Joint Night Raid, Flame Dragon Subdues Enemy!

Night was like ink, and inside the Xiao Family Back Mountain Cave, crimson filled the cavern.

Xiao Yan paid no heed to the threats from the two families.

After soothing his father, he began his solitary seclusion!

Inside the cave, nine Profound Iron Pill Furnaces floated in a Big Dipper formation, their walls covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

This was the third batch of furnaces ruined in ten days.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged bare-chested at the center, the fire patterns on his back spreading to his shoulders, coalescing into a complete Kirin Totem.

"Condense!"

With a low shout, the final furnace of pills burst forth.

On the surface of three Azure Nether Pills, each the size of a dragon's eye, burning fire patterns emerged.

Yao Chen's phantom swayed in the heat waves, having witnessed this monster ruin over a dozen furnaces in ten days.

He devoured pills like crazy, forcibly boosting his cultivation to Seven-Star Great Dou Master!

And this kid seemed to have no drug resistance.

Pills that increased cultivation speed—eating ten at once?

Even a magical beast couldn't withstand that, let alone a human!

Yet the excessive pill consumption left no instability in his foundation.

The faint impurities from the pills seemed to be burned away by an invisible flame!

Not a trace remained in his body.

In just ten days, he pushed his alchemy skill to the peak of Third-Rank Alchemist!

By now, Yao Chen was numb from shock, even wondering:

Could even the purest Dou Di Bloodline among the Eight Ancient Clans

match even a tenth of this kid's potential?

His physique had fully awakened, nurturing a terrifying power.

That aura was familiar—the aura of Strange Fire!

"The flame within this child..."

Yao Chen stared at the crimson flame dancing in Xiao Yan's palm.

Deep in the flame's core, faint scales and claws emerged:

"I'm afraid even the Bone Spirit Cold Flame would have to tread carefully."

Xiao Yan's eyes snapped open, his pupils turning into Molten Gold Vertical Pupils.

Nine waves of fire swept around him, weaving into profound patterns in the air.

This was a new technique fusing the Fire Cloud Art and Fen Jue!

"Kirin Sky Burning Art."

"Still held back by Fen Jue's Low-level Yellow Tier, it only reached Earth Tier Low-grade."

The youth's low murmur was like thunder, but Yao Chen's mouth twitched:

Do you even hear yourself?

Is that human speech?

The sky full of flames suddenly contracted, forming a crimson vortex in his Dantian.

A Dou Qi Armor, fiery red like blood, materialized on his body.

Mysterious runes flowed, and scale-like patterns emerged.

At the vortex's center, a crimson Fire Lotus slowly bloomed, each petal engraved with Ancient Kirin Marks.

"So this is the Origin Flame born from me?"

"I'll call you Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame."

The Dou Qi Armor dissipated, and the cave fell silent.

The next morning, a crowd gathered before the Xiao Family's Hundred Herbs Pavilion.

On the three-zhang-tall gilded plaque, the words "Kirin Pill Pavilion" seemed to burn with flame.

"Third-Rank Azure Nether Pills, 30% off market price!"

"All pills below Third-Rank, special discounts!"

A young servant in blue lifted a jade box, and the Pill Fragrance formed tiny fire-pattern phantoms, drawing gasps from the crowd.

"Buy pills and get a free First-Rank Body Tempering Powder!"

Across the street, the Gale family's Myriad Medicine Pavilion was deserted.

In a private room on the second floor, Gale Bi crushed the window frame, wood splinters piercing his skin without him noticing.

"Find out where the Xiao Family hired a Third-Rank Alchemist!"

"It's... it's not a hire."

"How could they possibly afford one!"

From the shadows, the gray-robed alchemist trembled as he handed over a Jade Bottle:

"Patriarch, their Blood Coagulating Powder rivals second-rank quality, yet they priced it thirty percent lower than ours!"

"And these pill patterns—they're fire-attribute energy branded directly. Unless the alchemist possesses..."

"Bang!"

Before he could finish, Oba Pa kicked the door open, smashing a ledger onto the green jade table:

"The Xiao Family's pills are swarmed by thousands!"

"Damn it! All our hoarded pills and herbs are rotting in the warehouse!"

