"Uh... I didn't feel anything unusual! Big Brother, is there something wrong with what's down there?"
Zi Yan scratched her head, looking puzzled.
"Looks like even a Ancient Dragon bloodline cannot bypass the methods set up by the Dou God!"
Lin Yuan sighed inwardly and abandoned his impractical idea.
"Forget it. Since there's no way to take a shortcut, I'll just wait until I'm stronger before coming back to explore it."
Thinking this, he looked at the puzzled Zi Yan and chuckled.
"I encountered some enemies down there before, so I was a little concerned about it."
After a pause, he glanced at the magma sea and warned her, "Zi Yan, remember this. Don't go down there casually. There are many extremely powerful Flame Lizardmen beneath the magma sea. It's very dangerous!"
Seeing the serious expression on Lin Yuan's face, Zi Yan nodded.
"Big Brother, I understand!"
Lin Yuan nodded and tossed the Green Lotus Platform onto the magma sea. With a flash of his figure, he elegantly stepped onto the Green Lotus Seat floating above the sea of flames.
He then flicked his finger.
The cyan-red bone spines and several types of mysterious metals shot out and hovered around Lin Yuan. With a thought from him, icy-blue flames surged upward, enveloping the various materials and releasing a temperature capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas.
Before long, the silent magma world was filled with the clanging sounds of forging.
Several hours later.
Lin Yuan gently waved his sleeve, dispersing the Qianlan Heart Flame.
Two jade-white gauntlets appeared before him.
Ten sharp, refined bone spines were embedded into the surface of the gauntlets. Compared with their previous appearance, the color of the spikes was much more restrained. However, the occasional flashes of cyan-red light still revealed their chilling might.
With a gentle beckoning of his hand, the jade-white gauntlets floated down, and Lin Yuan caught them.
They felt pleasantly warm and cool to the touch, like holding a piece of warm jade.
"Gauntlets that can automatically adjust their size. Zi Yan will definitely love these."
With a chuckle, Lin Yuan extended a finger and lightly tapped one of the sharp spikes.
A strand of cyan light suddenly flashed across the bone spine. An extreme sharpness sliced through the skin of Lin Yuan's fingertip, drawing a thin line of crimson blood.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan did not become angry. Instead, he laughed.
"Hehe, they possess such power even without being infused with Dou Qi. If they're further enhanced by Dou Qi and physical strength."
After playing with the gauntlets for quite some time, Lin Yuan finally put them away.
"Next the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movements Wings!"
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on the Green Lotus Seat and closed his eyes.
In his mind, he recalled the method for refining the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movements Wings, the refining method of the Heavenly Demon Puppet, as well as the refining technique he and the Venerable Tian had deduced for combining the two.
With the assistance of the Venerable Tian, Lin Yuan had completed the process of improving the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movements Wings using the techniques of refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.
He had already confirmed and resolved the various technical problems step by step.
Today was the day to put it into practice.
Lin Yuan waved his hand.
The Nether Sea Ring flashed faintly, and a pair of Heavenly Demon Phoenix skeletal wings shot out, hovering before him.
Looking at the jade-like skeletal wings before him, Lin Yuan's gaze became solemn.
His hand seals changed, and a powerful soul force gradually spread from between his brows. Like flowing water, it enveloped the ancient wings and slowly penetrated inward.
"Shriek!"
A sharp soul screech suddenly rang out from within the jade-like skeletal wings.
In the next instant, gray currents of energy that seemed almost tangible slowly seeped out from the skeletal wings. They then gathered and wriggled.
Before long, the gray currents condensed into the phantom of a phoenix-shaped beast, appearing before Lin Yuan.
Once the phoenix-shaped beast shadow fully formed, its blood-red eyes immediately turned toward Lin Yuan.
Violent and ferocious emotions spread outward from it.
Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked at the beast shadow with interest.
"Not bad. Quite a lot remains..."
