As the human and the demon acted in perfect unison, in the blink of an eye, the two blazing flames, one crimson and one black, collided violently, creating a deafening explosion. The colors intertwined to form a magnificent and breathtaking spectacle.

A deafening roar, like thunder, resounded, and two deep cracks instantly appeared in the air. As the cracks multiplied and the dark fissures grew larger, the entire space began to distort.

Immediately afterward, the candle flame gained the upper hand, suddenly expanding outward to completely engulf the crimson pillar of fire, and continued to sweep along the intermittent pillars of fire spewed out by the Crimson Flame Eagle King, instantly enveloping its opponent.

Sensing the ferocity of the raging flames, the Crimson Flame Eagle King was immediately terrified.

Unfortunately, its body was jerking and scrambling under the opponent's roar, suddenly becoming uncontrollable as if it were dropping frames. It could only keep spewing out flames to defend itself, while black sparks appeared on the feathers on its body.

The Crimson Flame Eagle King, who was instantly at a disadvantage, felt his spiritual energy being continuously devoured. Helpless, he could only activate his domain to protect himself. His hurried and flustered appearance was quite disheveled, a far cry from his previous unrestrained and arrogant self.

Seeing this, Wang Zheng's confidence also increased greatly.

Although the demon king was not fooled by his own words, after fighting him, he could feel that this guy's strength was indeed inferior to that of the Poisonous Python King.

Therefore, Wang Zheng did not intend to run away, but instead planned to test the results of his recent cultivation.

With the liquid spiritual energy stored at the old man's place and Little Gold by his side that could continuously produce liquid gold, Wang Zheng was now very arrogant, and he didn't care about the consumption of this spiritual energy limit at all.

At the same time, he didn't forget to scare Xiao Jin.

"See? I told you you'd attract the Demon King. Look at that ferocious look. If you really fall into their hands, do you think you'll come out unscathed?"

After saying that, he threw Xiao Jin behind his back, and then activated the Candle Flame Domain to deal with the Crimson Flame Eagle King.

There's nothing we can do about it. Without activating our domain to fight the Demon King, let alone fighting, even escaping would be a problem.

Moreover, although this little gold is indeed a tree in essence, it is now recognized by the system as a plant-type alien beast. Unless it is cut down now, it cannot be put back into the storage space.

Perhaps in the future, as the storage function continues to improve, there will be opportunities to collect living creatures, but at least not now.

Now that he had been locked onto by the Crimson Flame Eagle King, Wang Zheng dared not throw Little Gold onto the lonely peak below.

Putting aside the question of whether he'll actually lose them, what if there are other strange beasts among them, or they get burned away by the demon king's fire domain? He'll have nowhere to turn for help then.

To be honest, Xiao Jin was indeed terrified by Wang Zheng just now, but now that he realized that this guy was just trying to lull the other party into a false sense of security so that he could launch a sneak attack, he felt relieved.

So after being thrown onto Wang Zheng's back, Xiao Jin didn't know what this human who had offered to serve it was planning to do—whether to fight or escape—but it still clung to him.

But before he could even catch his breath, after Wang Zheng activated the Candle Flame Domain, he felt himself enveloped by the terrifying flames. Xiao Jin was instantly terrified, twisting his limbs and launching mental attacks in an attempt to break free.

After enduring its psychic powers several times, Wang Zheng grabbed the branch that Little Gold was whipping at his face and said coldly:

"Calm down and stay still. If you keep making a fuss, I'm really going to abandon you!"

Seriously, that's why I just don't want to deal with you low-level alien beasts. Do you even understand the value of a domain?

"A domain, by definition, is a space entirely under my control. Without my permission, you cannot be harmed."

Under Wang Zheng's threat, the Golden Sun Fruit Tree, which had been struggling wildly, gradually calmed down. Then, after realizing that it was truly safe from harm, it began to sway excitedly again.

'Perhaps moving to a new house is really not bad. Not only have I experienced the feeling of flying, but now even flames, which I've always been most afraid of, can't harm me in the slightest.'

Sensing the terrifying aura and oppressive feeling of the demon king, Xiao Jin also took advantage of the situation, constantly waving its branches at the distant Crimson Flame Eagle King, as if to provoke it.

In the past, I would never have been so powerful. Let alone a demon king, I would have had to hide for a long time if a powerful beast came near.

Upon discovering the change in the little tree-man's emotions, Wang Zheng also began to make a plan.

This little Jin certainly has some intelligence, but not much. It's probably just beginning to develop its intelligence and can only distinguish between simple good and bad.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing for Wang Zheng; at least it will make it easier to scam people out of those Golden Sun Fruits in the future...

Wang Zheng exchanged a few words with Xiao Jin, while on the other side, the Crimson Flame Eagle King, who had already activated its domain, finally managed to suppress the candle flames on its body after a great deal of effort.

With the second battle about to begin, Wang Zheng didn't hesitate. He tilted his head back and gulped down a large bottle of pure white liquid spiritual energy. He was quite satisfied to see that not only had he not lost anything, but his upper limit had actually increased.

He had made ample preparations for this trip, carrying several canisters of liquid spiritual energy. He wasn't worried about a war of attrition at all; a mere tens of thousands of spiritual energy was a limit he, Young Master Wang, had plenty of!

Meanwhile, Little Jin, watching with curiosity, used its thin twig to scrape a little white spiritual liquid from Wang Zheng's lips. After carefully sensing it, it flicked the twig away with disdain.

He then forcefully shoved his branch into Wang Zheng's mouth.

Wang Zheng was seriously preparing for the battle when Xiao Jin's sudden and bizarre move completely stunned him.

Just as he was about to spit out the branch, he suddenly discovered that the branch was continuously secreting a large amount of even purer spiritual liquid.

Judging from its thick and sweet taste, what else could it be but liqueur gold?

Seeing the upper limit on the data panel surge like a speedometer again, Wang Zheng suddenly felt no shame. He gently patted the twig straw and loudly encouraged it:

"Good little Jin, you truly are my fine spirit pet. I'll reward you properly when we get home!"

Little Jin can't understand human speech, he can only sense the goodwill Wang Zheng is expressing, which is why he's so excited and dancing around. If he knew that Wang Zheng was treating him as a spirit pet, he would definitely whip him a few times.

"This is a reward from the master for the servant's valiant fight. You little human-pet dare to rebel? You've really gone too far..."