Mu Gu
The terrifying fire waves swept out from the horizon, eventually occupying the sky within a hundred zhang, the dreadful Four-Colored Fire Cloud enveloping the heavens, so that even the sunlight could barely penetrate through.
Clearly, Xiao Yan wanted this kind of diversion.
After the fire waves spread out in ripples for a moment, their speed suddenly soared, as if pushed by some powerful force. With a *boom*, they swept towards the boundless sky at an extremely fast speed, accompanied by rumbling sounds.
Having already been bombarded once by Xiao Yan's Netherworld Poison Flame, and now with the explosion of the Fire Lotus, the violent gale stirred up by the sweeping fire waves also affected the ground. The Northwest Allied Army was already greatly diminished.
In a world like the Dou Qi Continent, life is worthless. A light strike of a Dou Technique can cause the death of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people.
Xiao Yan did not pity these people. War is always cruel, the only difference being the standpoint.
Looking up, the sect powerhouses watching from afar stared blankly at the thick fire clouds in the sky, their throats bobbing heavily. Under such a terrifying explosion of fire waves, even a Dou Zong powerhouse, if unable to avoid it in time, would probably not fare well, right?
Especially some Northwest Alliance powerhouses who were still in the rear and had not yet engaged in battle were shaken by the Dou Technique fire waves released by Xiao Yan, their faces turning pale. After the fire waves passed, a trace of lingering fear remained in their eyes.
They were all grateful that they had not been chosen as the vanguard. This kind of explosion was simply too terrifying. They didn't even know how Xiao Yan had cast this Dou Technique.
It was so sudden, with a *boom*, it just exploded! Shouldn't there be a process for releasing a Dou Technique? "This guy... no wonder he can become the leader of the Flame Alliance. Not only is his Pill Refining skill amazing, but his strength is also terrifying." Other sect powerhouses wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads with lingering fear, and muttered with bitter smiles.
You thought his Pill Refining talent was amazing, but unexpectedly, his strength is even more amazing! "I wonder how those guys from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion are doing."
"Although this Dou Technique is strong, it's still not as powerful as a Dou Zun. If they escape quickly, Dou Zong powerhouses who can use Space Power to move shouldn't suffer too much damage, but it's hard to say for those below Dou Huang."
For a time, many of the younger generation felt the cruelty of war, but they would not blame the Flame Alliance for being ruthless. Don't forget, it was the Northwest Alliance that invaded their Territory. The Gama Empire had been pushed back to the Holy City, and the Snake-People Empire had already been destroyed.
With a whoosh, Xiao Yan passed through the poison shield and instantly appeared in the hall of the Gama Imperial Palace using the power of the Void Swallowing Flame.
Xiao Yan didn't use the Six-Colored or Five-Colored Fire Lotus, but only fused four Strange Flames. It wasn't that Xiao Yan couldn't do it, but he couldn't expend too much Soul Power right now. He still had to refine pills later, to revive Heavenly Flame Venerable before the other party could react.
Seeing Xiao Yan appear, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Hai Bo Dong sat down on a chair with a thud, saying somewhat weakly, "Fortunately, you kid and Medusa Queen came back in time, otherwise you would have had to dig up my bones from the ground."
Hai Bo Dong was now an Eight Star Dou Huang, and he had just fought until his Dou Qi was exhausted. If it had dragged on any longer, he wouldn't have been able to fight anymore.
Xiao Yan took out various Sixth Grade pills for restoring Dou Qi and some healing pills from his Storage Ring, saying, "These pills are all Sixth Grade, everyone divide them up."
Seeing Xiao Yan take out the pills, everyone wasn't as enthusiastic as expected, because fighting not only consumed Dou Qi, but also mental energy, making them particularly exhausted, not to mention under such high pressure.
"Hopefully, those guys from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion will know when to quit," Jia Xing Tian said slowly.
Hearing this, Queen Yao Ye fell silent, saying, "I think the other party shouldn't retreat."
Xiao Ding nodded, agreeing, "Now that both sides have torn their faces, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Golden Goose Sect, Medicine Bone Sect, Mulan Valley, and other sects all understand that we won't let them go. They won't retreat, and they have no way to retreat."
For a time, everyone present fell silent. Xiao Ding was right. If they were the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, they wouldn't retreat either. Once the Flame Alliance regained its strength, they would be the ones to die, and their sects would definitely be liquidated by the Flame Alliance.
