CHAPTER 459: 328 ANCIENT GHOST FIREFLY!

Great Demon Tamer,

was once so distant, out of reach.

For ordinary Demon Tamers, it’s even more like an insurmountable mountain, a chasm no one could ever cross.

But at this moment, it has quietly arrived, standing before Du Yu.

To become a God, a Saint—this is the pivotal moment.

However, Du Yu’s case is a bit special: he’s already "crossed" that threshold.

Back when he was just at Demon Tamer·Peak Stage, he had already condensed a Demon Soul, able to connect with all things between heaven and earth.

So the Celestial Punishment would not return, nor would the wrath of the heavens affect anyone else.

Even so, Du Yu still made the cautious choice.

After all, he was in Xishu Garden—Prince Du’s Mansion, right in the city, a place full of ordinary people. If even the slightest mistake happened, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Let’s go." Du Yu flipped his wrist, and a phantom Illusory Ancient Bell appeared in his palm.

In an instant, Du Yu in the bathtub vanished without a trace, even taking a bit of hot water and bubbles along.

"Ying~" Xiaoyan’s voice was soft as she snuggled in Du Yu’s arms.

Such intense surges of Fire Demon Breath made her feel quite comfortable.

"Uh." Du Yu suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

Sitting in a bathtub was one thing, but standing under the blue sky and white clouds, facing the sea, stark naked...

Isn’t that a little too flamboyant?

Fortunately, there’s no one else in the Sea Realm.

Though there is a Dragon Turtle here... Who knows if it’ll peek?

Du Yu’s face shifted oddly. He quickly put Xiaoyan back into her Acupoint Home, turning instead toward the direction of the island.

The lush Begonia Forest was still as beautiful as ever.

And that long Begonia Bridge reminded Du Yu that he’d have to walk a very, very long road to reach Shatang Mansion...

Strictly speaking, the whole Sea Realm was his home.

But being stark naked in Prince Du’s Mansion and being stark naked beneath the blue skies by the sea—there’s a fundamental difference.

Hmm...

Du Yu pressed a hand to his temple, mentally rehearsing his bow and arrow skills.

Whoosh~

A lick of flame ignited.

Du Yu gripped the end of the bow arm, and gradually drew an Elemental Demon Soldier Bow out from his mind.

Ancient Yan·Shadow-Luring Fire Fox form!

Perched atop a sea reef, the youth swiftly drew his bow and nocked an arrow—a meter-long Fire Arrow shot far, flying toward the island’s center.

Wait a second!

I can wear my Red Bamboo Leaf Cloak, right?

Du Yu scratched his head, then acted at a thought’s command.

"Pop!"

Du Yu appeared high above the Begonia Forest, drawing his bow and aiming again, Fire Arrow pointed straight at Shatang Mansion.

The Shatang Tree sensed its master at once. Below him, a giant tree in the Begonia Forest suddenly surged upward, as if offering its master a step.

But before the Begonia Tree could reach the sky, Du Yu had already disappeared.

"Pop!"

In front of the main gate of Shatang Mansion, the Fire Arrow exploded instantly, transforming into a naked youth.

"Creak~"

The doors swung open, pushed by two branches, welcoming the master home.

Du Yu was now draped in an exquisite Red Bamboo Leaf Cloak, and strode in grandly.

"Good evening, Shatang." Du Yu tossed aside his Fire Bow and casually patted the dark red Shatang leaves.

Shatang: "Evening?"

"Ah, it’s night outside," Du Yu said with a smile. Inside the Sea Realm, there’s no sun, moon, or stars—no such thing as day or night.

Living here, you could almost lose your sense of time passing.

This really does feel like a corner cast out and forgotten by the world itself.

To be honest, even if heaven’s wrath still lingered and tried to hunt Du Yu down again, it’d have a tough time finding this place, wouldn’t it?

"I’m advancing to Great Demon Tamer now, catch you later!" Du Yu called excitedly, dashing to the backyard—Firethorn Courtyard.