Gale Bi's face hardened, his eyes brimming with undisguised, murderous intent:

No more waiting!

The Xiao Family's rise was too fast, leaving them no time to react.

If they waited any longer, with those endless high-quality pills aiding them, the Xiao Family's strength would only soar.

By then, even both families combined might not stand a chance against them!

"Tonight, we strike!"

At the third quarter of the midnight hour, Dark Clouds swallowed the moon.

Inside the Gale Family's cellar, seven Da Dou Shi were sharpening their weapons.

The Scarred Man licked the edge of his Horse-Chopping Saber:

"Take the money, do the job."

"Remember, that brat from the Xiao Family is special!"

"Seize the moment and gang up on him. Tonight, he must die!"

Outside the Xiao Family's walls, hundreds of fighters from both families had gathered.

Oba Pa had already scattered poison powder into the moat and bribed several insiders.

"Most of the Xiao Family guards are hit with Thousand Mechanisms Powder. We move in half an incense stick's time!"

Gale Bi wasted no words.

He crushed a Message Jade Slip, plunging all of Wutan City into dead silence.

Every civilian and stallholder had long packed up and locked their doors.

Crows from the outer city suddenly took flight in a panic.

Three hundred Black-Clad Death Warriors surged from the southern city, each chest emblazoned with a Blood-Dripping Wolf Head.

At the Xiao Family, the alert guard on duty suddenly narrowed his eyes:

The distant forest erupted with countless Owlmens, moonlight glinting off metal reflections.

"Enemy attack!!!"

The shrill alarm rang through Xiao Mansion.

The Xiao Family's guards and elders assembled swiftly, while sleeping Xiao Family members jolted awake, rushing toward the main gate.

Almost simultaneously, seven Da Dou Shi auras crashed down like an avalanche.

The Bronze Giant Gate at the Xiao Family's entrance exploded with a roar!

As the dust settled, the Scarred Man strode into Xiao Mansion, Horse-Chopping Saber propped on his shoulder.

Behind him came a dense black mass, moonlight illuminating Gale Bi's twisted face:

"Xiao Zhan, your Xiao Family has cruelly harmed innocents and practiced evil arts."

"Today, our two families will act in Heaven's stead!"

"Don't bother struggling. Hand over the culprit now!"

Across from him, Xiao Zhan's face was ashen!

The elders and guards behind him wore grim expressions as the two sides faced off.

Neither made the first move—after all, Xiao Yan had refined many high-quality pills, but digesting them took time. The Xiao Family couldn't yet withstand a siege from both families, especially with seven full Da Dou Shi among them!

Seeing the Xiao Family's strained looks, Gale Bi let out a harsh laugh and raised his hand to wave:

Seven figures emerged from the dust cloud kicked up behind him.

The Scarred Man at the lead had his Dou Qi Armor shatter the blue bricks within ten zhang:

"Xiao Zhan! Hand over your son!"

"Boom!"

Before the words faded, they were cut short—

A Mysterious Black Heavy Ruler, blazing with Crimson Flame, descended from the sky and nailed itself into the ground before his feet!

The earth instantly burst into a web of cracks.

A surging wave of fire erupted, its scorching heat forcing the seven Great Dou Masters back several steps.

Xiao Yan strode forward from the direction of the rear mountain, riding the tide of flames.

His black robe billowed in the fiery surge, and the Crimson Ancient Script on his neck gleamed like molten lava.

A Dragon Roar suddenly rang out, and nine raging pillars of fire burst forth from around him.

The entire Xiao Mansion was lit up as bright as day in an instant, as the fire pillars churned into a Ten-Zhang Fire Dragon.

Its crimson scales cast a pallor over the faces of the crowd.

Xiao Yan walked forward through the shadows cast by the fire dragon, each step melting a burning claw print into the blue stone ground.

"I heard,"

The youth raised a hand to gently stroke the fire dragon beside him, the air twisting wherever its whiskers swept.

As the Crimson Flame surged, a blurred Kirin Phantom formed over the youth's body!

The aura of a Seven-Star Great Dou Master was unleashed without reserve!

A violent, earth-shaking pressure, accompanied by a terrifying heat, blanketed the entire scene:

"You all are looking for me?"