Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

"Oh no! My Qi and blood are insufficient! I can no longer maintain my Devouring Heaven Demon Art!"

Honglian groaned and murmured, her expression even more pained than before.

"hateful!"

Honglian forced herself to stay alert and muttered to herself.

"Blood! I need essence blood! Without essence blood, my Devouring Heaven Demon Art will be completely lost! Then I'll be no different from a cripple!"

Honglian suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Ping'an in the corner not far away.

His eyes shone with a captivating golden light.

"Blood! I need your essence blood!"

Hearing her words, Li Ping'an's heart sank to the bottom.

Seriously? Is this guy trying to suck my blood?

"I'm old, my blood smells bad! I can't suck it!"

Seeing the way Honglian looked at him as if he were a delicious, fat piece of food, Li Ping'an quickly said something.

Honglian was now slowly crawling towards Li Ping'an.

"It's alright, I only need your essence blood, whether it smells bad or not doesn't matter! With your essence blood, my Devouring Heaven Demon Art can be maintained!"

Li Ping'an was so frightened that he lost his composure, and then said,

"Didn't you promise your sister you wouldn't hurt me!"

"Yes, I won't hurt you! I'll just drink your blood! Don't worry, I won't kill you! I'll just drink half, okay?"

Suck half of it!

Li Ping'an couldn't help but curse inwardly, "How can someone survive after absorbing half of their energy?!"

In a moment of desperation, he hardened his heart and thought, "Since you want my life now, then I will no longer hold back."

In the blink of an eye, he had already grasped the black hammer in the storage bag, ready to pull it out.

However, the red lotus pounced directly at Li Ping'an at an extremely fast speed.

Caught off guard, Li Ping'an was tackled to the ground by Hong Lian.

Finally, he was pinned down by Honglian.

Looking at Honglian's somewhat tragic and eerie face, Li Ping'an felt a chill run down his spine.

"Don't do that!"

Li Ping'an was completely unable to move at this moment, and could only plead desperately.

Honglian smiled slightly and said,

"Don't worry, I won't let you die."

As she spoke, she opened her mouth wide, revealing a pair of sharp fangs.

It lunged straight for Li Ping'an's neck.

Li Ping'an felt a sharp pain in his neck.

Then, his life essence was rapidly absorbed by the red lotus, like a whirlpool.

It felt as if all my strength had been drained away.

Oh no, am I about to kick the bucket?

Li Ping'an felt despair.

In the end, he was firmly controlled by Honglian and could not move at all.

He could only watch helplessly as Honglian drained his life force.

Just when Li Ping'an was in utter despair.

At this moment, the Heaven-Forging Hammer, which had been dormant in his dantian for a long time, suddenly started to move.

The Sky Hammer seemed to have sensed something.

He was extremely excited, his energy surging within his dantian.

"What? The Sky-Forging Hammer?"

Li Ping'an felt the Heaven-Forging Hammer pulsating and was overjoyed.

Could the Sky Hammer help me again?

Okay! Let's try one last time!

Li Ping'an steeled his resolve and exerted his last bit of strength.

He summoned the Heaven-Forging Hammer from his dantian.

A hammer slammed down on Honglian.

In an instant, a burst of magnificent golden light emanated from the Forging Hammer.

It contains the supreme power of the Great Dao.

Then, Honglian released her mouth from sucking Li Ping'an and let out a scream.

Then, the Heaven-Forging Hammer began frantically absorbing the aura emanating from the Crimson Lotus.

That's right, the Sky Hammer is absorbing the fiery red aura emanating from the Crimson Lotus.

It was continuously absorbed into the Sky Hammer.

"What! What is this thing?!"

Honglian's tone was now extremely agitated.

Because he could feel his strength being drained away rapidly.

"You old geezer! What is that?! Get it off me!"

Hearing Honglian's rebuke, Li Ping'an dared not remove it.

He could sense that the Sky-Forging Hammer was his only hope of stopping the Crimson Lotus.

Instead of pulling them apart, they pressed them firmly against Honglian's body.

The Heaven-Forging Hammer was also incredibly powerful, growing stronger with each absorption, showing no signs of weakening.

In no time at all, amidst Honglian's screams of agony...

It forcefully absorbed all the scorching aura from Honglian's body.

In an instant, a strong shockwave erupted from the body of the Heaven-Forging Hammer.

Both Honglian and Li Ping'an were sent flying.

Li Ping'an slammed into the wall and fell head over heels.

He could feel some of the essence and blood that had just been absorbed by the Red Lotus.

It was as if everything had been absorbed back by the Sky Hammer.

Moreover, the Heaven-Forging Hammer he was holding was as hot as a furnace.

Even the palms of my hands were scalded with blisters.

Li Ping'an was preparing to let go and discard the Heaven-Forging Hammer.

Suddenly, he felt as if the Heaven-Forging Hammer was a magnet, firmly adhering to his palm.

Then, an extremely powerful, scorching force appeared.

Following his palm, it flowed continuously into his body.

"It's so hot!"

Li Pingan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The power emanating from this Heavenly Hammer was incredibly hot.

An intensely hot force surged into his body.

It rushed into his dantian and flowed through his limbs and bones.

This was all due to the scorching power emanating from the red lotus.

Li Ping'an was taken aback.

When Honglian first met her, she was radiating an extremely terrifying, scorching power.

Then I thought of her name, Honglian (Red Lotus).

Could she be a cultivator with an exceptional fire elemental root?

Did he then cultivate some kind of demonic art, which is why he possesses such strong fire power?

At the same time, inside Li Ping'an's dantian.

The fire spirit root, which was originally dull in luster.

At this moment, under the impact of this powerful flame force...

It began to grow strong and bigger.

It became incredibly thick and strong, far surpassing the other four spiritual roots.

Finally, the fire elemental root suddenly surged.

They forcibly expanded Li Ping'an's dantian.

Its appearance has also changed drastically.

The original spiritual root has now turned completely crimson, with a faint glow emanating from it.

This is what a top-grade fire spirit root looks like!

Li Ping'an was deeply shocked when he saw this scene.

Unexpectedly, after absorbing the flame power from the Red Lotus...

He actually transformed his fire spirit root from a mixed spirit root into a top-grade fire spirit root!

In other words, he now possesses not only a top-grade fire spirit root, but also four other spirit roots.

This is absolutely incredible!

Li Ping'an was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Before he could react...

Waves of scorching heat surged into the hammerhead once again, and had not yet subsided.

Just how much scorching power does this red lotus possess?

Li Ping'an felt excruciating burning pain all over his body and cried out in agony.

Now his fire spirit root has become a top-grade fire spirit root.

The scorching power is no longer needed.

What use is all this scorching power?

wrong!

Upon thinking of this, Li Ping'an's eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes! Such a tremendous amount of scorching power is an incredible opportunity!

He suddenly remembered the Fire Phoenix Submerging in the Forest spell that he had been unable to master no matter how hard he tried.

Now is the perfect time to thrive!

Upon thinking of this, Li Ping'an quickly gritted his teeth and sat up.

Despite the burning pain all over his body, he began to meditate and circulate his qi.

They began cultivating the Fire Phoenix Returning to the Forest.

"The phoenix returns to the forest!"