Old Dragon Deng, What Gives You the Right to Bully My Xiao Yuan?

Inner Academy, at the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda.

Standing at the entrance to the Magma World, Xiao Yuan suddenly made a gesture with his hand. Numerous invisible flames flew out from the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda and finally condensed into an invisible flame on his palm.

"The Fallen Heart Flame has grown quite a bit over the years."

Looking at the invisible flame in his hand, Xiao Yuan smiled. This thing was the Fallen Heart Flame in its juvenile form that he had obtained from Heavenly Flame Venerable in the Magma World. However, after decades of growth, it was obviously much stronger than before and had basically entered its youth.

It seems that Great Elder Su Qian and the others have put in a lot of effort over the years to cultivate this Fallen Heart Flame. Fortunately, it has all been worth it. The Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda is now much more effective than it was back then. After all, the Fallen Heart Flame in its mature form never obeyed their commands, but the Fallen Heart Flame now, due to its long cultivation, does not resist their commands in the slightest.

Xiao Yuan smiled and nodded, flicking his finger to send the Fallen Heart Flame flying from his palm. He then looked at Zi Yan, smiled, and said, "Let's go."

"Is there really the aura of the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe down here?"

Zi Yan frowned upon hearing this and asked.

"Hmm, my senses shouldn't be wrong."

Xiao Yuan nodded. Of course he knew that the Jail Dragon Emperor was down there. The so-called sensing of his aura was just a barely acceptable excuse.

"Let's go then!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan was also a little uneasy. After all, she had initially appeared in the Back Mountain of the Inner Academy of the Jia Nan Academy before being picked up by Great Elder Su Qian. Now, in this Underground Magma World, if there really is Ancient Void Dragon, it might be her relative. Although Xiao Yuan did not say it directly, she was no longer the little girl who only knew how to eat, and naturally understood the implied meaning.

Otherwise, why would Xiao Yuan have made a special trip to bring her here?

Xiao Yuan smiled, no longer hesitating. With a flash, he transformed into a golden light and shadow, carrying Zi Yan directly into the Magma World within the passage below.

Having not returned for many years, the Magma World remains a crimson expanse, stretching as far as the eye can see without any end in sight.

Xiao Yuan hovered above the magma, looking up at a hollowed-out Mountain Cave not far below the passage. A nostalgic smile appeared on his lips, as if he were recalling the days when he and Xiao Yan cultivated together here.

Looking down at the Magma Sea, Xiao Yuan's eyes flashed. The Heavenly Flames, which had become dark golden in color due to the fusion with a part of the Nihility Devouring Flame Origin, surged out from his body, enveloping himself and Zi Yan. Then, with a splash, he plunged into the lava, splashing up waves of lava.

"Laugh!"

Upon entering the magma, Xiao Yuan darted into the depths at an extremely fast speed. The surrounding magma would automatically evaporate as soon as it came within half a zhang of his body. With the power of Xiao Yuan's current Heavenly Flames, apart from the legendary Emperor Flame and the Heavenly Flames that Xiao Yan fused after devouring the Nihility Devouring Flame, there is probably no other Heavenly Flames in the world that can compare to it.

These magmas were clearly not capable of posing any obstacle to Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan's speed is now many times faster than it was back then. In less than five minutes, he gradually descended into the magma. At the same time, his movements slowed down considerably. He calmly looked around the magma and could sense that many hidden auras were rapidly approaching him.

"That kind of magma creature again..."

Xiao Yuan smiled faintly, and then with a thought, a vast soul wave surged out from between his eyebrows. In an instant, the surrounding magma exploded, and figures hidden in the magma let out shrill screams!

"Hiss!"

As these screams appeared, the surrounding magma suddenly rippled violently. Then, Xiao Yuan saw countless crimson figures surging in from all directions, eventually surrounding him completely.

Xiao Yuan's gaze swept over the lizard-like magma creatures, finally stopping not far away, where there were two lizardmen with milky white bodies. They looked much older than the other lizardmen, and their strength had reached the level of Half-Saint!

"Look, these are the Flame Lizardman. Have you seen them before?"

