While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

Chapter 159 Buddha's Wrath Lotus

The fire waves from the water clock were blocked by the seawater, and the fire worms circled around from both sides, attempting to attack Tianyan from the side.

Tianyan didn't look at them.

"boom!

""

The ground exploded, and dozens of thick tree roots rose from the ground. They grew, intertwined, and formed an impenetrable shield on both sides of Tianyan!

The fireflies crashed into the black roots, making a series of loud bangs. Their magma shells barely melted a very limited surface area when they came into contact with the roots. The roots were incredibly hard, like ironwood that had been repeatedly tempered by some kind of energy. The fireflies' impacts left only shallow scorch marks on them.

Even the subsequent self-destruction did not break through the blockade of those tree roots!

The louhu's single eye stared intently at the spreading black trees, then at the blue-green seawater gushing from Tianyan's palm. Its body suddenly froze, as if frozen from the inside by something.

"This...this is..."

""

Its voice began to grow hoarse, as if something was stuck in its throat, each word seemingly squeezed out from between its teeth: "This is the water-controlling ability of the Tuogen?! And the plant of the Flower Guardian?!"

""

It suddenly raised its head, its single eye wide open, orange-red light pulsating violently in its pupil, as if something inside it had been ignited and could never be extinguished.

Why would a human use their abilities?!

Its voice rose a notch, a mixture of savagery, rage, and barely concealed terror swirling within it: "Why are their abilities in your hands?! What have you done?!"

The clepsydra knew, of course, that Tuogen and Hana were dead; it knew they had died in battle against the sorcerer.

But what it didn't expect was that this human sorcerer would seize their power and claim their abilities as his own, as if he were collecting some kind of trophy!

What did you do to them?

'

The water clock made a sound that was almost a roar, with magma gushing out from its top and the surrounding air twisting and deforming in the high temperature.

Tianyan stood behind the shield wall, the blue-green light slowly dissipating in his palm. He raised his head, looked at the water clock, and the smile on his lips remained unchanged.

Who knows?

He took a step forward, and the black tree roots parted automatically in front of him, making way for him: "I don't have the bad habit of explaining things to cursed spirits."

A flash of blood-red light appeared in the water clock's single eye, and a plausible explanation came to mind: "Is that so? It seems you actually... devoured them..."

The sound of the water clock became unusually calm at that moment. It was not a calm of relief, but something more dangerous, like the deathly silence of a volcano before it completely erupts.

Its body leaned slightly forward, its hands clasped together, and magma gushed out from the cracks in the ground, as if urged by some force.

"I will use the hottest fire in the world to burn you to ashes!"

'

In that instant, the entire space began to tremble, the ground shook violently, and the rainwater above it was completely evaporated, forming a dry area centered on it.

The scorching magical power surged from its body, spreading outwards in all directions from its body as the core!

"Domain Expansion!"

Its voice was deep and hoarse, filled with magma-like anger and hatred. The entire space responded to its voice; the air vibrated, the ground churned, and the rain-soaked ruins began to bend, melt, and collapse under the intense heat.

"The coffin is sealed within the iron-encircled mountain!"

'

The world has changed.

The commercial street in front of Tianyan disappeared, the ruins and rubble disappeared, and the charred signs and the road surface that had been blown beyond recognition all disappeared.

Instead, there was a boundless ocean of lava, with dark red liquid churning, bubbling, and boiling beneath your feet, radiating temperatures high enough to melt steel.

All around were massive, dark brown rock walls, like chambers inside a volcano, their surfaces covered with cracks from which flowed orange-red light, like blood flowing through veins.

Above him was also a rock wall. Tianyan was as if he were sealed inside a volcano. There was no sky, no clouds, only a dome covered with scorching patterns pressing down on Tianyan.

Tianyan stood on a small rock in the center of the lava ocean. It was just big enough for him to stand on. The ground beneath his feet was scorching hot, and a wave of heat was spreading upwards from the soles of his feet, as if something was trying to burrow into his body from the ground and wreak havoc.

"This must be fire poison," Tianyan thought to himself.

Tianyan had already activated the Sumeru Cage immediately. The green cage wall around Tianyan shimmered with a faint green light, which negated the guaranteed hit effect of the domain and blocked the attacks that tried to directly reach him through the "guaranteed hit" effect.

