“Rest assured, I won’t let you down…” Facing the hoarse voice of the Bone Ghost Sage, a cold smile spread across Xiao Yan’s face. He raised his palm slightly, and the exquisite fire lotus in five colors began to spin faster.
“Xuner, step back a bit…” Xiao Yan turned his head and said to Xuner. The destructive power of the fire lotus would be too terrifying if it were to explode, and even he wouldn’t be able to withstand it if he were too close.
“Mm, Brother Xiao Yan, be careful,” Xuner nodded slightly. With her perception, she could naturally sense the terror of the fire lotus in Xiao Yan’s hand. She didn’t worry much, flashed aside, and quickly moved back.
“We should also move further away.” Seeing Xuner retreat, Gu Qingyang waved his hand and, with a solemn expression, led others to retreat at a distance.
“Xiao Yan, this might be your first time fighting with a half-sage, right? Since that’s the case, let me show you the immense gap between a Dou Zun and a Dou Sheng.”
The black skeleton’s eye gleamed, and a hoarse, icy voice slowly echoed. Xiao Yan smiled faintly, bent his finger, and flicked, causing the destructive fire lotus in his hand to suddenly spin rapidly. A moment later, it transformed into a blaze of fire, rushing from his palm, silent but causing the space to silently collapse, leaving a massive trace of blackness behind.
The destructive fire lotus did not have an overwhelming sound, but in the eyes of true experts, the seemingly beautiful fire lotus was like a grim reaper’s scythe, exuding a deathly aura.
Deep within the skeletal eye sockets, two orbs of green light stared at the fire lotus that shattered the void. A plume of black smoke slowly exhaled from its mouth.
“Ten Thousand Souls Bone Armor!”
As a hoarse, aged voice issued from the black skeleton’s mouth, a thick cloud of black fog suddenly surged out, filling the sky. Piercing screams echoed through the air, and the black fog was clearly made up of countless souls.
These souls attached themselves to the skeleton’s body as they emerged, and with them, dark light surged, finally forming a black-lustre bone armor on the skeleton’s body. On the bone armor were numerous small bone fragments, each with a ferocious face. From a distance, these faces seemed to form a colossal, ten-zhang face, filled with pain, enough to make one shudder.
“Xiao Yan, today, I’ll see if this fire lotus, so highly praised by those useless fellows, can break through my Ten Thousand Souls Bone Armor!”
As the bone armor formed, the black skeleton raised its head and looked at the approaching fire lotus. Its ancient voice reverberated through the air.
“Whoosh!”
Just as the Bone Ghost Sage’s hoarse voice fell, the fire lotus, under the green light of its eyes, rushed towards it and, under many watching eyes, heavily collided with the massive bone armor.
“Boom.”
At the first moment of impact, the world fell silent, even the wind ceased. However, this silence lasted only a moment before the earth-shaking explosion resounded in the sky…
A thousand-zhang fiery storm swept out from the explosion, turning a vast area of space into a dark void. Terrifying winds poured down, and everyone could clearly see the ground within a thousand-zhang radius being scraped away, with huge fissures spreading like an earthquake.
Seeing the destruction in the sky, all present paled, especially Jiu Feng and Soul Jade, who found it hard to believe that Xiao Yan, with his Nine-turn Peak Dou Zun strength, could unleash such a terrifying attack. Such a level of fire lotus explosion was beyond the reach of ordinary Heavenly Tier intermediate Dou Skills.
“The phoenix shadow shattered, and Jiu Feng spat out a mouthful of blood, her face pale, clearly suffering severe damage.”
“Boom.”
The fiery storm filled with destructive force raged, forcing any living being within its range to face total obliteration. The surrounding strong individuals watched in horror and quickly fled, not daring to approach.
Xiao Yan stood far in the sky, watching the magnificent fiery storm. His expression remained serious, knowing that this was his first battle with a half-sage. Though the destructive fire lotus was powerful, he knew the true might of a half-sage. These near-ancient demons were formidable even among the ancient races like the Soul Tribe, and dismissing them so easily would be a grave mistake.
Under the watchful eyes of Xiao Yan and others, the fiery storm in the sky gradually weakened, and as it did, the badly damaged space began to slowly repair itself.
Xiao Yan’s gaze was locked on the center of the fiery storm. As it weakened, a massive black skeleton reappeared in everyone’s sight.
“Actually held on!”
Seeing the standing black skeleton, the Soul Tribe’s strong individuals burst with joy, while the others’ hearts sank. Such a powerful attack did not cause any injury, demonstrating the true might of a half-sage.
Xiao Yan’s face tensed, his eyes fixed on the large black skeleton, refusing to believe that the destructive fire lotus had caused no damage.
“Crack!”
Under Xiao Yan’s intense gaze, a crack appeared on the black skeleton, and a piece of broken bone armor fell.
“Crack! Crack!”
As the first piece fell, more and more pieces started to fall like snowflakes, and cracks appeared on the black skeleton. Finally, the massive bone armor exploded into bits.
Seeing this, the joy in the Soul Tribe’s eyes froze.
The broken bone armor revealed the skeleton, now covered in cracks. A gentle breeze blew, and the green glow in its eye sockets dimmed and vanished.
As the two lights disappeared, the black skeleton turned to ashes, vanishing in an instant.
“Agh!”
The original Bone Ghost spewed blood, its empty eyes filled with green light again, face pale.
Wiping the blood from his mouth, Bone Ghost slowly raised his head, saying coldly, “Good, no wonder those guys always returned defeated. Xiao Yan, you do have some skills. But even if you can injure me, I can still take your life!”
As Bone Ghost spoke, a golden figure suddenly appeared before him, a golden fist laced with terrifying wind, striking towards his head.
“Hmph!”
The unexpected attack made Bone Ghost slightly dazed, but he quickly recovered, suppressing his injuries and thrusting out a withered hand, colliding with the massive golden fist.
“Clang!”
The two forces collided, a clear metallic sound ringing out. The golden figure retreated several steps, a half-inch deep handprint left on the golden fist. Even a severely injured half-sage had terrifying counterattack power.
“You’re still too inexperienced to kill me!”
Bone Ghost was also knocked back, but soon steadied himself, his cold gaze fixed on the golden figure, recognizing it as Xiao Yan using a Dou Skill.
“Since you’ve used your vaunted fire lotus, now come with me!”
Bone Ghost’s face contorted with rage, having never expected a junior to injure him so. He realized he had been overconfident, and without his soul escaping, he would have sustained an incurable injury from that terrible fire lotus.
With a snarl, Bone Ghost lunged at Xiao Yan, a black hand materializing in front of him, grabbing the golden giant.
However, as the black hand reached for Xiao Yan, the space around him rippled, and a familiar old figure stepped out, a calm voice echoing, “Bone Ghost, isn’t it shameful to attack a junior with your seniority?”
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