Already on the Path to Death

Xiao Yan was intentionally telling Elder Qing his name.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was too far away, located in the center of the Northwest Region. Xiao Yan currently had no way of knowing Qing Lin's situation.

Every time he thought of that pitiful little girl, Xiao Yan felt a little guilty, regretting that he was too weak back then.

Even if the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's inheritance was really suitable for Qing Lin, Xiao Yan would have to personally visit and confirm that there were no problems before he would let Qing Lin join the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, rather than having two Dou Huang come and take her away.

That's why Xiao Yan brought Xun Er along to rob the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. The Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill was secondary; the main point was to display his strength and spread his name to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

Xiao Yan was no longer the nobody he used to be. On the surface, he was already a Rank 5 Alchemist with a Strange Flame, and the initiator of the Flame Alliance Covenant.

Although the Flame Alliance was not as strong as the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, if Qing Lin had this background, at least some of the Dou Huang in the Heavenly Serpent Mansion would be wary of whether the Flame Alliance's future would pose a threat to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion when dealing with Qing Lin.

Xiao Yan's purpose was to add a 'protected by the Flame Alliance' background to Qing Lin, who was in a foreign land.

Elder Qing's whole world was collapsing at this moment. She felt as if her Soul was about to be extracted, suppressed by a terrifying force that prevented her from controlling her body.

But she could naturally hear and think about what Xiao Yan was saying.

"Heavens, could this person be the young master that Princess Qing Lin spoke of! And the name Xiao Yan, isn't that the genius Rank 5 Alchemist with a Strange Flame who recently established the Flame Alliance Covenant!" Elder Qing finally understood what was happening.

He was warning the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion that he would personally visit the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. If Qing Lin lost a single hair, he would not let the entire Heavenly Serpent Mansion off! Although she really wanted to say, "The strength of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion is beyond what people from your remote empire can imagine."

But she didn't seem to have the right to say that with her neck being choked.

Then, Xiao Yan struck Elder Qing's abdomen with a palm, and then extracted a brocade box from the abdomen.

If Xiao Yan didn't have a powerful Soul Strength, he wouldn't have discovered that Elder Qing's abdomen could be folded to hide space.

Looking at the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, Xiao Yan internally hypnotized himself, "Just consider this as the toll for those two stinky snakes invading the Gama Empire back then."

Xiao Yan was finding a legitimate reason for his malice.

Looking at Elder Qing, who was subdued by the Soul Skill, he couldn't help but marvel at the strangeness of the Soul Skills created by the Soul Clan.

The current Soul Chasing of the Asura Soul Severing Technique's first form was not complete at all. Xiao Yan was able to subdue Elder Qing entirely because of his powerful Tier 6 Soul Strength. If he truly cultivated to the entry level, Xiao Yan's killing intent would be integrated into his Soul Strength, and he could directly kill Elder Qing from afar.

Soul Chasing could not only allow his Soul Strength to silently invade the opponent's body, control or extract the opponent's Soul, but also leave a Soul imprint, achieving Soul Chasing over a thousand miles, locking onto the marked Soul, with nowhere to escape.

Xiao Yan had only achieved a little bit, using it as a Soul seal to suppress the opponent's Soul, preventing the opponent from controlling the body, which was still far from the entry level.

But it was still very terrifying.

Xiao Yan looked at the battlefield where Xun Er was. Xun Er, with her Dou Ling peak strength, was like cutting melons and vegetables. In particular, a type of energy handprint Dou Technique that Xun Er used could not be blocked even by several Dou Ling joining forces with just a light palm.

"Xun Er, this girl, is too kind." Xiao Yan smiled wryly helplessly. Xun Er's attacks were very light. Not to mention killing people, she didn't even inflict serious injuries.

"Alright, take your Elder Qing away." Xiao Yan casually threw the Elder Qing, who was in a state of Soul loss, to those Magical Beast races similar to the Snake-People Race.

"Elder Qing!!"

"Elder Qing has been defeated!"

Xiao Yan defeated Elder Qing too quickly, and the other experts of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion had not even reacted.

At this time, the look in their eyes towards Xiao Yan changed from the initial disdain to fear. Was this really a Dou Ling? Not a Dou Huang in disguise?! Elder Qing slowly recovered and said with difficulty, "Go... go."

