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

"What do we have to compete with them with?"

After Zhu Zhi finished speaking, Huang Tian calmly asked, "The fact that the seven clans restrict experts above the five-star Dou Sheng level from appearing in Zhongzhou does not mean that they do not have experts above the five-star Dou Sheng level. As for our three major families... the strongest one is only me, a late-stage five-star Dou Sheng, right? Do you think I can defeat a six-star Dou Sheng or a seven-star Dou Sheng?"

Everyone knows that each level of the Dou Sheng stage is a world unto itself. A five-star Dou Sheng who can fight a six-star Dou Sheng for a hundred moves without being defeated is already a genius. If they want to win... it is only possible if there is a clear bloodline level between their magical beast families!

Zhu Yin, Zhu Si, and Yao Xiaotian remained silent, simply watching Zhu Zhi quietly.

“Of course I know our high-end combat power is insufficient,” Zhu Zhi smiled lightly under the gaze of the four, “but, if the bloodline of the Huang Tian Clan Chief can evolve, let alone an eight-star Dou Sheng, at least a seven-star Dou Sheng will no longer be the threshold, right?”

"What, you still have the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit?" Huang Tian asked with a sneer upon hearing Zhu Zhi's words.

“I don’t have any, but… my niece Ziyan did eat a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and she was already a second-stage Dragon-Phoenix before she ate it!” Zhuzhi said with a smile.

"Could it be that you're thinking of..." Zhu Si seemed to remember something, then shouted, "Zhu Zhi, are you crazy? That's a forbidden technique that was ordered to be sealed by the old Dragon Emperor!"

"You also know that it was sealed by the old Dragon Emperor?" Zhu Zhi glared at Zhu Si. "Then let me ask you, where is the old Dragon Emperor? Is he still alive?!"

"...No, absolutely not!" After a moment of silence, Zhusi shook his head frantically.

“You…” Zhu Zhi looked heartbroken.

"Alright, what are you two talking about?" Zhu Yin interrupted their clumsy act. "What sealed forbidden technique? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Upon hearing Zhu Yin speak, Huang Tian slowly shut his mouth, which he had been about to use to stop the two of them. He sat quietly in his seat, waiting for Zhu Zhi's answer. As for Yao Xiaotian... feeling that he, a one-star Dou Sheng, shouldn't be present, he was only thinking about leaving as soon as possible.

"The Blood Transformation Evil Array," Zhu Zhi slowly began, "was developed during the time of the Old Dragon Emperor by a descendant of an ancient dragon with inferior bloodlines. It is the most insidious array capable of completely decomposing the bloodlines of others and then strengthening one's own bloodline!"

Upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Huang Tian's eyes: With the power of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's bloodline, he had almost no chance of breaking through to the six-star Dou Sheng realm, but with this formation, even if his bloodline could not evolve, the mere threshold of the six-star Dou Sheng realm would definitely not be able to stop him!

Similarly, Yao Xiaotian on the other side instantly lost all desire to leave—

He didn't care whether the Heavenly Demon Phoenix and the Ancient Void Dragon evolved or not; he only knew that this Blood Transformation Evil Array was undoubtedly a godsend for the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan!

After all, the Nine Netherworld Python, which possesses the bloodline of the ancient Heavenly Serpent, has long since diluted the bloodline of the ancient Heavenly Serpent in its body to the point that it is difficult to distinguish due to its habits. Otherwise, how could the patriarch of the Nine Netherworld Python only have the strength of a one-star Dou Sheng!

Chapter 460 An Alliance with Hidden Motives

Just as Yao Xiaotian was thinking about refining Yao Ming, who was imprisoned in the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs of the Nine Netherworld Python Holy Land, after the battle on Donglong Island, Zhu Zhi's gaze shifted from the expressionless Huang Tian to Yao Xiaotian.

'So they are doubting its authenticity after all?' Zhu Zhi sighed inwardly, not paying too much attention to the silence between the two, since the Blood Transformation Evil Array was something that did not exist.

“Even if the Blood Transformation Evil Array cannot enhance your bloodline power,” Zhu Zhi said with a smile, “after my unfilial niece dies, I can arrange for Brother Huang Tian to absorb half of her bloodline power first, how about that?”

Compared to Yao Xiaotian, an insignificant one-star Dou Sheng, Zhu Zhi was most concerned about Huang Tian's attitude. After all, Huang Tian was the true pillar of their fragile alliance.

"Half?" Huang Tian raised his eyelids. "When you invited me to join the alliance, you only said that the four of us would share the power of our bloodlines equally. Now you're mentioning half... Could it be that you, the Northern Dragon King, are willing to give me your share of the power of your bloodlines?"

“This…” Zhu Zhi’s face twitched suddenly.

