Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

"Block it!" Chi Huo roared, and the flames around him instantly condensed into a huge fire shield engraved with an ancient phoenix totem.

He quickly put away the ice jade gourd, held up the giant shield with both hands, and faced the first three of the nine fiery suns to arrive.

"Shadowfang, Ancient Shadow, get out of the way of the others!"

Xu Yang and Yingya didn't need any reminders at all.

The moment the Fire Sun locked onto him, Shadow Fang's figure shattered and vanished like a reflection in water. His true form had already merged into the omnipresent shadows, navigating the turbulent energy currents and fiery auras, narrowly avoiding the three Fire Suns that were locking onto him.

The boundless source endowed him with near-absolute abilities of "change" and "evasion".

As Xu Yang faced the three terrifying fiery suns that had locked onto him and were about to crash down, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

Destruction - Wall of the Silent Abyss.

He suddenly spread his arms wide, and the pitch-black destructive power, like a boiling sea of ​​ink, instantly formed a massive, bottomless black barrier in front of him. Ripples of annihilation flowed along the edge of the barrier, as if it could devour all light and energy that approached.

boom! boom! boom!
The three flaming suns of destruction crashed violently against the dark, silent abyss.

The terrifying power of burning and the pitch-black power of annihilation intertwined and annihilated each other wildly. The light of the Fire Sun seemed to be swallowed by the gaping maw of the abyss, and the exploding fragments of flame crashed against the barrier, making a hissing sound, and were quickly dissolved as if they were thrown into sulfuric acid.

Xu Yang's divine body trembled violently, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he was under immense pressure. However, the impact of the three fiery suns was actually forcefully resisted and had most of its power absorbed by this barrier of destruction. Although the barrier fluctuated violently and was on the verge of collapse, it was not completely destroyed.

On the other side, Crimson Flame's Phoenix Flame Giant Shield clashed head-on with the Three Wheels of Fire Sun.

Boom——! ! !
Like three stars exploding simultaneously, a violent shockwave of fire swept out instantly.

With a muffled groan, Chi Huo's massive fiery shield shattered, and he was sent flying backward as if struck by a giant hammer. The light on his crimson armor dimmed, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Although he managed to block it, he paid a considerable price!
"You've got some skill. Especially you, the Law of Destruction for New Faces!" A hint of surprise flashed in Marquis Yanqiong's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by deeper rage. "But, this ends here!"

He suddenly clasped his hands together!
"Burning Heaven Purgatory, rise!"

boom--! ! !
Centered on him, a massive crimson-gold flame domain, spanning billions of miles in diameter and covering the entire core battlefield of the Ember Flow Vortex, instantly unfolded. Within the domain, endless crimson-gold flames materialized out of thin air, condensing into countless divine flame weapons—swords, spears, halberds…fire behemoths, fire dragons, fire phoenixes, fire unicorns…and chains of flame runes…

A terrifying power of burning, suppressing, and refining descended.

This is not merely a simple domain; it also incorporates Yan Qionghou's supreme understanding of fire, combined with the advantageous location of the Molten Core, resulting in a surge in power.

Within it, Crimson Fire felt his very essence being forcibly suppressed and drawn in, as if he were being assimilated by the domain. Shadow Fang's movements through the shadows became extremely difficult, the omnipresent radiance of the flames significantly weakening his concealment. Xu Yang, in particular, felt his destructive power subtly restrained by this supremely yang and intense flame domain, his very operation slowing down.

"Flame Dragon Guards! Appear!" Marquis Yanqiong's cold voice rang out again.

Nine equally powerful figures appeared out of thin air beside him.

Clad in crimson-gold scale armor and wielding massive flaming spears, each exuded the aura of the Chaos Realm! Although their individual strength was far inferior to that of the Chaos Ruler, the nine of them linked their auras together, forming a profound fire-based battle formation, like nine ferocious fire dragons roaring and merging into the Burning Heaven Purgatory Domain!

The nine-person battle formation instantly locked onto Chi Huo. The nine giant flaming spears, carrying the power to pierce through the Milky Way, were like nine crimson-gold rays of destruction, breaking through layers of fire waves and stabbing straight at Chi Huo's vital points.

"Damn it!" Chi Huo's face turned pale. He hastily summoned several defensive treasures and frantically activated the world's primordial flames to defend himself.

Shadowfang attempted to rescue him, but several runic chains condensed from the pure laws of fire sprang forth from all parts of the domain like venomous snakes, coiling around him and restricting his movements.

At the same time, several fiery behemoths roared and pounced on Xu Yang.

"Think of something quickly! The domain suppression is too strong, and the battle formation of those nine little insects is also troublesome!" Chi Huo roared while desperately defending against the attacks of the Flame Dragon Guards.

This kind of guard, who possesses the strength of the Chaos Realm through special means, could be killed with a single slap if he were to encounter him alone. However, now that the nine battle formations have combined, and with the addition of Yan Qiong Hou's domain, they have become a big problem!

