Chapter 454: The Maturing Flame Seed! The Conditions of the Flame Supreme

Chapter 454: The Maturing Flame Seed! The Conditions of the Flame Supreme

"Ga!" A piercingly mournful cry echoed through the skies above the Heart of the Phoenix, causing the countless circling birds to become restless.

Whether they were wild or partially tamed, these birds were in a state of extreme anxiety, unable to get close to the little crow Ya Ya due to the terrifying flame protection barrier. They could only express their concern for their temporary king through incessant chirping and squawking.

After all, these birds were too weak. Most of them were wild, low-level, and difficult to capture for contracts, such as gray sparrows and southern swallow-like low-level pet beasts. Even among the elite ones, there was little value or potential for cultivation.

At most, there were only the two Blue-Feathered Flame Sparrows that the Flame Venerable's split soul had brought back, which were also considered Overlord-level existences. Due to the Flame Seed's devouring nature, they had also remained in the Heart of All Souls.

This was the top-tier combat power of the Heart of the Phoenix within the Heart of All Souls.

In a sense, the Heart of the Phoenix was the biggest makeshift group in the Heart of All Souls.

Bird-type pet beasts were difficult to bind and control. If they flew away, the losses would be significant. Currently, this arrangement was the best option. The Heart of All Souls provided some low-value bird feed to reluctantly feed these creatures, while the Hundred-Bird Parasol Tree above the Heart of the Phoenix offered an attractive residence.

Su Ping wasn't too concerned about these younger siblings of Ya Ya. His attention was focused on observing Ya Ya's condition after its mournful howl.

Unfortunately, without a soul connection with Ya Ya, Su Ping could only use his psychic perception to observe Ya Ya's situation.

Through his mental senses, he could clearly feel that Ya Ya's life force was rapidly changing at this very moment.

Su Ping sighed. The fact that he personally named Ya Ya proved that Ya Ya was a pet beast he acknowledged.

In fact, even before the start, Su Ping had asked Ya Ya if he wanted to try this cultivation.

Ya Ya had agreed without hesitation, showing his absolute trust in Su Ping and his eagerness to become stronger.

The pet beasts in the Heart of All Souls were becoming stronger at an astonishing rate.

Aside from everything else, even the Hundred-Bird Parasol Tree in the Heart of the Phoenix had broken through to the Sovereign rank just a few days ago.

There were too many powerful pet beasts in the Heart of All Souls.

After Su Ping's return, he even brought back three dragon heads. Although they currently served no purpose other than eating, their visible realm improvement speed put great pressure on Little Crow.

Little Crow clearly remembered that the Heart of All Souls held an annual gathering for its pet beasts.

As one of the earliest members of the Heart of All Souls, Little Crow couldn't afford to lose face if he were surpassed by newcomers at the gathering. He wasn't like the Spitting Turtle, who was content to be a good luck charm and lay around all day.

So, when Su Ping asked, Ya Ya agreed without hesitation to the experimental cultivation.

Su Ping had already provided Little Crow with relatively foolproof protection, but who could guarantee that there wouldn't be any problems during such a critical time?

After all, the Scorching Soul seemed to have no reference for the past hundred years.

Su Ping could only do his best.

Aside from the external energy defense provided by the colorful phoenix's flame, the most crucial aspect was the 'Jade and Stone Incineration' self-destruct technique, which directly targeted the opponent's soul with a burst effect.

At the same time, this attack couldn't be completely isolated because the cultivation of the Flame Soul required the tearing and reorganization of the soul, which contained the bursting soul.

Therefore, Su Ping had only one direct defense measure, a Sovereign-level protective resource, the Soul Glue, which could ensure the soul's temporary strong recovery.

Aside from that, there was nothing else.

Of course, if something unexpected happened, having Leng Ye, a Saint-level soul cultivator who played with souls, in the Heart of All Souls would prevent Little Crow from dying on the spot.

However, if the cultivation failed, Little Crow might suffer severe damage, and whether he could continue to recover and improve would be a question.

So, this cultivation was still a real gamble.

Su Ping dared not even blink.

Even his enhanced psychic eye felt slightly sour, and he didn't even notice when the flame seed and the magma heart, enveloped by the flame barrier, completely fused into a strange grayish-black walnut-sized object.

