Crimson Flame Heaven Slash, Beast Fire Submission!

"Roar!"

Amethyst flames burst from between the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's fangs.

Trees within a dozen meters around turned to ash amid the thunderous light.

It still wanted to struggle!

But having already used the Amethyst Seal, it was spent, a spent arrow at the end of its flight.

The meager power it mustered quickly dissipated.

Yun Yun leaned on Xiao Yi Xian, clutching her bleeding left shoulder as she prepared to retreat.

Then she saw a streak of Crimson Flame flash past—the youth's four wings beat as his figure shot into the sky!

The surging Crimson Flame swelled and burned, scorching the air into molten, mirror-like ripples.

"I'm not a ticket seller, but people keep coming to me for a One-way Ticket to Hell."

"This time, your magic core will cover the fare!"

Xiao Yan hovered upside down above the lion's head, raised his hand, and clenched it sharply, sending fiery ripples through the air:

"Flame Wings, Heaven Slash!"

The surging energy finally built to his body's limit, then exploded outward:

"Boom!"

The four wings abruptly folded into a Sky Burning Fire Wheel, the blazing spiral compressing into nine Blood Moons.

Amid the screeching tear of the air, the flame slash coalesced into the phantom of a Blood Moon Slash midair!

A hundred-zhang wave of fire carbonized every plant for hundreds of meters around.

Yun Yun's starry pupils contracted sharply:

"This—this is Earth Tier? And not just Earth Tier Low-grade?!"

The nine crescent slashes converged in the sky, forming a crimson half-moon that spanned heaven and earth as it crashed down!

Everything in its path was destroyed, even the air itself burned away!

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King spread its wings in fury, left with no choice but to endure:

"How is this possible!?"

"A mere Da, Da Dou Shi?"

"The hell is this a Da Dou Shi?!"

Where the flowing light passed, all things were incinerated.

The two forces met:

"Boom!!!"

The purple beast-fire defense layer melted like snow.

"Roar!!!"

A violent explosion bloomed.

The Crimson Flame wave and air blast, carrying irresistible might, swept everything clean!

Trees flew backward, shattering in delayed bursts.

Xiao Yi Xian had already dragged Yun Yun far away.

She'd sensed something was off the moment Xiao Yan started charging up.

After all, when he fought the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group, he hadn't needed a charge-up attack.

When the Crimson Flame faded, the Sixth-tier Beast King lay prostrate in a hundred-meter-deep crater.

On its body, normally impervious to blades and spears, a ten-zhang fiery scar writhed with eerie Crimson Flame!

It was a Strange Fire burn that even a Dou Emperor's regenerative power couldn't heal quickly!

Xiao Yan landed gracefully on the scorched ground, his fingertips tracing the Heavy Black Ruler's patterns:

"Powerful, sure, but it doesn't seem dead yet."

That was to be expected, though—a Dou Emperor-tier magical beast's body was inherently formidable.

Even if the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was already spent after using the Amethyst Seal, its terrifying vitality and recovery still couldn't be overcome by a mere Da Dou Shi.

Even a peak Dou Ling wouldn't stand a chance.

With his Strange Fire, his foundation and combat power far exceeding his rank, and the second powerful Dou Technique he'd grasped after fusing with the panel, Xiao Yan had already achieved the unbelievable!

Wasn't it obvious from how Yun Yun's pupils were dilated in shock from afar?

"Could it be that I have no choice but to use the Emperor Tier battle skill—Ghost Possession?"

Xiao Yan was still deep in thought when the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King at the bottom of the cavern suddenly let out a wild laugh:

"Hahaha, boy, you can't kill me!"

"Once I weather this backlash, I'll devour you and those two women!"

"Don't worry, I'll savor every bite!"

Xiao Yan's eyes darkened as he looked down at the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. That strike had indeed failed to kill it.

But after unleashing that blow, he had sensed the Purple Fire within its body.

That flame was filled with fear and submission toward him!

With that in mind, Xiao Yan flickered and appeared at the bottom of the pit.

Before the lion could react, he raised his hand.

The moment his palm touched the lion's head, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King trembled in terror.

The inherited beast flame within its body was pinned down by a superior pressure, unable to move!

