Chapter 959: Chapter 927: Mire

At the center of the sea of fire, the black cat’s figure did not vanish as expected. Instead, an orange-yellow vertical pupil grew increasingly bright within the twisted black shadow, igniting a stellar blaze of Holy Eyes.

Zhuo Hua’s expression slightly tensed, sensing something amiss.

What is this…?

Before he could ponder further, a chaotic white glow began to unfurl on the black cat’s body.

The originally blood-red sea of fire that enveloped the black cat was suddenly and violently inverted, becoming eye-searingly red. It formed a tumultuous and horrifying wave of light, roaring as it swept across its surroundings by tens, hundreds, and thousands of cubic meters, instantly blasting through a warship’s walls and exploding into the distant darkness.

“Buzz——!!!”

“Screech!!!” The peacock, engulfed by the light wave, let out a piercing screech, on the verge of disintegrating.

Zhuo Hua reacted swiftly, his thoughts moved, and he immediately merged the Sin Shadow’s Blazing Feathers into a red stream of light, uniting with his body.

This is one of the abilities of the Sin Shadow’s Blazing Feathers, which can transform into armor to merge with its master, enhancing the master’s agility and spatial awareness, while also increasing resistance to fire-based abilities.

The armor, as dazzling as a mech, covered his whole body. Yet it still struggled against the stellar heat wave surging from the black cat. Zhuo Hua’s hands quickly formed a binding technique, layers of defensive Spiritual Clothes spread out over his body, though his skin began visibly carbonizing.

He recognized it, his expression darkening slightly.

This is a branch ability of the Jinyang Divine Domain, the Light Constant Domain!

Why can Huang Zhaoyue’s Sin Shadow use the ability of Spiritual Clothes?!

And it’s S-Class Spiritual Clothes!

Zhuo Hua’s mental state was already poor, and now his mind was even more muddled.

[Light Constant Domain: You can release Constant Energy to form a domain. Everything within the domain’s range will escalate to ‘stellar-level extreme temperatures’, annihilating all sub-plane spaces, countering all fire-related abilities. When the domain reaches a certain level, it will become a small star, illuminating all directions.]

Xia Feng previously absorbed the Constant Energy of a star, his soul now brimming with Constant Energy.

However, he did not release excessive energy to form a small star, being within the Eternal Flow Sea.

Though the warship was protected by the Tree of Sin, capable of quick self-repair.

If it were instantly destroyed, it would be impossible to repair, leading to a troublesome situation.

“Tap — tap — ”

The black cat sauntered slowly out of the sea of fire, its orange-yellow vertical pupil at this moment like the eyes of a deity, imbued with sacred fire.

At this point, though its cat form was petite, the shadow beneath it was like a terrifying behemoth, blazing and undulating.

“How interesting, Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine.”

Zhuo Hua’s soft eyes stared coldly at the sinister black cat, a scoffing smile on his face, “You’ve hidden well; the Sin Shadow has the ability to learn S-Class Spiritual Clothes. A Sin Shadow of this level might even outperform the three core Sin Leaves of the Tree of Sin.”

In the distance, a woman leaned back, her legs crossed, draped in a black coat over a simple white shirt, her cool and aristocratic face showing no emotion.

But inside, her heart churned with waves of shock.

Zhuo Hua’s lack of experience made him overlook it, but she could clearly discern that the power of this Light Constant Domain was beyond what mere S-Class Spiritual Clothes could achieve.

Just by outputting this little Constant Energy, it could forcibly repel Zhuo Hua, making Zhuo Hua, inclined towards the fire element, dare not approach at all, even invalidating any defensive measure.

This should be… the power of an S-Class Dao Fruit!

This guy… Huang Zhaoyue’s fox-gray eyes seemed lost in thought as she watched the black cat in the sea of fire, her curiosity about Xia Feng ascending to a new level.

Venerate Second unites the S-Class Dao Fruit.

