The moment the name was spoken, everything became clear.

The girl in red standing before him greatly resembled Ye Yixian.

He said in a deep voice,

"Are you from the Great Li Dynasty?"

Ye Wuyue identified herself,

"Great Li Dynasty, the current 19th princess of the royal family, Ye Wuyue."

"So, what do you want?"

Ye Wuyue remained expressionless, her gaze filled with a noble arrogance,

"Return that thread of dragon Qi."

Upon hearing this, Fan Wubing realized that this visitor meant no good and would not easily give up. With Fuji Manman and the others facing a crisis, his urgent feelings were instantly magnified.

At the same time, the cultivation progress of the Great Oblivion Heart-Burning Technique began to accelerate, currently at 94%.

Fan Wubing, even if he wanted to return it, couldn't, because the thread of dragon Qi had already been swallowed by the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill.

He said,

"I don't know anything about dragon Qi."

"Nonsense! It's clearly you who took it, and you say you don't know?" Ye Wuyue sneered, "Or are you deliberately opposing my Great Li?"

Fan Wubing said,

"You've placed a heavy accusation on me. How do I not know I intend to oppose Great Li?"

"If that's the case, then return the dragon Qi to me."

"Even if I don't have the so-called dragon Qi. Even if I did, it was won fair and square in front of everyone from the Crown Prince. What right do you have to demand its return?"

Ye Wuyue furrowed her brow and said,

"I don't care what deceitful method you used to take the dragon Qi from my Crown Prince Brother. But you must return it!"

Fan Wubing exhaled deeply,

"You should learn from your Crown Prince Brother, who accepts his losses without regret."

"Hmph, that also depends on whether you truly have the ability!"

A trace of ferocity appeared in Fan Wubing's eyes,

"I'll say it again, I have no dragon Qi. Please step aside and don't block my path."

"Feeling guilty? Then let me open your Purple Mansion and see if there is any dragon Qi around your divine soul!"

Ye Wuyue's clothing suddenly billowed, and dense immortal Qi surrounded her, faintly burning into rings of immortal flames, encircling her like the flickering tongue of fire.

She shouted loudly,

"A mere mortal dares to be so arrogant!"

Fan Wubing's eyes bled slightly, and he murmured softly,

"Mortal... truly a wonderful identity."

Blood Burning Skill initiated!

Fan Wubing burned 12000 blood. The aura he released instantly transformed him from an ordinary man with no cultivation into someone at the early stage of the Third-Layer Golden Core.

Ye Wuyue felt the surge in his energy and was momentarily stunned, then furrowed her brow and snorted coldly,

"Hmph, hiding your cultivation, but it's still merely the Third-Layer Golden Core!"

She condensed handprints with immortal Qi and suddenly struck toward Fan Wubing. The speed of the crimson-gold handprints was extremely fast, covering a wide area, with the obvious intention to smack Fan Wubing directly to the ground.

Not the same!

Very different!

Fan Wubing immediately sensed it. Ye Wuyue was a true cultivator in the Golden Core Realm, distinctly different from the three Golden Core Realm monsters he had fought with earlier.

A true cultivator in the Golden Core Realm is more adept at wielding various divine techniques.

The intensity of her energy wave... she was at least at the Fifth-Layer Golden Core, or even the sixth.

She seemed no more than fourteen or fifteen years old and yet possessed such cultivation! As expected of the Great Li Dynasty's princess.

Fan Wubing's legs exploded with a stream of blood Qi, unleashing great power, he instantly leaped aside, avoiding the smack of the handprint.

Ye Wuyue didn't pause, continuing to send out more handprints. Moreover, the sweeping movements of the handprints varied, and their coverage constantly changed, presenting various attacks, placing immense dodging pressure on Fan Wubing.

After two rounds, Fan Wubing, through sensing her energy wave, judged that she was proficient in long-range bombardment, and with relatively weak blood Qi, she seemed to be a long-range fighter with high offense but low defense.

He gritted his teeth and thought,

"Without combat divine techniques and suppressed by her cultivation, there's no way I can win in a head-to-head battle with her. I must break through the position block of her handprint divine technique, and get close!"

