Suddenly, the sky was filled with a cold and murderous intent, causing many people’s expressions to change. Although they didn’t know exactly what had happened, from Han Feng’s behavior, it was evident that he harbored a lethal resolve towards Xiao Yan.
Su Qian swept his sleeves, sending the ferociously attacking Gold and Silver Elders reeling back. He turned his head and gazed at the black-robed young man in the distance, an odd look flickering in his eyes. “This feeling…”
“Xiao Yan, hold him off for a moment. I’ll help you after I deal with these two old guys,” Su Qian laughed, his voice echoing through the sky.
“Ha ha, Great Elder, just focus on dealing with them. Xiao Yan isn’t that weak,” Xiao Yan replied with a bow, a hearty laugh in his voice.
“Heh, gutsy. Everyone has underestimated you, little guy.” With a meaningful laugh, an overwhelming aura of Dou Qi surged from Su Qian’s body. He then glared at the somber faces of the Gold and Silver Elders, smirked, and rushed forward like a ghost. Seeing his aggressive attack, the Gold and Silver Elders dared not be careless and hurriedly teamed up to fight back.
Pulling his gaze away from Su Qian, Xiao Yan stared coldly at the murderous Han Feng. With a flick of his finger, a wisp of azure flame, dancing like a mischievous sprite, appeared before him. Staring at the blue fire, he chuckled, “Want to kill me?”
Han Feng’s face twitched. He forcibly suppressed the impulse to rush over and wipe Xiao Yan from existence, his voice hoarse and harsh, “You… where did you get this cultivation technique?”
Xiao Yan smiled but didn’t answer. Suddenly, the powerful soul force within him began to surge into his body. At that instant, Xiao Yan keenly felt that the power he could control had increased significantly.
“Teacher… you?” The sudden change left Xiao Yan startled. Wasn’t Elder Pharmacist pouring all his strength into him risking the suspicion of Han Feng on the other side?
“Hehe, he’d find out eventually. So, let’s give him a ‘surprise,’” Elder Pharmacist’s voice echoed in Xiao Yan’s mind, though his words were laced with a hint of frost.
After a slight hesitation, Xiao Yan nodded. He moved his hand, releasing the suppression over that enormous soul force and allowing it to merge into his body.
As Elder Pharmacist’s entire soul force was lent to Xiao Yan, the surging blue flames on his body grew even more lively, rapidly swirling and rustling.
Seeing the sudden boost in Xiao Yan’s aura, Han Feng’s expression changed slightly. His eyes were fixed on Xiao Yan’s body, and after a moment, his body suddenly trembled. In those rising blue flames, he seemed to sense a familiar power…
Quickly searching through his memory, he finally fixed on the image of a weathered old man! Instantly, a wave of panic flooded Han Feng’s heart. The memory from long ago resurfaced, causing his entire body to shake violently.
The face, once filled with killing intent, now turned deathly pale. Han Feng’s terrified gaze fixed on Xiao Yan. After a while, he mustered all his strength to speak, “Y-you… you’re not dead?! How is this possible?!”
Xiao Yan’s eyes remained cold as he watched Han Feng’s suddenly pale face. “Thanks to you, I met my teacher. Otherwise, my path of cultivation would have been less thrilling.”
“Teacher?” Han Feng’s pupils contracted slightly, his gaze fixed unwaveringly on Xiao Yan. The initial pallor on his face diminished somewhat. But as his eyes flickered, a more profound killing intent surged in his eyes. The news that Elder Pharmacist was still alive struck him like a bolt of lightning.
As a former disciple of Elder Pharmacist, he knew very well how influential the latter was on the continent. Even now, the true peak experts remembered the “Pharmaceutical Venerable” who once ruled the land. Han Feng had no doubt that if word got out that Elder Pharmacist was still alive, many peak experts would flock to see him.
Moreover, the most crucial point was that Elder Pharmacist had a very good relationship with several of those peak experts, such as Venerable Wind. The elder had done Han Feng a great favor, and so even though Elder Pharmacist had been missing for years, he persistently searched for his tracks, even investigating Han Feng a few times. Due to the lack of evidence, he could do nothing, but now, Elder Pharmacist wasn’t as gone as Han Feng had imagined. He was alive, and Han Feng couldn’t imagine the dire straits he’d be in if Elder Pharmacist exposed his past treachery!
At the thought, the faces of those peak experts, especially Venerable Wind, flashed in Han Feng’s mind, making him feel even more terrified. Even now, he wouldn’t dare to provoke those legendary experts at the Dou Zun stage.
