163: Lin Xiu succeeds

“How could this be?”

“Xiao Yan already has one Heavenly Flame, doesn’t he know that a single body cannot contain multiple Heavenly Flames?”

“You can guard against outsiders, but not against an insider!”

All the Elders present clearly hadn’t expected Xiao Yan to covet the Fallen Heart Flame.

All this time,

they had been worried about Lin Xiu developing ill intentions while dealing with the Fallen Heart Flame.

Streaks of energy shot towards Xiao Yan.

“I’ll risk it!”

Gritting his teeth, Xiao Yan quickly shoved an Earth Spirit Pill into his mouth, and with his flame-covered arm, he grabbed the Fallen Heart Flame.

“Don’t swallow it directly. The Fallen Heart Flame’s energy is still very strong right now. If you swallow it directly, it will burn you to death.”

Yao Lao was startled by Xiao Yan’s actions, “Use the Elders’ attacks to weaken it.”

“Yes, Teacher.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan turned the Fallen Heart Flame around, colliding it with the incoming energy blasts.

The invisible flame constantly flickered.

Large amounts of Dou Qi energy dispersed, vanishing into the air.

An Elder rushed nearby, his body suddenly stiffening, his skin turning red like a cooked shrimp.

White smoke rose from his head.

“Flame Soul Separation Technique!”

Lin Xiu pointed his fingers, aiming at the Fallen Heart Flame.

The Elders seemed to have been rescued from drowning, gasping for air, a look of lingering fear flashing in their eyes.

“Don’t come over! If you get too close, the Heart Flame will enter your body. This Heart Flame is even more terrifying than what we felt in the tower before!”

An Elder, having narrowly escaped death, immediately recounted his experience to the others.

In just that short moment, he was almost ignited by the Heart Flame.

Several Elders, still shaken, nodded to Lin Xiu with gratitude.

“Xiao Yan, the power gap between you and the Fallen Heart Flame is too great. You should give up. Don’t play with fire and get burned. You already have one Heavenly Flame.”

Su Qian advised him.

One Heavenly Flame was already very tricky. The danger of trying to swallow a second Heavenly Flame into one’s body went without saying.

“Elder Su, this student has his reasons. I must obtain the Fallen Heart Flame no matter what. If I can survive, I will definitely repay the academy in the future.”

Xiao Yan’s gaze was firm, showing no sign of wavering or giving up.

His father was missing, Xun'er had returned to her Family, and the Xiao Family in the Gama Empire was threatened by the Yunlan Sect, teetering on the brink of collapse.

To resolve these incidents, there was only one path.

That was to become stronger.

And devouring Heavenly Flames, evolving his Cultivation Technique, was his path to becoming stronger.

“Lin Xiu, you continue to control the Fallen Heart Flame. I will stop Xiao Yan.”

The Fallen Heart Flame was the foundation of the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian would never allow anyone else to take it from him.

“Alright, Elder.”

Lin Xiu readily agreed.

The Azure Ox Fire Spirit reappeared, rushing straight forward.

The invisible flame continuously twisted, seemingly on the verge of returning to its transparent fire python state at any moment.

“Elder Su, Xiao Yan has no intention of being an enemy of the academy. Don’t force me!”

Facing a Dou Zong, Xiao Yan’s pressure doubled.

“Leave the Fallen Heart Flame, and I can overlook your actions today, considering you helped the academy against external enemies.”

Su Qian shouted.

“It’s impossible for me to give up the Fallen Heart Flame!”

Xiao Yan clapped his hands together, and a pale green flame appeared, merging to form a lotus shape.

“Then don’t blame this old man for being ruthless!”

Su Qian mobilized his energy, and the terrifying fluctuations caused the surrounding space to slightly distort.

From the flame lotus, he had already sensed a familiar aura, similar to the energy that had previously blown open the top of the Qi Refining Tower.

Xiao Yan completed the condensation and threw it out directly.

Boom!

The Fire Lotus collided with Su Qian’s attack, stirring up a massive wave of Qi.

The entire area was engulfed in smoke and dust.

Almost the instant his figure was obscured, thunderous light flashed beneath Lin Xiu’s feet.

