Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

Chapter 393 - 196: Tribal War, First Strike

Seeing this, Cang Shan and Banyue’s hearts leaped into their throats.

They were completely powerless against a Guardian God that had already achieved its Transformed Form. Even if they could form a battle formation, they could at best only delay it for a moment.

But the creature’s speed was terrifying. It was already too late to form their battle formation.

A thousand meters, five hundred meters, a hundred meters...

When the blue crucian carp was fifty meters from Li Chang’an, he finally moved. A gout of flame erupted from his draconic mouth.

The blue crucian carp reacted instantly. Seeing Li Chang’an attack, it sent a wave of aquamarine ripples surging from its body, layer upon layer, attempting to douse the flames.

Clearly, the blue crucian carp didn’t take Li Chang’an’s attack seriously. Its defense was a mere precaution, a casually cast Technique.

After all, the gap between the Dao Entry Realm and the Transformation Realm was immense.

His opponent couldn’t possibly wound it.

Its goal had been clear from the start—to seize the massive amount of Spirituality its opponent might possess!

For a Guardian God, such a thing was a priceless supplement that could vastly raise its potential for growth.

However, an unexpected scene soon unfolded before everyone’s eyes.

The blue ripples surging from the crucian carp’s body passed right through the fire. Not only did they fail to extinguish the flames, but they also didn’t even cause them to flicker.

The flames passed through the blue ripples as if they weren’t there and struck the blue crucian carp directly.

TSSSSSS...

The moment the flames made contact, the blue crucian carp sensed something was wrong. It spat out a giant bubble, trying to envelop itself for protection.

But just like before, the bubble had absolutely no effect on the flames.

The raging fire passed straight through the bubble and set the blue crucian carp’s body ablaze.

The purpose of Soul Fire was to burn Spiritual Power.

The Extraordinary beings of this world were generally long-lived species.

The blue crucian carp had lived for ages, and its Spiritual Power was formidable. But as is well known, spiritual damage is incredibly difficult to defend against.

Scorched by the Soul Fire, the blue crucian carp felt excruciating pain.

It thrashed its tail wildly, trying to put out the fire, but since the flames targeted the soul, physical means had no effect whatsoever.

The blue crucian carp quickly realized this.

Blue ripples appeared on its body, transforming into wisps of white smoke that then quickly flowed back into it.

Soon, amid a burst of steam, the Soul Flame that had been burning fiercely upon the blue crucian carp’s soul slowly flickered and died out.

Having finally extinguished the flames, the blue crucian carp was both shocked and furious. It glared at Li Chang’an and snarled, "To think I had to use my Incense to put that out! What kind of technique is this?"

Li Chang’an remained where he was, not bothering to answer. Seeing that it was about to say more, he simply spat out three more jets of Soul Fire, which shot toward the blue crucian carp even faster than before.

Seeing him use Soul Fire as if it were free, a chill finally ran down the blue crucian carp’s spine.

’He clearly hasn’t reached the Transformed Form; that’s beyond doubt.’

’But if he hasn’t Transformed, then where did this bizarre attack come from?’

’He can spew those flames at will, yet I have to burn Incense just to barely put them out... An ability like this is completely unheard of.’

The blue crucian carp no longer dared to be careless.

It was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it dodged the Soul Fire and continued to close in on Li Chang’an.

Thirty meters, ten meters...

The flames poured from Li Chang’an’s mouth as if they cost him nothing, one stream after another. The closer the blue crucian carp got, the greater the pressure it felt.

By the time it was only ten meters from Li Chang’an, the Soul Fire was coming like machine-gun fire. Simply dodging was enough to wear the blue crucian carp out.

Getting any closer seemed impossible.

However, this didn’t make the blue crucian carp give up. ’The more he tries to keep me at a distance,’ it thought, ’the more it proves his offensive options are limited.’

’If I can just get a little closer, the tables will turn in an instant!’

Li Chang’an unleashed hundreds of blasts of Soul Fire in succession, several of which struck the blue crucian carp.

But the blue crucian carp was clearly determined to fight to the death, frantically consuming its Power of Incense to extinguish the flames that landed on it.

Li Chang’an was slightly surprised that the blue crucian carp could still withstand the assault. ’It seems this thing has a few tricks up its sleeve after all.’

’But that’s as far as it goes.’

’It’s true that I don’t have many attack methods right now.’

’But Soul Fire alone is more than enough for me to get creative.’

When the blue crucian carp saw a break in his attacks, a look of delight flashed across its face. Its two fins rapidly swelled, slapping toward Li Chang’an’s body like a pair of giant fans.

FWOOSH!

Li Chang’an unleashed a Fireball Skill fueled by his Soul Fire. A massive torrent of flame coalesced into a crimson Fire Dragon.

The blue crucian carp was horrified.

It had assumed the pause in Li Chang’an’s assault meant he was running out of steam. It never imagined he was actually preparing an ultimate move. Caught completely off guard and defenseless, it was struck head-on by the Fire Dragon.

The raging inferno instantly split into Soul Fire, Bone and Flesh Fire, and Qi Blood Fire.

As the three fires burned at once, the very air around them began to distort violently.

The blue crucian carp tried to resist with its Incense, but before it could even summon the Power of Incense, the three flames had already melted away most of its body.

The onlookers could only watch as the Fire Dragon engulfed the blue crucian carp.

A few moments later, the Fire Dragon slowly dissipated, turning back and re-entering Li Chang’an’s body.

And where the blue crucian carp had just been engulfed in fire, there was nothing. It was as if it had never existed, vanished without a trace.

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