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Pfft!
The black soul chain pierced through flesh and blood, stabbing directly into Old Ground Demon Ghost's soul body.
However, this soul chain lacked offensive power and couldn't annihilate the soul. It could only bind the soul body and disrupt Spiritual Strength. Little Fairy Doctor still had to deliver the true fatal blow.
After the Nihility Devouring Flame devoured Old Ground Demon Ghost's Blood Mist Escape Technique, Little Fairy Doctor pointed a finger from afar.
BOOM!!
Boundless poison mist surged from her fingertip, forming a single digit capable of corroding everything. Her long, snow-white hair fluttered as an aura of deathly stillness enveloped the world. Even the sky dimmed. An unrivaled might descended as her finger became invincible in that instant!
Wherever the Tian Class Dou Technique pointed, a single finger could poison the heavens. Under this finger, even the essence of the world withered.
Old Ground Demon Ghost had long wanted to flee, but escape was impossible. The Nihility Devouring Flame's Seed Flame had nullified his Blood Mist Escape Technique. His Spiritual Strength was sealed by the soul chain. Most despairingly, Little Fairy Doctor had locked onto him.
Schlick!!!!
Fresh blood spattered! Under that single finger, the blood in Old Ground Demon Ghost's body exploded. Instantly, his internal organs, hair, bones, and even his Dou Qi turned into a puddle of corpse water! Only his soul body, bound by the soul chain at the moment of death, was dragged into the void.
The Tian Class Dou Technique, Woeful Demon Poison Claw, was not just a Dou Technique created to complement the Woeful Poison Body, but a genuine Tian Class Dou Technique. Little Fairy Doctor had only reached the entry level mastery and hadn't achieved major mastery, yet it was still terrifying beyond compare.
Even Venerable Tian Huo wouldn't dare to take such a finger head-on!
Meanwhile, the Black-Corner Region experts watching from the sidelines all held their breath. Whether engaged in battle or merely observing, everyone couldn't help but tremble. Countless individuals collapsed, slumping to the ground with their bodies shaking uncontrollably.
In this instant, the courage of countless experts who lived by the blade in the Black-Corner Region was utterly shattered.
Old Ground Demon Ghost, hailed as the strongest expert in the Black-Corner Region, the 7-star Dou Ancestor founder of Demon Flame Valley, had even consumed a pill to temporarily boost his strength close to the 9-star stage!
Yet, he was dead!
Even his strongest Blood Mist Escape Technique couldn't save his life!
The memory of Little Fairy Doctor's white hair fluttering as she pointed from afar, using a terrifyingly horrific method to transform Old Ground Demon Ghost into a puddle of corpse water, caused countless people to break into cold sweats. Some were so frightened they wet themselves.
Many would likely awaken startled from nightmares of this scene for a long, long time.
A 7-star Dou Ancestor, proclaimed invincible in the Black-Corner Region, was now instantly slain by this ethereal woman, leaving not even bones behind!
This scene was brutally seared into everyone's minds, a moment none of them would ever forget!
At the same time, Mo Tianxing, who was battling Xiao Yan, or rather, barely holding on, was scared out of his wits. The strongest among them, Old Ground Demon Ghost, had died so swiftly!
Just how terrifying was the Sky Poison Fairy's strength?
"City Lord Xiao! Our Black Emperor Sect surrenders unconditionally! It was my lowly self who offended you, City Lord Xiao. I hope you can be magnanimous. As long as you spare me, I'm willing to be your ox or horse," Mo Tianxing shouted. He was filled with incomparable, extreme regret now. He felt as if his mind had been clouded by greed to do something so stupid!
Xiao Yan smiled, but his attacks showed no mercy. "No, I very much agree with your way of doing things."
He deeply understood Mo Tianxing's approach of living on the edge, gambling everything for a massive gain.
He thought back. When he refined Heavenly Flames or joined the Hall of Souls, weren't his actions similar to Mo Tianxing's? Back then, he had killed Yao Li of the Yao Clan, captured Yao Ao's soul body, and used the Nihility Devouring Flame to refine the Dou God Bloodline. If news of this reached the Yao Clan or other ancient Dou God Clans, even ten lives wouldn't be enough for him.
When he was merely a Dou Spirit, he had snatched the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill from Elder Qing of the Sky Serpent Mansion. He had cultivated the forbidden agility technique of the Wind Lightning Pavilion and refined the bone wings and essence blood of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe. Each act courted death from powerful factions, actions that could have led to the collapse of the Yan Alliance.
But he did them anyway.
Not striving, not fighting, was equivalent to living in vain. Cultivation itself was inherently about benefiting oneself, sometimes at the expense of others. Xiao Yan understood this well.
He wouldn't blame Mo Tianxing. If blame had to be assigned, it could only be said that Mo Tianxing lacked the luck and the strength.
