Chapter 1162

"Come with me."

Su Han grabbed Zhao Linger's hand.

"Mmm... ah!"

In the next instant, the void beside Su Han twisted, and he and Zhao Linger appeared directly on Wolf Mountain.

Zhao Linger stared blankly at the surroundings, murmuring.

"... Where is this?"

Because the spatial-temporal shift had been too sudden, Zhao Linger was momentarily stunned, but when she saw what was happening in the distance, her body froze rigid—she had no time to wonder where she was; her face filled with shock and disbelief.

In the distance.

Ram was fighting the Sacred King Zhu Que.

The Sacred King Zhu Que had resumed her true form, her wings spread to hundreds of meters.

Flames blazed fiercely upon her feathers, and as she flapped them, the horizon turned crimson, radiating a terrifying energy wave outward.

Zhao Linger's body trembled slightly; she felt fear, staring at the distant Sacred King Zhu Que as if witnessing the descent of a divine beast.

Her lips quivered.

"... This place! How can there be such a powerful ferocious beast? Wasn't it said that the underground caverns had been completely eradicated by Brother Su Han?"

Zhao Linger could sense the aura of the Sacred King Zhu Que—she felt suffocated.

Ram's expression remained calm, her speed reaching extreme limits; behind her, flames coalesced into a pair of massive fiery wings, fluttering slightly as she shot forward at blinding speed.

Her speed was terrifying, leaving afterimages in midair.

"Great Flame Ring!"

Ram's cold voice rang out; her fist ignited with a sharp hiss, then slammed forward with a thunderous crash.

Simultaneously, Ram's wind-element magic surged outward.

It also converged into the Great Flame Ring.

With the aid of the wind element, the flames of the Great Flame Ring rapidly intensified.

In an instant, the Great Flame Ring became a blazing sun in the sky, striking the Sacred King Zhu Que directly.

The Sacred King Zhu Que let out a low roar, half her wing engulfed in flames.

She felt pain.

Even though she was inherently a fire-affinity divine beast, immune to fire attacks, Ram's flames were entirely different.

Because Ram had developed the Mera Mera no Mi to a degree beyond human imagination.

Now, the flames of the Mera Mera no Mi were no longer merely heat—they approached the nature of Amaterasu fire, possessing the property of incinerating all things.

Even a beast famed for fire immunity would be injured by this strike.

Not to mention, the Great Flame Ring also fused with Ram's vast, ocean-like wind-element power. "Excellent!"

Su Han clapped his hands, a hint of approval appearing in his eyes.

Although he could see that the Sacred King Zhu Que was suppressing her true power, holding herself at the peak of the Emperor realm,

the fact that she could fight Ram to a standstill in this state alone proved Ram's progress was terrifyingly rapid.

"Before even stepping into the Grand Master realm, you've already attained Grand Master-level power.

And when you truly enter the Grand Master realm, the magnitude of your growth will even surprise me!"

Su Han gazed at Ram, his words tinged with awe and an unusual undertone.

He knew Ram could hear him.

"I won't say you're currently among the top Grand Masters... but calling you a strong Grand Master is certainly accurate."

The two combatants in the distance had both reached an unimaginable level of power.

Their spiritual senses were razor-sharp; they detected Su Han's arrival the instant he appeared.

They heard his words.

The Sacred King Zhu Que let out a piercing, triumphant cry that echoed into the heavens.

The air transmitted terrifying sound waves, spreading outward.

The mountains beneath them trembled.

The clouds in the sky shattered into fragments instantly.

After circling once in the sky, the Sacred King Zhu Que shot toward Su Han and Zhao Linger.

"Ah..."

Zhao Linger panicked instantly, but when she remembered Su Han beside her, she exhaled in relief.

She began to wonder how Su Han would defeat the opponent.

After all, she had recognized Ram—the one fighting the Sacred King Zhu Que—and knew Ram was... Su Han's maid... and since this strange bird was dueling Ram, it must be an enemy.

This thought lasted until she saw the Sacred King Zhu Que's eyes—those were the Rinnegan.... Something was off. Zhao Linger stared dumbfounded as the Sacred King Zhu Que shrank until she was only fist-sized, landing on Su Han's shoulder and gently rubbing her beak against his cheek.

Zhao Linger: "..."

"Little Que, is that you?" Zhao Linger was utterly bewildered. You've always been the pet at home, right? Who could tell her that the terrifying divine beast just now—whose flames scorched half the sky and whose energy shook heaven and earth—

was the same as the tiny little Zhu Que who lived as a pet in Su Han's house? Even though she had already sensed the answer, Zhao Linger refused to believe it.

Ram landed on the ground, her fiery wings instantly retracting.

She glanced briefly and noticed Zhao Linger's dazed expression.

She paused, looked at the Sacred King Zhu Que, understood Zhao Linger's confusion, and smiled faintly.

Her voice was gentle.

"Linger, don't be so shocked! The little Zhu Que I showed you before... was the same one who just fought me!"

Ram paused slightly, unconsciously touching her nose, "It's just that Zhu Que has two modes... one is daily mode, the other is battle mode."

Zhao Linger: "......"

So this thing has both daily mode and combat mode? No! The real issue isn't that at all! The real question is, why would such a terrifying Zhu Que become their pet?

Su Han glanced at Zhao Linger and gave his answer, "Because I'm strong—far stronger than little Zhu Que."

Zhao Linger fell silent, then gave Su Han one deep look.

Although she had long known that Su Han's strength was astonishingly great, hailed as the strongest under heaven,

in the past, Zhao Linger had never truly grasped the scale of Su Han's power.

Only now did Zhao Linger begin to vaguely understand... just how immense Su Han's strength truly was.

It was an unrivaled, invincible bearing! Even a Saint-King Beast had to kneel before Su Han.

Signifying submission.