The Golden Generation of Douluo Continent, starting with the inheritance of the Flame Emperor.

Is it a thousand-year-old Flame Demon Tiger or a thousand-year-old Earth Fire Dragon Lizard?

This multiple-choice question did not cause Yan any distress.

The tiger is the king of beasts, and the Flame Demon Tiger is considered a powerful existence among fire-attribute soul beasts, but it is still much weaker than the Earth Fire Dragon Lizard.

In the Douluo Continent, the hierarchy among soul beasts is strict. This is not only due to the difference in cultivation level, but also to the difference in rank engraved in their bloodline.

Due to the existence of the Dragon God, the strongest among the soul beasts are the true dragons, followed by various dragon species with true dragon bloodlines.

Similar to earth dragons, there exist various sub-dragons.

Although the Earthfire Dragon Lizard is called a dragon lizard, it possesses a deep dragon bloodline, enough to place it among the ranks of sub-dragons and surpass the vast majority of soul beasts of the same level.

Without much hesitation, Yan quickly spoke up: "Elder Yueguan, this junior chooses the Thousand-Year Earth Fire Dragon Lizard."

Yue Guan wasn't too surprised by Yan's choice. He simply nodded and turned to leave.

Soon, the Soul Hunter team finished their rest and set off.

The habitat of the Earthfire Dragon Lizard is a valley rich in fire element deep within the Soul Hunter Forest.

The closer you get, the more intense the heat in the air becomes, and a pungent smell of sulfur begins to permeate the air.

The soil underfoot turned from dark brown to dark red, and it felt hard when you stepped on it.

The surrounding vegetation has also undergone tremendous changes, with heat-resistant dark red ironwood and edelweiss replacing the original trees and ubiquitous blue silver grass.

The group traveled through the valley and soon arrived at the lair of the Fire Dragon Lizard.

It was a dark cave, its entrance naturally blocked by several charred boulders, leaving a narrow crevice from which a scorching breeze, mixed with the strong smell of sulfur, continuously gushed out.

Just standing at the cave entrance, one can feel the oppressive aura of an invisible dragon-like soul beast.

"This is it."

Resac glanced at the Soul Hunter squad behind him: "Back off!"

After everyone had retreated more than ten meters, Resak suddenly leaped up.

The Thunder Bear Martial Soul instantly possessed him, and his already robust body instantly grew even larger.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—seven perfectly matched spirit rings appeared behind him.

He raised a bear paw that was already covered with faint blue arcs of electricity, and the purple third spirit ring behind him lit up.

A giant hand made of lightning was slammed out in an instant, and a thunderous roar exploded in the valley.

The boulder shattered with a crash, and the fragments, mixed with lightning, scattered in all directions.

The violent roar instantly awakened the Fire Dragon Lizard, which was still sleeping in the cave.

A furious roar erupted from the depths of the cave, accompanied by a surge of dragon power that overflowed from within.

The next moment, a huge black shadow burning with dark red flames burst out of the broken hole like a cannonball.

Fire Lizard!

It is nearly eight meters long and resembles an enlarged, ferocious giant lizard. Its entire body is covered with thick, black and red armor. On its back, a row of bone spikes stands upright like short spears, and the bone spikes at the end of its tail protrude like a huge wolf-tooth hammer.

It raised its ferocious head, its crimson-gold vertical pupils burning with savage rage, and locked its gaze on Resak, who dared to destroy its lair.

It roared suddenly, its gaping maw revealing menacing fangs.

As expected of a thousand-year-old sub-dragon soul beast, its aura is worlds apart from that of the Shadow Moon Wolf and the Enchanting Heart Fox.

The Earthfire Dragon Lizard opened its massive jaws, a blazing red light brewing in its throat. The next moment, a stream of crimson heat, or a scorching breath, instantly spewed towards Resak.

"snort!"

Resac snorted coldly, his second yellow spirit ring flashed behind him, and his body was instantly surrounded by lightning, as if he were wearing a layer of lightning armor.

With his lightning armor activated, he directly blocked the seemingly powerful fire breath of the Earthfire Dragon Lizard.

Resac then moved without stopping, suddenly stepping out of the ground with the speed of an arrow released from a bow, and in an instant he arrived in front of the Fire Dragon Lizard.

His body leaped high into the air, and violent lightning surged on his right fist. The Earthfire Dragon Lizard didn't even have time to react before he was hit hard on the head with a punch.

The violent lightning instantly spread throughout the Fire Dragon Lizard's body, causing it to let out a painful howl.

After struggling a couple of times, it collapsed weakly, its once huge and ferocious head now caved in half, and it looked like it was about to lose its breath.

"Yan!"

Without Resack's reminder, Yan had already taken the lead.

The dagger in his hand was useless against such a behemoth, so he borrowed a longsword from a member of the nearby Soul Hunting Team and ran towards the direction where the Earth Fire Dragon Lizard was.

Without hesitation, Yan drew his longsword and thrust it directly at the vital spot between the man's head and neck, killing him instantly.

The Earthfire Dragon Lizard's body convulsed violently one last time, and then its crimson-gold pupils completely lost their luster.

A thousand-year soul ring, shimmering with a pale purple aura, then emerged from his corpse.

Yan looked at the thousand-year-old soul ring, took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to guide and absorb it.

As the Flame Lord possessed him and the Earthfire Dragon Lizard ensnared him, Yan instantly felt a surge of immense energy, like exploding magma, rush into his body.

His meridians were instantly stretched, and he felt a slight urge to be torn apart. Yan gritted his teeth and endured the pain of absorbing the soul ring.

The intense fire elemental power scorched his skin until it turned red, and the dripping sweat slowly evaporated into wisps of white mist.

The Flame Meditation Technique was operating at full power at this moment, racing against time to digest and absorb the immense power brought by the millennium soul ring.

Yan sensed that, in the darkness, the bottleneck that had been imprisoning his soul power was gradually loosening and breaking down.

As Yan absorbed the soul ring and improved his own realm, the dark golden origin remaining in Yan Emperor's sea of ​​consciousness was also activated and trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a strand of ancient, dark golden light, finer than a strand of hair, separated from the source.

Following some mysterious path, it quietly flowed through Yan's limbs and bones, finally merging into his frantically circulating soul power and the violent energy of his soul ring.

Within Yan's body, the originally rampaging soul ring energy seemed to have encountered a monarch, instantly becoming much more docile. Its essence was enveloped by the flowing light and settled into Yan's life essence.

At the same time, the phantom of the Flame Lord behind Yan also began to slowly change.

The original dark red, slightly rough lava and rock texture quickly transformed into a deeper dark gold color.

The outline of the phantom became more solid and majestic, faintly outlining humanoid muscle lines, with two slightly protruding parts on its head, as if horns were about to grow out, and ancient flame runes flashed by in the depths of the phantom.

If Yan could see the changes in the Flame Lord behind him, he might exclaim in surprise that his Flame Lord seemed to be transforming into the form of the Flame Emperor.

This advancement in realm directly facilitated a deeper fusion between the Yan Emperor's origin and Yan, and even the martial soul showed a faint trend of evolution.

Yan's trembling gradually subsided, his crimson complexion slowly returned to normal, and his aura, which had been somewhat disordered by the energy impact, began to rise steadily at a stable pace.

The entire process lasted nearly three hours. When the pale purple thousand-year soul ring completely disappeared into Yan's body, and the last trace of energy was absorbed and transformed, he slowly opened his eyes.

He stood up, and the thousand-year-old purple soul ring slowly appeared behind him. The name of the skill granted by the soul ring also appeared in Yan's mind: Earth Flame Lizard Dragon Armor.