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"Be careful, don't stray too far from me." Su Qian came to Xiao Yan's side, closer to the Formless Fire Python, subtly intending to shield him.
Xiao Yan was slightly dazed, a complex emotion welling up in his heart. He felt uneasy… Sigh, he could only compensate the Honored Elder and Jia Nan Academy well in the future… He truly couldn't give up this Heavenly Flame…
"Xiao Yan, you've refined a Heavenly Flame before, so you should have some experience. Do you have any way to weaken this thing?" Su Qian asked with a solemn expression.
Xiao Yan shook his head: "To weaken a Heavenly Flame, one can only use spirit items with extreme cold attributes, such as the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Heavenly Cold Air, and the like… I don't have any on hand. My success in subduing the Azure Lotus Core Flame before was just good luck; someone else helped me deplete some of its power."
"Is that so…" Su Qian was a little disappointed.
Hun Xiao's eyes flickered. She wasn't interested in the Heavenly Flame on Xiao Yan; from beginning to end, she only wanted to get her hands on the Fallen Heart Flame, which was known as a "cultivation cheat."
She observed her surroundings and assessed the situation… The Fallen Heart Flame had tied up Su Qian and the student with the Heavenly Flame. Qian Mu had temporarily boosted his strength using a secret method, but he was at a disadvantage under the combined efforts of Guardian Feng and Guardian Cheng.
After glancing at Qian Mu's situation, Bai Lie didn't immediately rush back to assist. Instead, he charged towards Hun Xiao. He knew that if this threat wasn't eliminated, Su Qian wouldn't be able to fully concentrate on dealing with the escaped Fallen Heart Flame, so he intended to eliminate her as quickly as possible.
Looking at Qian Mu charging towards her, a fierce glint flashed in Hun Xiao's eyes. She shouted:
"Guardian Feng, Guardian Cheng, you two team up and kill that guy over there! The promised reward will be doubled afterward!"
Guardian Feng and Guardian Cheng exchanged glances, then nodded in response: "Alright."
With that, Guardian Cheng stepped forward to block Qian Mu, while Guardian Feng formed a hand seal, and the black mist around him rapidly expanded, with more black chains emerging from it.
Attached to the chains were wailing, screaming souls, sending shivers down one's spine.
A red flame emerged from Guardian Feng's palm, using the souls attached to the chains as fuel, spreading along the chains.
"Hehehe, taste the flavor of my Blood Soul Flame."
Guardian Feng stepped forward and took over Guardian Cheng's opponent.
The latter retreated some distance, his hands constantly changing, forming complex hand seals, and the surrounding heaven and earth energy rapidly converged.
He was clearly employing a powerful Dou Technique.
Guardian Feng, who used souls as consumables to temporarily boost his combat power, was no less powerful than Qian Mu, who used a temporary burst move. He firmly held Qian Mu back, preventing him from interfering with Guardian Cheng.
Bai Lie knew that Qian Mu, fighting two opponents, couldn't hold them off for too long. Anxiously, he unleashed a killing move against Hun Xiao from the start.
He pressed his hands together, then extended his right hand forward, and a massive palm print, dozens of feet large, condensed from energy, pressed forward.
Hun Xiao pulled off the soul bag from her waist, opened its mouth, and with a gulp, swallowed a soul body from inside.
This was a Dou Ancestor-level soul that Protector Meng had given to Hun Xiao before his official advancement to Law Protector!
The Fallen Heart Flame gave Hun Xiao a rather strange look; he knew exactly what she had eaten!
That was also an Amon!
This Amon very professionally pretended to be an ordinary soul body, not resisting even when Hun Xiao ate and refined him.
He silently sympathized with the eaten clone in his heart, but then he thought that he too was about to be refined by Xiao Yan, which, in a sense, was also being eaten, and suddenly, sorrow welled up within him.
Amon's avatars, born insignificant, died silently.
After consuming a soul, Hun Xiao's aura became somber, and an astonishing momentum surged from her.
She neither evaded nor hid from Bai Lie, who was attacking her. With a hint of madness on her face, she met him head-on.
She swung her arm, unleashing a fierce blow. The vast Dou Qi, pulling on the heaven and earth energy, formed a black fist print that struck towards the palm print condensed by Bai Lie.
