Creating a Heavenly Flame

After using various unreasonable conditions to send Ling Ying away, the three of them arrived at a deserted wilderness on the outskirts of Wutan City.

"Teacher, is Senior Ling Ying still nearby?"

"He's not here," Yao Chen replied. "I've already set up Soul Barrier; even if he returns to Wutan City, he won't be able to find us."

"Huo Yuhao, why aren't we going home? What are we doing in this godforsaken place?" Xiao Yan looked around suspiciously. "You and that weird old man aren't planning to sell me out, are you?"

"I don't think you're worth much, you can only be used as firewood at best." Huo Yuhao kicked Xiao Yan in the butt, making him stumble.

"Damn, you tried to ambush me? You're not strong enough..."

Just then, Yao Chen, like a ghost, silently crept up behind Xiao Yan, his arms like iron clamps passing under his armpits, firmly holding him in mid-air.

"Hehehe! Huo Yuhao, Xiao Yan is ready, let's make our move!"

"Hey?! What are you doing? Let me go!" Xiao Yan kicked his legs wildly in mid-air, but no matter what he did, he couldn't break free from Yao Chen's embrace.

Huo Yuhao's lips curled into a wicked smile, and a sinister glint appeared in his eyes. He took out a long sword from his storage ring and brandished it at Xiao Yan's chest.

Xiao Yan was so scared that his internal organs were rebelling. It wasn't that he didn't trust Huo Yuhao and Yao Chen, but these two guys had come up with all sorts of bizarre ways to torment him more than once, so he couldn't help but be afraid.

"Nothing much, just taking a little blood from you," Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"Phew, you should have said so earlier! Was it really necessary to go to such lengths?" Xiao Yan had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Huo Yuhao take out a huge bucket from his storage ring, a bucket with a diameter of over one meter.

"Is this just a little bit?" Xiao Yan's voice instantly changed. "You couldn't squeeze this much even if you squeezed me dry!"

Yao Chen brought his mouth close to Xiao Yan's ear and said softly, "Xiao Yan, don't be afraid. Your master has prepared enough Blood Recovery Pill for you."

"No! You guys are serious!!!"

In the end, Huo Yuhao wasn't so ruthless; he only extracted a small basin of blood from Xiao Yan's body. Xiao Yan collapsed to the ground, his face pale, feeling dizzy, unsure whether it was due to anemia or simply being frightened.

"This method is not bad." Huo Yuhao watched as the basin of blood, under the refinement of the Yao Chen, transformed into a few crystal-clear drops of blood.

"Haha, this is a method of extracting essence blood that I created exclusively!" Yao Chen put his hands behind his back, looked up at the moon, and deliberately Simulation an air of otherworldly elegance. "Aside from causing anemia and weakness for a period of time afterward, this method can be said to have no side effects."

"You two bastards!" After Huo Yuhao and Yao Chen refined Xiao Yan's essence blood, Xiao Yan finally regained some of his strength, pounced on Huo Yuhao, grabbed his neck, and shook him violently.

"Actually, we planned to take some of your Xiao Yan blood, but losing essence blood has a huge impact on the body, and may even damage your future talent." Huo Yuhao didn't resist and explained to Xiao Yan, "That's why my teacher and I resorted to this tactic."

"Couldn't you have told me beforehand?!"

"Mainly..." Huo Yuhao's expression turned serious.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yan stopped what he was doing. "Does it mean it can only be done under conditions of fear?"

Huo Yuhao nodded seriously. "It's mainly because Xiao Yan's expression just now was so funny, I forgot to mention it!"

"Ah! Huo Yuhao! You'd better die--!"

After their playful banter, the three of them huddled together, their expressions all serious.

"Huo Yuhao, although you successfully summoned flames last time, it was just fire without a source." Yao Chen's fingers tapped lightly on the Bone Flame Ring.

"I have an idea," Huo Yuhao said in a deep voice. "We can use Xiao Yan's essence blood to infuse his spiritual seed into it, and try to condense Core Flame for the Nine Li Heavenly Flame."

"You actually intend to..." Xiao Yan's shock hadn't faded yet, his feet stomping on the ground, revealing his inner turmoil, "Create Heavenly Flames!"

"We'll see if we try." Huo Yuhao no longer hesitated. He took out all the remaining Ice Phoenix essence blood, using most of it to condense a magic array, and Huo Yuhao a small portion to fuse it with Xiao Yan's essence blood.

Everything went smoothly, and before long...

Boom!

The heatwave ignited the surrounding weeds, and bright red flames appeared, interspersed with icy blue hues, just like last time.

At this moment, Xiao Yan clearly sensed that the Beast Flame within his body had a desire to submit, as if it wanted to burst forth and kneel on the ground.

"Xiao Yan, now is the time to condense your spiritual seed!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan released his spiritual power from his Spiritual Sea, condensing a spiritual seed within the essence blood that had merged with the Ice Phoenix's essence blood.

The moment the fusion was successful, Huo Yuhao manipulated the fused blood essence to fly into the Nine Li Heavenly Flame, while simultaneously forming several hand seals.

If you look closely, you'll find that these handprints were taken from the Ice-Sealing Dragon Transformation Art.

As the essence and blood merged into the Nine Li Heavenly Flame, the originally ethereal flames instantly solidified considerably. As they surged, the icy blue color vanished, and it appeared that a blue phoenix was flying at the center of the flames.

Dark clouds gathered again, brewing something in the sky.

"Could it really have succeeded?" Yao Chen's voice was filled with excitement and amazement. He could already sense the hostility of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame towards this newborn flame.

Carefully observing the Core Flame of the Nine Li Heavenly Flame, Huo Yuhao uttered in a low voice, "Not enough! It lacks energy!"

Before he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao merged with the heavens and earth, attracting the surrounding Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, which surged wildly into the blue phoenix at the center of the Nine Li Heavenly Flame. However, this Heaven and Earth Origin Qi seemed to be thrown into a bottomless pit, causing no change whatsoever.

Seeing this, Yao Chen had no time to maintain the Soul Barrier anymore and focused all his Soul Power on helping Huo Yuhao attract the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.

The Nine Li Heavenly Flame burned wildly, illuminating the entire wilderness. Unfortunately, although the flames grew increasingly fierce, the blue phoenix at its center remained largely unchanged.

Looking at the barely solidified Core Flame, Huo Yuhao's expression turned grave. "It seems the lack isn't in the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi."

"What's missing?" Xiao Yan asked.

"I don't know..." Huo Yuhao was about to answer when he turned his head and saw that all the ordinary flames burning on the surrounding grass were bowing to the Nine Li Heavenly Flame. Huo Yuhao's voice stopped, and his thoughts surged.

After thinking for a while, as the Core Flame slowly became unstable, Huo Yuhao came to his senses and whispered:

"Teacher, Xiao Yan, let's extract all the bird Magic Core and feed them to the Core Flame."

"Xiao Yan, how about we take a gamble and extract your Beast Flame core to feed it too!"

Xiao Yan stared into Huo Yuhao's eyes, without the slightest hesitation, his voice resolute:

"Okay, let's bet!"

Boom! A thunderous sound rang out. Xiao Yan formed hand seals, and he unleashed all the Beast Flame cores within his body, which had already been refined by the Flame Mantra. He then poured them, along with various bird Magic Core, into the Core Flame of the Nine Li Heavenly Flame.