Xiao Yan did not stop the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion from leaving. Although he had snatched the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, it was, after all, just a pill. If he killed all the people, he would really offend the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to the death.

He didn't have the ability to overturn the entire Heavenly Serpent Mansion yet.

"Xiao Yan-gege is so amazing, he subdued a Dou Wang so quickly." Xun Er dispelled the secret technique, her beautiful eyes curiously looking at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan's strength really exceeded Xun Er's expectations. It was reasonable to say that even the younger generation of the Gu Clan could not defeat an intermediate Dou Wang so quickly.

"Don't make fun of me, I just used tricks. Now my Dou Qi is almost gone, and dispelling the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations has side effects. When I can't move, Xun Er, you have to carry me back."

With a whoosh, Xiao Yan dispelled the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and instantly a burst of stinging pain and weakness came.

But the next second, a wisp of white flame gushed out from the Soul Collection, and the white flame filled every cell of his body. Immediately, a warmth came, quickly repairing the wounds of the body, and minimizing the side effects of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.

"No wonder Ancestor Xiao Xuan chose the Yin-Yang Dual Flame as one of the Strange Flames. The effect of this Life Flame can just offset the side effects of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations." Xiao Yan began to understand the good intentions of the ancestor.

Xiao Yan was not lying to Xun Er. He was able to defeat Elder Qing so quickly just now entirely because of his powerful Dou Techniques.

If the Burning诀 had not evolved, Xiao Yan would have collapsed directly on the ground after releasing that series of big moves just now.

Whether it was the Eight Extremities Collapse performed by fusing the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame, or the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, both consumed extremely Dou Qi. He was equivalent to emptying his mana bar with a set of burst attacks.

Xiao Yan's only advantage was his powerful Soul.

His eyes fixed on the jade box, Xiao Yan's throat bobbed slightly. His heart, which had calmed down, began to pound violently again. Faced with such a rare treasure, Xiao Yan's composure was greatly diminished.

His hand carefully lifted a sliver of the box's edge, and a ray of golden light shot out. Seeing this, Xiao Yan quickly closed it, his cautious appearance as if afraid of attracting some powerful figures. After all, under the temptation of such a priceless treasure as the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, apart from a very few experts who had reached a certain level or those who were indifferent to worldly desires, probably many people would not be able to conceal the greed in their hearts, and would directly kill and steal the treasure. And those two types of people seemed negligible in this Black-Corner Region.

"Xun Er, this Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill is for you." Xiao Yan handed the jade box to Xun Er.

Xun Er was taken aback and asked, "For me?"

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "This Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill cannot increase strength, but if you take this Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, then in the future, when you are seriously injured or on the verge of death, if you are lucky, this thing can make you transform. Whether it is your body, Soul, or even Dou Qi, it can all go to the next level!"

"Even if Xun Er's body suffers fatal injuries in the future, there is no need to worry about life, it can save your life once."

Xun Er smiled gently, reached out and gently pushed the brocade box away, shaking her head and said, "This pill has no effect if Xun Er takes it. For some reason, Xun Er cannot exert the effect of the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, it cannot make me transform."

"Xiao Yan-gege should use this Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, Xun Er doesn't need it."

Xiao Yan thought to himself, Xun Er's Gu Clan Dou Di Bloodline is so powerful that it is even immune to the effects of the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill!

Just then, a loud laugh came from all directions.

"Haha, since you don't want it, why not give it to this old man." In the forest, a hooting laugh like that of a night owl echoed. Immediately, a majestic aura soared into the sky, and a blood-red figure shot out from the forest, finally landing steadily on the tip of a large tree. Slightly reddish eyes, with an undisguised cold and stern look, swept towards Xiao Yan and Xun Er.

The sound of footsteps came from the forest, and hundreds of warriors wearing Blood Sect attire surrounded Xiao Yan and Xun Er.

"Haha, I didn't expect to get the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill in addition to the Three Thousand Lightning Movement this time!" Fan Ling walked out of the crowd.

He originally thought that if he snatched the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, he would not be able to spare the time to snatch the Three Thousand Lightning Movement that Xiao Yan bid on. He never expected that Xiao Yan would also be interested in the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, which gave him a chance to kill two birds with one stone.

"I thought you could hide for a little longer, but I didn't expect you to be so impatient." Xiao Yan flipped his hand and put the brocade box into his Storage Ring.

