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Xiao Yan's movement was halted by the wind barrier.
"Wind Affinity: Meteor Kill!"
A blinding white ray burst forth. Xiao Yan had a deep impression of this move, as both Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran had used it before.
However, in Yun Shan's hands, this High-Grade Xuan Dou Technique displayed a terrifying power no less than that of an Earth-Grade Dou Technique.
Xiao Yan took out his xuan heavy ruler from his space ring and swung it at the incoming white light.
"Flame Divide Wave Ruler!"
As a true Earth-Grade Dou Technique, Xiao Yan's attack naturally drew upon the energy of the World. Yet, even so, it still could not withstand the extremely condensed ray of energy.
The light ray shot by Yun Shan sliced through Xiao Yan's ruler shadow like a hot knife through butter, then continued forward after dimming slightly.
Xiao Yan had no time to react further and could only hold the xuan heavy ruler horizontally in front of him.
A tremendous force pushed Xiao Yan backward, injuring his internal organs with the impact, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
He was horrified to discover a clear dent on the xuan heavy ruler. This was the first time he had seen the xuan heavy ruler damaged!
"Qing Meng..." Xiao Yan called out in his heart, deciding to reveal his trump card.
"Meng!" Qing Meng, pale green all over, wearing a pointed soft hat, and a monocle over his right eye, emerged from the top of Xiao Yan's head, incidentally burning off his hair.
Because he was in an intense battle, Xiao Yan didn't notice it immediately; his entire focus was on his fight with Yun Shan.
"Throw him a four-colored Fire Lotus!" Xiao Yan whispered.
"Meng..." Qing Meng's expression was serious. With a wave of his chubby little hand, he conjured a three-colored Fire Lotus.
"Not this one, I said four-colored!"
"Meng!" Qing Meng switched hands and clenched again.
The result was still a three-colored Fire Lotus, but the difference was that the first one, formed in his right hand, was a three-colored Fire Lotus condensed from Azure Lotus Core Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Sea Heart Flame. The second one, formed in his left hand, was a three-colored Fire Lotus condensed from Azure Lotus Core Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame.
A hint of confusion flashed in Qing Meng's eyes. He dissipated the Fire Lotus, clapped his hands together, and from his palms, a... three-colored Fire Lotus condensed.
"Meng?" Qing Meng let out a questioning sound with a mix of doubt and disappointment... It felt like it should have been able to combine them.
It seems a three-colored Fire Lotus is already Qing Meng's limit... Xiao Yan thought to himself.
This was also his limit; he couldn't condense a four-colored Fire Lotus either. Xiao Yan wanted to use the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, but each additional type of Heavenly Flame required the injection of corresponding energy. Even if he drained all the energy from his body now, it wouldn't meet the most basic requirement for activating a four-colored Fire Lotus.
"Three colors it is then, it should be enough."
Xiao Yan had Qing Meng throw a weakened three-colored Fire Lotus over... Qing Meng also exploited the characteristic of Convergence. Condensing a Fire Lotus, like Amon, didn't require injecting sufficient energy; it could be directly condensed through a talent ability originating from the World's underlying rules.
"Wind Brake Annihilation!" Facing the small and exquisite Fire Lotus, Yun Shan formed a hand Sealed Artifact and condensed a green longsword.
The green longsword spun forward, meeting the Fire Lotus.
Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly, because Yun Shan's attack did not directly collide with the Fire Lotus. Instead, upon nearing it, it transformed into a strong whirlwind, preventing the Fire Lotus from advancing further.
"Did he see the instability of the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, and so he's using this method to prevent it from getting close, buying time for the Fire Lotus to collapse on its own?"
He was startled by Yun Shan's combat awareness.
A scorching light erupted in the sky between the two, and terrifying heat waves swept in all directions. The air also became scorching hot, and a fiery cloud expanded and rose slowly.
A figure, enveloped in a light green, somewhat transparent flame, rushed out from the fiery cloud. Xiao Yan exerted his speed to the extreme, closing the distance between himself and Yun Shan.
He grabbed Qing Meng's short little leg with his right hand and threw it forward with force. Qing Meng puffed out his cheeks, flames burning fiercely behind him, like a rocket ascending under the propulsion of an engine.
When the distance was close enough, Qing Meng opened its mouth and spat out a three-colored Fire Lotus that emitted even more intense energy fluctuations. This Fire Lotus was a complete version of the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, into which Xiao Yan had injected sufficient energy!
The exquisite Fire Lotus was reflected in Yun Shan's eyes. This Fire Lotus then rapidly exploded, transforming into infinite light and heat.
"Meng!" Although Qing Meng was a Heavenly Flame and immune to the damage from its fire attribute power, it couldn't block the impact from the explosion. After letting out a painful cry, it was scattered.
The rapidly retreating Xiao Yan also failed to escape the expanding range of the flames and was engulfed.
As for Yun Shan, who bore the brunt of the attack, his fragile wind-attributed shield was easily dispersed. His body caught fire, his skin and flesh were torn away layer by layer by the impact, revealing bones with a hint of a lustrous texture.
"Teacher!" Yun Yun, in the distance, finally couldn't hold back and rushed forward.
Protector Wu pushed back Venerable Yao with a palm strike and rushed towards the fiery cloud.
