From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 443 Now, let's start afresh.

Suddenly, a crimson light appeared in the sky, carrying a strong and intense aura of destruction, as if a small sun had fallen from behind the clouds.

The next second, countless sparks fell from the void, turning into three-foot-high flames upon landing. The flames were entirely crimson, but their edges were tinged with a faint gold.

Although You Ming had never seen such a flame before, the flames that usually appeared during calamities were the extremely domineering Nanming Li Fire.

"The fire disaster is coming."

Generally speaking, such natural calamities involve facing three disasters.

This final ordeal is the most dangerous, but once you get through it, the rest of the journey will be smooth sailing.

Clumps of flame suddenly shot out, instantly scorching You Ming's body. The fire, once it touched his body, was like a bone-deep infection; not only could it not be extinguished, but it also burned upwards along his body, no matter how much he circulated his magic power.

Furthermore, the Southern Ming Fire specifically burns magical power and life force; the more one tries to resist, the stronger the fire becomes.

The fangs of the fire beast first bit into the magical power within his body.

He could clearly feel that the magical power that was originally surging like a river in his dantian was instantly ignited by the fire, like a pile of firewood doused with oil. The burning sensation rushed along his meridians to his limbs and bones, ten times more painful than the lightning strikes during the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

His magical power was far greater than that of other cultivators of the same level.

As the flames grew stronger and stronger, when they reached his dantian, they exploded with a "boom" around him!
At the same time, these raging flames continued to burn along the magical meridians within his body, forming a fire net that enveloped his interior.

This calamity was actually aimed at destroying his very foundation.

You Ming activated the Buzhou Xuan Water Barrier, and the faint water light that had just gathered around him was instantly ignited by the Li Fire.

The clear, shimmering water became the wick of a fire, crackling and burning before vanishing in the blink of an eye, leaving only a fiercer, crimson flame that withered and dried up the wandering creature's body.

"This last calamity is indeed proving to be quite troublesome."

In terms of power, the Southern Ming Fire is actually far inferior to the Thunder Tribulation.

But the Nanming Li Huo technique is too targeted.

You Ming's magical power is much stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level, and his condensed supernatural abilities are also powerful. However, this flame is specifically designed to counter people like You Ming. The stronger your magical power and the more powerful your supernatural abilities, the more painful it will be to be burned by the flame.

He could feel his magical power decreasing at a visible rate, and every bit of his magical power burning was accompanied by the tearing of his meridians and the burning of his dantian.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the sea of ​​magical power that once filled You Ming's body was now only a shallow pool.

His magical power evaporated into a white mist with a burnt smell, overflowing from his mouth, nose, and pores. Just as it floated into the air, it was ignited by the surrounding fire and burned into nothingness.

You Ming's own essence was almost completely exhausted at this moment, and he looked emaciated.

His once upright body seemed to have had all its muscles and bones removed, shrinking by more than half, and he looked even more hunched over than an ordinary old man.

His hair had long lost its luster, the jet-black strands turning completely gray, clinging to his grime-covered cheeks like withered grass. A few scorched ends still bore the marks of charring, falling off in a gust of wind and turning into fine ashes that drifted down onto his shoulders.

What was most shocking was his skin. His skin, which had once shone with a lustrous glow due to the abundance of magic, was now as dry and cracked as parched land, with deep lines crawling all over his limbs and torso.

Cultivators have almost no means to resist the burning of the Southern Bright Fire; they can only endure it until the flames disappear.

As time passed, the flames began to gradually subside. Youming's chest almost stopped rising and falling; only the occasional slight movement of his throat revealed that he was still breathing.

His dantian area also sank in, as if it had been burned dry.

His sea of ​​consciousness was completely empty; the once bright light of his soul had long since dimmed, leaving only a faint trace of awareness, which was on the verge of sinking into the boundless darkness.

You Ming was barely clinging to life, supporting his body with only a breath left.

A few breaths later, the last wisp of Nanming Fire vanished, turning into nothingness.

Although the flames almost burned his body dry, You Ming managed to survive until the fire tribulation ended thanks to his abundant life force.

However, at this moment, faint lines suddenly appeared around You Ming's body.

The lines flow in one direction, as if there were invisible water flowing in the void.

In the middle of these waterways, there appeared something that looked like a pebble, or perhaps the egg of some kind of creature.

With the appearance of this object, everything around it began to revolve around Youming, and time and space around it began to "rewind".

The body, which was originally charred black, now had streaks of crimson light appearing on it. These streaks of light quickly shrank back into the void, as if they had never existed.

The scabs on You Ming's body faded and disappeared, and even the marks of the torn skin and flesh healed in reverse, and in the blink of an eye, his skin was as smooth as before.

Instead of being moisturized and smoothed, the skin, which was as dry and cracked as old tree bark, was directly stripped of its withered state and restored to its former luster. Even the sunken muscles under the skin became firm and strong again.

Even more astonishingly, his previously depleted dantian rapidly replenished itself, and surging magical power seemed to appear directly from nothingness, flowing through his body. The meridians that had been burned away were now restored to their original jade-like white appearance.

You Ming slowly opened his eyes; he was no different from when he first opened them.

It was as if these three calamities had never happened; his energy and spirit remained at their peak.

You Ming did not use any cheat codes, but only used the treasure [Tracing Stone Egg].

This is a treasure he obtained while playing a dungeon.

These [Tracing Back Stone Eggs] are special stone eggs from the birthplace of the Extreme Void Star Beasts, possessing rich spatial and life power.

After being refined, it can temporarily "trace back to its source," allowing cultivators to reverse the consumption of a portion of their life force, and even pull the dying back to the state before they were injured.

This treasure doesn't restore you through healing methods, but rather acts like a time reversal, imprinting your peak self onto time and space. When severely injured, you can simply merge this imprinted self into your present self, instantly returning you to your peak state.

You Ming looked up at the sky, where the heavy dark clouds were gradually disappearing, and the feeling that a sharp sword was about to fall from the sky at any moment also vanished completely.

Having survived three calamities, everything from before is naturally wiped clean.

As the calamity disappeared, he clearly felt that some subtle changes had occurred within himself.

For example, after the magical power in the dantian was repeatedly tempered by the three tribulations, its nature seemed to have changed considerably. Not only did it slightly reveal a layer of clear golden-blue, but it also seemed to have become more resilient and vast. At the same time, its circulation was smooth without any stagnation, and its speed was nearly twice as fast as before.

(End of this chapter)