"Xiao Yan!?" Venerable Qinghai was filled with doubt and surprise. Was Xiao Yan really that handsome?
No! Why were there two Xiao Yans?
"Xiao Yan? The Xiao Yan with the potential to become a Dou Di?" Elder Chihuo exclaimed. He had just heard Venerable Qinghai of the Soul Palace refer to Mr. Lü Qiu as Xiao Yan, but Chihuo hadn't paid any attention to it. Instead, he was extremely shocked by this newly appeared "Xiao Yan."
"Xiao Yan with the potential to become a Dou Di?" Venerable Qinghai's expression changed slightly. It was said that Lord Nine Heavens Venerable had once attacked this person, but returned empty-handed and defeated.
Although he didn't know what had happened, the reason was definitely not simple, at least not simple for him, a two-star Dou Zun.
This young man is extraordinary and should not be underestimated!
Venerable Qinghai's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his expression instantly became extremely solemn.
Hearing the exclamations of Elder Chihuo beside him and Venerable Qinghai opposite him, Xiao Yan's lips twitched. A thousand horses galloped in his heart. I am Xiao Yan, that is Lü Qiu!
"You two are really something..." Lin Yan's face twitched slightly as he couldn't help but complain.
"He started this trouble first!" Xiao Yan said angrily, even though I'm the one who's supposed to be Xiao Yan!
"Then why don't you go talk to him?" Lin Yan suggested, pointing at Lü Qiu's back.
"Forget it!"
Xiao Yan decisively followed his heart. Lü Qiu looked like a tough guy right now, and he wasn't going to rush up and get beaten up!
"Ahem, Mr. Lü Qiu, are you and this Xiao Yan... on good terms?" Elder Chi Huo hesitated slightly and asked Xiao Yan in a low voice. He had just recovered from his shock and hadn't noticed the conversation between Lin Yan and Xiao Yan.
"Oh, Xiao Yan... he's a good person, chivalrous, kind-hearted, and loyal. Moreover, he has excellent cultivation talent and specializes in dealing with wicked forces like the Soul Hall." Xiao Yan racked his brains and managed to find a few words to praise himself, leaving Lin Yan speechless.
"Oh...indeed, this man is handsome and dashing. Just by looking at his face, you can tell he's no less than a member of the Soul Hall!" Elder Chi Huo nodded, looking at Lü Yu's retreating figure and speaking in a deep voice.
Beside him, Xiao Yan's face darkened. Why praise Xiao Yan if you can praise him? What's the point of talking about his appearance?
For some reason, he suddenly lost interest and didn't feel as good about Burning Flame Valley anymore!
On the other side, Venerable Qinghai's expression was extremely solemn. Black mist swirled between his hands, and thin black chains, like nimble venomous snakes, weaved between his fingers.
"Your Excellency, this matter is a conflict between my Soul Hall and that brat. Please do not interfere!" Venerable Qinghai shouted sharply. In his view, this person who called himself Xiao Yan was probably also a Dou Zun, and his strength should not be underestimated.
"If you want to get involved, please think twice. Don't offend a force you can't afford to offend for a moment's gain!" Venerable Qinghai continued to shout. Once a Dou Zun intervened, things would become troublesome.
That Dou Zong Xiao Yan over there was no weakling; he could unleash the strength of an eight-star Dou Zong in a short time and easily escape.
"I've even offended the Soul Clan... let alone your Soul Palace?" Lü Yu said with a half-smile. He had killed Soul Cliff, Soul Li, and other young members of the Soul Clan. Even Soul Jade, a ninth-grade or divine-grade bloodline, was tricked and killed by him and sent to the Ancient Realm.
Upon hearing this, Venerable Qinghai's expression changed drastically. The next second, his face suddenly turned ferocious: "Since that's the case, then die!"
Boom!
"Hundred Soul Locking Heavenly Python!"
Venerable Qinghai shouted, and black mist surged into a vortex around him, howling and screaming. A series of shrill screams came from the black mist, making people's scalps tingle.
The viscous black mist, like black mud, instantly clung to the black chains, which twisted and turned, forming in the blink of an eye a lifelike, gigantic black python.
