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"Hehe, this body isn't bad at all, much better looking than that old toad. I'll be taking this one."
As soon as he saw the corpse of the male elder from the Earth-Splitting Two Fiends, Tian Huo Zun Zhe, who had been dormant inside the ring for quite some time, suddenly floated out, rubbing his hands together in excitement.
He had already been aware of everything that happened outside. But since his current strength was only at the peak of Dou Huang, even if he appeared, he wouldn't have been of much help.
So he simply observed from within, until he saw this Nine-Star Dou Zong corpse. Although the man's strength when alive was about the same as that of Old Chan Chu, in terms of appearance, this one was far more pleasing.
After all, Old Chan Chu, pointed mouth was indeed unpleasant to look at.
"Take it."
Seeing that Tian Huo Zun Zhe wanted it, Xiao Yixian flicked her jade-like hand.
The male corpse of the Earth-Splitting Two Fiends was tossed over to him. As for the female corpse and the two storage rings, she threw them to Lin Feng.
"Hehe, Brat Lin, this one's for you."
After storing away the body he wanted, Tian Huo Zun Zhe also pulled out Old Chan Chu's corpse and tossed it to Lin Feng as well.
Lin Feng extended his hand and collected the two corpses along with the rings. He then looked at the two and said, "Everything's done here. Let's go."
"Alright."
With that, Tian Huo Zun Zhe's illusory figure happily slipped back into the ring.
As for Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian, the two of them continued their flight deeper into the vast Western Desert.
After three days of traveling, Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian arrived at a desolate area, surrounded entirely by towering sand dunes.
Lin Feng swept his gaze around.
After confirming that there were no traces of other explorers in the area, he nodded in satisfaction.
Next, his soul power spread out from between his brows, extending as far as possible to scan the surroundings.
Seeing that there were no powerful magic beasts nearby, he said to Xiao Yixian: "I'll absorb the Heavenly Flame here. We shouldn't be disturbed."
"Mm."
Xiao Yixian nodded in agreement.
Her jade hands then came together as she began constructing a spatial seal.
Lin Feng, meanwhile, started looking for a suitable dune. Before long, his eyes landed on a massive dune nearly a thousand meters tall and several hundred meters wide.
Stretching out his hand, a surge of powerful Dou Qi gathered in his palm. Under his control, the Dou Qi turned into a rapidly spinning spiral, which shot toward the towering dune.
"Boom!"
The fierce Dou Qi slammed into the dune, and an explosive sound rang across the sky. The spiral of Dou Qi kept drilling deeper inside. It only stopped after penetrating several dozen meters, where it then suddenly detonated.
Immediately after, Lin Feng sent out another wave of Dou Qi to reinforce the newly formed sand cavern, preventing it from collapsing.
With the place for refining the Heavenly Flame prepared, Lin Feng flew onto the peak of another dune and sat cross-legged.
"Bang!"
With a light swipe of his ring, a massive crimson cauldron dropped heavily onto the dune.
This time, the pill he was going to refine was the Heavenly Yellow Pill—a pill he had already refined twice before.
This pill was ranked as a mid seventh-tier, famed as one of the most effective pills for absorbing Heavenly Flames ranked in the top ten.
Although its reputation exaggerated its effects, using it to suppress the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame, which ranked eighteenth, was still no problem.
After his preparations were complete, Lin Feng took out the necessary medicinal ingredients for the Heavenly Yellow Pill.
Then, he fully focused on his refining.
"Rumble!"
Several days later, amidst the endless drifting sands, a thick black cloud suddenly gathered in the sky.
Inside it, streaks of silver lightning flickered, resembling giant pythons lurking within the dark storm.
An invisible heavenly might gradually spread from above. Some of the magic beasts living among the sand dunes seemed to sense this heavenly pressure.
One after another, they abandoned whatever they were doing and quickly scurried back into their lairs.
Seeing the changes in the sky, Lin Feng's lips curled into a faint smile.
