"Heavenly Flame!?"
A surprised expression appeared on Yun Yun's beautiful and delicate face.
Why hadn't she noticed the Heavenly Flame and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor nearby?
Wait!
Suddenly remembering something, Yun Yun concentrated her sword intent and charged into the raging storm.
After breaking through the hurricane, she felt a burning sensation that seemed to ignite her soul, but gained nothing else.
Isn't that the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame?
At that moment, Xiao Ting said, "This is the northwestern part of the Tager Desert — a vast yellow sand region that even snake people rarely set foot in. Today happens to be one of the hottest days of the year, and the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame is about to appear."
"Wind and Thunder Fury Flame?" Yun Yun blinked her beautiful eyes and tightly hugged Xiao Ting's arm. "Is that the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame said to originate from the eye of an ancient desert fire tornado and only appears randomly during the hottest period of the year?"
"That's right!" Xiao Ting smiled and nodded. "What a coincidence to encounter a Heavenly Flame while chasing those two, isn't it?"
However, the truth was not like that. As Xiao Ting had already written in his Journal.
[The Wind and Thunder Fury Flame in the Tager Desert would appear in a few hours.]
He had been a little worried that Yun Yun hadn't returned. He went to the Misty Cloud Sect to check the situation and happened to obtain the Heavenly Flame as well.
[What a coincidence! On the way, I encountered Yun Yun being attacked by an eight-star Dou Ancestor from the Sky Serpent Mansion and an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor comparable to a seven-star Dou Ancestor. They wanted to take Yun Yun's inheritance and turn her into a slave. That was equivalent to a death sentence.]
When the women saw the updated Journal, they were all shocked at first, but after reading it, they all breathed a sigh of relief for Yun Yun.
[Xun Er]: As expected, the one who rushed over was Brother Xiao Ting.
[Cai Lin]: I was wondering why he was in such a hurry. It turns out it was because of Yun Yun and that Heavenly Flame.
[Yun Yun]: Even if I were replaced by you, Sister Cai Lin, it would be the same.
[Cai Lin]: The opponents are a seven-star Dou Ancestor and an eight-star Dou Ancestor. Can he deal with them?
[Tang Huo Er]: What does this mean? Did Xiao Ting suffer a setback?
[Cao Ying]: Nonsense. How could my future master end up in such a predicament?
[Yao Ling]: He has only just reached the Dou Ancestor level, but his opponents are high-level Dou Ancestors. His spatial control ability has only just reached the level of a Dou Venerable technique. The people from the Sky Serpent Mansion definitely have high-level techniques and battle skills as well. In a one-versus-two situation, it's hard to tell who will win.
[Huo Zhi]: One move — no, one punch.
The higher one goes from the Dou Ancestor level, the harder it becomes to fight against higher-level opponents.
Starting from the Dou Ancestor level, every subsequent promotion is extremely difficult.
When comparing smaller stages such as low-level Dou Ancestor and high-level Dou Ancestor, the difference becomes even clearer.
However, considering Xiao Ting's talent and the various advanced battle techniques he had learned, there was no reason he couldn't withstand even a single strike.
[Huo Zhi]: The spatial constriction crushed the Sky Serpent Mansion Dou Ancestor and the seventh-rank magical beast. He decisively used the blood escape secret technique to escape. However, before the Sky Serpent Mansion Dou Ancestor arrived, Xiao Ting took Yun Yun and moved through time and space to the landing point of the Sky Serpent Mansion Dou Ancestor and killed him with an ordinary attack.
[Cai Lin]: As expected of him.
[Little Fairy Doctor]: This is Xiao Ting.
[Cao Ying]: Yao Ling, you don't understand how great my master is.
[Hou Zhi]: Xiao Ting used some kind of secret technique. His combat power is definitely comparable to a one-star Dou Venerable. In close combat, he is even stronger than an ordinary one-star Dou Venerable and might be comparable to an early-stage eighth-rank magical beast.
[Yun Yun]: Yes, that's how terrifying he is.