He arrived in front of the Fallen Heart Flame.

“A chance!”

A smile played on his lips, and Lin Xiu’s fingertip suddenly jabbed out, causing the invisible flame to struggle violently.

“With the complete Flame Soul Separation Technique, do you still think you can struggle?”

As Lin Xiu separated his two fingers, the invisible flame slowly divided into two masses.

The Azure Ox Fire Spirit’s form suddenly shrank, colliding with one of the masses.

Firelight erupted.

The core fire seed of the Azure Ox Fire Spirit directly shattered, replaced by a brand new seed.

This fire seed was ethereal in form, with only a rough outline visible.

“With this half, I can enter the magma world at the bottom of the tower.”

Lin Xiu waved his hand, releasing the other invisible flame.

Freed from its restraints, that mass of flame rapidly expanded, devouring the surrounding flame energy.

A transparent fire python reappeared.

However, its aura was significantly weaker compared to before.

Terror showed in its eyes. It glanced at Lin Xiu and actively rushed towards the Qi Refining Tower.

Whoosh!

A strong wind blew, and the dust dispersed.

Everyone saw the transparent fire python, and their expressions all sank.

“Damn it, this beast devoured the flame energy and returned to its previous form.”

Su Qian was annoyed.

If he had stopped the Fire Lotus, would this scene not have happened?

The Fallen Heart Flame was now outwardly strong but inwardly weak, having lost half of its Origin, but due to absorbing the Fire Lotus’s energy, the other Elders didn’t notice any anomalies.

Even Xiao Yan didn’t detect anything unusual.

Only the perpetrator, Lin Xiu, understood that in that brief moment, the Fallen Heart Flame had already weakened by half.

“Xiao Yan, be careful!”

Lin Xiu saw the Fallen Heart Flame’s direction of movement.

Having used the Fire Lotus twice in a row, Xiao Yan had also reached his limit.

Facing the charging Fallen Heart Flame, he could only watch helplessly as he was enveloped by it.

“Why did it run back to the bottom of the tower again?”

The Elders were stunned when they saw the Fallen Heart Flame engulfing Xiao Yan and entering the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

“Grand Elder, I’m going to save him. Please fix the Seal as quickly as possible.”

Hearing Lin Xiu’s voice, Su Qian’s hand was halfway raised, but Lin Xiu’s figure was already out of sight.

“Lin Xiu!”

“Don’t be impulsive!”

“This kid!”

All the Elders reacted, rushing over, but their speed was still much slower than Lin Xiu, who possessed the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

“What do we do? Why is this kid so impulsive?”

Hu Qian was exasperated.

“Let’s fix the Seal first.”

Su Qian frowned, then relaxed. The energy fluctuations revealed when the Fallen Heart Flame enveloped Xiao Yan were significantly weaker than before.

He didn’t think he had misjudged it.

“Lin Xiu isn’t an impulsive person. He might have a plan to deal with it. Let’s repair the Formation first.”

The other Elders exchanged glances and had no other opinions.

Having fought until now, they were also greatly depleted. Rushing into the underground magma world now, where the Fallen Heart Flame was in its element, was extremely dangerous.

Lin Xiu followed, always trailing behind the Fallen Heart Flame.

Holding half of its Origin, he could sense the Fallen Heart Flame’s location, and similarly, there was a faint, similar aura beneath the magma.

The Fallen Heart Flame rushed all the way, and inside the transparent fire python, Xiao Yan had already fallen unconscious, his body enveloped in white flames.

After reaching a certain location, it finally stopped.

Fire-attribute energy from all directions converged towards the Fallen Heart Flame.

Lin Xiu, within the Fire Spirit, seemed unaffected by the surrounding high temperatures.

“Don’t run around. You have half of your Origin with me, I can find you!”

Lin Xiu warned it, then turned and left.

“If I stay nearby, it might not dare to fully deal with Xiao Yan. I’ll go get the other complete Fallen Heart Flame first, and Venerable Skyfire.

By the time I return, Xiao Yan should be about to wake up. And Queen Medusa, once I get the Pill Formula for the Soul Fusion Pill, I should be able to control her.”