Chapter 1355: You Snatch, I Seize

As the battle qi remnants spread across heaven and earth, in the next moment the Old Dragon Emperor was flung away by the huge power unleashed from the exploding combat technique.

"Despicable, knowing they can't win, they actually teamed up to deal with the Old Dragon Emperor!"

Seeing this, the many strong ones of the Ancient Dragon Clan in the distance were so angry they almost went to fight the Soul and Ancient clans to the death.

That's right, the Soul Heaven Emperor and Gu Yuan, from their previous battle, knew the Old Dragon Emperor was extremely difficult to deal with.

Moreover, compared to this suddenly appearing unfamiliar enemy, they were still more accustomed to the presence of that old rival, the Soul Heaven Emperor/Gu Yuan.

Thus, when they attacked, they simultaneously unleashed their combat techniques at the Old Dragon Emperor.

Although he was formidable, facing the sudden attack of two peers of equal strength, he naturally fell defeated.

"Ah!"

Just after the three fighters had clashed, the Colorful-haired Old Man within the distant Pill-forming Ring had become extremely faint, and would occasionally flicker.

Looking at this, it was obvious the Emperor-grade Infant Pill could no longer maintain its current human form.

"No, I've painstakingly cultivated for so long, reaching the half-Emperor realm; I'm unwilling to just dissipate like this!"

Upon realizing his situation, the Colorful-haired Old Man instantly stretched his palm toward the sky and let out a roar in this world.

"Bang!"

However, no matter how unwilling he was, under the Pill-forming Ring attack fully controlled by Wu Nie Tun Yan, the Colorful-haired Old Man's utterly illusory body finally burst with a bang, turning into countless tiny fragments that vanished forever in this world.

Immediately afterward, the Emperor-grade Infant Pill's size began to shrink rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it had transformed into a gorgeous light cluster the size of a human head, hovering within the distant Pill-forming Ring.

From afar, the colorful light cluster was exquisitely beautiful, captivating the beholder.

Seeing this, Wu Nie Tun Yan's face instantly lit up with joy.

"I thought this pill would fall into the Soul Heaven Emperor's hands, but I never expected that after all the twists and turns, it would end up in my grasp."

Thinking of this, Wu Nie Tun Yan's thoughts immediately became active.

Originally he did not believe his strength could seize the Emperor-grade Infant Pill from the hands of the Soul Heaven Emperor and Gu Yuan, both nine-star peak Dou Saints.

But now, by a twist of fate, this pill has actually fallen into his hands!

Thinking of this, Wu Nie Tun Yan immediately overturned his previous plan.

"Heh, truly heaven helps me; as long as I can refine this Emperor-grade Infant Pill, then the world will be vast and none can oppose me—inheriting the ancient emperor's legacy will be as easy as reaching out and taking it!"

Having decided on his plan, Wu Nie Tun Yan waved his hand, and a powerful suction force burst forth.

Immediately, the distant Pill-forming Ring, affected by this force, shot toward him like lightning and finally landed in his hand.

At the same time, the Soul Heaven Emperor, who had temporarily teamed up with Gu Yuan to repel the Old Dragon Emperor, saw this and his eyes flashed with delight.

He then immediately shouted at the former: "Wu Nie, quickly toss the infant pill over; you know I have a way to temporarily merge with it. And once I merge with the Emperor Pill, Gu Yuan and those guys will no longer be my opponents!"

Looking at Wu Nie Tun Yan holding the Emperor-grade Infant Pill, the Soul Heaven Emperor was so excited his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably.

As long as he merges with this Emperor-grade Infant Pill, he can at any time repel that Gu Yuan fellow.

Then, as long as he hides away to refine this Emperor-grade Infant Pill, making it perfect.

The Dou Emperor realm—then it will be as easy as reaching out and taking it!

"Good, next."

Hearing this, Wu Nie Tun Yan hesitated not at all, immediately throwing out the colored light ring containing the Emperor-grade Infant Pill from his hand.