"Go!"
"Gan Da, you two take down those Dou Zong!"
Venerable Qinghai roared repeatedly. The gigantic chained black python lashed out with its tail, its blood-red maw opening wide, tearing through space like a bolt of lightning, aiming straight for Lü Qiu's head.
Behind Venerable Qinghai, two wisps of black mist also shot out like lightning, surging with overwhelming momentum towards Xiao Yan and his companions.
"Hundred Soul Locking Heaven Python..." Lü Qiu raised an eyebrow. He remembered this move; Protector Wu had used it in the original story, but Protector Wu used it as a killing move to eliminate Xiao Yan, forcing Xiao Yan to use three or four Earth-rank Dou Techniques to block it.
But to Venerable Qinghai, this was merely a probing attack.
The clanging and clashing of chains echoed incessantly, waves of sound exploding one after another, white mist surging forth as the black chained python charged forward with overwhelming murderous intent.
"Heavenly Netherworld Asura Hand!"
Lü Qiu's eyes narrowed, and he took a sudden step forward, his battle qi surging, a fierce and boundless killing intent soaring into the sky.
A gigantic, snow-white hand suddenly materialized, slamming out with immense power and overwhelming killing intent.
"Cover me up, don't let him escape!" Lü Qiu shouted.
"Hmm..." Little Fairy Doctor nodded slightly, her gentle, watery eyes slowly hardening, a gray and a purple light subtly emanating from them.
Bang!
The snow-white giant hand collided with the black python, an explosion erupting, space surging like a raging storm, a deep, incomparably vast spatial black hole suddenly shattering open.
Sharp energy shot out in all directions, sharp fragments of space tearing out dark spatial cracks.
Just as Xiao Yan and his companions were about to clash, they cried out in alarm, scrambling to dodge the incoming spatial fragments.
With their strength, a single hit like that would be a matter of survival.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted at the point of impact, the gigantic white hand and the jet-black python vanishing simultaneously, a violent gust of wind shooting out, sending Qinghai Venerable and Lü Qiu flying backward.
This clash was a draw!
"Damn it!" Qinghai Venerable's face was grim and ugly; this was not the result he wanted!
His opponent was clearly only a one-star Dou Zun, yet he could fight him without being at a disadvantage—this was illogical!
"Heh... a two-star Dou Zun from the Soul Palace, pitifully weak!" Lü Qiu waved his hand and sneered.
"I'll see what you're capable of, you little brat who hasn't even grown his first hair!" Venerable Qinghai roared, his arms crossed over his chest, chains behind him clanging and swarming towards Lü Qiu like giant pythons.
"Soul Chain Torrent!"
Venerable Qinghai's face contorted in rage, his voice piercing the air. A viscous, liquid-like black mist surged from the exploding chains.
Instantly, the soul began to ache and tremble; the black mist chains seemed to strike directly at the soul, ignoring the body and even battle qi defenses.
"Hmph! Child's play!" Lü Qiu sneered, his palms clasping together abruptly. Purple-black light surged within his palms, and two dazzling crystal seals formed in the blink of an eye.
A palm-sized purplish-black crystal seal flew out with a whoosh, swelling in the wind until it was the size of a city gate in the blink of an eye.
The next moment, the two purplish-black crystal seals clashed fiercely with the raging waterfall of soul chains that seemed to fall from the sky.
Boom!!
The purplish-black light surged, and a violent energy storm exploded out of thin air. A hurricane of energy, as sharp as a knife, shot out, and in an instant, the overwhelming waterfall of chains was torn open with huge gashes.
"Emperor Seal Technique..." In the distance, Xiao Yan's lips twitched. This guy Lü Qiu could actually use the Emperor Seal Technique so casually, easily casting two seals with a wave of his hand. He was truly not simple!
But what shocked Xiao Yan even more was Lü Qiu's strength. He had already reached the Dou Zun level!
Xiao Yan's lips were tightly pursed. He thought that he had already achieved a great deal by cultivating to the Dou Zong level, but he never expected that this guy Lü Qiu had actually reached the Dou Zun level ahead of him, a whole major realm ahead of him.