If it weren't for the observation through the Spirit Vision, and if Little Crow's vitality hadn't been sustained, still lingering in that so-called 'severely injured' state, Su Ping would have likely lost patience and resorted to using his backup plan to ensure Little Crow's safety.

Several hours had passed, and it still wasn't over.

This made Su Ping somewhat anxious.

Little Flame, at this moment, had already shifted his attention away from Little Crow, who was not far away.

Even the fully condensed Fire Seed couldn't attract a shred of his interest.

Little Flame's gaze had completely turned to Su Ping's face, who was intently staring at Little Crow.

He hovered right above Su Ping's shoulder.

He also sensed what Su Ping was doing with this cultivation experiment.

Logically, he should have been the most concerned about the progress of this cultivation.

After all, this feeling was somewhat similar to the cultivation his original body had done in his memories.

But at this moment, he still couldn't help but fixate his gaze on Su Ping.

The Su Ping before him at this time gave him a very special and unique feeling.

This feeling was rarely seen or felt in his original body's memories.

In that era, the humans of that time primarily relied on servitude.

After all, while human soul contracts were relatively equal, the fact that humans could contract numerous beasts meant that this contract relationship was inherently unequal in a certain sense.

This inequality created a disparity in status, leading to inequality between the two parties.

Su Ping's treatment of his contracted beasts was one thing, but in this modern age, Little Flame also noticed that humans' treatment of their contracted beasts had indeed improved.

The servitude relationship from ancient times seemed to have transformed into so-called partnerships.

Little Flame was relatively more accepting of this relationship.

However, Little Flame couldn't understand why Su Ping was treating a 'mount' like this at this moment.

Indeed, in Little Flame's inherited instincts as a Flame Venerable, these low-level fire-type birds could only serve as mounts during their growth period.

Su Ping already had so many powerful beasts, and even those peculiar beasts that Little Flame was wary of, so why was he so concerned about such an insignificant creature? Moreover, there was the previous encounter with that guy's clone.

Little Flame hadn't participated in that incident.

But in the Beast Control Space, he had sensed it.

It wasn't just Su Ping's treatment of the other beasts; all the beasts in the Beast Master's Home treated Su Ping in this manner.

This emotion was incredibly complex.

Just like what was happening before them.

Little Flame was indeed encountering a human like this for the first time.

He even had a feeling he couldn't quite put into words.

If the human he had met wasn't Su Ping, what would have happened?

The first outcome: the weak Little Mars would have been extinguished.

The second outcome: being devoured by the first encountered clone.

The third outcome: even if it managed to become powerful, it would eventually become another original body.

Because without meeting Su Ping, it wouldn't have encountered that peculiar existence and gained self-awareness.

Therefore, in a certain sense, meeting Su Ping was its destiny.

Not the destiny of the Flame Venerable, but the destiny of this individual, whom Su Ping always called 'Little Flame'.

Suddenly, the little guy felt that becoming Su Ping's contracted beast might be a good choice?

However, just as Little Flame was deep in thought, under the tense gazes of Su Ping and Zhu Hong, within the world domain enveloped by the flame barrier, a change finally occurred.

A sudden flame appeared on Little Crow's body.

This flame was the previous dark flame, the one that leaned more towards 'fire' in Little Crow's attributes.

But before anyone could react, in the next instant, another flame appeared.

Compared to the previous dark flame, this flame was the pitch-black flame that Su Ping was most familiar with.

The Dark Flame.

It was also the primary combat ability of Little Crow.

However, compared to the previous flame, the temperature of this Dark Flame wasn't very high. The truly terrifying aspect was the effect it carried, akin to a bone-eating ulcer.

Hence, Little Crow hadn't used this Dark Flame during the refinement of the Fire Elemental Core.

And now, for some unknown reason, these two flames unexpectedly appeared on the little guy's body.

Su Ping didn't think much of it, as the Spirit Vision had already provided the answer.

At the same time, it also allowed the heart that had been hanging in his chest to settle back into his stomach.

Within the feedback of the Spirit Vision's observation, the special skill that was identical to Little Flame's finally appeared:

[Flame Soul (Special): A special skill with unknown effects.]



