The wind howled across the Dahuang Wilderness.
Not a single weed could be seen—only the faint traces of unknown beasts.
Ye Liang arrived with his backpack, braving the cold as he took a bite of his travel biscuit.
"According to what Village Headman said, this should be the territory of the Yomi Guide. But aside from Level 1 Yomigami, I can't see any creatures reaching Level 2."
He looked around carefully.
There was nothing but these Yomigami slightly over a meter tall.
"Could it be that all the inhabitants have migrated somewhere else?"
He pressed on further into the wilderness.
For some reason, the Yomigami in the outside world didn't attack him, nor did they show any signs of aggression.
This puzzled Ye Liang greatly.
As he continued walking, he suddenly spotted a blood-red fiery orb-like creature.
Looking closely,
aside from its spherical body, there was an extra eyeball growing on its head.
"This is... a Guren?"
The Guren looked quite similar to the Yomigami—one had a gem embedded on its chest, while this one had an eye on its forehead. Ye Liang had heard of them from Old Man Shizhi.
They were even more dangerous than the Yomigami!
Ten Yomigami at the same level might not even be able to defeat one Guren!
"How strange! What's a Guren doing in the Yomigami's territory? Is Village Headman trying to mess with me?" He pulled out his map, but before he could check, the Guren suddenly charged at him!
These creatures were short-tempered and even fiercer than Yomigami!
"F***! Are you asking for death even at Level 1!" Ye Liang drew a bone blade from his waist. Positioning himself, he sidestepped and rolled beneath the beast's charge.
He slashed downward!
A messy heap of guts and organs exploded out in one swift slice.
Ye Liang moved fast—already behind the Guren by now. He grabbed some grass to wipe off the blood and tucked the blade back.
The Guren collapsed onto the ground!
That was the limit of their strength—he simply couldn't be harmed by such low-tier beings anymore.
After reaching perfection in the Body Tempering Technique, Ye Liang's physical strength almost equaled that of a Kage-level expert. Even a weak Guren like this posed little threat anymore.
Plus, he had recently mastered Lightning Release again!
His attack techniques had matured, boosting his power dramatically. Even if the former Yomi Leader stood before him today, he'd still dare to fight!
Ignoring the useless corpse,
Ye Liang wanted to train against foes no lower than Level 2. These Level 1 creatures could offer him no growth whatsoever.
He pressed on further.
Before long,
he finally saw the coveted Yomi Guide.
Two monstrous figures towering twenty meters high were frantically darting about. Behind them was a red, fire-emitting spherical form!
A Guren?
No!
Something wasn't right!
This flaming orb had already reached nearly thirty meters in diameter! What startled Ye Liang most was that the Guren was actually chasing the Yomi Guides!
Hunting them down!
"This is a Level 2 Guren!" Ye Liang quickly concealed himself.
A Level 2 Guren possessed power equivalent to ten Yomi Guides combined.
Moreover, the one before him was already nearing thirty meters in length! If it were to devour the Yomi Guide here, it would very likely transform into a mighty and unrivaled Yehuo Leader!
He now faced two choices!
One was to hunt it down before the Yehuo Beast became a Yehuo Leader!
The other was to wait until it became a Yehuo Leader!
Ye Liang's cultivation technique recorded in the Fire Forging manual required the flesh and blood of a Yehuo Leader!
Although he now dared to challenge a Yomi Leader, the strength of a Yehuo Leader was ten times that of a Yomi Leader!
"Damn it! I hate choice questions the most!" Ye Liang clenched his hands into hand seals and immediately summoned two thunderbolts, hurling them toward these two creatures.
One was to block the Yomi Guide; the other was to strike the Yehuo Leader!
"Kids make choices; as for Ye Liang, I want it all!"
He simultaneously defeated the Yomi Guide and injured the Yehuo Beast.
Even if the Yehuo Beast advanced to the third stage, it would still be an injured Yehuo Leader! That was his calculation.
Ye Liang darted forward, channeling thunder to propel himself. He blocked the Yomi Guide's path and slashed off one of its heads with [Lightning Cutter]. Immediately after, he unleashed another attack, manifesting dark aura into a blade; the vast dark energy transformed into a massive axe, cleaving another Yomi Guide's head clean off.
"Now then, it's your turn!"
The Yehuo Beast tried to flee, but Ye Liang seized the two massive heads and hurled them right in front of it.
"Eat!"
He roared, and the Yehuo Beast flinched in shock!
It trembled as it stared at Ye Liang, realizing that despite his overwhelming strength, he had no intention of attacking again.
It didn't understand.
Ye Liang directly zapped the beast's face with a bolt of lightning, then kicked a Yomi Guide's head toward it.
"Eat!"
The Yehuo Beast's body turned black from the electric shock, shuddering. Now it finally understood Ye Liang's intention.
"Is he telling me to eat this?"
Though confused by Ye Liang's actions, the beast stared at the head of the Yomi Guide, its eyes gleaming coldly! Once it consumed the final two pieces of flesh, it could evolve into a Yehuo Leader!
Once that happened...
A glint of murder flashed in the beast's pupils, but it quickly changed its tone, licking its lips toward Ye Liang in apparent submission.
Ye Liang's lips curled into a smile. The Yehuo Beast's little tricks naturally couldn't escape his Sharingan!
"So even its emotions are showing now; looks like this Yehuo Beast really is about to evolve. But still..." His hand glanced behind, a tiny Lightning Ball silently shimmering!
This was a [Rasengan] forcibly imitated using Lightning Release!
As soon as the Yehuo Beast evolved into a Yehuo Leader, he would unleash it immediately.
The Yehuo Leader humbly began eating the flesh.
Man and beast stood in tense silence, each plotting against the other.
After a while.
The Yehuo Beast finally finished consuming the Yomi Guide, fully satisfied.
It blinked pitifully at Ye Liang, then began evolving. First, its formerly round, plump body expanded significantly, and on its previously smooth skin, countless red scales suddenly sprouted!
On these scales, the raging red flames transformed into blue fire!
This was a clear sign of successful metamorphosis!
Ye Liang had been waiting for this very moment!
Clutching the fist-sized Lightning Release-Rasengan, Ye Liang lunged forward toward the Yehuo Leader! At the same time, the Yehuo Leader charged straight at Ye Liang!
The Yehuo Leader let out a furious roar, and its blue flames suddenly expanded dozens of meters into the sky!
Ye Liang's eyes widened!
He had seen this coming from the start. Since this creature dared to ambush him, it wouldn't get any mercy from Ye Liang!
After hurling the Lightning Release-Rasengan, Ye Liang immediately manipulated the Dark Aura from the Body Tempering Technique, completely enveloping the Yehuo Leader within it!
The Dark Aura twisted and solidified into a net!
The Yehuo Leader's flames were powerful, but they couldn't harm the intangible Dark Aura.
The net immediately tightened around the Yehuo Leader, constricting it forcefully.
At that very moment, Ye Liang's Lightning Release-Rasengan also struck home!
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