This isn’t merely the level of another Huang Ye; it’s fearsome enough that even several Huang Ye combined couldn’t compare to this man’s defiance of nature.

How did he manage it…?

Huang Zhaoyue, who was born with knowledge, strictly speaking, had she fully restored her bloodline, would also have the chance to unite an S-Class Dao Fruit below the Holy Realm. Yet even so, it couldn’t reach Xia Feng’s level.

Xia Feng… she mentally recited this name as her beautiful eyes lightly squinted, mysterious light flickering within her pupils.

She realized that perhaps this man would truly be the key for her to break open the ‘Dragon-locking Well’, eliminate the entire Huang Family, and gain her freedom!

“Unfortunately, a Sin Shadow is just a Sin Shadow!”

Recovering from surprise, Zhuo Hua’s face, although continuously carbonizing, revealing clear cheekbones, didn’t betray panic.

Instead, he swiftly bit open his thumb’s fingertip, letting his blood drip onto the shadow beneath him.

Unbeknownst to him, Zhuo Hua’s shadow and the black cat’s shadow had merged together.

Now, with the blood integrated, the two shadows were instantly bound into a single column, and the black cat’s figure abruptly stiffened.

[A-Level Dao Fruit: Shadow Spirit Bind]!

Xia Feng noticed his soul also seemed to develop a shadow, wrapped in black loops and unable to move, his thoughts becoming disjointed and intermittent.

“This is an oppressive type of Spiritual Clothes using shadow control against enemies, having a restraining weakening effect on Sin Shadow creatures. Its side effect is that both parties will be immobilized after use.”

The explanation from Huang Zhaoyue rang in his mind.

Xia Feng blinked, inexplicably finding it amusing.

First, he wasn’t a Sin Shadow.

Second, there was actually someone who dared to use his shadow for soul attacks?! Wasn’t this outright offering their neck for him to cut?

“Screech——!!” With another high-pitched bird cry, the armor on Zhuo Hua’s chest reformed into a peacock entity, transforming into a huge Extreme Flame Sparrow, charging toward Xia Feng for a lethal strike!!

Xia Feng’s cat eyes were tranquil, yet beneath him, countless Blood Beasts, like ravenous waves of beasts, surged along the shadow path Zhuo Hua willingly shared, swelling to Zhuo Hua’s feet like countless wicked, blood-white hands from hell, crawling up with a rustle.

“!!!!” A dreadful fear shot through Zhuo Hua’s mind, his pupils shaking to pinpricks, the smile on his curled lips freezing in terror. What the hell is this…

Blood Beasts? There are Blood Beasts too?!!

“You—!” His pupils filled with dread as he stared viciously at the black cat, unable to think, his eyes forcibly filled by Blood Beasts, suffocation flooding in as he clutched his neck in a fit of terror.

But it was all in vain.

For he discovered his spiritual power couldn’t surpass that of a Sin Shadow black cat!!

The most effective way to repel such soul-invading Blood Beasts was to consume spiritual power.

As long as the spiritual power was strong enough, no matter how stealthily Blood Beasts attacked or how suddenly they infiltrated the soul, they could cause no harm.

But absurdly, the black cat’s spiritual power was that of a Light-Holding Sage!

He had even voluntarily released the Dao Thought domain, linking his shadow with the black cat, completely unguarded, and the Spiritual Pressure layer protecting his Spiritual Base was instantly pierced by Blood Beasts and devoured.

Damn it!!

“Boom——!!” In the final moments of terror, Zhuhua thought to himself, the grotesque face suddenly exploded into countless bits of flesh, spattering down into muck.

The headless body rapidly darkened, melting like a clay figure at high temperatures, collapsing into a mud flow quickly trickling down.

Simultaneously, the Extreme Flame Sparrow, charging at Xia Feng, lost control without its master and dissipated into nothing.

Rustle, rustle, rustle — the muck scattered like countless conscious reptiles into the sea of fire.