"Heaven Poison Girl, if you know what's good for you, hand over that herb field, otherwise, this old man will definitely make you fall here today."
Above Maple City, Earth Demon Old Ghost narrowed his old eyes, staring gloomily at Xiao Yi Xian. Majestic Qi surged around his body, fully displaying his strength as a seven-star Dou Zong.
"Heh heh, the Valley Master is right. Heaven Poison Girl, if you know what's good for you, hand over that herb field! The Spirit Medicine inside is not something your mere Sea King Pavilion can possess." Iron Protector from the Hall of Souls added fuel to the fire from the side.
A year ago, Iron Protector had approached Xiao Yi Xian, asking her to replace Han Feng's former position and work for the Hall of Souls. Xiao Yi Xian naturally refused and attacked Iron Protector. Iron Protector suffered heavy injuries but managed to escape by luck.
Before escaping, he saw various rare Advanced medicinal herbs growing in the bamboo forest. Harboring a grudge, he used this to lure Earth Demon Old Ghost, who was at odds with the Sea King Pavilion, to attack.
Earth Demon Old Ghost was not stupid; he wouldn't easily be used as a gun. Knowing the strength of the Sea King Pavilion, he conducted secret observations for a year. Only after confirming that there was indeed an herb field in Maple City, and that Queen Medusa and that Seventh-Rank Alchemist who had confronted him previously had long since left the Sea King Pavilion, did he launch the war.
"Just the two of you? Not to mention this rat from the very bottom of the Hall of Souls, even you, Earth Demon Old Ghost, have you forgotten the scene where you were scared into running away with your tail between your legs last time?" Xiao Yi Xian's expression was indifferent, her tone filled with disdain.
Hearing these words from Xiao Yi Xian, a haze rose on Earth Demon Old Ghost's old face. He laughed in extreme anger: "Heaven Poison Girl, you don't need to scare me. Last time you were just relying on having more people. Today, we shall settle both old and new scores together."
"Demon Flame Valley Master, this Heaven Poison Girl is very troublesome. Do you need my help?" Iron Protector asked with some hesitation.
"No need, you just stand on the side and watch. I don't take a mere little girl seriously." While speaking, Earth Demon Old Ghost quickly formed a strange hand seal. A jet-black cold Qi surged out from his body, and endless ice spikes condensed around him, shooting violently towards Xiao Yi Xian.
"Thousand Illusion Profound Ice Spikes."
Feeling the terrifying power carried within the jet-black ice spikes, Xiao Yi Xian frowned slightly. A ghostly light flashed on her right hand, and a spider-spear-like scythe over two meters long appeared in her hand out of thin air. The spider spear rotated, blocking all those Profound Ice Spikes.
"That's it? Earth Demon Old Ghost, take a move from me too. Black Fiend Blood Poison Hand."
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes. Her left palm curled slightly into a claw shape, and she thrust it violently towards Earth Demon Old Ghost.
A giant grey-purple claw shadow that almost blotted out the sky was pushed out, tearing through the Void Realm and causing spatial ripples in the sky, suddenly arriving in front of Earth Demon Old Ghost.
Earth Demon Old Ghost was startled and pushed out a bucket-thick jet-black cold Qi with both hands to resist. The cold intent collided with the grey-purple claw shadow, not causing much destruction, but stirring up ripples of energy in the Void Realm. Wherever the ripples passed, space trembled violently, and instantly, the entire Maple City shook.
Boom.
Terrifying energy fluctuations exploded like thunder. Earth Demon Old Ghost retreated hundreds of meters with a horrified expression.
"How is this possible? Your cultivation has actually reached seven-star Dou Zong. How old are you?" It is said that once an expert makes a move, one knows if they are good. With one move, Earth Demon Old Ghost detected Xiao Yi Xian's accurate cultivation. He began to regret listening to the suggestion of Iron Protector from the Hall of Souls. Although there were things he coveted in that herb field, he had to be able to eat them!
In Xiao Yi Xian's jade hand, the black spider scythe rotated. Her face was icy, and without replying, her figure flashed and she rushed out violently.
"Court death!"
Seeing that Xiao Yi Xian actually ignored him, Earth Demon Old Ghost felt a great humiliation. Killing Intent surged in his eyes. He was wary of Xiao Yi Xian's strength, yes, but wariness aside, he couldn't be called afraid. He was also a seven-star Dou Zong; whether it was his understanding of this Realm or his mastery of Dou Techniques, it was not something this little girl before him could compare to.
Immediately, he welcomed her with full Killing Intent. As the two figures made contact, terrifying energy fluctuations exploded like thunder in the sky.
However, Earth Demon Old Ghost soon gave up that previous thought. In terms of combat power, the two were evenly matched. Possessing ice-attribute Qi, he could completely freeze her poison Qi before Xiao Yi Xian's poison reached him, but the scythe in Xiao Yi Xian's hand caused him quite a bit of trouble. It actually had the effect of ignoring defense, easily cutting through his protective Qi.