There was no description of its abilities, and Little Flame's skill was the same when it first appeared.

Initially, Su Ping didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, the same was true for the sword soul of the little paper man Qian Yi, and now he understood what this skill truly meant.

He directly looked at the little crow and spoke softly through mental communication:

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Ya, who had already known about this cultivation step, didn't hesitate at all.

In the instant the Flame Soul fusion succeeded.

Ya Ya opened her eyes and regained consciousness.

Then, the strangely fiery eyes that had turned completely red, saw the peculiar object within the barrier, about the size of a walnut, releasing terrifying scorching waves at that moment.

That thing was the Fire Seed!

A genuine Fire Seed, as simple as it could be.

Although this was just the initial form, its value and estimation were unimaginable for some companion beasts.

Although Su Ping didn't quite understand why such a precious but not actually difficult-to-cultivate method would be interrupted, and why even a powerful existence like Flame Venerable couldn't find the Fire Seed, the final step of the first stage of cultivation for the legendary Vermilion Bird skill 'Southern Ming Departed Flame' had finally arrived.

As if sensing Su Ping's excitement, the flames on Ya Ya's body instantly enveloped the Fire Seed.

These flames, seemingly emanating from the soul, ignited the Fire Seed directly.

As if sensing the familiarity of the flames, the Fire Seed quickly rushed towards the little crow.

On the little crow's body, the flames gradually formed a phantom firebird silhouette.

It seemed to be Ya Ya's own soul.

And when this silhouette appeared, the Fire Seed merged with it like a baby swallow returning to its nest, instantly fusing together.

These two seemed destined to be together from the start.

Almost at the moment of fusion, another crisp crow's caw echoed through the sky.

Although describing the caw as crisp was a bit odd, that was indeed the feeling at that moment.

Endless flames, at this instant, vanished and merged entirely into the little crow's body.

The flames seemed to have become something special, no longer just a dispersing energy.

At this moment, the terrifying control over elemental flames displayed by Little Flame astonished Zhu Hong, leaving him stunned.

What surprised Zhu Hong even more was the True Vision (Spirit Vision) that he activated alongside Su Ping, which once again formed a brand-new skill:

[Flame Soul (Special): A special skill with unknown effects.]



There was no description of its abilities, and Little Flame's skill was the same when it first appeared.

Initially, Su Ping didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, the same was true for the sword soul of the little paper man Qian Yi, and now he understood what this skill truly meant.

He directly looked at the little crow and spoke softly through mental communication:

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Ya, who had already known about this cultivation step, didn't hesitate at all.

In the instant the Flame Soul fusion succeeded, Ya Ya opened her eyes and regained consciousness.

Then, the strangely fiery eyes that had turned completely red saw the peculiar object within the barrier, about the size of a walnut, releasing terrifying scorching waves at that moment.

That thing was the Fire Seed, a genuine one, as simple as it could be.

Although this was just the initial form, its value was unimaginable and immeasurable for some companion beasts.

Although Su Ping didn't quite understand why such a precious but not actually difficult-to-cultivate method would be interrupted, and why even a powerful existence like Flame Venerable couldn't find the Fire Seed, the final step of the first stage of cultivation for the legendary Vermilion Bird skill 'Southern Ming Departed Flame' had finally arrived.

As if sensing Su Ping's excitement, the flames on Ya Ya's body instantly enveloped the Fire Seed, making her body a graceful silhouette.

These flames, seemingly emanating from the soul, ignited the Fire Seed directly, and as if sensing the familiarity of the flames, the Fire Seed quickly rushed towards the little crow.

On the little crow's body, the flames gradually formed a phantom firebird silhouette.

It seemed to be Ya Ya's own soul, and when this silhouette appeared, the Fire Seed merged with it like a baby swallow returning to its nest, instantly fusing together.

These two seemed destined to be together from the start.

Almost at the moment of fusion, another crisp crow's caw echoed through the sky.

Although describing the caw as crisp was a bit odd, that was indeed the feeling at that moment.

Endless flames, at this instant, vanished and merged entirely into the little crow's body.

The flames seemed to have become something special, no longer just a dispersing energy, and the terrifying control over elemental flames displayed by Little Flame astonished Zhu Hong, leaving him stunned.

(End of Chapter)

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