Up ahead.
As the Flame Women watched Chen Ying approach step by step, she unexpectedly grew flustered and quickly dispersed the flames drifting around her.
What mother in the world would ever harm her own daughter?
However, Chen Ying, having been manipulated by the White-Clothed Woman, failed to appreciate the gesture or notice anything amiss. Seizing the opportunity, she continued moving closer.
When she was only a few fists away from the Flame Women, Chen Ying suddenly drew the Frost Spike she had been hiding behind her back!
But just as she thought she was about to succeed, a surge of Space Element power released by Fang Yu blasted her several steps backward.
"What are you doing?!" the White-Clothed Woman, the Ghost Woman, shouted furiously.
Beneath the white cloth, her eyes shone with an eerie glow. Her pupils seemed capable of piercing straight through a person's body, striking directly at the mind itself. Under that gaze, even one's soul couldn't help but tremble.
The Psychic Element!!
Chen Ying's "mother" was actually a Psychic Element mage as well.
Her furious shout carried Psychic Element power with it, but Fang Yu's spiritual realm had already reached the peak of the Third Realm.
He was just barely able to withstand the Ghost Woman's Psychic Element attack.
Fang Yu fixed his gaze on the White-Clothed Woman and said coldly, "The Ghost Woman on the wanted list, the disgrace of the Dunhuang Military District!"
"Impossible! How do you know that?!" the White-Clothed Woman shrieked.
"You were saved by Jiang Feng after being burned by the Calamity Fire, yet you repaid her by plotting against her with such a vicious scheme. 'Ungrateful' isn't nearly enough to describe you," Fang Yu mocked.
"I'll leave the rest to you."
Fang Yu turned toward the Flame Women.
Seeing this, the Flame Women vanished into thin air.
This was true Instantaneous Movement—Space Shift. Her flaming figure suddenly appeared high in the air, and an overwhelming pressure surged forth like crashing mountains and raging seas.
Everyone present was instantly intimidated.
With a simple wave of her delicate hand, the White-Clothed Woman was restrained in an instant, and the imposter's eyes widened.
"Y-You..."
She was utterly terrified.
Another Constellation lit up as dim stars flickered into existence. She poured every ounce of her cultivation into trying to shake that flaming figure.
Instead, she suffered a mental backlash. A splitting headache wracked her mind, leaving her in utter misery.
Floating in midair, Jiang Feng slowly raised one hand.
At the same moment, the violent Calamity Fire erupted like a primordial beast, surging toward the Ghost Woman.
She wanted this imposter to suffer once more beneath the torment of scorching flames!
"No! I can't die! Let me go!" the White-Clothed Woman screamed in agony. "Chen Ying! Chen Ying! Let me go! I've planted a Curse Seed inside her. If I die, she won't escape unscathed either!"
As expected, the moment Chen Ying was mentioned, Jiang Feng hesitated.
Whoosh!
A spear of ice shot through the air, instantly piercing the White-Clothed Woman's body.
"You ruined everything! Damn you!"
The White-Clothed Woman still hadn't drawn her last breath. Jiang Feng had clearly begun to relent, yet this person had actually.
"There's no point talking to someone like her. She'll only rack her brains trying to deceive you. If you let her continue, that's when the real trouble begins," Fang Yu said calmly.
Jiang Feng suddenly came to her senses.
She had only hesitated out of panic for a moment. Fortunately, Fang Yu had interrupted her in time. That only made her realize how utterly vicious this woman truly was.
She could not be allowed to live!
"Ling!"
"No! No! AHHHHHHHH!!"
The Calamity Fire swallowed the figure wrapped in white cloth.
A person like her didn't deserve to leave behind even a speck of ash.
Only then did everyone who had been frozen in shock finally recover their senses.
It took Fang Yu quite a bit of explaining before they finally stopped questioning him.
The night sky above the Scorching Plains glittered brilliantly with countless stars.
On a branch platform of the Star Whisper Heavenly Tree rested a Flame Calamity Fruit.
Fine cracks had already appeared across its surface, as though a new life was about to emerge at any moment.
Fang Yu and the Flame Women stared at it without blinking.
One was filled with hope.
The other had less than noble intentions.
Suddenly, the incredibly hard shell of the Flame Calamity Fruit cracked open.
A tiny little arm stretched out from inside.
The little fellow within was clearly eager to see the outside world. Its tiny arm waved around excitedly, smashing apart every piece of shell that stood in its way.
The tiny arm was no thicker than one of Fang Yu's fingers, yet it was made entirely of flame. It burned as faintly as a candlelight, looking as though a single gust of wind could snuff it out.
"So this is the real Flame Belle?" Fang Yu stared at the adorable little creature.
Come on, hop into my bowl already.
The little fellow inside the Flame Calamity Fruit had completely broken free from its shell.
Unlike other living creatures, it wasn't weak or crying after birth.
Its delicate infant body, formed from faint flames, radiated astonishing vitality.
As soon as it hatched, it picked up fragments of the Flame Calamity Fruit and happily began nibbling on them, just like a tiny squirrel.
Its tiny arms and legs, along with its round little belly, made it look like an exquisite porcelain doll.
The sounds it made were even more like those of a kitten that had just finished nursing.
"Ling~ Ling~~"
The tiny Flame Belle let out a soft cry. She possessed the ability to float as well, gently drifting through the air in two small circles before lightly floating into the Flame Women's embrace. She felt no sense of unfamiliarity toward her at all, as the two shared the same origin and aura.
However, the Flame Women gently picked up the little Flame Belle and placed her into Fang Yu's hands instead.
Accepting the little fellow, Fang Yu looked at the Flame Women and said, "Don't worry. I'll keep the promise I made to you. I'll protect the last Flame Belle in this world with everything I have."
As he spoke, Fang Yu formed a Contract Seal, completing his contract with the Flame Belle.
The process went remarkably smoothly, with no resistance whatsoever.
Woohoo! We're taking off!
With ice and fire in my hands, the world is mine!
No, no don't get carried away. Stay low-key, keep growing, and play it safe!
"Ling~~~"
Seeing this, the Flame Women did not object. She simply let out a solemn cry.
It was her way of asking Fang Yu to take good care of the little one.
"Ling~~~ Ling~~~"
"So fragrant! So fragrant!"
As soon as the little Flame Belle was in Fang Yu's hands, she floated onto his body and began climbing all over him.
It was as though she were searching for the unique aura emanating from him.
She had most likely sensed the Totem Feather.
After all, Totems were in no way inferior to Elemental Holy Spirits.
In the original novel, under Mo Fan's guidance, the Flame Belle absorbed the legacy left behind by the Holy Totem Vermilion Bird, allowing her to break through into the Perfect Stage.
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