BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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Fortunately, Lin Feng had already anticipated this situation.

So he wasn't too flustered.

After descending for a while, Lin Feng suddenly turned to Xiao Yixian and spoke: "This Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool also has the effect of tempering the soul. You can try to refine your soul using the energy in the pool—but remember, you must use your Heavenly Flame to filter out the fire poison during the process."

"Mm."

Although Xiao Yixian didn't know how Lin Feng had learned this, she still nodded and chose to trust him.

"Heh, I didn't expect this place to have such a marvelous use. Once we're at the bottom, I'll find a place to train too."

Hearing the word soul, the long-silent Tian Huo Zun Zhe finally spoke up.

At this point, he wouldn't miss any opportunity to grow stronger.

After all, soul power was notoriously difficult to replenish.

"Suit yourself."

Lin Feng didn't object to the old man's decision and answered casually.

As they continued to descend, the surrounding energy color grew noticeably darker.

Looking toward the bottom of the blood pool, there was a deep, eerie crimson.

With a flick of their wrists, Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian each summoned that dark-gold rodent skull into their hands.

Clenching it slightly, the two of them simultaneously burst forward—cutting through the murky crimson liquid and swimming rapidly downward.

As they dove deeper, the energy contained within the dark red liquid became increasingly dense and pure.

However, Lin Feng clearly sensed something else.

The energy down here was already mixed with an extremely potent fire poison.

This poison wasn't naturally part of the crimson energy—it was seeping out from the massive volcano beneath their feet.

Due to this, no one knew how many years this fire poison had accumulated within the volcano. It was now terrifyingly intense.

And this Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool was likely the core of that volcano.

Also—the place where the fire poison was at its most violent.

So violent, in fact, that Lin Feng even felt a strange sense of familiarity within it…

He shook his head, quickly casting off distracting thoughts.

Looking into the bottomless depths of dark red below, he muttered with a hint of awe:

"Don't tell me… the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range is actually a giant volcano?"

He recalled that this mountain range was tens of thousands of meters tall—around 50 to 60 thousand meters.

It was hard to imagine just how scorching it must be down below.

They kept diving.

Roughly ten minutes later, the dark-gold skulls in Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian's hands began to heat up.

A faint glow slowly radiated from them.

Seeing the skull react, Lin Feng's heart lifted slightly.

He gradually began to slow his descent.

Moments later, Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian caught sight of Feng Qing'er, who was waiting for them ahead.

At that moment, her graceful figure was encased in a storm of violent lightning—serving as her protection—while her fiery eyes stared intently downward.

Lin Feng followed her gaze and looked below.

There, the space seemed slightly distorted.

The dark crimson energy appeared to be blocked by some invisible barrier—unable to penetrate.

"That spatial barrier—must be the one Jin Shi mentioned earlier,"

Feng Qing'er turned her head as Lin Feng approached, her delicate and refined face speaking calmly.

By now, both Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian had withdrawn their Heavenly Flames.

They were using beast flame and regular Dou Qi to resist the fire poison instead.

It was clear Lin Feng didn't want to expose the secret of his Heavenly Flame—at least not yet.

Around the two women, space was faintly distorted.

Judging by the look of it, they were using spatial power to offset part of the fire poison's damage.

After being personally trained day and night by Xiao Yixian for some time—and with his own strength already at the peak of Dou Huang—Lin Feng had learned to manipulate a bit of spatial power himself.

Staring at the spatial barrier ahead, Lin Feng turned to the two women and instructed: "Once we're inside, spread out a bit. That way, if anyone experiences a breakthrough, the energy fluctuations won't disturb the others in the middle of cultivation."

The two of them responded in unison:

"Got it."

"Also, here—inside these bottles is a low-grade seventh-tier pill with an ice attribute. If the fire poison invades your body, it can temporarily suppress it and buy you enough time to retreat."

As he spoke, Lin Feng took out two jade bottles from his storage ring and tossed them to the two women.

Though Feng Qing'er wasn't the talkative type, the time they'd spent together had been pleasant enough.

So of course, Lin Feng wasn't stingy about giving out a low-grade seventh-tier pill.

That said, he still planned to reserve the ingredients for the Heavenly Glory Pill for refining a Heavenly Flame in the future.

So for now, this was the best he could offer.

After all, who knew?

He might just get lucky one day and encounter another Heavenly Flame out of nowhere.

As for Feng Qing'er, she clearly had a favorable impression of Lin Feng too.

She caught the bottle without hesitation and stored it in her own ring.

As for expressing gratitude—she believed that, with her identity, she'd definitely be able to help him in some meaningful way down the line.

"The fire poison below is much more intense. Stay alert."

After confirming the two women had stashed their pills away, Lin Feng reminded them again.

Then he stepped forward, raising the dark-gold skull in his hand and gently pressed it against the invisible spatial barrier in front of him.

In an instant, the skull emitted a dazzling golden light, so bright that the three of them instinctively narrowed their eyes.

The spatial barrier rippled like water, soft waves spreading outward.

Moments later, a passageway wide enough for one person appeared before them.

Seeing this, Lin Feng took a deep breath—then shot forward like an arrow.

He plunged headfirst into the blood-red energy below, which was many times more violent than what they'd faced earlier.

The two women followed close behind, diving through the passage as well.

The moment Lin Feng passed through the barrier and entered the area beneath—he was instantly struck by an overwhelming pressure!

"No wonder Jin Shi was able to advance two stars in just over a decade… This place is no joke."

After sinking more than ten meters, Lin Feng finally managed to stabilize his falling body.

He hurriedly summoned his Heavenly Flame to form a protective barrier around himself, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of amazement.

The blood-red energy here was so thick it bordered on terrifying.

Even just moving his arms felt like he was pushing against a tide at least ten times stronger than before.

Floating in this viscous pool of crimson, Lin Feng noticed that the energy now contained dense dark gray specks of light.

These specks radiated a pungent, stifling heat—causing his brows to furrow.

"This irritating heat… It's almost the same kind of sensation I felt from the backlash after devouring a Heavenly Flame."

His expression grew grim as he muttered to himself, scanning the swarm of gray specks swirling all around him.

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