Xiao Yuan remained completely calm and instead chatted casually with Zi Yan.

"Hmm, I've never seen it before."

Zi Yan shook her head. Even though the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe had inherited memories of their bloodline, Zi Yan couldn't recognize what kind of species these strange Flame Lizardman were.

"Human, this is the God's Tomb, not a place for you. Leave immediately, or you will awaken the guardians and be buried here forever!"

While Xiao Yuan and Zi Yan were chatting, one of the two white lizardmen actually spoke human language. Although it was somewhat awkward, the intermittent voice still reached Xiao Yuan's ears.

"The God's Tomb? Guardians?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan crossed his arms, looked at the densely packed Flame Lizardman around him, and said with a smile, "Since there are guardians, I wonder what they are guarding?"

"Humans, leave immediately, or die!"

The two pure white Flame Lizardman, their eyes gleaming with cold light, stared intently at Xiao Yuan, their hesitant voices slowly escaping their lips.

As the two finished speaking, the lizardmen around them revealed a ferocious look in their eyes, and the scales on their bodies seemed to darken considerably.

Xiao Yuan remained calm. If he had encountered such a scene back then, he would probably have been so frightened that he would have turned and run away. But now... two mere Half-Saint and some insignificant experts were simply a joke to him.

"I'm definitely going to the bottom of that magma today!"

Xiao Yuan chuckled softly, his body motionless, and a vast soul wave spread out rapidly from between his eyebrows like lightning.

"Buzz!"

As the soul fluctuations spread, the magma began to ripple violently, with a faint buzzing sound emanating from it. Immediately afterward, the numerous Flame Lizardman around them shuddered violently, and a soul pressure as powerful as the might of heaven surged from the depths of their souls, causing them to tremble. Then, all of them immediately knelt down!

Upon seeing this, the two pale-faced Flame Lizardman changed. However, before they could even utter a sound, the terrifying power was already acting on them!

The overwhelming pressure emanating from the world's strongest soul power surpassed even that of Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint. Consequently, the two Flame Lizardman leaders knelt on the ground, unable to move.

"If you still don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After Xiao Yuan finished speaking, an invisible wave erupted from his body, repelling all the Flame Lizardman to a distance of tens of thousands of feet. Then, he led Zi Yan to continue diving deeper into the depths.

Watching Xiao Yuan's departing figure, the originally fierce-looking Flame Lizardman dared not speak out. To them, that white-clad figure was the closest thing to a god. The terrifying soul pressure made their souls tremble violently, almost shattering!

"Trespassing on the God's Tomb will surely incur divine punishment!"

The two pale-faced Flame Lizardman swallowed the sweet, metallic blood in their mouths and roared weakly.

Xiao Yuan couldn't hear or care about their nonsense at this moment. With his current strength, if he were to unleash his full power, unless the Tou She Ancient God himself was there, he might not be able to subdue him with just some methods and a cave!

Without the Flame Lizardman's obstruction, Xiao Yuan's speed increased again. He didn't know how much time had passed, but the color of the surrounding lava had gradually changed from crimson to dark red.

When the magma turned this color, Xiao Yuan's speed was forced to decrease significantly. It seemed that a peculiar heat was hidden within the magma, a heat that even Xiao Yuan's Heavenly Flames found difficult to resist.

As his surroundings changed, Xiao Yuan's eyes flickered rapidly. However, just as his sense of vigilance grew stronger, a sign suddenly emerged in his mind, and his descending figure instantly froze!

"Boom!"

Due to the sudden stop at high speed, the surrounding magma was also shaken and exploded. Xiao Yuan's gaze was fixed on what was in front of him. In his soul perception, this place... seemed to have reached the end of the magma, but what he saw before him was still endless magma.

Xiao Yuan's eyes flickered uncertainly. Suddenly, he slowly stretched out his palm, and Heavenly Flames surged on his palm. Then, he gently touched the magma in front of him.

"Buzz!"

As Xiao Yuan touched the magma with his palm, the magma rippled, and Xiao Yuan's palm disappeared, as if he had touched a spatial layer.

