Earth Tier Flame Mantra! Undying Flame in the Left Hand, Green Lotus in the Right! Venerable Xuan Gu?
Yao Chen could clearly sense that the once-rampaging Undying Flame inside Xiao Yan was gradually growing docile, as though it had found some kind of resonance, slowly merging with Xiao Yan's flesh, bones, and soul.
"This fire seems to be like that Fatal Flame. Both contain a power beyond ordinary flames..."
Time slowly passed.
One day... two days... three days...
Xiao Yan's aura grew weaker and weaker, like a guttering candle in the wind that might go out at any moment.
Yet his tightly shut eyes never opened.
He was waiting for an opportunity.
Waiting for the instant when the Undying Flame came completely under his control!
Through his hazy consciousness, Xiao Yan seemed to see a Purple-Black Giant Bird blotting out the sky and sun as it flew across the heavens, traversing the void and crossing the continent. Beneath its black flames, countless living beings were reduced to ashes!
At last!
Hum!
A strange humming sound emerged from within Xiao Yan!
After countless cycles of shattering and reforming, that Dou Qi crystal finally underwent a complete transformation!
The once-red-and-green crystal was now covered in pitch-black and deep-purple markings!
They wound like dragons and serpents, emitting an eerie fluctuation of both destruction and rebirth.
Boom!
An aura several times stronger than before erupted from Xiao Yan!
Purple-black flames gushed from every pore, forming a pillar of fire that shot into the sky and burned an enormous hole through the cavern's ceiling!
"He succeeded?!"
Yao Chen abruptly raised his head, his eyes filled with wild joy and disbelief.
He sensed the immense power within Xiao Yan, and those flame fluctuations that felt both familiar and foreign!
"Flame Mantra, Low Earth Tier!"
After a long while, Xiao Yan's tightly closed eyes suddenly trembled, then slowly opened.
Purple-black flames curled within his