199: Controlling Yin Inflammation (Part 2)

Although the black shadow that rushed out from the sarcophagus was astonishingly fast, so fast that Xiao Shi could not see it clearly, given the level of the Yin Flame, he could roughly make out that it was a deep black hand.

An incomparably intense sense of crisis immediately exploded within the Yin Flame's consciousness.

However, at this moment, suppressed by the sarcophagus, even if it wanted to escape, it could not do so at all.

Furthermore, given the speed of this large black hand, even if it hadn't been suppressed, it would have been impossible for it to outrun this large black hand.

In an instant.

The Yin Flame was seized by the large black hand!

It was dragged directly into the sarcophagus.

Because all of this happened too quickly.

Xiao Shi could only barely see the black shadow flash by.

Then, the Yin Flame was snatched into the sarcophagus.

This scene completely exceeded his expectations.

He had never imagined that...

...the existence within the sarcophagus would actually grab the Yin Flame as well.

This disrupted his original plan.

He was just considering whether to try communicating with the existence in the sarcophagus to ask it to give him some Yin Flame...

When he suddenly saw something.

There was quite a bit of Yin Flame scattered on the ground!

Earlier, under the pervasive corpse Qi, the Yin Flame itself had already been covered in numerous cracks; thus, after being gripped by the large black hand from the sarcophagus...

...the entire Yin Flame was crushed directly!

Although most of the Yin Flame was in the large black hand's grasp...

...a small portion of the remnants slipped through the gaps in the large black hand's fingers and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Shi's eyes immediately lit up.

In this way.

He wouldn't need to take action himself.

He could simply collect the Yin Flame on the ground.

After all, his original plan...

...was to cut off a portion of the Yin Flame to serve as his own Natal Martial Blood.

Now, this grip from the large black hand...

...had actually completed this step for him!

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi immediately exited his void state and actively revealed himself.

After all, he couldn't touch anything while in the void state; he had to reveal himself to make contact with the Yin Flame.

However, he did not immediately approach the Yin Flame after revealing himself.

He was well aware.

Even though the Yin Flame before him was just the remnants after being crushed, it could not be underestimated.

Sure enough.

No sooner had he exited the void state than he immediately felt a bone-chilling cold!

This chill...

...had already far exceeded what his body could endure!

He had only just felt this chill.

When an incomparably intense sense of crisis welled up within him.

Sizzle!

His body instantly turned black, as if ignited by the black Yin Flame.

An unspeakable pain permeated his entire body.

His flesh instantly began to necrotize.

And it was constantly dissolving.

Even his internal organs and Natal Martial Blood were affected.

Xiao Shi's pupils constricted.

Although he had anticipated from the beginning that the power of the Yin Flame would be astonishing, he had not expected...

...it to be this terrifying!

This was just a sliver of remnants after being crushed... and it already put him in a life-or-death crisis!

And this was while he hadn't even gotten particularly close.

Swish!

Xiao Shi hurriedly retreated at high speed.

However, the black Yin Flame permeating his body did not dissipate because of this; it still persisted.

It was like a maggot on a bone.

Unable to shake it off.

Even when Xiao Shi tried to resolve it using the Crimson Tiger Totem, it had little effect.

In an instant.

Most of the flesh on his body had already necrotized and started to fall off, and his internal organs were also festering.

The most terrifying part was the erosion of the cold aura, which made all his movements sluggish, and even slowed down his thought processes.

An intense crisis of death instantly flooded Xiao Shi's entire mind.

At this moment, he did not hesitate at all.

He decisively took out the Blood Healing Saint Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

As the strongest healing Medicinal Pill in the Blood Martial Realm, the Blood Healing Saint Pill had an extremely terrifying healing effect.

The necrotized and festering flesh on Xiao Shi's body immediately began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even though it would quickly necrotize and fester again after recovering, it would soon recover to a perfect state again.

Xiao Shi believed that with the powerful healing of the Blood Healing Saint Pill, it should be enough to resolve the black Yin Flame permeating his body.

He looked at the Yin Flame on the ground ahead with lingering fear.

He had gained a deeper understanding of the horror and power of the Yin Flame.

At the same time, he also clearly realized.

That in his current state, it would certainly be difficult to make the Yin Flame his own Natal Martial Blood.

Even this kind of remnant Yin Flame after being crushed...

"Could it be that I am going to fail at the last hurdle here?"

Xiao Shi frowned tightly.

He had done so much just to be able to obtain the Yin Flame and make it his second Natal Martial Blood.