Faced with the Blood Sect's encirclement, Xiao Yan didn't take it to heart at all.

He had already discovered that Fan Ling had sent people to follow him, and he also knew that a Dou Huang expert was lying in ambush here, waiting for the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

"Haha, you're about to die, but your mouth is still tough! But if you are willing to work for my Blood Sect, I can spare you from death. My Blood Sect is in great need of a Rank 5 Alchemist." The Blood Sect's Young Sect Master Fan Ling smiled, but the smile revealed an undisguised sternness.

Xiao Yan put his hands behind his back and looked at the Young Sect Master Fan Ling with a stern smile. If the Blood Sect had only raised the price for him at the auction, or bought the remnant map at a high price, then Xiao Yan would at most go to the Blood Sect to take the remnant map. The highest bidder wins was the rule of the auction house.

But now that the Blood Sect planned to besiege him and Xun Er, and planned to snatch the things he had obtained at the auction, then this Blood Sect deserved to die.

"Blood Sect, I will give you a chance now. If you retreat now and leave the remnant map behind, I can pretend that nothing happened." Xiao Yan still looked calm, with his hands behind his back, as if the two of them were surrounding hundreds of people from the Blood Sect.

As if the only Dou Huang on the field was Xiao Yan and not the Blood Sect's Sect Leader Fan Lao.

Fan Ling and the others from the Blood Sect were stunned when they heard Xiao Yan's words, and then burst into laughter, saying, "Hahaha, are Alchemists so talented at telling jokes? You're really going to make me die of laughter."

"Your secret technique is indeed powerful, but how many more times can you use it? Moreover, my father is a real Dou Huang, not comparable to Dou Wang like Elder Qing!"

Xun Er asked in a low voice, "Xiao Yan-gege, do you need Ling Lao to take action?"

Of course, Xiao Yan was fearless! Ling Ying might be unwilling to help Xiao Yan rob, but if Xun Er was attacked, Ling Ying would definitely take action.

With a faint smile, Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "If we let Ling Lao take action whenever we encounter something, it will easily foster dependence."

"I'll shout 'run' in a moment, and you immediately fly towards Canaan City."

Xun Er couldn't keep up with Xiao Yan's thinking, so in the end, he was actually going to escape? With a sharp look in his eyes, Xiao Yan suddenly burst out an extremely blood-red flame, and shouted in his heart, "Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations—*Beast Spirit Transformation! Lion's Roar—Ten Thousand Beasts Fire Sea!*"

Roar!! Endless Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame seemed to have a spirit, and Fire Beasts of various shapes emerged from the Fire Sea.

Xiao Yan frantically consumed Dou Qi to catalyze the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame, like a sea wave, surged towards the people of the Blood Sect in all directions.

"Strange Flame?!?!?!"

"Ahhh!!!!"

Miserable screams rang out one after another. The Blood Mist defense displayed by the Blood Sect's disciples was completely unable to resist the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame.

Afterwards, a voice containing some fear rang out: "Damn it, you actually possess a Strange Flame!?"

When Fan Lao was lying in ambush in the distance, he vaguely felt something strange, and he couldn't figure out what it was. Now he knew, it was Strange Flame!

The Blood Sect's Cultivation Method took a different approach, specializing in the path of Yin and Cold, so it was naturally mutually restrained with the Fire attribute. Of course, this mutual restraint was only for ordinary Fire attribute Dou Qi. If they encountered a Heaven and Earth Flame of the Strange Flame level, it would be like a mouse meeting a cat. This encounter was an absolute suppression without any resistance. The first rule of the Blood Sect stated that if they encountered a strong person holding a Strange Flame, they should retreat quickly! From this, it could be seen to what miserable state the Blood Sect's Cultivation Method had been restrained by the Strange Flame. Even when fighting against a strong person possessing a Strange Flame, the people of the Blood Sect could hardly exert five or six tenths of their strength.

With a bang, Fan Lao's Dou Huang strength erupted, and terrifying Dou Qi resisted the attack of the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame.

A scorching heat wave spread out from the Blood Mist. Under the rolling of the heat wave, the Blood Mist surrounding the open space was directly thinned by the scorching aura.

The two figures instantly shot through the air, Xiao Yan's voice echoing from afar: "Blood Sect, you better take good care of that thing. Soon, I will come to collect it."