Of course, although he threw out the Emperor-grade Infant Pill, it was limited to just the Emperor-grade Infant Pill.

As for another important thing, he was unaware whether he had done so intentionally or not.

In short, it was overlooked by him.

Furthermore, as he threw out that colored light ring, it was unknown whether he had exhausted himself from losing too much essence blood earlier.

The flight speed of that Emperor-grade Infant Pill was also somewhat slower than Wu Nie Tun Yan's usual speed when throwing things.

And precisely because of this slight slowness, that Emperor-grade Infant Pill caught the eye of Gu Yuan nearby.

Gazing at the colored light ring, it was no longer as mighty as before, but had become a brain-sized colored light cluster of the Emperor-grade Infant Pill.

In Gu Yuan's eyes, a hint of ruthlessness flashed across.

He knew, if the Soul clan could actually obtain the Emperor-grade Infant Pill.

Once the opponent advances to the Dou Emperor realm, they will certainly not let him off easily afterward.

Therefore, he must himself obtain that Emperor-grade Infant Pill in advance, then refine it to break through to the Dou Emperor realm, in order to win this contest!

Thinking of this, Gu Yuan glanced sideways at the distant Wu Nie Tunyan who was motionless, then swept his gaze over the excited Soul Heaven Emperor.

His figure flickered, and he rushed toward the colored light ring at full speed, beating the Soul Heaven Emperor to it.

Looking at this, he intended to seize the Emperor-grade Infant Pill before the Soul Heaven Emperor.

But as the former moved, the Soul Heaven Emperor snapped out of his excitement.

Upon seeing the opponent's move, he immediately cursed: "Gu Yuan, you old turtle, you indeed harbor ulterior motives for that Emperor-grade Infant Pill!"

The instant his words rang out, the Soul Heaven Emperor's figure shot forth like a burst.

However, his direction was not a straight pursuit of Gu Yuan, but rather a flight toward the latter's side.

After all, he knew that his and Gu Yuan's strength, under normal conditions, were hardly different.

Since the opponent took off first, he could never catch up.

Therefore, he gave up direct pursuit and instead employed some small tactics.

And while they were flying like that, in the blink of an eye the Soul Heaven Emperor suddenly appeared at Gu Yuan's rear side.

Next, he snapped his fingers repeatedly; as the jade bottle shattered, several medicinal pills exuding rich medicinal fragrance shot straight toward the side front.

"Gu Yuan, as an old friend, have a few ninth-grade medicinal pills to taste!"

The instant his words rang out, under the Soul Heaven Emperor's control, those few medicinal pills exuding rich medicinal fragrance, the white slave few, exploded with a bang.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The next instant, amid the churning Qi wave, Gu Yuan's form, when he saw the explosion ahead of him, instinctively decelerated.

But he soon realized those pills were merely Ninth‑grade Treasure Pills, and the force generated by their self‑detonation could not pierce his Dou Qi defense.

Whoosh!

Yet, because of his deceleration, the Soul Heaven Emperor behind his side immediately seized the chance, surged forward, and already achieved a counter‑overtake.

Gu Yuan stared at the figure that swept past him, his face instantly darkening ominously, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Self‑detonating Ninth‑grade Treasure Pill, such wasteful extravagance—truly a grand gesture!"

While speaking, Gu Yuan hurriedly accelerated again, trying to create an opening and successfully overtake the veteran opponent ahead.

However, the two had already flown so far ahead, and the Imperial‑grade Chick Pill was already within sight.

Thus any hope, of course, was impossible.

In an instant, the Soul Heaven Emperor's figure flashed and steadily caught the Imperial‑grade Chick Pill thrown by Wu Nie Tun Yan.

Seizing the chance, Gu Yuan's form instantly appeared behind the Soul Heaven Emperor.

Immediately thereafter, an exceedingly fierce assault was hurled from Gu Yuan's hand, targeting the Soul Heaven Emperor ahead.

