42: Chapter 42: Barbecue the Sky-Devouring Sparrow with Shi Hao, the Nine Nether Hound Ignites the Divine Fire

The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow's entire body convulsed in pain, and tears streamed wildly from its eyes.

But this was just the beginning.

"Chila! Chila! Chila!"

The fourth, fifth, sixth...

Seven tails took turns, flying up and down, their movements so fast that only afterimages could be seen.

A handful on the left, a handful on the right, a handful on the butt...

The sky was filled with dancing grayish-brown bird feathers, like a bizarre snowstorm.

The base of every feather was stained with dripping fresh blood.

This was a slow slicing! A double slow slicing targeting both the dignity and the flesh of a Venerable Realm vicious beast!

"This part is too hard, pluck it!"

"This part is too dirty, pluck it!"

"The feathers in the armpits are too dense, they're easy places to hide lice, pluck them clean for me!"

Wang Teng directed while critically commenting.

The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow went from frantic struggling at the beginning to desperate twitching later, and finally to rolling its eyes back, like a dead dog.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The once majestic and awe-inspiring Ancient Remains, the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow.

Had now turned into a pink, smooth, and still-dripping... giant broiler chicken.

Except for a few feathers left on its head, not a single down feather remained on its entire body!

"Whew—that feels better."

Wang Teng looked at the ingredient in his hand that had finally become "refreshing," and nodded in satisfaction.

"Although it looks a bit ugly, at least it's clean and hygienic."

With a casual wave, a stream of clear water appeared out of thin air, washing the "naked pig"-like Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow once over.

Then, Wang Teng turned around, carrying the still-twitching Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow in his hand.

He looked toward the distant army of alien races that had long been scared out of their wits, having even forgotten to flee.

As well as the expert from Nanyun Divine Mountain in the sky, who had completely extinguished their Divine Fire and was preparing to sneak away.

Wang Teng grinned, held up the "plain boiled chicken" in his hand, and asked loudly:

"Everyone, this chicken is ready."

"Does anyone have cumin and chili powder? Can I borrow some?"

"I have it! I have it! Brother-in-law, catch!"

Just as the whole scene was deathly silent, and everyone was still digesting the horrifying concept of "eating a Venerable alive."

A milky yet excited voice broke the tension of the battlefield.

A boy of eleven or twelve years old darted out from the ruins of Butian Pavilion like a monkey.

His eyes were shockingly bright, and there was even a suspicious crystal liquid hanging from the corner of his mouth.

He held several bottles and jars made of unknown materials high in his hands and threw them forcefully toward Wang Teng.

It was none other than the "Bear Kid" Shi Hao!

"These are the seasonings for Ancient Remains that I ransacked... *cough cough*, collected in Baiduan Mountain!"

Shi Hao shouted while excitedly rubbing his hands, looking at the naked Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow in Wang Teng's hand with eyes even more affectionate than when looking at his own father:

"This jar is thousand-year-old golden silk peppercorns, the numbing sensation is super strong! That jar is top-quality purple cumin, it's the best for removing gamey odors and enhancing fragrance!

And that jar is barbecue sauce made from the bone marrow of pure-blooded creatures!"

"Brother-in-law! You understand me so well!

I've wanted to eat this big bird for a long time. Back in Baiduan Mountain, this old guy's clone chased me down.

I swore that sooner or later I would roast its real body, I didn't expect you to catch up to it today!"

This kid was quick to get familiar, and that "Brother-in-law" sounded so natural and loud.

It directly turned this terrifying display of ferocity into the atmosphere of a family gathering.

Wang Teng reached out and caught the bottles and jars, opened one and took a sniff, and a pungent, spicy, and exotic fragrance instantly made his mouth water.

He gave an appreciative look at the Bear Kid below who still looked like he hadn't been weaned, and a "hard to find a soulmate" smile appeared on his giant wolf face:

"Good kid! You have a future!"

"Just for that 'Brother-in-law' and this jar of top-quality peppercorns, later this chicken butt... no, wait, I'll share one of these chicken legs with you!"