In the first encounter, it left a deep, bone-visible wound on his palm. If not for his timely reaction at the critical moment, his entire palm would have been cut off.
"Damn it, what kind of scythe is this?" Earth Demon Old Ghost cursed in his heart, becoming more alarmed as he fought. He did not dare to have direct collisions with Xiao Yi Xian anymore. While urging the ice-attribute Qi in his body to force out the poison in his palm, he dodged and shouted loudly: "Iron Protector, the scythe in this little girl's hand is truly strange. It can ignore physical defense and easily cut through my protective Qi. Come and help me."
"Are you calling him?" The expected response did not come; instead, it was a strange yet somewhat familiar young male voice.
The voice was not loud, but wrapped in its owner's Qi, it accurately reached the ears of everyone in the field.
Everyone was stunned and stopped their fighting simultaneously. Looking in the direction of the voice, they saw a young man appearing in the distant sky at some unknown time.
The man was dressed luxuriously and looked quite handsome. His form-fitting black robe with gold trim, combined with his clear, dark pupils and black hair draped over his shoulders that didn't give a sense of incongruity, made him look like the essence of the world, gathering handsomeness, nobility, and elegance in one body.
At this moment, a palm-sized golden fire bottle was floating in his hand, and Iron Protector's miserable screams came from the bottle from time to time.
"It's Sea King."
"Heavens! Sea King has actually reached the Dou ZongRealm too."
Among the crowd, the exclamation of the Sea King PavilionDisciples rang out quickly. Seeing Xiao Se staying in the Void Realm without relying on external forces, they felt as if they had been injected with adrenaline. They knew their Sea King had reached the Dou ZongRealm. And looking at this posture, he had even solved the mysterious Dou Zong brought by that Earth Demon Old Ghost without anyone knowing.
"Sea King." Hearing the title of the Sea King PavilionDisciples, cold sweat dripped from Earth Demon Old Ghost's forehead. In his perception, the newcomer's strength was undoubtedly a Dou Zong, but he had not sensed it at all before the other party appeared. Most terrifyingly, he had even directly captured Iron Protector. Although he didn't look down on Iron Protector's strength, he was at least a Dou Zong. Even for him, killing the other party would take some effort, let alone capturing him.
Taking a deep look at Xiao Yi Xian, who was watching covetously on the side, and then at Xiao Se, who gave him a feeling of being unfathomable, this thought quickly rose in Earth Demon Old Ghost's mind:
Run!
Must run, otherwise, he might be finished here today.
"Demon Flame ValleyDisciples, listen to my order, retreat!" Immediately, Earth Demon Old Ghost shouted, not caring about anything else, turned around, flew hundreds of meters, and his figure disappeared into the sky like a beam of light, leaving behind the bewildered Demon Flame ValleyDisciples.
"Where are you going?" Xiao Yi Xian spread her Heaven Poison Wings, about to chase, when Xiao Se's voice sounded behind her again: "Xian'er, no need. Leave him to me. You go and solve the Demon Flame ValleyDisciples below. Don't let them run."
Xiao Yi Xian nodded and swooped down to harvest everything. Xiao Se could already rival a Dou Zong during his Dou Huang period. Now that his cultivation had reached three-star Dou Zong, even she was not confident in resisting him, so leaving Earth Demon Old Ghost to him was more than enough.
Watching the place where Earth Demon Old Ghost disappeared, the corners of Xiao Se's mouth turned up slightly, outlining a strange arc. Without flying to chase, four flames—one cyan, one deep blue, one pink, and one milky white—suddenly emerged from his body. The four flames rotated up and down around Xiao Se, then turned into four giant flame beasts: a wolf, a leopard, a lion, and a tiger.
"In the original work, Xiao Yan used a three-colored fire lotus to severely injure Earth Demon Old Ghost, so I will use a four-colored fire lotus. At this distance, it won't have much impact on Maple City." This thought quickly flashed in his mind. Xiao Se spread his palms, and the four giant flame beasts suddenly shrank and slowly gathered towards his palms. In an instant, a basin-sized fire lotus with four colors—cyan, blue, red, and white—was condensed.
"Go, Heaven-Deriving Angry Flame Lotus." Xiao Se shouted in a low voice and pushed his palms horizontally. Immediately, the four-colored fire lotus shot out at a speed surpassing Earth Demon Old Ghost's previous speed, turning into a four-colored beam of light, tearing through the Void Realm, and flying straight towards the direction of Earth Demon Old Ghost.
After a while, a huge flame mushroom cloud rose in the sky. Under the illumination of the intense firelight, the sunlight in the sky was eclipsed.
Immediately followed by a loud bang. The mushroom cloud exploded completely.
It lasted for a full ten seconds, and the flame mushroom cloud showed no signs of dissipating.
At this moment, it seemed as if two suns appeared in the sky.
The entire Black-Corner Region fell into a dead silence. Everyone stared blankly in the direction of the flame mushroom cloud, dumbfounded.
