When two powerful warriors of similar strength fight, each encounter is a life-and-death struggle. If it were an ordinary Fire Seed creature, it would have a hard time maintaining consistent victories and absorbing enough Fire Seeds to advance.
However, Xiao Chen had an advantage; he had remembered his past lifetimes. Even without Yuan Qi, he couldn't unleash formidable energy from his old battle techniques. However, his agility and skills were still there, which maximized his combat power.
At the same time, he started pondering on how to suppress the vibrant glow of the Fire Seed. After several months of trial, he gradually inferred some Daoist techniques.
He realized that some powerful Fire Seed creatures also had such abilities. This indicated that they were no longer pure bone spirits; they had unlocked spiritual intelligence once they became powerful enough.