He really did not want to fall at this last step.

But the power of the Yin Flame...

...was obviously no longer something that could be coveted by a Blood Martial Realm cultivation.

Xiao Shi's brain raced.

He was not willing to give up just like that.

While thinking constantly.

His gaze suddenly glanced to the side.

He saw the remnants of the Formation nearby.

His eyes flickered slightly.

A thought suddenly arose in his mind.

"Perhaps... there's a chance!"

He immediately followed his idea, quickly approached these Formation remnants, and gathered them up.

Now, this valley was filled with large and small Formation remnants everywhere.

And Xiao Shi knew.

Although this Formation had been shattered.

These Formation remnants had not become useless trash.

They still possessed extraordinary value!

After all, the level of this Formation was extremely high; even a tiny fragment, if placed in the outside world, would be enough to make many people go crazy for it.

Especially for those who understood Formations.

Its significance was even greater!

And Xiao Shi's next idea...

...was to use these Formation remnants to assemble a Formation!

A Formation...

...sufficient to allow him to contain the Yin Flame!

Xiao Shi already had a specific plan for this.

He knew time was tight.

This matter had to be fast!

He immediately gathered these Formation remnants at the fastest speed.

While gathering them, he constantly simulated the construction process of the Formation in his mind.

Earlier, when he was interpreting the Formation here using the tianfu array diagram, he had already gained a certain understanding of this Formation.

He knew that the fastest and most effective method now was to use these Formation remnants to assemble a weakened version of a Seal Formation!

To contain the Yin Flame by way of a Seal!

If he were asked to construct it independently...

...even with his current talent and attainments in Formations, he would not be able to construct it.

But by using these Formation remnants to compose it...

...that would be different!

"What I need to do is actually mainly stitching..."

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

At the same time, he also understood.

Even if he successfully implemented this idea and stitched together such a weakened Seal Formation, this Formation would at most only have a small fraction of the original Formation's efficacy.

However, even so.

It was enough.

After all, the Yin Flame he wanted to Seal was also just a small part of the complete Yin Flame.

This weakened Formation did not require too many Formation remnants.

Therefore, when Xiao Shi had collected enough Formation remnants, he quickly began the stitching process.

However, during the stitching process, he still continued to collect these Formation remnants in the valley.

After all, the value of these Formation remnants was immense.

If he could collect all these remnants...

...when he had enough attainments in Formations in the future, perhaps he could restore the complete Formation using these remnants!

Xiao Shi would definitely not miss such an opportunity.

And during the process of his collection.

The entire sarcophagus lid was also constantly retracting, and it was only two meters away from closing.

However, the closing of the lid did not retract the corpse Qi that had been released earlier; instead, more corpse Qi continued to permeate out from within the sarcophagus.

It seemed that as long as the sarcophagus was in an open state, the corpse Qi inside would be released continuously.

The increase in corpse Qi also caused the sky above, which was covered in cracks, to be unable to endure any longer.

With a series of cracking sounds.

It began to collapse!

Fortunately, this collapse was not the entire sky falling down instantly.

Instead, it was like fragments, breaking and falling down piece by piece.

When Xiao Shi noticed that the sky had begun to collapse, he knew there was not much time left.

He hurriedly accelerated his collection speed.

At the same time.

Along with the collapse of the sky in the valley, the great hall leading from the Zhiyan Division to the valley also began to collapse simultaneously.

At this time, it was not just Lord Mo and Old Ancestor Guizhen here.

Other Flame Bearers, including the Old Ancestors from the other two noble families of Lieyin City, had all arrived here as well.

The very first moment the entire Lieyin City experienced tremors.

They had already sensed that something was wrong.

Subsequently, they even saw that the Formation spreading throughout the entire Lieyin City no longer had any Yin Flame!!

"What is the situation? The Formation... why has the Formation failed!!"

The group of Flame Bearers were shocked and lost their color.

Lord Mo's expression was even gloomier than a cold pool.

Once there was no support from the Yin Flame.

Their strength would drop significantly.

The one whose strength would drop the most would definitely be him, the person with the highest authority.

Even though he usually remained calm even if a mountain collapsed before him, he was now beginning to panic.

The reliance of their Lieyin City to gain a foothold in Tian Dou Province was the Yin Flame!

Once there was no support from the Yin Flame...

...the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, no matter how anxious he was, he could not enter the valley.

Until this moment, with the collapse of the great hall.

A hole about the size of a fist was revealed.

The entire opening was pitch black.

