"Strange Fire?"
The Little Fairy Doctor stared at the green flame in Mu Chen's hand, her eyes filled with fear. She asked with a trembling heart, "You... you want me to refine it?"
"Yes."
Mu Chen nodded firmly.
"Then... wouldn't I be burned to death?"
The Little Fairy Doctor looked at Mu Chen with both fear and concern.
"Who said that possessing Strange Fire necessarily means being burned to death by it?"
Mu Chen smiled slightly. With a flip of his other hand, a black-and-white flame appeared in his palm.
The Little Fairy Doctor remained silent, her gaze shifting between the nurturing flame in Mu Chen's left hand and the Nether Poison Fire in his right.
"Strange Fire is a naturally occurring treasure of the world. Its power far surpasses the life flame of fire attribute Soul Masters and the beast flames condensed within Magical Beasts. In the world of fighters, there is a Strange Fire Ranking. The Strange Fire before you is called Nether Poison Fire, ranked twentieth on the Strange Fire Ranking. It is a flame that exists in the ancient Nether Poison Swamp. After being nurtured by the sky-shrouding toxic miasma for millennia, the flame has absorbed endless toxic gases, becoming sentient in a hundred years, taking form in a thousand, and upon reaching maturity, its color leans towards green, resembling a will-o'-the-wisp as it travels through the swamp's miasma. Since the flame itself was nurtured by toxic miasma, it contains severe poison. Even a brief contact with its sparks can lead to severe poisoning, let alone devouring and merging with it! Precisely because of this, few seek out this Strange Fire, and even fewer know of its existence. Once you possess it, you will have a trump card that even Dou Huang-level experts will fear." Mu Chen explained in detail, gradually breaking down the Little Fairy Doctor's psychological defenses.
The Little Fairy Doctor was moved by Mu Chen's words, especially the part about making even Dou Huang-level experts wary.
The Little Fairy Doctor was a physician in Green Mountain Town, having saved countless mercenaries. Through the mercenaries' tales, she knew of the top ten strongest individuals in the Gamma Empire, some of whom were Dou Wangs and others Dou Huangs. If she possessed this, it would mean she had joined the ranks of the strong.
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The Little Fairy Doctor panted heavily. After all, below Dou Huang and Dou Wang, there were still Dou Ling, Great Dou Master, Dou Master, Dou Zhe, and the Dou Qi stage cultivators.
"What should I do?"
The desire for strength in the Little Fairy Doctor's heart finally overcame her fear. She asked Mu Chen with a moved heart.
"I have a Strange Fire Fusion Talisman here. By using this talisman, you can obtain the Strange Fire." Mu Chen flicked his finger, sending a red talisman to the Little Fairy Doctor. He continued, "The method of using the talisman is simple. Just input a wisp of Soul Power, which is your mental energy and will, into the talisman. Then, ingest the Strange Fire."
"Ingest it?" The Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but interrupt Mu Chen. If a person ingested fire, especially such a terrifying one, wouldn't it burn their throat and instantly turn their body to ashes?
"Yes," Mu Chen nodded.
The Little Fairy Doctor fell silent again. After a while, her desire for strength once again overcame her fear.
Crack
The Little Fairy Doctor input a wisp of mental energy, which was her Soul Power, into the talisman. The red talisman turned into a mist-like light and seeped into her body.
Mu Chen released his Soul Power and could clearly sense that not only was the Little Fairy Doctor's skin surface suffused with red light, but her internal organs, meridians, and even every cell were enveloped in red light.
The Little Fairy Doctor, now shrouded in red mist, felt the terrifying temperature of the Strange Fire decrease significantly. Her trust in Mu Chen grew even firmer.
"What's next?" the Little Fairy Doctor asked.
"Reach out and probe into the Nether Poison Fire. Inside, there's something like magma, which is the core flame of the Nether Poison Fire. Ingest it, then let it circulate through your meridians. Once it becomes tame, you can then absorb it into this Storage Spirit." Mu Chen flicked his finger, and a Storage Spirit he obtained from Yao Lao appeared before the Little Fairy Doctor.
The Little Fairy Doctor nodded. She extended her slender jade-like fingers and cautiously probed into the green poison fire.
When her fingers touched the poison fire, she was surprised to find that there was no burning sensation. Delighted, she reached in and pulled out a wriggling magma-like substance.
"It's alive?" the Little Fairy Doctor exclaimed in surprise.
"Strange Fire is also a living being of the world. Right now, it hasn't developed intelligence. Hurry, I'm not sure how long the Strange Fire Fusion Talisman will last. Once the talisman vanishes, you will suffer the pain of being burned by the poison fire," Mu Chen urged.
"Okay."
The Little Fairy Doctor nodded. She looked at the wriggling little thing, which resembled a green earthworm. A sense of nausea rose in her stomach.
Closing her eyes, she decisively swallowed the core flame of the Nether Poison Fire.
As the poison fire entered her stomach, the Little Fairy Doctor let out a cry of pain.
"Ah!"
She groaned in agony.
"Hold on, you must hold on. Keep your mind steady. Remember, as long as you maintain your will, you will not perish."
Mu Chen's voice echoed in the Little Fairy Doctor's ears.
Next was to circulate the core flame of the Nether Poison Fire through her meridians. This process would be a long one. The Strange Fire Fusion Talisman protected the cultivator's body from being burned by the Strange Fire, but the searing heat from the fire's struggle as it entered her body was unavoidable.
As time passed, a mist of sweat formed on the Little Fairy Doctor's forehead. Due to the terrifying temperature of the Strange Fire, her sweat vaporized the moment it appeared, turning into a mist.
The intense heat of the Strange Fire not only scorched and tempered her meridians but also incinerated her clothes.
The Strange Fire Fusion Talisman protected her body, not her clothes. A crimson figure was now fully revealed before Mu Chen.
At this moment, Mu Chen could see that the Little Fairy Doctor possessed the Woeful Poison Body, with the distinctive seven-colored patterns on her abdomen. Not just her abdomen, every inch of her skin was perfectly displayed before Mu Chen's eyes.
"What a slender waist!"
Mu Chen admired the Little Fairy Doctor's figure, unable to help but murmur in admiration.
This was the Magical Beast Forest, home to many poison attribute Magical Beasts. As the Little Fairy Doctor refined the Nether Poison Fire, many poison and fire attribute Magical Beasts were attracted to the area. Fortunately, with Mu Chen guarding her, the Little Fairy Doctor was not disturbed.
The gathering of Magical Beasts was a hardship for Mu Chen but a delight for Blue Hawk.
Blue Hawk was also a Magical Beast. Whenever Mu Chen killed a Magical Beast that intruded into the area, Blue Hawk would rush to find the Magic Core within its body. After devouring nearly a hundred Magic Cores, Blue Hawk's level rapidly increased.
(End of Chapter)