Chapter 87: Black Light

"Young Master."

Xian'er and Qing Lin looked at Wei Yang with eyes full of excitement and joy, truly feeling happy for him.

Xian'er had already averted her gaze; staring too long at this black, small sun-like different fire gave her eyes a burning, stinging sensation.

Qing Lin, even more so, quickly averted her eyes after just a glance, not daring to continue looking.

With her current eyesight, she could barely make out a vague outline of the light source at the bottom of the round pit, unable to see the details.

Even just this brief glimpse left her eyes slightly red and stinging, as if tears were about to fall.

Wei Yang took a deep breath, calming his excitement a bit, and said with a smile, "After nearly two months in the endless desert, we finally found it."

"This different fire is very important to me!"

Reaching out, Wei Yang touched the edge of the black light domain with his fingers. The slight burning and stinging sensation from his fingertips made his smile even wider. Admiringly, he said, "What a domineering and scorching different fire. Just the marginal glow, when I touch it without the protection of fighting energy, can cause a mild burning sensation."

With Wei Yang's Dou Wang level body, being of the fire-yang attribute, ordinary flames couldn't harm him without fighting energy protection.

Yet now, just touching the residual glow of this different fire, at the edge covered by the black light domain, gave him a mild burning sensation. The temperature of the glow hinted at the terrifying heat of the black flame itself.

Xian'er, intrigued, reached out with a slender jade finger, cautiously probing into the domain's edge.

Quickly, she withdrew her finger, exclaimed in shock, "This different fire, its casually emitted glow is so terrifyingly hot!?"

The previous Green Lotus Core Flame, with power comparable to a Dou Huang, wasn't this exaggerated.

From over half a mile away, the mere glow could burn someone?

The power of this different fire seemed excessively strong!

Comparable to a Dou Zong? Dou Zun?

How could it be subdued?

"It's not as you think; its power isn't actually that terrifying," Wei Yang shook his head, smiling as he explained, "It looks like a black sun... the sun not only has fire, but also light!"

"The light, I bet this is the special ability of this different fire. That's why its emitted glow is so peculiar, able to harm with mere afterglow."

"Every different fire has its special abilities. Like the Green Lotus Core Flame, near a volcano, it can trigger eruptions..."

"Typically, different fires rely on the power of the flame itself to burn enemies. But this one is different; beyond fire, the light can harm too, which is probably its special ability."

"This..." Xian'er was amazed.

The twenty-three flames on the different fire list were peculiar, each possessing strange capacities and special attributes.

But different fires mainly rely on their terrifyingly high temperature to harm.

To harm just with the glow?

That's absurd.

Isn't this just cheating?

Because light provides broad coverage.

Like the blazing sun of noon, its glow is omnipresent and reaches everywhere...

The whole Dou Qi Continent is entirely covered, shone upon...

Light, such an encompassing strike, who can guard against it?

Use an umbrella?

Does this mean, facing the searing glow of this different fire in the future, the enemy has no option but to endure?

Coverage, saturation, sustained, attrition warfare!

How do you dodge?

Just imagining it made Xian'er feel a headache.

...

"Uh," Wei Yang pondered; this tactic indeed seems quite rogue.

Light, enemies have no choice but to withstand, as there's simply no evading it.

Pointing to the dark area ahead, he couldn't help but express, "This is an absolute domain!"

"Once enveloped by this black domain, you have no choice but to endure."

"This is too rogue..." Xian'er noted.

In the future, those facing this flame would find it very distressing, challenging.

"It's amazing, truly like the sun in the sky!" Qing Lin also exclaimed.

"The stronger and more absurd, the better! Because it will be mine in the future, and this ability will be my ability!" Wei Yang chuckled, "I like these rogue tactics."

Both Xian'er and Qing Lin gave him a sideways glance.

Too mean.

Wei Yang smiled, "You two wait here, or go nearby to carve out a cave dwelling. I'll go inside for a look."

"Be careful," Xian'er nodded. 

"Don't worry, I'm very cautious. I wouldn't rashly try to swallow it without thorough preparation. I'm just going in to observe up close," Wei Yang grinned at the two, "So, we might stay here for quite a while; you can go make a cave dwelling first."

"Okay," the two women nodded.

...

Wei Yang's body was enveloped in a thin battle energy shield, protecting him entirely. After taking a light breath, he slowly stepped into the black light domain.

Behind, Xian'er and Qing Lin watched nervously.

Sizzle~

Upon entering the area shrouded by black light, Wei Yang instantly felt as though he had stepped into an exceptionally hot furnace.

The temperature here was much higher than on the platform in the underground magma world.

Immersed within, under the endless faint black glow, the battle energy shield covering Wei Yang's body emitted a sizzling sound, faintly smoking.

It was like throwing a raw fish into hot oil.

He felt like the battle energy shield on his body was about to ignite, burning up.

Standing still, he carefully focused, feeling a bit startled.

The black light domain was even more frightening than he had envisioned.

"So terrifying?" Wei Yang's eyebrows rose.

The temperature inside this domain wasn't that terrifying, but it had a peculiarity, seemingly burning the shield of battle energy around him.

No, not just that.

This black light domain seemed to be absorbing the battle energy from his body...

Wei Yang's battle energy, being fire-yang attribute, seemed to fit its taste?

It was burning and absorbing his battle energy!

Wei Yang grew increasingly astonished; this different fire's abilities were absurdly outrageous!

Absorbing solar energy, fire energy wasn't enough, it could even absorb and burn others' battle energy?

Isn't burning others' battle energy an ability of the Golden Emperor Burning Sky Flame?

You've ripped it off!

...

A moment later.

Wei Yang steadied his emotions, stepping forward again.

The ground beneath was hard and hot, yet it didn't melt, merely reddened, showing its high heat resistance.

After a brief exploration, Wei Yang had essentially figured out the peculiarities within this domain.

Firstly, the temperature was high, even higher than on the platform in the underground magma world. If compared, it might be similar to soaking in the magma.

This temperature didn't bother Wei Yang much.

However, for an ordinary Dou Wang entering here, they might exhaust their battle energy within a few hours.

Of course, temperature was just the most common facet of this domain.

The main issues were its burning and battle energy absorbing properties.

These were the main drains; staying here would rapidly deplete one's battle energy.

Burning battle energy was one thing.

As for absorbing battle energy, Wei Yang wasn't sure if it also absorbed energy of other attributes.

All he knew was, it absorbed his fire-yang attribute energy.

And it did so very eagerly, as though discovering some highly nourishing essence!

The crucial point was, there was no guarding against it.

Yes, you simply couldn't guard against it.

As long as you were within this domain, your battle energy was either burned or absorbed, with no way to prevent it.

Unless you rejected the battle energy shield, using your physical body to withstand it.

But how could you not use a battle energy shield?

Not using one would be like lying there exposed, allowing it to take whatever it wanted!

A Dou Wang's body couldn't last long before being burned to nothingness.

(End of Chapter)