Chapter 1716: Chapter 1716

1716: Chapter 1712: Burning 1716: Chapter 1712: Burning The icy flames bring death, the crimson blazes bring purification, the golden holy flame succumbs to contamination and returns to tranquility…

Regardless of the color or rhetoric, fire is always the destructive force, the harbinger of ruin.

And now, the battlefield is ablaze with flames of every hue.

“…Up until now, you don’t even have a title associated with fire?

This level of war mastery, hidden until today—quite unexpected.”

Perhaps in the eyes filled with admiration around him, Lu Ping’an appeared as a strategist who had carefully planned for this moment, but Lu Ping’an himself merely smiled silently…

The truth was that his rapid growth far outpaced the expected progress of his abilities, turning them into concealed weapons.

“This is but a part of war…”

Lu Ping’an’s true power lies in two domains: “Life” and “Death.” However, the dazzling abilities from the courtyard, tied to the life system, overshadowed his title as “King of Black Flame,” renowned in certain Otherworlds yet unknown locally.

The fame of the Child of War always requires war to prove and propagate itself.

For Lu, a young top-tier extraordinary, there had been few opportunities to showcase his most ferocious side.

But now, perhaps the time had come…

Congratulations, you’ve acquired Flame Armor!]

Congratulations, you’ve acquired Fire Blade Enchant!]

Various notifications flooded the screen.

Lu Ping’an’s legion began unraveling their dreadful powers…

“May everyone be like dragons” resulted in everyone becoming protagonists, capable of rapid advancement through war and battle.

Originally, these legions had already obtained plenty of high-grade equipment, especially specialized weapons against various marine creatures.

Now, they could leap to higher levels of life…

This innate sense of exhilaration drove them to madness and joy, making them unable to stop.

But as the slaughter persisted, an increasing number of Fishmen and marine life fell…

Their life essence transformed into “Black Water,” into the Life Essence that ignited the Black Flame!

Life and death are fundamentally indistinguishable; they are merely different manipulations of life energy under varying circumstances.

The principle remains simple: Lu Ping’an selected that woman because he had already deduced that her abilities were essentially the same as his own…

“The circulation of life…”

In Lu Ping’an’s eyes, countless lives merged and dispersed.

The “principle” of the Ten Thousand Spirits was once again validated in the real world, as Lu Ping’an’s “World’s Reason” underwent verification.

The wolf pack and Fishmen clashed fiercely.

Roaring Wolf-man generals pounced on Naga swordsmen, while Void Rays attempting to flee the battlefield were pinpointed by crossbow bolts labeled “death for rays.”

The towering Giant Soldiers, fortresses of war, unmovable mountains…

Yet they were punched repeatedly by colossal Ancient Tree-men until they seemed utterly humiliated.

The flames on their bodies tore through metal defenses, and even more cruelly, their “Stone Bodies” and “Metal Bodies,” deemed quality soil, were planted with seeds that caused internal collapse.

During the first Plane War years ago, the classic combination of Void Rays, Giant Soldiers, and Fishman losers possessed complete advantages in intelligence and performance.

But three years later, those who survived have likely developed countless counters against them.

The venomous black flames were the ionized state of Lu Ping’an’s “Death Life Energy,” repeatedly refined to perfection.

This time, after specific modifications, their traits focused on “Ignite Life (desiccation/body fluid evaporation)” and “Life Drain (blood/body fluid absorption).”

Warriors cloaked in black flames were natural predators for marine life.

The vicious wolves tore into unarmored Fishman flesh with black flame-laden bites, ripping away chunks of flesh.

Even more lethal were the wounds nearby, rapidly rotting and desiccating, faint black flames lingering on the surface, evaporating more life and moisture.

In this instant, life was being plundered.

Large amounts of life became rewards in this War Game, trophies for the victors.

The Fishmen fled in complete disarray.

They couldn’t comprehend why those terrifying opponents, burning with dreadful flames, also possessed such formidable healing powers.

Slaughter, plunder of life, fusion of life—Lu Ping’an’s “principle” seemed placid on the surface.

Yet during wartime, the “flow of life” became even more relentless.

So far, Lu Ping’an had yet to take any action.

He merely stood silently atop the head of an Ancient Tree-man, watching life’s death, departure, and resurgence.

He quietly opened a book.

On its pages were enigmatic illustrations of life merging and splitting.

Zhu Xinran, standing behind him, took a mere glance and felt a wave of dizziness.

As Lu Ping’an unfolded the book, an indescribable malice swept across the battlefield.

“…Your lives are not yet at their end, my warriors…”

The fallen wolf pack, warriors, and Tree-men shed their fleshly constraints, resurrecting as entities of black flame.

Ordinary opponents have only one life.

But Lu Ping’an’s Black Flame Riders wore flame armor, capable of regenerating wounds through combat—they essentially possessed three lives.

Now, as they advanced to the final stage, even dying seemed implausible.

Elemental creatures, unless confronted by countering forces, rank supreme among the “undying-nature” of various lifeforms.

From its inception, Lu Ping’an’s “Black Flame Legion” had overcome the elemental disadvantage posed by the sea.

To the “King of Black Flame,” his legion’s large-scale transformation into elemental creatures was merely the start of this battle.

Against such opponents, the mortal Fishman guards suffered increasingly.

A Flaming Element does not succumb to most physical attacks; even if struck down using elemental powers, unless completely extinguished, it reanimates within a short time.

Life flows, life evolves.

Standing on a tall platform, Lu Ping’an had already shaped his Domain, his Kingdom.

This is top-tier “Life System.”

It forms its own system, its own kingdom.

Within its “Domain,” it’s a cheat akin to invincibility.

For opposing forces, failure to disrupt this self-sustaining cycle leaves almost no chance of winning.

When a top-tier Life System goes all-out, it’s often insurmountable.

Among the greatest Life Systems, already regarded as natural disasters in some worlds, the “Burning Legion” bearer—the true King of Black Flames—represents the apex of impossibility.

Behind him, his disciple looked on in stunned bewilderment.

Her worldview had been utterly shattered.

Was this truly a “professional”?

Or a God Demon from myth and legend?

At this moment, Lu Ping’an remained silently gazing beyond the distant walls, towards the Overlord-level lord who might challenge his Domain.

He waited for his opponent to act, anticipating their full force to shatter his Domain.

“What if it doesn’t act?” The new disciple questioned blankly, unable to comprehend this seemingly kind “Master.”

Initially, she had thought her mentor, like herself, was merely someone focused on logistics—not a bloodthirsty killer.

Now, summoning legions and resurrecting the dead, he resembled the Magic King itself.

“Then slaughter all life to fuel my legion.

As my disciple, you must understand—life is mere currency.

Whether in daily life or on the battlefield, our sole purpose is to gather more coins…” The calm statement carried no wavering; in his eyes, life was merely a form of currency with some inherent value.

In this moment, the suspicion was confirmed—not simply a Magic King, but one of the most grotesque kind.