Holding a dark flame in one's heart

Under the dark moon, dark crows cawed. Under the dim, blood-red moonlight, a silver-white wolf with four vertical pupils lay on a huge rock.

Its body was not very large, less than two meters long. At this moment, it was absorbing the power of the moonlight. Wang Zhi crept to a hillside about two hundred meters away from it. Countless blood threads formed a large bow, and a blood arrow was shot out. The sound of breaking through the air rang out, followed by an explosion.

After the blood-colored smoke and dust dispersed, the demonic wolf was nowhere to be seen. Wang Zhi immediately became alert, and a blood knife appeared in his hand. He wasn't so arrogant as to think that he could kill an abyss creature with just one arrow.

A strong gust of wind came from the right side. Wang Zhi raised his knife to block. Sparks flashed. The demonic wolf's claw failed to strike its target, and it retreated. The man and the wolf faced each other. Wang Zhi shook his slightly numb wrist and assumed a fighting stance.

The next second.

Clang!

The claw collided with the knife, and then the wolf's tail swept over.

Bang! A dull sound rang out.

Wang Zhi couldn't dodge in time, so he could only use his left hand to protect himself and take the blow. The huge force sent Wang Zhi flying and he crashed into the mountain wall. Cough, cough, cough. His left hand was already covered in blood and flesh.

Before he could recover, in the next second, the demonic wolf had rushed in front of him and opened its large mouth to bite at Wang Zhi's neck. Clang! Wang Zhi raised his knife to block the demonic wolf's mouth, and then kicked the wolf's belly with his right foot, sending it flying.

Taking the opportunity to steady himself, the undamaged demonic wolf not far away let out a long howl towards the sky. Its four vertical eyes emitted a faint blue light. In the next instant, a ray of light shot over. Wang Zhi leaned backward and dodged this attack.

He looked back and saw a thumb-thick black hole left on the mountain wall. Being hit by it would leave him severely injured even if he didn't die. He had to change the terrain. It was too open here, which was disadvantageous to him. With a fierce stomp of his foot, he rushed towards a nearby dry forest, and the demonic wolf chased after him closely.

Entering the area full of withered trees, Wang Zhi leaped up and stood on a tree. He hooked his finger at the demonic wolf. The demonic wolf could tell that this human was provoking it. Suddenly, its eyes lit up, and rays of light shot out one after another.

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Could it even fire continuously? Wang Zhi could only keep dodging. During the process of dodging, Wang Zhi observed that it couldn't move when it fired the rays of light. Thinking of this, Wang Zhi stopped.

Just now, he was worried that this demonic wolf could keep pulling and consuming his physical strength. If the demonic wolf could run and fire the rays of light at the same time, then Wang Zhi would have to consider running away.

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The demonic wolf looked at the human in front of it with some confusion. Just now, he was dodging awkwardly, but now he had stopped. The human in front of it seemed like a different person, strolling leisurely towards it.

Its pupils lit up again, and a thicker beam of light shot out. Clang! A red blade shadow slashed vertically, splitting the beam of light into two halves, which flew past and set off a strong wind behind, blowing the man's hair.

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Wang Zhi pointed the tip of his knife obliquely at the ground and walked step by step. The demonic wolf looked at this man who was exuding a strong blood qi. It seemed that he was becoming stronger and stronger.

It could tell that this man was using it to hone himself. A roar of anger sounded. How could it, with its pride, tolerate such provocation?

It leaped up high and pounced towards Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi raised his knife to block the wolf's claw and deflected it to the right. Seeing that it wanted to whip him with its wolf tail again, his left fist, which had already been charged, punched out. This punch hit the demonic wolf's head hard, making it go blank for a moment. Wang Zhi didn't give it a chance to catch its breath.

Taking advantage of its stunned state, he turned over and rode on it to suppress the demonic wolf, and then his fists rained down like a storm. The sound of the wolf's skull cracking kept coming.

I don't know how long it had passed. The demonic wolf's head was already covered in blood and flesh and had no signs of life. Wang Zhi stopped and looked at his own hands, which were also covered in blood and flesh. Sure enough, it was still satisfying to fight with bare fists.

Just as he was about to absorb the blood qi, a thumb-thick ray of light pierced through Wang Zhi's left shoulder. The powerful penetrating force caused Wang Zhi to fall to the ground.

Damn it, there was another one. He looked back and saw a dark blue demonic wolf standing on the gravel.

It was different from this one. He asked Lao Hei what this thing was.

"It should be a mutated species."

"What's the difference?"

"Oh, I remember now. This kind of mutated one has its own innate talent and belongs to a very rare species. Hahaha, kid, you must kill it and use the black flames to devour it and seize its talent for your own use."

It should be related to speed. It's so fast that you can't even react. Back to the present, the conversation with Lao Hei just now only took an instant. Wang Zhi picked up the blood knife and tensed his spirit. He didn't want to fight it circuitously. With that speed just now, his senses couldn't even react in time.

A black light flashed by. Clang! Wang Zhi barely reacted in time and barely blocked it. Then there were two more black lights. He blocked one, and the other one pierced through Wang Zhi's right calf, which made Wang Zhi lose the ability to move quickly.

That strange species moved. The dark blue figure disappeared from where it was.

