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

"Fire Lion's Fury!"

Seizing the opportunity, Shi Yao's fourth spirit ring finally lit up, and a pillar of fire, condensed to its extreme, spewed out from its mouth, the scorching heat blasting straight towards Yan's back.

At the same time, Mu Hua once again controlled the Ghost Vine, which surged towards Yan Binding from all directions like a green wave. At the tip of the Ghost Vine, a dark light flashed, which was the eerie glow of the venom secreted by the Ghost Vine.

At the same time, Tiebi and Yu Ziyun pressed forward again.

With a slight thought, Yan's fiery armor glowed with an uncertain crimson light, and under the enhancement of the power of the flames, the heavy armor exuded a dangerous aura.

"burst!"

Yan shouted in a deep voice, and the fire armor around him instantly burst into flames, the blazing fire element directly transforming into a fire storm that engulfed everything around him.

A moment later, the scorching heat in the training field slowly dissipated, leaving only heavy breathing and the faint hum of the Golden Ring.

Yan stood still, the Earth Flame Lizard Dragon Armor covering his body had disappeared, revealing his lean and strong body, soaked in sweat and covered with old and new scars.

He was slightly out of breath, his chest heaving, looking somewhat disheveled. Clearly, under the siege of the four Soul Sects, Yan, burdened by the heavy weight of the Rending Gold Ring, was struggling to keep up.

"Alright, this combat training session is now over."

Mu Ming, who had been closely watching the battle from outside the battlefield, called a halt. As the golden rings on Yan's limbs turned into golden light and dissipated, the four Soul Sects also successively withdrew their Martial Souls.

"Thank you, four teachers."

Yan bowed to the four Soul Masters in turn.

"Not at all, cooperating with Young Master Yan's training is simply our duty."

Lion Yao, the leader of the Four Souls Sect, quickly stepped forward and returned the greeting.

The look of astonishment in his eyes never faded.

The four of them had been chosen by the Spirit Hall to serve as Yan's practical training instructors for about half a year.

It can be said that I witnessed firsthand how this young man transformed and became stronger at an unbelievable speed through day after day of high-pressure, almost self-torturing combat.

Six months ago, any one of the four of them could have easily gained the upper hand against Yan, who had activated his Martial Soul, if they were to fight alone.

Three months ago, Yan needed to activate his soul skill to barely withstand the attack of four people for a period of time.

Until half a month ago, Yan acquired his second soul skill, Burning Flame. With the addition of these two soul skills, he was even able to fight them on equal terms.

Today's battle, bound by the Golden Ring, has even forced them into such a sorry state.

How could such a rapid pace of progress not shock the four of them?

Even Shi Yao, who was initially somewhat unruly, has changed his way of addressing Yan from "Yan the Kid" to "Yan the Young Master".

After the four chatted with Yan for a while, Mu Ming spoke up.

"Alright, that's all for today." Mu Ming clapped his hands.

"The four of you have also expended a lot of energy; go back and recuperate properly."

"Teacher Mu Ming."

After the four Soul Masters left, Yan came to Mu Ming's side, his body still steaming with heat and a faint smell of blood.

"Time flies, Yan, two years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Mu Ming looked at the boy who was half a head taller than him, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.

Two years ago, the child who first showed his talent at the academy and whom he still had to carefully control on the training field had now grown to the point that even he had to take him seriously.

Yan nodded without saying anything.

Two years, more than 700 days and nights, were spent almost entirely in a cycle of training, combat, medicinal baths, and meditation.

With more scars on his body, his muscles and bones became stronger, and his cultivation level also increased.

In just two years, Yan Xianxieyue and Hu Liena broke through to become Great Soul Masters and obtained the second Soul Skill of the millennium, Burning Flame.

Burning Flame can greatly improve the quality of flames and the level of soul power, and comes with the effects of bone penetration and flame penetration. It can also increase the effect of fire attribute soul skills by a percentage according to the amount of soul power used.

Furthermore, the penetrating and bone-piercing properties of the Burning Flame will also enhance fire-attribute soul skills, making it easier to burn through the opponent's soul power defense and cause more and more continuous damage.

In the previous battle, the reason why Yu Ziyun's wind shield was broken so quickly was not only due to the powerful effect of the secret technique Flame Fall, but also because the fist technique was enhanced with the power of burning flames.

After two years of cultivation, Yan's flames have reached a very high quality, and with the blessing of the Burning Flame state, they can even reach the level of a semi-ultimate flame.

This is why Lion Glory has repeatedly suffered setbacks at his own hands; the ultimate fire naturally suppresses all other fires.

Yan's soul power has now reached level twenty-three.

In addition to the improvement in soul power, Yan's martial arts strength has also reached the fourth level of apprentice in the past two years.

Over the course of two years, through Yan's continuous research, he was able to roughly estimate the strength comparison between Soul Masters and Devouring Warriors in the Douluo World.

Apprentice level one to three, which is the warrior level during the period of devouring the Earth, generally have a punching power of around 900 kilograms to 8,000 kilograms, with those possessing extraordinary talent having even higher punching power.

Similar to Luo Feng, when he was at the third level of apprenticeship, his punching power could already reach 12,000 kilograms.

In the Douluo Continent, this translates to the physical strength of a Soul Master to a Soul King.

Of course, physical strength is not the standard for measuring final combat power in the Douluo world; it is more about the combination of soul power level and soul rings and soul skills.

As for the fourth level of apprentice, they have already touched the threshold of the physical strength of a Soul Emperor. Yan is currently a martial artist with the strength of the fourth level of apprentice.

With his formidable physical strength, Yan was still able to fight the four Soul Sects to a standstill, even under the heavy pressure and restraint of the Rending Gold Ring.

Without the Rending Gold Ring, in his prime, if Yan were to fight the four Soul Sects, unless it was a life-or-death battle, in a normal sparring match, he would be the only victor.

In a life-or-death battle, Yan would most likely be the one to die.

This is not because martial artists are not strong, but because soul masters have various soul skills. If one does not understand the effects of a soul master's soul skills beforehand, even if one is stronger than the opponent, one may still suffer an unexpected defeat.

Of course, the Devouring World contains various martial arts techniques and secret methods. Some high-level secret methods, when cultivated to a high level, can even crush soul skills.

However, martial arts training requires a lot of time. Apart from a movement technique, Yan only practices the Yan God Clan's secret fist technique, Flame Fall.

He should focus most of his energy on improving his own abilities.

Both soul power and martial arts strength require a lot of time to cultivate, so the cultivation of martial arts techniques is much less.

Moreover, for Yan, most enemies could be completely crushed by physical strength alone, so cultivating martial arts skills would be completely superfluous.

In the Douluo Continent, the path of overcoming all laws with sheer force is enough; it's the simplest and most direct.

In Yan's mind, if he could cultivate to the sixth level of the Apprentice, then he could fight against some weaker Title Douluos with just his physical strength.

As for who is weaker, Yan won't say.