Battle Through the Heavens: It turns out I'm actually the patriarch of the Xiao family!

Chapter 61 Giving the Little Girl a Chance to Show Off

Xiao Chen knew that the tool snake was about to complete its task.

"what!"

Within those crystal-clear emerald eyes, the scarlet forked tongue of the snake grew ever larger. Driven by fear, Qinglin let out a high-pitched, piercing scream.

As the high-pitched scream rang out, three small green dots suddenly appeared beside Qinglin's pair of emerald green pupils.

The three green dots that appeared this time were clearer than ever before.

Upon closer inspection, one can even discern that these three small green dots resemble three tiny flower buds.

Amidst the increasingly loud screams, the three small green dots in Qinglin's pupils suddenly shone with an intense, eerie light.

In an instant, the three small dots transformed into three extremely tiny green flowers.

As the eerie green flower appeared, a burst of intense, ghostly light suddenly shot out from it, illuminating the fire spirit serpent in front of it.

When illuminated by this somewhat eerie light, the Fire Spirit Serpent's massive body suddenly stiffened, its two enormous eyes staring at the little girl in front of it with a hint of fear.

An eerie, ghostly light slowly moved across the Fire Spirit Serpent's body, finally stopping at the center of the foreheads of its two heads.

After the eerie light stopped moving, it began to slowly shrink.

As the range of the eerie light shrinks, the brightness it contains grows ever stronger.

Finally, the ghostly light shrank to the size of a palm.

The next instant, the ghostly light stopped shrinking.

With a burst of eerie light, two small green flowers were imprinted on the two heads of the Fire Spirit Serpent.

After the flowers appeared, the glow gradually faded.

A moment later, the tiny flowers in Qinglin's eyes quickly faded away.

After his pupils returned to normal, Qinglin swayed, his eyelids drooped, and he finally collapsed to the ground.

After Qinglin fell, the giant fire spirit serpent remained standing there, dumbfounded.

However, when its gaze swept over the blue scales on the ground, the ferocity and savagery within it quickly vanished, replaced by a gentleness.

"It seems to have been a success."

At this moment, Xiao Chen's figure appeared out of thin air beside Qing Lin.

"hiss----"

Upon seeing Xiao Chen, the Fire Spirit Serpent finally snapped out of its daze and glared fiercely at him.

However, a hint of fear flashed across his eyes, and he plunged headfirst into the lava lake once more.

"Don't be afraid."

Watching the fire spirit snake flee again, Xiao Chen shook his head helplessly.

Xiao Chen took out the healing pills he had refined from the purple-gold bracelet and distributed them to the mercenaries. Then he took out another pill and personally put it into Qing Lin's mouth.

Looking at the mercenary who had just saved Qing Lin, Xiao Chen smiled gently and asked, "How are you? Are you alright?"

"Senior, it's nothing serious, I just need to rest for a while." After swallowing the pill, the man took a breath and chuckled.

Xiao Chen nodded slightly and then took out two more bottles of pills and placed them in his hand.

This person's name is Zhong Wei, a veteran member of the mercenary group who fought alongside Xiao Ding and others from the very beginning.

"Eek—"

At this moment, Qinglin in Xiao Chen's arms slowly woke up.

She shook her drowsy little head, raised it, and looked at Xiao Chen who was holding her, her face slightly flushed.

Her slender fingers rubbed her temples, and she suddenly whispered, "Senior, perhaps Qinglin knows where the strange fire is."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen feigned curiosity and asked, "You know?"

With a slight smile, Qinglin suddenly broke free from Xiao Chen's embrace, ran ahead, cupped her hands around her mouth, and shouted, "Come out!"

As Qinglin's shout faded, the giant fire spirit serpent suddenly rose from the calm lava lake and swam towards them again.

All the mercenaries were startled to see the fire serpent reappear.

Xiao Chen also stood up.

"Senior, don't hit it, it won't attack us anymore." Worried that Xiao Chen would attack again, Qing Lin quickly grabbed him and said.

"What's going on?" Xiao Chen asked with a smile.

