Chapter 156: Flame Splitting Wave Ruler vs. Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!
Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!
In an unknown cave, terrifying heaven and earth energy condensed onto a heavy, blunt sword, forming a three-to-four-meter-long pillar of flame. With a roar, Jiang Lin, muscles bulging, slammed it down onto the head of a tier-4 magical beast—an Azure Lion—dazing it instantly!
Whoosh!
Jiang Lin's four crimson-gold wings flashed behind him. Taking advantage of the lion's dazed state, he turned into a blur and shot out of the cave, flying away at top speed!
Howl! ROAR!!
The powerful body of a tier-4 magical beast allowed the Azure Lion to recover quickly. Seeing its lair in ruins, it let out a furious roar. Fierce wind-element Dou Qi formed blue wings on its joints, and it blasted out of the cave, hot on Jiang Lin's heels!
ROAR!
The angry lion's roars grew closer. Jiang Lin glanced back just as he was preparing to ascend, when suddenly—
Screech!
Yingjiang cried out in alarm! Jiang Lin looked up and saw a massive shadow streak across the sky—a tier-4 flying magical beast: the Gale Wind Winged Dragon! It was currently chasing after Yingjiang.
"Hmph… still after us?" Jiang Lin frowned in annoyance at the Gale Wind Winged Dragon above. Over the past few days, it had chased them relentlessly like they had a blood feud. All Jiang Lin had done was sneak one of its eggs. There were four in the nest! You still had three!
...Wait, eggs have parents. One must've stayed behind to guard the nest.
Realizing this, Jiang Lin changed direction midair, redirecting his wings to lead the Azure Lion straight toward the Gale Wind Winged Dragon's lair.
"Come on, big lion, I'll treat you to something tasty."
The tier-4 Azure Lion ran even faster than Jiang Lin could fly. But each time it was about to catch up, Jiang Lin would sharply ascend and circle around, widening the distance again—all while drawing the beast closer to the Gale Wind Dragon's nest.
Meanwhile, Yingjiang—whose flight speed was comparable to a tier-3 flying beast—couldn't outrun the tier-4 Gale Wind Winged Dragon. But it made up for that by using its smaller size to skim along the forest floor, darting and weaving between trees so the dragon couldn't catch it.
If the dragon had unlimited time, it could corner Yingjiang eventually. But it didn't. Across the forest, Jiang Lin was already leading the Azure Lion toward its nest!
Frustrated, the Gale Wind Winged Dragon gave up after shredding a chunk of forest with wind blades and failed to catch Yingjiang. It turned around and flew toward Jiang Lin instead.
Sensing the dragon was after him now, Jiang Lin dived into the forest, weaving through the trees with terrifying agility and control.
ROAR!
In this forest, where trees averaged 30 to 40 meters tall, the Gale Wind Winged Dragon couldn't pursue him effectively—but the Azure Lion kept up the chase relentlessly.
"The Gale Wind Winged Dragon gave up? Good. The next beast territory is close."
Feeling the dragon's hostility fade, Jiang Lin even found the time to glance back at the furious lion as he darted between the trees.
The lion, enraged by Jiang Lin's provocations, only chased harder.
Jiang Lin wasn't just leading it around—he was trying to make it change territories.
"I'm getting close to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's lair, and you're blocking the way. Time to relocate you."
Jiang Lin's true goal was the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's nest deeper within the forest. The Azure Lion was more like a territorial guard dog. If he could lure these tier-4 beasts away, he could sneak in and… maybe rub the little lion cub's fuzzy head.
His talent for hiding his presence was almost instinctual. Unless it was the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King itself, no beast would sense him. In Jiang Lin's Spirit Sense, that lion king was like a giant lightbulb—he could sense it even from behind a mountain. As long as he didn't fight head-on, Jiang Lin moved through the forest as if it were his own backyard.
Once he led the Azure Lion far enough, he planned to conceal his aura and vanish.
Whoosh!
As he streaked through the forest, Jiang Lin's expression suddenly shifted.
"Leave now! A tier-4 magical beast is approaching!"
In another part of the forest, Xiao Yan was quietly gathering herbs when Yao Chen's urgent voice rang out in his mind.
"What?" Xiao Yan didn't even finish speaking when a flash of crimson-gold light zipped past in front of him—Jiang Lin!
Before Xiao Yan could react, every hair on his body stood on end as a terrifying aura locked onto him!
He immediately abandoned the herbs he had just gathered and leapt backward. A gust of terrifying wind howled past the spot he had just stood in!
But before he could breathe, a two-meter-tall lion burst out of the wind and turned to glare at him. Its overwhelming pressure crashed down!
"Shit!"
Panicking, Xiao Yan activated his Two-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings to flee into the air!
But that one move sealed his fate. The Azure Lion now viewed him as Jiang Lin's ally and pounced!
Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!
Knowing his flight speed couldn't outrun the lion's charge, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, pulled out the Heavy Xuan Ruler from his ring, channeled heaven and earth energy into it, igniting it with flame, and smashed it down toward the Azure Lion!
BANG!
The heavy ruler slammed into the lion's mouth, knocking out several teeth. Xiao Yan used the impact to leap into the air—but the weight of the ruler dragged him back down almost immediately.
ROAR!
The enraged lion roared, unleashing a blast of wind Dou Qi that shredded the nearby trees. Xiao Yan instinctively raised his heavy ruler to block.
Clang clang clang!
Countless tiny wind blades cut across the ruler. Xiao Yan glanced back in alarm—one of the feathers on his Two-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings had been sliced clean off!
Meanwhile, Jiang Lin landed and retracted his Four-Leaf Feather Sheath Wings. Space around him shimmered—six light-blue blade-shaped wings appeared behind his back and clicked into place with a metallic snap!
Whoosh!
Six illusory crimson-gold wings burst open from his back!
HUMMM!
A deep, resonating hum echoed through the forest as vast energy gathered onto Jiang Lin's light wings, igniting into a brilliant crimson-gold blaze!
Earth-rank Secret Technique: Dou Qi Furnace!
Jiang Lin's entire body glowed red as he transformed into a blazing crimson-gold streak and launched skyward!
Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!
Just as Yao Chen prepared to take control of Xiao Yan's body, a massive crimson-gold flame pillar struck the Azure Lion's head mid-air!
BOOM!
The flame exploded violently. In the blaze, a glowing figure spun through the air, grabbed Xiao Yan by the collar, and yanked him skyward! The force was so strong that Xiao Yan couldn't even hold onto his heavy ruler.
But in the next moment, he found himself tossed upward—and Jiang Lin swooped back, snatched the falling heavy ruler into his storage ring, then soared up again, catching Xiao Yan and flying even higher.
Below, the stunned Azure Lion roared in fury, seeing stars.
ROOOAAARRRR!!!
(END CHAPTER)
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