Even if an ordinary person looked down from this opening, it would only be a patch of darkness, and they would see nothing.

But with the cultivation of Lord Mo and the others.

They could see the Yin Flame Valley existing deep beneath Lieyin City through this opening!!

As long as they waited for this opening to continuously expand during the collapse.

When it expanded enough to accommodate their bodies, they would be able to enter the valley along this opening!

Everyone was already impatient for this.

...

Although Xiao Shi had no mind to pay attention to the situation above.

He also knew that once the sky of the valley collapsed, the gap between it and Lieyin City would be opened.

At that time, everyone in Lieyin City would be able to come in.

He had to, before these people arrived.

Complete the stitching of the Formation, Seal the Yin Flame, and thereby escape.

He knew that his actions this time would inevitably make him a public enemy of Lieyin City, and from then on, he would be wanted and hunted by Lieyin City!

He had to be fast!

At this time, he had successfully arrived at the entrance of the valley from the deepest part of the valley, and had gathered all the Formation remnants along the way into his possession.

At the same time, the stitching of the Formation was already more than half complete.

"Find a way to escape on your own!"

He didn't have time to look at Ming Wu outside the valley, and shouted this while speeding towards the depths of the valley.

Under these circumstances, he could no longer worry about Ming Wu; after all, he could barely protect himself now.

However, given Ming Wu's special nature.

Xiao Shi believed that it would not be difficult for him to survive.

After all, he himself was the target of the people above; there shouldn't be too many people who would pay attention to Ming Wu.

He returned to the depths of the valley at the fastest speed.

The sarcophagus had already completely closed.

As Xiao Shi arrived.

The entire sarcophagus immediately flew towards him, and along the way, it continuously shrank, and then merged into his body.

Xiao Shi now had no mind to pay attention to the sarcophagus.

He knew that after the sarcophagus closed, it would fall silent again and could not be relied upon.

He looked at the Yin Flame scattered on the ground ahead.

A flash of decisiveness and ruthlessness crossed his eyes.

He rushed straight towards the Yin Flame.

As he kept getting closer.

His body rapidly turned black, and his flesh necrotized and festered again; and the closer he got, the faster the entire process of necrotization and festering became.

It was just that the effect of the Blood Healing Saint Pill was still present.

This strongest healing Medicinal Pill in the Blood Martial Realm not only possessed an astonishing healing effect, but its duration was also relatively longer than other healing Medicinal Pills.

This was also the powerful reliance Xiao Shi dared to use to obtain the Yin Flame!

Through the Blood Healing Saint Pill, he didn't need to worry about his body collapsing because it couldn't withstand the burning of the Yin Flame.

At least, he would not die!

In an instant.

Xiao Shi had already rushed in front of one of the clusters of Yin Flame.

This cluster of Yin Flame, only the size of a fist, was emitting an incomparably terrifying cold aura.

Xiao Shi gritted his teeth.

A fierce and crazy look appeared in his eyes.

He raised his hand.

And grabbed towards this cluster of Yin Flame.

But before he even got close.

All the flesh on his arm instantly turned into fly ash, leaving only the shocking black bones.

Even the black bones were rapidly necrotizing and festering.

Fortunately, the healing of the Blood Healing Saint Pill.

Could immediately restore the damage to the black bones, thereby forming a balance with the damage from this burning, so that they wouldn't turn into fly ash directly like the flesh.

Although in this process, there was an indescribable and monstrous pain!

But Xiao Shi still endured the pain, and with his hand that was left with only bones and no flesh, he grabbed this cluster of Yin Flame.

The moment he touched the Yin Flame.

A Formation immediately appeared in his palm.

It was the weakened version of the Seal Formation he had formed after successfully stitching together a small part of the Formation remnants.

The difference was.

This Formation did not exist on the outside.

Instead, it existed within Xiao Shi's body.

As the Formation operated and started.

The Yin Flame in his hand immediately began to be sucked into his body along his palm.

At this time.

It was often the most dangerous time!

After all, once it failed...

...the entire cluster of Yin Flame would directly explode inside his body.

Even with the healing of the Blood Healing Saint Pill, he would not be able to withstand it!

Xiao Shi was also a bit nervous and uneasy at this moment.

After this cluster of Yin Flame was sucked into his palm, it appeared directly within the Seal Formation inside his body.

The entire Seal Formation vibrated endlessly.

The Yin Flame within it was like a beast that had entered a cage, struggling wildly, attempting to break free from the cage!

PS: I had planned to update more this month, but I ended up catching COVID...