45: Assassination Star Attack

In the following days, Xiao Fan directly underwent Smelting Fire with Lin Xianhuo, telling Li Kai above that if there was any unusual movement, they should immediately use elemental power to blow up the Tempering Pool to warn them!

Li Kai was truly shocked, because the boss seemed to also enter the deepest magma layer for Smelting Fire!

This was not a joke; it could be fatal!

The boss did not have Divine-Grade fire talent; in this regard, Miss Lin was definitely stronger than him!

And what Li Kai said was right!

In the magma layer, although the two were facing each other frankly, they had no intention of embracing or being intimate; both were desperately resisting the terrifying high temperature.

Several times, Lin Xianhuo was about to give up, but seeing Xiao Fan's Physical Body almost dissolving yet still gritting his teeth and persisting, she instantly regained her strength!

Finally, after an unknown period of time, the fire seed power within Xiao Fan's body suddenly erupted, advancing from Five-Star to Six-Star!

Before coming down, he had also collected the Flying Sand Fire; now, he had two Six-Star flames, only one short of being able to fuse a Seven-Star one!

It was almost impossible for Six-Star Heavenly Walking Fire to advance to Seven-Star again through Smelting Fire.

Logically speaking, Xiao Fan could have left, but he didn't; he stayed down there with Lin Xianhuo!

Lin Xianhuo was in excruciating pain all over, almost collapsing, but her heart was filled with happiness!

A man who stayed by her side, never abandoning her, and empathized with her during her most painful moments—this act directly shattered Lin Xianhuo's heart, making her wish she could give everything for Xiao Fan on the spot.

"Good girl, have you comprehended the second stage?"

"Almost, half a day more will be enough."

"Then I'll go up and be your Protector."

"Go ahead, for the last half-day, I can definitely hold on!"

"Of course, Immortal Fire is the best."

After speaking, Xiao Fan leaped out of the Tempering Pool; Li Kai, standing nearby, saw the terrifying burn scars on Xiao Fan's body and was so scared his teeth chattered.

"Boss, you're out?"

"How many days have passed?" Xiao Fan asked calmly.

"Reporting to sir, six days have passed, and no foreign races have arrived here yet."

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "That's good."

With that, he took out two pieces of instant lean meat and began to replenish the energy in his body. At the Peak of the Martial Arts Realm, not eating or drinking for ten days to half a month was actually nothing, but it was ultimately not good for the body.

At this moment, five small black dots appeared in the distant sky; Xiao Fan turned his head to look, his brows furrowing.

It turned out to be the Third Squad.

And the captain of the Third Squad was Wang Qingtian!

Xiao Fan learned a bit about this guy; he came from the Wang Family in the Imperial Capital, a Family whose strength was even greater than the Lin Family's due to its longer history.

But Lin Lianshen told him, "Wang Qingtian is just a good-for-nothing, incredibly weak."

"His Realm is entirely supported by resources, and then he had explosive luck, with his talent undergoing atavism."

Hearing the words 'undergoing atavism,' Xiao Fan was somewhat surprised and suddenly thought of another person.

"Xi Chu Overlord Martial Emperor?"

Lin Lianshen sighed, "Yes, Wang Qingtian's Wang Family is the Wang Family of the Xi Chu Overlord Martial Emperor."

Hearing this, Xiao Fan suddenly became excited, a kind of pathological excitement.

Currently, his power in the Martial Arts Realm was undoubtedly the second highest in history!

The original second highest in history had a maximum force of around 4300KG.

Xiao Fan was already 1500KG higher than him, but he was still only the second highest in history!

Because the first was the young Xi Chu Overlord Martial Emperor!

Furthermore, on the ranking list for ultimate strength, not only for Martial Arts practitioners, but even for Little Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, all the way to Martial Saint, the strongest person was the Xi Chu Overlord Martial Emperor!

As for the Martial God and Martial Emperor Realms, it wasn't that someone surpassed him, but rather that there were no rankings for those Realms!

Otherwise, the Xi Chu Overlord Martial Emperor would absolutely still be the unmatched king of strength!

All of this was due to his Myth-Grade talent: Xi Chu Overlord!

The effect of the talent was even more direct and brutal.

First: Possess the highest base strength value.

Second: When the talent is activated, strength doubles!

