Three Days and Three Nights

"Quickly swallow the flame core or else you will surely die here!" the system voice sounded urgently.

Ye Mo could not think properly and even if he could, it wouldn't change his decision. With the last bit of power remaining in him, he swallowed the flame core. His hand turned bright red, a few seconds later a terrifying and boiling wave of heat started emanating from his body. His body temperature soared above normalcy, his skin became bright red. It was as if a boiling magma was hidden inside his stomach.

Ye Mo shed silent tears of pain. First, it was his body temperature dropping and almost becoming an ice sculpture, but now, his body has soaring to the cloud, his body could not bear the pain, his body temperature continued to climb up with lightning speed. He was about to explode, his internal organs was set on fire, the cold qi that had invaded his body vanquished.

His 36000 pores screamed in endless pain and despair. It was like a volcano was about to erupt from his body. The five strengthened viscera were being boiling in the magma of fire. The Meridians in his body were burnt and damaged, his future cultivation path became bleak. His body hair were burnt off immediately, his eyebrows were no spared, his black long air was on fire, in the blink of an eye, he became a bald man. At such a young age! He cried out in pain, his face alternating between the shade of black and red. The pain he felt was ten times more than what the Silver Snow Leopard inflicted him.

Ye Mo's body spasmed violently, in his blurry state, he saw the gate of the OtherWorld open unto him widely, welcoming his grand presence. This had nothing to do with his will any longer, the pain was just too intense, his veins protruded out, his face black. Smoke was released from his seven orifices. He endured, no.. he couldn't endure, there was nothing he could do to savage the situation.

The straw broke the camel's back when the flame burnt his lower body, removing the very last bit of clothes he had in him, he was now completely dressed in his birthday suit but that was not all, the flames extended it's evil claw unto his little junior brother. Yes! He was covered with fire from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet.

Ye Mo roared angrily, he died a virgin in his last life, so he swore to live this life to the fullest but his future was in fatal danger. He could even hear the cries and wails of his unborn children. His eyes turned bloodshot, he howled to the skies, 'It was that damn system! If he had not swallowed the flame core, none of these would have happened; the Millennium Shopping System! Scoff! The Torture System suits it better, that was even an understatement the Destroying System suits it best! What an underserved name!'

He made a reckless decision and controlled the surrounding cold qi to cover his lower part, the biting coldness invaded him causing him to wince in pain. The situation eased slightly but the cold soon dispersed, he kept on doing this with gritted teeth but he knew that it wouldn't last long.

He swallowed every bit of his pride and grievance. "Hmm... System, do you have any way or method to help me? You need to do something fast! My future is at stake here! My path of cultivation will be broken if my future is ruined."

"The worries of mortals! Sigh. I will absorb a little bit of the flame to ease your pressure, but am just a system, only by the increase in your strength can I grow stronger." the system replied seriously at this time, perhaps it was aware to the fatal danger its host was facing and decided to adopt a serious approach.

Ye Mo breathed a relieved smile but his twisted and black face made it look like a frown. The decreased of the flame intensity he expected did not come, only the flame burning in his lower part was extinguished.

"System! What is the meaning of this?" he shouted in a hoarse voice, even his lungs were being turn apart by the flame ravaging his body.

"What do you think? That is the help am offering you! Am in a weak state right now, so I could only protect the most important part of your body lest your Dao heart crumbles." the system retorted rather harshly, but judging from the tone, one could tell it was not bothered at all, in fact it seems to be rejoicing in his misfortune.

"The only way out of your predicament is to drain the power of the flame core in your body. Just think of your body as a tank, when it stores more than the necessary water, what happens? It overflows, it pours outward, so that it can create a balance. The only way for you to escape this is to use that flame as a weapon, see the flame hidden in your body as a destructive weapon, let it out, control it and fight with it. Although the Silver Snow Leopard is many times stronger than you but don't forget that fire is it's natural nemesis, this will put you in a better position. Focus on increasing your mastery and proficiency in attacking with the flame in your body, only then can you find your balance."

His skin was burnt off, parts of his bone were visible to the naked eye, upon hearing the system words, he quickly carried it out. It was better than just waiting to be burnt alive by the hellish flames.

He raised his hand with great difficulty, his bloodied and distorted hand caused him great pain, he clumsily threw out different size of fireballs at the Silver Snow Leopard who was staring at him in amusement. Because he could not gather his strength, the fireball had no power in them. The Silver Snow Leopard had a funny look on it face, the fireballs were extinguished ten feets from its resting place.

Ye Mo gritted his teeth, he poured out every bit of energy in his body, he concentrated his body and mind into extracting and hurling more power-packed fireballs at the Silver Snow Leopard, the explosive and destructive power in the fireballs rose to a new height. The Silver Snow Leopard growl angrily, at first it thought that the fireballs posed no threat to it but the human proficiency skyrocketed and the fireballs covered the entire cave, ice melted, it had nowhere to dodge to, in a few seconds, a raging flame surged towards it from all sides.

Ye Mo looked just like a fire soul cultivator, the attack got stronger, dense clusters of fireballs filled the cave, the hundreds of years wall of ice was gradually melting. The Silver Snow Leopard was swallowed by the torrents to fireballs, wave after wave. Ye Mo threw the fireballs into the air causing it to rain down like an heavy downpour. The Silver Snow Leopard was again swallowed by the heavy wave of fire, it silver-like skin had burnt marks, its speed, defense and sight were blocked by the dense cloud of fire. It aura grew stronger, as it let out a ferocious howl, it opened it mouth and greedily sucked the spiritual energy in the surrounding, the half-formed fifth star gradually solidified, the beast broke through in anger, seems like it had been suppressing it realm. An abundant and bulldozing power spread outwards, the incoming fireballs halted mid-air before they dispersed.

Ye Mo broke into cold sweat, his mind spun quickly, spiritual energy gathered in his palm, he quickly mixed the spiritual energy with the endless violent flames coming from his body. A sizzling sound was heard and the fireball in his hand burned brighter, the destructive power was twice as before, he threw it at the Silver Snow Leopard. Boom, the ground cave in, the beast retreated hastily, it taunted Ye Mo with a cunning light in it eyes. Ye Mo increased his efficiency in the new style of attack, the beast dodged, breathed out fog of cold qi and attacked fiercely but it skin was already covered with dark spots, the difference in their realm was neglected as the flame were it natural enemies, it was injured slightly, Ye Mo continued his attack with a stone-cold face, although the fog of cold qi disrupted his attack pattern, he was able to attack repeatedly, like this the man and beast fought for three days and three nights, a battle of attrition, their muscle spasmed, the Silver Snow Leopard was shocked by the level of endurance and strength hidden in Ye Mo's body, the ferocious flames burning in his body had long subsided but the tyranny of the flame was still there, a small part had entered the deeper part of his body releasing monstrous wave of heat at intervals.

Ye Mo was hanging on a thin rope, the amount of injuries in his body would definitely take a long time to heal. His body function had deteriorated to the lowest level, he was only acting on instinct, even his skeleton could be seen, he was just a bony creature now, how he survived remained a mystery to him.