Chapter 342

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Chapter 342: Battle of the Life Fire

"He put his life fire into this lantern to control it, and the Li Fire you put in became his food."

"But you can be the clever bird in this situation! It’s a double win!"

Bai Ze continued proudly, "Thanks to me, the all-knowing Heavenly Demon Bai Ze, otherwise, ordinary people wouldn’t have discovered this."

Ignoring Bai Ze’s boasting, Jiang Yun finally understood.

Bai Ze meant for Jiang Yun to use his life fire to consume the Demon Lord’s life fire in the Flameless Puppet Lantern.

Once successful, not only could one’s life essence undergo a transformation, but they could also gain control of the Flameless Puppet Lantern!

Two birds with one stone!

However, Jiang Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Are you sure your plan won’t lead me to my doom?"

As the Demon Lord of the Ten Thousand Demons Cave and a natural member of the Fire clan, his life essence was incredibly powerful, making it impossible for Jiang Yun, with his weak life essence, to devour it. Instead, there was a high chance he would be devoured by the Demon Lord.

"Your death would not benefit me!" Bai Ze complained, "Though this plan is risky, you do have a chance at success."

Jiang Yun shook his head and said, "I fail to see how I have any chance at success."

"Although his life essence is strong, within this lantern, it is just a strand of his life essence."

"Even though your life essence is weak, if you transfer all of it into the lantern, you might be able to match his life essence."

"Then, we will see whose life essence will prevail!"

"Of course, this method is a bit risky, it depends on whether you dare or not!"

Bai Ze’s words made Jiang Yun’s pupils slightly shrink.

It is indeed a very risky thing to compete with a fire demon at least at the Tao Spiritual Realm level in life fire.

However, considering the benefits after success, especially even if really devouring the opponent’s life fire, there won’t be any uneasy feeling psychologically.

Therefore, after thinking carefully for a moment, Jiang Yun gritted his teeth and said, "Let’s do it!"

With that, Jiang Yun unexpectedly put all of his life fire into the Flameless Puppet Lantern directly!

Jiang Yun’s decisive move even startled Bai Ze.

Although the idea was his and he encouraged Jiang Yun to do it, he did not expect Jiang Yun to be so willing.

This also left him deeply moved, "In fact, despite this kid having unbelievably good luck, most of his fortune is basically won by risking his own life!"

"Now I feel more and more that following him gives me a greater chance to achieve the Great Dao in the future!"

As all of Jiang Yun’s life energy entered the Flameless Puppet Lantern, underground in the North Mountain Ten Thousand Demons Cave, there was a river of flames with countless flame flowers blooming on it.

Sitting cross-legged on one of the flame flowers, Demon Lord Huo Yanghui suddenly opened his eyes, showing a hint of disdainful smile on his face.

"Interesting, you actually found my life energy, and it seems like you want to challenge me with it. Courage is commendable, but it’s beyond your ability."

"However, you’ve come at the right time. I can try to see if I can leave a spark of fire in your mind with my life energy, making you my avatar!"

At the same time, Jiang Yun found himself in a world of fire.

Although he knew that only his life energy had entered here, his real body was still within the protective formation of the Grand Medicine Sect.

But looking down, he could clearly see himself and his body.

Even his divine sense could easily spread in all directions without any obstacles.

This feeling is very strange!

"Here is the inside of the Flameless Puppet Lantern!"

Inside the device was like a separate world, which was not unusual for Jiang Yun. So, he showed no surprise and instead looked around.

In this fiery world, it seemed vast with endless flames burning everywhere. In the center of the world sat a middle-aged man dressed in a red robe.

Although Jiang Yun had never seen the Demon Lord of the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, he naturally knew that the man in front of him was Huo Yanghui, whose life fire was left here.

While Jiang Yun was staring at Huo Yanghui, Huo Yanghui opened his eyes too. A scornful smile, identical to his original form, appeared on his face as he gazed at Jiang Yun and said, "Do you want to kill me and gain control of this lantern?"

Although Huo Yanghui did not fully reveal his intentions to Jiang Yun, Jiang Yun calmly replied, "Yes."

"Now that you already know my identity, are you interested in making a bet with me?"

"What shall we bet on?"

"I’m not interested in your life fire, so if you can’t kill me, I need you to help me with something. But if you do kill me, before I disappear, I will tell you something you don’t know!"

"Something I don’t know?" Jiang Yun shook his head and said, "This bet doesn’t seem to benefit me much. There are plenty of things I don’t know. Just tell me one…"

Before Jiang Yun could finish speaking, Huo Yanghui interrupted and said, "With my identity, I wouldn’t intentionally deceive you. Don’t worry, this message is closely related to you!"

After a moment of thought, Jiang Yun nodded and said, "Alright, deal!"

Seeing Jiang Yun agree, the scorn on Huo Yanghui’s face turned into a smirk, as he beckoned Jiang Yun to come closer, saying, "Come closer before you speak!"

Although the distance between Jiang Yun and Huo Yanghui was only a hundred yards, above this distance was filled with flames.

Jiang Yun’s gaze fell on the flames again, and as soon as he looked, a cold light surged in his eyes.

These flames were all in human form.

There were at least a thousand of them, all shaped like Flameless Puppet Lanterns, facing Huo Yanghui, kneeling on the ground with bowed backs.

That pose, just like Huo Yanghui is their king, they worship him like a god.

Though Jiang Yun’s special ability can easily detect, these human-shaped flames are life fire, just as Bai Ze said, they do not have consciousness at all.

However, for Huo Yanghui, they clearly show a very strong fear.

Especially this pose of theirs represents a great insult.

Even though their original lives have dissipated, the life fire left after death still must serve Huo Yanghui.

Taking back his gaze, Jiang Yun slowly lifted his foot and took a step forward.

However, as his foot touched the ground, those kneeling human-shaped life fires suddenly began to tremble.

Within this trembling, they all slowly turned around, allowing Jiang Yun to clearly see strange yet confused faces!

These faces are naturally the original appearances of these life fires, with some being male, some female, some old, and some young!

Soon after, these human-shaped flames slowly stood up, with confused expressions and empty eyes, and walked towards Jiang Yun.

This scene reminded Jiang Yun of the Medicine Puppet he once encountered, and the first mantis controlled by the Demon Refining Seal that he had killed.

However, these human-shaped flames in front of him had no strength at all. A gentle punch from Jiang Yun could easily extinguish them.

Just then, Huo Yanghui’s sinister voice echoed, "Jiang Yun, if you want to kill me, you must come to me. And to come to me, you must first extinguish these flames!"

"If you can’t bear to put them out, then be prepared to be killed by them!"