A smug gleam shone in the clepsydra's single eye: "I still have to praise you. Ordinary sorcerers would have died the moment they entered."

""

"However, while your barrier can block my guaranteed hit effect, can you withstand temperatures of several thousand degrees?"

The high temperature in the Iron Enclosure Mountain area is physical; it continuously surges in from all directions, like being in a gradually heating furnace. No matter how sturdy the cage is, the things inside will be cooked.

Tianyan's outer garment began to char, its edges curling up, emitting a faint burnt smell. His skin felt a burning sensation, as if someone had laid a heated iron plate on his skin and was continuously heating it with a flamethrower, the temperature still rising.

"If it weren't for the Haisenyan protecting my internal organs, even after absorbing flames to strengthen my body several times, I would probably have been burned badly..."

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Tianyan took a deep breath, the scalding air filling his lungs like drinking molten iron. The burning pain spread down his trachea. He closed his eyes, then opened them again.

Two bony arms slowly formed behind him, crossing and clasping each other above Tianyan's head in the same posture as when Tianyan maintained the Sumeru Cage!

Tianyan released his hand, but the Sumeru Entanglement around him did not dissipate. He smiled, his attempt had indeed succeeded!

However, looking at the trembling bone arm, which had begun to crack, he knew it wouldn't last much longer.

But that's enough!

Seeing this, Louhu waved his hand, and a giant stone spike suddenly appeared on the surrounding mountain wall, attacking Tianyan. Unfortunately, the sure-hit effect was gone, and Tianyan dodged the attack with just a jump.

The stone spikes pierced the magma, stirring up a rain of fire. Tianyan stood on a solidified magma rock, his body rising and falling with the waves transmitted from the magma.

He looked at the water clock: "Whether it is the Simple Domain or the Sumeru Cage, they are just defensive measures, passive approaches. The only thing that can fight against a domain is the domain itself!"

The water clock paused, understanding the meaning behind Tianyan's words: "You're not going to tell me you're also planning to unleash your domain, are you?"

Tianyan gave a somewhat strange look: "Although I'm not entirely sure, but..."

""

"Yes, I'm also preparing to expand my territory."

""

A question mark popped up on the water clock head: "What did you say, kid?"

"You're not even sure about something like this?! Don't be ridiculous!"

"Look, you're in a hurry again."

Tianyan's hands hung at his sides, palms facing up. Deep blue flames surged from his left palm, flowing through the air like seawater, carrying a calm yet majestic blue halo like the deep sea. Rose-red flames surged from his right palm, swirling, bright, and scorching, emitting a sweet, heart-pounding aura.

It was the two flames he mastered: beast fire and sea forest fire.

He took a deep breath and concentrated his soul power. The two flames seemed to be drawn together by an invisible hand, slowly converging towards the center of his palm.

The water clock's single eye narrowed slightly: "What are you going to do?"

'

"Buzz!"

'

The sound was like a string being plucked deep within Tianyan's soul, buzzing and echoing within his skull.

The two flames collided in his palm, violently repelling and colliding like two opposing magnetic poles, each inch of contact emitting dazzling sparks.

Sweat beaded on Tianyan's forehead. His soul power was being consumed at an alarming rate, like a dam bursting, water gushing outwards madly. His face turned pale, but his gaze remained unwavering, fixed on the two merging flames in his palm.

"Not enough..."

'

His consciousness sank into his body, pushing his soul power into his palm at an even faster speed. That soul power poured into the violently surging flame like fuel.

Driven by the power of the soul, the two flames began to transform, moving from two irregular, mutually repelling energies toward a more stable structure.

Deep blue flames spread across the outermost layer, forming slender, flowing petals like seawater. Rose-red flames swirl inside, forming even more compact petals, which slowly rotate within the deep blue petals.

A lotus platform appeared in Tianyan's palm, about the size of a human head. Its entire body was formed by flowing energy, spell power, and soul intertwined. Deep blue and pink intertwined, and the blue and pink radiance flowed slowly on this lotus, like a work of art carefully polished by a skilled craftsman.