The appearance of Pill Lightning meant that the pill had been successfully refined.
But when he thought about it, a mid seventh-tier pill's Pill Lightning wouldn't be of much use to a Earth Demon Puppet at the level of a Seven-Star Dou Zong.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Feng instead summoned Old Ground Demon Ghost, who was at the level of Six-Star Dou Zong.
"Rumble!"
Not long after, a silver bolt of lightning, as thick as a man's waist, crashed down violently from the black clouds.
It streaked straight toward the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron before Lin Feng!
"Go!"
Seeing this, Lin Feng immediately shouted toward the silver figure at his side.
"Whoosh~"
At his command, Old Ground Demon Ghost shot out without the slightest hesitation. It charged directly at the giant silver python of lightning, whose power was comparable to a full-force strike from a Four or Five-Star Dou Zong.
"Bang!"
The silver lightning collided fiercely with the Earth Demon Puppet, producing a thunderous explosion that shook the skies.
Under the impact, the puppet was blasted down several dozen meters.
But at the same time, the giant silver python shattered into countless streams of silver lightning, which coursed endlessly over the surface of Old Ground Demon Ghost's body.
And as it was tempered by these bolts of lightning, the aura exuding from the puppet grew noticeably stronger.
Witnessing this, the Pill Lightning seemed provoked.
After gathering even more lightning energy within the clouds, it continuously struck down several more bolts, each more powerful than the last.
Yet, not a single one of those waist-thick lightning pythons managed to injure Old Ground Demon Ghost in the slightest.
On the contrary, the Earth Demon Puppet's strength steadily rose from Six-Star Dou Zong all the way to Seven-Star Dou Zong.
After a few more bolts, the energy within the black clouds above was completely spent.
In the end, the clouds could only disperse helplessly.
At the same time, the Earth Demon Puppet—now radiating with even purer silver brilliance—silently returned to Lin Feng's side.
"Not bad. Just one round of Pill Lightning tempering, and the Puppet has already advanced to Seven-Star. Once I finish swallowing the Heavenly Flame, I'll go into seclusion to study high seventh-tier pill refinement. By then, I'll give all my Puppets another upgrade."
Lin Feng chuckled lightly, tapping the metallic surface of Old Ground Demon Ghost.
Thinking of the vast amount of energy hidden within the Pill Lightning, he couldn't help but shake his head.
Such powerful energy… what a pity it couldn't be properly harnessed.
"Come!"
Sensing the pill inside the cauldron trying to escape, he waved his hand, instantly drawing the pill into his palm.
Looking at the pale yellow pill in his hand, faintly brimming with spirit, Lin Feng once again recalled the wasted yet abundant energy within the Pill Lightning.
He muttered softly to himself: "If Pill Lightning can temper a Puppet, I wonder… could it temper other things as well?"
"Forget it, absorbing the Heavenly Flame is the priority."
Shaking away the stray thoughts, Lin Feng swept his hand, collecting both the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron and the Puppet back into the Serene Sea Storage Ring.
"Xiao Yixian, I'm about to start absorbing the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame. I'll leave security to you."
From atop another dune, Xiao Yixian sat cross-legged. Hearing him, she nodded calmly.
"No problem."
Seeing that all preparations were in place, Lin Feng's figure flickered and disappeared into the sand cavern he had prepared earlier.
In the air, only a faint voice lingered: "Oh, right… after I finish swallowing the Heavenly Flame, I may need to trouble you a bit more."
"Me? Why would I be tired?"
Xiao Yixian blinked, her pretty face filled with confusion at his words.
Once he absorbed the Heavenly Flame, wouldn't everything be resolved? Why would there still be more trouble?
"Could it be that after absorbing the Heavenly Flame, he wants to test his combat strength… and use me as a sparring partner?"
Twisting a strand of her hair with her fingers, Xiao Yixian muttered inwardly, her mind drifting with guesses.
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