As a Dou Zong, Mo Tang naturally wouldn't suffer as much as Xiao Yan in the original story from the Fallen Heart Flame.
Besides, the battle with Su Qian and the others had indeed consumed too much of the flame's energy. When the giant flame python, entirely composed of magma, burst forth from the magma wave, Mo Tang could even see the insane, invisible flames within, carrying a strange, soul-piercing shriek, instantly lunging towards him… "Heh…"
Letting out a small sneer, Mo Tang thrust out a palm, already setting up a powerful palm force in front of him, constructing an impenetrable barrier. Meanwhile, the giant flame python wasn't going to give up so easily. Realizing its actions were thwarted, it transformed into an invisible ball of flame and continued to envelop Mo Tang. "Are you courting death...?" Mo Tang thought to himself with amusement. Although the Fallen Heart Flame was incredibly powerful and could directly attack the soul... as a Dou Zong, Mo Tang could still withstand it for a moment using his powerful wind and thunder abilities. And the instant the two made contact, Mo Tang could directly convert it... so... "Special energy body detected. Absorb?" "Yes/No." "Yes!" "Absorb special energy body, convert to gain 100,000 high-level energy points and 5 points of Origin Qi. •]••´º´•» ❻❾𝕊ĤùЖ.cⓞ𝐦 «•´º´••[•" In the Strange Flame Ranking, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame ranked eleventh, the Fallen Heart Flame fourteenth, and the Sea Heart Flame fifteenth... These three provide the same amount of energy and Origin Qi. The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was ranked nineteenth, so after conversion, it only provided 50,000 units of advanced energy and a single point of Origin Qi. Based on this, Mo Tang could tentatively guess that the energy and Origin Qi provided by these strange flames changed every five ranks. "But the Strange Flame Ranking seems to be ranked twenty-third. What about the next three? Could they possibly not provide any Origin Qi?" Mo Tang thought this was highly unlikely. After all, the formation of strange flames was very likely due to Origin Qi, so each kind of strange flame should have at least a single point of Origin Qi. Perhaps in the end, it would just be a difference in energy... Mo Tang could only guess at this point. Looking at his system panel, after gaining another 100,000 units of advanced energy and five points of Origin Qi, Mo Tang's advanced energy had reached over 350,000, and he had twelve points of Origin Qi. Mo Tang thought for a moment, deciding to directly raise his cultivation to a five-star Dou Zong... Suddenly advancing to Dou Zun seemed a bit too shocking, especially since it was only a fourteenth-ranked strange flame, which didn't have that much energy. The upgrade from a one-star Dou Zong to a five-star Dou Zong directly consumed 125,000 high-level energy points for Mo Tang… In an instant, an extremely ferocious aura erupted from Mo Tang's body, directly forcing a depression more than ten meters in size into the magma below. However, this aura was fleeting… Because the upgrade was so significant, Mo Tang forgot to control his Dou Qi, hence the obvious fluctuation. After all, with system upgrades, each upgrade is already stable at the current level, so there won't be a problem of aura loss of control for too long. After sensing the changes in his body, Mo Tang also accidentally discovered that his attribute panel had undergone another small change… Because under the Bloodline category, another talent item had appeared… and under his talent item, an ability had appeared: Spatial Power! Looking at the note in parentheses, his Spatial Power was only at 1%…
Without a comparison, Mo Tang couldn't tell whether this level was high or low. However, when he used spatial binding techniques again, Mo Tang was confident that even a low-level Dou Zong wouldn't be able to break free easily.
"This should be very strong..." Mo Tang muttered to himself.
Although theoretically, Dou Zong experts could fly and control spatial power, unless they reached the high-level Dou Zong, their use of spatial power was still very rudimentary.
Among those of the same level, everyone basically relied on hand-to-hand combat... whoever had the stronger fighting skills, the better physique, and the more Dou Qi won.
And when a Dou Zun fought a Dou Zong, it was basically to first restrict their movements with space, and then use speed and power to directly smash them with a single punch... clean and efficient!
Unless it was some particularly powerful Earth-rank fighting skills, or even Heaven-rank... otherwise, the stronger the strength, the simpler the fighting style, and life and death could be decided in an instant!
After achieving his goal, Mo Tang didn't leave immediately, but prepared to dive down and take another look.
If he remembered correctly, there should be the soul of the Heavenly Flame Venerable and a small Fallen Heart Flame below.
Regarding the soul, Mo Tang had no particular thoughts; if he could save it, he wouldn't mind adding another henchman.
As for the small Fallen Heart Flame, Mo Tang wanted to see its value…
If it could provide him with source energy, he wouldn't mind taking it; if not, he'd leave it for Canaan Academy to nurture.
With Mo Tang's current strength, even without the protection of a different flame, he could safely traverse this magma…
However, he seemed to have underestimated the spatial range beneath this magma. He searched for a full half-month before accidentally discovering the spatial defense shield left by the Heavenly Flame Venerable while driving away the Flame Lizard Clan.
Unfortunately, he seemed to be a little too late.
Because at this moment, the defense shield was on the verge of collapse, dissipating the instant Mo Tang passed through.
Just as the endless magma was about to completely engulf the corpse, Mo Tang acted in time, erecting a shield only two meters in size around it.
"Phew... thank goodness, I found him at the last minute!"
Looking at the invisible flame, no bigger than a head, floating above the skeleton, Mo Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
If this flame had merged into the magma world, he didn't know how long it would have taken to find him again!
But...
"Has the soul of the Heavenly Fire Venerable already dissipated?"
Frowning, Mo Tang looked at the dull, lifeless bones before him and wondered to himself.
Logically, it shouldn't have been this fast, right?
Mo Tang reached out, and the bones turned to dust in response. Only two hazy energy particles suddenly entered Mo Tang's brow, instantly clearing his mind.
"This is... such pure soul power. It seems the Heavenly Fire Venerable's soul has indeed been annihilated."
With its intelligence gone, only the purest, most essential soul power remained, ultimately benefiting Mo Tang.
Although his original soul power was not weak, it couldn't compare to Xiao Yan, the alchemist in the original story. However, the time he used Origin Qi to enhance his bloodline had significantly increased his soul power. Now, with this additional boost, Mo Tang estimated that his soul power level alone should be at the level of a seventh-grade alchemist.
As for the Spirit Realm or Heaven Realm, forget about that now!
The continuous heavy rain over the past few days has caused frequent power outages at home, so I can only manage to write two chapters today… The next chapter will be available in a little while.
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