With conflicting thoughts in his mind, Han Feng’s expression fluctuated. Finally, it settled on a mix of ugliness and malice. To survive, he had to ensure Xiao Yan and Elder Pharmacist never spoke again. And the best way to keep secrets was to make sure they were dead!
Murderous intent flared on his face. Han Feng suddenly looked up, like a venomous snake hidden in the shadows. His voice was raspy, “Old monster, I don’t care whether you’re alive or dead. Today, I’ll make both of you silent for good!”
Xiao Yan remained impassive. He flipped his palm, and a more ferocious blue flame surged from his body, swirling and roaring above his head like a tornado.
“Scared you won’t have the skill to do it,” Xiao Yan’s voice was as calm as the blue flame dancing on his fingertips.
“Heh, so you became so strong by borrowing that old monster’s soul force. But I can hardly believe he gave ‘Flame Decisive’ to a brat like you. Did he think you are better than me?” Han Feng sneered, his voice carrying a barely concealed jealousy and resentment.
Xiao Yan’s mouth curled into a sarcastic smile, but he wasted no more words. He took out all the remaining purple pills from his storage ring and swallowed them, chewing them forcefully.
“If he had given me Flame Decisive, I would’ve treated him with respect. But… whose fault is it for having a poor eye? Can’t he see my talent?” Han Feng’s face reddened slightly, and his emotions seemed to be boiling over. He firmly believed that if Elder Pharmacist had given him Flame Decisive, the situation today would be very different.
Ignoring Han Feng’s hoarse yelling, Xiao Yan’s black eyes gleamed with chilling intent. The surging blue flame suddenly condensed into a huge fireball in his right hand. Then, slowly spreading out his left hand, in the dumbfounded silence of Han Feng and the shock of the onlookers, he summoned a mass of ghastly white flame.
As the ghastly white flame emerged, Han Feng’s face froze. After a moment, his eyes turned bloodshot, and he croaked, “Bone Spirit Ice Fire… That old monster even gave you this? Why?!”
“A beast who betrays his teacher, and you have the nerve to ask this?” Xiao Yan shook his head, chuckling softly. The one blue and one white flames in his hands gradually approached each other, and under Han Feng’s astonished gaze, they merged.
As the two flames intertwined, a peculiar heat spread throughout the sky, small wisps of flame flickering like lightning. As the two foreign flames clashed, the space itself rippled.
Suppressing his rage and jealousy, Han Feng, with his extensive experience, was bewildered by Xiao Yan’s actions. Didn’t he know that these alien fires were incompatible? Despite his confusion, he made no move to wait and see. He clenched his hand, and a deep blue flame swiftly coalesced into a solid three-pronged fork, nearly two zhang wide.
Clutching the broad flame fork, Han Feng’s confidence surged. His eyes, full of icy malice, fixed on Xiao Yan, who was struggling to control the two flames. “Old monster, I know you are inside him. But today, I will make sure you have no chance to escape!”
As his words fell, a massive wave of blue flame erupted from Han Feng’s body. The surging flames crashed down like tidal waves, all converging into the flaming trident.
Filled with such an immense flame, the trident instantly grew several zhang longer, with the scorching deep blue flame swirling endlessly, accompanied by the unending roar of ocean waves.
“Little junior brother, big brother will bury you and your teacher here forever!” The vast flaming trident floated in Han Feng’s grasp. Feeling the boundless power within, he whispered, his voice tinged with frost, reaching Xiao Yan’s ears.
Xiao Yan’s eyebrows twitched, but his eyes remained focused on the intertwining flames. After a moment, his eyes sharpened, and he clapped his hands. The two foreign flames, which had stubbornly resisted, finally found a strange balance. A dazzling light erupted from their center, like a glaring sun, catching everyone’s eye.
The sudden burst of blinding light drew the attention of many. After a short while, when the light dimmed, everyone could clearly see the scene.
In the sky, the black-robed young man hovered in mid-air, a large, pale blue lotus flower floating gently in his palm. This flower, although not very conspicuous, was far more restrained than the green and purple lotus Xiao Yan had displayed before. No energy seeped out, but a sharp-eyed observer would notice the strange distortion of space around it.
Although ordinary people might not sense the terror of this lotus, the three men fighting fiercely in the sky—Su Qian and the Gold and Silver Elders—suddenly stopped. They turned, their eyes locking onto the pale blue lotus in Xiao Yan’s hand, their gazes filled with unmistakable shock.
Even for them, this power induced a sense of… fear!
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