Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 421 - 421 102 A Narrow Escape from Death【An

Chapter 421: Chapter 102: A Narrow Escape from Death【An additional 4,000 words for the Silver Alliance Master Hai Hun Yi, Add more 7】_2 Chapter 421: Chapter 102: A Narrow Escape from Death【An additional 4,000 words for the Silver Alliance Master Hai Hun Yi, Add more 7】_2 Enough is enough!

The message spread rapidly… Fire Crows from all over began to move.

Feng Yin didn’t even have the time to discriminate or check if anyone was chasing after him, desperately maneuvering around a mountain cliff and spotting a large tree ahead, he rushed towards it. He didn’t care anymore if he was revealing his hidden secrets, aimed his finger at the tree and hid behind it.

Fortunately, the Spiritual Transformation Technique was still as effective. The tree was also responsive; with a swoosh, an opening appeared on the tree trunk. Without waiting for it to fully form, Feng Yin rushed in.

Quick, repair!

Dear tree, I’m relying on your help, once we’re past this, I will repay you…

The deafening roaring sound of countless Fire Crows approaching could be heard from outside.

The opening in the Wutong Tree slowly closed, and just as the last gap was sealed, Feng Yin saw a tide-like swarm of Fire Crows swooping by on both sides.

They were like two rapidly flowing rivers of fire flowing relentlessly forward.

Does it mean they didn’t notice me?

Feng Yin took a deep breath, and immediately, he leaned into the tree hollow as if completely drained.

The moment he ensured safety, his guard dropped and negative conditions flooded over him like an incoming tide. Feng Yin felt as though his body was being torn to shreds, every part of him was in excruciating pain, and he felt a blockage in his chest. A reversed flow of blood surged upwards, reaching his throat.

His face turned pale with the blood reflux, yet he firmly shut his mouth and swallowed the blood back down.

If he coughed up blood, it would mean substantial energy loss.

The blood reflux is actually one’s own essence blood manifesting due to injury; coughing it up might seem relieving, but loss of energy weakens the foundation.

By forcing it back down like Feng Yin did, internal injuries are inevitable, affecting his short-term combat power. However, Feng Yin’s Spiritual Transformation Technique excelled in harmonizing his life essence. The symptoms of internal injuries were instantly relieved with its effects. The benefits clearly outweighed the disadvantages.

Feng Ying was also exhausted to the point of near death.

During the fight, Feng Ying had risked his life and even consumed his life essence. Now, he could hardly lift a paw.

He weakly nestled in Feng Yin’s arms, his eyes half-closed while his tail twitched slightly.

Seeing this, Feng Yin immediately began to operate the Spiritual Transformation Technique.

The spiritual aura between heaven and earth rushed into his body, circulating through his system, enabling him to finally breathe easier.

Only when the energy in his Dantian slightly recovered, did he take out two top-grade spiritual crystals — one in each hand — before he started concentrating on recuperation…

When he felt his condition was about 70-80% recovered, he tapped his finger on the Wutong tree again.

He waited until the Wutong Tree digested the energy, then he began whispering instructions.

“Stay hidden, don’t draw attention.”

“Do not let your exterior change, any spiritual power that cannot be absorbed should increase tree root growth downwards.”

“Move the tree hollow slightly lower for additional safety.”

The Wutong Tree eagerly and happily followed every request of its benefactor.

It was only then that Feng Yin finally let out a sigh of relief.

He focused on healing and restoration and also helped Feng Ying to regain his strength.

Speaking honestly, I was too greedy this time. Excess is worse than deficiency, as expected it invited disaster.”

Feng Yin warned himself mentally, but he made no vow of not doing such a thing again in future.

Because he knew himself, if he had another chance, he would do the same.

There absolutely wasn’t a second possibility.

After all, the benefit was too great!

How much Fire Essence can be gathered if you kill the Fire Crows one by one?

But here, there were at least billions of them!

Feng Yin didn’t pay attention to exactly how many Fire Essences Feng Ying had collected. In the midst of a deadly battle, he genuinely didn’t have the spare time to look back and confirm. In his opinion, the time was too short. As long as Feng Ying could sneak in and collect once, that was enough.

If Feng Ying could pull it off once, it could potentially attain upwards of hundreds of millions, that would be a windfall.

And the ones directly devoured by the sword, could probably tally up to several million?!