"Hmph, don't even think about leaving, Bone Melting Blood Evil Palm."

Fan Lao's bizarre palms, now as red as fresh blood, stared intently at the two figures shooting away, striking towards the sky.

A sky-covering wave of Blood Qi surged forward, the Yin-cold jingqi within the blood mist instantly descending!

Seeing the bloody energy hand behind him, Xiao Yan was just about to use the Mystic Heavy Ruler to unleash the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler when Xun Er preemptively attacked.

"Mountain Splitting Seal!"

Xun Er rapidly formed hand seals, her right hand condensing a golden energy handprint. Instantly, the surrounding Heaven and Earth energy seemed to surge madly into the golden handprint.

Her beautiful eyes focused, Xun Er struck out with her palm towards the blood mist hand.

With a loud bang, the blood mist hand faltered, the golden energy handprint actually blocking Fan Lao's Dou Technique!

"Go!"

Xiao Yan grabbed Xun Er's jade hand, taking advantage of the moment the Mountain Splitting Seal blocked the attack, and disappeared into the horizon with Xun Er.

"Damn it!" Fan Lao smashed a nearby tree with a palm. He never imagined that his Dou Huang strength would be unable to capture two people who weren't even Dou Wang.

If the two-star Dou Ling possessed a Strange Flame that countered their Blood Sect's Cultivation Method, then the Da Dou Shi's Dou Technique could briefly block his Bone Melting Blood Evil Palm.

This made Fan Lao's face gloomy. There was no doubt that the potential of these two people alarmed him.

At this moment, Xiao Yan and Xun Er, who had flown out of Black Seal City's range, exchanged a glance. Xun Er's little heart was pounding wildly. It was the first time in her life she had dared to do something like this, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous and excited.

Although she knew it wasn't good, she couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Xun Er, your Dou Technique is truly amazing, it can even withstand a Dou Huang's Dou Technique."

Xun Er blinked her eyes and said, "If Xiao Yan-gege wants to learn, Xun Er can teach you."

"No, no, Dou Techniques of this level can't be passed on, right? I don't want you to get scolded." Xiao Yan waved his hand in refusal.

"It's a pity that the remnant map is still in the hands of the Blood Sect, we couldn't snatch it." Xun Er had been corrupted by Xiao Yan, and actually felt it was a pity they didn't manage to snatch it.

"It's okay, once I reach Dou Wang, that remnant map will still be mine." A strange glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes, it was obvious that he didn't intend to wait until he reached Dou Wang to retrieve the remnant map.

Not long after, Xiao Yan and Xun Er returned to Canaan Academy. The next day, Xiao Ning and the other four also returned safely.

Three days later, in the dark Black-Corner Region's great plains, as far as the eye could see, there was only monotonous black, setting off the slightly dim sky. An oppressive and irritating atmosphere lingered over the plains. In this somewhat strange place, it was no wonder that chaotic rules would breed.

The great plains of the Black-Corner Region were not only vast, but also had the famous Black Wind Storm. Just a few minutes ago, the sky was clear, but now the entire sky was covered by a strange black mist, severely hindering visibility.

In the face of this Black Wind Storm, maps were useless and one would still get lost inside.

"Who exactly are you people? Why are you chasing me? I don't seem to have any grudges with you!" Within the Black Wind Storm, a red Soul Body swayed erratically in the gale. At this moment, he was facing the darkness, his face twisted with fear.

"Jie jie."

In the darkness, a chilling laughter suddenly rang out, and immediately a black chain shot out from the darkness like a black snake, extremely flexibly wrapping around the red Soul Body.

"No matter how glorious and powerful you were in life, as long as you become a Soul Body, you are a hunting target of my Soul Palace."

No matter how the Soul Body struggled, it could not escape the shackles of the Soul Chain, and was eventually sucked into the pitch-black chain.

No one knew that hidden in the endless grasslands of the Black-Corner Region's great plains was a sub-hall of the Soul Palace.

At this moment, a Black Robed Man slowly walked to an open space and stopped. If one looked closely, they would notice that the space here was folded. There was a Space Lock here.

"This should be it, the Soul Palace sub-hall in the Black-Corner Region." Xiao Yan smiled, the Soul Palace's sub-hall was only a few kilometers away from Black Seal City.

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, evil for evil. Blood Sect, if you are unrighteous, don't blame me for using the same methods against you."

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