"Brother Tree!" Du Yu ran faster and faster, finally diving into the Firethorn Tree.

The Shatang branches grew up and outward, slanting toward the sky.

But the Firethorn branches cascaded earthward: Du Yu plunged into a "waterfall of leaves."

Great Demon Tamer, your prince is here!

"Du Yu! Du Yu! Du Yu!" From the contract, Little You Ying’s voice rang out, full of joy and excitement.

It wasn’t just Du Yu sprinting toward Great Demon Tamer; Celestial Peak-level Little You Ying was heading for Spirit-level Divine Pet!

And Little Fen Yang had made it clear: once Ghost Firefly reached Spirit level, that’s when it would ascend into Ancient Ghost Firefly!

Ghost Firefly Fire→Glowing Firetorch→Ghostly Firefly Doll→Divine Ghost Firefly.

This was the little one’s first evolution chain.

No idea what an Ancient Ghost Firefly actually looked like, or how different it was from Divine Ghost Firefly...

"Focus up, opening the acupoints now!" came Little Fen Yang’s abrupt cry, snapping Du Yu back to himself.

"Yeah, yeah." Du Yu replied hurriedly.

In fact, even without Little Fen Yang’s guidance, Du Yu could now open his own meridians.

After all, he wasn’t that clueless rookie any longer.

Fiery Demon Breath surged from his Forehead Acupoint, like a great river, swiftly gathering atop his head.

With the Black Gold Bird leading, the Fire Demon Breath rushed to the back of Du Yu’s head.

Target: Du Meridian!

Strictly, this Demon Taming meridian isn’t exactly the Du Meridian, but overlaps enough, so let’s call it that.

Du Yu only felt the Fire Demon Breath at his crown flow down his spine, expanding meridians throughout his body—a grand conquest!

The Fire Demon Breath spread all the way to his groin, finally reaching its endpoint.

So-called Ren and Du Meridians, still not linked together in the end.

The segment from forehead to crown is still a blank spot.

From perineum beneath to the navel’s Sea of Qi, that segment, too, is missing.

With just those two parts, Du Yu’s two Demon Taming meridians could form a loop!

But forming a loop seems simple, yet is as hard as climbing to the heavens.

Du Yu can send Fire Demon Breath anywhere inside his body at will, but that’s only "support."

The two unjoined meridians exist separate from one another.

Records say: the moment the two meridians are linked in a loop, that’s when one ascends to Demon Taming Saint.

Right now, Du Yu’s only a Great Demon Tamer, still far from Demon Taming Saint.

This shows how these two short distances have become paths that countless Demon Tamers could never complete.

Interestingly, compared to the surging Ren Meridian up front, the freshly opened Du Meridian in back is just a small creek.

But even a mere creek granted Du Yu boundless confidence!

Especially the myriad tiny offshoots fanning from the creek, now spreading all along Du Yu’s back.

This is... what it feels like to be a Great Demon Tamer?

In the Du Meridian, there’s only one acupoint able to rival those up front—the center of the back: Zhiyang Acupoint.

This is a brand-new Acupoint Home,

allowing Du Yu to add one more Demon Pet Contract slot!

"That was smooth." Du Yu communicated mind to mind, feeling how naturally everything had come together.

After all, the hardest, most dangerous part of becoming a Great Demon Tamer is forging the Demon Soul and facing the wrath of heaven—none of which Du Yu had to endure.

"Hee hee~ Du Yu’s getting so good!" Rare for her, Little Fen Yang genuinely praised him.

Hearing that, Du Yu nearly burst into tears!

Usually I’m either an idiot or a weakling, but today—I finally got a compliment from Lord Golden Crow...

"I’ll give you another boost—open up those channels." Little Fen Yang chirped, turning into a Little Black Gold Bird and summoning endless Fire Demon Breath.

"Yo-hoo~"

"Let’s go!"

"Great Demon Tamer, now we can go get Demon Fire!" Little Fen Yang shouted excitedly.

For a second, Du Yu almost mistook her for Little You Ying.

