Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand

Under this True Flame Mode, the flame is extremely volatile. Even before making contact, the air emits a burning smell, and the temperature rises instantly.

Lin Chen, Xiaobai, and Xiao Hei hold their breath, staring intently.

Under their watchful gaze, the two skills finally make contact.

Bang~~

At the moment of contact, a small explosion sound erupts, startling Little Fox, causing it to break into a cold sweat.

"Focus," Lin Chen immediately reminded.

Little Fox swallows, its body trembling slightly, beads of sweat forming on its forehead, but its eyes remain resolute.

Now, it is no longer the timid little fox of before...

It has grown up.

It can also support Lin Chen, hold up the sky for this family.

It focuses its energy, controlling the two skills to continuously spiral, intertwine, clash, and merge.

Zizz~~

Bang~~~

The difficulty of this True Fire fusion is indeed high. The flame undergoes small explosions several times, teetering on the brink of failure, but Little Fox forcefully pulls it back.

Seeing this, cold sweat appears on Lin Chen's forehead as well.

Earlier, he thought Little Fox might fuse the True Flame Skills in the first stage of Heart-Burning Fire Control.

Now it seems that's impossible.

The second stage of Heart-Burning Fire Control marks the true entry-level of True Fire.

As time passes, Little Fox grows more adept at controlling the flame. It finally lets out a roar and begins its final attempt.

It slowly pushes the Super Fireball towards the Flaming Storm. The moment they touch, a brilliant light erupts, and the flames frantically weave and merge.

Zizizi~~

The surrounding temperature steadily rises. Lin Chen and the two Spirit Beasts are forced to take a few steps back, but their gazes never leave the spectacle.

Finally, in the second after the light fades, a gurgling sound is heard.

Lin Chen and the others' pupils dilate, their lips curl into smiles of joy.

...

They see a small gold sun suspended above Little Fox's tail.

Without a doubt, this is the Demon Fire Nuclear Bomb.

Little Fox succeeded!

"Hahaha."

Lin Chen laughs heartily, starting to diligently take notes.

This little sun is certainly smaller than the first one, not even half its size.

But observing its internal rotation speed and color, its power is unquestionably greater than the previous one.

The Heart-Burning Fire Control governs not a skill, but the fire itself.

While the strength of the skill can also alter its power, the qualitative change of the flame is fundamental.

The most direct analogy is: Fusion skill 3+3 equals 6.

While fusion skill is: 3X3 equals 9.

Though currently, Little Fox does not have two different flames, the fusion of True Fire is also extremely terrifying.

"Alright, you can start throwing now," Lin Chen said.

Little Fox lets out a gurgle, then forcefully throws the Demon Fire Nuclear Bomb forward. In the next second, it becomes like a burning meteor, dragging a long fiery tail, speeding toward the stake amidst a whistling wind.

When the fireball hits the stake, it's like a giant bomb detonated.

The deafening explosion reverberates, shockwaves spreading from the impact point, causing the surrounding ground to tremble, and a mushroom cloud, even larger than before, rises into the sky.

Its height is about a third more than the Super Flame Bomb version.

Lin Chen's eyes are filled with delight.

It's important to know that Little Fox had just performed a fusion of a Mastery-level Super Fireball and a Mastery-level Flaming Storm.

The blazing flame quickly spreads, forming a massive circle of fire, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daylight. The scorching heat rushes forward, leaving a giant crater on the ground.

As for that stake, not even ash is left.

"Moo!!!"

Xiaobai is the first to moo, applauding Little Fox.

Big White Bear reacts a beat late, because it was dazing...

The first time it met Little Fox, it was so weak.

Yet now, contracted with Lin Chen for only a little while, it had evolved to such a terrifying level.

Deep down, Big White Bear hopes Lin Chen reaches level 20 quickly, the thought reemerges once more.

However, it still smiles, feeling happy for Little Fox.

Lin Chen, feeling excited, reached out to pat its head, and said to it, "With this move, in this Beast Fighting Conference, you'll be the coolest beast among the secondary Spirit Beasts."

"Gurg~~~"

Little Fox grinned widely.

Lin Chen carefully recorded in his journal, while also saying to Little Fox, "Don't use this move until the very last moment, okay?"

