62: Kill Galeru

Mo Yuhan stood alone in the silent valley, clutching the warm jade plaque in his hand, as if he could still feel Yun Yun's lingering body temperature and her unique fragrance.

The blue light in the sky had long vanished, leaving only the empty sound of the wind.

He took a deep breath and carefully placed the jade plaque deep within his storage ring.

“It's time to increase my strength…”

Mo Yuhan found another hidden cave far from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. After setting up simple alarms and beast-repelling powder at the entrance, he rested for a day.

Then, with everything prepared, he sat cross-legged and carefully took out the purple orb containing the "symbiotic purple crystal source."

The cave was instantly filled with a rich purple glow and astonishingly hot energy.

The surface of the orb was smooth as a mirror, and the viscous purple liquid inside flowed slowly like a living thing, emitting a heart-palpitating fluctuation. A wisp of dark Xuan Huang Flame flickered on Mo Yuhan's fingertip, carefully enveloping a corner of the orb, and he began to refine it.

The violent symbiotic purple crystal source energy surged into his meridians like a wild horse unbridled.

It was hot and domineering, as if it would burst his body.

Mo Yuhan grunted, veins bulging on his forehead, as he fully circulated the Xuan Huang Flame. The presence of the exotic flame indeed made this power much more docile.

The Xuan Huang Flame gradually began to guide this vast energy, impacting his Dou Qi. Soon, Mo Yuhan gradually broke through the barriers of Dou Zhe Seven Star and Dou Zhe Eight Star.

Time flowed by in pain and persistence.

After an unknown period, the violent energy fluctuations in the cave finally subsided.

Mo Yuhan suddenly opened his eyes, which gleamed brightly, and an aura several times stronger than before permeated the air.

“Dou Zhe Nine Star!”

He felt the full and surging power within his body, a smile playing on his lips.

What surprised him even more was that during the refinement of the symbiotic purple crystal source, the Xuan Huang Flame had actively absorbed a portion of the diffused Purple Flame origin.

Now, with a slight thought, within the Xuan Huang Flame flickering on his fingertip, there were even traces of an eerie Purple Flame.

The Xuan Huang Flame was already heavy and domineering; now, fused with the Purple Flame's ferocity and penetrating properties, its power had risen to another level! This fused exotic flame could perhaps be called—Xuan Huang Purple Flame.

With his greatly increased strength, Mo Yuhan's eyes gleamed with a cold light.

It was time to collect some interest.

He slipped out of the cave like a ghost, searching the outer reaches of the Monster Mountain Range.

Soon, he found his target.

The Jia Lie Family was indeed still searching for him.

At present, only Jia Liejie, a Three Star Great Dou Shi, was still stationed in Qingshan Town, directing the remaining lackeys of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and the forcibly conscripted herbalists from Wan Yao Pharmacy, searching the edges of the mountain range like headless flies.

Beside Jia Liejie, there were only two trusted Dou Shi and seven or eight dejected Dou Zhe guards. Jia Lie Bi had already taken most of the elite back to Wutan City to stabilize the situation.

“What a heaven-sent opportunity!”

Mo Yuhan hid in the dense canopy, a cold arc forming on his lips.

The strength of a Nine Star Dou Zhe, the Xuan Huang Flame fused with Purple Flame, plus the strange speed of Phoenix Flight Step… At this moment, he had enough capital to hunt down Jia Liejie, a Great Dou Shi, alone.

He waited patiently.

Until Jia Liejie's group moved into a narrow mountain pass with steep rock walls on both sides.

Now was the time.

Mo Yuhan's figure slid down from the top of the rock wall like a ghost, silently.

The moment he landed, Phoenix Flight Step was pushed to its limit, and his entire body transformed into a blurry afterimage, rushing straight towards Jia Liejie.

However, one of the Dou Shi was constantly vigilant and immediately cried out in alarm the moment he saw Mo Yuhan make his move.

“Enemy attack!”

“Pfft!”

Failing in his ambush, Mo Yuhan instead directly grabbed at this Dou Shi. His hand, enveloped in Xuan Huang Purple Flame, was like a red-hot branding iron, easily piercing through his back.