"Looks like we've arrived!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan turned his head and looked at Zi Yan.

At this moment, Zi Yan looked somewhat uneasy, her pearly teeth lightly biting her red lips, her eyes showing some hesitation.

"Let's go, maybe my guess is right?"

As Xiao Yuan's palm reached into the space, his Dragon Phoenix Bloodline suddenly became more cheerful, and he smiled as he spoke to Zi Yan.

"Um"

Zi Yan hesitated for a moment after hearing this, then nodded.

Xiao Yuan hugged Zi Yan tighter, then took a step and stepped directly into the space at the bottom of the magma!

"Laugh!"

As the entire body stepped into that mysterious space, the sound of flowing magma that had been filling the ears suddenly stopped.

What appeared before Xiao Yuan and Zi Yan was an endless space that was somewhat dark and silent. This space had been silent for countless years, and the entire space was filled with an ancient and vicissitudes.

Whoosh!

The next moment, Xiao Yuan's soul power spread out. After sensing the aura that was slightly similar to Zi Yan's, he put his arm around Zi Yan, whose body was a little stiff, and appeared near the aura. Then, the Shao Yin Sovereign Fire burst out of his body, forming a dazzling orange-red sea of fire above his head, illuminating the dark space around him as if it were daytime!

"Wow, it's huge!"

What came into view was an indescribably enormous creature, coiled motionless in the dark void. Xiao Yuan's gaze followed its body, but even when his vision was blocked by the distant darkness, he still couldn't see its end...

This mysterious creature is entirely purple-gold in color, with cold scales covering its body, giving off a powerful and steel-like feeling.

Xiao Yuan hovered in the void. With his eyesight, he could not see its full appearance, which was enough to imagine how unbelievably large this creature was. Even if Xiao Yuan were to Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art at full power and transform into the Ancient Void Dragon, he would not be able to reach such a size!

"Laugh!"

As Xiao Yuan and Zi Yan looked at the giant dragon before them, the dragon's eyes, which had been closed for a long time, suddenly opened!

These eyes were a pale red, with overlapping pupils, and they were hundreds of times larger than Xiao Yuan himself!

The moment those eyes opened, they locked onto Xiao Yuan, and at the same time, an extremely terrifying pressure enveloped Xiao Yuan!

"Snort!"

The next moment, a purple-gold light flashed from beside Xiao Yuan, and then a purple-gold Ancient Void Dragon with phoenix wings on its back appeared. The dragon coiled up, protecting Xiao Yuan. Then, a roar full of anger resounded throughout the dark space!

"Zi Yan?"

Xiao Yuan didn't find the pressure too much. With his soul power and the power of his Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, the pressure from the Dragon Climbing was completely ineffective.

Although Zi Yan, in her true form, was not as powerful as the dragon, her aura was by no means weak. As her dragon blood boiled, her bloodline connection became increasingly clear.

But Zi Yan has been without parents since she was a child. Apart from Great Elder Su Qian, who has been taking care of her for many years, the elders of Ancient Dragon Island are all qualified to speak harshly to her.

Even if the giant dragon in front of her was suspected to be her biological father, over the years, Xiao Yuan, the "Dragon Empress," held the most weight in her heart. Seeing her biological father dare to give her the cold shoulder to the man who had kindly brought her here to find her relatives, Zi Yan immediately lost her temper.

You Old Dragon Deng, what gives you the right to glare at my Xiao Yuan?

!!

Upon hearing Zi Yan's angry roar, Old Dragon Deng was stunned on the spot, and his momentum weakened considerably. He stared at the perfect and beautiful Dragon Phoenix in front of him for a long time with his big eyes, and finally realized that he was not dreaming or hallucinating. From Zi Yan's body, he felt an extremely familiar blood scent. It was the bloodline of the same origin and lineage. In this world, only his only child who was lost away back then could possess it!

This is truly my own daughter!

"Child!"

Old Dragon Deng's golden eyes, which had been filled with overwhelming ferocity, softened in an instant. His heart, which had been dormant for countless years, suddenly began to beat violently. He stared intently at Zi Yan and murmured.