# 662
Chapter 662: Hongyan Breaks Through
BOOM——!!
A thunderous explosion echoed from the distance, a section of black blade slicing through the sky, followed by billowing smoke rising from the streets far away.
"Hmm?"
Lin Qiye turned to look, his brow furrowing slightly. "That's..."
"Seems to be that black blade." Shen Qingzhu pondered as he spoke. "However, it looks like this blade's projection is larger and more solid."
"It's Yuzuri Kurotetsu." Lin Qiye said with certainty.
Now that Kangan Tsukasa was dead, if his and Amemiya Haruki's deductions were correct, the 【Black Rope】 should have ultimately fallen into Yuzuri Kurotetsu's hands, and his "King's Blood" possessed the power to forcibly activate any Magatsu Blade. Besides him, no one else in this city could achieve this.
"Friend or foe?"
"Hard to say."
For Lin Qiye, all the information he currently possessed was deduced from clues he'd pieced together. He could only speculate about Yuzuri Kurotetsu's true purpose in setting up this scheme. He didn't know his real identity and couldn't determine what kind of person he truly was.
"Let's deal with the enemy in front of us first."
Lin Qiye turned his gaze to the street.
At this moment, the street had completely transformed into a sea of flames. Scalding hot fire gushed from the cracks in the ground, fire lines floating everywhere in the air. Centered on the Red-Robed Oracle Envoy, a three-kilometer radius was like a fiery purgatory—nothing living could approach.
The road was melting, buildings were collapsing, even the light was distorting among the喷吐 flames. This was no longer simply a matter of fire; the extreme temperatures contained within were comparable to an erupting volcano!
And the soulless Red-Robed Oracle Envoy was a mobile volcano source.
Currently, Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu were at least five kilometers away from him. They stood atop a tall building, gazing down at the sea of flames below, their expressions grave.
At such temperatures, neither guns, missiles, nor any other weapons could pass through the sea of flames to reach the Red-Robed Oracle Envoy. Even ancient tree demons would be scorched the moment they approached. Almost all of Lin Qiye's existing methods had become useless.
"But the temperature around him is too high. We can't get close at all." Shen Qingzhu frowned. "Even if I use 【Qi Min】, I can only extinguish the surrounding flames. The temperature around his body is at least five hundred degrees right now—there's no way a human could approach...
"Moreover, under the gaze of that mysterious gaze, my 【Qi Min】 won't be able to sustain for too long either."
Lin Qiye thought deeply for a long time, as if having thought of something, his eyes brightening.
"Give me a moment."
Lin Qiye squatted down, pulled a piece of chalk from his pocket, and quickly began drawing on the ground.
Shen Qingzhu had seen Lin Qiye draw magic circles before, so he自觉ingly stepped back a few paces. About a minute later, Lin Qiye stood up from the ground, carefully confirming the summoning array was correct, then pressed his palm to the center of the formation and poured his spiritual power into it.
At the top of the building, a dazzling magical radiance blazed forth!
When the radiance faded, a massive fiery-red earth dragon appeared before the two of them. Its giant claws gripped the windows of the building, its body about twice the size of the rooftop. The dragon's head reared high, letting out a roar at the sky!
Flame-Vein Earth Dragon, Hongyan.
This time, Lin Qiye hadn't summoned her in human form, but directly in her true body.
After the roar, those orange-yellow slit eyes fell upon Lin Qiye beside her. She respectfully lowered her body, pressing her head to the ground before him.
Lin Qiye, still under the mysterious gaze, smiled faintly and said:
"Hongyan, can you handle that fire source over there?"
The Flame-Vein Earth Dragon turned to look at the blazing hot field in the distance, nodding slightly.
She herself was a Flame-Vein Earth Dragon—this kind of high temperature was nothing to her. Moreover, with her变态-level fire affinity, she could move freely within that sea of flames. For her, these flames could even be considered excellent nourishment.
"Go, be careful."
Upon hearing these words, the Flame-Vein Earth Dragon vigorously flapped her wings, stirring up a gust of wind. Her massive body caught the wind and rose, gliding toward the Red-Robed Oracle Envoy!
She opened her massive maw, and the fire lines floating in the air were automatically drawn into her mouth. Fiery-red patterns lit up continuously across her dragon scales, weaving into a complex and obscure pattern.
The Flame-Vein Earth Dragon's intrusion alerted the Red-Robed Oracle Envoy to the danger.
He僵硬地抬起头, his right eye utterly empty, while the red ring in his left eye locked onto the earth dragon dancing above the flames, its electronic voice sounding:
"Detected unknown biological attack, initiating counterattack..."
BOOM——!!
Around the Red-Robed Oracle Envoy, waves of fire surged outward, transforming into thick pillars of flame that shot toward the Flame-Vein Earth Dragon in the sky. When the latter saw these flames, instead of being alarmed, she was delighted, opening her massive jaws and swallowing them all!
The fiery-red patterns on her body grew even brighter.
If the Red-Robed Oracle Envoy had possessed self-awareness, seeing this scene, he would certainly not dare to use fire to attack that earth dragon anymore, because these flames held absolutely no killing power in her eyes—indeed, they seemed to greatly benefit her.
Unfortunately, what was controlling his body was merely an artificial intelligence, lacking such cognitive ability. It could only follow preset programs, continuously increasing the power of the flames.
Surging flames continuously rushed toward the sky, all swallowed by Hongyan. Her eyes were full of excitement.
This Red-Robed Oracle Envoy was practically a mobile feeding machine!
As time passed, the fiery-red patterns on the Flame-Vein Earth Dragon blazed to their extreme. Her aura rose steadily, and the realm bottleneck that had restricted her for so long began to loosen under this massive influx of flame nourishment!
PANG——!
With a soft sound, Hongyan's aura suddenly erupted. From the peak of the "Sea" realm, she took a single step into the "Measureless" realm!
At the same time, the fiery-red patterns on her body dimmed, transforming into a mysterious dark red that wasn't so conspicuous in the darkness of night. However, upon close observation, one could see streams of near-black flames flowing slowly within those dark red patterns!
Stepping into the "Measureless" realm, for the Flame-Vein Earth Dragon lineage, also meant fully becoming an adult form. A certain talent lock hidden deep within Hongyan's genes was broken, and a flood of information surged into her mind!
She raised her head high, opened her massive maw, and let out a roar at the sky. A pillar of black flame erupted from within her, instantly piercing through the clouds!
ROOOOAR——!!
This dragon's cry directly echoed across the entire sky of Osaka.
"What's wrong with her?" Shen Qingzhu asked疑惑ly beside him.
Lin Qiye smiled faintly. "She... has grown up."