Then, ignoring its master's control, it erupted violently!

Xiao Yan wasted no words. He fully activated the Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame within him!

And the technique born from merging the Fire Cloud Art with Fen Jue—the Kirin Sky Burning Art!

A kirin fire pattern emerged on the youth's chest, and a vast suction force violently ripped the beast flame from the lion's body!

"Roar!"

A pained howl echoed through the cavern.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King thrashed wildly, its pupils filled with undisguised terror.

In its current state, losing its innate beast flame would mean certain death!

"No, stop!"

"Human! I submit, I submit!"

"I have treasures... stop... stop..."

Its voice grew weaker, but Xiao Yan paid no heed.

Not until the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's body went still.

Xiao Yan stood silently in place, his cultivation surging.

In the blink of an eye, he had reached the peak of Da Dou Shi!

With a few days to stabilize his cultivation, he could break through to Dou Ling in one go.

A bottleneck?

That concept didn't exist for him.

Xiao Yan opened his eyes and murmured softly:

"Master of Fire?"

It was the first time he truly felt the heaven-defying power of this talent:

I am the master; all fire bows to me!

The mere merged technique alone couldn't achieve such a miraculous effect.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged and looked inward:

He glanced at the trembling Amethyst Flame floating beside the Kirin Sky Burning Art's Coreflame.

Then he cast a sidelong look at the seemingly lifeless Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

It still hadn't died—this beast's bloodline had partially reverted to its ancestors.

Whether it lived or died was up to fate.

Three days later, in the dense forest cavern.

Yun Yun stared at the youth adding firewood to the campfire, her dark hair outlined in gold by the flames:

"To easily withstand the backlash of an Earth Tier battle skill and unleash such an attack..."

"Are you truly just a Da Dou Shi?"

That Blood Moon crashing down strike from two days ago—though she couldn't use her perception due to the Amethyst Seal—

Based on her judgment, its power had even faintly surpassed the limits of Dou Ling.

And it was undoubtedly an Earth Tier battle skill!

"Sect Master Yun, be careful with your words."

Xiao Yan casually tossed her the roasted Amethyst Spirit Chicken.

"Injuring a Sixth-tier Beast King was entirely due to the Strange Fire's restraint, and it was already on the verge of death."

"The key point is—"

His words cut off as Xiao Yan suddenly spun around, pulling the freshly picked herbs from Xiao Yi Xian's arms.

He tossed them into the iron pot boiling over the fire:

"This girl's Six-Leaf Flower can boost the meat's aroma by thirty percent."

The tips of the girl's ears reddened where Xiao Yan's fingers had brushed past.

Hurriedly, she cast the freshly ground Amethyst Powder into the nearby medicine cauldron.

Inside the cauldron, crimson flames roiled—it was a pill Xiao Yan had specially refined for the Calamity Poison Body:

That pill was visibly transforming into an emerald jade hue.

Boom!

The cauldron suddenly burst with cyan light as three Four-Patterned Nether Poison Pills leaped out.

Yun Yun's pupils contracted. She truly hadn't expected—

that one day she'd see an alchemist stewing meat while refining pills.

And even chatting with her at the same time!

Even Gu He, the chief alchemist of Misty Cloud Sect, couldn't manage such a triple focus, could he?

And on top of that, he was refining a fourth-grade pill.

In just a few short days, this youth had completely overturned her worldview.

How could there be someone so monstrously talented in this world?

"I've decided!"

Xiao Yan tossed the pills to Xiao Yi Xian:

"Those few fourth-grade healing pills I gave you—trade them for ten jin of Mysterious Ice Marrow."

"Don't look at me like that. This is absolutely fair and square."

"Besides, I did return a new undergarment to you, Sect Leader."

He said this with a perfectly straight face, staring up at the crack in the cave ceiling.

"You!"

Yun Yun's face flushed crimson instantly.

Her storage ring had been lost, and when she woke up after fainting, her inner garment had indeed been replaced with a new one.

Xiao Yan didn't reply. His gaze swept over the two women in the cave as he casually flicked a blood-red jade slip to Xiao Yi Xian:

"The technique I mentioned earlier—study it yourself."

Then he turned to meet Yun Yun's probing eyes:

"As for you—"