Shadowfang's figure flickered like a ghost amidst the entanglement of fiery chains and the onslaught of fiery beasts. The "transformation" granted by the Boundless Origin allowed him to narrowly evade fatal attacks time and again, but he was also firmly restrained, unable to support Crimson Flame. The shadows around him were constantly compressed and dispersed under the blazing flames, greatly reducing their concealment effect.

Xu Yang was also under considerable pressure. Several colossal beasts formed from golden flames roared and charged forward, each radiating an aura no weaker than that of an ordinary Chaos Realm cultivator. His eyes were icy cold, and the power of destruction roared within him. With a swing of his fists, jet-black destructive fist imprints shot out like meteors!
boom! boom! boom……

Wherever the fist imprint passed, the fiery behemoth let out a painful wail, its massive body being forcefully blasted apart, turning into a sky full of flames. But even more fiery divine weapons and runic chains swarmed in, seemingly endless.

Under the suppression of the domain, his destructive power sluggishly circulated, and the consumption of energy increased exponentially with each attack.

"This can't go on!" Xu Yang's mind raced. His gaze swept over the besieged Crimson Flame and the restrained Shadow Fang, and then looked at the Flame Sky Marquis in the center of the domain, who controlled everything like a flame king.

We must break the deadlock!

The key to breaking the deadlock lies in creating an opportunity to temporarily escape the domain's suppression and safely open a teleportation channel.

"Brother Chi Huo! Brother Ying Ya!" Xu Yang's thoughts exploded like thunder in their minds, "Buy me three breaths! At any cost."

Chi Huo and Ying Ya instantly understood Xu Yang's intention.

This is an attempt to forcibly activate teleportation!
Opening a stable passage in Yan Qionghou's Burning Heaven Purgatory is incredibly difficult, requiring a short period of time with absolutely no interference.

"Leave it to me!" A resolute and fierce light flashed in Chi Huo's eyes, and he let out a deafening roar.

"Crimson Flame True Form! Activate—!!!"

Rumble——! ! !
Chi Huo's already imposing body expanded wildly as if inflated, and his divine body instantly surpassed the scale of stars, transforming into a towering fire giant that was hundreds of millions of miles tall!
His skin was like flowing lava, his muscles were like burning mountains, and every hair was transformed into a raging flame. The violent world origin surged within him, forming a visible torrent of crimson-gold energy that surrounded his body. This was his ultimate body-refining technique—the Crimson Flame True Body!
With an infinite divine body bearing immense divine power, it confronts everything head-on!
"Marquis Yanqiong, taste your Grandpa Chihuo's fist!" The fire giant transformed from Chihuo roared like thunder, activating a forbidden technique. He no longer paid attention to the nine annoying "little fire dragons." His huge fire fist, like a falling star, carried a terrifying power that could incinerate everything. Ignoring spatial distance, it ruthlessly smashed towards the Marquis Yanqiong's main body at the center of the domain.

This punch embodied all his strength and will; wherever his fist passed, the flames of the Burning Heaven Purgatory were forcibly pushed aside and torn apart. "Hmph! Like an ant trying to shake a tree!" Marquis Yanqiong sneered, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes, but he dared not completely ignore the attack from the Infinite Divine Body, which had gathered all the power of the Crimson Fire.

He made a grasping motion with his right hand, and a giant sword formed instantly from pure golden flames and engraved with the Nine Suns totem. With a sharpness capable of cleaving through galaxies, it met the earth-shattering giant fist head-on.

boom--! ! ! !

Fists and swords clashed!

Like the collision of two universes, an indescribable shockwave instantly swept across the entire Burning Heaven Purgatory! The domain trembled violently, and countless fire-based divine weapons, behemoths, and chains were pulverized. Even the nine Flame Dragon Guards who were besieging Crimson Fire were blown away like leaves in a storm, and their battle formation instantly collapsed.

Crimson Flame's massive divine body shuddered violently, a deep, charred sword wound appearing on his fist, spewing out molten blood, and his aura instantly weakened. However, he managed to withstand the hasty yet still terrifying sword strike from Marquis Flame Sky solely through the terrifying defense and power of his Crimson Flame True Body.

This bought Xu Yang a precious first breath.

Just as Crimson Flame clashed head-on with Flame Sky Marquis, Shadow Fang also moved.

"Boundless Thousand Shadow Kill!"

Shadow Fang's icy voice seemed to emanate from an ancient abyss. His blurry figure suddenly exploded, transforming into billions of black threads as thin as hair, purely composed of shadow and the essence of annihilation! These threads ignored the domain's flame suppression, as if they possessed life, instantly piercing through space and appearing in every corner of the battlefield.

They weren't attacking Yanqiong Hou—that would be tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock. Their targets were the scattered Yanlong Guards, the fiery divine beasts that were re-forming, the fiery chains that were trying to bind them again, and the ever-surging torrent of flames surrounding Yanqiong Hou.