This round, a bloody fortune.

Though the risk was high and danger constantly circled around, and it was a fate narrowly escaped from death, compared to the immense return, if given the chance, he would attempt to make such a move again.

Recalling the whole process, the danger was truly extreme, to say it was like dancing with death at the doorstep of hell would not be exaggerated. Any carelessness or the slightest deviation from the plan he set in advance, both him and his pet could have easily met their ends in the Wutong Mountain cave.

He sat with closed eyes, running the Spiritual Transformation Technique at full force. The spiritual crystal in his hand emitted a continuous dusky color.

Feng Yin’s top-grade spiritual crystal had been used multiple times before. Its consumption this time was massive. Once the energy extraction was at full force, the top-grade spiritual crystal began losing its luster.

But countless spiritual energies had surged into Feng Yin and Feng Ying’s bodies. Feng Ying’s white fur, under the infinite spiritual energy, was shiny and bright. It seemed that every strand of hair was full of life.

The little fellow crouched weakly in Feng Yin’s arms, from being on the brink of death to regaining vitality, and then fell asleep against his chest. The tranquility and happiness was the result of completely letting down all guards.

Feng Yin continued to circulate his energy, constantly attacking the blood vessels that had been blocked due to severe injuries.

At the same time, he was recovering the connection of the severed blood vessels. However, the break in the blood vessels caused the Spiritual Transformation Technique to operate at an unprecedented slow pace. Fortunately, the body’s recovery, even though slow, was still ongoing.

Half an hour later, a part of his body had been restored. The feeling of obstruction in his chest had disappeared bit by bit and his absorption speed of spiritual energy was gradually recovering to its original level!

While Feng Yin was circulating his energy and healing his internal injuries, the sword returned to its shadowy figure again. It went separate from the blade itself. However, now the entire shadowy figure of the blade was glowing in a previously unseen red brilliance.

As it trembled violently, the shadowy tip of the blade exuded red substances: the spiritual energy condensed after the melting of the Fire Essence.

The pile of red substances naturally condensed into a large, brick-like, spirit-essence crystal.

The sword spat out three times before it calmed down, and naturally, three spirit-essence crystal bricks had condensed.

The reason for the sword to behave like this was none other than its helplessness.

So pathetic.

It got stuffed!

The sword jumped into the Fire Essence pool and devoured ravenously, enjoying its feast. Yet, it evidently overestimated its current limit of tolerance.

It had obviously not grown such a big stomach, but it swallowed the Fire Essence beyond its capability.

Imagine a person who has been starving for a month, suddenly seeing a sumptuous meal – an unlimited one at that. It wouldn’t be surprising to gorge oneself to death.

And the sword… it has been starving for countless tens of thousands of years.

Even after following Feng Yin, it occasionally ate, but it never really had enough to eat!

Fortunately, the sword’s stomach was far superior to that of ordinary people. Although it stuffed itself to death, it managed to save itself. And the way it saved itself was naturally by digestively converting these spiritual energies into fire essence and spit it out…

Yes, the spiritual energy essence crystal brick was a self-condensing product. As for the shape, it really couldn’t be bothered about it anymore.

With the sword’s continuous efforts, the fiery red shadow of the sword began to fade little by little, then turning into a deeper red…

Yet the sword continued, constantly spitting out the purest fire spiritual energy.

So it continued, and the spiritual energy in the tree hole space skyrocketed to a terrifyingly saturated level.

Now there were only three creatures in the tree hole, one man, one cat, and one sword. The spiritual energy was expelled by the sword, it naturally wouldn’t be absorbed, and Feng Yin and Feng Ying, whose attributes do not match with the fire element wouldn’t forcibly absorb it because it is all fire-element spiritual energy with more drawbacks than advantages. Consequently, it led to an overabundance of fire element.

Fortunately, although there were only three creatures in the tree hole, there was still a fourth creature in between—the Wutong Tree!

Although the Wutong Tree is a plant, it belongs to the fire element. If it was not a fire element, how could there be a saying that the phoenix does not perch except on the Wutong Tree? If it wasn’t a fire element, the Wutong Tree would have cried out for help when the sword spat out the Fire Essence!

At this moment, this Wutong Tree was on cloud nine.

…&…

[I apologize for being late, I have overestimated myself.]