"Gurg!"

Little Fox nodded.

It understood that Lin Chen was aiming for the championship.

It also hoped to help Lin Chen achieve this glory.

At night, one person and three beasts all went to bed in a great mood, especially the "old father" Lin Chen. Seeing that Little Fox could fuse True Flame Skills, he was entirely relieved.

In Lin Chen's view, Little Fox mastering this move was enough to ensure its dominance.

Next, it was Xiaobai's turn.

If Xiaobai could smoothly ascend to level 32, awakening its fifth skill, Xiaobai's dominance would continue just like in the Cow King Competition.

....

After the group stage ended, the elimination matches began on the third day.

The format of the losers' bracket is very cruel, with three teams having to play two matches each, eventually looking at the win-loss points.

Among the three teams, the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun's advantage is evident. Apart from their overall strong personal strength, Nanfen Ancient Country always seemed hopeless, and East Sakura Country had a chance to fight for the spot, but Lin Chen incapacitated one person for them, which indirectly helped the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun.

So after winning against Nanfen Ancient Country on the first day, the leader of the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun, Marjorie, had already been researching the three countries for the elimination matches.

The day the losers' bracket winner is determined, a draw will take place.

Naturally, Marjorie's most dreaded opponent is the Youlan Empire. Firstly, the relation between the two nations is good, and secondly, he knows that if they face the Youlan Empire, a defeat is almost certain.

The Youlan Empire's national strategy attracts top talents from around the world, making them very tough to beat.

Currently, Marjorie hopes the most to encounter the Cangling Ancient Country.

First, they have complete control over Cangling Ancient Country's information.

Second, they don't want the Cangling Ancient Country to control too many resources either.

As a neighboring nation to Cangling Ancient Country, they are more opposed to its rise and resource acquisition than the Youlan Empire.

After Marjorie finished the meeting with the three team captains, surprisingly, a subordinate came to report that Tyler requested an audience.

Marjorie glanced at the sky; it was late at night, and Tyler's visit at this hour indicated a discussion about something unspeakable.

He quickly headed to the reception hall, where indeed he saw Tyler and dismissed the servants.

The two exchanged courteous words; after all, they weren't strangers, so Tyler straightforwardly said, "The Divine Hall should have told you, your mission this time isn't to win the Beast Fighting Conference."

The Divine Hall is an entity within the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun similar to Dubhe Pavilion.

Marjorie naturally knew that this time, led by the House of Representatives, they intended to unite with the Divine Hall to deeply probe into Zhong Nan's depths.

However, Marjorie was extremely cautious about this plan. After all, it was in the Cangling Ancient Country, attempting to probe the bottom line of their National Preceptor...

A single misstep, and it would result in utter ruin.

Marjorie, being a smart man, said, "The task I got from the Divine Hall was to strive for the highest achievable rank."

Seeing Marjorie playing dumb, Tyler didn't point it out but continued, "I know you want to draw Cangling Ancient Country. I can help you."

"Can you even internally control the draw results?" Marjorie was incredulous.

"I naturally don't have that capability, without some meddling from someone in their country..." Tyler's eyes twinkled with amusement.

Marjorie had actually long suspected that, seeing Tyler possessing such detailed information about Cangling Ancient Country's competitors, someone from Celestial Capital must be involved.

"The people of Cangling Ancient Country still love to fight among themselves," Marjorie said disdainfully.

"They enjoy internal strife during peace times, but don't forget when they have a common enemy, their might is formidable," Tyler said.

Hearing those words, Marjorie immediately recalled the national war years ago.

Cangling Ancient Country had been surrounded by numerous countries, yet, in the end, it triumphed.

"What do you want?" Marjorie asked directly.

"It's simple," Tyler looked at Marjorie and said, "Your chances of winning against them are slim. What I hope for is..."

"Even if you lose, you must severely injure one of their members."

Marjorie raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

This was asking him to risk it all.

"As compensation, when Celestial Beast Island opens, your country will receive one-sixth more of the Spirit Beast resources from our share," Tyler said.

Hearing about Celestial Beast Island, Marjorie's eyes gleamed.

Even one-sixth is a huge fortune.

He nodded seriously and said, "Agreed."