As if she had spontaneously combusted her entire being, she charged at Alex with reckless abandon.

"Alex, suffer death!"

Sensing the formidable power within the ghost fire, Alex could not help but freeze slightly, a smile appearing on his face.

"What a formidable move, Scorching Soul Burning Heavens. Although she looks like a harmless little girl, she is still one of the dignified Four Great Ghost Kings."

"The desperate strike of one of the Four Great Ghost Kings pushed to a dead end. It seems I cannot underestimate it."

As he spoke, Alex transformed the final red gemstone into flowing light, merging it into his body. A beam of red light gushed out, converging behind him.

The next second, two pairs of raging, fiery wings bloomed from his back. Like a flaming phoenix reborn from the fire, they radiated a noble, holy, fierce, and overbearing aura.

"This is..." Facing flames even more dazzling than the ghost fire on her own body, the Bright Candle Ghost King could not help but freeze.

In that instant of distraction, the power of her suicide attack was directly neutralized, collapsing on its own.

Alex revealed a smile. Grabbing at the empty air, he seized the Bright Candle Ghost King’s neck.

Then, like picking up a little chick, he unhurriedly lifted her into the air. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"This... how is this possible?!" Watching Alex reach right through the profound blue ghost fire to securely choke her neck, she widened her eyes in disbelief.

"You... why can you ignore my ghost fire?! My ghost fire can incinerate all creations in the world! How could it be ineffective against you?!"

"Mhm, correct. Your ghost fire is indeed formidable." Alex raised his chin, smiling with interest.

"However, the flames on my body are the Hero’s Fire, condensed by merging Outer Realm Demonic Fire with the destiny of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty."

"The ghost fire on your body can only incinerate all creations in the world. But the Hero’s Fire on my body is sufficient to incinerate the world itself."

Hearing these words, her small feet finally stopped struggling. Face pale as paper, she gave a miserable, self-deprecating smile and tremblingly shook her head.

"To think that a human could be terrifying to such an extent. This world has truly changed."

"Indeed, the world has changed." Alex smiled faintly and nodded.

"You Four Great Ghost Kings are ultimately nothing but remnants of the old era. My era will soon descend."

As his voice fell, Alex circulated his spiritual energy, and the flames from the Fire God Hero’s Wings converged in his palm.

The next second, he incinerated the Bright Candle Ghost King’s petite body into charred black ash. Only a wisp of black mist remained floating in midair.

Alex waved his hand, collecting her yin qi remnant soul into the jade slip. Looking toward the direction where the Nether Earth Ghost King had fled, a chilling smile curled at his mouth.

"Heh, I did not expect that in this incident you proactively provoked, old fellow, you would be the only one to escape alive. However, killing the helpers first is not a bad approach."

"It is just a pity I could not catch you this time. Next time, I will absolutely pry the secret of that Nether Earth Soul Chase technique entirely out of your head!"

At this moment, Pearl carefully poked its head out from Alex’s cuff and cried tentatively. "Meow?"

When the fighting started, Pearl had slid down his collar and burrowed into his robes. It waited until now, when the noise had subsided, before finally showing its head.

"Pearl, it is over. It is safe now." Alex smiled faintly.

"Come, this delicious meal today will absolutely allow you to feast to your heart’s content."

He unhurriedly took out those three wisps of seething black yin qi from his storage ring. Sensing the purity, Pearl’s eyes instantly shone brightly, and it could not help but gulp down saliva excitedly.

"Meow?" It was extremely mindful of the rules.

No matter how much it craved it, it obediently did not act rashly, but glanced at Alex.

Only after receiving his smiling nod did it open its bloody maw and swallow the three clusters of yin qi in a single bite.

As it chewed and savored the taste, its face was entirely filled with a happy and satisfied smile.

Pearl had already reached the second stage, the growth stage for ordinary spirit beasts.

Compared to quantity, it valued quality much more. In other words, for most people, eating a hundred steamed buns would not bring as much satisfaction as eating a single piece of abalone.

The purity of yin qi was determined by the ghost’s cultivation.

The minor ghosts hunted in the Hundred Ghost Mountain Range previously were merely at the Enlightenment Realm and Void Amalgamation Realm.

Following behind the Soul-Devouring Ghost, although Pearl had eaten until its belly was bulging and smoke poured from its mouth, it was merely an ordinary meal.

But these remnant souls of the three Great Ghost Kings were all at the Supreme Realm. Pure, thick, and brimming with yin qi.

This was no longer an ordinary meal, but a grand feast of three delicacies perfect in color, aroma, and taste.

After enjoying this feast, Pearl let out a satisfied burp. The next second, its petite body was enveloped in dazzling white light.

"Oh?" Alex blanked for a moment, then his eyes lit up with pleasant surprise. "Pearl, you are going to evolve again!"

"Meow..." Pearl nodded, a look of pain on its face, brows furrowed tightly. Clearly, evolution was a very painful process.

But in its master’s embrace, this intense pain was something it could endure through willpower.

Because, although the time they had spent together was not long, Pearl had already fully realized what a formidable powerhouse its master was.

Only by evolving to be strong enough could it become a good helper for its master. Instead of only being able to hide in its master’s embrace like a burden when encountering danger!