Chapter 519: Void Fire Sea! The Village Massacre Culprit! Face-to-Face Confrontation!

Amidst the raging inferno, a tall, upright figure slowly emerged. His expression was calm, his face icy.

The Fire Qilin stared in disbelief at this young Daoist.

“Why? Why can he remain unharmed in my flames?!”

Li Yanchu had just used his Flame-Sitting Art, and with The Fire Official’s Sacred Edict shielding him, creating the shocking scene that left the Fire Qilin stunned.

The next moment, he took a giant stride forward.

Boom! Boom!

Like a primordial giant elephant charging, his immense physical power radiated outward. Even the Fire Qilin, known for its legendary strength among demon beasts, felt his heart sink at this display of raw might!

“Since flames can’t harm you, I’ll show you what true power is!” the Fire Qilin roared and charged at Li Yanchu without any hesitation.

Man and beast collided at terrifying speed, their sheer physical strength creating a massive impact.

Boom!

A shockwave rippled outward, centered on the two of them!

Boom! Boom!

Li Yanchu swung his fists, locking in combat with the domineering Fire Qilin.

His surging life energy manifested as red light in the valley, enveloping his entire body in intense crimson radiance, his aura overwhelmingly powerful.

Outside the valley, Master Huizhen and the Lingxi Temple monks watched the sky in shock. Explosions and thunderous booms reverberated through the valley, like summer lightning bursting overhead.

Blazing lights clashed violently in the air, and with each massive explosion, waves of radiant brilliance erupted, layer upon layer, dazzling and extraordinary.

Yet, beneath this stunning display lurked mortal danger. A third realm Yang Spirit expert was engaged in fierce combat!

Master Huizhen furrowed his brow and quickened his pace, guiding the Lingxi Temple monks away from this perilous battlefield.

“Daoist Master Yanchu has cultivated to such a level that he can directly contend with a third realm Yang Spirit expert? Could it be... he has also reached the third realm?”

To the Lingxi Temple monks, this young Daoist had appeared out of nowhere, like a god descending to the mortal world.

He effortlessly slew three powerful demon beasts, and with his Blazing Inferno, completely incinerated the monsters in the valley. He was a mysterious young expert, perhaps even a great Daoist spiritual master who had mastered the art of preserving youth.

Such examples were not unheard of: some great Daoist spiritual masters had cultivated to the point of appearing as seven- or eight-year-old children, yet in reality possessed hundreds of years of life experience and the incomparable divine powers of a Yang Spirit expert.

But only Master Huizhen knew the truth: This young Daoist was truly barely in his early twenties. Not long ago, he had even teamed up with Li Yanchu to subdue that mysterious ancient tomb.

At that time, although this young Daoist had severely wounded the mysterious youth, suspected to be the Southern Guardian Marquis from the Great Xia dynasty, using the Five-Lightning Spell, his strength was undoubtedly only at the second realm.

His aura and life energy had never before reached the awe-inspiring, overwhelming level he now displayed.

“What has happened during this time? How has Daoist Master Yanchu advanced his cultivation so rapidly?”

Master Huizhen’s heart churned like turbulent waves as he led the Lingxi Temple monks swiftly away from the valley. At their current level of cultivation, they could offer no help in a battle of such magnitude.

The towering youth enveloped in flames was clearly a third realm Yang Spirit expert. That level of cultivation was far beyond their reach; a Yang Spirit expert could never be cornered and killed by second realm practitioners. Once the Yang Spirit was condensed, one had entered an extraordinary, transcendent state.

Boom!

Within the valley, an earth-shaking battle raged.

The Fire Qilin realized with growing despair that even in a pure contest of physical strength, it was no match for this young Daoist. This revelation shocked it to the core!

Yet, as a third realm Demon King, it had drawn upon the phoenix’s power embedded within Mount Luofeng to awaken its Qilin bloodline.

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Qilins were ancient divine beasts with incredibly high potential. Once it fully entered the third realm, its strength would far surpass that of ordinary third realm practitioners; this was the source of its arrogance.

Boom! Boom!

Explosions continuously echoed through the valley, and flames tore through the landscape.

The Fire Qilin and the young Daoist collided blow after blow, the valley itself scarred and indented by their attacks, littered with blackened burn marks.

“The village beneath Mount Luofeng... you burned it down, didn’t you?” Li Yanchu’s voice was icy.

“So what? Do you intend to avenge those insignificant ants?” the Fire Qilin spoke in human words, dripping with disdain.

When it had passed that village before, a single casual burst of flame had reduced an entire settlement of mortals to ashes. The three exalted beast kings, the Tiger, Deer, and Ram, had revered it for such overwhelming power.

At this thought, the Fire Qilin instead grew somewhat angry.

After all the effort he had put into communing with heaven and earth, seizing the power left behind by the phoenix within Mount Luofeng, and successfully breaking through the shackles of the mortal world to become a third-realm Demon King, this should have been an earth-shaking event among the demon race, signifying that he could replace White Marsh, that destiny itself favored him! He was the true king of the demon race!

Yet at such a grand moment, the scene was cold and desolate, without a single demon or monster present. This greatly displeased the Fire Qilin, who loved grand displays, and all of that frustration was now directed squarely at Li Yanchu.

After hearing the Fire Qilin’s words, Li Yanchu showed no expression at all, and instead a surge of killing intent rose from his body. It was not particularly fierce, yet it was incomparably pure, unyielding and indestructible.

“Fine. As long as the killer is found, that’s enough. No matter which shithole you crawled out of, today I’ll definitely slaughter you!” Li Yanchu said calmly.

“You’re just a mere mortal, just because you’ve grasped a few secret techniques, you truly think you can stand against this king?” The Fire Qilin looked down at Li Yanchu from above, his expression filled with extreme disdain.

Wave after wave of fiery qi erupted from his body, bursting forth violently. His entire form was engulfed in demonic flames, their searing heat igniting the vegetation across half the valley, radiating a terrifying aura that seized the soul.

Treading upon a sea of fire in midair, the Fire Qilin charged fiercely toward the young Daoist before him.

“I will devour you today, just in time to avenge my subordinates!”

The divine beast Fire Qilin radiated killing intent, scorching energy spilling from his body. From his qilin head, a thick, surging pillar of fire swept across the void. Even the sky above the entire valley was burned crimson, like blood!

Outside the valley, Master Huizhen stared in shock at the domineering divine flames and the towering demonic aura, exclaiming in alarm at how terrifying this demon’s qi truly was. Then, his gaze filled with worry as he looked into the valley, concerned for Li Yanchu’s safety.

At this moment, Li Yanchu calmly met the charging divine beast Fire Qilin head-on, without the slightest trace of fear.