Fang Xun... is... dead... dead...
Wang Qi stared blankly at the end where the dark pillar of light had disappeared. In that spot, he could still sense a faint trace of Fang Xun's presence, as if he were still there...
It's a pity that even that last trace of life was slowly dissipating, signaling Fang Xun's death.
"I've said it before, if the ruler is destroyed... a person will die!"
Xiao Yan's calm voice came from behind Wang Qi. When Wang Qi turned around to look at Xiao Yan, the dazzling fire disc in Xiao Yan's dragon claw had just dissipated. Wang Qi saw that Xiao Yan's huge dragon claw was trembling slightly.
Wang Qi took a deep breath, looked at Xiao Yan, and spoke in an extremely cold tone.
"I admit, your abilities far exceed your usual level; you're probably a master of playing dumb to outsmart others."
These words, which sounded like a joke, failed to elicit a smile from Xiao Yan. Instead, a hint of wariness crept into his gaze as he looked at Wang Qi.
Xiao Yan had to admit that Fang Xun's move, " Ice-Sealed Heaven and Earth," was indeed difficult for him to withstand. Even his own Heavenly Flames was unable to resist the power of that Ice Soul.
A millennium of accumulation, released in a single day—such power is truly extraordinary...
Unfortunately, at the last moment, Elder Gu finally made his move. Those two Heaven Class Dou Technique Heaven Class Dou Technique were far easier for Xiao Yan; under his Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, they were as insignificant as nothing...
"Today, I, Wang Qi, will Fang Xun and I will fight to the death to kill you, Yan Xiao, right here!"
Wang Qi's eyes were filled with hatred. His old, gloomy eyes turned bloodshot with the hatred in his heart, and the flames deep in his pupils condensed into the shape of a lion's head, causing the Void Space in front of him to become abnormally distorted.
Suddenly, Wang Qi's body, which was more robust than that of an ordinary person, shuddered violently. His muscles bulged rapidly, and his entire body expanded to more than ten sizes in just a few breaths.
Xiao Yan could clearly see that the already somewhat tattered clothes were quickly stretched full by Wang Qi's bulging muscles, and then, as if torn apart, were forcibly ripped apart by Wang Qi's ever-growing body.
"Roar!"
Wang Qi roared to the sky like a lion, and an extremely domineering flame instantly transformed from his mouth into a pillar of fire that shot into the Endless Void.
" Lionheart Tyrant Body Technique!"
With a furious roar, Wang Qi's already growing body suddenly swelled up again, and his physique underwent another dramatic change.
Its once proud figure now resembled a wild beast, lying prostrate on the horizon, its increasingly robust body taking on a strange appearance.
On its chest, a lion's head fire seal, extremely bright from the inside out, was now surging like a real flame, radiating a terrifyingly high temperature capable of annihilating the void.
Wang Qi's head, which had originally appeared as a normal human, was now writhing in a nauseating manner, revealing the prototype of some kind of beast—it looked like... a lion's head...
After a long while, under Xiao Yan's slightly shocked gaze, Wang Qi's ever-growing figure finally stopped. But now, Wang Qi had lost his human form and had transformed into a demonic beast...
Its massive body was no less imposing than Xiao Yan's Vajra Glazed Body at this moment, and its robes had long since been reduced to nothingness by the raging flames covering its body.
Its dark golden skin was even more resilient than the black steel of heaven and earth. A fiery tail, nearly a hundred feet long, danced continuously in the void behind it, emitting a series of hissing sounds.
At this moment, Wang Qi had completely transformed into a Yan Shi!
Looking at Wang Qi, who had changed so drastically in such a short time, and observing the ferocity in his beastly eyes, Xiao Yan couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
" Lionheart Tyrant Body Technique... Hmph, I think it should just be called the Lionheart Restraint Body Technique. To subdue an enemy, you've actually transformed yourself into this disgusting form, and even your very being has been controlled by your Beast Flame, turning you into a true demonic beast. How utterly foolish! I truly don't understand how anyone could create such a dehumanizing secret technique..."
As if understanding Xiao Yan's cold laugh, the lion in front of him let out a series of deep roars from its blood-red maw. Then, its massive body suddenly trembled, causing the heavens and earth to shake three times, and its figure had already disappeared from the spot.
