He was genuinely worried about Tyler. Although he hadn’t become Tyler’s pet, he had accepted Tyler.

So, he couldn’t accept someone killing Tyler in front of him.

Shibyo tried to bypass Sam, but Sam blocked him once more. By this time, Jay had already reached Tyler.

The moment Tyler was in danger, those four beasts immediately stopped fighting Ringo and blocked Jay’s attack.

At this moment, Sam roared.

"Ringo, kill that brat at all costs!"

At first, Ringo didn’t understand why those beasts suddenly ran away, but when he heard Sam’s voice, he saw Jay just a few inches away from Tyler.

Before his hand could touch Tyler, his body was captured by the Azure Dragon’s tail and pulled away from Tyler.

Of course, Jay didn’t stop there. He released four powerful water bullets that were almost impossible to block.

Unlike Jay’s speed, he could still see them coming. Tyler released a huge sea of flame in front of him, blocking those water bullets.

Although he blocked them, he realized he didn’t have any chance to attack his opponents.

More importantly, he couldn’t communicate with these beasts. Otherwise, he could at least make them freeze him for a moment.

With his True Dragon and Azure Flames, he possessed an incredible offensive capacity.

So, when he blocked the water bullets using his fire, he also heard Sam’s roar. Unfortunately, before he could even turn around, Ringo had already approached him.

He could only release two of his flames, all around his body, in the hopes of stopping Ringo.

Unfortunately, he made one major mistake.

His flames were certainly hot, but Ringo had a higher level of control over flames.

By coating himself with his own flames, he was able to keep himself out of harm’s way.

He walked right towards Tyler.

Because he was walking more slowly, Tyler noticed his presence and increased the output of his flames.

Two flames, blue and orange, roared towards his enemy.

"Brat, did nobody tell you never to attack someone of a higher realm than yours?"

Ringo showed a cruel smile on his face as he asked.

Did nobody tell him that?

Of course not! The first time he started his journey, Alfred had warned him about this.

He even used bandits and Erena to display the gap in power between realms. So, Tyler wasn’t confident from the beginning.

But at least, it was better than running away.

More importantly, even if he tried running away, there was a ninety percent chance that he would be discovered.

Then, they could still attack him.

That’s why, despite having a chance of running away, he chose to fight.

Thinking about it, whether it was the chances of running away or betraying Shibyo, these options never stuck in his mind.

"So what? Do you think I will just let you kill me?"

"Explode, True Dragon Flame!"

He roared, infusing an enormous amount of mana into the flames.

"Oh no!"

Even Ringo panicked. He forgot the flames could also explode. Previously, Tyler was trying to burn him with the flames alone.

"Damn it, you brat!"

Ringo roared, expelling a large amount of flames from his feet as he dashed away.

Boom!

The True Dragon Flame, infused with mana, heeded his command and led to a massive explosion that spread nearly a kilometer wide.

Everything within this range was either burned to ash or broken to pieces.

The sheer impact of that explosion was enough to kill even a Treasured Body Realm cultivator.

"Uncle!"

Ryan, who was within the range of the explosion, let out a roar before the explosion consumed him.

Two Soul Sublimation Realm cultivators managed to dodge the explosion on time, and so did Shibyo.

But Ringo, who was very close to Tyler, was still struck by the sheer impact of the explosion, throwing his body against the trees.

"Cough! That bastard!"

Ringo slowly got up while wiping away blood from the corner of his mouth. He didn’t suffer any burns, but a few of his bones were broken.

"To think I would suffer so much from a Mana Condenser. Unfortunately, I can’t kill him anymore."

Ringo showed a look of remorse and anger. He wanted to not just kill Tyler but torture him.

This proved just how much Tyler hurt his pride.

After all, as a high-level cultivator, one thing that he couldn’t stand was someone of a lower realm disobeying him.

But just then, he saw something unbelievable.

As the dust and flames slowly cleared, Tyler was standing there with some blue flames still flickering around his body.

