened.

Once Ancestor Dragon City stabilized, it had enough resources and no longer needed life-risking techniques, forbidding cultivators from practicing this forbidden skill.

Nowadays, few in Ancestor Dragon City delve into this forbidden skill, lacking the bloodthirsty nature of past cultivators.

Who would’ve thought, to witness such a rare event.

"Even if I don’t use it, would these Demon Kings spare me?"

"The Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard obscures heaven’s mandate, enveloping all around, utterly inescapable. So today, if I don’t die, then they must."

"No choice."

"Still, you shouldn’t be so impulsive, isn’t there still Vermilion Bird to assist? Just like before, didn’t it work well, most of the opponents already deceased, just put in more effort, wear down and defeat them, why gamble with your life."

"Even if you must gamble with your life, don’t drag this Goddess along."

Vermilion Bird gritted teeth in complaint, knowing she was now tied to Li Feng, if Li Feng gambled with his life, she couldn’t escape.

Li Feng’s Dantian now akin to her previous egg, her dwelling place.

"Rest assured, who says opening the Eight Gates surely ends in death, it’s not my first time doing this." Li Feng licked his lips, revealing a trace of madness.

The reason Li Feng remained unfazed was that he had a troublesome ally in his body. Opening the Eight Gates overdrafts potential and life force, the runaway power swallowing at the expense of the self, but Vermilion Bird now exists unified within.

Hence, theoretically, Vermilion Bird’s energy could refuel the deficit, after all, Vermilion Bird had abundant energy.

Moreover, Vermilion Bird inside temporally seemed beneficial to him, yet as Vermilion Bird regained strength, Li Feng’s mortal body couldn’t bear Vermilion Bird’s power.

Furthermore, when Vermilion Bird resurrects through flames, Li Feng, being a human egg shell, was destined to become ash.

While Vermilion Bird and Ancestor Dragon City were allies, and she was indeed a lady, Li Feng kept a clear head.

He might chuckle last relying on Vermilion Bird’s attrition.

But that prolonged the battle indefinitely, considering the four Second Grade Realm Demon Kings were all formidable, if all four exerted full force, Li Feng wouldn’t find an opening to exploit, only left to direct confrontation, their odds were fifty-fifty.

The crucial point was, though attrition was possible here, the main camp, its situation unknown, having been drawn away from critical areas, though Chong Xuan held fort, usable allies around Li Feng were still too few.

Though there were Ying, Lei Ba, and others, their strength was merely at the Golden Core Middle Stage, or even Initial Stage, equivalent to Demon Clan’s Demon Generals, only the low rank.

Incapable of independently standing guard, additionally, those Demon Clan subordinates under Li Feng were far from loyal, once Li Feng left, with no leadership, the ten thousand demon clans he gathered might instantly disband, devoured by the Demon Kings sent by Three Marshals.

Chong Xuan alone, solo support might falter.

Therefore, time wasn’t on Li Feng’s side, he needed to swiftly conclude this battle, and then return to the main camp.