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"That's the place, near that volcano."

Xiao Lan flew deep into the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Luckily, she encountered no dangerous, powerful flying magical beasts, and soon arrived near a volcano.

Wisps of blue smoke drifted from the volcano's crater. Cracks covered its slopes, and scalding steam gushed from the gaps in the rock.

Lu Yuan leaned forward and looked down. On a platform on the volcano's southern side, baked dry and cracked by the geothermal heat, a blue-gray serpent over ten zhang long lay coiled.

The serpent's body was as thick as a bucket, and its scales gleamed dully. Two translucent wing membranes on its back, resembling cyan flames, opened and closed slightly.

"This Azure-Feathered Flame Snake has just eaten a Third-Order Magical Beast and is digesting it." Zhang Qingqing glanced at the half-charred magical beast's corpse nearby and the obvious bulge in the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's belly before giving her assessment.

"This Azure-Feathered Flame Snake broke through not long ago, and it's just finished eating and is digesting its meal. Relatively speaking, this is when it's at its weakest."

Lu Yuan did not answer. He swept his gaze over the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake several times, then turned to Qing Lin. "What do you think? Can you contract it?"

Qing Lin knew exactly what they had come here to do. As soon as she saw the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake, she activated her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to observe it. She discovered that the energy within the serpent was immense, like a mass of molten-hot magma fused together, far greater than that of the Third-Order Magical Beasts she controlled.

"Young master, if Qing Lin hasn't contracted a magical beast yet, she should be able to." Qing Lin answered honestly.

"Then let's do it." Lu Yuan's eyes burned. "We'll attack together and help you take down this Azure-Feathered Flame Snake as your contracted beast."

Zhang Qingqing froze for a moment, then frowned. "Xiao Yuan, this is no child's play."

"If it fights back with its life on the line, I'm afraid our current strength won't be enough."

Lu Yuan, however, showed no intention of backing down. He said calmly, "Aunt Qing, you said it yourself. He only just broke through to the fourth order, and he's just finished eating a magical beast. This is when he's at his weakest."

"Xian'er and I can join forces to suppress it for a while and keep it from moving."

"Then Qing Lin can send her three Third-Order Magical Beasts charging in to self-destruct and blast open its defenses."

"As long as a wound appears, you can suppress it and buy Qing Lin a chance to contract it."

Zhang Qingqing's eyelid twitched. "You want to send three Third-Order Magical Beasts straight in to self-destruct?"

"Those are combat forces Qing Lin worked so hard to bring under her control."

Crazy. This is sheer madness.

They were the equivalent of three Da Dou Shi.

Even in the Lu Clan or the Mo Clan, they would be pillars of strength.

"So what if they're three Third-Order Magical Beasts? Can they compare to a single Fourth-Order Magical Beast?" Lu Yuan's tone was steady. "As long as Qing Lin can contract the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake, she'll have combat strength at the Dou Ling level under her control."

"If my Lu Clan gains another Dou Ling, even with the Misty Cloud Sect backing the Mo Clan, they'll have to think carefully before trying to suppress us again."

Zhang Qingqing opened her mouth, but seeing that Lu Yuan had made up his mind, Qing Lin was ready to obey, and Xiao Yi Xian had also begun preparing, she said no more.

"All right, we'll do as you say." Zhang Qingqing took her sword from her Storage Ring.

"Xian'er, are you ready?"

"Anytime!"

"Good. Xiao Lan, dive down."

Xiao Lan immediately obeyed and dove.

When they were five zhang from the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake, it seemed to sense something and raised its head toward the sky.

"Now!"

Lu Yuan was the first to dart out, with Xiao Yi Xian close behind.

The two descended together toward the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's head, their hands rapidly forming seals.

"Roar!"

The Azure-Feathered Flame Snake raised its triangular head warily, its vertical pupils locking onto the two figures as it let out a low hiss.

Having just eaten its fill, it could not easily flee. The two cyan flame-like wing membranes on its back abruptly spread open, and crimson flames flowed between its scales as it assumed a defensive posture.

When they were two zhang away from it, Lu Yuan's and Xiao Yi Xian's meridians began to bulge, purple energy circulating within them as their cultivation temporarily soared.

"Heavenly Poison Prison Realm!"

The two cried out in unison.

Purple poison mist gushed from their bodies and converged in midair. Then, like a raging tide, it spread faster than the eye could follow. In the space of a breath, it became a dense poisonous realm over ten zhang in diameter, completely enveloping the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake.

The purple mist was thick enough to be seen with the naked eye, its hues reflecting off one another. Within it, energy seemed to take the form of chains that wound around the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's body.

The poisonous gas entered the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake through the gaps between its scales, seeping into every opening.

"Roar!"

The Azure-Feathered Flame Snake felt its body grow heavy and its movements suddenly become extremely difficult. It let out a hiss of shock and fury, straining to circulate Dou Qi through its body as it tried to break free of the poison prison's bonds.

"Qing Lin!" Lu Yuan shouted.

Qing Lin had long been ready. The moment she heard him, she formed a seal with both hands.

Three Third-Order Magical Beasts-the Earth-Splitting Rock Python, the Azure Thorn Cloud Snake, and the Black-Winged Nether Snake-flew out of the world within her eyes. Like meteors of heavenly fire, they hurtled straight toward the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake trapped in the poison prison.

"Explode!"

All three magical beasts opened their mouths and bit into the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's body. Lu Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian immediately shot backward with all their strength, their faces somewhat pale.

With no further energy flowing into it, the Heavenly Poison Prison Realm began to dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Feeling its body regain the ability to move, the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake immediately thrashed, trying to shake off the Earth-Splitting Rock Snake and the others.

But the next moment, a bloody glow appeared on the surfaces of all three magical beasts. Like three detonated bombs, they exploded in an instant. The tremendous shock wave of energy pinned the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake to the ground, tearing its skin and flesh open and drawing a deafening hiss of agony from it.

Amid the smoke and dust, the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's thick tail battered the rocks violently.

Without needing Lu Yuan's reminder, Zhang Qingqing found her opening and struck with her sword.

"Mid Xuan Tier: Green Wood Demon-Sealing Seal."

Dou Qi surged from Zhang Qingqing's body and formed a cyan seal at the tip of her sword. Using the momentum of her descent, she drove it into the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's largest wound.

Wood Attribute Dou Qi surged from the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's body, carrying an immensely powerful sealing force that left it unable to move for the moment.

Qing Lin was the last to land. She came to a stop directly in front of the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake, and the three lotus flowers in her emerald-green serpent eyes blazed with light.

Two beams shot from her pupils, forming a green lotus seal between the Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's eyes.

The lotus seal was large at first. The Azure-Feathered Flame Snake tried to struggle, but Zhang Qingqing's sword held it in place.

As time passed, the cyan lotus began to shrink. The Azure-Feathered Flame Snake's gaze began to lose focus, and its struggles grew weaker.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Qing Lin's forehead, and even her lips were turning pale.

She could feel waves of frenzied soul power surging toward her.

But before these eyes of hers, they amounted to nothing.

A few breaths later, Qing Lin felt as though her soul power had been drained in an instant. Her body swayed, and she fell backward.

She did not fall to the ground, but into a warm embrace.

Before losing consciousness, she said happily,

"Young master, Qing Lin did it!"