While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

"It's not over yet!"

Tianyan withdrew his fist, twisted his waist to generate power from his entire body, and slammed his right fist into the same spot again.

Once again, extremely dense black sparks burst forth in the air!

Two consecutive black flashes!

A huge hole appeared in its chest where it was hit. The black flash produced by the explosion of internal energy and the intertwining of fist force had a destructive power that far exceeded what a top-grade cursed spirit's body could withstand.

It was blasted to pieces!

The two punches landed on Tamamo-no-Mae's chest, sending her flying off the ground. Her white mask shattered completely in the center, and her nine tails, like nine snapped ropes, scattered helplessly to both sides in that instant.

The hair lost its luster in that instant, as if something had gone out from within.

Tianyan didn't give it time to land.

The third punch, delivered from bottom to top, concentrates all remaining magical power onto the right fist.

"Bang!"

Three consecutive black flashes!

The punch landed on Tamamo-no-Mae, and the shockwave from the explosion radiated outwards, extinguishing all the pink fireballs floating around!

Clap clap clap clap!

A moment of silence ensued; dozens, even hundreds, of fireballs extinguished, plunging the entire space into a brief darkness.

Tamamo-no-Mae's body fell to the ground.

The white mask was completely shattered, fragments scattered around her, and her nine tails lay limply on the ground, like burnt-out charcoal, brittle and turning to ash at the slightest touch.

Its body was slowly dissipating, and the dissipated black curse power condensed above it, slowly forming a pink flame.

Side quest completed.

[The old apothecary saw the beast fire that appeared on the little purple crystal winged lion king and decided to help you refine it, allowing your Burning Technique to advance.]

Refining, how do I refine it?

Tianyan frowned, sensing that things were not so simple.

After the system notification finished, the pink flame in the air was pulled by an invisible force and shot directly into Tianyan's mouth.

Flames entered his abdomen.

Tianyan's pupils suddenly dilated.

The moment that pink flame shot into his mouth, Tianyan's first reaction wasn't that it was hot, but that it was numb.

It felt like countless tiny needles pierced the tip of my tongue, traveled down my throat, and exploded in my esophagus, causing a burning, dense, stinging pain.

But the pain lasted for less than a second before being overwhelmed by a stronger, more domineering surge of heat.

The heat didn't flow along his meridians; instead, it exploded directly inside his body. It was as if someone had lit a sun at the center of a cyclone, and the light and heat filled his entire abdominal cavity in that instant, then surged wildly into his limbs and bones.

His body tensed up suddenly, his joints cracking and popping as if some force had stretched and compressed his entire skeleton in that instant.

Cold sweat poured from every pore, but it evaporated as soon as it touched his skin, turning into white steam that rose from his body.

His skin turned bright red, like a piece of iron thrown into a furnace, with a faint pinkish sheen flowing across its surface.

The ball of fire landed right in the center of the spell vortex, and as the vortex spun rapidly, the flames were slowly absorbed into it.

The pink color spreads within the purplish-black, gradually rolled and kneaded inward by the swirling force of the cyclone.

The cyclone is spinning faster, and the flames are being consumed at an accelerated rate.

Gradually, a purplish-gold luster appeared on the surface of the cyclone, initially just in thin strands, like gold thread embroidering on black silk.

But as it continued to devour and reshape itself, the purplish-gold area grew larger and brighter, eventually dyeing the entire cyclone purplish-gold.

As the flames dissipated and were completely absorbed, the cyclone continued to accelerate!

It was so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye, so fast that even the edge of the cyclone became blurred. This was not only an increase in the power of the curse, but also a change in the form of the curse power.

The gaseous magical energy that was originally in the cyclone began to move in a denser direction due to the ever-increasing heat and pressure at the center of the mass.

Compression and condensation occurred at the very core of the cyclone, where the compressed magical power began to...

Unite!

Something is gathering at the center of the cyclone!

It's like pressing water vapor into a sealed container. The more you press, the smaller and denser it becomes. When it reaches a certain critical point, the gaseous substance can't withstand the pressure and turns into a liquid.

A drop of purplish-gold liquid fell from the center of the cyclone, landing at its deepest point, making a crisp sound like a drop of water falling into a deep pool.

"Tick-tock".

The sound exploded in Tianyan's mind, like someone striking a bronze bell in an empty hall, the echo lingering for a long time.

The second drop.

"Tick-tock".

The third drop.

The fourth drop.

Drops of liquid fell from the center of the cyclone and gathered into a small lake deep in the dantian. The liquid in the lake was not water, but a liquid of cursed power condensed from the compressed cursed power to the extreme.

The bones that had hardened under the power of the incantation were now being re-tempered by the purplish-gold liquid, becoming even denser and more resilient.

The meridians were expanding; what were originally only as thick as a hair were now several times wider due to the impact of the battle qi.

The power of the spell surged within, several times faster and more efficient than before, and the output increased by more than one level.

His curse power turned into liquid, and without a doubt, he had now advanced to the level of a Battle Master, which meant he was a Curse Master!

His total spell power has undoubtedly risen to the level of a first-level spellcaster, finally making him stronger than before.

After consuming the pink "beast fire" produced after Tamamo-no-Mae's death, the Burning Technique within its body clearly evolved. Although the rotation speed of the curse energy vortex was no longer as violent as when it absorbed the flames, it was still several times faster than before after stabilizing.

The old apothecary nodded as he looked at the Burning Technique, which had advanced to the middle grade of the Yellow Rank. He understood that although the Beast Fire had proven that the Burning Technique could devour flames for evolution, its effect was still too weak. The focus should still be on the Strange Flame.

The system's prompt also confirmed this, so my current Burning Technique belongs to the middle grade of the Yellow Rank.

Tianyan opened his eyes, and a flash of purple-gold light disappeared in his pupils, as if something was burning deep in his eyes.

He raised his right hand, and fine bone armor, under the influence of the incantation, enveloped his entire right hand.

A purplish-gold light emanated from the bone surface, a thin layer covering it like a new suit of armor.

This is the ability you gain after advancing to the Dou Shi level: Dou Qi Veil!

This ability can give the user a comprehensive boost to defense, speed, and strength.

When applied to Tianyan, it results in a second enhancement, because the curse power itself has this effect. The combination of the two produces an effect greater than 1+1!

He clenched his fist, and the density of the generated spell power was much higher than before, and the weight was also different. That was the fundamental difference between liquid spell power and gaseous spell power.

Liquids have a higher compression ratio, can store more energy per unit volume, and are more concentrated, more powerful, and harder to deplete when fired.

He raised his right hand, his five fingers spread.

A pink flame appeared in his palm.

He could sense that the power contained in this flame was no less than that released by Tamamo-no-Mae before, and it also inherited the properties of burning curse power and hallucination.

Once the power of the spell touches this flame, it will burn like dry wood meeting a raging fire, until it is reduced to ashes.

I wonder if this flame has the ability to nourish itself. If it does, that would be fantastic!