Chapter 163: Deception

Fleeing for his life frantically, the Third Elder was as panicked as a stray dog.

Wrapped in the blood-red flames, his entire skin was scorched until it wrinkled and cracked, and the blood within his body continuously seeped out from the cracks.

It then transformed into fuel for the blood-red flames and was burned to ashes.

The Third Elder was fleeing rapidly through the air while continuously looking back in the direction behind him.

At this moment, the expression of the Third Elder, who was fleeing in terror, abruptly turned even uglier.

Because a figure driving a black stream of light was pursuing him at high speed in the direction he was fleeing.

Although that figure wrapped in the black stream of light was not much faster than his speed of driving the blood-red light and flames at the moment,

his escape speed could not last for too long.

Because wanting to maintain this speed required him to continuously burn the blood all over his body.

How much blood could he possibly have in his body? Before long, he would fall into a state of exhaustion where his oil was spent and his lamp dried up.

Then he would be directly finished off by the black stream of light pursuing him from behind.

The Third Elder did not want to die yet. After his expression fluctuated uncertainly for a period of time, it slowly turned firm.

It was as if he had made up some kind of resolve.

The Third Elder actually spoke to the blood-red light and flames while fleeing with their help:

"Aren't you always wanting to enter my Soul?"

"Now, as long as you are willing to help me shake off the pursuit of the person behind, I will let you enter my Soul."

Despair and a ferocious look flashed within the Third Elder's eyes as he stared fixedly at the blood-red light and flames that began to sway violently upon hearing his words.

Immediately afterward, a gender-neutral voice instantly rang out within the Third Elder's mind.

"Very good, you have finally figured it out!"

"Now release your Soul's restriction against this seat. After I enter your Soul, I will immediately use the power of your Soul to help you quickly shake off that pursuer behind!"

"Rest assured, I only want to find a place to dwell and will not do anything to your Soul."

"Moreover, after I enter your Soul, you will also obtain tremendous benefits because of me."

"By that time, what could a mere Qingdan Sect possibly count for? Your Martial Artist Realm will rapidly ascend."

"It won't take long before, let alone that little Martial Artist pursuing you from behind, you can even sit on the throne of the emperor of this Great Wei Country."

"Whether it is beauties, power, or the true spirit artifact atop the chaos myriad spirits ranking, you will enjoy them endlessly!"

The words in the Third Elder's mind were filled with bewitching intent. If it were before, had this bizarre blood flame he accidentally obtained wanted to enter his Soul, he would never have agreed to it no matter what.

He was not a fool; how could he easily trust such a blood flame that looked extremely bizarre at first glance?

I'm afraid that once he believed it, it was hard to say about beauties, power, and the true spirit artifact atop the chaos myriad spirits ranking, but his little life would probably end right here.

But now, being pursued and killed by Sun Xuan, the Third Elder had reached a desperate impasse.

Having no other choice, the Third Elder could only treat a dead horse like a live one, letting this bizarre blood flame enter his Soul in exchange for that extremely faint trace of a chance of survival.

Even at this moment, the Third Elder was self-hypnotizing, constantly and wishfully telling himself in his heart: What if what this blood flame said is true?

In that case, wouldn't he be turning a misfortune into a blessing?

Anyway, even if he didn't let this blood flame enter his Soul, he wouldn't hold on for long and would end up dead either way.

Why not give it a try? The situation couldn't possibly get any worse, could it?

Just like that, the Third Elder, who had fallen into a desperate plight, finally gritted his teeth and lifted his Soul's restrictions against this blood flame.

The moment the Third Elder released the Soul restrictions, the blood-red light and flames abruptly drilled at high speed from the Third Elder's body surface into his interior.

In less than the time of a blink of an eye, the blood-red light and flames on the Third Elder's surface had all shrunk into his body.

After entering the Third Elder's body, the blood-red light and flames immediately and unhesitatingly entered the Soul of the Third Elder, who had lifted his restrictions.

Then, like sucking on jelly, it rapidly swallowed and sucked the Third Elder's Soul into the blood-red light and flames.

"You don't keep your word!"

The Third Elder in mid-air let out a sudden miserable scream, and then completely lost all sound.

His entire body was abruptly engulfed by the blood-red light and flames, and within a mere flash, it turned into a patch of flying ash and dissipated in mid-air.

