Little Flying Snake Is Here

"Teacher, can I start now?"

Xiao Yan took a deep breath of the cold air from the Ice Cave, letting the chill seep into his lungs and bring a refreshing coolness that went straight to his heart.

Devouring Heavenly Flames is certainly dangerous, but evolving one's cultivation technique is definitely not an easy task either.

"Wait a little longer. Midnight is when the coldest time of day is. We'll start then!"

The voice of the Old Yao resounded in Xiao Yan's heart.

"Good."

Nodding slightly, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the ice platform and began to adjust his Dou Qi state.

This time, he needs to use two different kinds of Heavenly Flames to evolve the Flame Mantra. His goal is naturally to evolve the Flame Mantra to the Earth Tier.

In the stillness of the night, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes.

"Let's begin..."

The Old Yao's voice suddenly rang out.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan, who had been keeping his eyes closed, opened them. Looking at the thick layer of ice around him, he thought for a moment and then retrieved the Mystic Ice Spirit Marrow.

With the help of this thing, and in this environment, it should be enough to help me evolve my cultivation technique!

"I hope you succeed. I can't help you at all with the process of devouring the Heavenly Flames and evolving your cultivation technique, so everything depends on yourself."

The Old Yao's deep voice slowly echoed in Xiao Yan's mind, and it was not hard to hear the hesitation in his words.

As a seasoned veteran, he only listened to Xiao Yan's stories and didn't really believe that things would unfold as he remembered them.

If you rely too much on those so-called memories, you will inevitably suffer the consequences sooner or later.

"According to the Flame Mantra, only by constantly devouring Heavenly Flames can one possibly evolve the technique to its highest stage. But whether Heavenly Flames, which are destructive, can actually be devoured by humans... I'm afraid not many people on this Dou Qi Continent know for sure, including myself."

You are the only one who cultivates the Flame Mantra, so it is up to you to assess whether it has the qualifications and potential to become a Heaven Tier technique.

If the evolution fails, then this Flame Mantra Technique might indeed have some problems, and in that case... let's abandon this technique. Without the evolution function, the Flame Mantra's value is at most comparable to a Mystic Tier technique."

Old Yao didn't want to put too much pressure on Xiao Yan, so he offered words of comfort.

"Teacher, you're wrong. Even if there's a problem with the Flame Mantra, I'll still succeed. I still want to refine a body for you and, while I'm at it, bring all those old flames of your master's wives back to the Starfall Pavilion. How could I possibly collapse like this?"

Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Hearing the boy's voice, which carried a teasing tone but was exceptionally confident and firm, Old Yao smiled silently from inside his Storage Ring.

Heaven has ultimately been kind to Yao Chen.

This child may be the greatest opportunity and achievement of his life.

"Since you insist, then... my good disciple, focus on your cultivation. I believe you can succeed..."

Within the utterly dark ring, Old Yao wiped his eyes with his hand, smiled, and then looked at the endless darkness around him—enough to drive a person mad—yet felt an immense sense of light within his heart.

He didn't want to say anything discouraging at a time like this.

He believed that his disciple would definitely succeed.

There is no other possibility but success!

Xiao Yan also completely immersed himself in his body, beginning to devour the Heavenly Flames and evolve his cultivation technique!

The previous absorption was merely to deliver the Heavenly Flames into the body for refining and control.

Now, however, it is time to truly use the Flame Mantra to absorb the energy within the Heavenly Flames and advance the level of the technique.

Success means a bright future.

Failure means certain death!

The first thing to be devoured was naturally the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire that had long existed within Xiao Yan's body.

Although the fire has been intensified, it is still not as powerful as the Green Lotus Core Flame, and it is relatively easier to devour it.

Although the process was somewhat painful, the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, which had not yet reached maturity, did not cause Xiao Yan too much trouble under the dual suppression of the Mystic Ice Spirit Marrow and the Ice Cave.

However, everything changed after they arrived at the Green Lotus Core Flame!

Although he had experienced the overwhelming energy surge when refining the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan managed to complete the refining process without serious injury thanks to Queen Medusa's help.

However, the Green Lotus Core Flame has accumulated extremely terrifying energy, and what was released last time was not the whole amount.

Therefore, when it was devouring the Heavenly Flames and evolving its cultivation technique, after sensing that its energy was about to be devoured by the Flame Mantra, the Green Lotus Core Flame once again erupted with terrifying energy!

"Boom!"

Inside the Ice Cave, a fierce energy surge suddenly spread out, only to be intercepted by the ice wall. Instantly, huge cracks spread rapidly across the ice wall.

The iron gate also clanged loudly from the impact of this terrifying energy.

Shortly after the first energy fluctuation was emitted, several more even more ferocious energy fluctuations spread out. Under the impact of these energy fluctuations, the hard ice wall actually began to teeter on the verge of collapse.

"What exactly happened?"

Looking at the seemingly collapsing Ice Cave, Hai Bodong and Lu Man's expressions changed. They exchanged a glance and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Just as the two were bewildered, a thunderous explosion suddenly resounded throughout the Ice Cave, and with this energy surge, the already crumbling Ice Cave actually began to collapse.

However, Xiao Yan had instructed them not to disturb him, so they couldn't force their way in.

Meanwhile, outside the Ancient Map Shop, a seven-colored light seemed to sense some faint and subtle fluctuations in fire-attribute energy. A hint of human-like joy appeared in its pale purple snake eyes. It looked down at the ground and flicked its tongue.

Yay, I finally found it!

Meanwhile, inside the Ice Cave, Xiao Yan's entire body was engulfed in tangible cyan flames, but the flames did not scorch his body; they only caused waves of throbbing pain.

Just like last time at the Snake-Person Tribe Temple, he's about to explode again!

Old Yao was also getting impatient and flew out of his Storage Ring. He was immediately startled by the terrifying high temperature outside and had to use his Bone Spirit Cold Flame to wrap his body. Then, he fixed his gaze on Xiao Yan.

"Well..."

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, breathing heavily. His eyes bulged, his temples throbbed, and his clothes were almost completely burned. His hands and feet were so tightly gripped to the ground that he was digging them in.

The Mystic Ice Spirit Marrow rolled to the side, emitting a faint chill.

Seemingly sensing Old Yao's appearance, Xiao Yan struggled to raise his head. His once healthy face was now completely pale, and his face, twisted with pain, looked quite terrifying.

Bloodstains clung to the corners of his mouth, and as he clenched his teeth, streaks of blood seeped from his gums. The ice platform beneath him had long since crumbled and melted, or even evaporated into wisps of white mist.