Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"He's the only one who's not smart. Who else here isn't a poison master?" His companion scoffed. "But... that woman is pretty ruthless. I've never seen anyone whose hands are as thick as a toad's back."

"The voice is also quite... distinctive."

After leaving their final comments, the two of them enthusiastically approached the somewhat bewildered person who was walking towards them.

'Phew, these two medicines are quite useful. I can get more of them later.' Walking on the safe road at the edge of the area, Little Fairy Doctor breathed a sigh of relief. Both the sound and the skin on her hands were caused by a rather special kind of poison. Perhaps because of its uniqueness, these two poisons were not absorbed by her body. However, the poisons that should have been permanently effective only had ten days of effect left.

Little Fairy Doctor hurried along the way, encountering many powerful individuals she would never have seen in her entire life in Green Mountain Town, though she was unaware of their actual strength.

Meanwhile, at Xiao Yan's place.

"Soul Stealing!"

As Li Zong roared, Xiao Yan's body froze. If you looked closely, you could see a tiny creature on Xiao Yan's neck, like a mosquito larva.

"Heavenly Poison Realm!"

The moment Xiao Yan broke free of his restraints, the space around him distorted, and then, the deep green poisonous fighting spirit and the spatial prison around him trapped Xiao Yan in place.

However, as the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame rose, the deep green poisonous fighting aura emitted countless crackling sounds. When the sounds completely disappeared, the surrounding poisonous fighting aura and the fragile spatial prison were breached.

"Ok?"

Xiao Yan glanced around and, not seeing Li Zong, who was seriously injured and practically just one strike away from finishing him off, frowned slightly. Then, his soul power burst forth and locked onto Li Zong, who was rapidly advancing deeper into the swamp, in a very short time.

"Escape... No!" Xiao Yan's eyes widened, and he enveloped himself with his soul power, rushing towards the direction Li Zong had fled at top speed.

After instinctively wanting to say the word "escape," Xiao Yan instantly realized that Li Zong actually wanted to go deeper into the space and open the spatial realm created by the Dou Sheng!

If Li Zong intends to enter that spatial realm after it is opened, that would be fine. However, if he simply wants to open the spatial realm and release the toxins that have been trapped inside for who knows how many years and whose intelligence may not have been developed, Li Zong himself might be able to survive by chance. But the entire Chuyun Empire... no, perhaps the entire Northwest Continent will be greatly impacted!

Li Zong ahead had stopped, but Xiao Yan could only continue to increase his speed.

"teacher!"

Only four seconds after Li Zong stopped, Xiao Yan could already see Li Zong's back in front of him, but he could also feel the space beginning to fluctuate violently!

Even the frame of a large black door had solidified and looked like it was about to open!

"I miscalculated..."

The old man appeared and was right next to Li Zong, gently gripping Li Zong's neck with his right hand.

The violent spatial fluctuations vanished instantly, and the solidified black gate, after a brief tremor, disappeared completely.

After a few breaths, Xiao Yan arrived at Li Zong's side.

"Are you planning to die with me?" Slightly tired, Xiao Yan dispelled the fusion state of the Flame Profound Talisman and looked at Li Zong in disbelief. "You won't survive after the spatial realm is opened either, will you?"

"It's better than being devoured and absorbed by a human like you!" Unable to break free from Yao Lao's right hand, Li Zong could only glare fiercely at Xiao Yan.

“You…” Xiao Yan sighed.

"Crack!"

Just as Xiao Yan was considering what to say, the sound of something shattering startled him.

"Are you planning to handle this yourself, or should I take control?"

The next moment, Yao Lao's voice drew Xiao Yan's attention to Li Zong—

As if his physical lifespan had come to an end, the flesh on Li Zong's face shattered into pieces like roof tiles, and the fragments fell to the ground like raindrops.

Li Zong... no, it should be called Netherworld Poison Fire now that it has shed Li Zong's body. The aura contained within the Netherworld Poison Fire is rapidly increasing as the pieces of flesh are peeled away bit by bit.

Five stars, six stars, seven stars...

It wasn't until the ninth level of Dou Zong that the Netherworld Poison Fire's strength began to increase slowly, and eventually, its strength stabilized at the middle stage of the ninth-level Dou Zong.

"...Let me try it myself first." Xiao Yan said softly, licking his lips.

It's not hard to guess what happened to the Netherworld Poison Fire. It simply means that when the black gate opened a crack, the poison fire absorbed a trace of toxins from inside.

Even with only a trace of toxin, the Netherworld Poison Fire would not extinguish. Instead, its strength would rapidly increase due to the toxin that had existed for millions of years. However, it seems that the barrier between Dou Zong and Dou Zun was too strong. Under these circumstances, the Netherworld Poison Fire's strength did not reach the level of Dou Zun, or even the peak level of a nine-star Dou Zong.

