The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 951 Black Martial Awakens

Nanzhou Holy Flame Island, in the Holy Flame Realm.

Burial Mountain.

The entire area, spanning tens of thousands of miles, was covered with a thick layer of ice.

Not only the earth and trees were frozen by Xue You's ultimate move, but even powerful Emperor Soul Beasts were frozen in place.

Time passed slowly, and Pan Chengfeng's body-refining technique had reached its limit, yet there was still no sign of the ice layer on his body breaking.

On the other side, the ice layer on the Emperor Soul Beast's body was a hundred times thicker than that on Pan Chengfeng's body, and the Emperor Soul Beast sealed inside could already move slightly.

Although it's not quite time to break through the ice, the situation is much better than Pan Chengfeng's.

Although Pan Chengfeng was frozen in place, his spiritual sense could still extend outwards. He anxiously thought, "Damn it, it looks like that beast will escape before I do! What should I do, what should I do..."

Pan Chengfeng was anxiously trying to find a solution when suddenly a message came through his mind.

Pan Chengfeng laughed loudly, "Wow! Finally awake! And just in time!!"

Pan Chengfeng quickly used his mental power to contact Hei Wudao, who was yawning: "Finally awake, time to get to work!"

A bewildered Hei Wu stretched and continued lying in the wine vat, saying, "Master Cat hasn't had enough sleep yet. As for work, we'll talk about that in a few years."

"Who are you talking to?! Uh, you can talk now?" Pan Chengfeng asked in astonishment, "Aren't demonic beasts only able to speak human language at the seventh rank? You're only at the early sixth rank and you can already talk?!"

Hei Wu was stunned by what Pan Chengfeng said.

After a while, he chuckled and said, "Haha, Cat Master can finally talk!"

You better watch your step from now on, or I'll tell Li Qian'er all your dirty secrets!

Pan Chengfeng's face darkened as he said, "Enough nonsense, get out here and get to work, or we'll all die!"

With a single stroke of his little paw, Hei Wu calmly stated, "Fifty thousand fifth-tier crystal cores, or this Cat Master won't agree."

"Damn it!" Pan Chengfeng roared in anger, "You eat my food, use my things, live in my house, and cause trouble for me everywhere. Now that I need your help, you're asking for an exorbitant price!"

Black Warrior thought for a moment, then realized he might have asked for too many, so he retracted a few of his cat paws and said, "It does seem a bit too many. How about ten thousand? I can't go any less!"

"Are you going to eat this?!" Pan Chengfeng's face darkened. After thinking for a moment, he said, "A hundred at most! Otherwise, we'll all just wait to die!"

Hei Wu was about to explode when he heard that he would only be given a hundred coins, but then he heard Pan Chengfeng continue, "You'd better take a look at the situation outside. I'm not kidding you, but if we delay any longer, no one will escape!"

As the conversation between the person and their pet ended, the Emperor Soul Beast outside was already able to slightly wiggle its body, and the ice layer enveloping it began to crackle.

Upon checking the situation outside, Hei Wu was so frightened that his cat fur fell to the ground. He trembled in terror and exclaimed, "Eighth-tier magical beast!! Are you crazy?! You dare to provoke an eighth-tier magical beast?!"

"Hurry up!" Pan Chengfeng roared, "I estimate that beast will break free in no more than twenty breaths, and then neither of us will be able to escape!"

Black Warrior roared, "Why did you provoke it? Cat Master is too scared to go out. What could Cat Master do even if it went out? It couldn't even stand up straight!"

"Look at you, so spineless!" Pan Chengfeng said angrily, "When have you ever seen me do anything I wasn't confident about?!"

"No, no, I'm not going out!" Blackie shook his head so hard it almost fell off, his cat face pleading, "Please let me go! I'll definitely come back to collect your corpse, and I'll even put up a tombstone for you~"

"Erect your sister's monument!"

Pan Chengfeng was about to burst into a tirade when he suddenly remembered something. His eyes lit up, and he softened his tone, saying, "Hei Wu, we've known each other for decades. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"

When it comes to being afraid of death, who can compare to me? You agree, right?

Black Warrior paused for a moment, scratched his head, and said, "This cat is more afraid of dying than you~"

Pan Chengfeng rolled his eyes and continued, "We've found the weakness of this monster outside. As long as I escape, I can concentrate my strength to attack its weakness."

"One strike will kill that beast, and everything except its crystal core is yours. How about it?"

Black Warrior's eyes lit up, and saliva involuntarily dripped from his mouth. But he quickly came to his senses and asked in confusion, "Really? What's its weakness?"

