Chapter Eighty-One: Black Flame Blade

  In the dark, misty abyss, Bai Cang and Feng Xian were sitting on a gigantic flower with nine petals, each petal as large as a house. A sweet fragrance wafted from beneath the stamens.

  "Are there really black flame ants here?" Bai Cangdong said with some doubt, they had been guarding the flower for two days after entering the abyss, and hadn't even seen a single undead creature, let alone black flame ants.

  "There's nothing wrong here, I've been here a few times. Because of this nine-yuan flower, the other undead creatures don't dare to approach here. Only the black flame ants will come here to suck nectar. We just need to be patient and wait, there will definitely be black flame ants coming here." Feng Xian said calmly.

  "Can the Black Flame Sword really kill an Earl-level undead?" Bai Cangdong didn't know much about the Black Flame Sword, but since he was idle and bored anyway, he casually asked a question.

  "The Black Flame Sword is already a top-tier existence among Viscount-level weapons, and most importantly, it has the burning property. Even if an Earl-level undead is injured by the Black Flame Sword, the wound will continue to burn until the entire body is burned to ashes. Therefore, the Black Flame Sword has a chance to kill Earl-level undead, provided that you can hit that undead."

  "It's extremely difficult to harm an Earl-level undead, but it's still a chance, better than nothing." Bai Cangdong thought for a moment and asked: "How many Black Flame Swords are there in Fenghuacheng now?"

  "Not a single one." Feng Xian's reply made Bai Cangdong's face turn somewhat black, but Feng Xian continued to say: "Feng Hua Earl had personally said that one of her friends was killed by the Black Flame Ants in the Abyss and obtained a Black Flame Sword. In the end, he even relied on the Black Flame Sword to become an Earl. Of course, the Black Flame Sword is only one of the factors, that Earl must have had many other equipment and martial skills, but it also proves that the Black Flame Sword is indeed effective against the undead at the Earl level."

  "The friend of Feng Hua Bo, that must be a figure from a very distant era. From then until now, only this one Black Flame Sword has been produced, the probability is really low." Bai Cangdong had already given up hope of getting the Black Flame Sword in his heart.

  "Keep your voice down, there's movement." Feng Xian pulled Bai Cang to crouch on the petals, sneaking a peek at where the sound came from.

  The rocky ground cracked open, and a round black carapace head emerged from the inside, with two long black whiskers on top, followed by slender legs and body, and wavy black flames burning on the black carapace, leaving a layer of dense black flames wherever it crawled.

  "Is that the Black Flame Ant? The one that drops the Black Flame Dagger?" Looking at the small thing that was less than a thumb in size, Bai Cangdong's eyes widened.

  "That's right," Feng Xian replied.

  Bai Cang Dong was about to rush out with his knife, but Feng Xian stopped him: "Don't be in a hurry, the Black Flame Ants always appear in groups, let's observe first."

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, one by one, black flame ants crawled out of the rock crevices, and in no time, over a hundred had emerged. Judging from their appearance, there was still no sign of decrease, and large numbers of black flame ants continued to crawl out of the crevices.

  "So many?" Bai Cangdong looked a bit shocked, Hei Yan Yi was small, but after all, it was also an undead of the Viscount level, and there were so many that it was really not easy to deal with.

  Feng Xian's face also turned somewhat solemn: "After discovering this place, I've hunted and killed many black flame ants here, usually no more than thirty to fifty. This time, the number of black flame ants is indeed higher, for the two of us, it's likely very difficult to slaughter all the black flame ants."

  More and more black flame ants emerged, soon exceeding three hundred in number. Bai Cangdong and the other person wanted to escape but it was already too late. The black flame ants unfolded a pair of transparent black wings on their backs and flew towards Jiuyuan Flower.

  "There's no other way." Bai Cangdong directly summoned all his armed forces, not caring if he would expose his identity. The Po Xie Sword and the Ling Luo Sword simultaneously chopped towards the Black Flame Ant.

  Feng Xian also summoned his own sword and joined Bai Cangdong in beheading the Black Flame Ant.

  The flying speed of the black flame ants was extremely fast, and their bodies were also very hard. It was not easy to kill them. Bai Cangdong had already slashed out dozens of swords, but he only killed two black flame ants. At this time, the number of black flame ants had exceeded 500, and they flew around like a dark cloud, enveloping the two of them.

  Bai Cangdong felt that the primordial divine light in his body was rapidly flowing away under the impact of the swarming black flame ants. The black flames on the bodies of the black flame ants could actually burn the primordial divine light, and he wondered what would happen if they really reached his physical body.

  He glanced at the Wind Fairy beside him, who was struggling even harder than he was. White Eastern gritted his teeth and activated the "Bai Ye Scripture". The golden divine light instantly transformed into a milky white color.

  What surprised Bai Cangdong was that his white divine light could actually resist the burning ability of Hei Yan, making him feel much more at ease.

  "Follow me and charge out!" Bai Cangdong roared, his twin swords emitting several meters of sword light with a serrated vibration effect, directly killing four or five black flame ants and repelling a large group, clearing a path.