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"Phew... It's alright, I have the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, I can catch up!" Xiao Yan took a deep breath, his eyes burning with confidence. Refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame would not only help him improve his Dou Qi cultivation, but also raise the level of his "Burning Technique."
Then, breaking through to the Heaven-rank technique in one fell swoop would be no problem, allowing him to suppress Lü Qiu!
After all, his "Heavenly Gang Crimson Flame Technique" was only at the mid-Earth-rank, nothing to fear!
However, what shocked him most this time wasn't Lü Qiu's Dou Zun strength, but rather the purplish-black flames.
If he remembered correctly, the only flame of this color on the Strange Flame Ranking was the ninth-ranked Three Thousand Starry Sky Blazing Flame.
"Damn it, so enviable!" Xiao Yan's eyes reddened slightly as he gritted his teeth and said,
"Such powerful Dou Techniques!" Crimson Flame's expression changed drastically. Even the famous Taiyi Fire Luo Palm technique from the valley couldn't compare to these two crystal seals; they were truly terrifying.
"What kind of fighting technique is this?" Lin Yan was shocked. He was only a Dou Huang, and if it weren't for Xiao Yan protecting him, the aftershocks of that energy storm alone would have been enough to pulverize him!
Boom!
The energy hurricane raged, violently sweeping everything in its path, obliterating all obstacles and barriers.
The hurricane's momentum did not diminish, and it surged towards Venerable Qinghai.
Venerable Qinghai's expression changed drastically, his body trembled repeatedly, creating afterimages, and he suddenly retreated.
Boom!!
The energy hurricane slammed into the spatial barrier, and in an instant, the indestructible spatial barrier shattered like a glass mirror smashed by a hammer, scattering in all directions!
The violent hurricane swept out, shredding the countless afterimages!
The Azure Sea Venerable's face was ashen, his hair and beard disheveled, his robes tattered: "Damn it, what kind of fighting technique is that?"
It looked very much like the legendary Emperor Seal Technique, but didn't such a powerful Earth-rank fighting technique require numerous intricate hand seals?
How could that kid just clasp his hands together and unleash two seals in quick succession?!
"The Emperor Seal Technique, huh? Aren't you a member of the Soul Clan? How come you don't even recognize this?" Lü Qiu chuckled.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" The Azure Sea Venerable's face flushed red, veins bulging on his cheeks as he roared: "The Emperor Seal Technique isn't like that! Who uses the Emperor Seal Technique like that?"
"Hmph... as if you've seen the Emperor Seal Technique countless times. Look closely!" Lü Qiu sneered, his hands clapping together again with a "snap," and he solemnly shouted:
"Earth-Covering Seal!" As
the shout fell, even more complex purple-black crystal seals than the previous two appeared, and in an instant, terrifying fluctuations slowly emanated from them.
"Damn it!" Venerable Qinghai's pupils constricted sharply. Regardless of whether this thing was an Emperor's Seal Technique or not, it was enough to kill him.
"Go!" Lü Yu flicked his sleeve, and the Earth-Covering Seal roared out.
"I'd like to see how many times you can unleash an attack of this level!" A fierce glint flashed in Venerable Qinghai's eyes, and black mist erupted from his hands like two ferocious black mists, their momentum overwhelming, rushing forward relentlessly towards the Earth-Covering Seal.
This kid's strength was entirely due to his high-level, powerful fighting techniques; he himself was nothing to fear!
Venerable Qinghai's gaze turned sinister, his face fierce. The Heavenly Netherworld Asura Hand, and the three crystal seals that followed, were all incredibly powerful fighting techniques, but such techniques were not to be used casually. Each technique consumed an immense amount of fighting energy.
This pretty boy was doomed; once his fighting energy was exhausted, he would die without a burial place!
Boom!
A black streak, like an angry dragon, slammed into the purplish-black crystal seal, unleashing a violent energy storm that swept across the heavens and earth once more. Terrifying energy ripples spread out like waves.
