The mana within Yan Chihuo circulated, and with a boom, the Spirit Jade Vajra Art broke through to the middle stage of the Tribulation Stage. The poison slowly gathered once more within his dantian. Secretly delighted, he knew that as long as the poison remained gathered in his dantian and did not flare up again, this tribulation would be a success.
For anyone else, upon advancing to the middle stage of the Tribulation Stage, the poison would have vanished like smoke and scattered like clouds. But because he possessed the Demon Immortal Fruit, he had condensed the poison together; coupled with the Poison Dissolving Art, this additional step was necessary.
Yan Chihuo felt as though the poison had been tamed. It circulated through the meridians in his body along with the Poison Dissolving Art, without the slightest bit escaping. Knowing that he had now passed this ordeal, he watched his nose with his eyes, his mouth with his nose, and his heart with his mouth, gradually entering a state of self-forgetfulness.
Who knew how long passed before he slowly awoke from meditation. All at once, he sensed a faint, indistinct summons from afar, and his heart stirred. Could it be the qilin within Qilin Cave?
This had been his true purpose in entering this cave. Yet after what had happened with the four guardians, he was quite wary of this qilin. With a shake of his body, he transformed into a ball of flame and lay low against the stone wall. There were countless flames within Qilin Cave, so this would not arouse anyone's suspicion in the slightest.
After roughly more than half an hour, Yan Chihuo spotted a strange beast racing toward him from afar. Flames flickered over its body. It had a lion's head, deer antlers, tiger eyes,