16. Volcanic Stone Flame

Xiao Tian was incredibly frustrated! Damn Crappy System, if you don't compensate me for this, neither of us will have it easy.

"All right, all right, Host. How about this? I'll help you absorb one Heavenly Flame for free. Is that good enough?" What Heavenly Flame? "Volcanic Stone Flame." Are you sure? "Of course!" When are we going? When your Dou Huang wife gets here, we'll go!

Yun Yun? How was she coming back? "I don't know that, but I detected that she's heading your way." When the time came, he could have his wife hold off that magical beast while he went in to refine the Heavenly Flame. Could he do that? With me here, what were you afraid of?

Fine, then. Yun Yun wouldn't be in danger, would she? "No." Then it was settled. A pleasant decision all around.

At that moment, Yun Yun arrived at the valley. She walked in and called out, "Xiao Tian! Xiao Tian!" "Wifey~ What's wrong? Miss me?" The moment Yun Yun saw Xiao Tian, her heart suddenly settled. Yet that feeling made her certain that something must have happened to him.

She ran straight over and began examining Xiao Tian's body. After a while, Xiao Tian asked, "What's wrong, babe?" "Back at the sect, I suddenly had a terrible premonition. I thought something had happened to you!"

Huh? How had he become an eight-star Dou Master? "Uh, well, this and that..." "Don't lie to me! Tell me the truth." "Fine." Xiao Tian then told her everything that had happened today, except for the system. He only said that he had somehow refined it without knowing how.

Yun Yun snorted. "I knew it. That feeling was so strong—something had to have happened!" "Uh, it won't happen again. You're only a four-star Dou Master. Why did you insist on fighting a third-tier magical beast? Think you're all that? Why don't you just fly to heaven?"

Xiao Tian said, "I won't dare do it again. Didn't I already fall from the sky once?" "Hmph! Come back to the Misty Cloud Sect with me!" Xiao Tian said helplessly, "My lady~ Can training still be called training without danger?"

Yun Yun said, "I don't care. I won't let you keep messing around like this! If something really happened to you, what would I do?" Xiao Tian said, "It definitely won't happen again." "If it happens one more time, then no matter what excuse you have, I'll take you back to the Misty Cloud Sect."

Xiao Tian said, "All right, all right~ Wifey, since you're here, come collect a Heavenly Flame with me." "A Heavenly Flame? You know where one is? No, wait, you're only a Dou Master. No way, I don't agree! I just told you not to do anything dangerous. Why aren't you listening again?"

Xiao Tian sucked in a breath. Yun Yun nags even more than my mother. What am I supposed to do? At this rate, she'll nag me to death someday.

Yun Yun kept trying to reason with him, but after a long while, she saw no reaction from Xiao Tian. When she glanced over, she found that he had long since ignored her and had no idea what he was even thinking about!

Yun Yun's face darkened, and she pinched Xiao Tian's waist. "Hiss!!!" "Ahem, ahem. I was just thinking of something. We have to collect the Heavenly Flame. We can't not collect it."

Yun Yun said, "Fine, I'll go with you! But if you get into danger again, don't blame me for getting rough." "Okay, okay, okay!"

Then Xiao Tian said to the system, "I just thought of something. With my current strength, if I go ask Hai Bodong for the fragment map, he definitely won't give it to me. Even if I have the Break-Evil Pill, he'll probably just rob me. Solve it for me. How does spending my points today just end there?"

"Host, I suggest you improve your strength first. What's the use of merely thinking about it?" Damn it! "Let's go, wifey."

"Yun Yun, do you know where it is?" "It's somewhere in this Monster Mountain Range. There's volcanic magma there, guarded by a sixth-tier magical beast. So, I need your help." "Okay."

Then Xiao Tian hugged Yun Yun. Blushing, Yun Yun asked, "What are you doing? Aren't we going to collect the Heavenly Flame?" "Yeah, but I fly too slowly. Shouldn't you carry me?" "Fine... but don't you dare move around!" "Come on, there's nowhere I haven't seen or touched. Honestly!" Yun Yun's face turned even redder at Xiao Tian's words. "Shameless!"

Xiao Tian said, "Having a wife is enough. My face isn't important. Oh, hahaha~" "Hmph, then I'm not taking you." "Let's go, let's go, wifey! Improving my strength is the most important thing, right?" "Fine!"

Yun Yun then wrapped an arm around Xiao Tian and flew toward the place he had described. When they reached the crater, Yun Yun asked, "This is it?" "Yes!" "You actually dared come to such a dangerous place!" "Ahem, don't get worked up, don't get worked up. I'll definitely be more careful next time." "Hmph~"

She then took Xiao Tian inside the volcano. A sixth-tier magical beast saw people enter and immediately roared, "Humans! Get lost!" Yun Yun said, "My husband and I did not come to disturb you intentionally. We merely came here because we need something!"

"Get lost!" Xiao Tian said, "Damn it, my wife was being polite to you, and look how full of yourself you are. Wifey, get it! Chop it up!" Yun Yun looked at Xiao Tian with a dark expression. This bastard is treating me like his thug! But thinking of how her man needed the Heavenly Flame, she did not hesitate and directly clashed with the guardian magical beast.

