32: Got the Holy Fire Fruit!

"Hoo, hoo, hoo!"

"That was close; I almost lost my life here."

"Fortunately, my final resort did not disappoint me. For safety's sake, I'll finish it off with one more strike first!"

After exhausting all his strength to unleash the Soul Arrow attack, Su Yuan took a few deep breaths and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

His gaze fell upon the Nether Fire Serpent at his feet, his eyes filled with a cold glint.

Su Yuan drew the refined iron dagger from his waist, crouched down, and thrust it fiercely toward the Nether Fire Serpent's forehead.

Clang!!!

The refined iron dagger collided with the scales on the Nether Fire Serpent's forehead, emitting a crisp metallic ringing sound.

However, it failed to pierce through, leaving only a shallow white mark on the scales of the Nether Fire Serpent's forehead.

"Holy crap, it's so tough!"

Having failed in his strike, Su Yuan couldn't help but be shocked.

He was now a half-step Awakening-level Beastmaster, especially with three high-quality beasts: Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan, and the Gale Shadow Cat.

His own strength was definitely not inferior to some Peak-level Vicious Beasts.

It would not be an exaggeration to call him a humanoid Vicious Beast.

Yet, despite such powerful physical strength, his all-out strike had failed to break through the Nether Fire Serpent's defense.

The strength of the Nether Fire Serpent's defense was evident.

"It's fortunate that my Mental Energy was strong enough to unexpectedly slay this Nether Fire Serpent."

"Otherwise, relying solely on Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan, two ordinary-level beasts, I wouldn't have been able to do anything to this guy."

Taking a deep breath, Su Yuan said in a low voice.

He then gripped the dagger tightly again, no longer aiming for the Nether Fire Serpent's forehead, but instead pried open its mouth and thrust the blade into its upper jaw, completely cutting off any chance of the Nether Fire Serpent surviving.

"It's a pity. If this guy hadn't tried to kill me, contracting an Excellent Seven-Star, Awakening Second-Rank Nether Fire Serpent would have definitely boosted my strength by a huge margin."

Looking at the corpse of the Nether Fire Serpent he had completely slain, Su Yuan sighed and shook his head.

Facing a life-and-death crisis just moments ago, Su Yuan didn't know if his Mental Energy strength was sufficient to defeat the Nether Fire Serpent.

Therefore, he had to use his Soul Arrow with full force.

This had killed the Nether Fire Serpent's Soul in one blow.

There was simply no opportunity to severely injure the Nether Fire Serpent and then attempt to contract it.

Otherwise, if he had contracted this Excellent Seven-Star, Awakening Second-Rank Nether Fire Serpent, he could have completely run rampant on the outskirts of the Molten Volcano Mountains.

After a sigh, Su Yuan shook his head, cast aside other thoughts, and began to focus entirely on dissecting the Nether Fire Serpent's corpse in front of him.

The Nether Fire Serpent's body was not very large; it was only about the thickness of a calf and less than three meters long.

In this world of Vicious Beasts, compared to other Awakening-level Vicious Beasts, the Nether Fire Serpent was on the smaller side.

But even so, the snake skin and scales on this Nether Fire Serpent were enough to craft a set of highly defensive leather armor, which was of great value.

In fact, the value of an entire Nether Fire Serpent's skin was even higher than the Vicious Beast crystal core of the Nether Fire Serpent itself.

Soon, Su Yuan had completely skinned the Nether Fire Serpent.

"This Nether Fire Serpent skin, combined with the Nether Fire Serpent's crystal core, is definitely worth over 100,000 federal currency."

"This is the biggest harvest I've had since entering the Molten Volcano Mountains."

"However, compared to the three sacred fire fruits in front of me, this Nether Fire Serpent's skin and crystal core are not worth mentioning."

He packed up the snake skin and crystal core and put them into the large backpack Xiao Xuan was carrying on its back.

Su Yuan looked up at the three vermilion sacred fire fruits on the cliff, revealing his white teeth with a slight smile.

Now that the Vicious Beast guarding the sacred fire fruits had been dealt with, all he needed to do was wait here for the sacred fire fruits to fully ripen.

"Chirp, chirp!!!"

After Su Yuan finished processing the Nether Fire Serpent's corpse, Xiao Yan had also circled around the cliff and did not discover any other dangers.

Only then did it chirp lightly and land on Xiao Xuan's back.