Venerable Yao made almost the same move, but the former's target was Yun Shan, while the latter's target was Xiao Yan.
Both of them grabbed their respective targets and retreated from the still unsettled fiery cloud.
Xiao Yan had sustained severe injuries, with large areas of burns on his body. His consciousness was blurred, nearing unconsciousness.
Venerable Yao immediately fed him a high-grade healing pill. The medicinal power quickly spread, and Xiao Yan's injuries stopped worsening. His blurred consciousness also cleared up, and he forced himself to stay alert, taking another pill to restore his Dou Qi.
"Where's Yun Shan?" He asked the question he cared about most.
Venerable Yao's gaze looked forward.
Yun Yun spat out blood as she flew backward from the smoke and dust. Just now, she had tried to find her teacher but was injured by Protector Wu's palm strike.
"Hehehe, since you can no longer fulfill your promise to compensate me for my losses, then let your own soul take its place."
Protector Wu's slightly sharp laughter rang out. With one hand, he clutched Yun Shan's bloodied body, and with the other, black mist emerged. He grabbed at the head, pulling out a painful-looking, slightly ethereal shadow.
After extracting Yun Shan's soul, he looked at Venerable Yao with a sinister gaze: "I can still try again, see if I can capture Venerable Yao's soul body."
Venerable Yao snorted coldly: "If you can do it, then come and try."
This sudden turn of events left the Elders of the Yunlan Sect bewildered. Jia Xingtian seized the opportunity and shouted: "You've all seen it! This is the consequence of cooperating with the Soul Hall! Yun Shan is dead! Are you still going to resist stubbornly?"
The Elders of the Yunlan Sect almost simultaneously withdrew, and their opponents from the Black-Corner Region did not pursue them, allowing them to retreat.
They turned to besiege the Soul Envoys under Protector Wu.
"I'll leave it to you all." Xiao Meng left that remark and flew towards Xiao Yan.
"Yun Yun..." Xiao Yan struggled to stand up, looking at Yun Yun, who was clutching her chest, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, staring intently at Protector Wu.
This caused Xiao Meng, who had rushed to Xiao Yan's side, to freeze slightly, her expression stiffening.
"Damn it, he's going to swallow Yun Shan's soul and use a secret technique." Xiao Yan saw Protector Wu bringing Yun Shan's soul to his mouth and suddenly remembered Protector Xiao's actions in the Jia Nan Academy battle, his face changing.
Venerable Yao quickly launched an attack.
Faster than him was Xiao Meng. A silver flame suddenly appeared behind Protector Wu. Xiao Meng's figure emerged from the flames, and she raised a giant scythe, larger than her body, high and swung it down forcefully.
"Hehehe... Too late." Protector Wu's aura suddenly surged, and the stirred airflow pushed Xiao Meng away. "You, a mere Dou King, dare to interfere in our battle? That elusive spatial ability might make a Dou Emperor helpless against you, but a Dou Ancestor can already sense spatial fluctuations."
He looked at Xiao Meng with a hint of mockery, extending his black-mist-shrouded withered right hand to grab her.
Silver flames leaped in the air, and Xiao Meng changed positions again.
The bone-white flame, giving a contradictory sensation of extreme cold and extreme heat, transformed into a fire snake under Venerable Yao's control and rushed towards Protector Wu.
Black mist surged around Protector Wu. Black chains clanged, coiling around him in circles, forming a shield.
Xiao Meng appeared behind Protector Wu again. She didn't swing her scythe but extended her fair, slender palm.
"Invisible Hand!"
A palm print crossed space and suddenly appeared on Protector Wu's body. Brilliant starlight shone, and starlight formed a profound and complex pattern where the handprint appeared.
"Sealed Artifact!"
A special ability transformed from the 'door' characteristic, conforming to the World's rules!
Protector Wu felt his Dou Qi circulation slow down, as if something was obstructing it.
His expression changed slightly. He gathered all his strength, then erupted it in one breath, instantly breaking through this not-so-powerful Sealed Artifact.
Xiao Meng, with only the strength of a Dou King, was still too strained to Sealed Artifact Protector Wu's Dou Qi.
However, at the moment Protector Wu gathered his strength to deal with the Sealed Artifact, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame broke through the weakened chains.
Facing this somewhat strange Heavenly Flame, Protector Wu did not dare to be careless.
He spat out a blast of black mist-condensed energy and quickly retreated.
"Wind Affinity: Meteor Kill!" Yun Yun held her longsword, shooting forward like an arrow. Her eyes held a deep-seated hatred.
It was this person who led her teacher astray.
It was this person who made her teacher commit such atrocities against the Xiao Family.
It was this person who killed her teacher and even devoured his soul...
"Seeking death." Protector Wu faced Yun Yun's attack with a cold smile, and a chain shot towards her.
Protector Wu, having devoured Yun Shan's soul, had already surged to an astonishing level of strength. Even a casual strike was not something Yun Yun could withstand.
The black chain shattered the longsword, which glowed with a green light, and thrust towards Yun Yun's chest.
There was no fear in Yun Yun's eyes...
Perhaps, dying like this wouldn't be so bad.
That way, she wouldn't have to think about how to face Yao Yan in the future...
Should she feel guilt, or should she feel hatred...
I really can't tell...
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