"Why do you speak so harshly? What does it mean to steal? We call it 'na', you know? "Seeing Hong Yaoyang looking like he's lost in life, Long Chen smiled lazily.
Long Chen had been in contact with Mo Nian, who had already absorbed the power of the Divine Sword and was preparing to move on to the Left Shed.
Long Chen finally felt something was wrong and told him to wait. The reason Long Chen had risked a direct assault on Hong Yaoyang earlier was to force his divine seat out.
After spending so much time with Leng Yueyan and Ming Cangyue, Long Chen knew that the Temple Throne was their greatest reliance, the strongest power ruling the entire Underworld.
If he didn't force the throne out and Mo Nian used his shedding skin, and if Hong Yaoyang got distracted and could deal with Mo Nian, no matter how many lives Mo Nian had, it wouldn't be enough. So Long Chen risked his life to force the throne out.
Now, seeing Hong Yaoyang's furious expression, Long Chen knew his prediction was correct.
The blood pool and the divine sword had lost contact with him, but the Shedding was different—it was essentially his past life. Although buried, the karmic ties hadn't been completely severed, so the chance of Mo Nian using the Shedding was very high and likely to be discovered.
But now, he feared nothing. The endless Netherworld Karma Fire frantically attacked the Nether God's main hall, and Long Chen, this troublemaker, was instead ignored by the Nether Karma Fire.
Because at this moment, Long Chen was hiding inside the Demon Moon Furnace, letting the Netherworld Karma Fire assault without resisting. The Netherworld Karma Fire was fully focused on Hong Yaoyang and ignored him.
At first, it was angered by Long Chen because Long Chen's Great Brahma Heaven Scripture commanded all fires to submit, and even it had to obey Long Chen's commands.
But in its eyes, Long Chen was too weak. Even with the blessing of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra, it was unwilling to submit to Long Chen. It came out to show a threat, urging Long Chen not to provoke him.
Now, Long Chen was hiding within the Netherworld Karma Fire, even helping it deal with Hong Yaoyang. Although this Netherworld Karma Fire possessed a bit of intelligence, it didn't consider Long Chen a friend, but its hostility toward him had greatly diminished, and it was instead attacking Hong Yaoyang with all its might.
"This Netherworld Karmic Fire is terrifying. It's a pity it's just a ragtag crowd that hasn't merged into one, so they can't give birth to a fire spirit. Otherwise, even the gods would be burned to death in an instant."
Watching the endless flame beasts surging madly toward the Nether God's hall within the Nether Karma Fire, Long Chen couldn't help but sigh inwardly—this was the most terrifying flame he had ever seen.
At this moment, Hong Yaoyang activated the power of the divine throne to resist the endless invading flames, unable to distract himself from his shedding form. This was exactly the result Long Chen wanted.
"Whoosh."
The Demon Moon Furnace slowly appeared on the Sea of Nether Karmic Fire. Long Chen quietly poked his head out from it, and at this moment, the flames around him had been completely dispersed.
When Long Chen stopped using the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra, he lost the will to make the Netherworld Karma Fire submit. In this way, the Netherworld Karma Fire no longer targeted him as much.
To show his sincerity, Long Chen even dissipated the flames around him. This way, he posed no threat to the Netherworld Karma Fire, and the Netherworld Karma Fire wouldn't bother with him anymore.
"Hong Yaoyang, keep it up, I'm rooting for you." Long Chen stood atop the Demon Moon Furnace, floating above the endless sea of fire, loudly encouraging Hong Yaoyang.
Hong Yaoyang was nearly furious. Now that the Nether God's main hall was surrounded by Nether Karmic Fire, his subordinates couldn't get close. Even someone like him, a god who feared him, would be instantly burned to death if they touched it.
Now, Hong Yaoyang was isolated and helpless, barely holding on. Even when his own shed skin was stolen, he could only endure it, and he was about to explode with anger.
