Hei Man and Hell flame

We then planned to destroy the soul which was waiting to possess us. I looked at them and said, "Before killing the soul, let us extract as much as knowledge from him. Even though he is a soul, he contains a certain degree of knowledge.". At least we can gain knowledge on this tower. According to the mad snail, this tower was once erected by one of the Kong Ming's successor.

My plan was simple and effective. I will use my conqueror haki to disrupt his soul, while Ye Yan will bind the soul using his soul law. Conqueror haki is a manifestation of will and soul, hence it would work on the soul. We then started to enter the next level.

When we entered the next stage, I immediately blasted high concentrated conqueror's haki towards the soul. The soul which was ready to possess never expected this attack and was blasted away by this haki. His soul was damaged, which weakened him. Ye Yan immediately used his soul law to bind the soul.

I looked at Ye Yan. He said, "I locked him with my soul law. He can't escape from this inscription. I even tweaked it to an extent where he can only tell the truth. In this way, we can gain all the information we want.". I smiled at him and said, "Good work. Now we can wait till he opens his eyes and interrogate him.". We continued to train our mental state till the trapped soul awakened from its slumber.

After a while, the soul started to move, indicating that it was waking up. After waking, the soul started to look around the surrounding and its memory started to return from that incident. His rage started to rise, thinking about its defeat. When he saw us, his rage tripled and tried to make a move but due to Ye Yan's interference, he was contained. He started cursing, "You bastards!!. How dare you trap and enslave me? You guys must be honoured to be my vessel.". I thought 'This world's Orochimaru'.

I looked at Ye Yan and he immediately made the soul suffer by torturing its soul realm. I looked at the soul and said, " Listen and listen carefully. I don't have time for your stupid games. We are kind of busy, hence I appreciate if you cooperate. Can you tell me about yourself or should we make you to?".

The soul looked at me and said, "Try if you can. I may be in soul form, but you can't do a thing to me.". I taunted him by saying, " Says the man who just lost to my soul force.". I looked at Ye Tan, ignoring the soul rants and said, "Do it". Immediately the soul stood like it's possessed. I looked at him and said, " Who are you?". The soul replied, "I am Hei Man, Young Lord of Hei family in the draconic realm, one of the inheritors of Kong Ming.".

I looked at him and said, " What is this place and how are you in soul form?". Hei Man looked at us and said, "This is one of the important relics for attuning the mind to perfect state. These flames are a replica of the true hell flame, which corrodes the soul to its atomic level making the soul to never enter into nirvana. This tower houses the hollow form of hell flame to cultivate and improve our mental concentration. It was said that this was created by emperors from the various race after experiencing near death from the True Flame. They will develop a mental fortitude of emperor level. The last floor contains a minuscule amount of true hell flame. Those who overcome their effect can surpass every previous emperor in terms of mental fortitude.

As for me in this state, this is due to the fight between two inheritors of Kong Ming. There are five inheritors who must fight with each other until the last victor arises, who in turn gains the true inheritance of emperor Kong Ming. We were equal in strength but due to his hidden technique, I lost and am now in this state.". This shocked everyone, even the Nether master.

I sighed and said, " What level were you guys when you were alive?". He said, "We were at the deity level.". Now even I am shocked now. This one was a deity level? I looked at Ye Yan and said, " Now scan him and find if he has any useful technique. Then erase his memory. He will again come with vengeance if left alone.". I thought 'I want to kill him, but he helps Yu Yan to awaken her power. You owe me one Yu Yan'.

After that fiasco, we started to move to the next level. The effect was flame was high enough to cause small burns in our skin. The temperature was very high and the environment was challenging. Due to tempering our minds we were able to resist the temperature and started to meditate.

The Nether master was now in awe with this group. They were able to withstand this environment and started cultivating. He wants this group to be in his institute so that they can arise from ashes like Phoenix. Even though recruiting ahead of time was slightly unorthodox, he didn't mind. He now curiously watched them.

It took two weeks for us to adjust to this environment. Our mental state was now similar to that of the emperor since I was a student of an emperor, I know about it. I waited for others to rise from their meditation. Now it is time to face the last level of this tower, the one containing minuscule of true hell flame. If we overcome this, we will be mentally strong. Not even an emperor can destroy our mental fortitude. We then started to move to last level.