Three days after Su Ye took over as the Su Clan leader, the west gate of Canglan City was wrapped in a strange mist at midnight.
The mist was black and sticky, corroding the city wall's spiritual barrier with a hissing sound. A figure in a black cloak stepped out of the mist—his face was covered by a skull mask, and a pair of blood-red eyes peeked out from the eye holes. This was a Demon Race Elite Assassin of the Dark Moon Sect, with a cultivation base of the Eighth Realm of Qi Condensing—far stronger than any enemy Su Ye had faced before.
The assassin raised his hand, and a black dagger condensed with demonic energy shot toward the west gate's sentry. Before the sentry could scream, he turned into a pool of black water. The assassin sneered, preparing to sneak into the city to assassinate Su Ye.
But at that moment, a golden-red flame suddenly shot from the city wall, hitting the assassin's dagger!
"Who?!" The assassin was startled. Su Ye stood on the city wall, his flame meridians glowing faintly—he had been practicing the Heavenly-Burning Flame technique all night, and the flame seed fragment had warned him of the danger.
"Your target is me?" Su Ye's voice was cold. He jumped down from the city wall, the golden-red flames wrapping around his body (the "Flame Body" technique was already activated).The assassin stared at Su Ye, his voice hoarse: "The Dark Moon Sect ordered me to take your head—you ruined the elder's plan, so you must die." He waved his hand, and dozens of black daggers shot toward Su Ye, each filled with corrosive demonic energy.
Su Ye didn't dodge. He raised his palm, and a giant flame shield (a new technique taught by the Flame Lord) appeared in front of him. The black daggers hit the shield and burned to ashes instantly. Then Su Ye clenched his fist, and the flame shield condensed into a flame spear—he threw it at the assassin with all his strength!
The assassin dodged sideways, but the flame spear exploded in mid-air, and golden-red flames spread like a net, wrapping around his body. The assassin screamed—his demonic energy was being burned away rapidly. He roared, and his body swelled, revealing his true form: a three-meter-tall demon with black scales and a tail.
"I'll tear you apart!" The demon elite swung his tail, hitting Su Ye's chest. Su Ye was sent flying, spitting blood, but the flame body technique offset most of the damage. He felt the flame seed fragment in his chest heating up, and the Flame Lord's voice echoed: "Boy, absorb the demonic energy he's leaking—your flame meridians can devour it to break through!"
Su Ye's eyes lit up. He rushed toward the demon, ignoring the claws that were grabbing at him. He pressed his palm to the demon's chest, and the flame meridians in his body roared—the demonic energy was being sucked into his body and refined into pure flame power!
The demon's eyes widened in terror: "What kind of flame is this?!"
Su Ye's aura soared rapidly—from the Second Realm of Qi Condensing to the Third Realm... then to the Fourth Realm! The golden-red flames on his body became more and more intense, and he punched the demon's chest.
爆点:Su Ye absorbs the demon elite's demonic energy to break through to the Fourth Realm of Qi Condensing in one fell swoop, and uses the newly mastered "Heavenly-Burning Explosion Fist" to blow the Eighth Realm demon elite into ashes. At the same time, a mysterious female cultivator (who is also a flame cultivator) appears to help him, revealing that the Dark Moon Sect's target is not just Su Ye, but the entire Canglan City.
"Boom!"
The demon's body exploded into black smoke, leaving only a skull mask on the ground. Su Ye stood there, his breath steady—he had successfully broken through to the Fourth Realm of Qi Condensing!
At this moment, a figure in red clothes landed beside him. She had long silver hair and a flame mark on her forehead—this was Leng Yue, a rogue flame cultivator who had been tracking the Dark Moon Sect. She looked at Su Ye with surprise: "Your flame... is the Heavenly-Burning Flame? I didn't expect it to still exist in the world."
Su Ye frowned: "Who are you?"
Leng Yue threw him a scroll: "I'm a flame cultivator who hates the Demon Race. This scroll records the Dark Moon Sect's plan—they are going to use the 'Demon Moon Array' to open the gate of the Demon Realm in Canglan City in three days. You are the only one who can stop them with the Heavenly-Burning Flame."
Su Ye opened the scroll, and his face changed—on it was a detailed map of the Demon Moon Array, and the core of the array was actually under the Su Clan's ancestral hall!
Leng Yue crossed her arms: "I can help you, but you have to teach me a little bit of the Heavenly-Burning Flame technique. Deal?"
Su Ye looked at the scroll, then at the black mist that was gradually dispersing. He nodded: "Deal. But we don't have much time—let's go to the ancestral hall now."