The fire dragon’s second hibernation period wasn’t long, but after evolving it awakened spiritual wisdom and gained the ability to speak—truly quite incredible.

Jun Changxiao thought this was very normal.

After all, the little fellow had been cultivated with countless crystal cores he’d spent. If it didn’t have some special qualities, he might as well find a block of tofu to bash his head against.

“Did you just evolve, or do you have a second battle form?”

Jun Changxiao asked.

“I have one,” Little Dragon said.

Jun Changxiao was delighted and said, “Quickly demonstrate it so this seat can see.”

“Master,” the fire dragon said, “once I activate my battle form, I’ll enter a very long period of weakness.”

The little fellow’s voice remained childlike throughout. If you didn’t look at its form, it would give the impression of a five or six-year-old child.

“It’s fine, it’s fine,” Jun Changxiao said. “Let this seat and the disciples open our eyes.”

“Alright,” Little Dragon looked at the surrounding disciples, its gaze rather proud as it said, “All of you back away, lest you get burned.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Li Qingyang, Su Xiaomo, and the others swiftly retreated.

They’d witnessed Little Dragon’s first battle form activation, so they were relatively proactive.

Chu Xiunan and other newly entered disciples didn’t know the situation. Though they also retreated, they only retreated a few steps and secretly thought, “Is it that dangerous?”

“Whoosh—”

Suddenly, Little Dragon standing in the center of the martial arts arena erupted with flames around its body, instantly soaring seven or eight zhang high.

The scorching heat emanating was obviously much stronger than before!

“Hiss!” Chu Xiunan and the others sucked in hot air, then hurriedly retreated far back, afraid of being scorched by the intense temperature!

My heavens! This flame temperature is too terrifying!

The disciples retreated very far. Jun Changxiao stood in place with his hands behind his back.

He was not only a fire-element martial cultivator but also the contract beast’s master. No matter how scorching the heat, he remained completely undisturbed.

“The little fellow’s fire element attribute is very strong.”

Extremely strong.

Strong enough to rival Sect Leader Jun.

Moreover, it was still continuously increasing.

In just a moment, in the area with the most intense temperature, the stone slabs were baked red-hot, as if about to melt at any moment!

If the temperature increased further, nearby buildings would likely be unable to withstand the high-temperature baking and burst into flames.

“Retreat!”

The Iron Bones Sect disciples were startled and retreated again.

Jun Changxiao spread his spiritual energy, forming an invisible barrier that enveloped the martial arts arena, preventing a fire from occurring.

The flames were isolated, and the scorching heat suddenly weakened. The continuously retreating disciples finally stopped, their hearts and gazes filled with shock!

Even for a Spirit Beast level, it shouldn’t be this strong!

Shortly after, the soaring flames began to contract.

“Master,” Little Dragon’s childlike voice came from within the flames. “This is my second battle form.”

Whoosh—

A young boy’s head emerged from the flames.

He looked about thirteen or fourteen years old and had delicate, handsome features.

Jun Changxiao smiled.

The little fellow’s first form only transformed its body into human form while its head retained fierce beast characteristics.

Now activating the second form, even its head had become human, which fully demonstrated it had truly achieved complete humanization.

Step.

Just then, Little Dragon stepped forward, its entire body emerging from the flames. Sect Leader Jun’s facial expression immediately froze.

The Iron Bones Sect disciples standing in the distance also widened their eyes one by one.

What did they see?

What could make them display such expressions in the shortest time?

They saw Little Dragon dashingly step forward, with clusters of flames still wreathing around its body—quite stylish indeed. But the body presented in their field of vision, no matter how they looked at it, looked like… a fierce beast!

Its chest covered in fur looked like a gorilla’s, and its two arms were very thick with long fingernails on the five fingers.

These definitely weren’t human hands—these were absolutely claws!

Most devastating were the two legs.

Not only were they bent in an S-shape, they also had leopard-spotted fur.

These weren’t human legs—these were leopard legs!

A cluster of flames burned in the groin area, successfully avoiding some awkwardness. Behind it was a tail drooping on the ground, with a cluster of flames also burning at the tail’s end.

“This… is your second form?” Jun Changxiao said with his mouth agape.

“That’s right,” Little Dragon with a young boy’s head said rather proudly. “This is my second form—Human-Dragon Form!”

Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched violently.

First form Dragon-Human Form—result: body humanized, head not humanized.

Second form Human-Dragon Form—result: head humanized, body not humanized.

Are you going to transform or not!

“My heavens!”

“Is this human or beast?”

Looking at Little Dragon’s second battle form, Chu Xiunan and the others’ eyes bulged.

A Spirit Beast speaking was something they could understand and accept, but being able to transform into a human head—that was absolutely earth-shattering!

“Master,” Little Dragon raised an eyebrow and said, “I want to fight!”

With the battle form activated, the blood in its body seemed to burn, so it urgently hoped for a battle.

“How about sparring with Elder Jiang?”

Jun Changxiao said.

“No, no, no!” Jiang Xie standing in the distance hurriedly said, “I don’t dare fight this little monster!”

He couldn’t withstand even the first battle form—he definitely didn’t have the courage to compete with Little Dragon’s second battle form.

“How about this,” Jun Changxiao said. “Both Elder Ning and Elder Jiang—the three of you fight my contract beast together.”

“This…” The Ning brothers’ mouths twitched.

Though they couldn’t determine Little Dragon’s strength, from the emanating aura they could judge that it was definitely very explosive.

Three Wuwang fighting it would definitely not gain any advantage.

“Master,” Little Dragon said proudly, “Their strength is a bit weak. I need a stronger opponent.”

Heh. So arrogant!

Truly worthy of being this seat’s contract beast.

“In that case,” Jun Changxiao said, “you and I, master and servant, shall have a match.”

“I agree!” Jiang Xie hurriedly said.

Ning Duxing and Ning Duzui also expressed their opinions one after another, saying, “The Sect Leader and his contract beast battling will surely become a tale for the ages!”

“No, no,” Little Dragon said. “Master can’t beat me.”

Well, damn.

This little fellow is quite cocky!

Just as he was about to speak, Little Dragon said, “Sect Leader, are there any Wuhuang-level powerhouses nearby? I want to fight such a strong opponent!”

Sect Leader Jun’s mouth twitched.

This seat, a Sword-Martial Dual Wuwang, isn’t good enough, so it directly wants to find a Wuhuang to fight. Look how full of itself it is!

“There is,” Jun Changxiao said. “In Zhenyang Commandery’s Lingyuan Sect, there are Wuhuang-level powerhouses.”

“Good!” Little Dragon said. “I’ll go challenge them!”

Jun Changxiao said in exasperation, “How long can you maintain this second form?”

“One hour.”

“Then don’t go. From here to Lingyuan Sect is an extremely long journey. Even riding the Hurricane Wolf King would take three to five hours.”

“Whoosh!”

Little Dragon appeared before Jun Changxiao. Its large hand swept out, directly lifting him up. Its leopard-like legs pushed off the ground, instantly shooting upward like an arrow released from a bow.

In an instant, complete silence fell over the entire scene!

Seeing the Sect Leader carried by his own contract beast, transforming into a stream of light and disappearing into the vast sky, everyone finally exclaimed after a long moment, “It can fly—”