Chapter 184: Help Me See If It Lasts Longer
Amidst the stunned gaze of the Little Golden Dragon, an illusory longsword slowly took shape in Xiao Bai's hands.
It stretched dozens of meters, its slender blade shimmering with a multicolored brilliance.
The aura emanating from it was remarkably familiar, and Xiao Bai suppressed the faint trembling of his inner energy.
Glancing at the illusory longsword with a touch of fear, the Little Golden Dragon quietly took two steps to the side. Then, as if catching a glimpse from the corner of his eye, he urgently called out, "My Lord, no! That creature is escaping!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai glanced around and vaguely spotted a palm-sized, milky-white flaming snake. His eyes shifted, and he glanced at the multicolored longsword with fear.
"Destroy!"
Seeing the creature's figure slowly disappearing again, Xiao Bai, without a second thought, swung the illusory light sword in his hand.
The blade's light splattered with multicolored streaks, seemingly slow but actually swift, like thunder, as he fiercely slashed at the flaming snake.
Silently, a sword tens of meters long slashed down. The blade contacted the lava, then most of it sank into the magma, causing no ripples as the lava continued to flow.
It was as if it were merely an illusory blade of light, devoid of any power!
"Missed?"
Watching the scene, calm despite the mighty sword flash, the little golden dragon wondered, but kept silent, fearing it would embarrass its master.
"Hiss!"
A shrill hiss echoed from an unknown source, revealing anger, resentment, helplessness, and fear.
The little golden dragon shook its head, having unexpectedly grasped so many emotions from that sound. And the Fallen Heart Flame, now completely undetectable.
Suddenly, Xiao Bai's aura beside him shifted.
His jade-like face flushed slightly, his black robe swelled without a breeze, and his aura seemed to rise rapidly.
Peak Dou Wang!
One-star Dou Huang...
Two-star Dou Huang...
Three-star Dou Huang...
"What kind of tonic did my lord take?"
Xiao Bai exclaimed in surprise as he watched his aura slowly climb, barely reaching the level of a four-star Dou Huang.
"Huh!" Xiao Bai exhaled, stretched out his hand to examine it, clenched his fist, felt the power surge through his body, and whispered, "Ten minutes!"
The previous strike didn't seem to have hit anything, but the energy fed back indicated that the Fallen Heart Flame had lost some of its essence. While not much, it was enough to cause that creature some distress for a while.
"Master, what do you mean by ten minutes?" the little golden dragon asked curiously.
"My current state can only last ten minutes at most!" Xiao Bai looked at the little golden dragon, who was almost close to his face and carefully studying it, and pushed it away.
"Tsk! I thought it was permanent!"
A look of disdain crossed the little golden dragon's ferocious face, but within its golden eyes, the pupils darted and whirled.
"Is this the Great Five Elements Divine Light you created earlier?"
"Not bad!" Xiao Bai said, tilting his head slightly to gaze towards a certain part of the underground magma.
"My Lord, it's only been ten minutes, your fighting technique is still far from perfect!" The little golden dragon crossed its paws over its chest, offering a lewd smile. "Would you like me to show it to you and help you improve it?"
"..." Xiao Bai glared at it with annoyance. This guy's calculations were about to hit him in the face!
"Hey, hey, my Lord, don't go!"
He waved at the energy shield above his head, then vanished in a flash, heading off at breakneck speed. The little golden dragon hurried to catch up, shouting, "I really just want to help improve it so you can last longer. Nothing else!"
"Get lost!" Xiao Bai's voice echoed from afar.
The magma beneath the Tianfen Qi Refining Tower quieted down. Xiao Bai and his dragon were gone, and more importantly, the Invisible Fire Python had vanished as well.
Looking at the empty space beneath the energy shield, dominated only by the flowing magma, Su Qian breathed a sigh of relief, a deep joy gradually appearing on his aged face.
"He succeeded!"
Su Qian glanced around at the elders who were watching him anxiously. Suppressing his excitement, he announced loudly, his voice calm, a slight tremor in his voice.
"Haha. Master Xiao is truly Master Xiao! Not only is his alchemy skills at the sixth rank, but his cultivation puts us to shame!"
"Canaan Academy is fortunate to have such a student!"
"Ah, it's a little embarrassing to think about it. We've troubled him so much, but it seems Canaan Academy hasn't been able to help him much!"
The elders chatted, and the atmosphere underground gradually heated up. They were all quite relaxed, no longer feeling the dullness of the past.
