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The Skyfire Venerable witnessed Xiao Ling sheathing the strange fire. Then, in a flash, he transformed into a stream of light and burrowed into the snow-white ring.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Xiao Ling's ring slowly floated to his side, and he slipped it onto his finger.
At this moment, a faint wave emanated from the ring, solidifying the surrounding magma waves with the force of space, and the light shield slowly cracked.
As he was about to leave this space, Xiao Ling turned and glanced at the skeleton lying in the center of the space.
Then he said to Venerable Tianhuo in the storage ring: "Senior, can I take your skeleton away?"
Venerable Tianhuo was slightly stunned, then asked: "What is the use of this skeleton?"
Hearing Venerable Tianhuo's question, Xiao Ling replied in a calm voice:
"Senior, this skeleton is crucial for refining a new body. Using your original body as a basis, the new body refined will have a very high degree of fit with your soul, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the success rate of refining."
Venerable Tianhuo was silent for a moment, as if thinking about Xiao Ling's words, and then nodded slowly to show his understanding: "I understand, then do as you said and use the bones to refine a new body."
Seeing this, Xiao Ling felt a little relieved, and then acted quickly to put Venerable Tianhuo's skeleton into the storage ring.
Seeing Xiao Ling remove the skeleton, the Skyfire Venerable within the ring whispered to Xiao Ling,
"The Fire Lizardmen within this lava are a significant threat. To avoid unnecessary conflict, we should leave this place quickly."
Xiao Ling nodded. The moment the light barrier cracked, he stamped his feet, transforming into a white shadow, swiftly leaving the dangerous lava field.
Spatial force emanated from the ring, solidifying the surrounding lava fluctuations and ensuring their safe escape.
Touching his chin, Xiao Ling muttered to himself,
"I wonder why, in the original novel, Xiao Yan didn't take Skyfire Venerable's skeleton? If not, there wouldn't have been a need to use Yunshan's nascent Dou Zong body to forge a new body for Skyfire Venerable."
Although he harbored doubts, he didn't dwell on them. Without hesitation, he quickly left this space.
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"Plop!"
Across the silent lava sea, neither the gentle caress of wind nor the rippling of waves, the occasional burst of bubbles was the only subtle sound to break the deadly stillness.
Suddenly, a sudden, abrupt sound of breaking water shattered the stillness. A figure burst forth from the depths of the lava, shrouded in invisible flames, like a vile spirit freed from a sea of hellfire, finally frozen in mid-air.
It was Xiao Ling. His gaze was resolute as he glanced around, confirming he had safely escaped the perilous lava zone.
He took a deep breath, sensing the subtle shifts in his surroundings, his nervousness gradually dissipating.
However, recalling the thrilling moments just now, Xiao Ling couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
Upon leaving the space created by the Skyfire Venerable, Xiao Ling encountered a group of fire lizardmen who had been waiting for him.
As if they had anticipated his arrival, they lay in wait outside the space, awaiting the occupant within.
The two leading fire lizardmen in the group were incredibly powerful, having reached the Dou Zun realm.
The others following closely behind, though slightly weaker than the leaders, were each also masters of the Dou Huang or Dou Zong levels.
Such a powerful combination would intimidate any faction, even in the teeming Zhongzhou, rivaling the Sifang Pavilion, if not surpassing it in strength.
Fortunately, Xiao Ling's soul power had greatly increased after consuming the Fallen Heart Flame, and his soul realm had instantly broken through to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.
Leveraging this formidable soul power, Xiao Ling unleashed his Phantom Dream Spirit Shadow against the two Dou Zun-level fire lizardmen.
While the two Dou Zun-level fire lizardmen were far more powerful than Xiao Ling, their soul power was insufficient.
Even though Xiao Ling unleashed Phantom Dream Spirit Shadow on both formidable foes simultaneously, he skillfully subdued them before they could launch their attacks.
Xiao Ling vividly remembered how the two once ferocious fire lizardmen, bewitched by the phantom dream, had become like disoriented insects, unable to pose any threat to him.
After controlling the two Dou Zun-level lizardmen, Xiao Ling took advantage of the chaos and killed several Dou Zong-level fire lizardmen.
While the two Dou Zun-level fire lizardmen were still lured away from the phantom dream, Xiao Ling had already evacuated the scene like an arrow from a bow.
He suppressed his aura with all his might, moving silently and ghostly, rapidly retreating from the dangerous magma world.
At this moment, the figure of Skyfire Venerable slowly emerged from the snow-white storage ring. His form was ethereal, yet it carried an indescribable aura.
His gaze fell on Xiao Ling, a flicker of admiration in his eyes, as if he were gazing at a monster.
"Good boy, I never expected you to possess such strength," Skyfire Venerable's voice was filled with obvious surprise.
"Although I had high hopes for you before, I really underestimated you. Being able to escape from the hands of those fire lizardmen is not an easy task even in my prime, and it requires a considerable price."
Xiao Ling smiled slightly and responded modestly: "Senior, you are too kind. It is really a fluke that I was able to escape this time. I only have a slight advantage in soul power. If it were based on cultivation alone, I am afraid I would have been killed by those fire lizardmen in that magma land."
Skyfire Venerable shook his head and said seriously: "Soul power is also your own strength. , which cannot be ignored. I didn't expect that your soul power is so strong at such a young age. I have lived for most of my life, and I have never seen anyone of the same age with a soul power greater than yours. Your potential is far beyond my imagination. "
After saying this, the Skyfire Venerable laughed self-deprecatingly and continued, "Thinking back then, when I was your age, I was just a mere Dou Ling. If I hadn't subdued the Fallen Heart Flame later, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to break through to the Dou Zun realm."
After hearing the Skyfire Venerable's praise, Xiao Ling just smiled faintly, as if he was already accustomed to such praise.
I, Xiao Ling, can achieve what I have today entirely through my own efforts. Of course, those "little" cheats are also indispensable to help.
Well, these cheats, such as the occasional mystery, or the inadvertent swallowing of strange fire, or... However, these "cheats" are actually the result of my own hard work.
(End of this chapter)