Chapter 1219

After all, several hundred years ago, he had several encounters with the Old Ancestor of Dan Tower, so naturally he knew the other party was not someone who talks nonsense.

Since he would say that, he must have some confidence.

However, no matter how the Soul Demon Old Man observed, he could not see any problem with this Pure Lotus Demonic Fire.

As for this Pure Lotus Demonic Fire that showed no problems, the gazes of the surrounding people gradually shifted from earlier shock and disbelief to suspicion.

After all, no matter how you look at it, this Pure Lotus Demonic Fire has no problems!

But the Old Ancestor of Dan Tower, facing the doubtful gazes of the crowd, did not bother to explain; he simply gazed calmly at the incessantly rolling milky-white flame.

After a moment, seeing that it still had no reaction, he then helplessly lowered his head and lightly said: 'Since you are unwilling to reveal yourself willingly, I can only use force to 'invite' you to appear.'

As soon as his words fell, the Old Ancestor of Dan Tower suddenly flicked his finger, and in an instant, a black line shot violently from his fingertip.

Although this black line appeared thin, wherever it passed, space was silently dissolved into a vacuum trace.

That vacuum trace then shot toward the black light pillar as fast as lightning, and in almost an instant it reached a distance of only half a chi from the black light pillar.

However, just as the black light was about to strike the black light pillar, the demonic fire source sealed within the pillar suddenly gave a violent shake.

Immediately, amidst the astonished and incredulous gazes of the crowd, a milky-white fire wave surged out from within, spreading across the sky and earth.

In merely an instant, it broke open the black light pillar, and the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire reappeared in everyone's sight.

"Old thing, you dare to ruin my good deeds, seeking death?!"

Accompanied by the milky-white flames sweeping across the sky, a figure quickly took shape in the sea of fire; upon closer look, it was exactly the white-robed Pure Lotus Demonic Fire from before.

At this moment, he gazed coldly at the not-so-distant Old Ancestor of Dan Tower, his handsome face filled with anger.

"This guy, indeed he was deliberately sealed."

Seeing this, everyone's hearts jolted violently; who would have thought that the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire's scheming was so deep—first feigning being sealed, then stirring up their internal strife, and finally reaping the benefits as the fisherman.

Such scheming is probably beyond many humans; the current Pure Lotus Demonic Fire is truly terrifying.

However, unlike those people before, the Hall Master of the Soul Hall's face instantly turned as if his parents had died.

After all, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire's action when it just broke the seal appeared extremely relaxed.

From this, it can be seen that the words spoken earlier by that old monster of Dan Tower were not empty talk.

But this also means that his earlier behavior was like a clown's, utterly embarrassing, losing face to the point of being thrown to his grandmother's house.

"Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, you are violent and obstinate; if you were allowed to enter Zhongzhou, you would surely cause slaughter on the Zhongzhou Continent. That is why, when the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon's lifespan was nearing its end, he chose to seal you. Therefore, this time I will not let you leave here."

The Old Ancestor of Dan Tower ignored the reactions of those around him, then raised his youthful face, gazing at the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire appearing in the sky alongside the spreading sea of fire, and spoke slowly.

"Hmph, that old scoundrel; during the thousand years I cooperated with him, I helped him rise from an ordinary Dou Saint step by step to become a peak powerhouse of the continent—even if I had no merit, I at least put in effort. But in the end, he ruthlessly forgot old ties, wanting to seal me here; ultimately, at the brink of his life, he suffered a backlash from my heavy injuries and died, which is karmic retribution."

Having said that, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire's eyes turned slightly cold, and he spoke in a cold voice: 'However, as for whether I can leave this damned place today, that's not up to you to decide. Although you have now reached the Six-Star Peak Dou Saint, only half a step away from Seven-Star, trying to stop me in here, I fear that even all of you combined are not enough!'

While speaking, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire no longer concealed his strength; in an instant, the mighty aura unique to a Seven-Star Dou Saint surged forth completely.

Amidst the spreading aura, the people around, including the ancient Gu Nanhai and other ancient clans, all instantly changed complexion and then frantically retreated.

If it were earlier Five-Star Peak Dou Saints, or even Six-Star Dou Saints, they could still manage to get a foothold, but against a Seven-Star Dou Saint, these Four-Star Dou Saints of theirs would likely not last the time it takes to finish a cup of tea before being wiped out entirely.

