Chapter 60: Confronting Jia Xingtian

Su Yun stared at the fourth-order ice snake in front of him, keeping his gaze fixed and remaining vigilant in case it launched a sudden attack. He contemplated his battle strategy.

Although he had successfully killed one fourth-order magical beast by surprise, dealing with the current ice snake was proving to be more challenging.

The earlier sneak attack had failed to work on this ice snake.

The ice snake had an ice armor protecting it, which provided significantly stronger defense compared to the deceased water snake. Su Yun wasn't confident in killing it with a single strike.

He didn't want to engage in a prolonged battle either.

After all, he was only at the Dou Grandmaster level, and to challenge higher-level opponents, he needed to use powerful martial techniques, which consumed a significant amount of Dou Qi.

Su Yun couldn't help but curse in his mind. His "Frost Flame Mantra" was, after all, a Xuan-tier high-level cultivation technique.

However, during this period, whether it was refining the fire seed or using stealth flight, his Dou Qi reserves were insufficient.

It wasn't the fault of the cultivation technique itself but rather the abnormal actions he had taken as a Dou Grandmaster.

Su Yun looked at the two types of elemental flames on his body, narrowed his eyes, and suddenly came up with an idea.

He had previously overlooked a technique.

Raging Fire Lotus!

Imitation was a great technique. This skill had tremendous power, and using it should be enough to severely injure the ice snake.

Su Yun grinned and suddenly disappeared, returning to the system space.

The system was his biggest secret, and anyone, whether human or beast, who saw it had to die.

At the moment Su Yun disappeared, the ice snake in the cave, with its human-like snake pupils, showed signs of alertness.

Its snake head scanned the cave but found no trace of Su Yun.

Where had that human gone?

The intelligence of fourth-order magical beasts was not to be underestimated. The ice snake spat out a snake signal in confusion.

Meanwhile, Su Yun, still in the system space, watched the ice snake in the cave that hadn't left its position, and he smiled.

Yes, just stay there and await your doom.

Su Yun's hands produced green and pink flames separately, slowly merging them.

Under Su Yun's control, a lotus flower composed of green and pink flames appeared in his hand.

Su Yun smiled with satisfaction. However, with this power, it might not cause too much damage to the ice snake outside.

The power of the Raging Fire Lotus depended on the fire control abilities of the caster, but the upper limit was determined by the quality of the flames.

The flames extracted from the fourth-order magical beast's body were not particularly strong.

To seriously injure the ice snake, Su Yun needed something more. He turned his gaze to the nearby Bone Cold Fire that was quietly burning.

In the system space, everything was under Su Yun's control, and he effortlessly extracted a bit of the Bone Cold Fire.

Incorporating this strand of fire into the lotus, Su Yun created a three-colored, splendid Raging Fire Lotus in his hand.

Heh heh.

Su Yun felt the energy within it, and his eyes gleamed with excitement.

Bone Cold Fire was different; he had only extracted a tiny bit of its energy, and this energy fluctuation would easily kill the ice snake outside.

With this thought in mind, Su Yun held the Raging Fire Lotus in one hand and returned to the cave.

Looking at the ice snake not far away, he activated Xuan Shadow Step and charged toward it.

Hmm!

The ice snake, seeing Su Yun approaching, grew cautious. It still didn't understand how this human had appeared, but that didn't stop it from launching an attack on Su Yun.

The ice snake rushed in Su Yun's direction, opening its blood-filled mouth to bite him.

Just as it was about to bite Su Yun, Su Yun disappeared again, just like before.

Following the momentum, the Raging Fire Lotus in his hand sped towards the ice snake.

Before the ice snake could react to what was happening, the Raging Fire Lotus touched its snake body, and in that instant, the lotus began to expand and exploded with a deafening boom!

"Boom!"

A thunderous explosion rang out as the ice snake's body was immediately blown apart. Its snake body shattered into several pieces, its skin ripped open, and its flesh mangled.

Even though a trace of confusion still lingered in its human-like snake pupils, it had already lost its breath and died under Su Yun's Raging Fire Lotus.

At this moment, Su Yun's figure reappeared, and he looked at his masterpiece with a satisfied smile.

Indeed, it was marvelous! Heh heh heh!

Su Yun approached the ice snake's corpse and stored it in the system space.

Glancing at the cave, he nodded in approval. It was surprisingly sturdy and hadn't collapsed from the explosion.

Su Yun activated his Purple Cloud Wings and didn't plan to linger any longer.

The explosion just now was quite loud. Although the cave had good soundproofing, some noise would still have leaked outside.

There was no guarantee that other demon beasts wouldn't take advantage of the situation and come looking for an opportunity.

Su Yun treated the Recovery Pills like candies and grabbed a few, stuffing them into his mouth. He then used the Illusion Technique to conceal his presence.

He made sure that his flight wouldn't produce too much noise, flew out of the cave, and was about to head towards the outer part of Demon Beast Mountain when he suddenly entered the system space again.

Su Yun raised an eyebrow. It seemed that these days were his unlucky days.

Just moments ago, he had sensed a formidable aura flying into Demon Beast Mountain.

Sitting down in the system space, Su Yun decided to enjoy the show.

The aura he sensed was vigorous and powerful, much stronger than the Cold Ice Double-Headed Hound and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King he had encountered in the past few days.

It also carried a sense of solidity and stability, akin to mountains and earth.

In the Jia Ma Empire, such an aura was quite distinctive.

It could only be Jia Xingtian. Who else could it be?

In just a short while, a yellow Dou Qi appeared above Demon Beast Mountain, and as the Dou Qi dispersed, the figure of an old man in linen robes became fully visible.

As expected, the visitor was Jia Xingtian.

At this moment, a roar came from one of the caves.

Subsequently, a horde of demon beasts poured out of the caves within Demon Beast Mountain.

Another powerful Dou Qi surged, accompanied by scorching purple intent.

However, compared to Jia Xingtian, it was weaker.

A Purple Crystal Winged Lion King flapped its enormous wings and appeared in the sky.

At the same time, three other auras of fifth-order demon beasts emerged on the ground, echoing with the previous aura.

Su Yun nodded.

Jia Xingtian was the guardian of the Imperial family of the Jia Ma Empire, with strength at the pinnacle of the Nine Stars Dou Emperor realm.

However, the aura of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was only at the level of a three-star Dou Emperor, and it was also in a pregnancy period, making it impossible to be Jia Xingtian's opponent.

"Human, why have you come here?"

The voice of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King resonated, echoing throughout the entire Demon Beast Mountain. However, there was a lack of confidence in its tone, revealing its weakness.

"There's nothing to see here; you should go back."

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King unexpectedly spoke in a friendly manner.

Evidently, it had also sensed that the elderly man before it possessed far greater strength than itself.

(End of this chapter)

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