  Feng Xian followed Bai Cangdong as they charged outward, but the black flame ants quickly gathered again. The two of them clashed left and right, unable to break out of the encirclement of the black flame ants. Instead, after Bai Cangdong killed many of the black flame ants, the power of his white primordial divine light increased greatly, but the killing intent in his heart gradually became uncontrollable and wildly proliferated.

  Now Bai Cangdong is no longer worried about this group of black flame ants, but rather worried that if they continue to kill like this, the killing intent will likely lose control again, and when it's time to deal with Feng Xian, Feng Xian won't have such good luck again, and it's impossible for him to narrowly escape death once more.

  Bai Cangdong was frustrated, no matter how hard he tried to kill them off, the Black Flame Ants' flying speed was just too fast. All Bai Cangdong could do was pray that after he finished killing the Black Flame Ants, his mind wouldn't be completely controlled by murderous intent.

  The power of the White Destiny God Light had increased several times after killing dozens of Black Flame Ants, and was still growing. Those Black Flame Ants were already unable to withstand the might of Bai Cangdong's one sword.

  Murderous intent constantly sprouting, Bai Cangdong had already somewhat lost control of himself, his heart full of murderous intent, and he ruthlessly killed the Black Flame Ants. In a short while, several hundred Black Flame Ants were slaughtered by him.

  Many life gauges and a few pieces of equipment fell to the ground, but Feng Xian didn't have the heart to look at them now.

  Bai Cangdong's eyes were now completely filled with white fluorescent light, his breathing rough as he stared at Feng Xian. The twin swords in his hands trembled incessantly, the white divine light twisting and struggling like a living thing, like a venomous snake that had already bared its fangs, ready to strike Feng Xian at any moment.

  "Cang Dong, are you alright?" Feng Xian was a bit frightened and worried, as Bai Cang Dong's current state was almost the same as when he was on the altar of immortality that day.

  Bai Cangdong didn't respond, his chest heaving irregularly, the fireflies in his eyes flickering, and his whole person seemed like a wild beast, emitting a dangerous aura.

  "Wait!" Feng Xian wanted to go over.

  "Get back!" Bai Cangdong bellowed, his body rapidly retreating. If not for the last shred of rationality left in his mind, he would have already drawn his sword to kill Feng Xian.

  The two of them stood there for a long time, the fierce glint in Bai Cangdong's eyes gradually dispersing, and he slowly calmed down. Finally, he let out a long sigh and put away his weapons.

  "Are you all right?" Feng Xian asked timidly.

  "It's all right." Bai Cangdong wiped away the big sweat on his head and said with a pretended ease, "Let's take a look at what spoils of war we've got."

  Feng Xian also cooperated and didn't mention the matter from earlier, the two of them went together to collect the spoils of war from the place, there were many life meters, but the two of them didn't count them carefully, they just collected them directly.

  The equipment consists of four pieces, three of which are a type of viscount-level bronze ring called "Black Flame", the most common equipment dropped by Black Flame Ants.

  "Black Flame Knife! It's really the Black Flame Knife!" Feng Xian picked up a black, narrow-bladed short knife that resembled a dagger, his face filled with shock and delight, unable to help but exclaim out loud.

  "Is it really the Black Flame Sword?" Bai Cangdong heard this and immediately ran over.

  "It's the Black Flame Knife, there can't be any mistake." Feng Xian handed the short knife to Bai Cangdong.

  Bai Cangdong took a look and indeed it was the Black Flame Knife, he exclaimed with joy: "We actually really got the Black Flame Knife, this luck is not ordinary."

  "Where is the Black Flame Sword?" Just as Bai Cangdong and Feng Xian were excited, two figures flew in. One of them saw the Black Flame Sword in Bai Cangdong's hand and exclaimed with joy: "It really is the Black Flame Sword! I didn't expect to actually see it. Heaven is helping my son! You two should quickly offer the Black Flame Sword."

  "What right do you have?" Bai Cangdong looked at the man and said.

  "With just this." The man's forehead revealed a crest, and he was actually an earl.

  Bai Cang and Dong Feng were shocked, never expecting to meet an Earl here, especially after they had obtained the Black Flame Sword. Both of them regretted their earlier excitement and loud shouting.

  "Earl, this Black Flame Sword is very important to us." Even if the other party was an Earl, Bai Cangdong still couldn't bear to give up the Black Flame Sword, it was after all his hope of advancing to Earl, even if that hope was extremely slim.

  "How dare you!" The earl shouted loudly, directly exercising his own privilege, wanting to teach Bai Cang and Dong a lesson.

  Unfortunately, he chose the wrong target. Bai Cangdong and Feng Xian had both shattered the Eternal Crystal, possessing the privilege of defying fate. The three major privileges of the Earl were useless against these two.

  "Hmm, you both have the privilege of defying fate, no wonder you dare to be disrespectful to me." The earl's eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent, but he didn't actually make a move to kill them. Instead, he opened his mouth and asked: "Are you people from Fenghuacheng?"

  "Yes." Feng Xian said.

  "Alright, I'll give the Windflower Earl a bit of face and forgive your disrespect. Here, this is for you, its value can make up for your Black Flame Knife." The earl dropped something in front of Bai Cang and Dong'er, and to their surprise, it was a knife-shaped weapon with a scabbard, unlike ordinary knives.