Seeing the Three-Colored Fire Lotus flying toward him, Iron Protector felt his scalp go numb with terror.
—I'll die!
The previous two-colored Fire Lotus had already heavily injured him, and this one was clearly even more terrifying!
If he couldn't block it, he really would die here!
Earlier, Iron Protector had set up a Restriction around them, intending to catch a turtle in a jar.
However, he had ended up becoming the turtle himself.
In a relatively confined environment, the power of a Fire Lotus explosion would increase exponentially!
Iron Protector couldn't care about anything else, not even the fleeing Xiao Xue, as he frantically released his Dou Qi and Soul Power.
"Block it for me!!!"
"You want to fight for your life now? Too late!" Xiao Xue sneered and then called out to Ahri in her heart.
The Dou Qi Armor instantly appeared, and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire completely enveloped Xiao Xue.
At the same time, her Dou Qi Wings folded around her body like two barriers, protecting Xiao Xue within.
A Restriction set by a Two-Star Dou Zong was something that even Ahri could not break instantly.
Therefore, Xiao Xue could only use every possible means to protect her body while getting as far away from the center of the explosion as possible.
Xiao Xue rapidly descended while strengthening her defenses.
As for how much Ahri could block, Xiao Xue actually had no idea.
But she knew that because of the Restriction, the energy from the Fire Lotus explosion would rampage within this space.
However, as the creator of the Fire Lotus, she naturally had a considerable understanding of it.
At the same time, she had also modified the Fire Lotus to a certain extent.
After all, with the assistance of the System and [Upgrade], she didn't need to spend all day meditating to Cultivate Dou Qi; she spent her days researching alchemy and Dou Techniques.
With her reservoir of knowledge, it wasn't actually difficult to improve upon some known things.
Xiao Xue discovered that the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus Dou Technique did not actually focus on cultivation Rank; theoretically, it didn't require much Dou Qi.
However, the power of this move depended on the flames themselves, and at the same time, the requirements for Soul Power and fire control were extremely high!
To put it bluntly, this was a Dou Technique for an Alchemist or a fire attribute cultivator!
Your cultivation could be weak, as long as your Soul Power and fire control were strong enough.
Then, even if you were only a Dou Practitioner, you could use this move.
Xiao Xue was the first person in this world to research the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
In other words, she had essentially snatched the "copyright" for the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus before Xiao Yan.
For the creator of a Dou Technique, there was no such thing as Entry Level, Minor Achievement, or Major Achievement; it was Great Perfection from the very beginning!
Any subsequent improvements were merely refinements of the Dou Technique.
While researching the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, Xiao Xue discovered that this Dou Technique had many problems.
Because once this thing was thrown out, it didn't distinguish between friend and foe—it would blow up everyone!
With Xiao Xue's Soul Power, creating a powerful Fire Lotus was not a problem.
She had even succeeded on her very first try.
Though at the time, she had used two low-grade Beast Fires.
However, Xiao Xue found an awkward problem:
Only by continuously injecting Soul Power could the Fire Lotus be kept stable.
Once it left her hand and Soul Power was no longer applied to help maintain its balance...
Then the Fire Lotus would quickly explode, and the explosion range was particularly wide.
In other words, this thing was a time bomb with an uncertain fuse.
So generally speaking, one had to throw the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus while the enemy wasn't paying attention and then turn around and run immediately.
If you ran too slowly, you'd get caught in the blast yourself.
However, the manufacturing process for the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus caused a massive commotion; anyone could sense those destructive and terrifying fluctuations.
In that case, the opponent would inevitably take countermeasures in advance.
Furthermore, if the balance was broken too early and the Fire Lotus exploded halfway, it wouldn't be able to cause effective damage to the enemy.
Xiao Xue relied on her Soul Power being high enough, and the flames she used for experiments at the time were only Tier 2 or Tier 3 Beast Fires.
As long as she was careful, a Fire Lotus of that level generally wouldn't explode in her hand.
Even if it did, with Ahri around, she would be fine.
But against strong experts, ordinary Fire Lotuses were clearly not enough.
So, after a period of research, Xiao Xue successfully modified the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to a certain extent.
Xiao Xue created two types of Fire Lotuses; one she called "Equality for All Living Beings."
This type of Fire Lotus wasn't much different from the one in the original story, but it was more stable.
After being thrown, it would explode in all directions, treating friend and foe with equal indifference.
"Equality for All Living Beings" was a killing move used to break out of a siege when surrounded by many enemies.
The other type was called "Precision Strike" by Xiao Xue!
In short, it changed the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus from a "bomb" into a "cannon"—
By maintaining the stability of most of the Fire Lotus's form, the energy of the Heavenly Flames would be released through a single point or surface.
When this type of Fire Lotus erupted, its power was mainly directed in one direction, and the lethality in that direction would be significantly increased.
Against an opponent with a Rank much higher than her own, this move was definitely one of Xiao Xue's trump cards for a comeback!
And both times Xiao Xue had used it, it was a "Precision Strike"!
Therefore, the area below the explosion was far safer than being at the same altitude!
If it were "Equality for All Living Beings," then since the Restricted space was so small, Xiao Xue wouldn't dare play with Fire Lotuses in a confined area.
Otherwise, she would be blown to death by her own Dou Technique.
Of course, it was just like a modern directional demolition mine.
Even if it was called directional, it didn't mean other directions were absolutely safe.
Within a certain distance behind the Fire Lotus, there was still a danger zone.
That was why Xiao Xue fled in the opposite direction.
And this Iron Protector did have some skill.
If it had been the Pseudo Dou Zong Yun Shan, that previous two-colored "Precision Strike" would have taken his life.
But after Iron Protector took the two-colored Fire Lotus, although he was heavily injured, he did not perish.
However, a Three-Colored Fire Lotus "Precision Strike" was definitely not something he could withstand in his injured state.
Therefore, Xiao Xue had absolute confidence in the final result:
"I will live, and he must die!"
Boom!
Three-colored fire waves swept toward the sky, and Iron Protector was swallowed by the flames before he could even let out a wail.
[Ding! emergency task — Interception, Completed]
[The System is rating your completion; note that this will affect your final reward criteria!]
How could Xiao Xue not kill an unprepared Dou Zong who only reached two-star strength through a Secret Technique?
[Ding! Your rating is: S-Rank!]
Xiao Xue looked coldly at the firelight in the sky. "Three against one and you still got counter-killed? Do you even know how to play?!"
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