Therefore, they now also disregard the dignity of powerhouses, hurrying to flee for their lives!

While retreating, the elders of the various ancient clans also took along their juniors.

Even the Hall Master of the Soul Hall was no exception; he directly retreated to the side of Hun Feng, who had recovered from the pain of his severed arm, grabbed the latter's collar, and hurriedly flew off into the distance.

While retreating, they also felt wary of the Old Ancestor of Dan Tower in their hearts.

After all, from the earlier words of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, it can be known that this old thing's advancement to Six-Star Dou Saint was not achieved in a day or two.

This person not, this pill actually quietly raised his strength to the level of Six-Star Peak Dou Saint; this matter, we must be on guard!

After all, in the minds of these rulers of the Dou Qi Continent, they least want non-bloodline forces to produce a Dou Saint, just as an emperor on the Blue Star would not want his subordinates to command heavy troops.

Moreover, the Old Ancestor of Dan Tower also silently rose to the Six-Star Peak realm.

Such behavior, if placed on the Blue Star, would be equivalent to a decently founded great clan secretly training tens of thousands of elite soldiers behind the emperor's back.

If such a thing occurs, no emperor would wish for the person who secretly pulled off such a big move to continue living.

Of course, while the six major ancient clans were fleeing, the non-ancient clan Dou Saints need not be mentioned—they had already been frightened out of their wits by the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire and only wanted to stay quietly until the matter was resolved.

Now, seeing that the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire is a high-level Dou Saint powerhouse, they turned without hesitation and sprinted at full speed toward the exit of the demonic fire space.

As for Xiao Yan, he naturally was unwilling at this moment, so he did not turn and flee; instead, he returned to Gu Nanhai's side, supporting Gu Xun'er, and gazed unwillingly at the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire.

"Sigh, this demonic fire space, after you entered, its entrance and exit were already sealed; now wanting to leave without resolving this Pure Lotus Demonic Fire is impossible."

Seeing the fleeing crowd ahead, the Old Ancestor of Dan Tower involuntarily shook his head and let out a light sigh.

And as he spoke, that voice gradually spread, entering the ears of everyone present.

"What?!"

Upon hearing those words, the people who were fleeing suddenly changed complexion drastically, immediately letting out sharp sounds filled with terror, then all turned their heads, gazing at the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire with fearful eyes.

After all, if the entrance and exit were not sealed, even if the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire were strong, they could at most take this chance to run out.

But if the retreat route is truly sealed, then this time they are likely to truly die here.

And seeing those people looking over, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, too lazy to pretend, revealed a cruel smile on his handsome face, then he said with a grin: 'You also need not worry; I will turn you all into fire slaves, making good use of you, and will not waste your bodies.'

"'This Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, we have not previously moved against you; why not open the exit and let us go out, so that thereafter we will not interfere with each other, okay?'"

After receiving that confirmation, the few non-bloodline Dou Saints first became a bit restless, then one of them hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his hands and bowed, saying.

Under the shadow of death, this Dou Saint powerhouse who usually stood high and mighty also disregarded the dignity of powerhouses, and began to plead for mercy in a humble tone toward the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire.

"'Yes, you are magnanimous; please let us go. If you let us go, dealing with others later will also be much easier for you!'"

As soon as the former's words fell, the other several also hurriedly stepped forward to persuade.

However, some wanted to gain a path to life through pleading, while others, noticing something off from the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire's previous deeds, quietly retreated a few steps.

They vaguely guessed in their hearts that the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire had gone to such trouble to trap them; how could it possibly let them go so easily?

"'Hahaha, don't be ridiculous; to me, whether you act or not makes no difference. Do you really think you, these wastes with strength no more than one- or two-star Dou Saints, could affect me?'"

Faced with those people's soft and hard tactics, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire directly sneered and burst into loud laughter.

While laughing, he also turned his head to look at the Dan Ta Elder, a hint of killing intent in his eyes as he said, 'Little thing, do you really want to get in my way?'

Heh, once spoken, how can you just take them back?

Hearing that, the Dan Ta Elder who looked like a green cow herder boy laughed and shook his head; as soon as his voice fell, he immediately turned his gaze to the Soul Demon Old Man not far away.

