"Whoosh!"
As the soft cry fell, the Golden Phoenix Flame instantly turned into a dark streak of light like a fledgling swallow returning to its nest, swiftly slipping into Xiao Yan's body.
"Pfft!"
Huang Qi was struck as if by a heavy blow, violently spitting out a mouthful of blood. At the same time, the last trace of the Golden Phoenix Flame's source flame remaining inside him vanished in an eerie fashion.
Originally, with that trace of source flame, Huang Qi could have spent a year or two nurturing it until his Life Fire formed again. But now, decades of bitter effort had gone completely to waste!
"Even though I've seen Brother exercise the Flame Emperor's authority before, I have to admit, every time I see it, it still makes my blood boil!"
Zi Yan, who was watching the battle, had flushed cheeks and shining eyes.
"Indeed. On the Dou Qi Continent, not every being who stepped into the Emperor Realm could exercise Emperor Realm authority, but the little fellow was one of the rare few who could."
Medusa's bright, beautiful eyes stayed fixed on Xiao Yan, tender as water. She truly loved this man beside her pillow to death.
In Medusa's view, there was nothing more wonderful in the world than him loving her, and her loving him in return. And she, Medusa, was very fortunate to have that.
"Mm, the Golden Phoenix Flame tastes pretty good. Its energy is abundant too. Although it can't make my Flame Mantra evolve, it did raise my cultivation by a small step."
Xiao Yan licked his lips in satisfaction. He had not expected that after swallowing Huang Qi's Life Fire, his cultivation would actually advance from the early stage of Ninth Grade Sovereign to the middle stage of Ninth Grade Sovereign. It