Chapter 758: Little Fire Advances!

Upon hearing Cang Yan's words, Xie Lingzi's expression changed dramatically.

"What did you say! This world can no longer produce Divine Realm experts?"

Cang Yan sneered, "Aren't you still dreaming your grand dream? Even if you were reborn, you couldn't break through the shackles and reach the Divine Realm!"

"You! This is absurd! How could Divine Realm experts vanish overnight? Who has such power to make them disappear without a trace?"

Xie Lingzi's lifelong pursuit was the Divine Realm. Even though he ultimately failed to achieve it, he had prepared a series of contingencies precisely to break through to the Divine Realm!

But now, Cang Yan was telling him he could never reach the Divine Realm, which he simply could not accept.

"Hahaha... Xie Ling, when I seized this body, my first reaction was exactly the same as yours! But later I came to terms with it. Even if I can't reach the Divine Realm, as long as I'm strong enough, I can still live quite comfortably in this world!" Cang Yan laughed loudly.

Cang Yan had clearly long accepted this fact. He was once a ninth-order peak primordial spirit.

As long as he recovered his peak strength, he could definitely live very comfortably in the Divine Domain.

Xie Lingzi suddenly snorted coldly, "Hmph! Just because others can't break through to the Divine Realm doesn't mean I can't! I have prepared many contingencies for this, and I refuse to believe I can't break through! Now... Cang Yan, return to my embrace!"

Xie Lingzi suddenly began muttering incantations, as if reciting some spell.

"Ah!"

A miserable scream came from Xu Yan's mouth.

As the master of the Cang Yan Evil Flame, the two had never actually dissolved their subordinate relationship.

Each harbored ulterior motives; Xie Lingzi had never trusted Cang Yan.

This spell caused great harm to Cang Yan's primordial spirit, making him writhe in agony.

"Old bastard, you're asking for death! If you were at your peak, I might still fear you! But now, you're nothing but a remnant soul! Star Ripple Fire Array, destroy him!" Xu Yan screamed.

While screaming, Xu Yan activated the Star Ripple Fire Array, aiming to deliver a fatal blow to Xie Lingzi.

Yet no matter how he called upon his main body, there was no response.

Seeing this, Xu Yan's heart sank, and he knew something was wrong.

Not only Xu Yan, but even Xie Lingzi was startled and couldn't help looking toward Ye Yuan.

They saw Ye Yuan surrounded by a halo of light, with a lotus growing from his chest, continuously devouring the main body of the Cang Yan Evil Flame!

Xu Yan's expression changed dramatically at the sight.

"This... how did this kid manage this? He's absorbing the fire essence of my main body!" Xu Yan said in panic.

Only then did he realize that, at some point, Ye Yuan's primal flame had countered his main body, the Cang Yan Evil Flame, and was now devouring its fire essence!

"Kid, stop! If you don't stop, I'll make you die a miserable death!" Xu Yan cried out in terror.

At this moment, the Cang Yan Evil Flame could hardly care about devouring Little Fire; it was lucky not to be devoured itself.

Fortunately, Cang Yan had seized Xu Yan's body and inherited all his strength. He was now a genuine late-stage Heaven Enlightenment expert!

Within this cave, he was the strongest!

Even the newly awakened Xie Lingzi, in a straight fight, was no match for him!

Xu Yan suddenly erupted, attacking Ye Yuan within the formation.

Xie Lingzi's eyes flickered, and his lips began moving again, muttering incantations.

"Ah..."

Xu Yan's body suddenly convulsed as if struck by lightning, falling directly from the air and crashing heavily to the ground.

"Xie Ling, you old immortal! I'll kill you first!"

Enduring the intense pain, Cang Yan struggled to his feet and swung his sword at Xie Lingzi.

Although Xu Yan couldn't unleash his full strength now, this strike was still formidable.

But under these circumstances, it was clearly insufficient to deal with Xie Lingzi.

Xie Lingzi had apparently signed some kind of contract with the Cang Yan Evil Flame, allowing him to restrain it through this means.

Even with Xie Lingzi's current weak soul force and lack of a physical body to house his spirit, Xu Yan still found it difficult to kill him.

If Xie Lingzi were so easy to deal with, Cang Yan wouldn't have gone to such lengths to lure so many martial artists to this ancient cave dwelling.

Xie Lingzi drifted lightly, easily dodging the strike.

"Kid, put in more effort. Help me clean up my mess, and I'll reward you later!" Xie Lingzi suddenly said to Ye Yuan.

Just moments ago, during the exchange between Xie Lingzi and Cang Yan, Cang Yan's control over the formation had slackened.

After all, Ye Yuan's mastery over primal flames was at the peak of the Alchemy Emperor level. Even if Xie Lingzi were reborn, he couldn't hold a candle to Ye Yuan in the way of primal flames.

Seizing this gap, Ye Yuan silently countered the main body of the Cang Yan Evil Flame and directly released Little Fire to devour its fire essence!

The fire essence of the Cang Yan Evil Flame was a great tonic for Little Fire. As soon as it appeared, it unceremoniously began devouring the Cang Yan Evil Flame.

In just a short while, Little Fire's strength had surged significantly, directly breaking through to the fifth-order peak!

But this was only the beginning. This Cang Yan Evil Flame had once been a ninth-order peak primordial flame. Even though its power was greatly diminished now, it still had enough fire essence for Little Fire to devour.

Hearing Xie Lingzi's words, Ye Yuan's face showed great joy, and he said, "Senior's great kindness, I will never forget!"

Little Fire greedily devoured the Cang Yan Evil Flame, directly breaking through from the fifth order to the sixth order!

"Thump, thump, thump."

As Little Fire devoured, the power of the Star Ripple Fire Array rapidly weakened, and Jun Tianyu and the others fell from the stone pillars one by one.

But they remained unconscious; the devouring by the Cang Yan Evil Flame had caused them considerable harm.

"Ah! Master, I was wrong, Master! I... I shouldn't have betrayed you! Please, spare me, I am willing to be loyal to you forever!"

Xu Yan writhed on the ground in pain, constantly shouting, finally succumbing to Xie Lingzi's spell.

This contractual force exerted a tremendous binding power over the Cang Yan Evil Flame.

As long as Xie Lingzi had even a remnant of his soul left, the Cang Yan Evil Flame could not escape his control.

The Cang Yan Evil Flame itself was also at the ninth-order peak and had given birth to a spirit; how could it be willing to remain subordinate?

What infuriated it even more was that Xie Lingzi, even on the verge of death, did not let it go, sealing it in this cave dwelling.

Of course, Xie Lingzi had done this to prepare for his own resurrection. Little did he know that over the years, the seal he had laid was broken by the Cang Yan Evil Flame, leading to all that had happened today.

"Heh, only now do you repent? It's too late!" Xie Lingzi said coldly.