Many parts of his body were burned to a crisp, but he was alive.

This was so confusing that Ringo couldn’t believe it. After all, he suffered from that explosion, so how could someone in the lower realm survive it?

"Impossible! Impossible! IMPOSSIBLE! HOW COULD A PIECE OF TRASH LIKE YOU SURVIVE?"

Ringo roared, his eyes blazing in anger as he rushed towards Tyler.

At this moment, Sam and others also noticed Tyler standing in the middle of the explosion, alive.

Although he seemed injured, he was alive, which didn’t make sense.

That explosion was truly a suicide move.

If it were just a flame, Tyler didn’t have any problem surviving it since it was his flame.

But this was an explosion. The sheer intensity of it had created ten meters deep crater around him.

That intensity, temperature should’ve destroyed his body.

"Ringo, wait!"

Sam noticed something was wrong here. There was no way someone as weak as Tyler could survive that explosion.

Even his brother might not survive without his flames. Although he didn’t understand the problem, he knew the source of the problem.

Unfortunately, his concerned voice fell on deaf ears to Ringo’s ears. At this moment, his pride was beyond hurt; it was shattered.

For an arrogant person like him, this was worse than having his pride shattered.

Just as he reached in front of Tyler, he opened his palm and tried to catch him by his neck.

But whether it was due to his attribute or recklessness, he didn’t notice an extremely hot aura around Tyler.

This was so hot that it could literally be compared to the temperature of the sun.

Tyler raised his head; his face showed an egotistic and cold look.

"Huh? Did you just call me trash?"

Before Ringo’s hand reached Tyler, he suddenly found that his finger had completely burned to ash.

His brain hadn’t even registered the pain until he realized what had just happened.

With the sheer disbelief on his face, Ringo’s entire body turned into ash.

"Tsk! A piece of trash!"

Although his body turned into ash, his soul hadn’t been destroyed completely.

At least, Tyler could still see this. He raised his hand and caught his soul. The sheer temperature from his hand

"How dare you insult this Empress?"

A cold voice escaped his mouth as he burned his soul into soul particles and absorbed them.

"Ringo!"

When he heard that roar, he turned around. He looked at Sam, who was running towards him.

Unlike before, he could easily see him move. But just before Sam reached closer, he raised his hand.

"Die!"

A cold word escaped his mouth before a small portion of a red flame emerged from his finger, turning into a fire arrow.

Although it was small, before Sam could even reach him, the flaming arrow reached his heart.

In an instant, he was also burned to ash. This time, his body and soul were both.

The soul particles once again flowed towards Tyler and entered his body.

At this moment, Jay was the only remaining brother. When he saw Tyler take out both of his brothers, he didn’t get angry like Sam.

Instead, he tried running away. With a horrified expression on his face, he used all of his power to run away.

"Hmm! That is your enemy, right? No, they are also my enemy. After all, you are my beloved. How can I let someone like that escape?"

He grinned and raised his palm. Suddenly, a huge ball of fire appeared in the atmosphere and fell towards Jay.

Boom!

The explosion caused by the collision was enough to shatter half of the forest nearby.

Jay’s body was crushed into pieces while his soul was burned by the flames. Once again, his soul particles flew towards Tyler and entered his body.

"Nee?"

After Jay died, Shibyo ran towards Tyler and roared.

He could sense something was wrong with Tyler. Although he didn’t know what exactly that was, he didn’t want anyone to harm Tyler in any way.

"Hmm! You are quite a loyal pet, but my beloved can only have a female as a pet. You are a man. So, die!"

Without much hesitation or cruel expression, Tyler raised his hand, but at this exact moment, a roar came from his mouth.

"Nooo!"

At the same time, Tyler showed a cruel smile and said.

"Only by feeling this pain will you become more obedient, my dear husband!"

As he said that, the intensity of the flame increased. Suddenly, he slammed his hands on his forehead and roared.

"Nooooooo!"

[Soul Explosion Technique]