However, Ye Wuyue's handprint divine technique was not only large in range and powerful but also had a very high release frequency and density!

Fan Wubing, just dodging, was immensely consuming, let alone facing her head-on.

Attrition warfare was his specialty.

Under normal circumstances, the best tactic would definitely be to rely on the environment, maneuver and pull, and utilize the high recovery advantage to continually wear down the enemy, waiting until they weaken to strike. Previously, whether it was against the Umbrella Demon's incarnation or the Mouse Demon, Parrot Demon, or Snake Demon, this strategy was used.

But now...

Fu Manman and the others were being surrounded and attacked!

He must quickly return to support them!

"Break through, I must break through her handprint blockade!"

But... how to break through?

Fan Wubing kept dodging the onslaught of handprints. With each delay, the anxiety within him increased.

Suddenly, his anxious and eager feelings were soothed.

A prompt appeared,

[The Great Oblivion Heart-Burning Technique has been perfected, unlocking the innate passive "Burning Heart." Activate it?]

Activate!

Without hesitation.

["Burning Heart"]

[Innate Passive]

[Burn away all turbulent emotions, transforming madness into continuous power!]

[Effect: While in a combat state, you will remain extraordinarily calm and focused. Any turbulent 'Qi' will be converted into an increase in cultivation. This effect can stack and persists until the combat state ends.]

...

[Currently in a combat state]

["Burning Heart" effect triggered, current stack: 1]

Fan Wubing felt the passive effect of the first stack of "Burning Heart."

Power!

Brimming power!

He could clearly feel the enhancement in all aspects of his strength.

Then, let's try this first!

With that thought, he dashed toward Ye Wuyue in an assault.

His speed, reaction, and judgment had all improved compared to before. The most noticeable was the intensity of his strength. With each stomp, he left cracks on the stone slabs below. Moreover, each step evoked an invisible ripple, like ripples on water.

The magnitude of the enhancement felt very clear to him!

Ten percent!

All his attributes were increased by ten percent!

Ahead, Ye Wuyue's pupils contracted slightly!

Had he become stronger somehow?

She continued to unleash even more, larger, and faster handprints to respond,

"No matter what, you're still just a Third-Layer Golden Core!"

Fan Wubing continued to dodge, then faced with even denser assaults, his advance halted again. He furrowed his brow,

"Third-Layer Golden Core, is it..."

The Blood Burning Skill activated again.

Burn another 2000 blood! Push cultivation to the mid-stage of Third-Layer Golden Core!

Although still the Third-Layer Golden Core, previously, continuously activating the Blood Burning Skill made the Qi and blood more turbulent, but now, it continuously stacks the "Burning Heart" passive effect.

["Burning Heart" effect triggered, current stack: 2]

All aspects of his attributes improved once more.

In his intuitive sense, the second stack of "Burning Heart" passive provided a twenty percent increase.

In other words, each stack of "Burning Heart" passive can boost all-rounded attributes by 10%.

But, how much blood must burn to stack one layer?

Fan Wubing had to figure this out. This directly involved the strategic allocation during combat.

After a few rounds of experimentation.

He roughly gauged the consumption needed for one "Burning Heart" stack.

Burning around 10% of blood each time allows for adding one stack of "Burning Heart." Unfortunately, each burn only adds one stack. So burning either 10% or 90% blood at once results in adding just one stack.

Still, this doesn't practically affect the outcome.

Because while the Blood Burning Skill has a duration limit, it doesn't have a cast time limit, meaning no cooldown and can be triggered consecutively!

He can continuously activate the Blood Burning Skill, burning 10% blood each time to quickly stack up the "Burning Heart" passive.

Even more astonishing...

"Burning Heart" has no stack limit.

In normal state, the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill restores 0.1% of blood per second, 100 seconds, in less than two minutes, it can recover 10% blood, enabling one stack.

And this is merely in the normal state. If he employs the Seven Luminaries Rain Control Skill, the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill's effect would be even better, leading to faster health restoration.

Even more remarkable!

The Seven Luminaries Rain Control Skill enhances positive effects!

"Burning Heart" is recognized as a positive effect!

Then.

Let the rain come!

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