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The dazzling Flame Lotus flashed silently across the sky.
In the end, it streaked through the air like a tiny meteor, arriving beside the golden figure whose face was filled with terror.
"Protector Kong, save me!"
In the final moment before the Flame Lotus exploded, Yan Luotian thought of the Hall of Souls Protector who had incited him to attack the Snake-People Clan. In desperation, he cried out for help.
"Explode!"
Just as his cry echoed across the sky, Lin Feng suddenly clenched his palm and shouted coldly.
At the same moment, lightning crackled under his feet as his figure rapidly shot backward.
After all, he had no intention of perishing alongside Yan Luotian.
Given the indiscriminate nature of this powerful Dou Technique, putting some serious distance between himself and the explosion was only wise.
"BOOM!"
The shout resounded in the heavens—and immediately after, a four-colored firework erupted less than three meters behind Yan Luotian.
A thunderous explosion, loud enough to rupture eardrums, ripped through the sky!
A terrifying shockwave of energy burst from the heart of the Flame Lotus's explosion and swept out in all directions, engulfing a radius of several kilometers in mere moments.
Under this horrifying energy storm, everyone present was caught up.
Just at that moment, Medusa, having successfully slain the Three Elders of the Mulan Valley, was shocked. Her beautiful eyes widened as she turned her gaze sharply toward the explosion in the sky.
Upon seeing it, she immediately understood: this was the Dou Technique Lin Feng had previously been testing.
However, it was her first time witnessing it used in real combat—a Flame Lotus composed of all the flames Lin Feng possessed.
Worried that the Storage rings on the corpses might be blasted away, Medusa quickly grabbed the bodies of the three elders and fled the area.
Even before the deafening boom had fully faded, the overwhelming four-colored firewaves surged like a tidal sea, sweeping across the sky in every direction.
The terrifying flames rolled outward, even reaching distant battlefields where Dou Wang and Dou Huang experts were still fighting.
Some with quick reactions managed to escape.
But those a bit slower were struck head-on by the firewaves. Their chests felt as if they had been slammed by a giant hammer, and a mouthful of blood, laced with unbearable heat, was violently spat out—only to evaporate instantly in the scorching temperature.
Even the sunlight pouring down from the sky was slowly blotted out.
The multi-colored flames swirled like heavy black clouds, blanketing the battlefield high above.
The sun itself could no longer pierce this dense canopy of fiery clouds.
As the firestorm, laced with terrifying energy, swept across the heavens, all but a very few began to flee in panic—desperately trying to avoid even a brush with the deadly flames, fearing they'd end up with a miserable fate.
"That guy! Didn't he say we'd kill Yan Luotian together after I dealt with the old geezers? Why did he go and use that move on his own?"
Gazing up at the thick fiery clouds engulfing the sky, Medusa furrowed her brows, mumbling in complaint.
But despite her words, a trace of concern showed on her alluring, many-layered face.
The other experts from the two great empires glanced up at the burning clouds overhead, then down at the three corpses lying beside Medusa.
One by one, they began to reconsider continuing the fight.
After all, both Dou Zong-level combatants on their side were effectively gone—one confirmed dead, the other's fate uncertain.
Everyone understood clearly now:
This battle was lost.
Suddenly, the dense fireclouds in the sky began to ripple.
Then, a massive vortex appeared.
As the vortex formed, it began spinning at high speed.
And with its acceleration, the surrounding fireclouds stirred like a churning sea.
Suddenly, two figures shot out from the vortex, swiftly positioning themselves opposite each other in midair.
The instant these two figures appeared, the attention of everyone present snapped toward them.
And as their faces came into view, most people were visibly shocked.
But moments later, a deafening wave of cheers erupted from the Snake-People Clan's side.
Meanwhile, over on the side of the two great empires, everyone's faces fell—like they had just lost their parents—turning deathly pale with dread.
Of the two figures that had appeared, one was someone everyone had already guessed—Lin Feng.
However, at this moment, he was holding a corpse by its collar. The corpse wore a golden pair of Geese Wings on its back.
The other figure was shrouded in a dense, overwhelming black mist, concealing his true appearance.
But faintly visible near the top of the fog, two sinister dark-red light points gleamed.
From this, the crowd largely inferred that this dark figure must be the very "Protector Kong" whom Yan Luotian had screamed for before his death.
"Jie jie… No wonder that brat was able to kill that useless Yan Luotian. So, he was hiding a powerful soul inside his body."
Suspended in the sky, the black figure let out a strange laugh as his glowing eyes swept over Lin Feng.
But when he saw the golden corpse dangling from Lin Feng's hand, Protector Kong's tone suddenly grew displeased:
"Still, I suggest you hand over that trash's body to me, along with his soul. Otherwise, opposing our Hall of Souls will bring you nothing but a miserable end."
"Heh, I'm afraid that's not going to happen. This old man happens to need that corpse too. So, no can do."
Tian Huo Zun Zhe, controlling Lin Feng's body, laughed excitedly as he reached out and yanked off the Storage ring from Yan Luotian's finger, quickly storing it away.
Then, with a wave of his other hand, he stored the corpse inside his own white Storage ring—to prevent it from being stolen or destroyed.
Earlier, just after the World-Burning Emperor Lotus exploded, this Protector had attempted to sneak attack Lin Feng while he was in a weakened state.
But Tian Huo Zun Zhe, already prepared for this, had agreed with Lin Feng in advance: the moment a threat like this appeared, Lin Feng would relinquish control, allowing him to take over and deal with it directly.
This move allowed him to not only block the Protector's ambush, but also finish off the heavily injured Yan Luotian in one stroke.
However, this sudden switch in soul control naturally alerted the Hall of Souls Protector, who was extremely sensitive to changes in soul energy.
"Since you insist on being stubborn, even with that Snake-People Dou Zong woman helping you, this Protector will still tear out both your soul and that brat's today!"
Protector Kong's voice now brimmed with fury.
Although he felt some apprehension toward the presence of two Dou Zong-level combatants, the moment he thought about the value of their souls—two Dou Zongs and one sixth-tier alchemist—his greed exploded.
Those dark red eyes of his were now completely consumed by insatiable desire.
Souls of that caliber were rare even for him.
And now, three of them had shown up at once—there was no way he was going to let this opportunity slip away.
While the two sides faced off and exchanged words, Medusa had already collected the Storage rings from the three Mulan Elders.
Following Lin Feng's earlier instructions, she also stored their corpses to keep them from being defiled or looted.
Then, her figure flashed next to "Lin Feng" and she asked:
"Need my help?"
She already knew that it was not Lin Feng himself in control right now—but rather Tian Huo Zun Zhe.
"Yes—"
Just as Yao Tianhuo was about to agree, Lin Feng's voice suddenly rang out in his mind:
"Elder Yao, be careful. These Hall of Souls Protectors have a secret technique that can absorb souls to boost their strength temporarily. Before he activates it—kill him in one blow!"
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