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About half an hour later.
Wuuu~
A terrifying shockwave spread out from around the fire vortex, and moments later, the fiery glow suddenly burst forth with a dazzling light.
Immediately, a strange humming sound rang out. As the radiance faded, a fist-sized purple-black bead appeared in Xiao Yan's palm. This bead was entirely purple-black, its surface faintly etched with mysterious patterns, and it looked slightly translucent.
Inside the bead, flames raged like a blazing inferno, constantly rolling and surging within.
Looking at the newly formed purple-black bead, Xiao Yan let out a soft breath, handed it over to Wei Yang, and said with a smile, "Brother Wei, take a look. How powerful do you think this bead is?"
Wei Yang accepted it, sensed its power briefly, and then curled his lips before handing it back, clearly uninterested, "If it explodes at close range, at best it could threaten a low to mid-level Dou Zun. Not bad, I guess."
Xiao Yan was left speechless.
Indeed, for Wei Yang now, this level of power wasn't worth much. This type of bead formed by condensing flames was called a Fire Lightning Bead.
Xiao Yan had discovered this method from some scrolls left behind by Yao Lao. Strictly speaking, this thing was quite rare.
It required special methods to compress the energy of an identical flame to the extreme, eventually forming this bead-like object. Its principle was similar to that of a compressed energy bomb. The final power depended entirely on the quality of the materials used.
For instance, this Fire Lightning Bead created with the Three Thousand Burning Flame — even a low to mid-level Dou Zun, if caught off guard, would be blasted into a miserable state. In battle, tossing out one of these suddenly would certainly yield an unexpected advantage.
Xiao Yan took out a box from his Storage Ring and carefully placed the Fire Lightning Bead inside.
"Brother Wei, give me a little time. I'll refine a few more." Xiao Yan didn't intend to stop here. He planned to create several more as hidden trump cards.
This purple-black flame was practically a natural refining ground, infused with the endless power of the stars. He intended to make the most of it.
When encountering troublesome enemies in the future, if he suddenly threw out a dozen or twenty Fire Lightning Beads at once, even a high-level Dou Zun would probably end up dizzy and disoriented.
At this, Wei Yang shrugged and simply sat cross-legged again to continue cultivating. Xiao Yan chuckled, then clenched his hand. A violent suction force once again surged outward.
Under his ferocious pull, this Star Region, which had long been dead and silent, became lively once more. Because he had devoured and refined the Three Thousand Burning Flames, Xiao Yan now possessed a control over this sea of fire that ordinary people could never hope to reach.
Thus, as he extended his hand, the purple-black flames didn't feel like they were being forcibly drawn, but rather seemed to rush toward him of their own accord.
The entire sea of fire felt like it was cheering, boiling with excitement. Flame storms howled and raged everywhere, and the terrifying shockwaves even tore black cracks into space itself.
After producing twenty to thirty of them, Xiao Yan finally stopped, looking quite satisfied. Then he sat cross-legged, allowing his spirit and state to recover a little.
About ten minutes later, he was more or less fully restored. Opening his eyes, his face lit up with joy as he said to Wei Yang, "Brother Wei, my cultivation technique has already leaped to the Quasi-Heaven Grade level."
"Oh, already Quasi-Heaven Grade?" Wei Yang opened his eyes, somewhat surprised. But thinking about it, since the Flame Mantra had already devoured five kinds of Heavenly Flames, it made sense.
Xiao Yan's expression was filled with excitement, his fists clenched tightly. At long last, he had made up for the flaw of his cultivation technique being insufficient. The Flame Mantra reaching Quasi-Heaven Grade meant its ability to absorb and refine energy had increased drastically.
At least on the Dou Zun level, it was no longer lagging behind.
Moreover, due to the unique nature of the Flame Mantra, ordinary Quasi-Heaven Grade cultivation techniques were far inferior to it.
The insufficiency of his cultivation technique had always been one of Xiao Yan's greatest headaches. He often found himself troubled during battles when his Dou Qi ran out.
He was constantly forced to pop recovery pills in the middle of combat, and many times he had to keep several pills in his mouth before the fight even began.
His training speed had also been slow.
After all, the Flame Mantra had started as nothing more than a Low-Level Huang Grade cultivation technique. Only now had it truly revealed its brilliance, finally making up for his biggest shortcoming.
With the Dou Qi cultivated from the Quasi-Heaven Grade Flame Mantra, combined with the amplification of the Heavenly Flames, its power was bound to be extremely formidable.
According to Xiao Yan's own estimation, the current Flame Mantra at Quasi-Heaven Grade was probably already no weaker than an ordinary Low-Level Heaven Grade cultivation technique.
This was a massive boost to his combat strength.
After indulging in his excitement for a while, Xiao Yan grew eager again, preparing to refine a few more Fire Lightning Beads. Seeing this, Wei Yang muttered speechlessly, "Enough already, what do you even need so many of those things for? Waste of time."
Hearing that, Xiao Yan could only scratch his head awkwardly and give up on the thought. After all, now that they had both stepped into the Dou Zun level, Fire Lightning Beads didn't provide much actual help.
"Then let's go. It's been long enough, time we head out." Xiao Yan swept his gaze across the Star Region and said with a smile.
With that, the two of them stepped through the flames, heading toward the location of the spatial gate.
Outside, because Xiao Yan had casually stirred up the sea of fire while refining the Fire Lightning Beads, the atmosphere within the Pill Tower had become quite tense.
At this moment, nearly all of the Pill Tower's experts had retreated outside the tower. They hovered in the sky, their solemn and tense gazes fixed upon the heavens above.
In that part of the sky, space was faintly distorted. A terrifying heat seeped out, spreading into the world. The temperature of the entire heavens and earth was gradually rising.
Those Pill Tower experts naturally knew all too well what that section of the sky represented. It was none other than the Star Region, which had now been listed as one of the Pill Tower's restricted zones.
Even for Leader Xuan Kongzi with his strength, he didn't dare to linger inside there.
If the flames within that Star Region were to erupt completely and come crashing down, the entire Holy Pill City would likely be reduced to ruins and death in an instant. And today, that Star Region which had been silent for so long suddenly showed signs of erupting.
Even the seal there faintly seemed like it might give way. This caused all the experts of the Pill Tower to feel extremely uneasy.
"Everyone below Dou Huang, evacuate at once. The rest of you, prepare to form the formation to protect Holy Pill City."
High up in the sky, the three great heads of the Pill Tower floated, their faces solemn as they issued one command after another.
They could clearly sense that today, the Star Region had become unusually violent, the sea of fire seemed to be boiling, though at this moment it had somewhat calmed down again.
"What kind of mischief are Wei Yang and Xiao Yan up to in there?" Xuan Kongzi grumbled, clearly displeased.
The sea of fire inside that Star Region was now like a bomb hanging over Holy Pill City's head. Even the slightest disturbance made everyone nervous. The greatest headache of all was the Three Thousand Burning Flames that had escaped its seal.
If even the slightest mishap occurred, it would be a catastrophic disaster. It had been nearly a year already. Who knew if those two brats could actually subdue that beast.
"Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, let's be ready to reinforce the seal at any time." Xuan Kongzi thought of this and shook his head helplessly, his expression heavy as he spoke to the two beside him in a deep voice.
"Mm." Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi both nodded gravely.
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