"That only applies if the Blood Transformation Evil Array fails to work, in which case you will absorb half!" After a moment of contemplation, Zhu Yin suddenly looked up, interrupting Zhu Zhi. "If it works, the four of us will still share it equally!"

"Zhu Yin!" Zhu Si roared.

"If you think the Blood Transformation Evil Array is against the natural order, then shut up and withdraw from the alliance!" Zhu Yin didn't tolerate Zhu Si's behavior and retorted angrily, "Anyway, you, the Western Dragon King, are just the third Dragon King that Zhu Zhi and I forced out. Now go back and lick that brat's shoe soles, and she might forgive you!"

"you!"

Zhu Si's veins bulged, but perhaps provoked by the words "the third Dragon King" and "licking the soles of shoes," he calmed down slowly after pointing angrily at Zhu Yin. However, his tightly closed eyes seemed to suggest that he had not actually compromised.

"Well, Brother Huang Tian?" After Zhu Yin and Zhu Si quieted down, Zhu Zhi looked at Huang Tian again and smiled, "If it doesn't work, the three of us will personally offer half of the bloodline power. The sincerity of our Ancient Dragon Clan is already laid bare before you. A complete alliance of the three great families..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Zhi's smile clearly told Huang Tian that this was the biggest concession the three Dragon Kings could offer, all in order to promote the alliance of the three families.

'Even if they turn against me immediately after the battle on Donglong Island, the three of them can't do anything to me in a short time,' Huang Tian didn't answer, but pondered in his heart, 'With my speed, even if the three of them join forces, they can easily take more than half of the corpses...'

“Alright, I agree,” Huang Tian said calmly after preparing for the worst. “But I can only represent the Heavenly Phoenix Clan. How will you, the patriarchs of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, persuade them?”

'What?! There are actually benefits?!'

Upon hearing this, the demon Xiaotian, who had thought the Blood Transformation Evil Array was the greatest benefit, felt his heart stop for a moment before slowly speaking:

"The Dragon and Phoenix represent the pinnacle of your two races' bloodlines, but they have absolutely no connection to our Nine Netherworld Python race. Northern Dragon King, you wouldn't be suggesting that the Dragon and Phoenix can also help our Nine Netherworld Python race evolve, would you? You should know the real reason why our race cannot advance any further, wouldn't you?"

Due to their habits, the Nine Netherworld Python clan is the largest of the three major families in the Beast Domain. The consequence of this large number is that the bloodline of the Nine Netherworld Pythons is becoming increasingly impure. If the problem of bloodline purity cannot be solved, even if Yao Xiaotian refines the bloodline of the Dragon Phoenix on his own, he will only be transformed into a Dragon Phoenix, rather than allowing him to regain his ancient glory and become an ancient celestial serpent.

“That’s natural,” Zhu Zhi chuckled, flipping his left hand to reveal a ball of blood the size of a human head above his palm. “The purest bloodline of the ancient Heavenly Serpent. How about it? This should impress you, Chief of the Demon Clan, shouldn’t it?”

Yao Xiaotian didn't reply, but stared intently at the blood above Zhu Zhi's hand—

He could clearly feel the blood pressure emanating from that mass of blood, and he could also clearly feel the blood in his body yearning for that mass of blood, yearning to refine it, yearning to evolve into the first ancient celestial serpent since the beginning of time!

"I'll join!" After a long pause, Yao Xiaotian suppressed his inner desire and revealed a bright smile. "I'll join!"

"Good!" Zhu Zhi stored the essence blood of the ancient celestial serpent into his storage ring, and clapped his hands. "Then, for the great battle the day after tomorrow, let's hold a grand banquet tonight! For the Beast Domain Alliance, for breaking out of the Beast Domain!"

In response to Zhu Zhi's proposal, apart from Zhu Si, who still kept his eyes tightly closed as if to say that he would not collude with Zhu Zhi and the others, even Huang Tian, ​​who had been expressionless, showed a slight smile, as if he was genuinely happy for the upcoming alliance of the three major families.

While the banquet on North Dragon Island was in full swing, in the temporary residence of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, a Heavenly Demon Phoenix who was not yet an adult was looking palely at the Nine Netherworld Pythons and their subordinate races that appeared one after another on North Dragon Island.

'Three-quarters of the Ancient Void Dragons, most of the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, almost all of the Nine Netherworld Pythons, and some of their subordinate races…'

Because of an expedition to ancient ruins years ago, Feng Qing'er, who had become Zi Yan's reserve food, stared blankly at the center of the distant banquet, her eyes unfocused. 'In the end, was it just delaying her death?'

Feng Qing'er placed her right hand on her chest, where a dragon seal remained less than half a centimeter from her heart. This dragon seal was capable of killing Feng Qing'er no matter how far away she was; it was a dragon seal that would bury Feng Qing'er with her if Zi Yan, who had planted the dragon seal, died.