Tianyan held the fire lotus high, and the light from the fire lotus illuminated the entire lava ocean in a strange blue-pink hue. The surging magma seemed to flow in another world as the two colors intertwined.

"The domain unfolds, Buddha's wrathful lotus."

The water clock looked at the fire lotus that had been lifted up, a mocking glint flashing in its single eye. It stood in the center of the lava ocean, the surrounding heat waves forming distorted ripples in the air around it. Its voice pierced through the high temperature, carrying a disdainful sneer.

"Is this how you expand your field?"

Its voice carried an barely suppressed contempt, as if it were seeing an enemy wielding a toy sword on a real battlefield: "So tiny, it doesn't even have a hint of imposing presence! Is this what you call a domain?"

Tianyan's face grew even paler, but his hands, still holding the Fire Lotus, remained steady without trembling: "You're right."

Tianyan's voice was calm, carrying a sincere agreement: "It is indeed very small."

""

"But you might as well try catching it."

He pushed it forward and threw it out. The moment the fire lotus left his palm, its speed suddenly increased, like a comet shot from a powerful bow, trailing a long blue-pink tail of flame, as it streaked across the sky above the scorching lava sea and headed straight for the water clock.

The lotus flower left a dazzling trail of light in the air. Time seemed to stretch out at that moment. The water clock saw the lotus flower flying towards it, but its body seemed to be nailed to the spot by something.

Its consciousness became incredibly clear in that instant, and it could clearly see every detail of the lotus flower, the texture of each petal, and the flickering of each flame.

The louhu's single eye stared intently at the fire lotus. After losing the suppression of the Tianyan soul power, the louhu could finally sense the energy contained in the flower. It was enormous, violent, and unstable, like a bomb that had been compressed to the extreme and carefully wrapped, ready to explode at any moment!

So that's how it is. They gave up guaranteed hits and critical hits in exchange for increased power?

But! Does a mere explosion really deserve to be compared to a volcanic eruption?!

The water clock roared, "Don't underestimate me! I'll just extinguish this thing!"

Its hands, palms trembling, moved toward the center. At the same time, two giant hands made entirely of scorching magma appeared and came together toward the fire lotus, as if to press the fire lotus directly between its palms!

Then, the fire lotus crashed into the lava palm.

"boom!!!"

The sound wasn't like an explosion; it was more like someone had detonated a star deep within the volcano's chamber. The shockwave spread in all directions from the point of contact, instantly blasting, tearing apart, and shattering the ocean of lava. The dark red liquid was swept up by the shockwave, turning into countless tiny magma particles that drew countless dazzling arcs in the air.

The rock walls were crumbling. The dark brown rock walls, covered with cracks, shattered from the inside under the impact of the explosion, breaking off piece by piece from the dome, crashing down, and falling into the churning lava, splashing up countless dark red waves.

The entire Iron Enclosure Mountain area trembled, twisted, and deformed violently under the impact of the explosion. First, countless fine white marks appeared, and then, like a mirror hammered from the inside by a tremendous force, it began to shatter and collapse layer by layer from the middle, breaking into countless gray-white fragments that scattered and flew in all directions in the aftershocks of the explosion.

The field of water clocks has collapsed!

The water clock was blown away by the blast wave, crashing through the rubble of a building behind it. Debris and bricks scattered in all directions as it was embedded in the ruins, like a nail hammered into a wall.

Countless cracks appeared on its volcanic head. The cracks no longer flowed with orange-red light as before, but instead seeped out dark purple blood, which dripped down the charred skin in the rain and dripped into the pile of rubble, making a faint hissing sound.

It also spat out purplish-black blood, which was diluted in the rainwater into a dark red puddle.

A sphere formed from seawater also flew out from the center of the explosion and crashed into a two-story building.

The seawater collapsed layer by layer, repeating this process more than ten times before revealing the Heavenly Flame within. His outermost wooden armor shattered into dust, the next layer of cursed armor also crumbled into pieces, and the bone armor below was mostly broken. Only the bottommost cursed gauze robe remained intact.

Tianyan lay back on the sofa, his face even paler, feeling numb all over.

However, he still forced himself to stand up and stuffed a few Qi-restoring pills into his mouth, because in his perception, Louhu was still alive.