After reaching the Ordinary Fifth Rank, Xiao Yan had grown quite a bit; now, standing on Xiao Xuan's back, its height had already reached Su Yuan's waist.

"Chirp, chirp!!!"

Coming to Su Yuan's side, Xiao Yan chirped excitedly at him a few times, then turned its head, staring intently at the three sacred fire fruits on the cliff.

"Don't be impatient; these three sacred fire fruits still need three days to fully ripen."

"We will wait here for three days."

"Only after the sacred fire fruits are fully mature can their effects be maximized."

Su Yuan looked at Xiao Yan, who was excited and a little impatient, and smiled as he stroked its head.

Xiao Yan's soft feathers felt very comfortable to the touch, with a great texture.

This made Su Yuan unable to resist petting it a few more times.

And Xiao Yan also showed an appearance of enjoyment at Su Yuan's petting.

Hearing Su Yuan's words, Xiao Yan nodded obediently and stayed quietly by Su Yuan's side.

Seeing this, Su Yuan took out a few Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores from the backpack behind him.

"Xiao Xuan, that last battle consumed a lot; these are the only few Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores left. Swallow them to restore your magic power."

After saying this, Su Yuan tossed the last few Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores in his hand to Xiao Xuan.

The Molten Volcano Mountains were filled with rich fire elements; in such an environment, the magic power Xiao Xuan consumed could only be replenished through Water Type crystal cores.

Especially since the battles against Vicious Beasts in these Molten Volcano Mountains were all handled by Xiao Xuan, the consumption was even greater.

Therefore, in just half a month, the Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores that Su Yuan had prepared for Xiao Xuan to eat for two months were already running low.

Of course, the consumption was high, but the results were also obvious.

In half a month, Xiao Xuan had grown from just breaking through the Ordinary Eighth Rank to the point of being about to step into the Awakening-level.

Such a speed of strength improvement was absolutely second to none among all Beastmasters in Tianyang City.

"Hoo!!!"

Seeing the few Vicious Beast crystal cores tossed over by Su Yuan, Xiao Xuan felt happy, joyfully opened its mouth, and with a suction force, swallowed all the Vicious Beast crystal cores into its belly.

As the few Ordinary High-Rank Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores entered its belly, a massive amount of Water Type magic power erupted within Xiao Xuan's body, quickly replenishing the consumption from the previous battle.

Knowing that Su Yuan wanted to wait here for the sacred fire fruits to ripen, Xiao Xuan simply lay down on the ground and began to absorb the energy from the few Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores.

Xiao Xuan also understood what Su Yuan had just said; these were the last few Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores in Su Yuan's hands.

There would be no chance to restore its own consumption by devouring Water Type Vicious Beast crystal cores afterward.

Unless they returned to the city, sold the harvest of the past half month, and exchanged it for another batch of Vicious Beast crystal cores.

Therefore, Xiao Xuan also wanted to take this opportunity to attempt to break through to the Awakening-level Realm.

Furthermore, after the battle with the Nether Fire Serpent just now, Xiao Xuan also realized the insufficiency of its own strength.

Its own strength was insufficient, failing to block the Nether Fire Serpent and causing Su Yuan to fall into a crisis, which made Xiao Xuan feel deeply guilty.

It knew that only if it could successfully break through to the Awakening-level could it better protect Su Yuan.

In order to not let the situation just now happen again, it had to improve its own strength.

On the turtle's back, after Su Yuan took out another Fire Type Vicious Beast crystal core from his backpack and tossed it to Xiao Yan, he began to sit cross-legged and meditate to restore the Mental Energy he had just consumed.

Three days passed in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, the day for the sacred fire fruits to fully ripen arrived.

At the moment the sacred fire fruits ripened, a rich burst of fire elements suddenly erupted, and an incomparably rich fragrance began to drift into the surrounding area.

"Xiao Yan, the time has come! Quickly eat those three sacred fire fruits!"

Seeing this, Su Yuan immediately shouted loudly at Xiao Yan beside him.

If this rich medicinal fragrance were allowed to spread, he didn't know how many Vicious Beasts it would attract; it was best to get the three sacred fire fruits as quickly as possible.

Hearing this, the next moment it flapped its wings and flew high, arriving in front of the sacred fire fruits, and opened its mouth to swallow all three sacred fire fruits at once.

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