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The powerful flame energy faced Xiao Yan directly, and the intense heat rushed towards Xiao Yan's face.
This is not a deliberate attack technique, but an invisible shockwave formed purely from high-concentration fire-attribute energy. If it were an ordinary Dou Zun powerhouse, even if he were not injured by such an impact, he would at least end up with his face completely red.
The person here at this moment is Xiao Yan, who is an expert in playing with fire and possesses several kinds of strange fires, although he is not familiar with this kind of fire energy.
Almost instinctively, purplish-red flames suddenly emerged from Xiao Yan's body, directly colliding with the incoming flame energy in the most forceful way.
This new flame, formed by the fusion of four renowned strange flames—Red Lotus Karmic Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flames, Sea Heart Flame, and Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame—was named "Red Lotus Star Flame" by Xiao Yan, and it immediately moved according to Xiao Yan's will.
The moment the flames appeared, the temperature of the surrounding space soared again.
Fire against fire!
Even a simple collision resulted in a one-sided defeat with no real confrontation.
The surging flame energy, under the pressure of the Crimson Lotus Star Flame, instantly retreated at a speed visible to the naked eye. However, although it wanted to retreat, the Crimson Lotus Star Flame, which had already left Xiao Yan's body, would not allow it. Agile as a snake, it instantly transformed into several streams of flame, intercepting the unfamiliar flame energy's return path at an extremely fast speed.
In the blink of an eye, they intertwined and converged at several key points of the retreat route, instantly forming a cage of purplish-red flames.
That perfectly trapped those few streams of fire energy that were trying to escape in the center of the cage!
Looking at everything before him, Xiao Yan knew that his strange fire had once again made significant progress. It had begun to develop some combat awareness, and even without his command, the flame would exhibit some instinctive reactions in battle.
In fact, Xiao Yan had already seen a glimpse of this in the Three Thousand Burning Flames. After all, the Three Thousand Burning Flames had developed its own consciousness and could even act autonomously. However, after merging into his body, most of that intelligence disappeared.
However, the flame created by the fusion of four different flames was ultimately of extraordinary quality, and it was normal for such a rare and precious creature to develop some kind of consciousness. Xiao Yan even seriously considered that if he absorbed two or three more different flames, it wouldn't be impossible for his own flame to develop its own consciousness.
After the Crimson Lotus Star Flame contained the incoming force, Xiao Yan gave clear instructions that no further rash actions were permitted, as they were currently within the Yan Clan's territory. Although he was dissatisfied with this "welcoming ceremony," the visitors seemed to have no real malice, and there was no need to exterminate them.
Only now did Xiao Yan truly see the attackers' true forms. They were seven or eight small beasts, each only the size of an adult's fist, and each with a different shape, formed from flames.
Their forms were incredibly lifelike. These little beasts were composed entirely of pure crimson flames, without a trace of impurity, radiating a rich and concentrated fire-attribute Dou Qi. What struck Xiao Yan most was that the energy fluctuations of each of these tiny flame beasts had reached an astonishing level of a one-star Dou Zun!
However, although their flame energy was powerful, it was qualitatively different from the strange fire. Now, surrounded by the Crimson Lotus Star Flame, they were all trembling. The fire beasts in the center circle huddled together, obviously unwilling to face the "fierce and evil" Crimson Lotus Star Flame head-on.
Occasionally, a small fire beast would muster the courage to make a move, but as soon as it came into contact with the purplish-red fire circle, it would be burned beyond recognition and could only return to the fire circle's confinement once again.
They seemed to sense something, looking at Xiao Yan with pitiful expressions, hoping to gain his forgiveness.
"Young friend Xiao Yan, please stop your supernatural powers. These fire beasts mean no harm. They are patrolling and vigilant beasts arranged by my clan. They only attacked because they did not sense my clan's aura on you." Yan Chao quickly explained as he saw this.
Nurturing fire beasts with intelligence and strength reaching the Dou Zun level is no easy task; each one is extremely precious. If Xiao Yan's strange fire were to inadvertently burn the essence of these little fire beasts, it would be a pointless loss.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded slightly, and the Crimson Lotus Star Flame returned to his body.
The small fire beasts, now free, looked at Xiao Yan with innocent eyes. Once they truly realized they were free, they immediately transformed into seven or eight streaks of crimson light, fleeing in panic without a care in the world.
Looking at them, Xiao Yan knew that these fire beasts were not as docile as they appeared. If someone with weaker strength had come along, they would probably have been in a rather sorry state if they had acted the way they did at first.
Just as the commotion caused by the little fire spirit subsided, several figures rushed over with slight spatial fluctuations!
Xiao Yan glanced around and saw that the people who came all bore scars from recent battles, and their eyes showed both fatigue and vigilance. Only after recognizing that they were from the Yan Dynasty did his tense nerves relax slightly.
However, Xiao Yan's gaze swept over all of them and fixed on a familiar red figure that appeared at the back of the crowd, slightly thin but still standing strong!
Fire Child!
However, Huo Zhi's once bright and lively eyes, which were like flames, could not hide her deep fatigue. The Emperor Flame Mark on her smooth forehead had lost its luster, and her cheeks even had a faint pallor.
The moment her gaze met Xiao Yan's across the distance, a huge question arose in her mind.
"Xiao Yan?"
"How did you end up here?" She subconsciously took half a step forward, then stopped, seemingly unable to believe that the figure in front of her was real.
"Thank goodness you're alright." Upon seeing Huo Zhi for the first time, Xiao Yan's worries were greatly relieved.
"Xiao Yan, is that Xiao Yan?"
"The aura of fire is so intense; this person's strength seems to be no less than Huo Quan's."
"It's said that Huo Xuan speaks highly of him!"
"Elder Yan Chao, what's going on?" Huo Zhi asked proactively.
Seeing that Xiao Yan had become a star as soon as he arrived, Yan Chao immediately stepped in to explain: "It's like this, I brought these two children here, and we encountered people from the Soul Palace on the way. I didn't dare to make a move, so I asked my friend Xiao Yan to escort us here."
"I see." Huo Zhi didn't delve into the details after hearing this explanation. Instead, she immediately said to Yan Chao, "Elder Yan Chao, you've finally arrived. Please come with me. Elder Huo Zhen has been talking about you more than once these days."