Yao Ling: !
A two-star Dou Ancestor is comparable to an early-stage eighth-rank magical beast.
Even the most outstanding person in the royal family had not reached this level.
Being able to fight undefeated against a Dou Venerable expert at the high-level Dou Ancestor stage was already proof of extraordinary talent.
The gap in realms cannot be bridged by cultivation methods or battle techniques. Furthermore, Dou Ancestors cannot learn Heaven-rank cultivation methods or battle techniques. Even Dou Venerables can barely learn them.
Xiao Ting is terrifyingly strong!?
The women knew the answer in the next moment.
[The Heaven and Earth Law is truly powerful. It is worthy of being a great divine power from the Supreme World. Even the unity of man and law, which only Supreme existences in the Great Thousand Worlds can master, is merely the most elementary form of the Heaven and Earth Law.]
[After my essence, energy, and spirit fused, my power increased exponentially. Although I am only a one-star Dou Ancestor, I can suppress a one-star Dou Venerable with just my physique. There is no problem at all.]
[It turned out to be a blessing from the Great Dao Journal. Everything is going smoothly now.]
Xiao Ting obtained Purple Beast Flame a year ago, which allowed him to reach the Heavenly Realm in the soul domain. His cultivation level now spans four major realms.
Furthermore, Purple Beast Flame can also obtain the abilities of other Heavenly Flames and can replicate Heavenly Flames at the source level with only evenly distributed energy.
[Hou Zhi]: I don't know. If I fight him now, who would be stronger?
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[I want to experiment with Huo Zhi. If I pin her down right now and spank her butt, her expression would definitely be the best.]
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[Tang Huo Er]: Can this be considered a kind of tacit understanding?
[Xun Er]: That's perfect. You can challenge Brother Xiao Ting to a duel, but be prepared to get spanked.
[Hou Zhi]: It's hard to tell who would spank whom.
[Feng Qing Er]: You still want to spank Xiao Ting's butt?
[Huo Zhi]: I won't lose!
The women were chatting casually.
…
Yun Yun didn't disturb them because she and Xiao Ting were enjoying special time together.
The space around Xiao Ting formed a barrier, isolating him from the swirling yellow sand and hurricanes.
Standing high in the sky and looking down at this magnificent scene that was rarely seen even in the desert, Yun Yun felt her sword intent and soul being strengthened.
As time passed, several hurricanes formed. At the midpoint connecting these hurricanes, a flash of light suddenly appeared.
Immediately after, the wind and fire elemental energy of heaven and earth surged and converged toward that faint flame.
Flame and hurricane transformed into a massive tornado. Fire and wind fused, instantly surpassing the height of the explosion.
"Roar!"
The energy of the giant tornado began to compress to its limit. Eventually, it transformed into the shape of a fire dragon, and the storm came to resemble its body.
At that moment, a crack suddenly appeared in the void. The massive body of the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor shot out, cursing, "How unlucky. Even the blood escape technique got caught in the spatial turbulence. Luckily, space opened up…"
At this point, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor was shocked to notice the illusion surrounding it.
Multiple massive hurricanes surrounded the area. Sandstorms raged on the outer perimeter, and spatial tremors occurred as well.
Only the center of the hurricanes had a vacuum zone about two miles in diameter.
However, at the center of this vacuum zone lurked a fire dragon.
"Heavenly Flame!?"
The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor fell into deep silence.
"Damn it, am I going to die today?!"
"I always told you to stop killing and robbing and focus on cultivation, didn't I?"
He was killed in self-defense after committing murder and robbery.
He tried to escape using a secret technique but got caught in spatial turbulence and couldn't move.
Having just escaped the spatial turbulence, they now faced a fully developed Heavenly Flame.
In reality, not all Heavenly Flames are strong, but when encountered in the domain of Heavenly Flames, anyone below the Dou Venerable level would die.
"Hahaha!"
Xiao Ting's laughter echoed throughout heaven and earth.
"Little snake, you really make me happy."
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