It's All Nalan Yanran's Fault

"Forget it! Even if I can't subdue it, I must take advantage of its brief manifestation to complete the second transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Swirling Dragon. That way, I won't suffer too much of a loss."

Xiao Feng quickly made up his mind, and suddenly, a pair of dark purple wings sprouted from his back as he flew towards the yellow-brown flaming tornado.

With his current physical strength, Xiao Feng couldn't withstand the burning heat of the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame, so he kept a distance of at least 100 meters, moving steadily.

Even though there was a 100-meter gap between them, the terrifying heat emanating from the flames made Xiao Feng's scalp tingle.

"Huff..."

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Feng's face turned resolute as he fully activated the Nine Transformations of the Swirling Dragon, drawing a thread-thin wisp of Wind and Thunder Fury Flame towards him, then swallowed it.

The moment the wisp of flame entered his body, it scorched his throat and oesophagus into charcoal, causing excruciating pain. Veins bulged on his forehead as he clenched his teeth, unable to maintain his wings, and plummeted straight into the desert below.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Writhing in agony, Xiao Feng banged his head on the ground, grinding his teeth as he refined the violent Wind and Thunder Fury Flame.

"Hiss—"

Ling Ying, who was hiding in the shadows protecting Xiao Feng, couldn't help but suck in a cold breath when he saw this.

"You're brutal! Damn, you're really one tough guy!"

One must know that dealing with a strange fire like the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame was something even a Dou Emperor expert would avoid, let alone Xiao Feng, who was merely a two-star Dou Master.

Xiao Feng's earlier act of swallowing the flame was akin to a regular person attempting suicide by eating coal.

Under Ling Ying's complex gaze, Xiao Feng lay on the ground for a moment before struggling to stand up again.

Though the power of the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame was terrifying, the energy contained in the wisp Xiao Feng had swallowed wasn't enough to kill him. As long as the flame couldn't burn him to death outright, his strong regenerative abilities would eventually restore him.

Unfortunately, the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame never lasted more than ten days when it appeared. If Xiao Feng had more time, he could completely consume it bit by bit.

Xiao Feng soon drew another wisp of the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame and swallowed it, repeating the same agonising process—writhing in pain and then recovering.

Watching Xiao Feng endlessly perform this cycle of sit-ups, even Ling Ying felt a twinge of admiration.

"If only I had been this reckless in my youth, I would have reached the Dou Ancestor level by now."

While Xiao Feng was undergoing his self-torturing training, far away in Stormwind City, both Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin sensed the energy fluctuations from the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame.

Although they didn't know what was happening, they could feel the violent energy emanating from the direction of Stormwind Canyon.

Worried about Xiao Feng's safety, the two women immediately mounted a two-winged black serpent and hurried towards the source of the flames.

At the same time, the strong serpent-people near Stormwind City also noticed the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame. They quickly sent word to Queen Medusa.

Decades ago, Queen Medusa had issued an order: if any of her people ever discovered a strange fire, they must immediately report it to her.

Back then, Hai Bodong had suffered Queen Medusa's pursuit because she had received word that he possessed a fragment of the strange fire map. If it weren't for her desire to capture him alive and force him to reveal the map's location, Hai Bodong wouldn't have just had his powers sealed—his fate would have been much worse.

Stormwind City was only a few dozen miles from Stormwind Canyon. Riding the two-winged black serpent, Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin quickly arrived at the scene and saw Xiao Feng writhing on the ground.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

"A-Feng, what's wrong?"

Seeing Xiao Feng in such pain, neither Xiao Yixian nor Qing Lin cared about modesty. They hurried to lift his naked body, their faces full of concern.

"I'm... I'm fine..." Xiao Feng replied in a hoarse and dry voice after finally refining the wisp of Wind and Thunder Fury Flame inside him.

Watching Xiao Feng's deathly pale face quickly regain some colour, both women let out a sigh of relief.

Qing Lin, suddenly realising something, blushed bright red and shyly covered her face. "Young... Young Master, your clothes..."

Hearing Qing Lin's words, Xiao Feng also flushed. He quickly retrieved a new set of clothes from his storage ring and put them on.

"Don't get the wrong idea! It's not that I have any special habits. It's just that to train properly, I needed to avoid wearing clothes, as the wind and sand shred them in no time."

Even though Xiao Feng had let himself go in the simulated world, in reality, he still maintained his image as an innocent young man. He couldn't afford to tarnish his reputation in front of Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin.

Seeing Xiao Feng's panicked attempt at an explanation, Xiao Yixian smiled knowingly but refrained from teasing him. Instead, she pointed at the fiery tornado a hundred meters away. "What is that?"

"That's the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame. It's ranked 18th on the Heavenly Flame list and is more powerful than the Green Lotus Core Flame we encountered before."

Xiao Feng took the opportunity to change the subject by pointing at the fiery tornado. "The Wind and Thunder Fury Flame is a strange fire formed by a fusion of wind and fire elemental energies. I'm using it to cultivate, hoping to complete the second transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Swirling Dragon before it disappears."

"Alright, let's stop chatting. I need to continue my training."

With that, Xiao Feng activated the Nine Transformations of the Swirling Dragon once again, pulling in a thumb-thick wisp of the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame and swallowing it in one go.

By now, Xiao Feng had absorbed more than ten wisps of the Wind and Thunder Fury Flame, so his body, which had been repeatedly damaged and healed, had begun to develop a slight resistance to the flame.

Where he could once only absorb hair-thin wisps, he could now handle thumb-thick ones.

"Ahhhhh..."

As the wisp of flame entered his body, Xiao Feng's throat and oesophagus were once again scorched, and he couldn't help but writhe in pain on the ground.

"Nalan Yanran!

It's all your fault!!!"

Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin, witnessing this painful scene, felt both pity for Xiao Feng and a deep hatred for Nalan Yanran, the one they saw as the true culprit.

In their eyes, Xiao Feng was only pushing himself so hard in order to win his three-year duel with Nalan Yanran. She was the reason for his extreme efforts.

This blame had to fall on Nalan Yanran!

"Achoo!"

Far away in Yunlan Sect, Nalan Yanran suddenly sneezed, furrowing her brows. "Am I catching a cold? Or is someone badmouthing me behind my back?"

(End of Chapter)

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