20demayo 623. The Giant is Trapped
623. The Giant is Trapped
As usual, Xiao Yan charged out like a locust plague, snatching eighteen of the twenty-three drops of essence blood before returning satisfied.
Only five drops of essence blood were left for Black Flame. Black Flame was furious that Xiao Yan had so readily taken away its hard-earned gains. Black flames blazed fiercely on Xiao Yan's right arm once more, and an extremely terrifying power emanated from it.
"hehe."
Sensing the restlessness of the black flames, Xiao Yan was no longer too panicked. He calmly activated the Dou Qi protection between his right arm and torso. The Burning Flame Technique began to operate under Xiao Yan's guidance, and the Red Lotus Heart Flame stirred accordingly.
Under the intimidating aura of the Burning Blade, Black Flame was caught in a dilemma. After sensing the gradually surging fire net of the Red Lotus Heart Flame, it dared not continue to act recklessly and obediently returned to Xiao Yan's right arm.
Xiao Yan looked at his right arm. Strange fire, a rare treasure of heaven and earth, is inherently a sentient being. Although he had not formally absorbed the black flame, Xiao Yan was certain that the black flame definitely possessed sentience, only that its level of sentience was not high.
Seeing Hei Yan flee, Xiao Yan pressed on relentlessly: "I gave you a reward for your hard work, and you still dared to act recklessly. Today, I'll teach you another lesson."
Under the swirling impact of the Crimson Lotus Heart Flame, three more drops of essence blood were extracted from the Black Flame. As the great contributor to this battle, the Black Flame only managed to obtain two drops of essence blood in the end.
Looking at the flames curled into a black sphere within his right arm due to the Burning Flame Technique, Xiao Yan felt much more satisfied. Given that he could find a way to counter the black flames, it was definitely an invaluable weapon.
Other flames, even the Crimson Lotus Heart Flame, can only unleash their power under Xiao Yan's command.
Only when Black Flame has the opportunity can it immediately become a terrifying force hunting down the Spirit Clan. As for Black Flame's fear of the Burning Technique, Xiao Yan could guess to some extent: the Burning Technique's control over flames is incomparable to ordinary cultivation techniques.
All three types of strange flames can become one under the influence of the Burning Flame Technique. If the Black Flame were to truly fight Xiao Yan, the possibility of it being refined by Xiao Yan using the Burning Flame Technique would obviously be higher.
Therefore, at this moment, the fire was still extremely "calm" and had not broken ties with Xiao Yan, the host.
Xiao Yan poured three drops of his essence blood into his jade bottle, which now contained more than seventy drops of blood with a noble, faint dark gold color flowing on its surface.
Xiao Yan also understood: this was the biggest difference between the Spirit Clan and ordinary people, a precious legacy left to them by their ancestor who became a Dou Di.
This essence of blood allows them to achieve the power of a Dou Zun (Battle Venerable) level expert with far less effort and time than ordinary people. However, every gift bestowed by fate comes with a hidden price.
The two Spirit Race Battle Venerables who were originally responsible for guarding the gate have already lost their lives as a result, and now they have simply vanished into thin air, leaving nothing behind.
One of the main reasons why Xiao Yan was able to succeed so smoothly is that he was in a hurry and used a very risky fighting method.
First, the black flames were released, followed by the cover of the Red Lotus Heart Flame and the Wind-Boosting Palm. The black flames then launched a sneak attack on the Spirit Clan Battle Venerable, who was in a state of air restriction and had almost lost his ability to defend himself. In the end, the black flames hit the target with one strike!
Then, Black Flame devoured all the Spirit Clan Dou Zuns, and together they dealt with the remaining one. It can only be said that the Void Restriction ability is indeed very powerful, but now that Xiao Yan has a way to counter it, the Spirit Clan member who released the Void Restriction has become a sitting duck.
After learning the intelligence, Xiao Yan was able to make the most of this weakness. Of course, the main reason Xiao Yan was able to play like that was because he had the Black Flame, a trump card that could ignore the air restriction.
Xiao Yan himself felt it was all a bit unreal; two six-star Dou Zun had died at his hands in such a short time.
As Xiao Yan pushed open the magnificent door leading to the core hall of the Pill Tower, an incredibly powerful aura surged out through the crack in the door. In the hall that had once belonged to the three giants of the Pill Tower, half of the thirty-six jade pillars carved with flame totems were cracked, and the once star-studded dome was now covered with fine cracks.
All of this indicates that a fairly large-scale confrontation had already taken place here before Xiao Yan arrived.
And its result is already very clear, because there are still nine gray-red pillars of light in the hall at this time.
Xiao Yan glanced around and spotted Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi among them. The two of them, along with seven others, were pinned three zhang off the ground, with a small clump of faint dark golden blood floating between their brows—the essence blood of the Spirit Clan descendants.
At this moment, these small blood clots are transforming into root-like blood vessels, burrowing into their bodies through their seven orifices. Everyone is now keeping their eyes tightly closed, constantly resisting the blood entering their bodies.
Xiao Yan immediately realized that they were trying to resist the suppression of the essence blood, but an invisible force was constantly pushing the process forward. That force was clearly much stronger than them, and even though they were resisting with all their might, the essence blood was still slowly but unstoppably entering their bodies.
The moment Xiao Yan saw this scene, he immediately thought of Dan Chen and Cao Ying, who were controlled by the essence blood of the Spirit Clan. Clearly, the Spirit Clan also wanted to use the same method to control these powerful figures in the Pill Tower.
Among these people were two other figures, neither of whom were surrounded by pillars of light. However, beneath their floating bodies lay energy arrays composed of profound runes.
Battle Qi continuously flowed into the energy pillars from the array beneath them. Judging from the flow of Battle Qi, Xiao Yan was able to confirm that the two were the main figures supplying energy to this powerful confinement array.
The female figure was none other than Ling He, a Dou Sheng expert from the Spirit Clan whom Xiao Yan had encountered several times in Saint Pill City. However, the intensity of the Dou Qi she channeled was negligible compared to the one beside her. Of the two, Ling He was at most playing a supporting role; the one beside her was the one who had caused this current situation.
He was an old man with an extraordinary presence, exuding both decay and vitality.
From his appearance alone, he looked no different from an ordinary person, but even from that distance, Xiao Yan could faintly sense the heart-palpitating energy emanating from the old man. The extraordinary power he felt when he entered the hall also originated from him.
Xiao Yan was able to confirm almost instantly that he was the main planner of the Spirit Clan's night raid—the Spirit Clan's Supreme Elder, Ling Haonan.