Watching the plump woman wave her arms and stamp her feet as she vented her excitement, Han Shuo froze for a moment.
In Han Shuo's eyes, there was simply no way to connect this ordinary-looking, red-skinned, plump middle-aged woman with the enormously bulky Flame Lord from before. Yet, having witnessed the entire transformation, he knew that this woman really was the Flame Lord.
Super-tier Magical Beasts generally possessed the ability to assume human form. Super-tier Magical Beasts such as the Dragon Clan basically mastered this ability at the first stage. Some Super-tier Magical Beasts, however, faced certain restrictions. Because of their unusual bodily structures, they generally needed to reach an extremely high stage before they could transform.
Flame Lords were this sort of Magical Beast. Composed primarily of magma and red rock, they differed from ordinary Super-tier Magical Beasts made of flesh and blood, and needed to reach an extremely high stage to assume human form.
The moment the Flame Lord became a plump woman, Han Shuo knew that she had broken through her shackles and evolved into a fifth-stage Flame Emperor. A fifth-stage Flame Emperor was equivalent to a human demigod, an immensely powerful being whose very name would strike terror throughout the Qio Continent.
After transforming into a plump woman, the Flame Emperor seemed quite interested in her shapeshifting ability. One moment she patted her chest, and the next she rubbed her shoulders, laughing heartily in delight.
"You little rascal, this was all thanks to you." Grinning, the Flame Emperor pointed at the Fire Armored Corpse within the Fire-Extreme Land. Surging magma pushed him before her, and she laughed as she grabbed him, gleefully swinging him around like a toy.
Han Shuo stared blankly, watching the Flame Emperor manhandle the Fire Armored Corpse, unsure what to do.
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