However, upon seeing that, he let out a strange laugh, quickly retreated several thousand zhang, and said with ill intent: 'Old demon, if you want to deal with it, then just go ahead alone; my Soul Clan doesn't have such grand ambitions, I won't waste my strength protecting whatever Central State—go find the Ancient Clan instead; those guys always like to do bad deeds and then label themselves as righteous gentlemen.'

Moreover, if it truly left this demonic fire space and went to Central State, it would actually be advantageous for my Soul Clan, making it easier to capture it then.

However, don't think the Soul Demon Old Man's words are so easy; everyone knows he just wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

Ideally, the Dan Ta Elder and the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire would both suffer losses, so he could then step in and take advantage.

Upon hearing that, Gu Nanhai and the others from the other great families instantly made the same move as the Soul Demon Old Man, quickly retreating far away.

This reaction clearly indicated they had no intention of intervening.

Moreover, as four-star Dou Shengs, they would find it hard to intervene in a battle of such powerful beings.

As for the Dan Ta Elder, he felt no surprise at the reactions of the Soul Demon Old Man and the other great families.

After not getting the reply he wanted, he immediately withdrew his gaze, then tapped the green cow with his toe, and his small figure instantly darted into the milky-white flame sea where the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire resided, appearing before it.

The seal set up by the Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon surely cannot be broken so easily; even if you rely on the tide of heaven and earth to briefly tear open and seize control of the space, as the tide recedes the seal will naturally restore itself, at which point you will not only be unable to easily control the demonic fire space, but also unable to leave. Therefore, as long as we drag you to that time, we can reseal you for another thousand years.

While speaking, the green cow herder boy's aged voice also carried a hint of firm resolve.

Looking at this, it's clear the Dan Ta Elder is prepared to fight to the death to keep the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire here once again.

Upon hearing the Dan Ta Elder say that, the others' eyes instantly grew shadowed.

From that tone, the former obviously lacks confidence in defeating the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire.

If that's the case, do they really all have to die here this time?

And Xiao Yan, who had briefly obtained the demonic fire's source before, was nearly driven to the point of apoplexy.

At this very moment, he felt as if the whole world were against him.

Why is it that every time he tries to do something, various factors block him?

Before it was Lin Feng; now, after finally getting rid of that bastard's obstruction and successfully obtaining the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire's source seed, the result is that the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire is pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger.

That feeling of frustration need not be mentioned.

Mainly because he had just personally obtained that source fire; compared to not getting it from the start, it's even more infuriating, damn it!

Lin Feng?

However, thinking of this, Xiao Yan suddenly staggered, then jerked his head up. He only remembered that Lin Feng had clearly come here as well!

But now, it seems he hasn't seen them for a long time!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly looked around, discovering that no matter how he looked, he could find no trace of Lin Feng and Yun Yun.

Could it be that those two were blown to bits in the earlier Fire Slave's self-detonation?

However, just as that thought popped into his mind, Xiao Yan shook his head and thought to himself: 'No, that bastard Lin Feng is highly skilled in speed, and Yun Yun even possesses the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings, whose level is higher than mine, plus she's famed for her light, agile wind attribute. Those two wouldn't even fail to dodge this.'

While speaking, Xiao Yan's expression quickly turned solemn as he continuously sensed the surrounding space, seemingly trying to locate Lin Feng's whereabouts.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't see any trace of the two of them.

Even the place where Lin Feng previously watched the show is now, for some unknown time, empty and devoid of any trace of Lin Feng and the other.

Xiao Yan bro, what's wrong?

Just as the former was searching all around for Lin Feng and the other's aura, Gu Xun'er, who was being supported by Xiao Yan, also sensed his anxiety, immediately turned her pale face, and weakly asked.

Hearing that, Xiao Yan's gaze turned solemn as he swept his surroundings, then he said in a low voice: 'Lin Feng and Yun Yun have somehow suddenly lost their trail.'

What?

Hearing that, Gu Xun'er also jumped in shock, then quickly scanned her surroundings and indeed found that Lin Feng and the other had long since disappeared.

Seeing this, Gu Xun'er, based on her past experience of suffering at Lin Feng's hands, immediately felt uneasy and urged: 'Elder Gu Nanhai, Lin Feng and the other have vanished; you must heighten your vigilance, beware of that bastard's tricks.'

Lin Feng?

Upon hearing Gu Xun'er suddenly mention that name, Gu Nanhai quickly scanned his surroundings and belatedly realized that Lin Feng had indeed vanished.

