I alone am the Honoured One!

Chapter 241: The first taste!

Cai Luo narrowed her eyes as she observed the black flames consuming Alex Brell, his once strong body now almost unrecognizable due to the intense heat and destructive power of the flames.

"That is definitely an Empyreal flame... is he aware of the high stars?" She could only mutter under her breath.

"RAAARGHHHHH S_STOPPP AHHAAAAA~"

Zhao Tian glanced at Alex Brell, his body still burning in intense black flames, his screams still reverberating across the forest

"And what about that nuclear bomb that you guys used last time to kill Luo?" Zhao Tian asked his eyes, looking at the wrecked face of Alex Brell.

Alex Brell gritted his teeth feeling the terrible pain seeping through his body and struggled to speak "AARGH... L-LUO? RAAAAAA!!!"

Cai Luo spoke in a calm tone "Dog, did you forget that guys tried to kill me?"

"HAAARGHHH!" Alex Brell heard Cai Luo's voice and his eye quivered in agony "H-HER.. HAAH... Y-YOU ARE GOING TO ARRRR KILL ME RIGHT?"

Zhao Tian shrugged casually "Of course. And I know what you are thinking, since you are going to die anyway, why should you spill the secrets"

"It's just that the way you die will be different, I will torture you until you spill all the beans. And this flame..." as Zhao Tian muttered, he increased the potency of the darkness within the fire.

*thrisssshhh* As the intensity grew, Alex Brell's body trembled vigorously and his body contoured feeling the darkness infusing within his veins and tendons.

"ARRRRRRRRRRRR-OKKKKKKK. RAAAGGARGAHHHHH! PLEASSSEEEEEEEE AHAHA!" His anguish screams of pain fell on Zhao Tian's ears but he stood there with an indifferent expression, ignoring his screams as if he was deaf.

Zhao Tian lowered the intensity, giving Alex Brell a bit of time to breathe and Alex Brell also felt the intensity decreasing as the regeneration in his body quickly caught up, regenerating the flesh that was roasted.

*Huff* *huff* Taking in heavy breaths, Alex Brell managed to push out words"Urghh... The scientists, aaargh!!! created a nuclear weapon with beast stone.. haah and we used that for her as a trial."

*whisss* Hot whisps of smoke is emanating from his body as he struggled to even move his body "W-We thought she was dead, urghhh but she is still alive."

"I see." Zhao Tian muttered as he again increased the intensity on his body *thrsihhh*

"WHYYYYYYY ARGHHHHH!!!! I-I TOLD YOUU RAHHHHHHHH!" Alex Brell screamed in agony again feeling the black flames gwaning on his skin.

"Because I feel like it." Zhao Tian muttered in a cold tone, continuing to burn his down.

Cai Luo narrowed her eyes, seeing Alex Brell's body twitching while he was kneeling on the ground in front of Zhao Tian, his half transformed body brimming with black flames.

"Why did you come towards this forest in the first place?" Cai Luo asked with a raised eyebrow.

*cough* Alex Brell coughed as blood spilled out of his mouth but even the blood evaporated the next second.

"I-I... URGHHH! *cough* *cough*" As he tried to speak, his words choked on his throat and he couldn't push out his voice.

Zhao Tian frowned and again decreased the potency of his flames, granting him a moment to rest and he glanced at Zhao Tian with his damaged eyes.

'I-I can't let them know the real reason I came here... no matter what...' He thought in his mind as his body again began to regenerate.

*cough* With a cough, he opened his mouth "I-I was just roaming cities... haah and at that time, I felt someone powerful was spying on me..." he muttered turning his gaze towards Cai Luo.

With a deep breath, he continued "I don't want to cause wreckage in that city and *cough* alarm this nation's government so.. I flew to this forest... to see who was following me."

Cai Luo rolled her eyes "Hm... so that's why you came here... "

*thriiish* As he got the answer, a dark glint passed through Zhao Tian's eyes *thrisssh* "RAAARGHHHHH!!!"

This time, Zhao Tian increased the potency even more, burning him to the bones and Zhao Tian could see Alex Brell's bones burning among the dark flames.

Huh? However at that moment, Zhao Tian narrowed his eyes in surprise as he saw something shimmering in the core of his body 'Another bomb?'

No... the frown on his eyes deepened as he felt a sudden desire to get that shimmering white thing in front of him.

'This is his soul...' He muttered under his breath in disbelief, as some white patterns slowly appeared on his glimmering blue eyes.

He reached out his hand to touch the brimming white soul in front of him, a hint of desire erupting in his heart.

Huh? Cai Luo was startled as she saw Zhao Tian burning Alex Brell to his bones and he was inserting his hand into the shimmering black flames.

"Tian... don't kill him."

*wooosh* But at this time, suddenly a large dome of a half-sphere burning with black flames appeared around Zhao Tian and the burning body leaving Cai Luo outside the dome.

"What the hell?" Cai Luo was bewildered as she saw the huge dome of flames in front of her, separating her from Zhao Tian.

As she tried to walk near the dome, the intense heat pushed her back and she gritted her teeth in annoyance "What is happening inside this barrier? Damn it, what is this?"

...

Meanwhile, inside the barrier, a smile crept over Zhao Tian's lips as his fingertips came into contact with the sparkling soul in front of him.

*blog* A hint of amusement danced in his eyes as he felt the structure of soul in front of him.

'Its like jelly.. squishy?'

At the same time, the dark flames have already consumed Alex Brell wholly, leaving nothing not even bones or ashes—and Zhao Tian could care less.

*blick* As Zhao Tian's fingers touched the soul, it trembled for a second and at this time, darkness seeped out of Zhao Tian's hand.

The dark energy completely surrounded the soul, engulfing it in black and pulling towards Zhao Tian, his whole body glinting with black energy.

The soul disintegrated into small pieces and floated around Zhao Tian for a second before totally getting consumed by the darkness surrounding him.

Zhao Tian's white eyelashes quivered feeling the rich energy of a soul seeping inside his body and he closed his eyes, feeling the energy.

'So this is the... taste of a soul.'