Three pillars of light shot straight up from Three Fork Mountain, piercing the sky and plunging into the clouds.
The red pillar blazed, scorching as fire — the Explosion King's legacy. The yellow pillar shone with dazzling brilliance — the Dog King's legacy. The blue pillar writhed with elegant allure — the Faith King's legacy.
After months of waiting, the Three Kings' legacies opened once more.
Yi Huo gazed at the three pillars atop the mountain peak, his tiger-like eyes beneath sword-sharp brows flickering with a dark gleam.
"So these are the Three Kings' legacies? Truly earth-shattering in their majesty! As long as I accomplish great deeds here, I can truly join the Shang family, take the surname Shang, and become one of them."
A surge of passion swelled within his heart.
"Hmph, this Little Beast King doesn't know what's good for him, rejecting me time and again. Still, he seems to know some secrets about the Three Kings' legacies. If I could bring him under my command, it would be a great help in controlling Three Fork Mountain."
Yi Huo couldn't help but think of Fang Yuan.
Yi Huo was one of the Shang family's Five Great Elders, and he naturally had his own intelligence channels. He had long known that Fang Yuan, back in Shang family city, had leveraged his knowledge of the Three Kings' legacy secrets to earn a handsome fortune.
On top of that, Fang Yuan possessed outstanding combat strength — Fourth Transformation Middle Stage fighting power.
Moreover, Bai Ningbing had always moved in tandem with the Little Beast King. Recruit one, and you naturally gained the other.
That was precisely why Yi Huo had been so accommodating toward Fang Yuan, displaying full sincerity in an attempt to win him over.
But Fang Yuan hadn't appreciated the gesture, rejecting him time and again.
Yi Huo gradually felt irritation creeping in: "Once I emerge from the Three Kings' legacies this time, I'll put that Little Beast King in his place — teach him he can't play hard to get with just anyone! But for now… I'd better suppress these nuisance individuals first."
Yi Huo pulled his wandering thoughts back and turned his gaze to the several figures nearby.
"Powdered Butterfly Gentleman" — Kong Ritian!
"He Who Once Dyed the Firmament Blue" — Long Qingtian!
Wu Family Elder Wu Shentong!
Yi Family Elder Yi Chong!
All four of them were Fourth Transformation Peak Stage Gu Master powerhouses. Every time a legacy opened, they would first have to spar and compete.
This time was no exception!
"Hahaha, I've already reserved the Explosion King's legacy. Who dares contest me?" Yi Huo threw his head back and let out three peals of laughter, wild and unrestrained. He folded his arms across his chest, tiger eyes gleaming as he swept his gaze over the four.
He was a Flame Path Gu Master, and the Explosion King was of the same school. The Explosion King's legacy was naturally his ideal choice.
"Prairie Fire…" Wu Shentong narrowed his eyes, murmuring under his breath, wary of Yi Huo's fearsome reputation.
Yi Huo was one of the Shang family's Five Great Generals. His title of Prairie Fire was formidable and renowned! Even Wu Shentong had to admit he was a notch below.
"Hmph, let me take you on!" Kong Ritian snorted coldly, and his entire body suddenly burst apart — transforming into hundreds upon hundreds of phoenix-winged golden butterflies.
The golden butterflies numbered in the hundreds and thousands, their blade-sharp wings sweeping toward Yi Huo.
"Prairie Fire, you've been quite the showoff these past few years." Long Qingtian also smiled sinisterly, pushing forward with a single palm.
Whoosh!
A cyan-green luminous palm, wreathed in poisonous mist, tore through the void and slapped straight toward Yi Huo's face.
"Let me test you as well." From the other side, Yi Chong gave a dark laugh and struck out abruptly.
Whoosh!
Azure water waves surged from thin air, the turbulent torrent sweeping toward Yi Huo.
In that instant, three Fourth Transformation Peak Stage Gu Masters attacked Yi Huo simultaneously.
"Bring it on." A trace of arrogant amusement tugged at the corner of Yi Huo's mouth. He extended both arms, then clapped his palms together forcefully before his chest.
Boom!
Magnificent flames erupted.
In an instant, the crimson hue overpowered the light pillars of the Three Kings' legacies themselves, illuminating the peak of Three Fork Mountain.
The great fire surged upward, incomparably scorching, wild and fierce.
The flames easily overwhelmed the water waves, burned away the poisonous palm, and sent the swarm of phoenix-winged golden butterflies fleeing in disarray. They flew to a distance, gathered together, and reformed into Kong Ritian.
"Is that his Fifth Transformation Gu, Prairie Fire?" Seeing such towering flames, both Yi Chong and Long Qingtian's expressions shifted.
Kong Ritian said nothing. Wu Shentong's eyes flickered.
"Elder Yi Huo is mighty!" The Shang family's contingent of Gu Masters cheered with excitement.
Yi Huo stood proudly amid the flames, radiating an almost divine presence. His fiery red hair and the surrounding blaze seemed to merge into one — his bearing wild and blazing.
The flames vanished in an instant. He walked toward the red pillar, the Explosion King's legacy.
Along the way, the other four Gu Masters watched, their expressions stiff and unpleasant to varying degrees, yet none moved to stop him. This was their acknowledgment of Yi Huo's strength.
After Yi Huo entered the Explosion King's legacy, Kong Ritian and the other three exchanged glances but had lost all appetite for fighting among themselves.
Of them, Kong Ritian and Long Qingtian entered the Faith King's legacy, while Wu Shentong and Yi Chong entered the Dog King's legacy.
"Yi Huo truly deserves to be one of the Shang family's Five Great Generals — possessing the Fifth Transformation Gu Prairie Fire, he really is powerful!"
"Over these past days, Yi Huo has been running to the Little Beast King's side again and again. Their relationship is clearly not ordinary."
"Hmph! The Black and White Fiends — those two claim to walk the Demonic Path, but they're actually lapdogs of the Righteous Path. They spent time with the Shang family and grew even closer to the Shang family's young master, Shang Xinci. Everyone knows it."
A group of Fourth Transformation High Stage Gu Masters watched as Yi Huo suppressed the other four and strode head-high into the legacy pillar, murmuring amongst themselves.
Birds of a feather flock together.
With the Fourth Transformation Peak Stage powerhouses all entered the legacies, it was now their turn.