However, thinking of the true power of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, he immediately comforted: 'That guy probably saw the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire's seven-star Dou Sheng strength and just ran off. Although I've never crossed blows with him, from past events I know he's very sharp—at the slightest hint of trouble he'll flee or hide somewhere safe. Xun'er, your essence blood is damaged; for now you'd better not worry about these trivial matters.'

Saying that, Gu Nanhai helplessly glanced at Gu Xun'er; this girl, truly hard to comment on, her future potential is all about overextending herself.

Upon returning, their clan chief, seeing his beloved daughter suffer such severe injury, will likely give her a stern scolding.

However, Gu Nanhai's comfort did not dispel the vigilance of Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan.

Based on their past understanding of Lin Feng, though he's timid, when faced with huge profits he's also quite willing to take risks.

Why did he suddenly change his nature this time?

Since this little nine-grade mystic pill insists on blocking my exit, let's see if you have the ability to do so!

Just as the few people ahead were puzzled, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire in the distance suddenly let out a cold laugh, both hands suddenly changing; its surroundings were filled with milky-white heaven-and-earth fire, and it quickly gathered that fire toward him.

In the next moment, amidst those surrounding shocked gazes, it rapidly condensed into a colossal milky-white flame giant nearly ten thousand zhang tall.

Demonic Fire God Statue!

Just as the flame giant formed, its feet plunged straight into the bottom of the magma sea; the tremendous impact between its legs and the bottom of the magma sea caused the surrounding space to shudder violently.

Moreover, the flame giant's colossal size made the Soul Hall Master and Gu Nanhai et al.'s souls involuntarily begin to tremble.

Judging by the flame giant's aura, even a single punch from it would likely instantly reduce even them to nothing.

A mere pill dares to obstruct my plan—die!

The Pure Lotus Demonic Fire stood atop the Demonic Fire God Statue, gazing down with icy eyes at the ant-like crowd below, a grim smile curling its lips.

And as his voice rang out, the Demonic Fire God Statue beneath him suddenly lifted a fist as huge as a mountain, smashing it down toward the Dan Ta Elder.

However, just as that punch was thrown, the space between the magma sea ten thousand zhang below and the fist was instantly sealed.

At the same time, under this terrifying momentum, a magma vortex several thousand zhang in size appeared on the surface of the magma sea below, wildly howling and spinning.

Faced with such destructive force in the punch's wind, the distant Hall Master of the Soul Hall, Gu Nanhai, Xiao Yan, and others couldn't help but turn pale.

Such a punch, whether the Hall Master of the Soul Hall or Gu Nanhai alone takes it head-on, would likely instantly turn to dust.

Only that five-star peak Dou Saint Soul Devil Old Man might survive a bit longer.

However, the Dan Tower Old Ancestor hovering in the sky before the fire giant, his pupils gazing at the giant fist falling like a meteor, calmly opened his mouth.

As he opened his mouth, instantly a brilliant golden light burst forth from his mouth, then immediately transformed above his head into a vast curtain of light that covered the horizon.

「Boom! 」

Just as the light curtain formed, a mountain-sized huge fist slammed down onto the golden light curtain; upon impact, instantly a terrifying shockwave of fierce wind swept outward.

At the same time, within a radius of ten thousand zhang around the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire and the Dan Tower Old Ancestor, cracking sounds began to ring out continuously.

The next moment, the space within their ten-thousand-zhang range could not withstand the pressure and almost instantly shattered into countless fragments.

However, the Dan Tower Old Ancestor's Dou Qi cultivation was far inferior to that of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire; in less than a breath, the light curtain he had created began to crack under the heavy blow of the fire giant's fist.

Soon, these cracks spread like a spiderweb, and in the blink of an eye they covered the entire light curtain.

「Dan Fusion Heaven! 」

Seeing this, the Dan Tower Old Ancestor instantly raised his fingertips, and at the same time a drop of green blood immediately seeped out from his pores.

Within that rich green blood, the distant Dou Saints watching the battle, relying on their good eyesight, could also faintly see traces of golden luster.

Under everyone's gaze, as soon as this drop of green blood left the Dan Tower Old Ancestor's body, it shot like a bullet straight toward the Demonic Fire Divine Statue of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire!

And as it flew, the volume of that drop of blood began to grow larger and larger.

In the flash of lightning, the blood originally the size of a water droplet instantly turned into a green light beam a hundred zhang in size.