The Purple Flame instantly surged in, burning his internal organs to ash.

He didn't even have time to scream.

“Enemy attack!”

Everyone immediately cried out in alarm at the same time. Mo Yuhan's figure had already swept past like a whirlwind, his hand, burning with Purple Flame, struck a Dou Zhe's throat like lightning.

With a crisp snap, the Dou Zhe's eyes widened, and he collapsed softly.

Two people instantly killed.

The battle happened in a flash.

Mo Yuhan did not stop, his target directly on the last remaining terrified Dou Shi.

“You little bastard! It's you!”

Jia Liejie also discovered Mo Yuhan. His twisted old face instantly became incomparably ferocious, letting out a furious roar.

He gathered his powerful Dou Qi, and a deep blue light flared brightly around his body.

“Overlapping Waves!”

Jia Liejie brazenly unleashed his strongest Dou Skills. However, this time, the blue energy tidal wave appeared somewhat thin and powerless in front of Mo Yuhan, far from the overwhelming might it had before.

A hint of mockery flashed in Mo Yuhan's eyes.

Facing the surging energy tide, he surprisingly did not dodge.

“Xuan Huang Purple Flame Crash.”

With a low roar, the dark, heavy, and eerily Purple Flame instantly covered his entire body. The flames furiously condensed on his shoulders and forearms, forming a more solidified, purple-patterned flame lion-head armor than before.

His entire body transformed into a purple-black meteor burning with destructive aura, crashing head-on into the seemingly surging blue tidal wave.

“Boom—!”

Like a red-hot iron ball thrown into ice and snow.

The terrifying penetrating burn and high temperature of the Xuan Huang Purple Flame instantly evaporated and pierced through the energy tidal wave.

The purple-black flame meteor continued its momentum, slamming fiercely into Jia Liejie's hastily condensed Dou Qi defense.

“Crack!”

The defense shattered like paper.

Jia Liejie only felt an irresistible immense force and terrifying heat instantly invade his entire body.

He spat out blood, his body flying backward like a broken sack. His chest was charred black and caved in, and the Xuan Huang Purple Flame, like maggots clinging to bone, furiously burned his meridians and internal organs.

“Ah—!”

Jia Liejie let out a shrill, inhuman shriek, crashing heavily against the rock wall, then sliding to the ground, barely breathing, his eyes filled with endless fear and malice.

At the same time, Mo Yuhan's figure did not pause. Phoenix Flight Step, combined with his surging speed, was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

His fists, palms, and claws, burning with Purple Flame, took a life with every swing.

That one-star Dou Shi only managed to last less than half a move before being reduced to charcoal under the terrifying burn and penetration of the Xuan Huang Purple Flame.

The remaining Dou Zhe guards had long been scared out of their wits, crying and screaming as they scattered and fled.

Mo Yuhan did not pursue these small fry. He walked step by step to Jia Liejie, who lay on the ground like a dead dog.

“Old dog, for the pursuit that day, I'll collect some interest today!”

Mo Yuhan's voice was cold. A wisp of condensed Xuan Huang Purple Flame flickered on his fingertip, and he unhesitatingly pointed it at Jia Liejie's glabella.

“No—!”

Jia Liejie let out one last desperate roar, then his voice abruptly cut off.

A wisp of purple-black flame emerged from his seven orifices, instantly incinerating his entire head to ash!

Mo Yuhan coldly glanced at the charred corpse on the ground and the messy battlefield, quickly collected the spoils of war, and with a flash of his figure, disappeared into the dense forest.

...

Qingshan Town was permeated with a suppressed fear and dread, like after a disaster.

The Wolf Head Mercenary Group existed in name only, and Wan Yao Pharmacy was severely weakened.

When the news of Jia Liejie and his trusted subordinates being completely annihilated arrived, it was like the final straw, breaking the backbone of these two major forces.

Mu She, with his few remaining trusted subordinates, fled Qingshan Town overnight like a stray dog.

Mr. Yao of Wan Yao Pharmacy completely closed his shop, sold his property, and disappeared without a trace.

Mo Yuhan did not linger in Qingshan Town. He hired an inconspicuous horned horse carriage and resumed his journey to Black Rock City.