"Go on your way." Xiao Yan's eyes sharpened. His Spiritual Strength surged violently as a ghostly figure resembling a malevolent spirit wielding a massive blade appeared behind him.
It seemed ready to cleave Mo Tianxing's soul with a single strike!
"Father!" Just at this critical juncture, Mo Ya suddenly rushed out, charging toward Xiao Yan as if his life meant nothing.
Xiao Yan glanced sideways, diverting his attention to meet Mo Ya's attack with a palm strike.
Pfft!
Given Mo Ya's mere Dou Emperor strength, how could he possibly withstand even one move from Xiao Yan?
Their palms clashed. Mo Ya spat blood and was sent flying backward.
"If you're eager to precede your father, I can certainly grant your wish," Xiao Yan said, casting a cold gaze at Mo Ya.
"Son, run! Where there's life, there's hope!" Mo Tianxing let out a great shout. His entire body erupted with bloody light as his Dou Qi turned violently chaotic, causing his body to rapidly swell.
"Self-detonation?!" Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed. In the next instant, a deafening boom echoed. The power, comparable to a quasi-Tian Class Dou Technique, transformed into a terrifying storm that swept outward, ripping up surrounding trees and mountains.
Xiao Yan waved his hand, and the Yin-Yang fish of the Yin-Yang Twin Flames appeared.
Heavenly Flame Dou Technique, Yin-Yang Dual Extremes!
Buzz!
In an instant, black and white flames surged around his body, intertwining like the Yin-Yang Taiji symbol, endlessly entangling!
The black and white flames around him suddenly changed form. With a light hum, like fish leaping over the dragon gate, they transformed into two long black and white dragons coiling around him.
They formed a black and white protective shield, blocking the onslaught of the self-detonation for him.
Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, then revealed a deeply meaningful smile. "Self-detonating the physical body so the soul body can escape? This trick might work on others, but against me, you're just asking for trouble."
He waved his sleeve. Two black soul chains shot out from the shadow beneath his feet. Under the manipulation of his Soul State Spiritual Strength, the soul chains moved like two long snakes, truly resembling venomous serpents as they drilled into the terrifying storm of Dou Qi.
"Ah!! Xiao Yan! This old man will never let you off even as a ghost!!" A shrill, resentful howl from a soul instantly erupted from the self-detonation storm.
"Hehe, I specialize in capturing ghosts." Xiao Yan fiercely pulled. Mo Tianxing's resentful soul body was dragged into the Soul Command Token.
More vengeful ghosts like this would be welcome.
Little Fairy Doctor slowly flew to Xiao Yan's side after dealing with Old Ground Demon Ghost. Looking toward the spot where Mo Ya had disappeared, she asked, "Not going to kill him?"
Perhaps from spending so much time with Xiao Yan, even her words carried a chilling murderous intent.
Xiao Yan smiled. "It's fine. I want to experiment with something."
…
Meanwhile, Mo Ya, using his father's self-detonation as a diversion, employed an escape technique and fled ten kilometers away.
"Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan!! I, Mo Ya, will definitely return and make you pay with blood!" Mo Ya's face was incomparably gloomy and cold. He had already forgotten that they were the ones who initiated the conflict, now casting himself as the victim.
After running for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly sniffed. At first, he didn't suspect anything, thinking it was just snot from crying. But gradually, he felt something increasingly strange in his nose.
He wiped his nose and looked at the back of his hand. He... had a nosebleed!
Before Mo Ya could react, with a plop, he suddenly collapsed. Looking back, his pupils instantly shrank! At some unknown point, the flesh and blood of his legs had fallen off, seemingly peeled from his bones. Now, only the bones remained!
"I... I!!"
At this point, Mo Ya hadn't noticed a Heart Flame burning within his body. The flame's temperature was very weak; forget searing his body, it was extremely difficult even to detect.
However, closer inspection would reveal wisps of black flames within this colorless, transparent Heart Flame.
This wasn't an ordinary Fallen Heart Flame, but a Yin-Yang Heart Flame formed from the merger of the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and Fallen Heart Flame!
Xiao Yan was experimenting. Could merging Heavenly Flames via the Flame Mantra only increase their power?
The results left him very satisfied. The strength of the newly merged Heavenly Flame wasn't just in its power or temperature. Even more terrifying was that the new Heavenly Flame possessed an even more frightening ability after the merge.
"Ah, ahhh! Save... Save..."
Thud!
Mo Ya's body continuously disintegrated and collapsed until nothing remained, not even bones. Even his soul body was decomposed by the 'Death' aspect of the Yin-Yang Twin Flame!
The Fallen Heart Flame could generate a wisp of Heart Flame within an enemy's body over a certain range, burning their internal organs from the inside. However, this burning was easily suppressed and could only catch an opponent off guard once. It was difficult for it to work a second time after being experienced.
On the other hand, the 'Death' aspect of the Yin-Yang Twin Flame possessed a terrifying decomposition power. When this flame killed, no bones remained.