Although the Heavenly Demon Phoenix beast shadow had almost completely lost its intelligence, even its instincts allowed it to recognize how terrifying the person before it was.
It did not dare approach Lin Yuan in the slightest. Instead, it remained at a distance and screeched at him, attempting to intimidate him.
"So this is the main part. Then..."
Lin Yuan examined the beast shadow. His palm slowly clenched.
The Fallen Heart Flame surged forth and wove itself into a scorching, invisible net of flames.
The beast shadow seemed to sense the danger and hurriedly dispersed in all directions.
However...
"Go!"
With a cold shout, the invisible net shot forward.
In an instant, it enveloped the Heavenly Demon Phoenix beast shadow before tightening and compressing.
Before long, the invisible net had forced the beast shadow into a dead end.
Then, with an earth-shaking roar, the surrounding gray currents suddenly surged toward the invisible net as though they had received some kind of command, attempting to corrode it.
"A mere remnant soul."
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Lin Yuan's lips.
With a thought, the invisible flames erupted.
Scorching heat surged upward and completely engulfed the Heavenly Demon Phoenix beast shadow.
Ten minutes later.
The invisible flames dissipated.
A palm-sized phoenix-shaped phantom descended into Lin Yuan's palm.
"Very good!"
Sensing the state of the phantom in his palm, Lin Yuan felt a trace of joy.
"The strand of soul power I extracted is extremely pure, and all traces of its remaining consciousness have been erased. It's perfect for the refining process later."
After putting away the phantom condensed from soul power, Lin Yuan slowly shifted his gaze toward the jade-like skeletal wings.
Compared with before, the skeletal wings now appeared even more crystalline. The faint trace of ferocity they had previously carried had also completely disappeared.
Lin Yuan took a deep breath.
He suddenly clenched one hand, and a flame of Green Lotus Core Flame appeared within his palm.
He extended his other hand, and a strand of Qianlan Heart Flame descended into his palm.
With a thought, the two flames shot outward and violently collided.
As the two flames collided, a destructive aura quietly emerged.
However, before it could spread, a vast soul pressure suddenly surged from between Lin Yuan's brows, completely enveloping the two flames before causing them to spin rapidly.
Under the harmonizing effects of his Spirit Realm soul and the energy of the Qianlan Heart Flame's Flame Mantra, the two rapidly spinning flames slowly began to merge.
A strand of faint purple flame gradually emerged.
The instant the two flames completely fused, Lin Yuan gently waved his sleeve.
The faint purple flame rapidly shot forward and expanded.
In an instant, it completely enveloped the jade-like skeletal wings suspended before him, and terrifying heat spread throughout the surroundings.
Under Lin Yuan's control, the temperature of the faint purple flame continued to rise.
The jade-like skeletal wings soon began showing signs of melting.
Two hours quickly passed during the refinement process.
"Drip..."
A faint, crisp sound rang out.
Lin Yuan slowly opened his slightly closed eyes.
Before him, the jade-colored bone wings within the pale purple flames had completely disappeared. In their place was a mass of viscous jade-colored liquid, completely enveloped by the flames.
Looking at the jade-colored liquid, a smile appeared on his face.
"Step one, completed successfully."
The temperature of the flames continued to rise. With a wave of Lin Yuan's hand, dozens of materials rich in lightning-element energy flew out of his Storage Ring. Accompanied by low rumbling thunder, they plunged into the pale purple flames and instantly turned into silver powder before merging into the jade-colored liquid.
Once the materials had completely fused into it, several silver streaks appeared within the jade-colored liquid, making it look extraordinarily mysterious.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan slowly exhaled.
"Step two, completed successfully."
With a thought, Lin Yuan slightly lowered the temperature of the pale purple flames. Following the refinement method of the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movement Wings, he continued tempering the mass of jade-colored liquid intertwined with silver patterns.
Next came a rather lengthy gestation period.
At the same time, he took out several pieces of strange metal.
