Chapter 122 | Abyssal Emperor Demon Bloodline
Dexter’s eyes drifted to the rice reward.
’One hundred kilograms of Diamond Spirit Rice?’
He rolled his eyes.
’I already have 1,100 kilograms sitting in my system storage from previous rewards. I haven’t even touched most of them yet.’
If the system really wanted to impress him, it could have dropped 10,000 kilograms.
He moved on, and his gaze landed on the next reward, and his pupils constricted.
[Fusion Available]
Would you like to fuse the following flames?
• Heavenly Flame: Emperor Void Flame (9th Heavenly Flame)
• Golden Flame Talent ( C-rank)
• Demonic Flame: Chaos Flame Demon Bloodline (Ancient Grade)
Fusion Result: Abyssal Emperor Flame Demon Bloodline
Flame Rank: 6th Heavenly Flame in the Flame Rankings
Dexter frowned as he remembered something from Selene’s status.
According to the system’s diagnosis, there were only two known methods to save her:
1. Locate a Grade-7 Heavenly Treasure called the Ice Warm Cocoon.
2. Acquire the Abyssal Demon Heart Flame—a legendary flame capable of slowly melting the Eternal Winter Ice without harming her physical organs.
But now, the system was offering him something called the Abyssal Emperor Flame.
Not the Abyssal Demon Heart Flame. The Abyssal Emperor Flame.
Dexter’s heart skipped a beat.
’What was the difference?’
The Abyssal Demon Heart Flame was born in the deepest trenches of the Demon Abyss. But the Abyssal Emperor Flame was the product of fusing a 9th Heavenly Flame, a golden flame talent, along with an Ancient Grade bloodline with flame ability.
If the Abyssal Demon Heart Flame could cure Selene... what could the Abyssal Emperor Flame do?
Dexter did not hesitate.
"Fuse."
•—•—•
[Fusion Progress: 0%]
The moment said ’fuse’, his body instantly erupted with energy.
The Chaos Flame Demon Bloodline surged from deep within his DNA, igniting like a chain of volcanoes detonating simultaneously along every strand of his genetic code.
"RUMBLE!"
At the same time, the Emperor Void Flame blazed to life within his inner universe, roaring with a fury that shook his entire body.
[Fusion Progress: 2%]
The easiest was the Golden Flame talent. It was incredibly cooperative with two powerful flames suppressing it.
His veins popped beneath his skin, glowing a deep, molten crimson light that pulsed beneath the surface of his flesh as though his blood had turned into pure magma.
[Fusion Progress: 5%]
His veins lit up like rivers of fire coursing beneath transparent skin, painting his body in a web of burning, volcanic light.
Simultaneously, the Emperor Void Flame escaped his inner universe and came out to his physical body.
[Fusion Progress: 7%]
It suddenly spread outward like a golden flood, surging through his meridians, merging into his muscles, seeping into his bones as it merged with his bloodline.
The three flames collided inside him.
[Fusion Progress: 10%]
Dexter grunted as sweat started to drip off him rapidly.
The heat was indescribable, and it felt as though he was being cooked from the inside out! Not just that, he felt his soul was being stir fried!
The divine purity of the Emperor Void Flame, the silent Golden Flame, and the ancient, chaotic violence of the Chaos Flame Demon Bloodline clashed like three hurricanes spinning in opposite directions as they turned to emerge with each other.
[Fusion Progress: 20%]
Those two flames didn’t even merge when he tried to fuse them, and now they were being fused inside of him.
His expression changed drastically.
’This might have been a mistake.’
At that moment, the pain escalated beyond anything he had anticipated. It was ten times worse than the girls pain. This was raw, primordial agony. The three flames were tearing him apart and rebuilding him simultaneously.
[Fusion Progress: 30%]
Dexter’s quickly brought out the Tranquility Bracelet—one of the calming relics he had purchased for the girls—and slapped it onto his wrist.
A cool, soothing pulse spread through his nervous system, but it was barely helping!
It was like throwing stones into a still lake! It had no effect apart from ripples!
"Hmph!"
Dexter grunted in pain, and he tried his best not to scream and disturb the girls. But the pain he was feeling was just too painful. He had to bite down his lips, causing blood to drop on his white bed sheet.
’Why didn’t the system warn that it would be impossibly painful?’
Dexter roared in his mind as the pain started to reach a whole new threshold!
[Fusion Progress: 45%]
At that moment, the bed beneath his body started to burn rapidly, and in just half a second, it had silently disintegrated beneath him due to the heat from the violent reaction.
The Cloud Weaver bed evaporated into ash by the three flames.
Even the ash was consumed so thoroughly that not a single trace remained.
Dexter crashed to the floor.
He grunted in pain as his bare skin struck the wooden floorboards.
Suddenly, tears started to stream down his eyes.
However, the tears were not ordinary tears. They were crimson and thick, like blood but a thick, viscous blood.
If one looked at it, they would notice the blood glowing slightly as the blood tears ran down his cheeks. He was crying blood.
And it wasn’t just his eyes.
His pores began to turn bloody as blood came out of his pores.
That wasn’t all; his body was bleeding from every opening. His nose, his mouth, his ears rang with a high-pitched whine as warm liquid trickled from them.
The fusion progress climbed.
50%... 60%... 70%.
Dexter felt his consciousness fraying. The pain had transcended physical sensation and entered a realm of suffering that existed somewhere between life and death.
His body was being unmade and reforged at the same time, every cell destroyed and reborn in an endless, agonizing cycle, and at this moment, he knew if he didn’t do anything, he would definitely fall unconscious.
He remembered the pain medication he had taken after purchasing a pain relief for the girls. His shaking hand fumbled into his storage ring, withdrawing the Grade-2 Pain Alleviation Pill.