"I'm not quite sure either—"

Qinglin shook her head slightly, took two steps forward, and stared at the enormous creature that appeared before her with her emerald eyes. She asked in confusion, "I don't know why, but I seem to have established a strange connection with it. I can sense its will—"

Looking at Qinglin's adorable, puzzled expression, Xiao Chen chuckled, "Actually, I figured it out a long time ago, Qinglin. You're the lucky girl with the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil—"

"Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil? What is that?" Qinglin asked with curiosity.

"Hmm—how should I put it—it's a rather peculiar innate pupil. People with this pupil, when they master it, can cause hallucinations. Imagine if, during a fight, you suddenly made your opponent lose their senses, or even worse, made them attack their own companions. How would that feel?" Xiao Chen asked, rubbing Qing Lin's little head.

Qinglin's eyes widened instantly.

"Furthermore, this kind of pupil can almost be considered the nemesis of all serpentine magical beasts, because it has a certain chance of forming a one-sided forced connection with serpentine magical beasts—well, you can think of this forced connection as some kind of mysterious contract that exists very rarely in this world."

"Therefore, our little green scale is going to become a powerful being that all snake-type magical beasts will fear."

"Wow."

Qinglin reached out and touched her eyes. She had never imagined that her eyes were so powerful!

"Senior—it knows where that strange fire is."

Immediately afterwards, Qinglin finally remembered the important matter, pointed at the fire spirit snake in front of her, and smiled at Xiao Chen as if to take credit.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen smiled and asked, "Where?"

Give the little girl opportunities to shine, help her build confidence, and experience the feeling of being needed.

"Hmm—" Qinglin pondered for a moment with her eyes slightly closed, then slowly opened them, glanced around, and finally pointed sheepishly to the scorching lava lake below, saying timidly, "It said—it's down here."

"hiss----"

As their gazes followed Qinglin's finger to the blazing, fiery red magma, the mercenaries' lips twitched.

Beneath the magma?

Unexpectedly, that strange fire was hidden beneath this magma.

But here—are we supposed to make someone jump down alive to search for it?

Isn't that just courting death?

"I see. That explains why I couldn't detect the strange fire. It was being concealed by the molten lava in these caves." Xiao Chen's face showed a look of sudden realization.

Standing to the side, Qinglin felt uneasy.

She couldn't be sure about the information the Fire Spirit Serpent had sent.

If her senior really jumped down and something happened, she would probably have no choice but to die as well.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Chen turned his head and smiled at Qing Lin, saying, "Let it lead the way down here."

"what?"

Upon hearing Xiao Chen's words, Qing Lin's petite body trembled.

She nodded weakly and, with her eyes slightly closed, gave the command to the Fire Spirit Serpent.

Upon receiving Qinglin's order, a clear hint of reluctance flashed in the Fire Spirit Serpent's enormous eyes.

However, under the forced connection, it had no choice but to let out a roar at Xiao Chen before diving headfirst into the lava.

It raised its massive head and looked up at Xiao Chen, who stood motionless above it, its eyes flashing with mockery and provocation.

That look seemed to say:

Jump!

Do you dare to jump?

"cut."

Xiao Chen smiled contemptuously and jumped down under the terrified gazes of Qing Lin and the mercenaries.

The fierce and scorching wind rushed past his ears, but Xiao Chen remained calm and fearless.

"Thump."

As the crisp sound of water hitting the surface rang out, Qinglin and the others in the cave instantly held their breath, every nerve taut like a fully drawn bowstring.

Where are they?

Seeing the scene that seemed to have evaporated in an instant, Qinglin took a small step back, her face turning pale.

It seems that Senior Xiao Chen turned into ashes the moment he came into contact with the lava.

He didn't even let out a scream.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Just then, a voice carrying a light laugh suddenly rang out.

A hint of joy appeared on Qinglin's face, and she quickly scanned the lava with her eyes.

Suddenly, Xiao Chen's head emerged from the lava. The scalding lava slid down his face, but it was like ordinary water and did not hurt him at all.

"It's a pity about this outfit."

7

Although Xiao Chen's abnormal body was not afraid of lava, his clothes were instantly burned to ashes.

He was completely naked at this point.