While they were fighting, Xiao Tian ran into the cave. "Er Gou, I'm in! Get out here already!" "Ding! This system has decided not to help you subdue the Heavenly Flame!" "Damn it, then I'll just jump straight into this magma." "Ding! Host, I was only joking!!! Don't take it seriously! I'll look for it right now, right now!!"

Xiao Tian snorted. "Look how cocky you've been lately. You're just a fake system, so what are you acting so high and mighty for? Do you know who the boss is now?" "You are, you are! Host, I've found it. You can go subdue it now."

How was he supposed to subdue it? "Host, go over and channel Dou Qi into the Volcanic Stone Flame, then use the Flame Mantra." Fine.

Xiao Tian pressed onward until he reached the place where the magma was most abundant. The temperature there was simply scorching!!! By the time he got there, his entire body was drenched in sweat! Yet he persisted, because he knew that if he could not even endure this, how could he walk the road ahead?

Outside, as Yun Yun fought the magical beast, she thought, He's only a Dou Master. How could he possibly subdue a Heavenly Flame? No, I have to check on him! But how could the magical beast guarding the magma let her have her way?

Yun Yun was getting angry. "If you keep blocking me, I won't hold back anymore!" "Human, get lost! This is not a place you should be."

"Extreme Wind: Killing Strike!"

"Magma Erosion!"

Boom! Even Xiao Tian inside could feel the collision of powerful forces outside. Xiao Tian said, "If anything happens to Yun Yun, you'll be buried with me!" "Ahem, System, you need to trust me."

Xiao Tian said, "But you're the one I trust least. You're a damn liar." "Are you collecting the Heavenly Flame or not? If not, then go die!" In the end, Xiao Tian still lost to the temptation of the Heavenly Flame. After all, the Crappy System had guaranteed it, so nothing would definitely happen.

Xiao Tian finally arrived beside the Heavenly Flame. Following the system's instructions, he sent a stream of Dou Qi into it. The Heavenly Flame suddenly rushed toward his body, and just as Xiao Tian was about to curse the system, it said, "Circulate the Flame Mantra and begin refining!"

As soon as the refinement began, Xiao Tian sat cross-legged. The heat from the nearby magma grew more and more intense, and his clothes were practically soaked through! As the Flame Mantra circulated, Xiao Tian broke through to a nine-star Dou Master, then entered the Da Dou Shi realm. Neither the breakthrough nor the refinement stopped.

They only stopped after he reached the two-star Da Dou Shi realm! Xiao Tian released his Dou Qi armor! Purple-red Dou Qi armor enveloped his body! "Awesome~! The Flame Mantra evolved to the mid-Xuan tier too. It jumped straight up—damn! Amazing, amazing~"

Xiao Tian then ran outside and finally thanked the system. The system had even given him the items needed to collect the Heavenly Flame, though they had all been bought with Xiao Tian's points. Xiao Tian did not know that, and his attitude toward the system improved considerably!

At least he no longer cursed it like before!! But if Xiao Tian learned the truth, who knew whether he would kill the system.

Xiao Tian ran outside and called for Yun Yun. Yun Yun did not continue the fight, instead immediately wrapping her arms around Xiao Tian and flying back toward their little valley.

Xiao Tian said, "Having a wife is great, especially a wife who's such powerful support." He gave Yun Yun's pretty cheek a peck.

Yun Yun said, "Behave yourself!!!" "Hehe, I'm very well-behaved." "Did you obtain the Heavenly Flame?" "Mm-hm." As he spoke, Xiao Tian summoned the Volcanic Stone Flame, a deep crimson flame.

Xiao Tian said, "Impressive, right?" "Impressive! You directly broke through to a two-star Da Dou Shi? Won't a breakthrough like that harm your foundation?" "Why would I do something so stupid? I've been suppressing it the whole time. Otherwise, I'd already be seven or eight stars by now~"

Yun Yun said, "Mm, take it slowly. Don't rush!" After the two returned to the valley, Yun Yun said, "I'm going back. If I hear any news about Heavenly Flames, I'll help you think of a way."

"No need. In a few days, I'm planning to go to the Tagore Desert. There's a Heavenly Flame there too."

Yun Yun asked, "How do you know that?" "Someone named Tian Can Tu Dou told me! You could say there are very few things in this world that he doesn't know." "Then let's go now? I'll help you subdue it!"

Xiao Tian said, "But don't you have things to do? You've been following me this whole time. Though I don't mind having you with me, hehe!!" "I'm afraid you'll get hurt if you go alone!" "No, I can't rely only on you! I have to work hard myself too. Be good~"

Yun Yun snorted. "Hmph!" "Hehe, all right, all right. If I run into trouble, I'll just throw out your name~" Yun Yun blushed and said, "Didn't you say you wouldn't rely on me?" "My wife is so amazing! It's fine to use her once in a while." "Shameless!"

Yun Yun said, "Then I'm going back." She stroked Xiao Tian's cheek. "Mm, go on. I might leave here in a few days too." "No matter where you go, you have to come see me whenever you have time!"

Xiao Tian said, "Okay, I understand!"