Having said that, Wang Teng did not hesitate any longer.

"Boom!"

The nine tails behind him simultaneously erupted with pitch-black Nine-Nether Demonic Fire, instantly transforming into a huge grill.

The poor, naked Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow was placed on the fire, and Wang Teng skillfully brushed oil, sprinkled salt, applied sauce, and scattered peppercorns.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

Golden grease dripped onto the demonic fire, making a pleasant sound.

A rich, inseparable aroma of meat, mixed with the tongue-numbing fragrance of peppercorns, instantly permeated the battlefield, which was filled with the smell of blood.

Immediately after, Wang Teng stomped his foot again, shaking the Qiongqi that only had half a life left out from underground.

Without caring that it was still wailing, he directly skinned and de-tendoned it, skewering it into another "roasted whole tiger."

"Come, come! Everyone present gets a share, brothers of Butian Pavilion, don't be polite!"

This scene was simply the most absurd image in the history of the Desolate Region.

On one side was a sect-destroying catastrophe that decided the life and death of countless beings, and on the other were two foodies having a top-tier barbecue as if no one else was around.

A quarter of an hour later.

"So delicious..."

Shi Hao hugged a Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow thigh that was bigger than himself, eating until his mouth was full of grease, sucking in cold air from the numbing top-quality peppercorns, but shouting that it was satisfying:

"Brother-in-law, this Venerable Realm meat is just different, it's full of rolling essence energy, much stronger than the ones I ate in Baiduan Mountain!"

Wang Teng was even more heroic.

He manifested a hundred-zhang Dharma image, grabbing half a Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow in his left hand and holding half a Qiongqi in his right, devouring them in huge gulps.

"Crunch! Crunch!"

Even the bones were chewed up and swallowed by him.

Two great Venerable Realm vicious beasts, and they were Ancient Remains of the level of the Four Fiends of the Great Wilderness.

The energy contained in their flesh and blood was simply like two rushing rivers.

If an ordinary Venerable dared to eat like this, they would have long ago exploded and died.

But Wang Teng was different.

He was the Ten Fiends Nine-Nether Ao, and even more so a monster who had just swallowed the Saint Emperors Dao Fruit and whose internal energy was already at a critical point!

As the flesh and blood of these two great vicious beasts entered his stomach, those violent essence energies were instantly converted into the purest divine power fuel.

"Boom!!"

Suddenly, Wang Teng's eating action stopped.

He felt it.

That barrier that had always been stuck above his head, tightly suppressed by the laws of the lower realm.

That chasm that separated humans from gods was, at this moment, forcibly... broken open by the endless energy within his body!

"Hiccup—"

Wang Teng let out a burp that carried sparks.

The next moment.

"Whoosh—"

No incantations were chanted, no deliberate guidance was given.

A tiny, yet brilliantly extreme golden flame suddenly shot out from the top of Wang Teng's head.

As soon as this spark appeared, the surrounding void instantly collapsed, as if it could not withstand its temperature.

Immediately after, the fire spread like a prairie fire!

"Rumble!!!"

With Wang Teng as the center, a golden pillar of fire that pierced through heaven and earth erupted!

That was not ordinary fire, that was—Divine Fire!

Wang Teng's essence, energy, and spirit were highly condensed at this moment, using the two Venerable vicious beasts as firewood.

Using the Saint Emperors Dao Fruit as the spark, he completely ignited his own Divine Path!

His dark golden scales began to turn transparent under the calcination of the Divine Fire, and it seemed as if golden magma was flowing inside.

An aura of a god, transcending the mundane, high above, and overlooking all living beings, swept across the entire Butian Pavilion, and even the entire Desolate Region, like a tsunami!

Igniting Divine Fire—becoming a god!!

"This... how is this possible?!"

The expert from Nanyun Divine Mountain in the sky, who hadn't dared to make a move and hadn't managed to run away, felt his eyeballs about to fall out at this moment.

"Eating two barbecues... and he just directly ignited the Divine Fire?!"

"Is this still cultivation?! This is simply unreasonable!!"