Inside the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy.
"Old Ling, that is..." Xun'er stared at the huge flame light ball rising in the distant sky in disbelief.
"Young Miss, please wait a moment, I will go and investigate." Ling Ying frowned, his figure flickered, turning into a black shadow, and disappeared from the spot.
Honestly, this power is already beyond the scope of a Dou Zong, right?
Black Emperor Sect.
"Father, that seems to be near Maple City." Young Sect Leader of the Black Emperor Sect, Mo Ya, pointed to the second'sun' in the distant sky, smiled cunningly, and asked: "Father, didn't that Earth Demon Old Ghost lead the Demon Flame Valley to find trouble with the Sea King Pavilion? Do you think he did it?"
"Doesn't look like it. Earth Demon Old GhostCultivates ice-attribute Qi. And that was clearly caused by a fire-attribute Dou Technique. It seems to contain the aura of Heavenly Flames inside. Could it be..." Mo Tianxing stroked his beard with a heavy expression, recalling the scene when he first met Xiao Se. Could it be him?
A desolate area in the Black-Corner Region.
A figure flying rapidly stopped. He stared at the huge flame mushroom cloud in the distant sky with astonishment, swallowed his saliva, and said in disbelief: "Teacher, what was that just now?"
"It was caused by Heavenly Flames." Yao Lao thought for a moment and quickly gave an answer. He sensed four auras of Heavenly Flames in the flame mushroom cloud. Undoubtedly, those four Heavenly Flames were exactly the same as the ones Xiao Se possessed.
Hearing this, Xiao Yan's face lit up with joy, and he said impatiently: "Teacher, what are we waiting for? Let's go quickly, get the Heavenly Flames, and then swallow them to improve the grade of the Flame Mantra."
"Give it up, those Heavenly Flames have already been refined by someone. And that flame mushroom cloud is just a terrifying Dou Technique performed by someone using the Heavenly Flames." Yao Lao said in a deep voice.
"Refined by someone again?" Xiao Yan was a bit annoyed. The Green Lotus Core Flame last time was intercepted by Xiao Se. Now that he finally encountered another Heavenly Flame, it turned out to be refined by someone again. Could it be that things are just going against him, Xiao Yan?
In annoyance, Xiao Yan asked a question that made Yao Lao terrified: "Teacher, with your strength, do you think it is possible to kill that person and extract the Heavenly Flames from his body?"
"Xiao Se, what was that just now?" After solving the remaining party of the Demon Flame Valley, Xiao Yi Xian flew to Xiao Se's side, staring at the gradually dissipating flame mushroom cloud, and exclaimed.
"It is the Heaven-Deriving Angry Flame Lotus fused from four kinds of Heavenly Flames: Green Lotus Core Flame, Ice Fire Dragon Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame. Because the power is too great, I have hardly used it. Earth Demon Old Ghost's escape just gave me a chance. Let's go over and take a look." Xiao Se smiled, took Xiao Yi Xian's hand, and flew rapidly towards the place where the flame mushroom cloud disappeared.
Xiao Yi Xian did not resist, letting Xiao Se hold her hand, and a rare sweet smile appeared on her cold, pretty face.
After nearly two years, holding hands again, neither of them felt any estrangement.
Xiao Se's palm was still as powerful and warm as ever.
At the center of the Heaven-Deriving Angry Flame Lotus explosion, a terrifying giant pit with no bottom and a diameter of hundreds of zhang had already appeared. Around the giant pit, cracks were dense, and magma could be seen spraying inside the cracks.
Inside the pit, bone-chilling, sharp cold winds blew out, forming a sharp contrast with the scorching magma in the surrounding cracks. It was eerily abnormal.
"This is it." Xiao Se took Xiao Yi Xian and flew above the center of the giant pit, whispering.
"With this level of explosion, could that Earth Demon Old Ghost have been reduced to ashes?" Looking at the bottomless pit, Xiao Yi Xian gasped.
Xiao Se smiled and shook his head: "No, I deliberately controlled the power of the Heaven-Deriving Angry Flame Lotus, dispersing its power. Therefore, such a large explosion range was created. Correspondingly, the explosion power was reduced a lot, so Earth Demon Old Ghost's corpse should be preserved. You wait for me here for a moment."
While speaking, Xiao Se leaned over and flew into the giant pit.
As soon as Xiao Se entered the giant pit, the softness on Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face disappeared instantly, returning to her usual coldness, and she began to be on guard. She sensed two strange auras around the giant pit.
"Come out!" Xiao Yi Xian shouted softly, and a grey-purple poison mist rose on her right hand.
As soon as Xiao Yi Xian finished speaking, a black shadow flew not far in front of her, bowed, and said: "I am Ling Ying, greetings to Young MissXiao Yi Xian."
"You are... Xun'er's guard?" A look of surprise flashed in Xiao Yi Xian's beautiful eyes.
(End of Chapter)
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