With a slight flick of his finger, a strand of pale purple flame separated from the main fire. Under the support of his soul power, the strand rapidly expanded and condensed, transforming into a pale purple flame cauldron.
The strange metals were drawn into it, and the refining process began.
After staring at the two masses of pale purple flames for a while, Lin Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He slowly closed his eyes and waited for the moment when everything would naturally fall into place.
The gestation process lasted an entire day and night.
When Lin Yuan slowly opened his tightly closed eyes, he looked toward the two masses of pale purple flames before him.
Within one mass of flame, the viscous jade-colored liquid flowed slowly, seemingly on the verge of solidifying.
Within the other, the strange metals had been completely refined. A dark-silver liquid circulated within the flames, radiating an indescribably mystical glow.
"Step three, completed successfully."
Feeling somewhat excited, Lin Yuan's vast soul power surged from between his eyebrows and entered the pale purple flames. It began shaping the mass of viscous jade-colored liquid.
The jade-colored liquid seemed to have acquired a life of its own as it slowly wriggled.
Lin Yuan precisely controlled the flame temperature while meticulously adjusting the shape of the bone wings, outlining one improved energy channel after another.
Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
The jade-colored liquid had transformed into a pair of silver bone wings over ten feet wide, their appearance quite similar to the wings of a Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
The speed of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix was practically unrivaled, so it was naturally Lin Yuan's first choice for reference.
Fortunately, when he destroyed the Phoenix Sect, he had obtained an intact Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse. Although its rank and cultivation were not particularly outstanding, its perfectly preserved structure had allowed Lin Yuan to uncover some of the secrets of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
This included the structure of its twin wings and its energy transmission system, which provided Lin Yuan with quite a few ideas for improving the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movement Wings.
Looking at the wind and lightning energy swirling around the bone wings and the profound patterns covering their surface, Lin Yuan revealed a satisfied smile.
"Step four, completed successfully."
After gently exhaling, Lin Yuan flipped his hand, and the quasi-Eighth-Rank Heavenly Demon Phoenix Magic Core appeared in his palm.
With a gentle push, the green-red Magic Core floated forward and accurately embedded itself at the central point where the two bone wings connected.
With this Magic Core supplying energy, combined with Lin Yuan's Dou Qi, the explosive speed they could unleash would be terrifying.
This was the principle behind Magic Crystal Weapons.
However, even after reaching this point, Lin Yuan's movements had not yet ended.
With a flick of his finger, a drop of green-red blood and the illusory soul of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix appeared before him.
"Go!"
With a low shout, Lin Yuan sent the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's soul phantom into the bone wings.
His hands rapidly formed a strange seal. As he uttered a slightly peculiar incantation, the soul phantom seemed to be forcibly shattered by an invisible force, transforming into countless tiny points of light that scattered throughout the bone wings.
At the same time, Lin Yuan flicked his finger, causing the drop of green-red blood to land on the Magic Core.
In an instant, the Magic Core was activated, releasing a vast surge of energy. It merged with the energy contained within the green-red blood and flowed along the energy channels inside the bone wings.
The bone wings, soul, and Magic Core perfectly fused together at this moment.
Violent energy erupted outward, forming a terrifying energy storm that swept across the sea of magma and sent blazing-red magma soaring into the sky.
"Good! Excellent! Truly excellent!"
Lin Yuan laughed aloud.
The power of the completed wings had already exceeded his expectations.
However there was still one final step.
With a sweep of his sleeve, the dark-silver metallic liquid poured down from the flame cauldron.
Under Lin Yuan's precise control through his soul power, the dark-silver liquid began the final round of reinforcement for the bone wings. Under the high temperature of the Heavenly Flame, it completely fused with them.
When the final reinforcement ended, the dazzling bright-silver color of the bone wings had been replaced by a deep, dark-silver hue.
Lin Yuan waved his hand, dispersing the surrounding Heavenly Flame. The bone wings rapidly shrank.
