I Am Overlord - Chapter 201

Chapter 201

Chapter 201: Flame Immune Human Skin

That was a strain of flame from the millennium earthcore fire! Xiang Shaoyun's energy barrier was instantly destroyed as the flame tried to get into direct contact with his body . The sudden change gave Xiang Shaoyun a great fright . He had just personally witnessed the millennium earthcore fire burn two people to a crisp a little while ago .

Xiang Shaoyun quickly took out the coldstar stone and unleashed the final power of frost it still had to resist the invading flame . At the same time, he fully released the power of the icesnow fruit, forming a layer of frost on his body . It saved him from being instantly burned by the millennium earthcore fire .

What to do? What to do? Xiang Shaoyun asked himself anxiously . He was clear that after catching the attention of the millennium earthcore fire, it would be very hard for him to flee . He had to think of a way to break himself free . Apart from Xiang Shaoyun, others who hadn't obtained the millennium earthcore fire's approval were attacked as well .

"Ahhhh!"

Miserable wails started ringing in the air as three of them were instantly lit on fire . The Cloud Margin Pavilion overseer, Qian Chen, was among the three . Of the three, only one of them had been able to survive relying on an ice elemental treasure . However, the moment he left the crater, he was surrounded by a large number of flame beasts . His ultimate survival was rather unlikely .

It was clear that the millennium earthcore fire was not intending to let those coveting it to leave . Only those who won its approval would have a chance to leave alive . Xiang Shaoyun couldn't be bothered to pay attention to anyone else as he himself was in deep trouble . He kept thinking, formulating numerous plans to save himself from his predicament .

The Nether Soul Domain within his head did not have the ability to control or resist flame . That was the same for the Nether Dragon Soul Headband . The only thing he had that could resist the power of the millennium earthcore fire was his innate purple lightning . However, he wouldn't be able to maintain an energy barrier powered by his lightning bone for long, as his cultivation level was still too low .

If his cultivation level was two or three stages higher, the innate purple lightning would be on an entirely different level . At that time, this kind of environment would pose him no trouble at all .

Just as Xiang Shaoyun was about to give up and try to run, he caught a glimpse of the human skin in his astral cosmos sea . It was the human skin he had obtained at the Blackhill Sect's mine with Dong Ziwan .

On the human skin were some characters of an ancient language Xiang Shaoyun couldn't understand, which was why he had ignored the skin all this while . He had decided to figure out the meanings of the characters when he had the chance in the future .

For some reason, he suddenly thought of that skin . Perhaps it was because he had suddenly recalled how the skin had survived an attack of his saber and was completely fine even after being burned . It was quite clear that the skin was not as simple as it looked .

"F*ck it, I'll have to give it a try . " Xiang Shaoyun decided to throw caution to the wind and do whatever he could . He took out the human skin and draped it over his body .

The skin was elastic, and like a leather jacket, it wrapped around Xiang Shaoyun's body . The moment the human skin was taken out, the flame in the surroundings was no longer able to harm Xiang Shaoyun . In fact, the flame seemed to have some sort of instinctual fear as it quickly retreated from the skin .

"It works!" Xiang Shaoyun was overjoyed, and the realization calmed him down . Just a moment ago, he was still so anxious he was sweating madly . Now, he finally had a way of protecting himself .  

Unfortunately, he had been too optimistic . The millennium earthcore fire seemed to hold a grudge, and it immediately sent the flame beasts at him .

"Bastard! Are you not giving me any chance at all?" Xiang Shaoyun cursed . Without any hesitation, he started climbing up the crater . He would think of his next step after escaping it . However, the flame beasts moved faster than him . They started spitting terrifying tongues of flame at him .

Xiang Shaoyun had his back against the beasts . Although he could sense the incoming attacks, he had no way of avoiding them since he was still climbing the wall . Just as he braced himself to be hit by the attacks, the tongues of flame actually stopped when they reached him and split to the sides, leaving him unharmed .

"Huh? I'm fine?" Xiang Shaoyun was thoroughly astonished .

It was at this moment that a new round of attacks began, and an even more intense bombardment of flame came at him from the flame beasts . Something amazing then happened . The tongues of flame all stopped and split to the sides upon reaching Xiang Shaoyun, not harming him at all .

"The human skin is immune to the flame!" Xiang Shaoyun was overjoyed when he reached this conclusion .

At that realization, a crazy thought surfaced in his head—to launch a counterattack at the earthcore fire . Thus, with the human skin draped over him, he turned around and swung his saber at the flame beasts . He was now immune to the flame beasts, but they were not immune to him .

"Die!" Xiang Shaoyun shouted .

His mighty saber energies shot out accompanied by an unparalleled saber intent, killing one flame beast after another .

Rumble! Rumble!

His actions created a series of explosions in the crater, putting the people there in an even greater panic .

"Bastard! Leave right now or I won't spare you!" Huo Linfei was the first to shout at Xiang Shaoyun .

They were all busy refining the strains of power sent by the millennium earthcore fire . Thus, they couldn't do anything else . What Xiang Shaoyun did angered them greatly .

The monk also spoke, "Amitabha, benefactor, it is not your fate to obtain the earthcore fire . Please leave . "

Chen Zilong said, "Only those fated to obtain the earthcore fire will get it . Just leave first . I will battle you after taming the earthcore fire!"

"All of you think the earthcore fire is already yours? Hah! It belongs to this young master!" Xiang Shaoyun said with a mad glint in his eyes .

He had decided to throw all caution to the wind . With the immunity granted to him by the human skin, he could try going all the way to the earthcore fire and harvest it by force . The moment he made that decision, he stopped climbing and started sliding down the wall again .

This millennium earthcore fire already had a certain amount of intelligence . It was definitely not only 1,000 years old . It must have been forming for several millennia . A millennium earthcore fire like this had a chance to reach the next level, and it had an astonishing destructive power compared to other millennium earthcore fires .

Xiang Shaoyun couldn't be bothered to consider if he could even subdue the fire . He only wanted to borrow the power of its flame to refine the white tiger's bone into his saber . When the millennium earthcore fire saw what he was doing, it sent a large number of flame beasts toward him .

The flame beasts charged ahead fearlessly, sending an unending stream of fire attacks at Xiang Shaoyun . It reached a point he started wondering if the human skin could survive that kind of bombardment . Fortunately, the human skin did not disappoint, as it survived all the attacks .

Xiang Shaoyun became incomparably excited as he charged downward and attacked fearlessly . Wielding his saber, he killed one flame beast after another . The explosions from the deaths did nothing to him . Instead, the others were the ones to suffer .

And thus, chaos erupted in the crater .