Pan Chengfeng coughed dryly, his eyes darting around as he said, "Asshole..."

Blackie felt terrible; it couldn't imagine what it would be like if its anus were attacked.

However, the thought of being able to eat the flesh and blood of an eighth-tier magical beast made Hei Wu lick his lips again, revealing an expectant expression.

Pan Chengfeng chuckled to himself, "I knew this glutton would behave this way!"

Seeing that the little glutton was still daydreaming, Pan Chengfeng quickly interrupted, "Alright! Have you thought it through? Hurry up and act, there's not much time left."

Hei Wu wiped his drool, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of the food and said, "You'd better keep your word, or I'll have Li Qian'er expose your dirty secrets!"

Pan Chengfeng assured him, "It definitely counts! Get out here and get to work!"

After the man and the cat finished their conversation, Black Warrior's shadow flashed and he appeared outside.

As soon as he came out, Black Warrior's four short legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

Pan Chengfeng hurriedly encouraged him, "Hei Wu, keep it up! That beast is frozen in the ice now, and the pressure has lessened a lot. You're just imagining things!"

Black Warrior struggled to lift his head, looking at the massive ice sphere thousands of meters away, and said, "What... terrifying... pressure! If I hadn't advanced to the sixth rank, I would have been crushed into a pulp in an instant..."

After communicating with the cat through their spiritual energy for a while, Hei Wu, having adjusted to the oppressive aura, struggled to his feet and said, "I only have a high-grade spiritual weapon flying sword. I don't know if it can break through this ice layer..."

Pan Chengfeng encouraged him, "You can definitely do it! Use your mental power to control the flying sword and stab it into the ice with all your might. As long as there's even a small opening, I can break free on my own!"

The ice covering Pan Chengfeng was more than a meter thick, binding him tightly and preventing him from moving even a little bit.

But as long as there is even the slightest opening, Pan Chengfeng can break through and quickly escape his restraints.

The black-clad warrior stood up, twisted his body, and rummaged through his tail, pulling out a flying sword over a meter long. He said, "This is my best magical weapon. I can only use it once!"

Without hesitation, Black Warrior clasped his front paws together, his eyes blazing with white light, and a layer of spiritual energy enveloped the flying sword.

The flying sword soared into the sky, and after maintaining a suitable distance, it flew towards Pan Chengfeng's ice hockey puck with a whoosh.

Trapped inside the ice hockey puck, Pan Chengfeng silently prayed, "It has to succeed!!"

With a 'clang,' the flying sword struck the ice ball, sparking a trail of sparks and leaving a shallow mark about an inch deep, before snapping with a 'crack.'

The man and the cat stared blankly at the flying sword, which had broken into three pieces and fallen to the ground.

The scene was a bit awkward. Hei Wu meowed and said, "It's not that I'm not capable, it's just that this flying sword is too trash."

"How about I run away first? I promise I'll come back to collect your corpse!"

Pan Chengfeng hurriedly called out to Hei Wudao, "Wait a minute!"

You can't escape now, so you might as well try again.

Your mental strength seems to have increased a lot; you should be able to do it!

Upon hearing Pan Chengfeng's praise, Hei Wu raised its tail, and its six black tails of varying thickness swayed in the wind like six foxtail grasses.

Pan Chengfeng noticed that Black Martial had gained another tail and thought to himself, "It has another tail. It seems that Black Martial gains another tail with each rank increase. Isn't that just like a nine-tailed fox?"

Hei Wu said smugly, "Hehe, my mental strength has increased more than ten times compared to before!"

Even now, as long as a cultivator at the Integration Stage isn't specializing in mental power, I'm confident I can handle him!

Although he knew that Black Warrior was probably exaggerating, Pan Chengfeng still flattered him, saying, "As expected of Cat Master, your mental strength must have undergone a qualitative change."

Although I haven't improved as much as you, I'm still several times stronger than before. Let's try again together!

Pan Chengfeng dares not offend Black Martial Arts right now, so he can only appease them for the time being. Once this matter is over, how he decides to deal with it will depend on his mood.

Black Warrior hesitated for a moment, then looked in the direction of the Emperor Soul Beast, bit its front paw, and said, "Alright, let's try again. If it still doesn't work, I'll run away first~"

Pan Chengfeng chuckled and replied, "Alright, alright, Cat Master, let's try again. If it doesn't work, you can just run for your life!"

He said that, but in his heart he was already determined to teach this little cat a lesson.