A massive explosion immediately jolted Li Shiji awake from his sleep in the bedroom.
Startled, he instinctively grabbed his short sword and crawled out of his sleeping bag.
"Big sis?!"
Thanks to Li Chuxi's training, her younger brother quickly slipped into combat readiness.
"Could it be a beast attack?"
Seeing the dazzling blaze coming from the balcony, Li Shiji's heart skipped a beat.
"It's a high-level beast—Bakeneko. Be careful. I'll handle it."
Li Chuxi tossed out the sentence and leapt from the balcony with the grace of a bird taking flight, landing atop the rooftop of the building across the street.
"What?! A high-level beast?!"
Li Shiji rushed to the balcony in alarm and caught a glimpse of his sister's silhouette merging with the darkness. From time to time, searing streams of flame lit up the night.
"Fire? Where's the fire coming from?"
Li Shiji was completely confused.
What shocked him the most was that his sister was actually chasing a high-level beast.
According to conventional rankings, only a Martial Grandmaster could take on a high-level beast.
And yet, Li Chuxi, a mere Trainee Warrior, dared to hunt one down? That was simply absurd!
Besides, where were the flames coming from?
Could the Bakeneko breathe fire?
Or… were those flames coming from Li Chuxi herself?
Among martial techniques, there were indeed some that could unleash searing fire—such as the Flaming Fist, Solar Punch, or the Golden Crow Blade.
But those were generally C-rank or above techniques—and they consumed massive amounts of true qi!
Anyone below Martial Grandmaster wouldn't last more than a few attacks using such techniques.
And judging by the scorched black balcony, who knew how high the temperature of those flames had been?
Just standing there, Li Shiji already felt the heatwaves crashing down on him—it was suffocating.
Meanwhile, Li Chuxi's first "Single-Stroke Flame" attack had failed to hit the agile and ghostly Bakeneko, who dodged swiftly.
The beast leapt to the rooftop, attempting to flee.
Li Chuxi, not one to let a wounded high-level beast escape, gave chase immediately.
The Bakeneko flitted through the night like an elfin shadow, darting left and right.
Streams of fire trailed close behind it like dragons of flame, each one hotter than the last.
"Meow!"
The Bakeneko yowled in pain as its tail was singed—burned black in an instant.
It, a dignified high-level beast, was being hunted down by a Trainee Warrior?
The Bakeneko was dumbfounded.
The human behind it seemed to possess endless true qi—flames kept coming without pause.
What it didn't know was that Li Chuxi wasn't burning through true qi at all.
She was unleashing her "Single-Stroke Flame" with a lighter.
With wind control and the springing strength of her flea-enhanced body, she wasn't any slower than the beast.
Staying close behind, she flicked her palm again and again, unleashing jets of fire from her lighter.
Oxygen flooded in, feeding the flames. Each burst exploded into a fiery ball, igniting the surrounding air.
With a thunderous boom, a blast of fire exploded and sent the Bakeneko flying.
Seizing the moment, Li Chuxi flipped both hands and ignited two windproof lighters before tossing them.
As the lighters spun in midair, she pressed her palms together, her eyes wide with intensity.
"Fire Symbol Flame—Wheel of Fire Cage!"
The flames from the two lighters surged forth and blazed ever brighter.
From each lighter, two arcs of fire extended left and right, curving into a circle that connected at the ends, forming a massive ring of flame.
It resembled a blazing cage, enclosing the Bakeneko inside.
The Bakeneko darted madly, trying to escape the inferno.
But every time it neared the edge, the flames leapt higher with violent heat, forcing it back.
A faint smirk curled on Li Chuxi's lips.
"Looks like this technique's working nicely."
"Well then… here's another one!"
She clenched her fingers into a claw shape, bringing her hands together tightly.
Wind Control!
The surrounding air rapidly circulated, forming a whirlwind above the fire ring.
Fire fed on wind, and wind stoked the fire.
The tongues of flame from the ring surged upward, forming a spinning inferno—a Blaze Tornado that engulfed the Bakeneko's entire figure.
"How's that? This move's called Fire Symbol Flame: Blaze Tornado!" Li Chuxi declared proudly.
All of these were moves she'd developed herself.
The names might be a bit over-the-top, but the power was nothing to scoff at.
The Bakeneko, even wounded, was still far stronger than any regular mid-level beast.
Yet even so, it had been driven into a corner by Li Chuxi.
The Blaze Tornado kept tightening.
At two to three thousand degrees Celsius, it could melt metal—let alone the flesh and blood of a beast.
The Bakeneko's fur stood on end as it screeched in pain.
Its coat was already scorched and on the verge of igniting.
"Meow—!!"
With a piercing cry, the Bakeneko's body suddenly began to inflate like a balloon.
Its charred black fur floated like seaweed, and its previously cat-sized frame ballooned to something larger than an African elephant.
This monstrous form was wrapped in dozens of layers of thick fur, and with a violent surge, it blasted through the Blaze Tornado, carrying remnants of fire as it swung a massive paw straight at Li Chuxi.
"Huh?"
Li Chuxi's pupils narrowed. She instantly raised both arms to block.
Boom!
The impact felt like being struck by two or three armored bears.
An immense force slammed into her arms.
Her feet smashed into the concrete rooftop, carving deep furrows as she was pushed back dozens of meters.
Flames still flickered on the Bakeneko's body, layer after layer of fur turning to ash and drifting into the night.
But the beast was frantically regrowing its fur to block out Li Chuxi's searing flames.
"So this is what a high-level beast is like… definitely more troublesome than low or mid-level ones," Li Chuxi muttered, gritting her teeth in pain and drawing a sharp breath.
Then she smiled again, her eyes burning with excitement.
The will to fight blazed in her gaze.
She didn't fear battle—she relished it. That's what made her a true warrior.
"But that's what makes it fun!"
She yanked her feet free from the cracked concrete.
With a casual motion, she tore off her tattered shirt, revealing a muscular, tiger-like upper body.
"Time to show you—my strength isn't just about fire. Hundredfold Power Boost—"
With a push of her legs—
Boom!
She shattered the cement beneath her feet and shot forward like a panther, her form blurring into a residual shadow as she charged the giant Bakeneko!
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