"Ancient Buddha Clan?" Upon hearing this name, Xiao Yan frowned slightly. Although he hadn't been in the Great Thousand World for long, he had still heard of this clan. The Ancient Buddha Clan was said to be one of the Five Great Ancient Clans of the Great Thousand World, far more powerful than factions like the Ice Spirit Clan—at a completely different level. Xiao Yan hadn't expected someone from such a lineage to appear here.
"I don't care what clan you're from. If you want to steal from me, it's not going to be that easy."
"This item is extremely important to me. If you're willing to part with it, I'll provide an appropriate compensation," Qing Yanjing replied calmly, subtly glancing at her hand, which still bore scorched marks. She had already realized how troublesome this man was from their earlier brief clash. Otherwise, she wouldn't have backed down and exchanged words—she would've acted decisively.
"You sure didn't look like you were offering compensation when you attacked just now. And besides, I'm not interested in your so-called compensation. Get lost," Xiao Yan said coldly. He didn't care who she was. He had cursed out the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor to his face—why would he care about someone from a so-called ancient clan?
"In that case, don't blame me." Qing Yanjing showed no emotion as her slender hand lifted. In her palm, countless beams of light gathered into a crystalline tower that sparkled with divine radiance.
The moment the crystal tower took form, it soared into the sky and rapidly expanded, transforming into a massive construct tens of thousands of feet tall. It descended toward Xiao Yan like a falling mountain. Instantly, a blinding golden light burst from the tower, and tens of thousands of golden dragons wreathed in flames roared forth from within, swarming toward Xiao Yan like they intended to refine him alive.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan's expression turned strange. This method of capturing an opponent into a tower and refining them with flame was far too familiar—because he had once done the same himself. Yet now, the tables had turned, and he was the one being refined. Truly, the world worked in strange ways.
"These flames are actually pretty strong..." Xiao Yan lifted a brow as he felt the rapidly rising temperature. As a master of flames, he could easily tell how domineering this golden flame was. An ordinary Lesser Earth Sovereign, without some unique methods, would probably be incinerated on the spot.
Of course, this level of heat was nothing to Xiao Yan. Though his Emperor Flame wasn't yet comparable to the Sacred Demon Flame wielded by the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, within the Earth Sovereign realm, no flame could match it. Resisting these golden flames was trivial. In fact, he was even considering absorbing them to further strengthen the Emperor Flame.
"Black Dragon Devours Spirit!" As the blazing dragons surged forward, Xiao Yan's palm turned pitch black. A strange suction force erupted from his hand, forcibly drawing in the golden fire dragons one after another.
Qing Yanjing's expression flickered with surprise. In all her years using the Pagoda of Buddha to refine countless foes, though some had resisted the Buddha Flames and even broken free, never had she encountered someone who absorbed the flames instead. This was a first.
"No wonder he's so arrogant—he actually has some skills... But if you want to break free of my Sacred Pagoda, you're far from qualified." Her seals shifted. "Since you want to absorb it so badly, I'll give you all you want!"
In an instant, the golden flames within the pagoda transformed into crystal flames, their appearance mirroring the tower's form. The moment they appeared, Xiao Yan felt a chilling sense of danger—these flames were far stronger than the golden ones.
And when the crystal flames surged onto Xiao Yan's body, he suddenly realized that his previously flowing spiritual energy had fallen completely dormant. No matter how he tried to move it, it remained like stagnant water. It only took a second for him to understand—his spiritual energy had been sealed!
With his energy sealed, the Black Dragon Devours Spirit technique ceased functioning. The blackness faded from his palm, and the suction vanished. Without the devouring force, the crystal flames surged even more violently, threatening to incinerate his body into nothingness.
For any ordinary person—even someone at the peak of the Lesser Earth Sovereign realm—losing their spiritual energy in the face of these flames would mean death. There would be no resistance. But Xiao Yan was not ordinary. Although the sealing of his energy had caught him off guard, he didn't panic. Instead, he rapidly calculated a countermeasure.
"You think sealing my energy is enough to kill me? You really don't know who you're dealing with..." Staring into the sea of crystal flame, Xiao Yan slowly closed his eyes.
In the next moment, a sinister aura capable of making even a Heavenly Sovereign's heart tremble exploded from his body. The sacred aura within the Sacred Pagoda was quickly corrupted, turning its divine radiance into blood-red malevolence.
"What?!" Qing Yanjing's face finally changed. Since her pagoda had evolved into the Sacred Pagoda, this was the first time she'd seen it undergo such a change after trapping someone. She quickly formed new hand seals, releasing more crystal flames to refine Xiao Yan—but to her shock, they had no effect on the ferocious killing intent surging from within.
At that moment, inside the Sacred Pagoda, Xiao Yan opened his eyes. Even in his Great Heart Demon State, where his eyes should've turned pitch black, they were instead crimson red. Dark crimson markings rapidly emerged across his skin, eventually forming phantom crimson dragons that circled his body.
Since reaching Earth Sovereign, Xiao Yan had rarely gone all-out against opponents of the same level. As a result, even he didn't fully know the limits of his current strength. Take the Eternal Void Demon Body, for instance. Right now, he could manifest 9,999 Demon Seals in one breath! Compared to before, this was a monumental increase.
"Eternal Void Demon Body—Demon Wrath Nine Absolutes, Ninth Fist!" Xiao Yan clenched his fist, and the countless crimson demon seals surged toward it. With a thunderous roar, he punched outward.
A dark crimson dragon—thousands of feet in size—burst forth from his fist. It tore through the air and smashed directly into the crystal flame-enshrouded tower above. With a deafening crack, the massive Sacred Pagoda shattered completely into fragments.
(End of Chapter)
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