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!*
The countless shadow threads, like the most greedy parasites, frantically entangle, infiltrate, erode, and annihilate!
Wherever they passed, the divine power of the Flame Dragon Guards was frantically drained, and their divine bodies were rapidly corroded. The condensation process of the Flame Divine Weapon Beast was forcibly interrupted, its structure destroyed, and the Flame Chains broke inch by inch, turning into ashes... Even the surging torrent of flames around the Flame Sky Marquis was interfered with and slowed down by these all-pervasive shadow threads.

The entire Burning Heaven Purgatory Domain seemed to have been infested with billions of invisible termites, instantly turning its internal structure into a riddled mess, and causing obvious stagnation and chaos in its operation.

Yan Qionghou attempted to mobilize the power of his domain to suppress the strange shadow invasion, but felt as if he were sinking into a quagmire, his power being weakened and dispersed layer by layer.

Shadow Fang used his boundless origin to evolve billions of shadow threads, not seeking to kill the enemy, but only to interfere with, delay, and paralyze the operation of the entire Burning Heaven Purgatory Domain to the greatest extent possible in the shortest time and in the most bizarre way.

To buy Xu Yang that crucial second breath.

His own aura became extremely weak due to this extreme dispersion and consumption, as if it would dissipate at any moment.

"Now!" Xu Yang's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Chi Huo used his Infinite Divine Body to fight against Yan Qiong Hou, while Ying Ya used his Boundless Origin to paralyze the domain and interfere. Both of them did their best to create this fleeting three-breath opportunity for him!

Without further hesitation, he rapidly formed hand seals in front of his chest.

A dark and profound divine power of destruction surged forth, transforming into countless complex and mysterious black runes that fluctuated with spatial energy! These runes intertwined and spun before him like living things, rapidly constructing the prototype of a constantly rotating and collapsing black vortex—a destructive spatial passage leading to the outside world.

"Trying to run?! Wishful thinking!" Although Yan Qionghou's breathing was slightly sluggish from Chi Huo's punch and also slightly sluggish from Ying Ya's shadow, which disturbed his mind, his perception, which was comparable to that of a god-king, was extremely sharp. He instantly saw through Xu Yang's intentions, and his anger burned even brighter.

"Burning the Sky and Locking the Void!" He suddenly grabbed at Xu Yang's direction with his left hand.

boom!
The remaining power of the Burning Heaven Purgatory Domain, along with his own vast divine power, instantly condensed into nine incredibly thick chains of flame, burning with crimson-gold Dao patterns.

These nine divine chains seemed to be forged from the very origin, ignoring the interference of the Shadow Fang Shadow Threads. With terrifying power to seal space and time and refine all things, they were like nine roaring fiery dragons that instantly crossed space and fiercely wrapped around and pierced Xu Yang, who was constructing the passage.

Its speed far exceeded that of any previous attack.

Redfire and Shadow Fang's eyes were bloodshot with rage; the time they had fought so hard for was about to be cut short by this fatal blow.

At the critical moment, Xu Yang suddenly parted his hands, which were forming a hand seal, to the sides, and let out a roar as powerful as if the heavens and earth were being created: "Open—!!!"

Om-! ! !
The spinning, pitch-black vortex suddenly stabilized and expanded.

A deep, dark passage, radiating destruction and spatial fluctuations, instantly took shape. Its entrance was as black as ink, as if it connected to the end of the universe!
At the same time, Xu Yang didn't even glance at the nine fiery chains that were attacking him. His figure retreated like a ghost, instantly disappearing into the newly formed destruction passage.

His movements were incredibly fast, as if he had rehearsed them a million times.

"Redfire, Shadowfang! Go!" Xu Yang's shout came from inside the passage.

Without hesitation, the fire giant formed from the crimson flames shrank instantly, transforming into a streak of crimson light that followed Xu Yang into the passage!

The countless shadow threads of Shadowfang, like rivers flowing into the sea, instantly converged and condensed, transforming into a blurry shadow. With incredible speed, just before the nine chains of fire merged, it narrowly escaped into the passage.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…

Nine Burning Sky and Locking the Sky...

Nine Heaven-Burning Locking Chains lashed fiercely at the entrance of the passage, unleashing devastating power. Space was shattered completely, forming a massive black hole flowing with lava!
However, after enduring this terrifying blow, the passage of destruction, though violently shaken and its edges crumbling, did not completely collapse. Like a tenacious black python, it stubbornly twisted in the raging energy turbulence, then suddenly contracted inward, collapsed, and vanished completely into this shattered void.

All that remained was Yan Qionghou's furious, distorted face, and the dilapidated, flickering flames of the Burning Heaven Purgatory Domain behind him.

The nine fiery chains lashed out in the void in frustration, leaving only cracks in the space.

"Ah—!!! Mother River of Life!!! Ancient Nether!!! Crimson Fire!!! Shadow Fang!!! I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth! I will imprison your souls in purgatory forever!!!"

A roar filled with endless rage echoed throughout the entire Phoenix Spring Chaos Continent, lingering for a long time.

Three Chaos Sovereigns, right under his nose as a first-rank royal marquis, killed his retainer, seized his treasures, and successfully escaped. This was an utter disgrace to him! (End of Chapter)