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Xiao Yan, Gold and Silver Elders, and Little Fairy Doctor's attacks still landed, forcing Old Ground Demon Ghost to turn around and defend.
The latter three were all genuine Dou Ancestor powerhouses, and Xiao Yan, due to his Heavenly Flame Dou Qi, could unleash attacks comparable to a typical Dou Ancestor after activating "Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations" and boosting his strength to the peak of Dou Emperor.
Moreover, his Heavenly Flame Dou Qi had a certain suppressive effect on Old Ground Demon Ghost's Ice Dou Qi, which made things even more difficult for Old Ground Demon Ghost.
Hun Xiao revealed a sinister smile; she wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity. She gripped a section of chain in her right hand. The chain melted, transforming into a black longsword that gradually tapered from the guard to the tip.
A dark sword glow burst forth from the slender black sword, swiftly piercing towards Old Ground Demon Ghost's back.
Old Ground Demon Ghost gritted his teeth and threw out a corpse from his space ring. This was a Dou Ancestor corpse he had prepared for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet, but he hadn't gathered all the materials yet.
This Dou Ancestor corpse had undergone initial refinement, making it stronger than an ordinary corpse.
Yet, under that beam of sword glow, it melted rapidly, like ice encountering fire.
The sword glow dimmed slightly, penetrating Old Ground Demon Ghost's heart.
Although Hun Xiao's sword glow was sharp, the injured area was not large, and Old Ground Demon Ghost was not completely dead, still stubbornly clinging to a breath of life.
Xiao Yan arrived in front of Old Ground Demon Ghost and smashed a fierce punch onto his chest. With a burst of energy, he completely shattered his heart.
A generation's overlord, who once dominated the Black-Corner Region, thus fell.
Xiao Yan immediately collected the corpse and looked at Hun Xiao with vigilance.
"You are... Protector Xiao?" Xiao Yan asked with a hint of uncertainty.
"Heh heh... It's me. I didn't expect that tiny Dou King back then would grow so quickly into a powerhouse capable of fighting a Dou Ancestor." Hun Xiao had some impression of Xiao Yan.
Back then, when Fallen Heart Flame was chasing her, it suddenly changed its target because this guy was nearby.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Yan hesitated whether to try and keep the opponent and then interrogate her about Xiao Meng's whereabouts.
However, after comparing their strengths, he gave up on the idea. Even with Yao Chen, he wasn't confident he could keep a Nine-Star Dou Ancestor.
"Me... naturally, I came for you," Hun Xiao said in a hoarse, low, yet occasionally sharp voice.
Xiao Yan's expression darkened: "Soul Emperor sent you?"
Hun Xiao smiled and said: "No... Although the clan leader hopes you can join my Soul Clan, not everyone has no hatred for the Xiao Clan.
"Those old antiques who have lived since ancient times, their hatred for the Xiao Clan is deeply ingrained in their bones and carved into their souls...
"Before you truly agree to the clan leader, they might send people to hunt you down... Because those old antiques are the true Honored Elders of the Soul Clan, some of them might be even older than the clan leader, so the clan leader will probably give them some face and turn a blind eye to such pursuits.
"Of course, if you agree to the clan leader's conditions and cooperate with my clan, then such pursuits will naturally stop. No one dares to defy the clan leader's will."
"You are persuading me to join the Soul Clan, but you weren't sent by Soul Emperor. Does that mean there are still some people within the Soul Clan who favor cooperation?" Xiao Yan immediately reacted.
"Hehehe... You guessed right. There's a faction of old antiques, and of course, there's also a new generation. We haven't experienced that era, and like you, we don't have much real feeling for grudges from so long ago. We dislike the old antiques' stubbornness. What they uphold, we oppose."
Xiao Yan's expression was a bit strange: "So you actually don't care whether to cooperate or not, you just oppose for the sake of opposing?"
"Something like that..." Hun Xiao lied.
She was using the conflict between this new generation and the Honored Elder faction to cover up the real reason.
"So you have to be careful. Don't think that our Soul Hall's attitude towards you has changed just because the clan leader hasn't acted against you."
Xiao Yan saw that her attitude towards him seemed quite good, so he asked with a testing mentality: "Do you know where Xiao Meng is being held?"
"Xiao Meng, who?" Hun Xiao was puzzled.
"The girl Protector Wu captured in Tager Desert."
Hun Xiao's expression changed, and she exclaimed:
"What? You actually have another woman?
"I don't know, why are you asking me this?
"What does it have to do with me? That was something that guy Wu Ying did, you go find him..."
Hun Xiao turned around and walked away huffily.
Xiao Yan was a bit confused... What was going on with this guy? Why did her attitude suddenly change?
Little Fairy Doctor stared at Hun Xiao's retreating back, a thoughtful look in her eyes.
Xiao Yan took out Old Ground Demon Ghost's corpse and said to Little Fairy Doctor: "This guy's soul should still be intact. You should have a way to extract it, right? Take it to exchange for 'bodhi transformation saliva.'"
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"En." Little Fairy Doctor revealed a beautiful smile, patted Old Ground Demon Ghost's corpse, extracted a soul with a terrified expression, and stuffed it into the soul bag at her waist.
"To avoid any further complications, I'll go find Old Man Meng Zun now," Little Fairy Doctor said.
Xiao Yan nodded: "Be careful."
Then the two split up. Little Fairy Doctor went to the Soul Hall located in the Black-Corner Region, while Xiao Yan took people to raid Demon Flame Valley.
Little Fairy Doctor arrived at the Soul Hall with trepidation, only to find Old Man Meng Zun surprisingly easy to talk to.
He didn't even ask about Xiao Yan's matters. After she submitted Old Ground Demon Ghost's soul, he simply threw the "bodhi transformation saliva" to her.
This gave her a sense of unreality. Among the three conditions, the hardest thing to find was obtained just like that!
She left the Soul Hall feeling a bit dizzy. Only after leaving did she suddenly remember that she hadn't given the remaining Heavenly Flame map obtained at the auction to the other party.
Little Fairy Doctor hesitated for a moment and did not return... Well, since Old Man Meng Zun didn't mention it, she would just pretend not to know!
This made her feel a little guilty, but when she thought of the importance of the Heavenly Flame to Xiao Yan, she suppressed that guilt again.
Little Fairy Doctor suddenly realized that she seemed to be falling, and she was genuinely starting to feel a sense of gratitude towards Old Man Meng Zun.
If it weren't for Xiao Yan, I would probably be willing to sincerely work for the Soul Hall in the future... she thought to herself.
Soul Hall Amon gazed in the direction Little Fairy Doctor left, adjusted his monocle, and a smile curved his lips.
"Should we eliminate Hun Xiao? She has interfered with Xiao Yan's destiny and might become a new anchor point of destiny," a voice sounded in the air.
Soul Hall Amon shook his head in refusal: "Not for now. Just observe the developments."
On the other side, Xiao Yan, who went to raid Demon Flame Valley, had an unobstructed journey. After ransacking Demon Flame Valley's treasury, he picked out what he needed and left the rest for Gold and Silver Elders as development funds for the Xiao Alliance.
This trip, he gained a lot. Not only did he get a more refined and improved "Flame Creation Skill," but he also unexpectedly discovered a unique secret technique: the Puppet Refining Method!
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