Sun Xuan, who was pursuing the Third Elder, happened to see the scene of the Third Elder being turned into flying ash by the blood-red light and flames.

Seeing this scene, Sun Xuan's brows couldn't help but twitch slightly, and the look of interest within his gaze toward the blood-red light and flames immediately grew even stronger.

"What kind of thing is this? If it's not a true spirit artifact, could it be a demon?"

"However, this form of its is a bit too bizarre!"

Sun Xuan rapidly approached the mass of blood flames that was quietly floating in mid-air after devouring the Third Elder,

while speaking to himself with a curl of his lips.

Just as Sun Xuan approached this blood-red light and flames, a bizarre fluctuation suddenly spread out from within them.

After the fluctuation transmitted to in front of Sun Xuan, suddenly a voice rang beside Sun Xuan's ear:

"I am Old Ancestor Blood Flame, whose Martial Artist Realm surpassed the First-Rank Realm a thousand years ago. Because of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon invading this Realm, this Old Ancestor fought to protect the safety of this Realm,

and fought desperately in a fierce battle against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, ultimately perishing together with the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, leaving only this cluster of natal Soul fire to survive to this day.

However, this Old Ancestor's cluster of Soul fire has weakened to the extreme and needs to enter a Soul to recuperate and rest.

Rest assured, as long as you let me enter your Soul, I guarantee it will not cause you any harm.

Moreover, all kinds of Cultivation Techniques, divine martial arts secrets, and even various Treasure Troves I discovered previously that this Old Ancestor has mastered can all be given to you.

Even after this Old Ancestor enters your Soul, this cluster of my natal Soul fire will nourish your Soul and improve your Aptitude in martial arts.

It won't take long before your Aptitude in martial arts will advance by leaps and bounds, reaching an unimaginable level.

Originally, this opportunity belonged to that Third Elder of the Qingdan Sect, but he was too unlucky. At the moment he was being pursued and killed by you, he forcibly urged the forbidden technique I gave him.

Although this raised his speed to an extremely fast level, it also burned his Origin to ashes.

In the end, he ended up in such a fate where both his body died and his Soul was destroyed.

Under circumstances where this Old Ancestor had no other choice, I could only cooperate with you, his pursuer.

However, rest assured, the personal grudge between you and that Third Elder has nothing to do with me. I just want a Soul that can host me and slowly nourish this cluster of natal Soul fire!"

Listening to this extremely sincere voice, Sun Xuan couldn't help but feel somewhat amused in his heart.

This blockhead, who didn't even know what kind of thing it was, actually dared to set its sights on him.

His true body was precisely the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon in this blockhead's mouth, and right now, his true body was at the deepest part of this body's Soul.

As for the words of this blood-red light and flames, one could only say it was full of nonsense.

A true Outer Realm Heavenly Demon wanting to enter this world would only desperately hide its tracks, sneaking into the deepest part of the Soul of some special region or creature.

Otherwise, once an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon dared to show its head in this world, it would immediately suffer the most tragic strike from this world.

As for destroying the world, ordinary Outer Realm Heavenly Demons would not do such a thing; their purpose was merely to take a heavy bite of fat meat in this world and then slip away.

Engaging in a hard confrontation with the Heavenly Dao and destroying the world—such thankless and arduous things—ordinary Outer Realm Heavenly Demons would not do.

However, although Sun Xuan did not believe this blood flame's nonsense at the moment, he was extremely interested in it.

Because Sun Xuan's true body hiding in the deepest part of the Soul actually smelled an extremely rich fragrance from this blood flame, separated by the heavy Soul concealment.

That was a scent close to the world's Origin, which was one of the favorite foods of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.

Such things were generally rare objects nurtured by the Heavenly Dao rules using the power of Origin at the beginning of heaven and earth.

For example, those true spirit artifacts ranked at the front of the chaos myriad spirits ranking in this world.

But the cluster of blood-red light and flames before his eyes was obviously not any true spirit artifact, but some bizarre gadget whose identity was unknown.

However, none of that mattered; as long as it tasted good, Sun Xuan didn't care what it was.

Thinking of this, Sun Xuan intentionally let a look of extreme surprise show on his face, and then said to this cluster of blood-red light and flames:

"Really, is what you said true?"

"That's fantastic! Hurry up and come, enter my Soul, I am already a bit impatient!"

After hearing Sun Xuan's words, the blood-red light and flames were clearly stunned for a moment, and then they immediately fluctuated violently.

