Dragon-Marked War God

Their earlier thoughts had all been mere guesses with no way to confirm them. Whether this Hell Karmic Fire was Red Lotus’s father or not, it now seemed that the two of them, as outsiders, had finally escaped danger.

But Jiang Chen did not intend to leave, and Red Lotus thought exactly the same. Even if the Hell Karmic Fire was not formed from the origin of Red Lotus’s father, he was determined to kill that bastard Fen Gudong before leaving this place.

Just then, Fen Gudong, holding most of the karmic fire origin in his hands, finally began to unleash his full force.

“Old thing, believe me, you’ll die a very, very miserable death. You’ve endured hundreds of millions of years, but today you’ll become my, Fen Gudong’s, private plaything. From now on, I’ll hold the Hell Karmic Fire in my palm. Let’s see who dares to compete with me! Hahaha!”

Fen Gudong’s hands turned into giant chains and he opened his mouth wide. Waves of karmic fire origin began to surge madly and were swiftly devoured by Fen Gudong.

“I have lived through countless ages. How could I be controlled by a brat like you? Back then, even Heavenly King Realm experts had to bow their heads before me. Who do you think you are? Even your old ancestor would have to bow before me.”

The Hell Karmic Fire roared in anger. The giant dragon writhed and coiled upward. The two enormous figures kept circling within the fiery purgatory, struggling back and forth.

“That was then, this is now. You may have been unrivaled in the primordial era, but now, I am the true king.”

Fen Gudong scoffed and began to devour the Hell Karmic Fire’s origin even more fiercely. They grappled for three days and three nights without a winner.

Although Fen Gudong had gained seventy to eighty percent of the Hell Karmic Fire’s origin during this time, just as the Hell Karmic Fire had said, without the karmic fire spirit, no amount of origin power would help. It was like a pool of stagnant water, and the karmic fire spirit of the Hell Karmic Fire was the spring that fed it.

As time passed, half a month slipped quietly by. In the end, the two had already canceled out most of each other’s origin power. Fen Gudong was ultimately one level more skilled, because he held so much of the Hell Karmic Fire’s origin power that he could take the initiative in the devouring of karmic fire origin.

Over tens of millions of years, the Hell Karmic Fire’s origin power had been refined into Heavenly Flame Crystals by countless disciples of the Profound Connection Divine Palace, depleting its strength immeasurably. It was also suppressed by a formation from the primordial era. That was why it had come to this.

“Let’s see how you keep fighting me now! Hahaha!”

Fen Gudong and the Hell Karmic Fire could be said to be strangling each other, but having suffered a great loss in origin power, the Hell Karmic Fire was ultimately one move behind. Gradually, most of its origin power was devoured by Fen Gudong.

“Why… why… why have I kept on living? Because there is an obsession in my heart. My child… where is my child? I don’t know. I’m not willing. For that battle, for the so-called light… I hate it. My child…”

The Hell Karmic Fire murmured. At that moment, its form was gradually growing dim.

“Purifier of all ages, the Red Lotus of a flourishing era… my child…”

The voice of the Hell Karmic Fire echoed through the void, and at that moment Red Lotus was as if struck by lightning. Purifier of all ages, the Red Lotus of a flourishing era. Was that his child? The Karmic Fire of the Red Lotus, could it really be her?

“It’s this call, it’s this call. He really is my father. Jiang Chen!”

Red Lotus gripped Jiang Chen’s hand tightly. The burning in her eyes was beyond words. It was this very call that had forced her to leave Jiang Chen and cross a thousand, ten thousand miles to come here. It was a call from the depths of her heart. Although she had lost her father’s call for a while, she firmly believed her father was beside her.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes. Red Lotus had been summoned by her father’s call back then, and at this moment, the truth had finally come completely to light. This Hell Karmic Fire really was her father.

“There’s no time to lose. We absolutely can’t watch your father be devoured by Fen Gudong. With your origin power, you should be able to sustain him.”

Jiang Chen said in a deep voice, looking at Red Lotus.

Red Lotus was extremely agitated and nodded heavily.

“Father, I’m coming!”

Red Lotus’s call shook the Hell Karmic Fire. The enormous flame dragon trembled all over, and when it looked at the Karmic Fire of the Red Lotus, it was full of confusion and emotion.

“Child, are you really my child?”

The proud dragon head of the Hell Karmic Fire glittered with crystalline light at that moment. He roared and struggled, wanting to break free of Fen Gudong’s bindings, but it was completely futile.

“Father, I want to help you sustain your origin power.”

Red Lotus said in a deep voice, and without the slightest hesitation she poured her own origin power into the Hell Karmic Fire.

“Are you really my child? I’ve forgotten… forgotten what you look like, forgotten whether you were still alive in this world…”

The Hell Karmic Fire murmured. Only when Red Lotus’s origin power kept flowing into his body did he finally understand completely. That fusion of origin power, that convergence of bloodline power: the Red Lotus before him truly was his child!

“My child… my child…”

At that moment, the proud dragon head looked at Red Lotus with nothing but fatherly love, yet the corner of his mouth carried endless bitterness. Father and daughter had finally recognized each other, only at this moment of parting between life and death.

“Hahaha, what a touching father-and-daughter reunion. Too bad you’re both going to die. Add the origin power of you, the Karmic Fire of the Red Lotus, and I’ve really reaped a rich harvest today.”

Fen Gudong was beaming, his eyes flashing with greed. This time was truly an unexpected delight. Fen Gudong had never imagined that this woman would be the Karmic Fire of the Red Lotus. Although the Karmic Fire of the Red Lotus was not as strong as the Hell Karmic Fire, its terror went without saying. It was just that the Hell Karmic Fire was far, far too strong.

“Father, don’t worry. As long as I’m here, I absolutely won’t let anyone hurt you.”

Red Lotus clenched her teeth, her face pale. Eighty or ninety percent of the origin power in her body had been poured into the Hell Karmic Fire, but against that terrifying absorbing force, it was only a drop in the bucket for the Hell Karmic Fire.

“Both of you are going to die. Neither of you can escape my palm. The Hell Karmic Fire and the Karmic Fire of the Red Lotus will both be mine to use. On the day I step into the Great Emperor Realm and sweep across the Divine World, that will be your moment of dazzling glory. By then, I’ll make heaven and earth all bow beneath my karmic fire. Hahaha!”

Fen Gudong’s eyes turned cold and his killing intent was fully revealed. Both of these karmic fires were already things in his pocket!

“You’re celebrating a little too early.”

At this moment, Jiang Chen’s figure appeared amid the endless raging fire, a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. The Heavenly Lightning power in his hands was gradually fusing together. Four kinds of Heavenly Lightning, capable of destroying heaven and earth!