Chapter 55 Return to the Mountain

  Invisible transparent flames that couldn't be seen with the naked eye jumped out from Zhang Heng's hands, falling onto the enormous ice block the size of a house.

  As soon as the flames landed on the iceberg, countless visible silver flames spread out instantly.

  "Hmmph!" The entire massive iceberg was enveloped by a silver flame in an instant.

  Silver flames burst into fierce burning on the ice block, waves of frosty white light surged out from inside, but were all swallowed up by the silver flames in an instant.

  The entire ice block's volume was rapidly decreasing at a visible speed, and Zhang Heng felt that a silver particle had suddenly appeared in his body. These silver particles quickly merged into Zhang Heng's dantian, constantly tempering the silver light ball in the center.

  Then, a new batch of Lianxu spiritual energy flowed out from the center of that silver light group, and these Lianxu spiritual energies began to temper Zhang Heng's muscles, bones, and five internal organs.

  Just as Zhang Heng was astonished, the transparent void flame had already jumped back to his palm, with a black lightning mark at the center of the flame.

  Through a subtle connection between his divine consciousness, Zhang Heng discovered that those silver particles were all coming from this void flame.

  A huge ice block was still being burned by a layer of silver flames, and every time the volume of the ice block decreased, the virtual flame in Zhang Heng's palm would transmit some silver particles to him.

  In about a dozen breaths or so, Zhang Heng felt the pressure on his body lighten significantly. His body sprang upwards and he stood up straight.

  "Whoa——" He finally broke free from the iceberg, Zhang Heng single-handedly supported the Void Flame, and in his line of sight, he could still see water bucket-sized ice blocks being wrapped in silver flames, their volume rapidly decreasing.

  These silver flames are not the true Void Flames, or rather can only be considered as by-products of the Void Flames, but their devouring and burning abilities are already terrifying to the extreme.

  This ice mountain itself has a hardness close to that of a low-grade spiritual artifact, but under the burning of this silver flame, it is so easily refined, its refining ability is hundreds of times stronger than that of refining Void Spirit Qi.

  Through the void flames in his hand, Zhang Heng was able to control the burning speed of the silver flames at will, and even if Zhang Heng just had an idea, those silver flames could be extinguished in an instant.

  The silver flame that had refined the iceberg into silver particles was transmitted to Zhang Heng's empty fire, and finally entered Zhang Heng's body.

  "I wonder what kind of ability this Void Flame itself possesses?" Zhang Heng couldn't help but feel a little curious.

  As soon as Zhang Heng had this thought, the flame of void in his palm seemed to have a spirit and disappeared from his hand, and in the next moment it pounced on the remaining ice block the size of a washbasin.

  In an instant, all the silver flames disappeared, and only a faintly glowing ice crystal the size of a washbasin remained in the air.

  A strange thrill was generated in the air, and Zhang Heng's eyes lit up.

  In the next moment, the basin-sized ice crystal disappeared in front of Zhang Heng's eyes.

  "Hiss" The empty air flames happily returned to Zhang Heng's hands.

  Zhang Heng stared blankly at the seemingly non-existent flame in his hand.

  After the flame made the ice block disappear, it seemed to have changed slightly on its own, but Zhang Heng's body only obtained a small amount of silver particles.

  "Did it just disappear out of thin air?" Zhang Heng still couldn't quite believe it.

  Why don't we try again? Zhang Heng's mind stirred and the Flame of Void in his hand descended to the ground with a "whoosh".

  Without any warning, in an instant, a half-meter-deep pit appeared on the ground, and the soil that originally existed there vanished into thin air.

  However, this time, there were no silver particles in Zhang Heng's body, and the Void Flame remained unchanged.

  It seems that only refining things with "value" can benefit Zhang Heng's abnormal abilities and make the Void Flame grow.

  Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Zhang Heng withdrew the Void Flame into his body. He understood that although the divine ability contained within this flame was against the heavens, it had not truly grown yet.

  Like Zhang Heng, Void also needs a process of growth. By the time it truly grows up, I'm afraid that nothing in this realm can stop it anymore.

  After calming down, Zhang Heng's gaze fell on that snow lotus.

  Xue Lian had long been intimidated by Zhang Heng's display of the Void Flame, her petals trembling slightly as she feared he would refine her along with it.

