Urban's Fury: The War Dragon God

Chapter 1932: Chapter 1931: Scheming

Burning Technique.

Sikong Yu was no stranger to it, but the drawbacks of this Forbidden Technique–class Cultivation Technique were obvious, so he had only dabbled in it and never treated it as his core Cultivation Technique. Still, to say he didn’t know it at all would be an exaggeration.

Hearing Li Feng tell him to circulate the Burning Technique, Sikong Yu’s brows twitched slightly, but he still began circulating it according to its method.

The Burning Technique, which gained instant power by burning one’s own self, was a Cultivation Technique that stimulated potential, a technique that allowed one to kill across realms. However, while its benefits were obvious, its drawbacks were just as straightforward: using the Burning Technique was essentially killing a thousand enemies at the cost of harming oneself by eight hundred.

If the enemy died, there might still be a sliver of Life left. But if one failed, there would be no strength left to fight back.

The Death Soldiers in the Duel Arena cultivated this for two reasons. First, the advancement speed was fast; they could squeeze their potential in a short time. Second, it was a way of letting the great wave wash away the sand—without talent, one simply couldn’t go far with the Burning Technique before their Bloodline collapsed.

To cultivate it to Perfect Foundation Establishment already meant one’s aptitude was not bad. However, the Burning Technique was incomplete; it only had a circulation method and no corresponding Combat Skills. The people in the Duel Arena treated Death Soldiers as disposable cannon fodder, using direct self-Blast to injure and kill the enemy.

Upon hearing Li Feng’s order, the trusted aides almost didn’t hesitate at all. They immediately sat cross-legged and circulated the Burning Technique. In an instant, because of its circulation, waves of Fire broke out of their bodies, forming rings of flames around them.

The temperature in the entire underground cave rapidly rose. Li Feng then also sat cross-legged, drew in a breath, and sank his awareness into his Dantian.

At this moment, the Vermilion Bird was not asleep. Because it had temporarily fused with Li Feng and was occupying his Dantian like a cuckoo in another bird’s nest, the Vermilion Bird and Li Feng could be considered one body for now.

"You really want to help these people?"

The Vermilion Bird’s Divine Sense rang out in Li Feng’s mind: "Among this group, aside from that little girl who’s barely worth nurturing, the rest are all trash. They can’t possibly withstand my Bloodline."

As a Holy Beast, the Vermilion Bird was naturally proud and arrogant; its Bloodline was not something just anyone could possess.

Li Feng said, "My Lady Goddess, I know my subordinates don’t meet your standards. If they forcibly fused with your Bloodline, they wouldn’t be able to enjoy the blessing; I fear they’d only die for it. So I never planned to have them fuse with your Bloodline."

"Oh? If they’re not fusing with my Bloodline, what do you want to do?"

The Vermilion Bird asked in surprise.

"Fire Refining Body, just like you did to me before, My Lady Goddess—using Fire Refining Body to improve their physiques."

Li Feng had long since calculated this. The benefits of directly fusing a Bloodline were self-evident. After converting Bloodline, one was essentially half a member of the Vermilion Bird Clan, with a Bloodline innately attuned to the Fire Element, able to control Fire Element Energy as easily as moving an arm. After all, the Vermilion Bird was the master of the Fire Element.

After fusing the Bloodline, one could even comprehend certain Bloodline Talent, such as controlling Fire, or even, by activating the Bloodline, gaining flame wings, an Undying Body, and other innate abilities.

However, fusing a Bloodline was almost equivalent to remolding oneself. It was like a surgical operation that directly replaced all the Bloodline in one’s body, and whether this new circulation could mesh with one’s organs and flesh was highly uncertain. Once rejection occurred or fusion failed, the result would be self-Blast.

This was the greatest difficulty in the path of Bloodline fusion: the stronger the race, the harder its Bloodline was to fuse. For a thousand years, only the Sikong family’s ancestor had succeeded; as for the current descendants of the Sikong family, they merely inherited that Bloodline.

Inheriting a Bloodline was undoubtedly much easier than fusing one. When the Vermilion Bird was present, the Sikong family descendants who possessed the Vermilion Bird Bloodline could undergo trials set by the Vermilion Bird and receive its instructions, which was essentially a process of refining their Bloodline once more.

In this way, passed down from generation to generation, the Vermilion Bird Bloodline would not weaken because of inheritance and ultimately vanish.

However, this inheritance had been cut off for more than two hundred years, which was why the Sikong family declined. As for Li Feng gaining control of the Vermilion Bird Bloodline, it was actually a stroke of fortune—he fused a drop of a Sikong descendant’s Essence Blood because of the Mutated Purple Flame.

The other party had originally wanted to use that Vermilion Bird Essence Blood to kill Li Feng, but was instead captured by him. The Mutated Purple Flame devoured it and fused it into Li Feng’s Bloodline, giving him the attributes of the Vermilion Bird Bloodline. After that, he naturally kept absorbing flame essence to continuously strengthen the Vermilion Bird Bloodline.

Moreover, once Li Feng obtained the Vermilion Bird Bloodline, the Bloodline connection caused the Vermilion Bird to notice his existence.

"Fire Refining Body, to improve their physiques."

The Vermilion Bird Goddess rolled her eyes. "Do you take this Goddess’s labor as cheap?"

"My Lady Goddess, you agreed to this before. Besides, you’re currently residing in my body; you should at least pay a little rent, right?"

"Moreover, this is just a matter of lifting a finger; it won’t consume much of your energy. Otherwise, if I really asked you to help these people fuse the Vermilion Bird Bloodline, that would be truly forcing you."

"Rent?"

The Vermilion Bird Goddess snorted. "You really dare to ask. And if this Goddess hadn’t possessed you earlier, would you still be alive?"

"A person must know gratitude."

Li Feng chuckled lightly. "My Lady Goddess, I am naturally immensely grateful to you. But I need strength. You heard the conversation just now. If I don’t have the power to protect myself, once I return to Ancestor Dragon City I’ll be nothing but fish on the chopping block."

"By then, My Lady Goddess, you might even be dug out of my body. Of course, you might not care. After all, if you fall into the hands of the Sikong family, they’ll definitely treat you like an ancestor, offering Tribute to you."

"But, perhaps in the future, you’ll only be offered up."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

The Vermilion Bird Goddess glared at Li Feng. Li Feng smiled and said, "It’s very simple. In the past, you were the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird, your strength overwhelming. The Sikong family naturally could only follow your lead and bow at your feet. Although on the surface your relationship seemed equal, in reality, you, My Lady Goddess, were the one holding the initiative."

"But if you fall into the Sikong family’s hands in your current state, that initiative will change. Without the nourishment of the Molten Lava Volcano’s Earth Veins, if you rely only on the Power of Heaven and Earth to recover, how long will it take?"

"And in your current state, you can’t even exert much strength, can you? Think about what the Demon Clan would do if they took you away."

"The Sikong family might not go that far, but they’d likely offer you up high above while never helping you be reborn, treating you as a tool. Wouldn’t the result be about the same? After all, no one ever minds having one more ancestor."

Li Feng said darkly.

After listening, the Vermilion Bird Goddess was rendered speechless. The Vermilion Bird’s thoughts were actually quite simple, but that didn’t mean she hadn’t seen intrigue; she just never needed to play such games at her level of strength.

Yet, after Li Feng’s reminder, the Vermilion Bird Goddess suddenly realized that her current situation didn’t seem all that good.

Even if the odds of what Li Feng described were only one in ten thousand, if it really happened, she would truly become a mere tool.

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