The moment the lion disappeared, Xiao Yan's sneer turned ugly.
"Bang!"
Before Xiao Yan could make a move, an extremely terrifying force surged into his body from his back, and with a loud bang, Xiao Yan's body was directly blasted away.
"Pfft!"
As he was being blasted away, Xiao Yan couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. He never expected that Wang Qi, after undergoing mutation, would have strength comparable to an ordinary Eight-Star Half-Emperor. Even after he used the full power of Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, he still couldn't withstand such strength in a short time.
His body jolted violently, and he managed to regain his footing after being blasted away. Xiao Yan swallowed a mouthful of metallic taste as his throat moved, and his gaze toward the lion before him became extremely solemn.
But the lion clearly didn't want to give Xiao Yan any time to catch his breath. As soon as Xiao Yan stopped, the lion opened its mouth wide, and a beam of energy dozens of feet wide shot towards Xiao Yan in an instant.
Wherever it passed, even the void itself was distorted and deformed, and a deep abyss hundreds of feet wide rapidly formed on the ground below.
At this moment, Xiao Yan's internal Dou Qi was weak, so he had no intention of taking the beam of light head-on. He instantly used the Heavenly Severing Steps to its limit, and behind Xiao Yan, with a "poof", a pair of wide wings of Heavenly Flames instantly appeared.
Although the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings of Heavenly Flames, their essence has Heavenly Flames since been completely fused with them. In terms of speed, they are probably even faster than before!
As the terrifying energy beam struck, Xiao Yan's eyes shone brightly. Then, the terrifying energy beam pierced through Xiao Yan 'Xiao Yan entire body, and his figure was completely shattered beneath it.
Upon seeing this, the enormous lion slightly turned its massive head, looking in confusion at the spot where Xiao Yan had been shattered.
Although his strength has more than doubled, Wang Qi has now transformed into a true killing beast. Human wisdom no longer belongs to him; he is now nothing more than a wild beast with only strength.
"Hmph, just as I thought. Although it has transformed into a magical beast, it doesn't even possess the intelligence of some high-level magical beasts..."
"Flames... Devouring... Waves... Ruler!"
Suddenly, from behind the lion, a thunderous roar rang out, and a large ball of brilliant flames roared, emitting waves of terrifyingly high temperatures that made one's heart tremble.
The instant Xiao Yan uttered his fierce shout, an incomparably sharp beam of fire shot out from the ball of fire, slamming into the lion's back.
"Roar!"
A terrifying lion's roar erupted, and the lion's figure twisted around in an extremely bizarre way. The earth-shattering roar transformed into a terrifying sound wave that was visible to the naked eye, blasting towards the terrifying flames that shot towards it.
The sound waves slowed the flames, and the lion charged forward, devouring them whole, much to Xiao Yan's astonishment.
The flames entered the lion's body, and although a booming sound echoed within it, the lion's body only swelled slightly before returning to its original state. The flames, however, completely disappeared. But the fire mark on the lion's chest was now emitting an extremely intense light, as if something was being continuously refined by it.
Although the slightest movement was almost imperceptible due to the lion's flames, Xiao Yan, who possessed Heavenly Flames of fire, would immediately detect and notice even the slightest movement of the flames.
"That's... the source of your power, isn't it? Once that fire seal is destroyed, your Eight-Star Half-Emperor level strength will crumble on its own..."
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan instantly realized what was happening, but at the same time felt a sense of unease. The fire mark was located on the lion's chest, which was its most heavily guarded area. To damage the fire mark, one would have to get close.
At this moment, Xiao Yan was not confident that he could fight it in close combat. If he did, he would probably be severely injured by the beast before he even got close to the fire seal!
Just as Xiao Yan was feeling troubled, a powerful energy fluctuation quietly emanated from within Xiao Yan body. Although this energy fluctuation was not as strong as Xiao Yan's, its aura was comparable to that of One-Star Half-Emperor!
Xiao Yan's expression changed again in that instant. However, this time, Xiao Yan's expression showed great joy, because the aura belonging to a One-Star Half-Emperor was coming from his avatar!