"Are you alright?"

"It's a good opportunity to test the power of the third fusion..." Xiao Yan said with a smile after taking out two pills from his Awakening Flame Ring and putting them in his mouth. "If that's not enough, it's not too late for you to help, Master."

"...Alright then."

Seeing the rising fighting spirit emanating from Xiao Yan, and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame that was faintly turning pale purple under the influence of the Fire Refining Talisman and the Xuan Heavy Ruler, Yao Lao sighed helplessly. After casually tossing the Netherworld Poison Flame he was controlling into the distance, he gave a reminder:

"In its strange fire form, it doesn't actually have any real vital points. Rather than close combat, it's best suited for a decisive blow!"

Chapter 167 Buddha's Wrath Lotus

"what?"

Xiao Yan blinked, somewhat confused, his rising fighting spirit instantly extinguished. "Ah, that's right. If they're both different kinds of fire, putting aside the concept of vital points, if we simply use the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire to devour the Netherworld Poison Fire, I wonder what would happen..."

Although the color of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame was slightly different under the influence of the Fire Refining Talisman and the Xuan Heavy Ruler, its inherent attributes and characteristics remained largely unchanged. Xiao Yan had only had it for less than a month, and he couldn't guarantee that he could suppress the instincts of the strange fire in the end.

If he wanted to decide the outcome with a single blow, the only fighting technique Xiao Yan could unleash with the greatest power was the "Flame Dividing Wave Ruler," which he had modified countless times.

However, Xiao Yan vaguely felt that the power of the Flame Devouring Wave Ruler alone might not be enough to weaken the Netherworld Poison Fire...

"Teacher, will overuse of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame put pressure on your soul power?"

Even though the Netherworld Poison Fire in the distance was already sweeping fiercely toward Xiao Yan with endless waves of fire, Xiao Yan still calmly asked a question.

"You know?" The old doctor smiled helplessly.

The fact that Yao Lao was able to "live" in the form of a soul was not particularly related to the strength of his soul power. His ability to live in this form was more due to the bone spirit cold fire he had refined.

Therefore, the current state of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame is, in a sense, linked to Yao Lao's soul power. At the very least, excessive use of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame will cause Yao Lao's soul power to weaken to some extent.

"You'll be weak for a while," the old medicine doctor said after a moment's thought. "But with the nourishing saliva, you'll recover to your current state in no time. Use it with confidence!"

"it is good!"

After nodding heavily, the flames on Xiao Yan's body gradually gathered on his right hand. Similarly, on his left hand, a pale white flame surged out, and the intense heat distorted and made the space slightly illusory.

Then, a slightly crazed smile appeared on Xiao Yan's handsome face.

In the distance, upon noticing the strange flames on Xiao Yan's hands, the Netherworld Poisonous Flame instinctively felt a sense of fear and wanted to distance itself from Xiao Yan. However, in the next moment, it completely abandoned this fear and rushed towards Xiao Yan at an even faster speed.

Ignoring the approaching Netherworld Poison Fire, Xiao Yan stared intently at the two different colored flames in his hands. The next moment, he slowly brought the two flames together in his hands.

Xiao Yan had wanted to try this for a long time—

Since the Burning Technique can devour multiple different flames, it should also be possible to fuse the "outer flames" of these different flames, right?

However, Xiao Yan never dared to voice these thoughts. It wasn't that he was afraid Yao Lao would dislike his wild imagination, but rather that he felt it was a bit too far-fetched to start thinking about "creating his own fighting techniques" before he even had his own Strange Flame.

"boom!"

The moment the flames in his hands touched, a muffled sound erupted from Xiao Yan's palms. Even though he tried his best to wrap his hands with Dou Qi, his palms were still somewhat red and hot after the sound.

Ignoring the burning heat in his palm, Xiao Yan's dark eyes reflected the alternating blue and white flames, creating an extremely eerie scene.

As the flames drew closer, Xiao Yan's palms grew increasingly hot. As the flames gradually merged, an indescribable feeling of unease settled in his chest. Clearly, Xiao Yan had suffered some backlash during the fusion of the strange flames.

Ignoring the Netherworld Poison Flame that was almost upon him, Xiao Yan's eyes were fixed on the flame, which was now in its final moments—

The next moment, the world suddenly fell silent, and even the sounds of the wind and the endless waves of fire stirred up by the Netherworld Poison Fire disappeared.