The palm print and fist print collided head-on, and it was not Hun Xiao's fist print that disintegrated, but Bai Lie's palm print!
Hun Xiao was already not weak, and after swallowing a Dou Ancestor soul and using a secret method, she had significantly narrowed the fundamental gap between them.
In terms of cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, the cultivation method and Dou Technique she practiced were more advanced than Bai Lie's, leading to this situation.
Not only did Bai Lie want to kill Hun Xiao, but Hun Xiao also wanted to eliminate these two troublesome old fellows!
Once they were dealt with, the remaining Su Qian and others in Jia Nan Academy were simply not worth fearing.
Bai Lie spat out fresh blood, retreating several steps. His gaunt face showed a hint of disbelief, seemingly astonished by the power Hun Xiao had unleashed.
"Underestimating people comes at a price. Because of you, my losses have increased quite a bit, so I'll use your souls to compensate," Hun Xiao let out a sinister laugh.
Before she could take further action, Xiao Yan flapped his wings and swept past her not far away.
"Hmm?" Hun Xiao was puzzled for a moment, then her expression changed slightly.
Behind Xiao Yan, the Fallen Heart Flame was in pursuit!
Hun Xiao was a little annoyed, but quickly regained her composure, changing her strategy again… Since killing Bai Lie and Qian Mu was difficult and would be interfered with, she would just take the Fallen Heart Flame directly!
She took out several jade bottles from her space ring, each with a thin layer of frost condensed on its surface.
With a wave of her hand, the jade bottles exploded one after another in front of the oncoming fire python. A terrifying chill spread out.
To deal with the Fallen Heart Flame, Hun Xiao had made thorough preparations; she had everything she needed!
Terrifying cold air permeated the area. After the fire python touched the cold air, its body paused, as if reacting instinctively, and it abruptly shrank backward.
But the cold air caught up to it, freezing it stiff.
The fire python revealed its form, turning into a giant ice sculpture.
Xiao Yan stopped his advance with a look of alarm. He stared at Hun Xiao, his face filled with deep apprehension.
Yao Chen clicked his tongue in the bone flame ring, saying, "So much Heavenly Cold Air, she's really extravagant… All this Heavenly Cold Air could probably be exchanged for an eighth-grade medicinal pill."
"Teacher, what do we do now?" Xiao Yan asked.
"Wait…" Yao Chen's answer was very concise.
A helpless expression appeared on Xiao Yan's face; he was still too weak after all to contend with this powerful Soul Hall Protector.
Hun Xiao swung a burst of Dou Qi at the fire python's ice sculpture, and with cracking sounds, the ice sculpture shattered, revealing a fist-sized ball of origin flame.
The two Law Protectors, who had seen through her intentions, did not fight to the death with Qian Mu. One of them broke off and blocked the injured Bai Lie, preventing him from interfering with Hun Xiao.
Hun Xiao was about to grab the origin flame, but suddenly stopped her advance and retreated rapidly instead.
She sensed an extremely dangerous aura!
Her premonition was not wrong; this ball of origin flame suddenly expanded, once again forming an invisible fire python.
The fire python bypassed Hun Xiao and, with lightning speed, rushed in front of Xiao Yan, opening its mouth and biting at him.
Xiao Yan hadn't expected the fire python to unleash such speed. Unprepared, he was swallowed in one gulp.
"Xiao Yan…" Su Qian shouted anxiously, then unhesitatingly attacked the Formless Fire Python.
After swallowing Xiao Yan, the fire python did not entangle with others. Even when attacked, it did not retaliate; instead, it turned and fled.
It charged all the way to the location of the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower and plunged inside.
Hun Xiao, who had followed, stood on the ruins of the tower body, looking at the dark hole below, her face showing hesitation.
She could feel the danger below, but she was unwilling to give up the Fallen Heart Flame just like that.
The thought of the cost she had paid for this capture operation made her face twitch involuntarily.
She took a deep breath and shouted towards the sky: "Elder Mu Zun, please lend me a hand. I will offer you a satisfactory reward."
Honored Elder? Everyone on Jia Nan Academy's side felt their hearts leap, and a hint of fear involuntarily appeared on their faces.
An Honored Elder of the Soul Hall… That was a title only a Dou Venerate powerhouse deserved!
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