Chapter 2: dicine Old Man
A black crack had appeared in the sky.
Suddenly, a half-red, half-white figure erged from within. However, it was not a man—it was a soul.
That soul was none other than Imperial Sky.
Imperial Sky slowly opened his eyes. Before him stood a black-robed man, and a voice echoed in his ears. “Haha! I, Pillfather, have finally obtained the Bone Spirit Cold Fla! Haha!”
The voice rang with an almost divine resonance as if it were the most marvelous existence between heaven and earth.
Imperial Sky, still in soul form, stiffened before muttering, “The Bone Spirit Cold Fla… A peculiar fla that rges extre cold and searing heat, appearing once every hundred years in a land of absolute yin, when the sun and moon converge. Is this not the strange fire from the Dou Bo Cang Do? How did I end up here?”
His gaze fixed upon the black-robed figure before him—this man who had called himself Pill Old Man. Imperial Sky’s eyes widened in shock.
Though Imperial Sky had always been ruthless in his pursuit of power, he was also a devoted reader of novels. He recognized this so-called Pill Old Man at once. Is this not Xiao Yan’s master from ‘Fighting Broken Vault’?
His focus shifted to the man’s every movent, listening closely to his words.
“The Bone Spirit Cold Fla… What a marvelous fire!” Pill Old Man murmured, admiration gleaming in his eyes. “It burns with searing heat, yet carries the chill of absolute ice! Such a fla is a perfect complent for alchemy!”
With that, Pill Old Man strode toward the ‘Bone Spirit Cold Fla.’
Watching this unfold, Imperial Sky felt a bold idea take shape within him. He knew he lacked a physical body, but his soul had been tempered during his ti adrift in the void, making it exceptionally condensed.
His gaze locked onto the flickering pale fla. I possess both fire and ice psychic abilities, and their ranks are evenly matched… After all, the Ice Emperor and I were on the sa level. If so, I should be able to rge with the Bone Spirit Cold Fla. My attributes align perfectly, and with my Devouring Ability, I might just succeed!
Determination settled in his heart. He had made up his mind to seize the Bone Spirit Cold Fla.
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he observed Pill Old Man. Luckily, I have already devoured an ability from a powerful spirit user, allowing to conceal my soul’s presence. He will not notice —not yet.
At this mont, Pill Old Man was too elated to notice anything amiss. A strange fire was an unparalleled treasure to an alchemist, and his excitent clouded his usual vigilance. Had he been more aware, he would have detected Imperial Sky’s presence despite his concealnt.
Pill Old Man retrieved a precious elixir from his storage ring, carefully consuming it before extending his right hand toward the Bone Spirit Cold Fla. His rough, calloused palm glead with a blood-colored keratin layer that rapidly expanded, encasing his hand entirely. With this protection, he reached directly into the fla.
The Bone Spirit Cold Fla, newly born and lacking intelligence, still exuded imnse power. Its fluctuating heat and cold were beyond what an ordinary person could endure. The opposing forces within the fla clashed violently, unleashing destruction.
But Pill Old Man had prepared for this mont ticulously. As soon as his keratin-covered hand entered the fla, it was both ignited and frozen simultaneously. The protective layer lted away, only to regenerate just as quickly. This allowed him to reach deeper into the fla’s core.
Despite its limited intelligence, the Bone Spirit Cold Fla instinctively resisted capture. As the eleventh-ranked foreign fla, it was not easily subdued. Yet, with swift precision, Pill Old Man extracted a pale wisp from the fla—its very source.
Without hesitation, he swallowed the fla whole.
At that very mont, Imperial Sky lunged toward the Bone Spirit Cold Fla.
Pill Old Man’s entire focus was on refining the fla. He did not even sense Imperial Sky’s approach. The mont he ingested the source, pale flas erupted over his body, swiftly freezing him from the inside out.
Imperial Sky had already entered Pill Old Man’s body, rging with the Bone Spirit Cold Fla.
Once inside, Imperial Sky could feel the imnse energy surging toward the fla. The Bone Spirit Cold Fla, though lacking intelligence, still understood the danger. Instinct drove it to resist, knowing that if it were engulfed, it would be powerless to fight back.
Its flas surged violently, lashing out in desperation. But Imperial Sky endured the burning agony. I am a soul body. This fire does not burn souls, and my attributes resonate with it. With both ice and fire abilities, my very soul is attuned to the Bone Spirit Cold Fla!
With that thought, he plunged forward, pressing himself into the very core of the fla. Compared to the Bone Spirit Cold Fla, his abilities were insignificant—re embers before an inferno.
But he had sothing else: his Devouring Ability.
He activated it, pulling the fla’s essence into himself. The Bone Spirit Cold Fla, now besieged on two fronts—Pill Old Man’s formidable Dou Qi from the outside and Imperial Sky’s devouring force from within—had no choice but to surrender.
Weakened and drained, it could no longer resist.
Both Imperial Sky and Pill Old Man smiled.
Pill Old Man, believing he was refining the fla with his Dou Qi, remained blissfully unaware of the soul lurking within. Sensing the Bone Spirit Cold Fla’s dwindling strength, he eagerly intensified his devouring efforts, determined to claim its power as his own.
However, deep within his body, Imperial Sky had already reached the heart of the fla, settling into place for the final step of absorption.
Unbeknownst to Pill Old Man, he was not refining the Bone Spirit Cold Fla.
He was rely assisting Imperial Sky in devouring it.
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