The Golden-Armored Berserk Lion had no idea what was happening. It simply walked off the stage on its own, forfeiting its right to compete.
The Golden Horned Tyrant Lion snorted. "So it was a Nine-Tailed Illusion Fox. If I'd known, I wouldn't have sent that idiot up there."
"I never expected your Chuyun Empire to possess such a magical beast. It seems we underestimated you," the Mystic Fire Crow said glumly.
"Haha, when all was said and done, we were all magical beasts. Our common enemy was humanity. So which side was stronger wasn't important," the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion said with a laugh.
On the field.
White Fox cast a seductive glance at the other magical beasts, then walked off the stage.
Zi Shuang watched her with a grave expression and said to Elder Yao, "If things get chaotic later, try your best to kill that magical beast. Otherwise, given enough time, the magical beasts of the Chuyun Empire will rise to another level."
Elder Yao nodded. He knew more about this magical beast than anyone else, so he naturally understood just how terrifying its abilities were.
The competition continued, with the magical beasts of the Mulan Empire facing those of the Luoyan Empire.
This round was won by the Mulan Empire, while the Luoyan Empire's Green-Winged Mystic Bee Bird was defeated.
In rage, the Mystic Fire Crow slapped the nearby stone apart with one blow.
"Brother, don't get angry. It only means we're too strong, not that you're too weak," the Golden Horned Tyrant Lion said mockingly.
The Mystic Fire Crow whipped up a violent gust of wind, leaving the Golden Horned Tyrant Lion filthy and disheveled.
"My apologies. It was only because my wind was too strong, not because you were too weak," the Mystic Fire Crow shot back in the same tone.
"You!"
The Golden Horned Tyrant Lion rose to its feet furiously.
"Enough! What will the juniors below think if the two of you carry on like this? If you want to be angry, go be angry at the humans," the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion said, cutting off their quarrel.
After the final matches ended, the rights to the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire still fell into the hands of the magical beasts from the Chuyun Empire.
As though it had expected this all along, the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion said, "My apologies, you two. I must return and report now. Come fight for the Heavenly Flame again in ten years."
The Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion smiled and had White Fox retrieve the Heavenly Flame.
White Fox also began walking toward the raised platform, step by step.
Zi Shuang's gaze sharpened as she shouted, "Now!"
She took the lead, spread her wings, and shot into the air toward the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
The Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion's expression tightened. This is bad. It hurriedly spread its four wings and flew after her.
However, before the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion had crossed even half the distance, a somewhat illusory figure blocked its path.
"Humans! And the Amethyst Winged Lion King! You actually joined forces to covet the Heavenly Flame!" the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion roared at the sky.
The Mystic Fire Crow flashed past Elder Yao in an instant and blocked Zi Shuang at incredible speed.
"Amethyst Winged Lion King, I never thought you'd dare show yourself at a time like this. You escaped that war years ago, yet you still didn't have the sense to stay hidden." Black smoke slowly drifted from the Mystic Fire Crow's beak.
The purple glow around Zi Shuang's horn grew brighter and brighter. The next moment, she charged at the Mystic Fire Crow.
The Mystic Fire Crow suddenly opened its smoke-spewing beak, blasting out an enormous pillar of fire.
The pressure released by the battle between two sixth-tier magical beasts caused some of the weaker magical beasts to faint.
The remaining magical beasts began scattering in all directions. Seeing this, White Fox quickly headed for the raised platform, intending to seize the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
However, a purple figure rushed ahead of her. It was Xiao Yan, using his Purple Cloud Wings to reach the front of White Fox.
White Fox froze for a moment, then gritted her teeth. "Damn human! You actually dare steal our sacred fire!"
White Fox desperately wanted to rush over, but unfortunately, she could not fly.
The third-tier Green-Winged Mystic Bee Bird that had just been defeated flew past White Fox.
White Fox shouted, "Stop that human! Their target is the Heavenly Flame!"
At White Fox's shout, many magical beasts noticed Xiao Yan as well. They all swarmed toward him at once.
Hai Bodong sighed and shook his head. Being a guard really was no easy task.
Still, Hai Bodong positioned himself in front of the mass of magical beasts. Fortunately, these were all from the younger generation, and most were only third-tier magical beasts.
Otherwise, with so many magical beasts, even Old Hai's bones would have been trampled to mush.
At that moment, the Golden Horned Tyrant Lion also cast aside the dignity of a sixth-tier magical beast and charged straight at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was currently entangled with the Green-Winged Mystic Bee Bird, whose cyan wind blades slashed at him one after another.
Xiao Yan could only keep dodging in midair as he thought, There wasn't any mention of a magical beast like the Nine-Tailed Illusion Fox in the original story! Yet she can speak human language at just the third tier. She's probably an ancient species too.
White Fox sneered. "He's only a Dou Zhe, yet he dares covet the Heavenly Flame!"
Zi Shuang saw the Golden Horned Tyrant Lion charging toward Xiao Yan and immediately let out a roar.
"Amethyst Seal!"
An enormous purple pillar of light blasted toward the Mystic Fire Crow. The Mystic Fire Crow did not dare meet it head-on and could only flap its wings to evade the attack.
Taking advantage of that opening, Zi Shuang appeared before the Golden Horned Tyrant Lion and blocked its charge with a direct collision.
The Golden Horned Tyrant Lion and Zi Shuang's four massive palms slammed together simultaneously.
A massive sonic boom exploded through the air, and Xiao Yan hurriedly covered his ears with Dou Qi. The currents raging through the sky sent many flying magical beasts tumbling away.
"Amethyst Winged Lion King, you will pay for what you did today. Colluding with humans to seize the Heavenly Flame! You will regret your choice today!" the Golden Horned Tyrant Lion roared at Zi Shuang as the two magical beasts continued crashing their bodies against each other.
Battles between magical beasts were this simple and brutal—they relied on their bodies to tear through stars and cleave the moon!
Even though Hai Bodong did not care in the slightest about wasting Dou Qi and used ice walls to block most of the magical beasts, many still made it past him.
Xiao Yan shook his head. He was now only a dozen or so meters away from the Heavenly Flame, but many magical beasts stood in his way.
As merely a nine-star Dou Zhe, Xiao Yan had no chance of breaking through the line they had formed.
White Fox arrived behind Xiao Yan.
"Human! You truly have some nerve. You're only a nine-star Dou Zhe, yet you dare scheme for something this great."
Xiao Yan collided with a second-tier magical beast, and the pain made his body feel as though it had fallen apart.
He could only use what little Dou Qi he had left to activate the Purple Cloud Wings. As long as he obtained the Heavenly Flame, this operation would succeed.
However, White Fox's eyes had already turned into peach blossom eyes. In less than a second, Xiao Yan fell from the sky.
After getting back up, he walked toward White Fox. Seeing this, the magical beasts all retreated some distance, leaving an open space.
Only Xiao Yan and White Fox remained in the middle.
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