Chapter 481: Flame Spirit
"You actually have a primordial flame?" Mu Huan roared and a trace of unease flashed in his eyes.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue didn’t have time to answer.
As soon as his primordial yin-yang flame encountered the nightmare beast, Jiang Yue fell into a trance.
In his trance, he found himself in a land filled with grey qi.
At a glance, there was nothing in the land.
However, Jiang Yue had a strange feeling of simultaneous nothingness and fullness.
There seemed to be everything in the nothingness and Jiang Yue couldn’t help but fall into thought.
While he was deep in thought, the nothingness birthed a brilliant black-and-white flame.
’Primordial yin-yang flame?’ Jiang Yue asked but didn’t need an answer.
Although the flame was more majestic and awe-inspiring than his flame, it was undoubtedly the same primordial yin-yang flame.
[Master.] The flame called in an old voice.
’Does my flame have a spirit?’ Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be shocked.
After all, it had been about one thousand years since he contracted the primordial yin-yang flame.
Although he rarely used the flame, it was a little unsettling that he spent one thousand years without realising the primordial yin-yang flame had a spirit.
’The voice sounds old which means it’s not a new spirit.’ Jiang Yue thought and frowned.
[Are you the spirit of the primordial yin-yang flame?] Jiang Yue couldn’t help but ask an obvious question.
[I was injured in the ancient war and my consciousness didn’t wake up until now.] The old voice said and Jiang Yue felt a little better.
At the same time, he recalled the condition of the flame when he first met it.
Back then, it was only a seed that was barely surviving.
[Master, everything returns to yin and yang.] The old voice suddenly said.
Hearing the words, Jiang Yue frowned.
At first, he was confused but when he pondered the words, a bolt of lightning flashed in his mind.
[If everything returns to yin and yang, does the nightmare beast also return?] He muttered.
With this flash of inspiration, his state of mind elevated and Jiang Yue looked at the nightmare beast indifferently.
Less than a breath later, he controlled the primordial yin-yang flame to form a ring around the nightmare beast.
"Deputy mountain master Jiang, don’t go too far." Mu Huan shouted while running towards Jiang Yue.
"What’s wrong fellow Daoist Mu? You look a little flustered." Jiang Yue said with a smile that brightened his beautiful face.
At the same time, he controlled the fire ring to contract inwards.
"Stop it." Mu Huan screamed and condensed a dozen soul needles.
Unfortunately, he had used a lot of soul power and the soul needles were not as powerful as before.
Still, Jiang Yue didn’t underestimate them.
At his peak, blocking a dozen needles was nothing.
However, his soul power was almost exhausted and the new attack was more than enough to seriously injure his soul.
Knowing this, Jiang Yue was not stubborn.
He quickly retreated and circled around to avoid the soul needles.
"Let my Mengmeng go." Mu Huan shouted.
For the first time in his life, Mu Huan was in a panic.
To the outside world, abyss creatures were immortal and could not be killed.
However, abyss cultivators knew otherwise.
They knew that primordial treasures could destroy abyss creatures.
Fortunately, most primordial treasures were lost in the long river of time and the related inheritances were also lost.
Unexpectedly, Mu Huan plotted against Jiang Yue but capsized in the gutter instead!
’I can’t allow this to go on.’ He thought as fear overwhelmed his heart.
As a cultivator from the Deep Abyss world, Mu Huan understood the stakes.
If he allowed the fight to go on, everyone would discover the weakness of the abyss creatures.
Although there weren’t many primordial treasures and the abyss cultivators would not suffer too much, no one would want to expose their weakness if they could avoid it.
Unfortunately, Mu Huan’s panic was more than enough to alert interested parties.
At this time, several spectators were watching with narrowed eyes, waiting to see what would happen.
"We have already reached this point. Why should I stop?" Jiang Yue sneered and increased the intensity of his yin-yang flame.
Since Mu Huan revealed his murderous intentions, Jiang Yue decided not to let him go.
From the beginning, their duel was a death match and only one of them could survive.
With such thoughts in mind, Jiang Yue narrowed his eyes and continued to contract the flame ring.