"No, I won't accept this fate!" Feng Qing'er clutched her chest tightly with her right hand. "I won't die! I absolutely won't die at a time like this!"

Thus, the information about the Nine Netherworld Python that had just entered North Dragon Island was conveyed by Feng Qing'er through the Dragon Seal to Zi Yan, who was far away on East Dragon Island, and Xiao Yan, whose whereabouts were unknown. She also emphasized the strength of Huang Tian, ​​the patriarch of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

"Run! Run quickly!" After sending out the message, Feng Qing'er prayed silently, "Aren't you the Ancient Void Dragon? Aren't you an eighth-grade, nine-colored alchemist? With your status, as long as you escape this time, as long as you hide somewhere undetected for a few years, they definitely won't be a match for you!"

While Feng Qing'er prayed for her impending death, the three Dragon Kings on the other side reunited—

"Well, are you ready?" Zhu Si smiled faintly. "Those fools have completely believed in the existence of the Blood Transformation Evil Array!" His radiant appearance was a far cry from his bitter and resentful demeanor at the banquet.

“Of course,” Zhu Zhi patted the sleeve that Huang Tian had touched, “They actually want to eat rations… They’re really giving us too much credit!” His face was full of disdain, and his words were full of contempt for Tian Yao Huang.

“You’re quite the actor,” Zhu Yin said with a cold laugh. “You keep calling me ‘Brother Huang Tian,’ I almost threw up.”

“After all, we need to win over that bunch of scruffy birds,” Zhu Zhi snorted, “The only purpose of that bunch of scruffy birds is to become nourishment for the three of us to evolve!”

“No, no, no, they also serve as food,” Zhusi chuckled. “I quite like the taste of those scruffy birds.”

After exchanging a glance, the three of them burst into laughter, seemingly already envisioning the scene of refining Donglong Island and the entire Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan into powerful tonic pills that could help the three of them evolve their bloodlines.

Chapter 461 Overjoyed

"Are these the formations that can limit the strength of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix?" After casually flipping through the formation diagrams in his hand, Xiao Yan looked at Zhu Li opposite him. "I thought that to the Ancient Dragon of the Void, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix was just like wild vegetables by the roadside, and that he would only pay attention to their movements when he wanted to try something new."

“Things are different now,” Zhu Li sighed helplessly. “When the old Dragon Emperor was still alive, we certainly didn’t care about those scruffy birds, but after the old Dragon Emperor disappeared, these formations that only the ancient Heavenly Phoenix used to restrict magical beasts with their bloodlines were discovered… It’s fortunate that we found these things early on and prepared them for future use!”

"So why do these things exist?" Zi Yan looked at Zhu Li with some confusion. "According to you, aren't we, the Ancient Void Dragons and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes, equally matched races? Why would we need to bother dealing with other magical beasts with their bloodlines? Could it be that your claim of being equally matched with the Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes is just you bragging?"

“These things were researched during the most powerful centuries of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix,” Qi You sneered. “Back then, the patriarch of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix devoured the first Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Although he did not fully evolve, his bloodline was already able to limit our strength. In addition, there were an exaggerated number of subordinate races of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. If we still did not turn back until we hit a brick wall, the Ancient Void Dragon would have been extinct in those hundreds of years!”

Hearing Qi You's words, Elder Qingshan of Donglong Island smiled helplessly and said, "Just as Qi You said, these formations were developed during that period. It's just a pity that the ancient dragon clan at that time was too fond of hand-to-hand combat. Even the formations developed at that time were only for limiting the strength of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix."

“That’s enough,” Xiao Yan smiled after selecting the most useful part from the stack of array diagrams in his hand. “With Little Fairy Doctor here, all the ancient dragons and Heavenly Demon Phoenixes below the Dou Sheng level don’t need to put in much effort. Even with the physical strength of magical beasts, they will fall one by one in five minutes at most.”

Hearing Xiao Yan's praise, Little Fairy Doctor smiled shyly and then said, "If we study it for a while longer tomorrow, we should be able to shorten the time to about three minutes."

In reality, it could be reduced to less than a minute, but that would mean not having enough time to prepare the antidote, and by the time the battle started, it would be a pure massacre instead of subduing the ancient dragons of the other three dragon islands.

"Then... thank you very much, Little Fairy Doctor." Having witnessed Little Fairy Doctor knock out Hei Qing with poison in ten seconds, Zhu Li twitched the corner of her mouth and revealed a smile that still felt a little scared.

"Apart from……"

Just as Zi Yan was about to finish speaking, preparing a strategy to deal with the ancient dragon and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix at the Dou Sheng level, she received a message from the Dragon Seal. After listening to Feng Qing'er's almost tearful plea, the expression on Zi Yan's face gradually became strange.