"That's right! Great Elder, I'm afraid this energy shield won't last much longer after what happened!" Hu Qian said with a hint of concern, looking at the dimly glowing shield.
"It's okay!" Su Qian waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry about the Fallen Heart Flame raging again anytime soon!"
The elders couldn't see the scene below, but he saw it all clearly.
Xiao Bai's final strike seemed insignificant, but judging by the invisible fire python's screams and the subsequent fluctuations in his aura, which rose to the level of a four-star Dou Huang, it was clear that the Fallen Heart Flame had suffered significant damage.
If it wants to make a comeback, it will probably need some time to recuperate.
"The Great Five Elements Divine Light?"
"Five Elements? No wonder he was so fearless before, scorching with the boundless heart fire!"
Su Qian pondered, lost in thought. Remembering Xiao Bai's conversation with the little golden dragon beside him, he realized that this was the fighting technique that had caused the strange phenomena in the heavens and the earth.
"Amazing fighting skills, an incredible young man!"
"Zi Yan! What are you going to do?"
Su Qian saw a small figure sneaking up to the edge of the light curtain from the corner of his eye. There was a familiar fluctuation on his body, and he said angrily.
"Hehe. I'll just take a look!" Zi Yan's big black eyes rolled around, and her tone was erratic.
"Don't look! Xiao Bai is no longer down there!" The elder was speechless, and he was quite troubled by the girl's magical spatial talent.
"What. Gone?" Zi Yan was stunned, clenching her little fists. She had been looking forward to that guy coming up and refining medicinal materials for her!
Gritting her teeth, she said hatefully: "Big liar!"
"Okay! Others have something to do, do you think everyone is like you, doing nothing all day!" Su Qian sighed, rubbed her little head and said: "If you really want help, you need to build good relationships with them, not just rely on your fists!"
"What? I've changed a lot! I'm just saying I'll hit you, not really!" Zi Yan pouted, shaking her head, rather disapprovingly.
"Go to Zixiao sometime! That's Xiao Bai's faction, try getting along with them first!" Su Qian offered her gentle advice, his eyes lovingly gazing at the girl in white.
He remembered when he first brought her back, she had all the mannerisms of a mountain dweller, just like those monsters, aggressive and aggressive, grabbing whatever she wanted.
Now, under his constant guidance, Zi Yan had indeed changed a lot.
He had always raised Zi Yan as his own granddaughter, but he also had his own selfish motives. Judging from Xiao Bai's tone earlier, he seemed quite fond of her.
Zi Yan's origins were mysterious, her talent extraordinary, and her bloodline high in rank, yet she was living in exile.
These traits had always fueled a vague sense of worry in him. The stories of feuds and vendettas between the top families were already rife across the continent.
His Dou Zong strength was certainly impressive in the Northwest Territory, but compared to the continent's top powers, it was nothing. He feared the day he wouldn't be able to protect this girl!
However, with Xiao Bai's demonstrated potential, he might be able to help Zi Yan in a critical moment should she face any challenges in the future.
This was a perfect opportunity to build a good relationship with her. It was a simple move, with nothing to lose, so why not?
Xiao Bai was unaware of Su Qian's plans.
He was currently navigating the vast expanse of magma, and when he looked up, he saw a sea of crimson. Only in such a place could one sense his own insignificance and the might of nature.
"The magma here isn't as intense as the birthplace of the Fallen Heart Flame!" Xiao Bai glanced around, his multicolored Dou Qi shielding the fiery lava from view.
"My Lord, what are we looking for here?" The little golden dragon stretched out its four claws, digging through the lava, circling Xiao Bai like it was swimming.
"I don't know!" Xiao Bai glanced at the rather leisurely little golden dragon and shook his head.
"After absorbing the essence of the Fallen Heart Flame from that fighting skill, I felt a faint sense of something calling me, so I thought I'd come and see!"
He wasn't lying; he had faintly sensed that calling, but he wasn't completely clueless. He knew it was a resonance between the Fallen Heart Flame and the Radiant Sky Fire.
This was why he had persisted in slaying the Fallen Heart Flame even after it had clearly retreated.
This underground magma world was too vast. Without this kind of sensory guidance, finding the old man's deathbed would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Man and dragon, conversing as they hurried on.
"How far is it? At our speed, we've already dived over ten miles in just a few minutes, right?" The little golden dragon lamented in boredom, observing the monotonous perspectives around them.
