32: Discover the colorful lotus

Although the Nine-Tailed Fox was dead, the scorching sensation on Xia Fan's soul had not disappeared.

He frowned slightly, looking somewhat pained.

Beside him, the Magic Cat, seeing that he wasn't looking for the beast's crystal to share as usual, let out a worried meow, "Tiger Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Are you hurt?"

"It's nothing."

Xia Fan shook his head, indicating that he didn't have any major problems.

This kind of soul injury only needed some time to recover and wouldn't have too much of an impact on him.

"Let me help you!"

However, the Magic Cat was very worried.

It had never seen Xia Fan look uncomfortable while being completely unharmed, so it immediately used its ability without explanation.

Buzz—

A purple light flashed on the Magic Cat's body, instantly merging into Xia Fan's body, and the latter immediately felt his soul injury disappear.

Seeing this, Xia Fan expressed his gratitude to the Magic Cat, then extended his tiger claw, directly dug out the Nine-Tailed Fox's crystal, and swallowed it.

A unique aura immediately circulated through his body.

As he entered the ranks of second-tier fierce beasts, the speed at which he devoured crystals also accelerated significantly.

In a short while, Xia Fan had already absorbed the power within the crystal and gained the opponent's abilities.

[Charm: A-rank ability, can create illusions. The lower the enemy's rank, the greater the impact of the illusion, and vice versa.]

[Soul Fire: S-rank ability, can leave a mark on the target's soul and continuously burn it. This allows control over other life forms' wills.]

"Roar—"

After learning the effects of these two new abilities, Xia Fan let out a hearty roar, and his aura was even more powerful than when he first entered the Yunxia Mountain Range.

"I knew it, the famous Nine-Tailed Fox from my previous life, its abilities would certainly not be weak."

He was very excited in his heart.

Although it sounded strange for him to use the Charm ability, as long as it could enhance his strength, it was a good ability.

And with the Soul Fire skill, he believed he could control other powerful fierce beasts.

If these two abilities of the Nine-Tailed Fox were combined, they could produce unexpected effects, almost making him invincible!

"Tiger Brother, are you healed?"

"There are really no after-effects, right?"

The Magic Cat thought Xia Fan was happy because his soul injury had been healed by it, and it couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Seeing this, Xia Fan didn't expose it, but merely nodded slightly and roared, "Those three fierce beasts were only severely injured by me, but not killed."

"If they help guard the Yunxia Mountain Range together, it will be of great benefit to us."

So, he led the Magic Cat and found the three fierce beasts he had severely injured earlier.

The opponents hadn't run far at all, as their injuries were too severe, and they might die at any second.

"Roar!"

The Giant Wolf, Giant Tiger, and Giant Bear immediately reacted as if facing a formidable enemy. At this moment, they were no match for Xia Fan, and could only let out weak roars to warn him not to approach further.

But what the three fierce beasts didn't expect was that Xia Fan wasn't there to kill them.

With a slight movement of his mind, the Soul Fire activated, directly controlling the three fierce beasts.

This filled them with terror: Wasn't this the Nine-Tailed Fox's ability?

Before they could think more, after ensuring safety, Xia Fan had the Magic Cat heal them again.

When the three fierce beasts recovered as before, still in shock, Xia Fan's roar followed, "Submit to me, become my subordinates, or... die here!"

The three fierce beasts almost unhesitatingly expressed their willingness to submit.

They realized that this Golden Giant Tiger's strength was exceptionally powerful, and it also had the Magic Cat's strong healing ability, no wonder it could quickly kill the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Moreover, their previous allegiance to the Nine-Tailed Fox hadn't been about resources. Now, only by following their new master, the Golden Tiger King, could they preserve their lives.

"Very good!"

Xia Fan was very satisfied with their performance. After a brief communication, he found that the three fierce beasts could only vaguely understand some of his intentions, but they could execute commands like attack and retreat, so he didn't bother too much.

He believed that once the three fierce beasts became stronger, communication would naturally be smoother.

"Let's go, continue searching for the seven-colored lotus."

From then on, he had three additional first-tier late-stage fierce beasts under his command.

After lingering for a while, Xia Fan expressed his intention for the Magic Cat and the other fierce beasts to follow him, and they continued their search.

"This Soul Fire is indeed extraordinary, worthy of being an S-rank ability."

"It's just that my current strength is insufficient, otherwise it could play a greater role."

Along the way, Xia Fan's group encountered several more fierce beasts. After stopping the eager Giant Wolf and the other three fierce beasts from acting, he personally tried the Soul Fire to see if he could continue controlling them.

Although successful, he didn't indiscriminately subdue them to expand his team.

He always understood one principle: quality over quantity in soldiers.

However, he discovered that this ability still had a lot of room for growth, and he thought to himself, "Soul Fire cannot be used as one pleases, controlling as many as one wants."

"No wonder that Nine-Tailed Fox only brought these three fierce beasts to deal with me."

Xia Fan currently had the strength of an early second-tier beast. After some attempts, he knew that if he controlled second-tier fierce beasts, he could control a maximum of three.

Any more, even if he could endure it, there was a high possibility that the controlled fierce beasts would rebel.

As for first-tier fierce beasts, they were no longer a concern in his eyes.

After all, he could control a dozen or twenty fierce beasts of that level at once without any problem.

"Tiger Brother, it's not here."

"Great King, it's not here either."

Xia Fan led the Magic Cat and the three fierce beasts, searching meticulously, not missing any abnormalities around them.

However, they still hadn't found the seven-colored lotus.

Because the Giant Tiger was of the same species as him, it had already become the leader of the three fierce beasts.

Xia Fan didn't care about this; anyway, they didn't have the strength to contend with him.

The Giant Tiger continued to report its search results with a low growl, "Great King, before, the Nine-Tailed Fox was looking for something."

Its communication with Xia Fan was much smoother now, but still not perfectly fluent.

Xia Fan knew that the 'something' it referred to was the seven-colored lotus, so he replied, "It's okay, we have plenty of time."

"How about this, you all spread out a bit; that way, the chances of finding the seven-colored lotus are greater."

"Yes!"

As the three fierce beasts gradually moved away, Xia Fan continued his search and finally found the valley where the seven-colored lotus was located.

This valley was lush and green, with vibrant flowers, plants, and trees everywhere, especially a pool of water deep within the valley that was exceptionally striking, capturing all of Xia Fan's attention.

Because, in that pool, a seven-colored lotus emitting a magnificent glow was growing!