The King of Urban Mercenaries

Lin Fei felt a warm sensation emanating from the black stone in front of him. He thought there was something peculiar about it, and thus decided to crack it open; otherwise, the mystery in his heart could not be resolved!

So, Lin Fei slapped the black stone with his hand. However, to his surprise, the stone remained unchanged, extremely hard and impossible to break!

Unable to do it any other way, Lin Fei resorted to using his powerful Cultivation Techniques. Whether it was the Demon Sword or the Big Fireball, neither had any effect on the black stone, which nearly drove Lin Fei to despair.

"This is really strange, what’s going on with this thing? Why doesn’t it change?"

Lin Fei was puzzled, but as he approached the black stone, he suddenly noticed a slight change, something different.

"Is this fire? The power of flame?"

Lin Fei was astonished to discover that there were melting marks on the black stone. This was an incredible discovery!

"Flame can cause it to change?"

Lin Fei immediately used his Big Fireball and tossed the stone into it. However, he found that the change was not significant since only the impact of the Big Fireball left some marks. To cause a complete transformation, this might not be enough.

"Could it be because the flame’s temperature is too low? Or is it something else?" Lin Fei pondered over this, ultimately deciding to try using the Dead Fire.

Strictly speaking, Dead Fire has no temperature. However, once there is Primordial Energy, it burns, and only then does temperature arise, as the burning surface possesses temperature.

At the micro-level between burning and non-burning, an extremely high temperature forms; otherwise, it wouldn’t burn or adhere to the surface, thereby generating heat.

The Dead Fire appeared in Lin Fei’s palm, and to his astonishment, the moment it touched the stone, it instantly ignited a raging fire.

"Is this stone actually formed by condensed True Qi? What on earth is this?" Lin Fei couldn’t comprehend it. However, as the fire gradually weakened, he soon noticed that the stone had transformed into a fist-sized gray flame.

Wow!

Lin Fei did not expect the flame to open something resembling eyes. When it saw Lin Fei, it suddenly erupted like an awakened beast, releasing a massive flame that made Lin Fei feel as if he was about to be scorched.

But afterward, Lin Fei discovered that his clothes had vanished without a trace, yet he was completely unharmed.

"As expected, my physical body is my only reliance..."

Lin Fei felt quite helpless, as the physique wasn’t originally his but forged by Demon Lord Hua Xian. In a certain sense, it didn’t belong to Lin Fei. But Lin Fei’s own cultivation level was too low to fully exploit the body’s potential, leaving him with only his physique to rely upon.

Nevertheless, the physique was indeed Lin Fei’s, as it was crafted using his original body as the foundation. This one point couldn’t be changed.

So, with this thought flashing through his mind, he reached out to capture the furious flame.

Oddly, this gray flame had a form? It felt fleshy. The flame, caught by Lin Fei, stared in surprise with big eyes and immediately roared at Lin Fei, "Let me go, you scoundrel!"

Lin Fei was taken aback.

The flame can talk?

"A talking flame?!"

Lin Fei immediately thought of the Heavenly Mysterious Earth Treasure mentioned in ancient texts!

The Heavenly Mysterious Earth Treasure refers to the wondrous things in the world, including Heavenly Thunder, Earth Fire, Divine Wood, and endless rain — all these peculiar things. Among them, those that can be classed as Heavenly Mysterious Earth Treasure possess spirituality, meaning they are equivalent to living beings and fall into the realm of life.

Therefore, the flame before Lin Fei ought to be something among the Heavenly Mysterious Earth Treasures because it possessed spiritual nature and quite high intelligence.

"What exactly are you?" Lin Fei asked. After all, the Heavenly Mysterious Earth Treasure is a good thing! If he could subdue it, his strength would increase significantly.

Upon Lin Fei’s inquiry, the small flame snorted and fell silent.

Lin Fei was taken aback, "Oh, you really do have quite a temper, don’t you? Little Black, how do you think we should handle this?"

At this point, Lin Fei summoned Little Black, the black dragon with five claws, who, upon appearing, immediately said to Lin Fei, "Master, haven’t I told you not to summon the dragon? The dragon’s aura will attract a lot of trouble, even becoming the nemesis of the Dragon Clan!"

Hearing this, Lin Fei felt a little helpless and said to Little Black, "This cave mansion should be safe, right?"

"As long as nothing happens, but why exactly have you called for the dragon? Say quickly if there’s something," said Little Black.

Lin Fei chuckled awkwardly, "Look at this thing and tell me what it is?"

At this moment, Lin Fei suddenly noticed that the flame before him was drooling gray liquid toward Little Black, with the mouth area being drool?

"Little Black, it seems quite curious about you, very interested," Lin Fei said to Little Black with a smile.

Little Black was speechless, looking at the small flame, and disdainfully said, "This fellow, ah, is just a different flame with all its power lost, nothing curious. In our Dragon Clan, there’s a dime-a-dozen, and many places have them. It’s hardly rare."

Upon Little Black’s words, the status of the gray flame in Lin Fei’s heart seemed to plummet.

"You mean to say, this kind of thing, really has no value?" Lin Fei asked, puzzled.

"Of course, it’s of no use. The items on the Heavenly Mysterious Earth Treasure ranking are the truly powerful things. As for this, forget it, okay, if nothing else, the dragon is going back." Little Black didn’t want to waste time here.

"Come back."

Lin Fei let Little Black return, then tossed the different flame away and turned to leave.

However, to Lin Fei’s surprise, the small flame flew in front of him and said, "Wait a moment, don’t you want to know what I am? I’m willing to tell you."

"Oh? Why are you suddenly so kind? That sounds very suspicious," Lin Fei said, rummaging through the children’s room, hoping to find something valuable soon, only to find nothing.

"I am the Flame of Ten Thousand Beasts. Don’t think I’m weak now — I can become stronger. As long as you let me devour the Origin Power of a Demon Beast, I can transform into the appearance of that kind of Demon Beast. The more I devour, the stronger I become!" the gray flame revealed its little secret.