"Big brother is right. Since the other party has already torn their faces, they can't possibly allow us to develop. Moreover, that mastermind behind the scenes can't possibly let me go," Xiao Yan said slowly.
"Not let you go? Do you know who it is?" Queen Yao Ye asked in surprise upon hearing this. Judging from Xiao Yan's tone, he seemed to know who it was, and it seemed like they were targeting him?
"I've guessed some, but I'm not sure. If I'm not mistaken, that mastermind is not only a Three Star Dou Zun, but also an Eighth Grade Alchemist," Xiao Yan said in a deep voice, a strange look flashing in his eyes.
"Eighth Grade Alchemist?!" Everyone exclaimed. Wasn't that level of Alchemist a celestial being, refining immortal pills!
Xiao Yan nodded. He knew that the person behind the scenes was Mu Gu.
Mu Gu, a Venerable of the Soul Palace, and also an Alchemist valued by the Hall Master of the Soul Palace, could barely be considered Xiao Yan's grand-uncle, Medicine Venerable's junior brother.
Back then, he and Han Feng had joined forces to plot against Medicine Venerable, one poisoning and the other attacking.
The Soul Clan's Emperor Pill Plan had been in the works for a long time. After Medicine Venerable won the championship of the Pill Tower's Pill Gathering held every thirty years, he was naturally targeted by the Soul Palace, who wanted Medicine Venerable to join the Soul Palace.
Obviously, Medicine Venerable did not join the Soul Palace.
This ultimately led to Mu Gu, this junior brother, joining the Soul Palace and also bewitching Han Feng. And Mu Gu's ruthlessness and considerable Alchemist talent naturally earned him the Soul Palace's favor, making him one of the candidates for the Emperor Pill Plan.
Xiao Yan had even heard that Mu Gu had once received guidance from Hun Xuzi, which allowed him to break through the threshold of an Eighth Grade Alchemist.
Hun Xuzi added difficulty for Xiao Yan, and deliberately arranged for Mu Gu to participate in this Pill Gathering.
Since Xiao Yan knew that Mu Gu would participate in the next Pill Gathering, then Mu Gu certainly knew about Xiao Yan, this competitor. Moreover, it was estimated that Hun Xuzi had promised Mu Gu that obtaining the Pill Gathering championship would earn him the Soul Palace's reward.
Naturally, the fact that Xiao Yan participated in the Sect Assembly a year ago, and at the age of twenty-four, refined a Rank 7 Low-Level pill, attracting Pill Lightning comparable to a Rank 7 Intermediate-Level, would definitely spread to Central State and reach Mu Gu's ears.
The only thing that could spread from the Northwest Region to Central State was probably the Sect Assembly.
So when Xiao Yan heard Lü Man say that Serpent Emperor had broken through to Dou Zun because someone had refined pills for him, he immediately guessed that Mu Gu had heard about Xiao Yan's Pill Refining talent and began to feel uneasy, which is why the subsequent events occurred.
After all, Mu Gu couldn't directly kill Xiao Yan. Hun Xuzi had arranged for the two to compete in Pill Refining at the Pill Gathering, so Mu Gu wouldn't dare to kill Xiao Yan with his own hands even if he had a thousand times the courage.
"This Eighth Grade Alchemist..." Hai Bo Dong's eyelids twitched violently. The Qiu Family could be so stable in the Pill Domain precisely because they had an Eighth Grade Alchemist in their family. Now, an Eighth Grade Alchemist was going to deal with Xiao Yan. This was terrible news.
Hearing this, everyone present became solemn. Even Cai Lin and Little Fairy Doctor revealed heavy expressions. An Eighth Grade Alchemist was even more difficult to deal with than a high-level Dou Zun.
Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, Xiao Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. For certain reasons, he can't directly attack me, so he's secretly doing these little things, hoping to use the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to get rid of me."
"Besides... I believe I'll reach Eighth Grade soon too!"
Xiao Yan wasn't blindly confident. The two biggest hurdles for Eighth Grade, fire control and Spirit Realm Soul Power, Xiao Yan had already achieved. Now, he just needed to refine more pills, refining Eighth Grade Pills that could attract colored Pill Lightning. Then, Xiao Yan would be an Eighth Grade Alchemist.
"Little Fairy Doctor, how long can your Calamity Poison World last?" Xiao Yan asked. He needed time to refine the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill.
Little Fairy Doctor pondered for a moment and said, "Two days."
