The Sacred Flame Fruit is in hand!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

"That was close, I almost died here."

"Fortunately, my last resort didn't disappoint me. To be safe, I'll finish the job first!"

After unleashing his soul arrow attack with all his might, Su Yuan took a few deep breaths and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

His gaze fell on the ghostly fire serpent at his feet, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

Su Yuan drew the fine iron dagger from his waist, squatted down, and suddenly stabbed it at the forehead of the Netherfire Serpent.

Clang!

The fine iron dagger collided with the scales on the forehead of the ghost fire serpent, producing a crisp metallic sound.

However, it failed to penetrate, leaving only a shallow white cut on the scales on the forehead of the Ghostfire Serpent.

"Holy crap, it's so hard!"

Su Yuan was alarmed when his first attack failed.

He is now a half-step awakened level beast tamer, especially with three high-quality beasts: Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan, and Gale Shadow Cat.

His own strength is by no means inferior to that of some ordinary peak-level ferocious beasts.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a humanoid beast.

Despite his formidable physical strength, his all-out strike failed to break through the Netherfire Serpent's defenses.

The sheer strength of the Ghostfire Serpent's defenses is evident.

"Thankfully, my mental strength is strong enough that I unexpectedly killed this ghost fire serpent."

"Otherwise, relying solely on two ordinary-level beast tamers, Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan, would be utterly ineffective against this guy."

Taking a deep breath, Su Yuan said in a low voice.

He then gripped the dagger tightly again, and instead of attacking the fire serpent's forehead, he pried open its mouth and plunged the dagger into its upper jaw, completely ending the fire serpent's chance of survival.

"What a pity. If this guy hadn't tried to kill me, I could have made a contract with an excellent seven-star Ghostfire Serpent that had awakened to the second tier, which would have greatly increased my strength."

Looking at the corpse of the Netherfire Serpent that he had completely slain, Su Yuan sighed and shook his head.

Having just faced a life-or-death crisis, Su Yuan didn't know if his mental strength was enough to defeat the Netherfire Serpent.

Therefore, he had no choice but to unleash the Soul Arrow with all his might.

This single blow annihilated the soul of the Ghostfire Serpent.

There was no chance to seriously injure the Ghostfire Serpent and then attempt a contract.

Otherwise, having contracted this exceptional seven-star Netherfire Serpent, which has reached the second level of awakening, he could have easily roamed freely around the outer reaches of the Molten Fire Mountains.

After sighing, Su Yuan shook his head, clearing his mind of all other thoughts, and began to concentrate on dissecting the corpse of the Netherfire Serpent in front of him.

The Ghostfire Serpent is not very large; it is only about the size of a calf in thickness and less than three meters in length.

In this world of ferocious beasts, the Ghostfire Serpent is relatively small compared to other awakened-level ferocious beasts.

Even so, the snakeskin and scales on this ghost fire serpent are enough to make a set of highly protective leather armor, which would be quite valuable.

In fact, the value of a whole Ghostfire Serpent skin is even greater than that of the Ghostfire Serpent's ferocious beast core.

Soon, Su Yuan had completely peeled off the skin of the Netherfire Serpent.

"This snake skin of the Ghostfire Serpent, along with its crystal core, is worth more than 100,000 Federal Credits."

"This is the biggest harvest I've had since I entered the Molten Mountains."

"However, compared to the three Sacred Fire Fruits before us, the skin and core of this Netherfire Serpent are nothing."

The snakeskin and crystal core were packed up and placed in the large backpack on Xiao Xuan's back.

Su Yuan looked up at the three crimson Sacred Fire Fruits on the cliff face, revealing his white teeth, and smiled slightly.

Now that he has dealt with the ferocious beasts guarding the Sacred Flame Fruit, all he needs to do is wait here for the Sacred Flame Fruit to fully ripen.

"Chirp chirp!!!"

After Su Yuan disposed of the Ghostfire Serpent's corpse, Xiao Yan also circled around the cliff face for a while, but did not find any other dangers.

Then it landed lightly on Xiao Xuan's back with a cheerful cry.

After reaching the fifth level of the ordinary realm, Xiao Yan has grown quite a bit. Now, standing behind Xiao Xuan, its height has reached Su Yuan's waist.