Sun Xuan even sensed an irrepressible feeling of joy upon this continuously fluctuating blood-red light and flames.

This cluster of blood-red light and flames hadn't expected the person before it to be so easy to deceive, unlike that previous Third Elder who was like a stone in a cesspool—stinking and hard.

It had cajoled and deceived him for several years, yet on that Third Elder's body, it had only managed to get a little bit of vital essence to taste.

Wanting to enter his Soul, that old thing refused no matter what.

And its own situation was relatively special; it could only enter the body of the next target after devouring the Soul of a chosen target.

Furthermore, wanting to devour the chosen target's Soul required the host itself to agree for it to enter the Soul before it could enter and completely devour the host's Soul.

Just like that, the blood-red light and flames had wasted so many years with the Third Elder, until finally under Sun Xuan's pursuit, the Third Elder had fallen into a desperate plight and only then treated a dead horse like a live one, agreeing to let it enter his body.

Thus, it finally devoured the Third Elder's Soul and obtained tremendous growth for itself.

The Soul of an intelligent living being was extremely important for its enhancement.

What it absorbed was not merely the energy within the Soul; most importantly, it was a special substance within the Soul of the intelligent living being.

If it could devour enough Souls of intelligent living beings, it might have the chance to restore its original form and leave this world.

And right before its eyes was another Soul eagerly awaiting its devouring.

Moreover, this living being was so easy to deceive that it even made this cluster of blood-red light and flames produce a sense of unreality.

However, within this world, although its combat power at the moment was not very good,

other methods simply could not pose any threat to it, except for a sparse few means to completely eliminate it.

Therefore, this cluster of blood-red light and flames was not afraid that the Sun Xuan before it was bluffing; it just happily drilled headfirst into Sun Xuan's body like that.

After entering Sun Xuan's body, this cluster of blood-red light and flames became even more overjoyed in its heart.

Outside, it hadn't been able to tell.

But after entering Sun Xuan's body, this cluster of blood-red light and flames discovered just how perfect this physical body was.

The flesh and blood essence, abundant to the point of almost overflowing, contained energy that intoxicated it.

The extremely massive and condensed Soul made the blood-red light and flames almost intoxicated within it.

Compared to this perfect physique, the Third Elder's Soul it had absorbed previously was simply as unbearable as excrement.

To think it had wasted so much energy on that old thing; it was simply letting down its own time.

Seeing this, the cluster of blood-red light and flames drifted toward Sun Xuan's Soul with an intoxicated look on its face.

Suspended in mid-air, Sun Xuan watched the blood-red light and flames getting closer and closer to his Soul, a trace of a bizarre and elusive smile couldn't help but reveal itself at the corner of his mouth.

Just when this cluster of blood-red light and flames arrived at the edge of Sun Xuan's Soul and was preparing to enter, a voice with a somewhat bizarre tone suddenly rang in the ear of the blood-red light and flames.

"This Old Ancestor Blood Flame, I wonder if what you said earlier is true?"

"A thousand years ago, did you really fight against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon?"

Hearing Sun Xuan's inquiring words, the blood-red light and flames immediately woke up from its intoxication.

Then, without hesitation, it spoke righteously to Sun Xuan:

"That is of course! If it weren't for perishing together with that Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, this Old Ancestor would not have fallen to this present plight."

Fearing that this exquisitely delicious food before its eyes would raise suspicions, the blood-red light and flames immediately spoke out to appease Sun Xuan.

If this exquisitely delicious food couldn't be eaten into its mouth, the blood-red light and flames felt it would be driven crazy with frustration.

However, what let the blood-red light and flames breathe a sigh of relief was that this exquisitely delicious food before it didn't seem to harbor any suspicion.

Instead, it spoke with an even more bizarre tone:

"That's good. In that case, when you see an old friend again, you won't be so surprised!"

As soon as these words fell, before the blood-red light and flames could understand what this sentence meant, that perfect Soul closely adjacent to it suddenly split open a large gap.

Then, in the split second before the blood-red light and flames could react, it swallowed the blood-red light and flames right in.

The blood-red light and flames only felt itself enveloped by a breath of extreme deliciousness; this rich aroma even made it somewhat reluctant to immediately swallow this delicious food right then.

However, after enjoying it for a moment's time, the blood-red light and flames suddenly felt as if something was watching it within this Soul.