"Two days..." Xiao Yan murmured, "It should barely be enough time. Be careful, everyone. I need some time to refine a pill."
"Cai Lin, pay attention to the situation at the Yunlan Sect. If they choose to focus on attacking the Yunlan Sect, then take people to the Yunlan Sect."
Just as Xiao Yan was about to leave to refine pills, Zi Yan suddenly called out to Xiao Yan, "Xiao Yan, wait a minute. Take this."
Zi Yan reached out, as if taking something from a four-dimensional pocket. With a whoosh, she threw a Dou Zong who had already stopped breathing to Xiao Yan. It was the one-star Dou Zong from the Medicine Bone Sect.
Seeing that Zi Yan had killed a one-star Dou Zong so quickly, everyone present was surprised. Zi Yan's strength was so formidable!
"Don't worry, I'll help you refine pills after this is over." Xiao Yan wasn't polite. The Soul Body of a one-star Dou Zong was also Soul Point.
After speaking, Xiao Yan didn't waste any more words. With a flash, he left the Imperial Palace and found a place for Heavenly Flame Venerable to cast a Space Lock, so he could refine the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill in peace.
As long as Heavenly Flame Venerable was resurrected, it would be the time for the Flame Alliance to counterattack!
Hearing Xiao Yan call Medusa Queen 'Cai Lin', everyone in the field looked at the aloof Medusa Queen with amusement.
It seemed that some things had happened this year!
...
At this time, in the main camp of the Northwest Region, a cloud of black mist suddenly surged out of a void crack. An old man in a black robe walked out of the black mist.
"You said Xiao Yan appeared?" The moment Mu Gu appeared, he looked at the Serpent Emperor in front of him with a gloomy expression.
Although both were Dou Zun, there was a world of difference between them in terms of strength and status. The Serpent Emperor respectfully lowered his head and said, "Yes, Mu Gu Venerable. In today's battle, Xiao Yan and Medusa suddenly appeared and killed many of our Dou Huang and two Dou Zong."
He didn't care how many Dou Huang and Dou Zong died. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "He reached Dou Zun?"
"No, Xiao Yan is only an Eight Star Dou Huang, and Medusa's strength is a Nine Star Dou Zong, but Medusa, who possesses two Strange Flames, has a combat power comparable to a Dou Zun," the Serpent Emperor quickly said.
Hearing this, Mu Gu frowned. This made him a little confused. Xiao Yan hadn't reached Dou Zun, so how did he pass through the Space Lock he had set up! Mu Gu naturally didn't believe that the person Hun Xuzi had taken a fancy to would die in the Azure-Eyed Serpent Saint's inheritance. So, he had set up a Space Lock in advance. When Xiao Yan appeared and broke through the Space Lock, he would know immediately.
"Hmph! You trash, you can't even kill an Eight Star Dou Huang. What use are you!" Mu Gu was almost angered to death. So many Dou Zong, and even a Dou Zun, couldn't even capture the small Flame Alliance, and couldn't even kill a small Dou Huang!
A powerful Soul Power emanated from Mu Gu's body. The terrifying black mist instantly enveloped the entire room. The terrifying Soul Power made the Serpent Emperor and She Tianhao, father and son, weak in the legs and kneel directly on the ground.
"Venerable, please calm your anger!" She Tianhao's back was already soaked with sweat. In the Northwest Region, their Heavenly Serpent Mansion might be able to show off their power, but facing a Venerable from the Soul Palace, a Dou Zun who was an Eighth Grade Alchemist, he could only be humble and submissive.
He was afraid that Mu Gu would just slap them both to death.
"Venerable, it's just that Medusa Queen and Heavenly Poison Immortal are hindering me, so I can't take action. If it weren't for those two, I swear, I would definitely be able to kill that Xiao Yan!" She Tianhao's head was almost touching the ground.
"Yes, Venerable, if it weren't for those two, that Xiao Yan would definitely not be my opponent." The Serpent Emperor also seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and quickly promised.
Mu Gu's face sank. There were still two years before the Pill Gathering. He couldn't help but start thinking, "Although the pills that Xiao Yan refined a year ago were only Rank 7 Low-Level, with only two years, it's absolutely impossible for him to reach Eighth Grade Alchemist..."
"But, what if..."
Reaching Eighth Grade Alchemist from Seventh Grade in three years, he had only seen one person do it over the years. That was his senior brother, the champion of the previous Pill Gathering, the one who was known as Medicine Venerable.
