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

While the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad was busy torturing the Lion Fierce, Xiao Yan and his companions returned to the bottom of the pool without encountering any problems.

When Xiao Yan saw the numerous medicinal herbs at the bottom of the pool again, he felt more uneasy. Although he had followed the voice in his heart to come to the bottom of the pool, he really didn't know what to do. Xiao Yan kept activating his soul perception ability to scan the bottom of the pool, but he couldn't find anything special.

"Damn it!" Xiao Yan thought bitterly.

He had asked himself this question several times, but that ethereal voice never reappeared.

He never expected to encounter such a dead end, and he couldn't even think of a good solution.

Chu Qun and Yang Lingyan's eyes dimmed when they saw Xiao Yan's expression. After all, the three of them could be considered the pride of heaven, and naturally they would not be willing to die here.

Yang Lingyan slammed his fist into the bottom of the pool, venting his nameless anger. No matter how suitable the aquatic environment was for him, it had now become his grave.

Looking at the dim pool bottom and the many precious herbs swaying in the pool, Xiao Yan began to pick the most inconspicuous of them, the Ten Thousand Year Green Spirit Vine.

Xiao Yan had only done it casually, but he didn't expect to discover something strange when he was only halfway through picking the fruit.

Beneath the Evergreen Spirit Vine, the water was no longer pitch black like the bottom of the pool. Instead, a milky white, transparent light curtain appeared, emanating without a trace of battle qi. However, Xiao Yan was delighted to see this, because he had seen this light curtain before! Not only him, but everyone in the Myriad Beasts Space recognized this light curtain; it was exactly the same as the light curtain they had entered through teleportation! Although they didn't know where they could be teleported to, for Xiao Yan and his companions, survival was the most important thing right now.

Xiao Yan gestured to the two of them. Chu Qun and Yang Lingyan were overjoyed when they saw the light screen. They had made a great decision to come down with Xiao Yan, but they did not expect that Xiao Yan would actually lead them out of a desperate situation.

The three immediately began picking other herbs, but Xiao Yan sensed something was wrong as soon as he started picking; the terrifying aura of the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad was approaching them.

Xiao Yan lightly tapped his storage ring, and the ancient black Xuan Heavy Ruler appeared in his hand. His Dou Qi surged into the ruler as if it were free, turning the black ruler blood-red. Pools of water continuously evaporated from the blood-red ruler. Then, Xiao Yan swung it behind him. Under the full force of his attack, an unnatural flush appeared on his face.

As Xiao Yan waved his hand, a colossal figure emerged from the void in front of him, and a black shadow attacked at a speed too fast for the naked eye to perceive. The black shadow clashed with the blood-red Xuan Heavy Ruler, unleashing a terrifying wave of crimson fire. Most of the crimson fire surged directly into the mouth of the Azure-Eyed Nightmare Toad, while the rest spilled out and continued to burn, even briefly creating a vacuum in the pool.

Xiao Yan secretly activated the Red Lotus Karmic Flame to burn away sinful thoughts, but the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad was completely unaffected. After all, it was a resurrected demonic beast and didn't have much sin on it for Xiao Yan to arouse.

However, as Xiao Yan made his move, a series of Dou Qi gusts blocked the Azure-Eyed Nightmare Toad's path from different angles, while simultaneously cutting into it.

Chu Qun seized the opportunity after Xiao Yan's first attack and continued to follow up with his own attack, but the effect of his gale was rather limited.

Xiao Yan saw that Yang Lingyan's cleanup was about to end and he could teleport away soon. Then, the crimson flames on Xiao Yan's body disappeared, replaced by a pale white flame. Two energy palm prints with pale white flames appeared in front of Xiao Yan. Knowing the preciousness of time, Xiao Yan continuously gushed out Dou Huang-level Dou Qi from his body.

"Since the Red Lotus Karmic Fire is useless, you beast, try this!"

"Imperial Seal Technique, Mountain-Splitting Seal!"

"Imperial Seal Technique, Overturn the Sea Seal!"

The two seals overlapped, and the surrounding space began to shatter. With a thought, Xiao Yan unleashed an energy hand seal with unstoppable force towards the Azure-Eyed Nightmare Toad. Sensing the danger, the toad unleashed its long tongue, comparable to a divine weapon, piercing through both hand seals. The pale white flames attached to the hand seals froze the surrounding pool water and rushed into the Azure-Eyed Nightmare Toad's mouth.

The next instant, a thunderous explosion, completely unexpected by Xiao Yan, rang out. A tangible energy wave emanated from the mouth of the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad, and Xiao Yan and his two companions were directly blasted away by the wave, rolling into the light barrier.

The Azure-Eyed Nightmare Toad was in a rather pitiful state, its entire body covered in burn wounds, its long, dark tongue extremely unsightly and full of injuries.

However, due to the loss of its intelligence, nothing changed. After patrolling the pool a few times and finding no one there, it merged back into the pool's surface, only the herbs from before had vanished.

In a certain forest within the Beast Realm, which was incredibly vast, even after several days, few people ventured into this particular forest. Suddenly, the tranquil forest experienced a spatial ripple, and three disheveled figures tumbled out from a spatial rift.

The impact was so strong that several trees in the forest were damaged and snapped in two by the three men.

After landing, Xiao Yan immediately activated his soul perception ability and burst into laughter upon discovering that the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad had not followed the light curtain out.

Chu Qun and Yang Lingyan, who were equally disheveled, were also lying on the ground, laughing heartily without a care for their image.

The laughter subsided after a short while, and Chu Qun exclaimed, "It feels so good to be reborn!"

The leaderboard in the sky showed that they were still in the Beast Space. Although they didn't know why there was a teleportation screen there, the three of them had survived safely.

Yang Lingyan, who was standing next to him, sat up and said, "Not only that, while you two were holding back the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad, I picked all the herbs it was guarding."

After saying that, he took out nine kinds of medicinal herbs from his storage ring and placed them on the ground.

Upon hearing this, both Chu Qun and Xiao Yan's eyes flashed with a burning desire. It would be a lie to say they weren't tempted by so many high-grade herbs; they were all excellent ingredients for refining seventh-grade pills!

"The rest is negotiable. The Evergreen Vine is of great use to me, so I'll accept it. How about it?" Xiao Yan said, since he couldn't possibly give up something that Yao Lao had resurrected.

Chu Qun and Yang Lingyan both agreed. Chu Qun continued, "How about this? If it weren't for Brother Xiao Yan, it would be very different whether Brother Yang and I would have survived. Not to mention the medicinal herbs. I suggest we each take one, and give the rest to Brother Xiao Yan, what do you think?"

"No way!" Xiao Yan retorted first.

A glint flashed in Chu Qun's eyes, but he still said, "Then I must thank Brother Xiao Yan. Without your guidance, I'm afraid my life would be in danger."

Xiao Yan gently shook his head and said, "The three of us were indispensable in escaping from the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad. How about this, we'll divide the remaining nine types of vines equally, except for the Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, both Chu Qun and Yang Lingyan were quite surprised. After all, without Xiao Yan, the two of them would have had virtually no chance of escaping, and it was Xiao Yan who helped them stop the Jade-Eyed Nightmare Toad. Chu Qun dared not say how much effort he had put in.

"But..." Before Yang Lingyan could finish speaking, Xiao Yan took three of them, indicating that there was no need to be polite anymore.

Yang Lingyan and Chu Qun both looked at Xiao Yan with gratitude. Chu Qun clasped his hands in a fist and said, "I'll consider Brother Xiao Yan a friend!"