Upon hearing this, everyone quickly turned to look.

The Crimson Firebird, which had been completely unresponsive just moments before, suddenly displayed an expression of extreme pain and began to struggle frantically on the ground.

"What's wrong with the Crimson Firebird?!"

"It looks like it's in so much pain, what happened?"

"Could it be that there's poison in that damn phoenix blood? We need to get it checked out quickly!"

Everyone assumed that the Crimson Firebird was experiencing side effects after consuming the Phoenix's essence blood, and they frantically tried to call a veterinarian.

Kong Lin and Pei Yuan stood in the crowd, overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, the Crimson Firebird would suffer so much after consuming the Phoenix's essence blood.

If the Crimson Firebird makes even the slightest mistake, the city lord will definitely not let Lu Yuan off the hook. Being expelled from Cloud Thunder City would be the lightest punishment; he might even lose his life because of it!

This is wonderful!

Unlike the two who were secretly pleased, everyone else present glared angrily at Lu Yuan and raised their fists in protest.

"That damned liar, he actually plotted to harm Lord City Lord's Crimson Firebird!"

"He must have been sent by another force to deliberately undermine the strength of our Cloud Thunder City!"

"Brothers, this kind of guy can't be allowed to live, beat him to death!"

The atmosphere was getting increasingly heated, and just as everyone was about to get into a fight, a voice suddenly stopped them.

"etc!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that the person who had stopped them was none other than Lore!

"Lord City Lord? Why are you stopping us?"

Everyone looked at Lore with puzzlement, not understanding why he had spoken up to stop them.

The Crimson Firebird was harmed to this state by Lu Yuan; he is clearly the one who should be most angry.

Lore didn't explain further, but simply turned to look at the Crimson Firebird.

Following his gaze, everyone saw the Crimson Firebird, which had just been in great pain, suddenly spread its wings, and scorching flames burst forth from its body, engulfing everyone present.

"ah!"

Those with lower strength screamed instantly.

Kong Lin and Pei Yuan, in particular, were the closest to the Crimson Firebird in order to slander and humiliate Lu Yuan.

When the Crimson Firebird spread its wings, tongues of fire powerful enough to melt a person instantly licked their faces.

Kong Lin felt a heat on the top of his head and smelled a burnt aroma.

By the time he realized what was happening, the top of his head was already covered in scorched earth.

He raised his hand and grabbed.

He grabbed a handful of black powder, which turned out to be his prized hair!

"Aaaaaah! Where's my hair?!" Kong Lin screamed in despair, not even caring about the flames burning his face.

If Kong Luanshan hadn't pulled him away, Kong Lin would probably have been engulfed by the flames.

"Are you out of your mind?!" Kong Luanshan roared.

However.

Kong Lin couldn't hear anything right now, he was clutching his head tightly and didn't dare to look up.

Everyone in the venue scattered in panic, except for Luo Lei and Lu Yuan, who stood still and remained unmoved. Even the heads of the three families were starting to feel the strain.

Seeing this, Lorelei became even more wary of Lu Yuan.

He was able to remain unharmed entirely because the Crimson Firebird was his contracted beast. If he were to be in the flames like others, he probably wouldn't be able to do so without injury.

Lu Yuan, who had no relation to the Crimson Firebird, was able to remain unmoved, which could only mean that Lu Yuan's beast-taming level was probably higher than his!

The thought even made Loree himself shudder.

He cultivated for decades to become a Heavenly Evolution-level Beast Tamer, while Lu Yuan, who looks to be only in his early twenties, is actually stronger than him?!

This is completely unscientific!

But the facts were undeniable, leaving him no choice but to believe them.

Before Lore could recover from his shock, the flames on the Crimson Firebird's body had gradually faded, and someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Look! Why has the color of the Crimson Firebird's flames changed?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately looked up.

really.

The red flames that had surrounded the Crimson Firebird had somehow turned golden!

"My God! It's golden flame!"

"How beautiful! I have never seen such beautiful flames before!"

“This is…” Kong Luanshan murmured to himself.

"Master Kong, do you know anything?" someone asked immediately.

"This is Golden Flame!" Kong Luanshan roared in shock.

"Golden Flame?...What's that?"

The crowd looked at each other, completely unaware of what the Golden Flame that Kong Luanshan was referring to was.

Seeing this, Kong Luanshan could only explain, "Golden Flame is an extremely rare type of flame. Legend has it that only those who reach the Illusion God level have a very small chance of awakening Golden Flame!"

Hiss!!!

After hearing Kong Luanshan's explanation, everyone present gasped in shock.

Even the Phantom God level has only a very small chance of awakening!

What does this mean?

It's as difficult as a child who hasn't even graduated from elementary school solving the world's most difficult math problem!

It's practically a miracle!

The most excited person present was Lore.

Using the Beast Taming Space, he could directly sense the changes occurring on the Crimson Firebird.

Although his cultivation level had not improved, he could sense that the Crimson Firebird had undergone a complete transformation and its strength was more than one level higher than before!

Although Loree didn't say it outright, everyone could sense the hidden joy in his eyes.

Then, recalling what Kong Luanshan had just said about the Golden Flame, an incredible idea came to mind.

"Congratulations, City Lord, on your further advancement in strength," Lu Yuan stepped forward to offer his congratulations.

"It's all thanks to Boss Lu! Without the Phoenix Essence Blood, the Crimson Firebird's talent wouldn't have been able to evolve into Golden Flame!" Luo Lei said sincerely.

Lu Yuan did not refute, and accepted Luo Lei's thanks with a clear conscience.

Until then.

The others present finally realized what was happening.

Could it be...?

The Crimson Firebird's transformation came from that drop of phoenix blood essence?!

"As expected of Brother Yuan!" Zhao Qianqian was the first to jump out. "I told you the Phoenix Essence Blood was real. Brother Yuan would never lie!"

“That’s right! We’ve all witnessed Manager Lu’s capabilities; how could he possibly lie to people for a little money!”

"That's right!"

Wang Chen and the others immediately echoed this sentiment.

"Where's Kong Lin? He just said my brother Yuan was lying. Come out and apologize right now!" Zhao Qianqian put her hands on her hips and looked around.

Finally, they found Kong Lin huddled up in an inconspicuous corner.

"You little brat, hiding here! You're too ashamed to face everyone, aren't you? Stand up right now and apologize to Brother Yuan!"

Zhao Qianqian grabbed Kong Lin and pulled him up.

Kong Lin struggled violently with both hands and feet, but Zhao Qianqian, who had contracted the Ice Crystal Bird, was now much stronger than before. He was unable to break free and could only stagger to the front of the crowd.

Until then.

Those present finally got a good look at Kong Lin and burst into laughter.

"Pfft, hahahahaha!"

"Kong Lin? What happened to your baldness? You look like a black coal!"