In that instant, a look of bewilderment appeared in Xiao Yan's pupils, but at this moment, his fingertips became nimble, his ten fingers rapidly tapping within the ball of flames, wisps of Dou Qi generated by the Burning Technique being poured into it... As the Dou Qi of the Burning Technique was poured in, the raging ball of flames, which had been fully fused, gradually calmed down.

Finally, a pale blue lotus seat, about the size of a palm, took shape in Xiao Yan's hands.

The moment the lotus seat took shape, Xiao Yan trembled, snapping out of his strange state. Then, he abruptly threw the bluish-white fire lotus in his hand at the Netherworld Poison Fire, which was less than ten centimeters away from him, while simultaneously retreating rapidly.

The bluish-white fire lotus silently streaked across the void, and then... was swallowed whole by the Netherworld Poison Fire.

'That's ruthless...'

Xiao Yan's eyes twitched slightly as his battle qi and soul power were severely depleted. Although he didn't know how powerful this fire lotus would be, the Netherworld Poison Fire, whose strength was barely equal to his at the moment, definitely couldn't withstand it!

"What if it completely disappears because of this fire lotus?" Yao Lao, whose soul power had been depleted by about half, slowly reminded Xiao Yan.

"what?"

The next moment, the "abdomen" of the Netherworld Poisonous Flame suddenly swelled up, followed by an explosion that swallowed up all sound right before Xiao Yan's eyes—

The energy that could destroy everything spread out from the void, and the empty space rippled at this moment. This space, which was completely separated from the real world under the effect of the array, emitted a sound of imminent collapse.

Finally, after a brief period of perseverance, this void space completely collapsed. The brilliant bluish-white flames, no longer bound by space, erupted completely, and the scorching fire waves devoured all the poisonous insects, toxins, and the humans who had not yet left.

Outside the poisonous swamp, Shi Rui and Xie Biyan raised their heads thoughtfully and looked into the depths of the swamp. There, they felt an unbearably high temperature and fluctuations from a completely shattered alternate dimension.

"Belongs to the Poison Sect!"

Without pausing for a moment, Shi Rui roared, "Everyone evacuate! Return to the sect immediately!"

Regarding what might be hidden deep within the Poison Swamp, all the major powers of the Izumo Empire had made speculations. The most plausible theory was that a strange fire, the Netherworld Poison Fire, ranked twentieth on the list, existed at the deepest part of the swamp. However, this speculation spread so widely that no one believed that a strange fire, even one as insignificant as the Netherworld Poison Fire, could truly exist in such a remote and isolated place as the Izumo Empire.

However, the intense heat deep inside and the fluctuations caused by the shattering of space forced Shi Rui to consider one thing—what if it wasn't a message, but something real?

If Shi Rui had known this news earlier, he might have tried to contact the possible strange fire, but now it's better to forget it. The strength of the person who could destroy that space is definitely not something Shi Rui can mess with.

Although that person might have been seriously injured in such high temperatures, it was definitely not something Shi Rui, a one-star Dou Zong, could get close to.

'But that old devil Xie Biyan…'

Thinking of this, Shi Rui glanced subtly at the spot where Xie Biyan had been standing.

"Damn, he runs faster than me?"

Looking at the vanished Xie Biyan, Shi Rui couldn't help but admire his ability to survive until now. At the same time, Shi Rui ignored the elders and disciples who were still tidying up the camp and quietly disappeared alone.

In the outer area, amidst the large group of guides, Zhou Ze subconsciously glanced behind him. He vaguely seemed to smell the scent of the toxins being completely burned away.

"I'm overthinking it. Having lived for over a thousand years with the Calamity Poison Body, who could possibly be his match?" Zhou Ze shook his head and exhaled. "I wonder if I'll be able to meet an alchemist with a different kind of fire before I die..."

Thinking back to his family that had long been destroyed, the bitterness on Zhou Ze's face grew even stronger as he grew up alone.

The bluish-white flames lasted for about a minute. As they gradually dissipated, a bluish-green flame shield also slowly vanished, scattering sparks and revealing a somewhat disheveled figure inside.

At this moment, Xiao Yan's face was deathly pale, and there was still a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. After wiping away the blood, Xiao Yan lowered his head and looked at his trembling hands.

When the Fire Lotus was completed, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, which had just recovered somewhat under the effect of the Qi-restoring pill, dried up again. If he hadn't refined enough Qi-restoring pills, he probably wouldn't have had enough Dou Qi to support the fire shield when the explosion occurred.

Although the hastily erected fire shield barely survived the terrifying explosion, Xiao Yan could no longer maintain the fusion centered on the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, and the pale purple flames gradually faded away.

"Give it a name. After all, this is a fighting technique that you created on your own," Yao Lao's eerie voice rang in Xiao Yan's ear, "and it's a terrifying fighting technique that almost killed you."