"I don't know!" Xiao Bai said calmly, leaving behind a powerful stream of Dou Qi energy to mark his direction, lest he get lost in the endless magma.
While water provides buoyancy to indicate direction, this wasn't the case with magma. Once inside, it was impossible to tell up from down, left from right.
"Huh? Something's approaching!" The little golden dragon dropped its comfortable stance, instantly alert.
Xiao Bai also stopped and glanced in a certain direction, frowning.
He had only ten minutes; after that, it was hard to say whether the sense would still be there.
Just then, the magma in their direction began to churn, and a blazing gust of wind swept towards them.
"Damn, he's so ugly, and he's so unruly, attacking me straight away!" The little golden dragon raged, lashing out with a flick of its tail.
"Bang!"
After a muffled sound, the magma trembled, and the immense pressure dispersed.
After the magma subsided, several vague outlines gradually came into view.
Its entire body was crimson, so if you didn't look closely, it would be hard to spot amidst the fiery lava.
"What the hell is this!" The little golden dragon looked at the upright creature with disdain. "I thought lizards were ugly, but I didn't expect you to be even uglier than those ugly bastards!"
"Your head is rounder than theirs, your neck is thicker than theirs, your feet are bigger than theirs, and you even have squinty eyes. You're just born crooked!"
"...!" Xiao Bai.
I didn't expect this guy to be so obsessed with looks!
I wonder how these fire lizards feel, but if anyone dared to shout at them like that, they'd be utterly pissed off.
Sure enough, perhaps the fire lizards understood what they were saying, but the previously faintly visible ferocity in their tiny eyes suddenly shone red, a fierce gleam of rage.
"Hiss!"
A maw stretching to the back of its head opened slightly, revealing a jagged, sharp tooth. A slender, forked tongue flickered in and out, emitting a piercing, angry hiss.
The tail, half its body length, swung behind it, and its sharp, stubby claws sliced through the lava, charging straight at Xiao Bai.
Seeing this, Xiao Bai raised his right hand, his slender palm glowing with a pure white light, and plunged it directly into the fiery red lava. With a burst of force, a powerful fighting spirit surged forth.
"Thunder!"
A multicolored palm print instantly formed, erupting and slamming fiercely into the fire lizard's body.
The powerful force sent it flying dozens of meters, leaving behind a long channel of lava that flowed crimson before slowly closing.
The other fire lizards rushed forward to investigate. They saw the figure flying backwards, arcs of multicolored lightning surging from its body, its body limp in the lava, the light in its eyes gradually dimming.
"Hiss!"
Angry, impatient hisses echoed one after another. The eyes of the remaining three fire lizards suddenly turned red and furious. Their fanged mouths opened wide, and three foot-sized lava balls, like cannonballs, shot towards Xiao Bai.
"You're asking for death!"
Xiao Bai waved his sleeve, and a massive energy chain suddenly appeared, shattering the magma balls that were about to reach him, then merging back into the surrounding magma.
But the energy chain didn't disappear. Amidst the monotonous fiery red, a streak of multicolored light flashed, fiercely striking one of the fire lizards, which was caught off guard.
With a soft crack, another long lava channel appeared.
The remaining two fire lizards, seeing this, were furious, yet also apprehensive.
Their fierce eyes flashed rapidly, and they exchanged a glance. Then, sharp chirping sounds emanated from their mouths, spreading rapidly through the magma like ripples.
Xiao Bai watched this scene, pondering for a moment. His expression changed dramatically, and he reappeared in a flash, already in front of the two fire lizards.
His hands, like knives, plunged into their chests with lightning speed.
Suffering this fatal blow, the two fire lizards' cries abruptly ceased. Their eyes glared with disbelief, and after a few violent struggles, their pupils gradually dilated and they fell silent.
Xiao Bai withdrew his hands, each holding a crimson bead that gleamed with a faint, fiery glow.
"What is this?" the little golden dragon asked, leaning in to examine them.
"Leave it alone!" Xiao Bai waved away the fire beads from the remaining two fire lizards and said, "These guys just sent a message. Next time, it won't just be a few Dou Wangs!"
"These crooked guys have backers?" The little golden dragon saw a hint of anxiety in Xiao Bai's face and was immediately alarmed. It rarely saw this look from Xiao Bai, which suggested these guys had some very powerful backers!
As they spoke, both the man and the dragon sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching.
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