Fusing the two created this terrifying effect of continuously burning and decomposing the opponent's internal organs, Dou Qi, and even Spiritual Strength from within.
Truly leaving no bones behind!
…
Over ten kilometers away, Xiao Yan sensed that Mo Ya was now nothing but dust. A hint of a smile touched his eyes.
He was very satisfied with this effect. Being able to decompose and incinerate an enemy's Dou Qi and flesh from the inside during battle would be extremely terrifying.
More importantly, he now understood the true terror of the Flame Mantra wasn't just its infinite evolution and upgrading. The ability to fuse Heavenly Flames and obtain new Heavenly Flames held endless possibilities!
"That Mo Ya died a miserable death," Xiao Yan looked at Little Fairy Doctor and chuckled. That guy certainly held grudges.
After the deaths of Mo Tianxing and Old Ground Demon Ghost, the outcome was a foregone conclusion.
As for those trying to escape, without exception, Xiao Yan's Yin-Yang Heart Flame burned them all to ashes. Mao Wu collected all their soul bodies into that small black pouch.
The most miserable was probably Old Ying Shan. He possessed a special Avatar Dou Technique, but against Zi Yan, who could manipulate Spatial Strength and had explosive physical strength, no amount of avatars could escape her ability to traverse the void.
In the end, Zi Yan shattered his head with a punch. Mao Wu gleefully collected both his soul body and physical body into the void pouch.
The most bloody and violent ones weren't Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor, but the Amethyst Winged Lion King and his offspring. The two truly went berserk with killing, even reverting to their original forms and rampaging destructively.
After all, the Amethyst Winged Lion King and his offspring were magical beasts, extremely ferocious by nature.
"Lion King, leave a few survivors from Demon Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect." The battle finally ended with this command from Xiao Yan.
If it weren't for the bloodstains on the ground and the many people watching, the battlefield, cleaned spotless by that black cat, might have made everyone think this was all a dream.
Although the battle had ended, the observing experts from the Black-Corner Region fell into an extremely long, dead silence.
Furthermore, for a good while after this, it was likely that no one in the entire Black-Corner Region would dare to make a peep. To put it exaggeratedly, they probably wouldn't even dare to speak loudly when facing Xiao City.
The Yan Alliance, or rather, the Xiao Clan, had truly spread its fame from the North-Western Region to the Black-Corner Region. Although this was still a very small area compared to the entire Dou Qi Continent, the Xiao Clan had finally risen and made a name for itself!
"Zi Yan, take the Lion King and these few people to the Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley. Drag out their treasure vaults. If they obediently reveal the locations of their vaults, then spare them," Xiao Yan said indifferently.
With the main forces of Demon Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect dead, other factions in the Black-Corner Region would sooner or later devour them. Therefore, before that happened, Xiao Yan naturally wanted to collect all their accumulated treasures.
Xiao City couldn't possibly rule the entire Black-Corner Region. This kind of chaotic land only provided the greatest benefits to Xiao City when it remained chaotic. They just needed to establish their dominance and slowly reap the rewards.
Zi Yan looked at Xiao Yan, her eyes speaking volumes. Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. "Don't worry, you'll get your share. Bring back all the medicinal ingredients, and I'll refine pills for you."
"Hehehe, that's more like it." How could simply eating medicinal ingredients compare to pills? No matter how many tier 7 ingredients she ate, they wouldn't be as effective as a single tier 7 pill refined by Xiao Yan.
With Zi Yan around, Xiao Yan wasn't worried about the Lion King and the others being unable to find the locations of the treasure vaults.
Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor stood in the sky. The bone wings behind Xiao Yan emitted thunderous roars and whistling winds as his gaze swept the surroundings. He slowly said, "Everyone, I don't care if you initially came to watch the excitement or intended to take advantage of the situation. It's time to disperse."
Xiao Yan was certain that some people here had intentions beyond simple curiosity. His Spiritual Strength had even detected several hidden Dou Ancestors.
Perhaps these Dou Ancestors had also been invited by Mo Tianxing, but in the end, they had pulled back at the last moment and refrained from taking action.
Hearing Xiao Yan's words, coupled with Little Fairy Doctor beside him, the faces of those who had harbored ill intentions instantly changed drastically. As if granted amnesty, they hurriedly fled, incomparably grateful they hadn't made a move earlier.
"Let's go. It's also time to resolve the issue of the Woeful Poison Body," Xiao Yan said, his expression turning somewhat solemn. "You just used a Tian Class Dou Technique. The Woeful Poison Body should have less than a month left before it fully erupts."
There was only one set of ingredients. Whether it was the Rank 7 Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's Monster Core or the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, there was only one portion. This meant that if Xiao Yan failed to refine the Poison Pill, it would all be over.
Little Fairy Doctor simply offered a gentle smile and said, "I trust you."