"What happened again?" Qingshan, who knew that Ziyan had taken in a maid of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, noticed the expression on Ziyan's face and was startled. Thinking that things had changed, he asked solemnly.

"Hmm... there was a little hiccup," Xiao Yan, who had also received Feng Qing'er's message, couldn't help but show some tension on his face. "It seems that the Northern Dragon King and the others have invited the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to help them again."

"Nine Netherworld Python?"

She referred to herself as Xiao Yan's personal maid. When Qing Lin, who was standing behind Xiao Yan, heard this name, she blinked, thinking that she might have misheard.

boom!

"Nine Netherworld Pythons? How dare they interfere in the affairs of our Ancient Dragon Clan!" Qi You, the most hot-tempered of them all, slammed his fist on the table, his face full of murderous intent.

"I think...they might have walked right into a trap..."

Compared to the rigid Qi You who never left Donglong Island, Hei Qing was more knowledgeable about the outside world. Therefore, he knew many rumors about the Yan Alliance. One of these rumors was that the elders of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan went to the Yan Alliance and then disappeared without a trace. Furthermore, these elders who had disappeared were later seen during conflicts between the Yan Alliance and other forces.

Of course, the most crucial point is that Xiao Yan and Zi Yan clearly wanted to laugh, but felt that laughing would be a disservice to the other three Dragon Islands' meticulously planned siege.

"What do you mean?" Qingshan asked, puzzled.

"Qinglin possesses the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, which can control all snake-type magical beasts," Xiao Yan introduced to the three elders of Donglong Island, pulling Qinglin to stand beside him. "Not long ago, Qinglin had already reached the peak of the Ninth Rank Dou Zun. Even the Dou Sheng of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan can be controlled by Qinglin!"

"I can only control snake-type magical beasts below the level of a five-star Dou Sheng."

Although she was already a peak ninth-level Dou Zun, Qing Lin was still the shy little girl next to Xiao Yan. Under the watchful eyes of several elders from Donglong Island, Qing Lin quickly explained, "Moreover, after controlling a four-star Dou Sheng-level snake-type magical beast, I was unable to use the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil to control Dou Sheng-level magical beasts again for a long time!"

Compared to Zi Yan, who had been cultivating since returning to Donglong Island, and Xiao Yan, who was human, Zhu Li, Qi You, and Qing Shan were the ones who knew the strength of the Nine Netherworld Python clan best. Therefore, after exchanging glances, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then, what if it's the Nine Netherworld Python, a one-star Dou Sheng?" Zhu Li then asked this question on behalf of Qi You and Qing Shan.

"A one-star Dou Sheng?" Qing Lin blinked, then muttered softly, "A one-star Dou Sheng can't affect the battle at all..." For Qing Lin, being able to help Xiao Yan was her greatest wish, and this battle was clearly the most suitable opportunity, but simply controlling a one-star Dou Sheng would not help the overall situation at all.

Compared to the simple-minded Qing Lin, Xiao Yan understood Zhu Li's reason for asking the question immediately, but he found it hard to believe his own guess—

Even after all the prestigious elders of the Ancient Dragon Clan left, they still had three late-stage three-star Dou Sheng experts and more than a dozen one-star and two-star Dou Sheng experts. Although the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan could not compare to the Ancient Dragon Clan at its peak, with a late-stage five-star Dou Sheng patriarch, they could almost be considered the most powerful magical beast clan in the Beast Domain. As the most powerful snake-type magical beast clan currently in existence, the Nine Nether Earth Python's strongest member should not only be a one-star Dou Sheng, right?

"Qinglin, answer this question first," Xiao Yan said softly after ruffling Qinglin's hair.

“Oh…” Since Xiao Yan had already spoken, Qing Lin couldn’t find a reason to refuse, but she still said somewhat awkwardly, “If they are one-star Dou Sheng, even if a hundred of them appear at the same time, I can control them all in an instant! And I can still continue to use the Jade Serpent Three Flower Pupil!”

"Good!" Qingshan slammed his hand on the table. "Great! I'll leave the entire Nine Netherworld Python clan to you, little girl!"

Although the Nine Netherworld Python clan is not strong, it is still an important variable in the upcoming battle. However, now that the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil has appeared and can instantly eliminate the only two high-level combatants of the Nine Netherworld Python clan, everything has returned to the original calculation, or even the situation is several times better than the original calculation!

"what?"

"The strongest member of the Nine Netherworld Python clan is a one-star Dou Sheng."

Xiao Yan patted Qing Lin's head helplessly, "In this way, Qing Lin, your future strength improvement will be much slower than before."

"But I'm just the young master's maid, aren't I?" Qinglin blinked. "A maid doesn't need any strength, does she?"

Chapter 462 The Civil War Begins