Here it comes. It's behind!

Clang! Clang! Clang! The sounds of slashes rang out. After blocking three strikes in a row, the hand holding the knife was already numb. Coupled with the injury on his left shoulder that couldn't be repaired so quickly, it became difficult for him to even raise the knife. Another claw slapped Wang Zhi flying, leaving three shocking wounds on his chest.

Wow! He spat out a mouthful of blood. Wang Zhi had already lost his combat ability. He looked up feebly. That strange species slowly came in front of Wang Zhi and looked down at him from a superior position.

It didn't kill Wang Zhi immediately. It stepped on Wang Zhi's chest, wanting to see the look of fear on this human's face. This stupid human still wanted to resist. His hands covered in blood grabbed its foot.

This boring game was over. When the strange demonic beast opened its mouth to bite off Wang Zhi's head, it heard the human's whisper.

"I've got you."

The strange demonic wolf felt something was wrong and wanted to kick Wang Zhi away, but it was too late. The pitch-black flames instantly covered the demonic wolf. The sudden change made the demonic wolf unable to figure out what was going on before it was devoured by the black flames.

Whoosh! After completely devouring this strange demonic wolf, Wang Zhi finally relaxed. Now he just wanted to lie down and not move at all to recover from his wounds. He had quite a few serious wounds on his body, especially the three claw marks on his chest. His ribs could even be seen. Fortunately, his internal organs hadn't been injured.

The blood qi surrounded Wang Zhi's wounds, and the wounds began to itch. This meant that they were automatically healing.

Lao Hei said, "You're quite something, kid. You dared to bet your life."

That's right. Wang Zhi was indeed betting. When that strange species slapped Wang Zhi's chest, Wang Zhi still had the combat ability at that time. If that strange demonic wolf really wanted to kill him immediately, it could have directly bitten Wang Zhi to death up close.

But it slowly walked up to Wang Zhi, wanting to make Wang Zhi's fear reach its peak before eating him.

Lao Hei said, "It's not that it's too confident. It just wants your fear to be greater because it tastes better to it. Demonic wolves like to eat fear. It's a rare delicacy for them."

It was precisely because of this preference that you succeeded, kid. Learn from this experience. You won't be so lucky every time.

"Yeah."

After lying down for a few hours, Wang Zhi felt that his wounds were almost healed. He sat up and checked his injuries. The wound on his chest had already healed, leaving three terrifying scars. It seemed that it would take some time to recover completely. Then there were the wounds on his right calf and left shoulder. The wounds were penetrating and would still need some time to heal.

He picked up the blood knife and came to the demonic wolf whose head could no longer be seen clearly. "Dominator Devour" was activated.

Threads of blood qi were drawn out from the demonic wolf's body, rotated, gathered, and condensed into a scarlet spherical object.

Wang Zhi looked at the small ball floating in front of him, furrowed his brows, picked it up, and swallowed it in one gulp. The familiar intense pain struck again, and Wang Zhi was sent into a dream again.

Two hours later, Wang Zhi got up and checked his body. It was almost fully recovered. He asked Lao Hei why he woke up in only six hours this time.

The absorbed levels are different. The previous blood-horned one was at the middle stage of the second rank, and this wolf is only at the peak of the first rank. The levels of the blood qi are different and can't be compared. It's okay. You won't fall asleep later when you get used to it.

By the way, that strange species is at the early stage of the second rank. It probably has only been born for about a year or two. I just said why I remembered it wrong. The one I ate back then should have been a male wolf.

"Yeah."

"Just 'yeah'? You talk a lot when you have something to say, but you're as stingy as can be with words when you don't."

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"By the way, Lao Hei, after I swallowed that mutated demonic wolf, I feel that my body has become much lighter. I obtained its talent called 'Divine Speed', which is about using skills to generate force."

"Your current speed is not like before when you just used brute force. You can be several times faster."

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Wang Zhi squatted down halfway. An electric sensation came from under his feet. It was as if he had been struck by a powerful electric current. Every muscle in his body tensed up, filled with infinite energy.

The ground caved in, leaving behind an afterimage. In the next instant, Wang Zhi ran hundreds of meters away. What a fast speed! If he were to fight with a demonic wolf now, the demonic wolf wouldn't even have time to react before being slashed to death by Wang Zhi with one knife.

Lao Hei said, "This kind of talent can generally improve along with your physique. The stronger your physical body is, the faster your speed can be. Of course, it won't be that useful if you break through too many levels. It seems that it should be able to hold up to the second rank."

Now you have absorbed the blood qi across ranks twice. Your body should have reached the second rank. After honing for a while longer, you can go up to the ground.

Hearing that he could return to the ground, black flames flashed in Wang Zhi's pupils. There was not much emotional fluctuation. He just thought that he would kill them all.

Just like this, Wang Zhi stayed on the outskirts of the abyss for two months. That's right, Lao Hei had told Wang Zhi that with his current strength, entering the real inner part of the abyss would be like seeking death, even if it was just the abyss of a mining planet.

During this period, Wang Zhi hunted many more abyss creatures and stepped into the early stage of the second rank.

"Alright, kid. It's time to return to the ground, take your revenge, and then go to the next world to steal the power of the world."

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