Battle Through the Heavens: Reap the Red Lotus Karmic Flame at the Start

Although extremely subtle, the poisonous gas of Scorpion Rock was already brewing in the air.

The Izumo Empire is renowned for its poisons, and most of its powerful figures are adept at using them. Scorpion Biyan, as the strongest in the Izumo Empire, is a master of poisons. Although his strength surpasses Ziyan's, he didn't choose to use swift and decisive methods to defeat her at the beginning of the battle. Instead, he calmly began to make his preparations.

Zi Yan was also gradually affected by the poison gas, and her speed began to slow down.

Zi Yan seemed oblivious to this, instead her eyes lit up with purple light, and her whole body was also radiant with purple energy, making her punch even stronger than before.

Scorpion Biyan kept moving around and dodging. Even if Zi Yan's fist only hit him once, his arm would become numb from the shock. Zi Yan's monstrous strength made Scorpion Biyan extremely vigilant.

Just as Xie Biyan was on guard, Zi Yan's attack rhythm also faltered. Xie Biyan was about to observe Zi Yan's condition to see if his slow-acting poison was effective when Zi Yan suddenly disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, Zi Yan appeared behind Xie Biyan, her small purple fist striking straight at him. Alarm bells rang in Xie Biyan's mind, and he twisted his scorpion staff to block the attack.

With a crisp "crack," a crack appeared on Xie Biyan's jet-black cane. Seeing the cane break, Xie Biyan's eyes were filled with rage.

A burst of purplish-red gas shot out from the scorpion's tail, heading straight for Zi Yan's face.

Zi Yan only had time to close her eyes tightly before her lower leg slashed down vertically, like a heavy axe!

The whooshing sound of the attack showed its immense power. Xie Biyan withstood the blow on his shoulder and fell like a cannonball.

The purplish-red poisonous gas rushed straight at Zi Yan, who coughed and quickly flew away from the area.

The five nations watching the battle frowned at the situation, clearly as Xiao Yan and Zi Yan's appearance had disrupted their original plans.

Seeing Zi Yan disappear from the spot and then suddenly reappear, Ye Guan said with some hesitation, "It's actually a spatial ability."

Madam Zhu, standing nearby, chimed in, "Spatial abilities are supposed to be possessed only by Dou Zun. What's this little girl's background? I've never even heard of it!"

The others also said they didn't know when they heard Madam Zhu's question; this mysterious little girl was someone they had never seen before.

Although Zi Yan managed to knock Xie Biyan away for a moment, Xie Biyan's purplish-red poison gas was quite troublesome. Zi Yan's face was also abnormally pale, and the color of her eyes changed from purple to blood red.

Zi Yan took out the jade bottle given to her by Xiao Yan, and without caring how many pills were inside, she tilted her head back and swallowed them all in one gulp.

As the medicinal power flowed through Zi Yan's body with the circulation of her fighting spirit, the deathly pallor on her face and body began to fade. With each breath, poisonous residue condensed in her mouth and was expelled.

Seeing Zi Yan's domineering detoxification method, Xiao Yan was quite amazed. He had given her only fifth-grade pills, but he was already familiar with Zi Yan's powerful digestive abilities, so he wasn't too worried about her condition.

When Zi Yan and he left the academy, she was only a Dou Wang, but the essence blood she bought at the auction and the favor of the Void Emperor allowed her to surpass him and reach the Dou Zong level.

Although he didn't know exactly what it was, Xiao Yan knew that Zi Yan must have some trump cards that would allow her to hold her own against ordinary Dou Zong fighters.

As Zi Yan recovered, Xie Bi Yan took to the air again, his clothes almost completely torn in the previous battle.

A giant blood-red scorpion tattoo appeared on his chest. This blood scorpion was as if it were alive, exuding a fierce aura. Judging from its ferocity, and this was just a tattoo, if it were the real person, it would probably be even more terrifying.

As Xie Biyan revealed the ferocious tattoo on his chest, it drew gasps of surprise from many powerful spectators.

Qin Huan looked at Xie Biyan's tattoo and chuckled, "It's actually the Blood Demon Scorpion King! What a treasure!"

Among the five great Dou Zong, a man who rarely spoke and bore a striking resemblance to Qin Guan said, "It's the Blood Soul Technique of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, isn't it? It seals the soul of a recently deceased demonic beast, allowing it to use a portion of the beast's abilities."

Scorpion Bi Yan's hand seals suddenly changed, and the blood scorpion tattoo on his body began to writhe, then slowly burrowed into his body. As the tattoo entered his body, Scorpion Bi Yan's body suddenly became much larger, his hands twisted extremely, and instantly, his white bones broke through his skin, writhing and transforming into two giant blood-red pincers.

The changes continued, and when they gradually slowed down, the scorpion Biyan had transformed into a half-human, half-scorpion monster, covered in blood, with a violent and malevolent aura soaring into the sky.

Seeing the changes in Xie Biyan, Zi Yan frowned. Her magical beast perception made her feel disgusted at the sight of this inhuman and beastly monster.

The purple battle aura around Zi Yan's body circulated continuously, and she expelled the last bit of poison that had entered her body. Xie Biyan had already arrived in front of her and looked at Zi Yan with a ferocious smile, saying, "Little girl, this is the first time I've used this Blood Soul Technique. You didn't die unjustly!"

Scorpion Biyan swung his two pincers at Zi Yan's waist, and Zi Yan countered with a swift, blade-like strike. However, Zi Yan's usually unstoppable strength failed this time; blinding sparks erupted from the collision, and Scorpion Biyan's pincers remained unaffected.

Meanwhile, Scorpion Biyan slashed down with each pincer, while its blood continuously vaporized in the air.

Zi Yan was also feeling a bit aggrieved. After Xie Biyan transformed into this form, not only had his strength reached the level of a five-star Dou Zong, but his scorpion shell had also become incredibly hard.

The poison gas catalyzed by Scorpion Biyan's blood is even more terrifying than before. This poison gas doesn't even require breathing; as long as one mobilizes their battle qi within it, they will be affected by it.

Although she swallowed the pill Xiao Yan gave her just now, she didn't have time to absorb it, and the pill's effects couldn't help Zi Yan.

On the contrary, Xie Biyan felt exceptionally comfortable in the poisonous fog, and his senses even seemed to have improved.

After Zi Yan's unsuccessful attempt to launch a surprise attack using her spatial abilities, the area where the two were located was shrouded in purplish-red poisonous gas by Xie Biyan, so even Xiao Yan could only roughly sense their condition.

Xiao Yan also began to mobilize his own fighting spirit, so that he would rescue Zi Yan immediately should any unexpected situation arise.

And Zi Yan's condition was indeed not good at this moment...