"Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations! First Transformation!"
"Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations! Second Transformation!"
Xiao Jinchen's hands flashed through seals. As he activated the first two transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, his aura surged in an instant to the level of a Soul Douluo approaching a Titled Douluo.
"Roar!"
Just as Xiao Jinchen activated the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, the Fire Dragon King's dragon soul seemed to sense his rising aura and roared at him. A massive crimson beam, radiating terrifying heat, burst from the Fire Dragon King's mouth and shot toward Xiao Jinchen.
"Flame Split—Wave Devouring Ruler!"
Xiao Jinchen drew the Heavy Profound Ruler from his back and barked the words. Emperor Flame surged upward, and a ruler-blade three times stronger than before swept toward the beam fired by the Fire Dragon King's dragon soul.
"Boom!"
The two forces slammed into each other, and a deafening crash rang out.
The crimson beam and the dark-red ruler-blade tangled together as a violent surge of Soul Power swept outward. The surrounding space warped and even split open with tiny cracks.
Scorching waves of heat swept across the area, and the violent force of the impact made Xiao Jinchen stagger.
He gritted his teeth and withstood the shockwave. His feet carved two deep furrows in the ground, and he slid several meters before finally coming to a stop.
"It's not over yet!"
Xiao Jinchen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. His gaze turned icy as his hands formed another series of seals.
"Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations! Third Transformation! Emperor Flame Transformation!"
At Xiao Jinchen's low shout, his aura surged once more, breaking straight through the Soul Douluo limit and reaching the level of a Titled Douluo.
"Roar!"
The Fire Dragon King's dragon soul seemed to sense a deadly threat. It roared again, but this roar was much weaker than the first two, its imposing aura diminished as well. Clearly, it wanted to retreat. It didn't want to fight anymore.
But how could Xiao Jinchen let it get away? It had driven him into this sorry state. He'd already been generous not to scorch its dragon soul with Heavenly Flames.
Just as Xiao Jinchen prepared to press his advantage and completely kill the Fire Dragon King—
A bone-chilling cold swept from behind him without warning.
A massive dragon claw, formed entirely from the energy of ice, came at Xiao Jinchen's back, trailing a biting chill.
If that blow connected, even Xiao Jinchen, with the third transformation of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations activated, would be gravely wounded.
A cold smile curled Xiao Jinchen's lips, as if he'd expected the sneak attack all along. He spun halfway around.
"Eight Extremities Collapse!"
"Eight layers of hidden force!"
"Explode!"
Xiao Jinchen's five fingers clenched sharply. Surging Soul Power swept down his arm, accompanied by a tearing whine as it crashed into the Ice Dragon King's dragon claw.
"Thud!"
A muffled impact rang out where fist met claw.
The massive dragon claw, radiating terrifying cold, shattered like glass the instant it touched Xiao Jinchen's fist. Cracks spread wildly, and in the blink of an eye, the entire claw burst into a shower of ice shards.
"Awwooo!"
The Ice Dragon King's dragon soul let out a cry of pain. The eight layers of hidden force from Eight Extremities Collapse didn't stop; they drilled up its arm and straight into its body.
"Boom!"
The huge dragon soul flew backward like a kite with its string cut. It hit the ground with a dull thud, smashing a deep crater into it.
The Ice Dragon King's dragon soul lay limp on the ground. Its once-solid body flickered in and out, its light dimmed by more than half. It no longer had the strength to stand.
Xiao Jinchen withdrew his fist and shook the ice shards from his hand. He coldly watched the battered Ice Dragon King's dragon soul in the distance, a mocking smile curling his lips. "That's all you've got, and you call yourself a Dragon King?"
"Damn, I can't keep the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations up for long." Xiao Jinchen's expression turned grave. "Looks like I'll have to finish this quickly."
A vicious look slowly crept across Xiao Jinchen's face. He stamped his foot hard against the ground.
"Earth Gale Flame!"
Xiao Jinchen gave a cold shout, and the space beneath him suddenly boiled.
A ten-zhang column of magma erupted like a volcano, then spun rapidly in an instant, gathering into a terrifying crimson fire tornado.
The fire tornado swept out like lightning with a piercing sonic boom, slamming into the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings' dragon souls.
"Thud!"
Xiao Jinchen's gaze was icy as he stamped his foot against the ground again.
With a muffled rumble, the entire space became a volcanic hell. Countless columns of magma burst from the ground, spinning through the air and transforming into smaller fire tornadoes.
Like dazzling yet deadly fireworks, the tornadoes swept toward the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings' dragon souls in the air, carrying heat hot enough to scorch the heavens.
"Time to wrap this up." Xiao Jinchen murmured. Emperor Flame surged over his palm as he tore it apart, splitting it into a transparent flame, a green flame, and a multicolored flame.
Xiao Jinchen clapped his hands, fusing the three flames together.
After only a few breaths, a three-colored fire lotus, about a chi wide, floated gently above Xiao Jinchen's palm. A violent energy fluctuation slowly swept outward.
"Go, Buddha Fury Fire Lotus!" Xiao Jinchen gently pushed the three-colored fire lotus in his hand toward the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings' dragon souls in the sky.
"Roar! Roar!"
The Ice-Fire Dragon Kings' dragon souls sensed the approaching three-colored fire lotus and immediately roared in terror.
"Boom!"
A world-shaking crash echoed through the space. The first thing to appear was a blinding white light, so bright it seemed ready to burn through the heavens and earth.
The moment the three-colored fire lotus touched the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings' dragon souls, it burrowed inside as if a mud ox had vanished into the sea. Then a suffocating wave of heat surged out from within their dragon souls.
The Ice-Fire Dragon Kings' dragon souls had still been struggling and roaring, but they didn't even manage a complete scream before their massive bodies twisted violently beneath the three-colored flames. Their seemingly indestructible defenses were as fragile as paper against the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, which fused three kinds of Heavenly Flames.
In just a few breaths, the massive Ice-Fire Dragon Kings' dragon souls were blown apart, their bodies bursting into a brilliant, ghastly rain of fire that scattered from the sky.
The terrifying shockwave became ring after ring of visible air currents, sweeping wildly in every direction and kicking up clouds of dust.
Deep trenches scored the ground. The surrounding air warped and twisted from the heat, letting out bursts of sharp, explosive cracks.
"Phew."
Xiao Jinchen stood at the heart of the storm, his robes snapping in the gale. He narrowed his eyes slightly at the massive lotus slowly taking shape in the sky and let out a long breath.
After returning the Heavy Profound Ruler to his Storage Ring, Xiao Jinchen collapsed onto the ground from exhaustion. When the dust finally settled, his eyes suddenly sharpened. He spotted two balls of light pulsing nearby.
"Huh?... What's this?" Xiao Jinchen scratched his head in confusion, got to his feet, and walked toward the two balls of light.