Soon, a pair of miniature bone wings only about the size of a palm, flashing with a faint silver radiance, quietly floated before Lin Yuan.
"Final step, completed successfully."
Looking at the pair of bone wings and sensing the surging energy contained within them, the corners of Lin Yuan's lips curled upward.
Compared with the ordinary refinement method of the Heavenly Wild Goose Nine Movement Wings, these bone wings not only possessed vastly superior speed but also considerable defensive power.
More importantly, they possessed the same characteristic as the Heavenly Demon Puppet: the ability to evolve through the tempering of Pill Lightning.
Lin Yuan lightly flicked his finger.
A drop of bright-red blood shot from his fingertip and landed on the bone wings.
The instant the two came into contact, the bone wings rapidly absorbed the blood before transforming into a streak of silver light and shooting into Lin Yuan's body.
Once the bone wings entered his body, a pair of pale-purple wings descended from his shoulders.
They were the Wings of the Eagle, which he had not used for a long time.
At the same time, several profound silver patterns were imprinted across Lin Yuan's back.
A trace of anticipation flashed through his eyes.
With a thought, a sharp tearing sound suddenly rang out.
A pair of enormous bone wings violently shot out from his back. As silver radiance flickered, the surrounding wind-element energy immediately became several times denser.
The bone wings gently flapped.
Thunderous sounds of wind and lightning immediately rang out, while several whirlwinds coiled around his body.
The extremely light and effortless sensation made Lin Yuan somewhat intoxicated.
"Although I spent so many precious materials, everything was worth it for this result. If the 'Wings of the Eagle' are a High-level Black-Class Flying Dou Technique, then my 'Heavenly Phoenix Wings' are among the very best of High-level Earth Class Flying Dou Techniques."
"Once they are tempered by Pill Lightning and evolve into a Heaven Class Flying Dou Technique, it may not be impossible!"
"With this Flying Dou Technique, combined with the High-level Earth-Class Movement Dou Technique, 'Void Traverse,' my speed will reach a terrifying level. I won't be inferior to an ordinary Dou Venerate."
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan revealed a rather pleased smile.
With such terrifying speed, if he fought Gu Yao again, he was absolutely confident that he could defeat him within ten exchanges.
Among Dou Ancestors, he already had very few opponents.
As for Dou Venerates, he now possessed the ability to contend with them.
"Brother, are you very happy?"
An ethereal voice suddenly rang out in this silent world.
Lin Yuan followed the voice and saw Zi Yan leisurely sitting at the entrance of the cave, her two snow-white little legs swinging casually.
She was still chewing on something.
"Hehe."
Lin Yuan chuckled softly and withdrew the bone wings into his body.
"I managed to obtain some pretty good things this time, so naturally I'm happy."
Immediately afterward, space rippled slightly, and Lin Yuan's figure appeared beside Zi Yan.
With a smile, he said, "You have a share too. Here, these are the gauntlets you wanted. Whether you're in your little Zi Yan form or your grown-up Zi Yan form, you can use them."
As he spoke, he took out the two jade-white gauntlets and handed them to Zi Yan.
Hearing this, Zi Yan's face immediately lit up.
She hurriedly took the gauntlets and began playing with them, clearly unable to put them down.
She ran her fingers over the bone spikes on the gauntlets. As though imagining some amusing scene, Zi Yan suddenly laughed.
"Hehe! From now on, whoever dares to provoke me, I'll show them! Let's see if this old lady can't punch a few holes through them…"
"These things aren't meant to be used casually on people you know!" Lin Yuan reminded her.
"Don't worry, I know."
Zi Yan casually waved her hand and put away the gauntlets before asking, "Brother, are you done with everything? Can we leave now? This ghostly place is so boring."
"No. There's still one more thing."
Lin Yuan's expression became serious as he spoke solemnly, "Zi Yan, this is something you absolutely must remember."
As he spoke, he flipped his hand.
An ancient jade fragment appeared in his palm.
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