Normally, a single divine sense descending into the shedding would have killed Mo Nian, but now he was fully focused on dealing with the Netherworld Karma Fire, not daring to be distracted, fearing that a single careless moment would cause the hall to be burned down. If the foundation of the throne was damaged, the divine throne would also be damaged.
If the divine throne is damaged, his divine power will decline, and tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation will be destroyed in an instant—something he cannot bear.
Now, watching Long Chen jump around recklessly in front of him, even though he could have killed Long Chen with one hand, he dared not move. He felt like he was about to be furious.
He was now operating his divine seat, constantly contending with the power of the Netherworld Karma Fire. Once its energy was depleted, it would return to hell, allowing it to kill Long Chen and Mo Nian.
Now, he, Long Chen, and Mo Nian were all racing against time, just waiting to see who could reach their goal first.
Hong Yaoyang felt a bit regretful. If he hadn't been too careless and angered the Netherworld Karma Fire, how could he have ended up in this situation?
"Mo Nian, you need to hurry. That bastard has already seen through our plan." Long Chen hurriedly sent a voice transmission to Mo Nian.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine soon." Mo Nian quickly responded.
Hearing Mo Nian's response, Long Chen felt much more at ease. He glanced around and sent a voice transmission to Ling'er:
"Ling'er, when you absorb the Nether Karma Fire, help me absorb some too. Don't take too much, just a little bit at a time."
Long Chen returned to the Demon Moon Furnace. Now that the fire dragon had devoured the Heavenly Fire Glaze and fallen into a deep sleep, Long Chen wanted to give it some Netherworld Karma Fire to save for it to devour later.
Long Chen believed that as the fire dragon continued to grow, one day it would be able to devour the Netherworld Karma Fire. Once it could devour it, it would master its power. When the fire dragon's entire body of flame transformed into Netherworld Karmic Fire, how terrifying would that be?
Ling'er responded, and countless runes lit up inside the Yaoyue Furnace. From one rune, a drop of dark red liquid slowly condensed.
"Impressive!"
Long Chen couldn't help but marvel. The Yaoyue Furnace had so easily drawn the Netherworld Karma Fire inside, and after Ling'er's filtering, the instinctive will of the Netherworld Karma Fire was greatly weakened.
The Yaoyue Furnace was truly a super treasure. Long Chen formed a hand seal, and a transparent flame shot out, enveloping the Netherworld Karma Fire.
"Sizzle"
The Netherworld Karma Fire actually ignited the Reverse Dao Water Spirit Flame, like a drop of red-hot molten iron dripping into the river, producing a sizzling sound.
"The fire dragon is asleep, and the fire power I can control has weakened considerably." Long Chen's heart tightened. With his flame power, it would likely take quite some time to subdue this drop of Netherworld Karma Fire.
"I'm going all out,"
Long Chen gritted his teeth and directly directed the drop of Netherworld Karma Fire into Mo Nian's star space.
"Boom!"
As soon as the Netherworld Karma Fire entered Mo Nian's star space, it instantly ignited it.
"Long Chen, what are you doing? Are you going to burn my Star Space? "Mo Nian sent a voice transmission over there.
"Whoosh."
The drop of Netherworld Karma Fire had just appeared, then vanished, being sent by the Heaven-Flipping Seal into Long Chen's chaotic space. In Mo Nian's Star Space, it only lingered for a blink.
But in just the blink of an eye, Mo Nian's star space—spanning hundreds of thousands of miles—was burned to nothingness. The black space twisted continuously, looking terrifying. This Netherworld Karma Fire was terrifying.
Over there, Mo Nian didn't know what had happened and was nearly scared to death. If the Star Space was burned down, he'd be finished.
Long Chen ignored Mo Nian and quietly waited for Dragonbone Evil Moon's reply. Soon, Dragonbone Evil Moon sent a message through the Heaven-flipping Seal: it has been suppressed.
"Beautiful, the Chaos Pearl has never let me down."
Long Chen slapped his thigh excitedly. The Chaos Pearl was incredibly powerful—it could even suppress the Netherworld Karma Fire.