A normal Myth-Grade talent, at the base strength of a Martial Arts practitioner, is roughly around 1500.

But the Xi Chu Overlord talent reached 2000!

500KG isn't much? What about when it doubles?

Without any amplification Martial Arts, it directly provides 4000KG of force!

Furthermore, as the Realm ascends, this snowball will grow larger and larger, eventually making him the strongest person in the world, breaking all techniques with one force!

And back then, the Xi Chu Overlord Martial Emperor trained extremely diligently; his force as a Martial Arts practitioner reached 7800KG!

That was a full two thousand higher than Xiao Fan, who had learned dozens of amplification Martial Arts!

After activating the Omnipotent Great Sage, his imaginary enemy shifted from the historical second to the historical first, the Xi Chu Overlord Martial Emperor.

Now, hearing that there was someone with the Xi Chu Overlord talent right beside him, how could he not be excited?

But unfortunately, Xiao Fan's force at this time was definitely less than Wang Qingtian's, as the latter had already broken through to Little Grandmaster, and no one knew the exact extent he had reached!

But no matter what, Xiao Fan believed that one day he would surpass him!

After all, his talent still had room for improvement, and it could advance two tiers at once, directly bypassing Quasi-Saint and reaching the Saint-Grade Omnipotent Great Sage, which would greatly increase his strength!

However, this was only limited to his force being inferior to him.

If they were to truly fight, Xiao Fan had ninety percent confidence in defeating Wang Qingtian, who had already broken through to Little Grandmaster!

Because Lin Lianshen told him that this guy was idle all day, doing nothing, never exercising, and his talent's potential was completely unactivated; he was just living off past gains!

At this moment, Wang Qingtian had already arrived, bringing four subordinates, and walked over with a face full of mockery.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh... protecting Immortal Fire here, are you?"

"But are you strong enough?"

"If a Fourth-Tier Noble Blood comes, will you just kneel and beg for mercy?"

Xiao Fan's expression was calm; he said indifferently, "You said before that if Lin Lianshen wasn't here, you wouldn't let me leave this place, right?"

"So what?" Wang Qingtian's eyes turned cold.

Xiao Fan stood up, spread his hands, and scoffed, "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and make your move!"

"You!" Wang Qingtian's face turned cold, somewhat annoyed.

If no one else were around, he might have made a move.

But there was Li Kai's team, and Lin Xianhuo was right below; in the Federation, especially during missions like this, infighting was one of the gravest crimes!

Even he, Wang Qingtian, a descendant of the Wang Family, a Legacy holder of the Xi Chu Overlord, dared not do such a thing!

Wang Qingtian glared angrily at Xiao Fan and said, "Aren't you just relying on the Federation's laws? What are you boasting about? There's always a tomorrow; sooner or later, you'll quietly disappear from this world!"

After speaking, he glared fiercely at Li Kai and the others, as if blaming them for being present!

Li Kai and his group were humble small figures at this moment, sitting trembling beside him, on the verge of tears.

You two big shots are arguing, why are you looking at me?

Regardless of Xiao Fan or Wang Qingtian, not to mention their backgrounds, just their combat power—he definitely couldn't withstand even one move!

But at this moment, Xiao Fan suddenly sat beside Li Kai and asked indifferently, "Is there still no news of Lin Lianshen?"

Li Kai shook his head and said, "Boss, there's no news of Young Master Lin at all, but I guess he must have gone to find a way to control the Undying Fire."

Xiao Fan's expression was calm.

It was understandable; the process of mastering the Undying Fire could be very dangerous. If there were an inside spy and it was exposed, a complete failure would be a minor matter; if it was more dangerous, he might even lose his life. So, he hadn't told anyone about his whereabouts!

Suddenly, Xiao Fan's pupils contracted, and an extremely ominous premonition arose in his heart!

There was danger!

His killing intuition told him that there was danger nearby, very, very great danger!

He even had the Divine Ape Golden Body, yet he could still feel such a fierce sense of crisis, which meant... the enemy was extremely powerful!

Xiao Fan remained calm, not daring to alert the enemy, lowering his head and scanning everything around him with the corner of his eye.

PS: These two days, the renovation has made me restless, and I've written a lot, leading to an exhaustion-induced migraine. I've finished one chapter, now I'm going downstairs to buy painkillers, and I'll be back for three more chapters tonight!