Chapter 355: A Head Toss, Roaming the World

The next day.

Lin Fan opened his eyes; a flash of fire suddenly appeared, and a chain of flame rules coiled around him.

"I didn't expect it to be so fast—quite surprising," Lin Fan remarked. A mysterious force bolstered him, accelerating his absorption.

And with the system's heaven-defying bug, his refining speed reached an inhuman level.

One chain a day, over three hundred a year—at this pace, who in the world could rival him?

Against the Beast Spirit Realm's invasion, or rather that mysterious Heaven, Lin Fan believed he had hope of withstanding it all.

"Fire rule, merge into the left arm."

Water and fire intertwined, fusing together. Based on his experience with the "Eternal Arm," Lin Fan felt that smelting rule chains into the body was indeed immensely beneficial.

Ice and fire, dual extremes—not bad, not bad. Paired with "Twist Fate" and "Black Tiger Steals the Heart," it could unleash unparalleled power.

Lin Fan then looked at Chick. The earthly core flame was gradually dissipating, almost fully absorbed by Chick.

This pool of "earthly core flame" contained infinite power, yet Chick's frail body had managed to absorb it all. Truly, an ancient ferocious beast was no ordinary creature.

"Crack..."

In that instant, the red hard shell kept cracking, a red light burst forth, and a cloud of red smoke drifted through the cave.

"Caw..."

A cry rang out. Within the red smoke, a phoenix silhouette soared through the sky, and within that silhouette, another shadow was intermingled, not yet clear.

"Chick is indeed no ordinary ancient ferocious beast," Lin Fan remarked, watching the scene.

When the red hard shell fully shattered, Chick, eyes tightly shut, curled into a ball. A fire spirit circled around Chick, then gradually sank into its body.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..."

In an instant, a wave of heat radiated from Chick.

Chick's eyes opened, wings spread, claws splayed in a V-shape, two phoenix tail feathers swaying behind.

High-level Grand Heaven realm.

At the same time, a rule chain coiled around Chick.

This rule chain was fiery red and translucent, but within the red was interwoven gold—a mutated rule.

Even stronger than the water rule Lin Fan had condensed.

Wow, this Chick was about to soar to the heavens.

Lin Fan was overjoyed. The stronger those around him, the more confident he felt in facing future difficulties.

"Chick, how do you feel?" Lin Fan asked.

He wondered how Chick was feeling now.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..."

Chick looked around with its silly head, seemingly excited by its transformation. Then it leaped onto Lin Fan's shoulder, nuzzling his cheek, appearing very cheerful.

"Haha, Chick is really something now, comprehending a mutated rule chain. Truly my good helper," Lin Fan said, patting Chick's head.

Lin Fan was still puzzled about what Chick actually was, but that was fine—the answer would come one day.

On that day in the Flame Hell, that giant hand had not been after Chick's mother, but after Chick. In the end, Chick's mother turned into a final rainbow and repelled the giant hand.

"Roar..."

Just then, a furious roar shook heaven and earth.

It was the sound of a ferocious beast.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..." Chick crowed from Lin Fan's shoulder, then tossed its head with a disdainful, world-dominating look outside, as if to say the beast out there was too insolent.

But by the time Lin Fan reacted, Chick had already bolted outside.

"Chick, take it easy! Don't get yourself crippled!" Lin Fan chased after it. This Chick, as soon as it got stronger, started showing off.

When they reached outside,

a ferocious beast hundreds of feet tall roared at Chick, who stood before it. The roar shook heaven and earth.

A beast at the Grand Perfection level of the Grand Heaven realm.

Moreover, it was a high-level beast that had condensed two rule chains.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..." Chick raised its head, unafraid, facing the hundred-foot beast.

The beast was entirely red, with some places bloody and torn, white bones turned red.

It seemed this place was the beast's territory, and the "earthly core flame" belonged to it.

But the "earthly core flame" was not something the beast could absorb, causing it great harm.

Yet it greatly enhanced the beast's strength.

Now that Chick had absorbed all the "earthly core flame," the beast was furious.

"Roar..." The beast roared at Chick again.

Chick extended a wing as if picking its ear, implying that the noise was bothering this rooster, hurting its ears.

"Chick, can you handle it? If not, come back!" Lin Fan shouted to Chick.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..." Chick tossed its head, roaming the world, its big, cute chicken eyes flashing with confidence.

As if to say, being a rooster, it had to handle it whether it could or not.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..." Chick crowed, spread its wings, and the red-gold rule chain swept across the sky, instantly forming a vortex.

The vortex seemed filled with infinite destructive power, its violent suction dragging the hundred-foot beast.

"Roar..."

Sand and stones flew around. The beast's sharp claws dug into the ground, but under the powerful suction, they carved deep furrows.

"Roar..."

The beast's fierce eyes flashed with terror, but in an instant, it was swallowed by the vortex.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..."

Chick turned around, tossed its head, crowed, patted its belly, and burped, as if it had eaten its fill.

Lin Fan was stunned by the scene.

Damn, Chick's move was pretty domineering.

At that moment, Chick jumped onto Lin Fan's shoulder, crowed, then plopped down, head drooping, eyes half-closed, as if digesting the beast it had just absorbed.

Then, two rule chains flew out from Chick—the ones that had belonged to the beast.

Seeing this, Lin Fan smiled, patted Chick's head, and put the two rule chains into his backpack.

It seemed Chick knew Lin Fan needed rule chains, so during refining, it deliberately sent them out.

Lin Fan looked at the vast world and laughed heartily.

"Chick, let's keep moving. In the future, the name 'Divine Rooster Duo' will echo through the ages. But first, I need to get you some gear."

In Lin Fan's view, Chick was his pet after all. Thinking of those pet dogs in his past life that wore clothes, how could his Chick go without?

Lin Fan's favorite was the dinosaur pet outfit. He imagined Chick dressed like that—it would be so cute.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..."

Chick crowed happily, seemingly excited about getting clothes. But when Lin Fan crafted the outfit, Chick was instantly dumbfounded.

Its silent resistance, under Lin Fan's suppression, vanished into thin air.