In the middle of the flames ring, the nightmare was also contracting, hoping to outpace the flames.
However, all its efforts were in vain.
Even if it became the size of a bean, it still couldn’t avoid the fire and was soon engulfed in a sea of flames.
Seeing this, Mu Huan froze and a horrified expression distorted his features.
"Deputy mountain master Jiang, why do you have to be so serious?" Mu Huan suddenly rebuked.
"We are only competing, don’t go too far."
"If you don’t stop, my Deep Abyss cultivators will never let you go." He threatened.
"Is that so?" Jiang Yue said and smiled.
Now that he knew how to deal with Deep Abyss cultivators, did he have anything to fear from them?
Most importantly, did the Deep Abyss cultivators dare to deal with him?
"If you stop now, I can still let you go." Mu Huan said in a condescending voice.
"Unfortunately, I don’t want to let you go." Jiang Yue said and his flame grew bigger.
A moment later, the nightmare beast was reduced to a drop of liquid and Mu Huan lost his breath.
"Don’t challenge others to a death match if you are not prepared to die." Jiang Yue said with a sneer.
After saying that, he collected his loot from Mu Huan’s body and then burned the corpse.
’Fortunately, I didn’t disappoint Azhen.’ He thought and turned to the main stage.
Coincidentally, Yu Nianzhen was looking over with a soft smile in his eyes.
Seeing the soft eyes, Jiang Yue smiled and showed a thumbs up.
[My XiaoYue is amazing.] Yu Nianzhen transmitted and Jiang Yue chuckled happily.
[Did you gain something?]
[I gained a lot.] Jiang Yue said and his eyes turned solemn.
After the fight, he felt like he needed to retreat to absorb his gains.
[Your martial stage doesn’t have too many restrictions. You can retreat for as long as you want.] Yu Nianzhen encouraged.
Hearing that, Jiang Yue hesitated.
In fact, he felt his retreat would not be short.
However, he was reluctant to go into a long retreat while Yu Nianzhen was still defending his stage.
[Azhen...]
[It’s rare to encounter a good opportunity. If you don’t retreat to absorb the gain, you may lose your chance.] Yu Nianzhen said and then continued.
[XiaoYue, you don’t need to worry about me. When you leave seclusion, I will still be defending my stage.]
[Promise?]
[Promise.]
[I will miss you.]
[I will also miss you.]
[Azhen, I love you.]
[I love you too.]
With that, Jiang Yue chuckled and put away the primordial yin-yang flame.
Soon after, he took out a jade bottle and collected the drop of liquid that remained after burning the nightmare beast.
[Flame spirit, what is this liquid?] He asked.
[It’s the pure yin-yang essence of the nightmare beast. The master should absorb it.] The flame spirit advised.
[Absorbing it will help the master cleanse his qi and enhance his illusions.]
[So good?] Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be excited.
At the same time, he decided to use the primordial yin-yang flame more frequently.
After that, Jiang Yue looked around and frowned.
’Should I fortify my martial stage before I retreat?’ He wondered.
However, he quickly decided against that idea.
Before the competition began, the martial stages were inspected to ensure fairness.
If Jiang Yue changed the formations on his martial stage, it was easy to cause disputes.
’I can’t fortify, do I have to leave the stage?’ He wondered but he was unwilling to leave the stage.
No matter what, he didn’t want anybody else to occupy the first small stage.
After all, the first small stage was right next to the main stage.
As long as he occupied the stage, he could silently accompany Yu Nianzhen.
’I don’t want to leave and I can’t fortify the stage. What...’ He started but an idea suddenly came to him and his lips curled upwards.
"The ancient palace." He muttered.
When they came to the Reincarnation World, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen thought the ancient palace may not adapt.
However, the ancient palace was more magical than they expected.
Although they still didn’t know its limit, they knew its current capabilities.
’If I retreat in the ancient palace, I will be safe even if I am attacked by a peak level nine reincarnation realm cultivator.’ He thought and immediately released the ancient palace.
After resizing it and placing it on the stage, he looked at his lover before walking into the palace.
