Attention returned to the competition.
With every Alchemist ready, the first round officially began.
At that moment, over a thousand flames suddenly sprang into existence across the enormous square like fireworks.
The spectacular sight set everyone's blood boiling and focused their attention!
All the Alchemists began refining their pills. Yet one person stood motionless in the arena, watching. The sight piqued the audience's curiosity, and Ling Feng's as well.
Why does this fellow seem so familiar? How strange.
Ling Feng studied Xun Xiao's face and figure, his sword-like brows knitting together. Unable to make anything of it, he could only set the matter aside and continue watching.
Bang...
Just then, the muffled sound of a cauldron exploding drew the spectators' attention. Someone had failed to refine his pill, prompting sighs of disappointment.
At that moment, Xun Xiao, who had remained motionless all this time, finally began to move.
With a beckoning motion of his hand, a crimson flame appeared in his palm.
The crimson flame did not seem to have been formed from Dou Qi. Its temperature was extremely high, and it posed a greater threat than flames formed from Dou Qi.
Crimson flames? Beast flame?
Ling Feng had been watching Xun Xiao all along. Seeing him suddenly produce such a vivid crimson flame, he drew on his broad knowledge to guess at its origins.
"Crimson flames?" Fa Ma paused slightly as he looked at the crimson flame in Xun Xiao's palm, then chuckled. "This young fellow certainly has some substance to him. That crimson flame looks like the flame of a sixth-rank magical beast, the Red Demon Dragon..."
The beast flame of a sixth-rank magical beast?
Hearing Fa Ma beside him, a ripple stirred in Ling Feng's eyes, which had been as still as an ancient well. *To obtain