This chatty mouth, honestly~

Clearly, Little Fen Yang had been longing for Demon Fire a long time.

As a Supreme Treasure of Fire Attribute in the Demon Taming World, perhaps it could help Little Fen Yang gain a physical body?

A whole year now, yet the Demon Soul Little Fen Yang showed no sign of fading—in fact, inside Du Yu, she was living quite comfortably.

Things hadn’t gotten worse, but there hadn’t been any progress either.

Carrying on like this couldn’t last forever.

"Alright!" Du Yu responded at once, resolute. "Once things settle down, we’ll go!"

With his Great Demon Tamer-level strength and his title from the Great Xia Bookstore·Twenty-Ninth Bureau, surely the Bottomless Pit would allow him into the true battlefield, twenty floors down?

Then, he could go to the Mountain Realm and ask Lord Baojun to emerge, grant him protection.

The desert lynxes could catch their breath too, escaping their miserable cat-lives, at least for a while.

Du Yu could well imagine how tragic life was for the clansfolk living under that big cat...

"Du Yu! Wuya~ Du Yu, Du Yu!"

Here comes another chatterbox—this time someone else.

Du Yu quickly said, "You Ying, are you about to advance?"

"Du Yu! Du Yu! Du Yu!"

Du Yu: "..."

Without delay, he called to Little Fen Yang: "Fen Yang, has You Ying’s Ancient Bloodline been awakened? She’s about to level up."

Little Fen Yang: "Don’t worry! I put her on the right path ages ago, she’s rock solid~"

Hearing that, Du Yu relaxed at heart!

Little You Ying didn’t keep him waiting long. Just as Du Yu continued to solidify his state, Ancient Ghost Firefly appeared like a thunderbolt!

The little one was so excited, she burst out at once.

Du Yu swept aside the Firethorn leaves at his side and looked at the Divine Ghost Firefly (Ancient Ghost Firefly) standing before him.

Even though he’d already looked up Divine Ghost Firefly’s form and was mentally prepared, Du Yu was still stunned speechless!

Little You Ying stood the same 50cm tall, her torch also 50cm, but its structure had completely changed.

No longer shrouded in dark mist.

Shapes of every kind in flame rune form, pieced together like building blocks to make up Little You Ying’s body.

At this instant, Du Yu almost felt he was playing a matching game...

By coincidence, the two symbols on either Ghost Firefly cheek were tiny "ο"s.

Looked just like two little dimples?

Her pair of bright firefly-green eyes had become torch-like, with green flames burning eerily inside.

Her torch, too, had changed form.

Instead of a shaft of black mist, it was made of flame runes as well.

The only thing unchanged was the firefly-green flame ball atop the torch head, and the rune ring swirling around You Ying.

Looking her up and down, Du Yu’s mind filled with words:

Exquisite, wondrous, icy, fragrant.

The problem is... there’s not much difference from Divine Ghost Firefly?

Du Yu asked curiously, "Did you awaken your Ancient Bloodline?"

"Hm~" Little Fen Yang snorted, poking her little face out beside Du Yu’s.

The orange-eyed loli gazed at the "Divine Ghost Firefly" frolicking ahead and said, "You Ying, show Du Yu our true strength—Ancient Form!"

"Mmm!"

Little You Ying abruptly shattered.

Now she really did turn into building blocks...

Strange symbols drifted in the air, slowly swirling, becoming two rune streams, merging into two rune rings.

Now, the torch was encircled by three rune rings in total.

The rune rings spun at shifting angles, sometimes overlapping, only to instantly drift apart again.

"So cold?" Du Yu couldn’t help but shiver.

Ever since Little You Ying shifted into Ancient Form, the temperature around her dropped sharply!

All that wild energy in her suddenly seemed almost uncontrollable?

The flames firing above, already overflowing the torch’s head.

Around the torch’s edge, firefly-green flames spilled outward like ocean waves, layer after surging layer.

Honestly, if the flames had turned milky white, it’d look just like melting ice cream...