Chapter 140: Ghostly Poison Flame
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This sudden change made Wei Yang swiftly retreat a hundred meters in a flash. Black flames surged out from within his body, wrapping around him entirely as he concentrated and stood on high alert.
Three small black fire dragons instantly emerged in the palms of his hands, ready to be unleashed at any moment.
However, the violent attack he had imagined never came.
Ahead, the One-Horned Purple Scale Python coiled silently in place. Its entire body was engulfed in green flames, which rose five to six meters high, burning fiercely.
Chi chi chi—
The air above it was scorched and burned, making faint sizzling sounds, as if it were being corroded.
"Damn, this is... the Ghostly Poison Flame!" Wei Yang's eyes widened in an instant.
Judging by the unusual fluctuations from the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame, and the strange aura emanating from the green fire, this was undoubtedly a Heavenly Flame!
And a green Heavenly Flame containing deadly poison—aside from the Ghostly Poison Flame, there could be no other.
To think he had found the legendary, mysterious Ghostly Poison Flame this easily?
Wei Yang stood frozen on the spot for quite a while, unable to react.
He stared blankly ahead at the surging, blazing Ghostly Poison Flame, dazed, almost thinking he was dreaming.
It had gone way too smoothly—so smooth that he could hardly believe it.
The Ghostly Poison Flame, like a ghost fire drifting everywhere with no trace, had been found this easily?
…
Only after a long while did Wei Yang come back to his senses.
He shook his head and reached up to lightly pinch his cheek.
The slight pain from his skin confirmed that he wasn't dreaming.
He had really found the Ghostly Poison Flame!
"My luck... is truly unmatched." Wei Yang licked his lips, his eyes fixed firmly on the green flames burning furiously.
But instead of excitement, what filled his heart was a strange mix of fear and disbelief.
Green Lotus Core Flame.
Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.
Wind and Thunder Fury Flame.
Ghostly Poison Flame.
That's already four Heavenly Flames!
"Hmm? Something's not right... the color of this flame seems a bit faded, and it lacks spiritual intelligence…" Wei Yang frowned slightly.
Although this green fire was clearly a Heavenly Flame, both its innate spirit and the usual liveliness of such flames seemed abnormally low.
As the green poison flame burned, traces of toxic miasma from the surrounding void were being drawn toward it. Like moths to a flame, they rushed frantically into the green fire.
Afterward, they became fuel for the flame, sustaining its combustion. To some extent, the toxicity of the poison flame even gained a faint enhancement.
This was undoubtedly the trait of a Heavenly Flame.
Ordinary beast flames couldn't actively absorb the energies of heaven and earth—only Heavenly Flames with spiritual awareness could do that.
Therefore, Wei Yang was certain: this was the Ghostly Poison Flame!
Moreover, during the burning process, the Rank 7 One-Horned Purple Scale Python had no reaction at all. Instead, the energy within its body seemed to be continuously feeding the Ghostly Poison Flame, as if nurturing this Heavenly Flame.
Or perhaps—more accurately—it had already been controlled, even parasitized, by the Ghostly Poison Flame, which had become its host!
Realizing this, Wei Yang was utterly shocked.
Wei Yang stepped forward slowly, releasing his soul perception as he carefully examined the Ghostly Poison Flame.
After a moment, his eyes lit up in realization.
"This Rank 7 One-Horned Purple Scale Python must have tried to devour and refine the Ghostly Poison Flame, and in the end, it actually succeeded."
"However, it clearly underestimated the strangeness and terror of the Ghostly Poison Flame. Eventually, as it merged with the flame, its own power was transformed by the poison flame. As the toxins in its body increased, the flame's poison began to gradually corrode its body and its consciousness…"
"Its body, under the corrosion of the toxins, slowly lost all vitality. Its mind, too, was eroded by the poison, until it finally lost its sense of self."
"As a result, it ended up in this bizarre state of neither life nor death, becoming the host for the Ghostly Poison Flame, constantly supplying it with nourishment for growth."
Even the naturally born Woeful Poison Body would inevitably suffer soul corrosion from poison over time—let alone a One-Horned Purple Scale Python?
Understanding this, Wei Yang couldn't help but feel a chill of fear as he looked at the green flame burning furiously in front of him.
Such a terrifying and eerie Ghostly Poison Flame!
No wonder no one dared to approach it.
It was even more terrifying than the fearsome fire poisons he'd encountered before.
Even if someone successfully devoured and refined it, if they couldn't resist its poisonous corrosion, they would in turn be devoured by it and become fuel for its growth.
Truly worthy of the name "Poison Flame."
In this world, perhaps only someone with a Woeful Poison Body could truly fuse with it perfectly—fighting poison with poison, the two would actually complement each other.
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"This Ghostly Poison Flame has power roughly at the mid-Dou Wang level."
"But its spiritual intelligence is very low… it seems like a newly born young flame…"
"Given this… I think I understand now… it was originally just a sub-flame. After a long period of transformation, it finally evolved into this newly-formed Ghostly Poison Flame!"
Wei Yang analyzed carefully, deducing the general origin of this Heavenly Flame.
A sub-flame split off from a Heavenly Flame contains a portion of the original's essence. Under special conditions or environments, over the course of countless years, it has a small chance of developing intelligence and becoming a new Heavenly Flame.
If Wei Yang's guess was right, the original Ghostly Poison Flame had either developed intelligence or, for some other reason, split off this sub-flame and left it behind in the Ghostly Marsh.
This sub-flame drifted through the marsh, absorbing the endless poisonous miasma. After hundreds or thousands of years of evolution, it finally developed spiritual awareness and became a newly born Ghostly Poison Flame!
This was a young flame that had only just awakened, but because it originated from a sub-flame, its power was stronger than an ordinary newborn flame—already at the level of a mid-Dou Wang.
And its toxicity was terrifying. Even the Rank 7 One-Horned Purple Scale Python—born in the Ghostly Marsh and inherently possessing intense poisonous properties—couldn't withstand the corrosion of its toxins and gradually lost its consciousness.
With poison like this, ordinary human Dou Zong experts didn't even stand a chance. Touch it, and you die!
Now that he understood what he was dealing with, Wei Yang no longer hesitated.
His body was coated in black flames as he stepped forward, slowly approaching the blazing green fire.
Fwoosh—
The green flame sensed Wei Yang's approach—especially the black flame on his body—and instinctively felt threatened. Immediately, it flared up even more violently.
In a place like the Ghostly Marsh, with a Rank 7 magic beast endlessly supplying it with energy, its energy reserves were practically inexhaustible.
So even though it was only at the mid-Dou Wang level, even a peak Dou Huang would likely be helpless against it.
"Jie jie jie… feisty little thing, aren't you? While others might fear you—I don't. So stop wasting your strength on pointless resistance. Come quietly, and I'll find you a fine new master!" Wei Yang chuckled darkly, speaking softly.
He extended his hand, wrapped in black flame, and reached directly into the green fire.
Chi chi chi—
The moment the two flames touched, they erupted in a fierce clash, pushing against each other and rapidly consuming energy.
At the same time, Wei Yang's soul power surged forth, flowing along his arm into the depths of the green flame, searching for its origin.
If one wanted to subdue a Heavenly Flame in a short amount of time, the most direct and effective method was a soul assault—directly targeting and subduing its core.
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