True Form!

Xiao Yan took a closer look and discovered that the black mass before him was actually a wolf as well!

However, unlike the other one, this wolf had a pair of exceptionally sharp, thick, long fangs that stood out greatly. One fang was red and the other black, looking extremely strange, as though they had been embedded into it rather than grown naturally.

At that moment, the wolf shadow's eyes were filled with shock. It suddenly threw back its head and let out an enraged howl, its body instantly turning into a cloud of black smoke.

The black smoke immediately vanished, and a figure suddenly shot out, both hands shaped like claws as it pounced straight at Xiao Yan.

It was a man who appeared to be around Xiao Yan's age, with a long, narrow face and a savage expression.

Xiao Yan flipped aside and casually blocked the Wolfman's attack. Above the Wolfman's head, he saw an extremely powerful black glow. Yet under Xiao Yan's perception, that black light contained a distinctly evil aura.

Xiao Yan sneered. "I never expected you to cultivate into human form. You had been hiding your true strength all along. How sinister..." As he spoke, the Primordial Fire Ruler flashed in his hand and shot toward the wolf shadow.

Maintaining his human form, the Wolfman roared, "Human, I underestimated you before as well. I never expected the flames on your body to be so formidable."

"However, since you now know my true form, come on! I'll fight you to the death!" The wolf's savage nature was fully revealed.

A flash of light appeared in the Wolfman's hands, and two ruler-long, fang-shaped weapons—one red and one black—suddenly emerged.

The Wolfman moved with extraordinary speed. As he darted about, countless afterimages instantly appeared around him, surrounding Xiao Yan from all sides.

Because of their speed, the red and black streaks had already formed continuous rings of light, trapping Xiao Yan within.

Xiao Yan's expression remained calm. His feet shifted slightly as the Primordial Fire Ruler in his hand swept out nine times in succession like a crimson flame.

With every swing, the ruler's radiance grew another level stronger.

Once the nine swings were complete, an incomparably powerful ruler force carrying the might to destroy heaven and earth burst forth in a furious slash, sweeping toward the Wolfman as if it intended to split mountains and shatter peaks.

With a tremendous bang, the entire cave shook. Xiao Yan's strike was immensely powerful, bringing the might of the Flame Mantra fully into play.

With one blow, he shattered the Wolfman's offensive. Relying on his powerful soul perception, Xiao Yan easily determined the Wolfman's movement trajectory. Before the Wolfman could even reappear, Xiao Yan instantly appeared before him.

A cold smile flickered in Xiao Yan's eyes as his right hand swung the ruler down through the air like lightning.

This strike carried Xiao Yan's Milky White Flame power and instantly appeared above the Wolfman's head, leaving him no chance to evade.

The Wolfman was actually formed from pure ghostly qi. Since this was a wolf's lair, it had taken the form of a wolf.

Moreover, the Wolfman had been condensed from extremely dense ghostly qi. Ghostly qi was sinister and strange, while Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames were supremely yang, unyielding, and incomparably violent. They were precisely the Wolfman's natural nemesis!

Sensing the approaching danger, the Wolfman suddenly dropped downward, then began spinning rapidly before Xiao Yan.

As the Wolfman spun at high speed, a gleaming black pillar of light instantly erupted and met Xiao Yan's powerful slash.

The two powerful currents collided in an instant, unleashing a devastating explosion. The surrounding stone walls were immediately shattered into fragments, and the entire cave nearly collapsed. Fortunately, Xiao Yan controlled his strength, so the cave did not cave in.

Milky White Flames cloaked Xiao Yan's entire body, burning all the flying stone fragments into nothingness.

As for Xiao Yan's soul power, it remained fixed on the Wolfman's movements, refusing to give him even the slightest chance to escape.

However, Xiao Yan also discovered that the Wolfman's strength was at most equivalent to the peak of a human Three-star Dou Di. Yet he had been unable to kill him all this time. It seemed that whenever Xiao Yan's attacks became too powerful, a sinister ghostly qi would emanate from the Wolfman's body, seemingly neutralizing his attacks.

This time, however, Xiao Yan had used soul power against the Wolfman as well. Thus, at the moment of the explosion, Xiao Yan clearly sensed that the Wolfman's aura had suddenly weakened greatly. He had evidently suffered severe injuries.

Yet the Wolfman was also remarkably tough. Even such a ruler strike had failed to take his life, making Xiao Yan bare his teeth. This Wolfman truly was not simple.

The black light around the Wolfman's body instantly dimmed, and he had sustained injuries of varying severity. He had already lost the strength to continue fighting.

The Wolfman clearly had not expected this human boy to be so cautious. The ghostly qi within his body had actually been seen through.

This ghostly qi had mutated after absorbing the blood of Xuan Tian San experts, allowing it to neutralize certain powerful attacks on many occasions. However, the Wolfman's intelligence was clearly inferior to that of humans, and he had obviously underestimated Xiao Yan's strength.

At that moment, the Wolfman muttered a few words. Then, in the space before him where there had been no path, a small door split open out of thin air. The Wolfman transformed into a wisp of black gas and flew through it at full speed, fleeing deeper into the cave and vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

He knew very well that he could not defeat this human, so the best course of action was to flee first.

At the sight of this, Xiao Yan suddenly understood. No wonder he had found something strange when scouting earlier—it turned out he had been deceived by an illusion. Xiao Yan then placed a barrier around Yue Ru and Mu Feng before chasing after the fleeing Wolfman.

Xiao Yan's body turned in an instant. A streak of milky white light flashed past, and he vanished in the blink of an eye like a meteor.

Within the cave, Xiao Yan rapidly pursued the Wolfman. The Wolfman bore an aura Xiao Yan had left behind, so there was no way he could escape.

The Wolfman ahead had now discovered Xiao Yan behind him, and his aura suddenly vanished without a trace.

Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly. He muttered to himself, "What a cunning Wolfman. He actually knows how to conceal his aura. He truly isn't simple. Unfortunately, I planted a soul imprint on you long ago, so all of this is futile." After speaking, the vast soul power within the sea of souls in his mind surged forth, spreading in all directions through the cave. Before long, he detected the Wolfman's aura again, and Xiao Yan accelerated in pursuit.

Only while tracking him did Xiao Yan realize that this cave was bottomless. There were too many branching paths all around, and he could no longer tell which route he had entered through.

It was like an underground maze, with countless tunnels crisscrossing in every direction. Finding an exit was simply impossible.

Because the underground passages were so intricate, flying about blindly was extremely dangerous. Thus, it was very difficult for Xiao Yan to catch the Wolfman.

Xiao Yan understood this deeply now, but he was unwilling to give up so easily. He seemed to sense that something deep within the cave was drawing him in.

After chasing for a long time, Xiao Yan himself had not noticed how far he had gone.

Xiao Yan stopped. The soul imprint on the Wolfman seemed to send feedback to him—the Wolfman had stopped somewhere!

Xiao Yan moved, rapidly pursuing that location.

After some time, Xiao Yan appeared before the Wolfman. Looking at the Wolfman lying on the ground, barely alive, Xiao Yan said indifferently, "I told you long ago that you couldn't escape."

After saying that, he looked around. An exceptionally grand coffin suddenly appeared before Xiao Yan.

"What a powerful aura..."

"What is inside this..."