This time, he was very eager to win the Pill Gathering and prove that he was definitely not inferior to him! "I will secretly take action to stop that Calamity Poison Body and Medusa. You should understand that my Soul Palace will not give incompetent people a second chance. If you still can't take Xiao Yan's head this time, then I will take back everything you have." Mu Gu's eyes were cold. He didn't give the Serpent Emperor a breakthrough to Dou Zun for free. He had placed a special Soul Mark in the Serpent Emperor's Soul.
If the Serpent Emperor failed again, then Mu Gu would take his Soul Body.
Immediately, the Serpent Emperor and his son were sweating profusely, their faces pale. They had also heard of the Soul Palace's methods. They were specialized in capturing Soul Bodies!
"Yes! We understand!"
Mu Gu waved his hand, and four Pill Refining Furnaces appeared in front of him. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, clusters of flames slowly rose in the Pill Refining Furnaces.
"Bring the Medicinal Herbs. I'll refine some Huangji Pills and Sect Breakthrough Pills. With these pills, I should be able to create some more Dou Huang and Dou Zong." Mu Gu actually planned to control four Pill Refining Furnaces at the same time to refine pills!
But it was also normal. Mu Gu was an Eighth Grade Alchemist. He could even refine Eighth Grade Pills with colored Pill Lightning. For him, with such strength, refining Sixth Grade Pills was indeed about as difficult as an ordinary person stir-frying a small dish.
Apart from special organizations like the Pill Tower and the Medicine Clan, the number of Alchemists in a large force wouldn't be too many. Just like in the Flame Alliance, besides Xiao Yan and Yue Er, there were only some Third Grade Alchemists left to take care of some trivial matters.
The Flame Alliance's pills were 60% refined by Xiao Yan alone, 30% were low-level pills refined by Little Princess Yue Er, and the rest were made by other alchemists.
After all, powerful alchemists mass-produce low-level pills, refining several in one batch is not a problem at all. Alchemists with particularly strong souls like Mu Gu can even control several pill furnaces simultaneously.
Even the Soul Palace was the same. There were not many alchemists within the Soul Clan. The Soul Palace only had three famous alchemists: Mu Gu, Han Feng, and Flame Venerable.
Many of the Soul Palace's pills were refined by Hun Xuzi. Refining pills below Rank 8 was extremely easy for him. In fact, apart from Ninth Grade Pills, all other grades of pills were extremely easy for him to refine in large quantities.
At the same time, Xiao Yan was also refining pills.
For Xiao Yan, who could refine Rank 7 High-Level Transformation Pills, the Rank 7 Intermediate-Level Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill was no longer a challenge. The only challenge might be time.
Xiao Yan didn't have time to fail. He only had two days. Once he failed, it would mean he wouldn't have enough time. He could only succeed! Heavenly Flame Venerable had already released his physical body, and even his Soul Body had entered the pre-prepared body. Now, he only needed to wait for Xiao Yan to refine the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill.
Time passed by, and after reaching the Spirit Realm Soul, Xiao Yan's movements became more precise.
Soon, two days had passed. The Northwest Alliance had not made any movements during these two days, but they had not retreated either, still in the mountains not far away.
Jia Xing Tian and the others knew that they had not given up and were waiting for the moment when the Calamity Poison World disappeared.
"Damn it, that brat better not be cutting it close again," Hai Bo Dong muttered, looking at the dark mass of troops in the distance.
"Hehehe, Hai Lao, I'm ahead of schedule this time." At this moment, a hearty voice came from afar. To Hai Bo Dong and the others' surprise, Xiao Yan! was on time!!
"Hmm? Who is that?"
The difference was that this time, Xiao Yan was followed by a young man with an immortal demeanor. The young man was dressed in white, with his hands behind his back, standing in the void, looking indifferently into the distance.
Yao Ye and the others frowned. When did the Flame Alliance gain such a strong expert? "Xiao Yan, who is this?" Queen Yao Ye asked softly.
Xiao Yan smiled. It was not strange that everyone didn't recognize him, not only because Heavenly Flame Venerable rarely showed his face, but also because Heavenly Flame Venerable's current appearance was created by himself. It was his appearance when he was young, which was quite different from his Soul Body state! He had a makeover and plastic surgery!
"Let me introduce him. He is the Soul Body who has been helping me all along, Yao Old Mister, also known as Heavenly Flame Venerable, a Dou Zun."
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