"Chirp chirp!!!"

Upon reaching Su Yuan's side, Xiao Yan excitedly called out to him a few times before turning its head and staring intently at the three Sacred Fire Fruits on the cliff face.

"No rush, these three Sacred Fire Fruits need three more days to fully ripen."

"We'll wait here for three days."

"Only when the Sacred Flame Fruit is fully ripe can its effects be maximized."

Su Yuan looked at Xiao Yan, who was excited but also a little anxious, and patted Xiao Yan's head with a faint smile.

Xiao Yan's soft feathers feel very comfortable to the touch, and have a wonderful texture.

This made Su Yuan unable to resist touching it a few more times.

Xiao Yan also showed a look of enjoyment as Su Yuan stroked her.

Upon hearing Su Yuan's words, Xiao Yan nodded obediently and stayed quietly by Su Yuan's side.

Seeing this, Su Yuan took out several water-type ferocious beast crystal cores from the backpack behind him.

"Xiao Xuan, you expended a lot of energy in that battle. You only have a few water-type beast cores left. Swallow them to restore your magic power."

After Su Yuan finished speaking, he tossed the last few water-type ferocious beast crystal cores in his hand to Xiao Xuan.

The Molten Mountains are filled with rich fire elements. In this environment, Xiao Xuan can only replenish his magic power through water-type crystal cores.

Especially since Xiao Xuan was the one who dealt with the battles against the ferocious beasts in the Molten Mountains, which consumed even more energy.

Therefore, in just half a month, Su Yuan's supply of water-type ferocious beast crystal cores, enough to feed Xiao Xuan for two months, had been exhausted.

Of course, while the consumption is high, the effects are also obvious.

In just half a month, Xiao Xuan grew from just breaking through to the ordinary eighth rank to almost reaching the awakening level.

Such a rapid increase in strength is absolutely unparalleled among all beast tamers in Tianyang City.

"call!!!"

Seeing the several ferocious beast crystal cores that Su Yuan threw over, Xiao Xuan was overjoyed. He happily opened his mouth and used a suction force to swallow all the ferocious beast crystal cores into his stomach.

As several ordinary high-level water-type ferocious beast crystal cores entered his stomach, a powerful water-type magical energy erupted within Xiao Xuan's body, quickly replenishing the energy depleted from the previous battle.

Knowing that Su Yuan was going to stay here to watch the Sacred Fire Fruit ripen, Xiao Xuan simply lay down on the ground and began to absorb the energy from several water-type ferocious beast crystal cores.

Xiao Xuan understood what Su Yuan had just said; these were the last few water-type ferocious beast crystal cores in Su Yuan's possession.

After that, there will be no more opportunities to replenish one's own energy by consuming the crystal cores of water-type ferocious beasts.

Unless they return to the city, sell their harvest from the past two weeks, and exchange it for another batch of ferocious beast cores.

Therefore, Xiao Xuan also wanted to take this opportunity to try to break through to the Awakening level.

Moreover, after the battle with the Ghostfire Serpent, Xiao Xuan realized his own inadequacy.

Xiao Xuan felt deeply guilty for failing to stop the Netherfire Serpent due to his own lack of strength, which put Su Yuan in danger.

It knew that only by successfully breaking through to the Awakening level could it better protect Su Yuan.

In order to prevent a repeat of the previous situation, it must improve its strength.

On the turtle's back, Su Yuan took out a fire-type ferocious beast crystal core from his backpack and tossed it to Xiao Yan. Then he sat cross-legged and meditated to recover the mental energy he had just consumed.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the day when the Sacred Flame Fruit was fully ripe arrived.

The instant the Sacred Fire Fruit ripened, a burst of intense fire element erupted, and an incredibly rich aroma began to waft through the surrounding area.

"Little Flame, the time has come! Quickly eat those three Sacred Flame Fruits!"

Seeing this, Su Yuan immediately shouted loudly to Xiao Yan beside him.

If this rich medicinal fragrance were to spread, who knows how many ferocious beasts it would attract? It would be best to get the three Sacred Fire Fruits as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, it immediately flapped its wings and flew to the front of the Sacred Fire Fruits, where it opened its mouth and swallowed all three fruits at once.