Ya Fei, I'm Coming—Wait for Me! (Please Recommend, Please Bookmark)

"Kill!"

Li Qiye flew into a rage and went berserk. Kunpeng Wings appeared behind him, tearing through space as he soared into the sky.

In truth, he was deeply shaken. Someone had actually fished away the toad right under his nose. That was unbelievable—but what shocked him even more was that this person had been able to hook the toad.

He had to use special methods just to catch that toad himself, and even then, success was not guaranteed.

"He's insanely vicious." Seeing the Swagger Emperor pursue him in a frenzy, his killing intent raging like a storm, Xiao Meng broke out in a cold sweat. What if that guy really managed to come after him? Xiao Meng truly wanted to throw the toad away and be done with it, but damn it, anything caught on the hook simply could not be shaken off.

"Whoever you are, you deserve to die!" Li Qiye's gaze became incomparably terrifying. His face turned icy, as though the end of the world had arrived, while the surrounding space tore apart under his savage assault as easily as paper.

Xiao Meng felt as if blades were pressed against his back as he reeled in the fishing line at unprecedented speed. Cold sweat poured down his forehead, and his little heart pounded wildly.

Suddenly, a flash of insight crossed his mind. The Swagger Emperor doesn't seem to be invincible. There's still that damn Heaven that can chase him down and beat him up.

"Dead crow, you still dare chase after me? Are you tired of living?"

A booming voice erupted like divine thunder from the nine heavens—vast, sacred, and solemn—instantly resounding throughout Demonback Ridge. Li Qiye, who had been pursuing him madly, was startled. This person knew his true identity, which meant he was certainly no ordinary individual.

But Li Qiye was, after all, the mighty Swagger Emperor. He quickly calmed down, though the killing intent in his eyes became even more terrifying. Knowing who he was and still daring to steal his toad—this was simply outrageous, a complete death wish.

Seeing Li Qiye's fury increase ten thousandfold as he pursued without regard for anything else, Xiao Meng was dumbfounded. This was the very definition of trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used as bait.

"Hahaha, dead crow, then keep chasing me. This time, I'll take the life of you, a beaten dog. I won't give you another chance to escape." Xiao Meng gritted his teeth and threw out a vicious line. According to the original story, Li Qiye had escaped alive from that final war he personally led.

Damn it, I even pulled out the imperial "I." Are you scared now or not?

Sure enough, those words gave Li Qiye quite a fright. It was not that he feared death, but that he had never expected Damn Heaven's reach to extend this far.

"Crow, hurry and find your little sheep. Then ride that sheep to the end of the world and fight me in a final showdown." Seeing the Swagger Emperor hesitate, Xiao Meng burst into laughter.

Li Qiye's mouth twitched, and a strange glint flashed through his eyes.

However, just as the toad was about to disappear, the Swagger Emperor suddenly came to his senses. He was certain that someone had played him. First, he was sure that Damn Heaven's reach could not extend into the Nine Worlds.

Second, although the toad was extraordinary, it was not heaven-defying enough to catch Damn Heaven's attention. Even if a fragment of his memories had been sealed inside it, it still could not attract the eternal, supreme Damn Heaven.

Third, if Damn Heaven wanted something, did he need to sneak around for it?

Therefore, he concluded that someone had fooled him.

"In this life, aside from being toyed with by the Longevity Xiao Clan, I, Li Qiye, have never been mocked like this. Very good. Very good." Li Qiye's expression was calm, but at this moment, he looked more like a demon who would slaughter gods upon meeting gods and kill Buddhas upon meeting Buddhas—unmatched in brutality, too terrifying for anyone to look at directly.

"Whoever dares pry into what belongs to me, Li Qiye, I will grind your bones to ash!"

Just as Xiao Meng was about to pull the toad from the ground, a voice filled with boundless killing intent made him shudder, and his body trembled involuntarily.

He was thoroughly annoyed and wanted to retort, I'll be waiting for you, but the toad had already been pulled out. Even if he said it, the Swagger Emperor would not be able to hear him.

"Gua!"

Xiao Meng removed the toad from the hook. After it croaked, the toad slowly began to petrify, eventually turning into a small, wide-mouthed furnace in the shape of a toad.

"Hehehe, with this Myriad Furnace God, I alone can crush every alchemist in this world from now on. Damn it, whoever dares brag about their alchemy in front of me, I'll beat them until they're utterly wrecked and barely standing!" Xiao Meng's pale face was filled with wild delight.

After all, this was something even the Swagger Emperor valued greatly.

Now, I have flames, I have pill formulas, and I have an alchemy furnace. Everything is ready except for some medicinal ingredients.

After playing with the Myriad Furnace God for a while, Xiao Meng took out several precious medicinal herbs and swallowed them. He then closed his eyes and focused. That last fishing attempt had consumed a tremendous amount of soul power and nearly knocked him unconscious.

It took him three to four hours to fully recover his vigor, energy, and spirit.