That beam, carrying a rich medicinal fragrance, swept across the horizon and finally slammed heavily onto the chest of the ten-thousand-zhang-tall Demonic Fire Divine Statue with lightning speed.

「Bang! 」

Instantly, accompanied by an earth-shattering deafening roar that made the whole space tremble slightly, the light pillar violently burst apart, turning into countless green lights that spread out; in the dazed eyes of the crowd, any part of the Demonic Fire Divine Statue touched by the green light was directly melted away.

In the blink of an eye, the originally ten-thousand-zhang-tall divine statue was left with only a small fraction remaining!

「This old monster's ability is becoming more and more terrifying; with the strength of a six-star peak Dou Saint, he can even melt the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire—no wonder he possesses the divine sense of an Imperial-realm soul owner, having fused with the first non-bloodline pill master whom even the previous Medicine Clan chief greatly feared; all these abilities are truly remarkable. 」

Seeing this, the Soul Devil Old Man in the distance couldn't help but flash a hint of apprehension in his eyes, then murmured in his heart.

After all, the previous Medicine Clan chief's strength was merely that of a nine-star initial Dou Saint, while the first tower master of the Dan Tower back then was slightly stronger than him.

If it weren't for the Dan Tower master's lowly origins and lack of inheritance and formulas for nine-star gold pills, he might have truly surpassed the Medicine Clan chief stuck at the peak of nine-star mystic pills and become the continent's foremost pill master.

However, it's a pity, because that guy was simply too powerful, causing their clan chief to be extremely wary, and in the end they dealt with him by other means.

But in order to deal with the Dan Tower master and the founder of the Burning Flame Valley, their Soul Clan also paid a huge price.

Even then, within their clan it could be said that aside from the clan chief Soul Heavenly Emperor, they could not muster any fighting strength of a six-star Dou Saint or higher.

Back then, even the Venerable Void was nearly knocked back to his original form by Gu Yuan, who sought to weaken the Soul Clan.

Fortunately, in the end the Venerable Void still relied on his own formidable strength, plus he forcibly endured by devouring large amounts of Dou Saints' flesh and blood from Central China, and not long ago he even successfully advanced to nine-star Dou Saint.

As for the Soul Clan's Four Devil Saints, at that time they were merely a few four-star Dou Saint juniors who happened to be assigned to guard the clan and did not participate in the siege of Xiao Xuan.

Even their current Dou Qi cultivation level, over these thousand years, has been painstakingly built up by the clan, which, facing the constant threat of extermination, spared no expense in consuming vast amounts of top-tier cultivation resources they had scavenged from other ancient races they had destroyed.

「Roar! 」

And just as the Soul Devil Old Man sank into his memories, because the Demonic Fire Divine Statue had been heavily wounded, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire also couldn't help but unleash an earth-shaking angry roar.

As the saying goes, all things mutually create and restrain; the Dan Tower Old Ancestor, being essentially a pill, should by rights be extremely fearful of this kind of strange flame similar to alien fire.

But as the Dan Tower Old Ancestor's strength increased, he became similar to the nine-star gold pill that Lin Feng had previously encountered, which could partially control the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire; instead, an anomaly occurred, and he actually gained a restraining effect over flames and such.

Such restraint naturally caused the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire to feel immense suppression.

「Old geezer, since you're dead set on seeking your own death today, I won't waste the little remaining time I have to escape. This time I will forcibly refine and absorb you into my true body; I want to see just how much of a boost I'll get after eating you! 」

As the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire roared toward the heavens, its figure shot violently upward into the extreme heights of the sky, under the bewildered gazes of the crowd.

Then, one after another, milky-white fire lines shot out amid the people's sudden change of expression, covering the heavens and earth, ultimately engulfing the entire demonic fire space.

「Refine Heaven Ancient Formation, appear! 」

As these fire lines filled the entire demonic fire space, the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire suddenly let out a loud shout from its mouth.

In an instant, the surrounding space suddenly began to emit thunderous booms, and soon the crowd was astonished to discover that a colossal fire formation tens of thousands of zhang in size was slowly emerging from the void high above.

「Boom—rumble! 」

Just as the great formation appeared in the sky, the nearby boundless sea of molten lava below also began to churn violently.

Then, under the crowd's helpless gazes, an equally sized fire formation likewise slowly rose from below! (End of chapter)