"Haha, let's go again!" Lü Qiu laughed loudly, his purplish-black battle qi roaring like a tidal wave, countless battle qi tornadoes soaring into the sky.
The Azure Sea Venerable gritted his teeth, "I'll wait for the moment your battle qi runs out!
" "What a terrifying battle! A Dou Zun expert is indeed extraordinary!" Elder Chi Huo's expression was extremely grave.
"So many powerful battle techniques... isn't that too wasteful of battle qi?" Lin Yan's pupils shrank sharply as he exclaimed in shock. Those consecutive battle techniques were all high-level Earth-rank techniques!
"No problem, he's an alchemist. Who can outlast him in a prolonged battle?" Xiao Yan's eyes also flickered, but unlike Lin Yan, he had practiced the Emperor Seal Technique and knew how terrifyingly high the consumption of battle qi it consumed.
This was unreasonable. With Lü Qiu's mid-level Earth-rank technique, he would be on the verge of exhausting his battle qi after only two or three seals.
Back in the Black Corner Region, Lü Qiu had used the Three Seals Fusion technique, only to be exhausted after a single move… though he recovered quickly afterwards.
Xiao Yan frowned, realizing that Lü Qiu's recovery ability had always been exceptionally strong.
Whether it was the speed of his battle qi recovery or the speed of his soul power recovery after alchemy, it far surpassed his own. What was the reason for this?
And now, not only had he used the Heavenly Netherworld Asura Hand, a powerful battle technique no weaker than a single Emperor Seal Technique, but he had also managed to entangle with the Azure Sea Venerable for so long.
This was unreasonable; what mid-level Earth-rank cultivation technique could sustain such a long duration?
Even if the Heavenly Gang Crimson Flame Technique was known for its long-lasting aura, it shouldn't be like this!
Boom!!
In the distance, a deafening roar echoed in the sky, and the panting Lü Qiu and the disheveled Azure Sea Venerable were simultaneously sent flying backward.
Everyone was shocked and quickly looked up. Sure enough, Lü Qiu's face was pale, and he was nearly exhausted.
Although Venerable Qinghai was in a sorry state, his fighting strength remained undiminished.
"Hehehe...Boy, you're dead!" Venerable Qinghai chuckled eerily. "Comparing your Dou Qi strength to mine, where does a one-star Dou Zun get his confidence?"
As he spoke, the chains clanged, the crisp sound of them clashing echoing continuously, like a death knell, each sound urging one to age.
"Boy, I don't care what Dou Di potential you have, die for me!"
Venerable Qinghai roared, flicking his sleeve, and a ferocious chain, like an angry dragon, shot out, aiming straight for Lü Qiu's head.
Elder Chi Huo's face paled, secretly realizing the situation was dire. This "Xiao Yan," with Dou Di potential, was no longer able to fight; trouble was brewing.
"Don't worry, he has plenty of high-grade pills..." Xiao Yan said calmly, showing no concern.
However, before he finished speaking, the energy between heaven and earth suddenly surged, erupting like a tsunami towards Lü Qiu's body.
"This...this is a Heaven-Rank cultivation technique!?" Venerable Qinghai's pupils constricted sharply as he exclaimed in shock.
The chains in his hands involuntarily slowed, and a chill ran through his body.
"What? A Heaven-Rank cultivation technique?" Xiao Yan's eyes widened in disbelief.
Wasn't Lü Yu's technique the "Heavenly Crimson Flame Technique," which he had snatched from his teacher?
Wasn't it just a mid-level Earth-Rank technique?
Perhaps sensing Xiao Yan's confusion, Lü Yu turned his head slightly, a half-smile on his face: "Oh dear, this is a Heaven-Rank cultivation technique given to me by Sister Xun'er, and she's cultivating it with me too..."
Xiao Yan's face immediately darkened. What was going on?! What was happening?!
Little Fairy Doctor frowned. Sister Xun'er? Who?
"Brother, you have to be strong..." Lin Yan patted Xiao Yan's shoulder beside him, comforting him with great sympathy.
Now, Xiao Yan's face darkened even more. What on earth was going on?!