Xiao Meng opened his eyes, and a sharp gleam flashed through them before vanishing. He rose to his feet, cracked his neck, and stretched.

"It's still early. I might as well gather some spirit herbs to make pills and get some practice." Having made up his mind, Xiao Meng left the valley and began scouring the mountains for spirit herbs.

"Scram!"

"Bang!"

From time to time, the roars of magical beasts echoed through the mountains, accompanied by the sounds of battle.

As dusk approached, Xiao Meng finally gathered all the ingredients needed for one type of pill.

However, Xiao Meng had no intention of returning to the Xiao Clan. Instead, he found a cave in the mountains. After blocking the entrance with a huge boulder, he began preparing to refine pills.

"Ding! Hidden mission completed. You have obtained two fishing attempts. [Make Xiao Yan suffer a setback, greatly increasing his cultivation.]"

Xiao Meng: "????"

"Xiao Yan must have been beaten up badly by Xiao Ning and the others, so he was provoked." Xiao Meng froze for a moment, then guessed the reason.

"Hehehe, it looks like Fourth Brother can handle all my future fishing attempts by himself." Xiao Meng chuckled. He had only tried it casually, never expecting it to actually work.

After getting excited for a while, he finally took out the petrified toad and shouted, "Open!"

He could directly use any treasure caught by the fishing hook. At most, he only needed to drip a drop of blood on it—there was no need for anything troublesome.

As his voice fell, the toad flew from his palm and hovered in the air, transforming into an enormous treasure furnace. Its wide mouth gaped open, flames flickering within as though it were swallowing and exhaling the essence of the heavens.

The oncoming heat wave made Xiao Meng stiffen. Only then did he recall what the original story had said: the Myriad Furnace God was the number one furnace of all ages. It differed from other furnace gods. Once other furnace gods were born from heaven and earth, they generally never moved again. Wherever they were born was where they remained, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth and nurturing their furnace flames.

The Myriad Furnace God, however, was different. It could walk on its own, like a toad, traveling across the world. Moreover, it could seek out fire seeds to devour and medicinal herbs and spiritual plants to eat. The longer it lived, the more precious the things it consumed became. Ordinary fire seeds and ordinary medicinal herbs did not even deserve its notice.

It was precisely because of this that the Myriad Furnace God possessed peerless furnace flames and an unmatched store of medicinal power. So why the hell would one need flames to refine pills with the Myriad Furnace God?

At that moment, with a "Boom!", the Myriad Furnace God spewed blazing furnace flames that carried a faint medicinal fragrance.

"As expected of the number one furnace god of all ages. Alchemy furnaces from the Battle Through the Heavens world can't compare to it at all." Xiao Meng's face burned with excitement as he began familiarizing himself with and controlling the Myriad Furnace God.

It was not until late at night that he made some progress.

The Myriad Furnace God was very different from an ordinary alchemy cauldron. After activating it, he still had to form fire cauldrons before he could refine pills. The number of fire cauldrons he could form depended on his soul power. Xiao Meng tested it and found that, with his current soul power, he could only condense three fire cauldrons.

"According to the Swagger Emperor, the Myriad Furnace God can form ten thousand fire cauldrons. Yet I can only make three right now. The road ahead is long." Xiao Meng sighed.

He truly wanted to know what it would look like to refine ten thousand pills at once. Would it scare every alchemist to death?

Looking at the three fire cauldrons above the toad's mouth, Xiao Meng suddenly frowned. In Emperor's Domination World, it was normal for people to see fire cauldrons formed by an alchemy furnace. But in the Battle Through the Heavens world, it would be a miracle. It would definitely arouse curiosity, spying, and perhaps even robbery.

Worse still, he might be treated like a laboratory rat and sliced up for research.

Xiao Meng raised his brows and tried storing the fire cauldrons inside the toad's belly. He did not want to lose his life just for the sake of showing off.

However, it was not difficult at all. With a thought, the three fire cauldrons entered the toad's belly effortlessly.

Xiao Meng was overjoyed. Next, he continued examining and familiarizing himself with the Myriad Furnace God instead of rushing to begin refining pills.

Only at dawn did he begin tossing spirit herbs into the toad's mouth, preparing to refine pills.

For his first attempt at alchemy, he was extremely cautious. He condensed only one fire cauldron to refine a single pill.

Half an hour later, the pill emerged from the furnace. Xiao Meng grabbed it in one swift motion. When he saw the pill in his hand, he froze for a moment before ecstasy filled his heart.

Refining a second-grade pill had actually posed no difficulty at all. He had completed it effortlessly.

"Ah! I'm a genius, and genius is me! I only want to ask one question—who else is there?!"

Xiao Meng threw back his head and let out a long howl, his voice rolling outward.

"Ya Fei, I'm coming! Wait for me!"

Suddenly, Xiao Meng put away the toad, dashed out of the cave in a frenzy, and headed straight for Wutan City.

He sped all the way there, as fast as lightning.

"Whoosh!"

However, just as he arrived at the Mitre Auction House, the sight before him nearly made him cough up blood and die on the spot.