"Ling'er, help me absorb more Netherworld Karma Fire, but it's best not to disturb it, or it might come after us." Long Chen transmitted his voice to Ling'er.
"Huff huff huff... Drops
of Netherworld Karma Fire were sucked into Mo Nian's starry space. Mo Nian screamed in terror, asking Long Chen what exactly he was doing. Mo Nian had no idea what was happening here.
Long Chen replied, telling him to focus on himself and quickly obtain the shed skin; nothing else was to worry about.
Long Chen used Mo Nian's star space as a transit station, continuously transporting Netherworld Karma Fire into the chaotic space.
As the transmission continued, Long Chen realized that as long as the speed was fast enough, the Netherworld Karma Fire would cause minimal damage to Mo Nian's star space.
And even if there was some damage, it didn't matter. Over time, the damaged space would gradually recover and wouldn't affect combat effectiveness.
"Brother Long Chen, I'm already healed. With the power of the Nether Karma Fire, all the flaws in my body have been refined. I'm now filled with strength." Ling'er said excitedly.
"Heh heh, alright, then do your best to help me absorb the Nether Karma Fire. This thing is very useful to me too."
"Alright."
Ling'er was now fully helping Long Chen absorb the Netherworld Karma Fire. Runes around her lit up, and from each rune, continuous Netherworld Karma Fire surged forth, finally converging to form a flame sphere about a foot in diameter.
"Good grief,"
Long Chen's heart pounded wildly. Such a massive Netherworld Karma Fire—if he couldn't control it well, it would explode in Mo Nian's star space, shattering a large chunk of it. At that point, Mo Nian would definitely come after him to fight desperately.
Long Chen dared not be careless. He unleashed his soul power to the extreme to increase the stability of the fireball, while simultaneously rapidly channeling the Netherworld Karma Fire into the chaotic space.
The fireball didn't hit the ground but teleported out directly. The void area in Mo Nian's star space expanded several times, but it did not damage his star space.
Seeing this, Long Chen felt relieved and began frantically moving the Netherworld Karma Fire into his home. Last time in Leng Yueyan's underworld, Long Chen hadn't had time to collect the Netherworld Karma Fire. Whenever he thought about it, he felt a wave of regret.
This time, he finally got the chance. Long Chen didn't want to miss it. Fortunately, the Netherworld Karma Fire outside was boundless, and Long Chen secretly absorbed it, which didn't alert the Netherworld Karma Fire and was still desperately attacking Hong Yaoyang.
After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Long Chen suddenly sensed something was wrong, because he felt the power of the Netherworld Karmic Fire slowly weakening.
"Mo Nian, are you better yet? If you don't get better, it will be too late." Long Chen's expression changed.
Previously, Hong Yaoyang said that the Netherworld Karmic Fire would retreat in two hours, but in reality, in less than an hour, the Netherworld Karma Fire was already showing signs of decline, much earlier. It was unclear whether Hong Yaoyang had done something wrong.
"Haha, just finished it. What should we do? Should we find a place to meet?" Mo Nian transmitted his voice.
"No need. I'll send the Demon Moon Furnace into the Star Space. You summon her out and enter the furnace. The Heaven-Flipping Seal will summon you into the Star Space."
After Long Chen finished speaking, he secretly wrapped his body in flames, escaping the protection of the Yaoyue Furnace and sending it into the Star Space.
"Sss!"
Caught in the Netherworld Karma Fire, Long Chen suddenly felt as if raw dough had fallen into a hot oil pan. He felt himself about to cook in an instant, and Long Chen estimated he wouldn't last three breaths before being completely burned to ashes.
"Whoosh."
Fortunately, Mo Nian was fast too. Long Chen summoned the Demon Moon Furnace again, and Long Chen immediately entered it.
"Damn, you're amazing! Did you make this sea of fire?"
After Mo Nian returned to the Star Space, he did not come out, but instead summoned along with the Demon Moon Furnace. Seeing the scene before him, he was stunned.