33: Beast Siege

"Screech!"

Xiao Yan had just swallowed the three sacred fire fruits when a terrifying energy suddenly erupted from within its body.

The scorching aura continuously roasted its entire body, and waves of intense pain struck, forcing Xiao Yan to let out a painful hiss.

Its entire body fell helplessly from the air.

Seeing this, Su Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and, with a leap, caught the falling Xiao Yan.

Hum!!!

Upon contact, a violent heatwave instantly surged forward. Su Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly placed Xiao Yan on the open ground in front of him before retreating rapidly.

"What a terrifying heatwave!"

After retreating to a safe distance, Su Yuan exclaimed, looking at his hands that had already been scorched by the heatwave.

At this moment, crimson flames rose from Xiao Yan's entire body, quickly enveloping it.

The rolling heatwaves surged like ocean waves, forcing Su Yuan to retreat again and again.

Xiao Yan, wrapped in the center of the crimson flames, kept its eyes tightly shut, head bowed, and body trembling uncontrollably.

It was clear that Xiao Yan was currently enduring intense pain.

"The energy of three Rank 4 Advanced sacred fire fruits is simply too vast. It seems I was a bit reckless to let Xiao Yan swallow all three at once."

"If Xiao Yan cannot digest the energy of these sacred fire fruits, I fear it will explode and die from the surge of fire energy within them."

"I thought that with Xiao Yan's Perfect Five-Star quality, it would be able to digest the energy of the sacred fire fruits even at the Ordinary Rank 5, but I never expected..."

"Damn it, I was negligent. I should have taken it step by step and let Xiao Yan swallow these sacred fire fruits separately."

"Xiao Yan, you must hold on!"

Sensing Xiao Yan's pain, Su Yuan's face turned grim. He clenched his fists involuntarily, his gaze fixed tightly on Xiao Yan, who was shrouded in flames.

Su Yuan had initially been worried that the special medicinal fragrance emitted after the three sacred fire fruits fully matured would attract other Vicious Beasts, which is why he had hurriedly let Xiao Yan swallow all of them.

Now, seeing Xiao Yan's current state, Su Yuan felt immense self-reproach.

However, no matter how worried Su Yuan was now, he could not help Xiao Yan.

All he could do was stand by and silently watch Xiao Yan endure the impact of the violent fire-type energy brought by the three sacred fire fruits alone.

"Moo!!!"

As time ticked away, Xiao Yan continued to tremble while being roasted by the flames.

However, before Xiao Yan could digest the energy of the sacred fire fruits, a resounding beast roar suddenly came from afar.

Hearing this, Su Yuan immediately looked in the direction of the roar.

He saw, not far away, a bull with flames on its hooves and a tuft of fire on its tail, its muscles bulging high, appearing before them.

At this moment, the bull's blood-red eyes were locked onto Xiao Yan, who was wrapped in flames, with a hint of greed in its gaze.

Immediately, the Fire Barbarian Bull stomped its front hooves, exhaled a wisp of white mist from its nostrils, and charged toward the location of Su Yuan and Xiao Yan like a tank.

[Fire Barbarian Bull]

Species: Bovine/Fire-type

Quality: Rare One-Star

Rank: Awakening-level Rank 1

Status: Excited, Greedy

Skills: Bull Charge, Flaming Horns

Evolution Count: 0

Evolution Paths Available: 2

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"This guy's gaze and current state—could it have been attracted by the commotion caused by Xiao Yan swallowing the sacred fire fruits?"

"Or was it attracted by the medicinal fragrance released the moment the sacred fire fruits matured?"

"Regardless of the reason, this guy is not here with good intentions!"

"Xiao Yan is in a critical period; I absolutely cannot let this Fire Barbarian Bull ruin things!"

"Xiao Xuan!"

Looking at the attributes appearing above the Fire Barbarian Bull's head and its current state, Su Yuan immediately understood why it had appeared here.