  When Zhang Heng's gaze fell on her, Xue Lian hastily conveyed a submissive and compromising intention.

  Zhang Heng's heart skipped a beat as he said casually, "Ning Shimei, I reckon it'll take a long time for you to turn back into human form. Before that, your safety will be my responsibility, but at the same time, you must also take on the responsibility of healing me..."

  After this incident, Zhang Heng realized that he indeed needed a logistics personnel. Although his defensive ability was quite abnormal and it was generally impossible for him to suffer any serious injuries, once he was injured, his recovery ability became a problem.

  To solve this problem, we need to start with two methods. One is to find some spiritual medicine with strong healing ability, and the other is to obtain some magical artifacts that can restore spiritual power.

  As for the former, Zhang Heng was naturally powerless. Under the circumstances where his strength had not truly increased, those rare spiritual pills were simply unattainable. And this Snow Lotus itself possessed a unique healing effect, it could almost rival a real treasure.

  After listening to Zhang Heng's proposal, Xue Lian fell silent for a while before finally transmitting a spiritual wave, expressing her intention to cooperate with him.

  Zhang Heng didn't think it was strange either, as he was currently in a completely dominant position, with the other person's life and death entirely under his control. He had promised to protect her completely, only asking that she be a logistics support, which was already quite good.

  "How did you get out of my storage bag?" Zhang Heng suddenly thought of this question.

  The interior of the storage bag is not an independent space, but it also contains a Mustafar spell that enlarges the originally small space by tens to dozens of times.

  And the storage bag itself has a certain ability to isolate divine sense and spiritual energy, the higher the level of the storage bag, the stronger this ability.

  Like Zhang Heng's ordinary storage bag, the material itself is relatively hard and can withstand water and fire to a certain extent, but it may still be damaged under strong impact.

  Xue Lian sent another spiritual fluctuation to Zhang Heng, but Zhang Heng couldn't sense any specific information from it. He let out a slight sigh and walked forward, picking up Xue Lian with his hand. With a pat on the storage bag, he prepared to put Xue Lian inside.

  Just then, Zhang Heng felt that something was off. He subconsciously glanced at the storage bag and couldn't help but jump in fright.

  The storage bag was already torn in many places, and the few things inside were almost bursting out.

  Zhang Heng's entire body was pressed to the ground by this iceberg, and he himself suffered a serious injury. The storage bag could still maintain its intact appearance, which was already not bad.

  At this point, Zhang Heng finally understood why Xue Lian was able to come out of the storage bag.

  Don't just look at the storage bag with only a few cracks, but under the magnification of the Susano spell by more than ten times, it's not just a simple hole. And Xue Lian itself is not an inanimate object, and it can come out of the storage bag, which is also understandable.

  Hurry up and put the snow lotus into the storage bag, then take out a piece of clothing and wrap the storage bag well. Only after doing all this did Zhang Heng let out a sigh of relief.

  If this storage bag really has a big hole, and everything inside bursts out, wouldn't I have to hold several baskets of things and fly towards Fangyun Mountain?

  In his heart, Zhang Heng secretly rejoiced and didn't bother to retrieve the spiritual instrument from his storage bag. His fingers nimbly formed several hand seals, and a series of cyan glows enveloped his body, after which he flew into the air.

  After this "refining" of the iceberg, Zhang Heng felt that the Lianyuan spiritual energy inside his body was much more abundant than before, and using the Wind Control Technique did not consume much of his magical power.

  And he faintly felt that his own perverted power was also approaching a small accomplishment of the boundary.

  With the help of the Wind Control Technique, Zhang Heng quickly flew out of this deep canyon and reached the clouds.

  As he flew through the air, Zhang Heng thought to himself that he had been trapped under the iceberg for two days, which wasn't a long time. At this moment, there were still five or six days until the Fangyun gathering.

  The problem is, he has already left Fang Yunshan for two days, and it's unknown whether the old ancestor Ouyang will have any suspicions.

  Zhang Heng guessed that Ouyang Laozu had used some secret method to manipulate himself, so within a certain range, he could determine his approximate location. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let himself out of the mountain so easily.

  In his mind, Zhang Heng rode the wind towards Fangyun Mountain. From the moment he refined the Void Flame, he understood that although he couldn't contend with Ouyang Old Ancestor now, one day he would trample him to death, just like he did to Li Frenzy...