Su Yuan shouted sharply. Xiao Xuan responded to the call, and a thick column of water suddenly erupted, blasting toward the rapidly charging Fire Barbarian Bull.

Boom!!!

After the previous battle with the Nether Fire Serpent, Xiao Xuan's strength had improved slightly. Although it had not yet successfully reached the Awakening-level, the power of its Water Gun skill had increased by thirty percent.

Now, facing the Bull Charge of the Rank 1 Awakening-level Fire Barbarian Bull, the water column erupted from the Water Gun skill carried an incomparably powerful force, instantly blasting the charging Fire Barbarian Bull away mid-path.

The Fire Barbarian Bull's massive body broke several thick, dead trees in succession before finally crashing into a protruding, sharp boulder.

Its entire body was pierced by the boulder, and blood flowed like a stream.

After struggling a few times, the Fire Barbarian Bull's copper-bell-sized eyes filled with unwillingness, and it gradually stopped breathing.

"Roar—"

Having just dealt with the Fire Barbarian Bull, Su Yuan hadn't even had time to retrieve its beast core when another roar from a Vicious Beast came from the surroundings.

A fierce tiger with dark red fur appeared in Su Yuan's line of sight.

However, after seeing the miserable state of the Fire Barbarian Bull, the tiger glanced at Su Yuan and his group, looked at Xiao Xuan beside Su Yuan with some trepidation, and did not act rashly.

Even after seeing the way the Fire Barbarian Bull died, the tiger subconsciously put some distance between itself and Su Yuan's group.

However, as time passed.

Quite a few Vicious Beasts in the distance were still approaching Su Yuan and his group. In less than a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen fierce Vicious Beasts had gathered in the area within a hundred meters of Su Yuan.

"Flame Tiger, Candlelight Spider, Flame Python..."

"Now it is certain that these guys were all attracted here because of the medicinal fragrance of the sacred fire fruits that drifted out earlier."

"Fortunately, this is only the outer perimeter of the Molten Volcano Mountains, not deep inside. Those that have come are just ordinary-level Vicious Beasts."

"Even if there are Awakening-level Vicious Beasts, the strongest one is only Rank 2 Awakening-level. Xiao Xuan and I should be able to handle them."

"Xiao Xuan, if these guys charge over later, you are responsible for taking care of all the ordinary-level Vicious Beasts. Leave the Awakening-level Vicious Beasts to me!"

Looking at the dozen or so Vicious Beasts gathered around, Su Yuan analyzed the situation with a serious expression, while not forgetting to instruct Xiao Xuan.

After the battle with the Nether Fire Serpent three days ago, Su Yuan realized that his Mental Energy was far stronger than other Beastmasters of the same Rank.

Even the Nether Fire Serpent, with an Excellent Seven-Star quality and a Rank 2 Awakening-level, had been killed in one hit by his Soul Arrow.

Although the number of Vicious Beasts around him was large, the strongest one was only a Rare Six-Star Flame Tiger at Rank 2 Awakening-level.

The Flame Tiger's strength was not even as good as the Nether Fire Serpent that guarded the sacred fire fruits.

Su Yuan was absolutely confident that he could kill all these Awakening-level Vicious Beasts with Soul Arrow.

Hearing Su Yuan's instructions, Xiao Xuan nodded, its large, rolling eyes fixed on the surrounding Vicious Beasts, ready to strike down any Vicious Beast that dared to approach.

"Roar!!!"

After waiting a few more minutes and seeing the number of Vicious Beasts surrounding Su Yuan reach twenty, the Flame Tiger among them could no longer suppress its inner restlessness.

After a tiger roar, this Flame Tiger took the lead and charged toward Xiao Yan.

With the Flame Tiger, the strongest Vicious Beast, leading the way, the remaining Vicious Beasts also erupted with fierce auras, roaring together as they charged toward the location of Su Yuan and his group.

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