Boom!

Facing Gu Yuan's attack, the Soul Heaven Emperor, who held a light halo containing the Imperial‑grade Chick Pill, was too slow to retaliate and, using his fragile Dou Qi defense, was forced to take the blow.

Suddenly struck, Gu Yuan's fierce palm wind pierced straight through the Soul Heaven Emperor's body surface, breaching that thin layer of Dou Qi defense.

Subsequently, the former's palm, unsurprisingly, hammered heavily onto the latter's flesh.

Pfft!

The terrifying attack struck his back; the Soul Heaven Emperor instantly spat a mouthful of fresh blood.

At the same time, his body, uncontrolled, lunged forward and was hurled several thousand zhang.

"You two bastards, daring to plot against the Emperor—if I don't give you both a lesson today, it looks like it won't work!"

Before the flustered Soul Heaven Emperor, who had been struck, could steady himself, a furious shout rang out from the dense gray mist in the distance.

Roar!

As soon as the words fell, the two ahead hadn't yet reacted when an earth‑shaking, thunderous howl resonated grandly across the heavens and earth.

Hoo

The dragon's roar echoed through heaven and earth; shortly after, accompanied by a whooshing wind, a massive black silhouette immediately began to emerge from the thick mist.

Suddenly, a gigantic claw covered in purple‑golden scales thrust out from the dense fog.

Although it was merely a portion of the claw, its enormous bulk…

The onlookers could vaguely surmise just how colossal the creature emerging from the gray mist truly was.

Immediately after, a head exuding a faintly ferocious and oppressive aura followed the claw, emerging from the thick fog.

Gazing at the massive purple‑golden demon beast's head and claw in the sky, the others' eyes involuntarily filled with overwhelming shock.

Buzz!

The moment the beast's head appeared, a fierce aura that seemed to tint the very heavens and earth surged violently from the demon beast.

Bang!

Upon materializing, the demon beast swiftly raised its claw and slammed it hard toward the Soul Heaven Emperor, who had just steadied himself at a distance.

Although the claw was colossal, it was not clumsy at all; its speed was astonishingly swift.

Before the Soul Heaven Emperor could calm the swirling blood Qi within his body, the massive claw, bearing ten‑thousand‑jin force, suddenly surged to the sky behind him.

Boom!

The next instant, the claw struck forcefully onto the Soul Heaven Emperor, who had not yet had time to defend.

Caught off guard by such a heavy blow, under the crushing weight of the giant claw like a mountain atop him, the latter's ant‑sized body vanished from the spot in an instant.

Bang!

Simultaneously, the ground below emitted a slightly muffled thud.

As for the colorful halo that the Soul Heaven Emperor had just loosely held, it too slipped free at this moment.

Immediately thereafter, it was tightly grasped by the claw that descended, carrying it away from its original spot.

"Hmph, so it really is someone from the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan?"

When Zhu Kun partially revealed his true form ahead, Gu Yuan beside him snorted coldly in his heart.

Although during the earlier battle he had roughly guessed Zhu Kun's identity from the techniques and combat style employed, he had never been certain.

Now, seeing Zhu Kun's true head and claw, he instantly confirmed it.

With such appearance, the former must undoubtedly be a member of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan.

Moreover, from this bearing, he is of the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan's royal bloodline!

However, upon seeing the Imperial‑grade Chick Pill seized by Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan's eyes flickered slightly.

Immediately thereafter, the Dou Qi within his body began a frenzied uprising.

"Ancient Emperor Shatter Nirvana Finger!"

At the instant Zhu Kun retracted his claw, the Dou Qi raging inside Gu Yuan was instantly driven to its limit, and with a low roar, the towering Dou Qi suddenly coalesced into a massive finger.

The energy finger was covered with strange patterns, appearing infinitely mystic.

Thus it is evident that the Ancient Emperor Shatter Nirvana Finger is certainly not an ordinary technique.

If the guess is correct, this technique should be Gu Yuan's signature move.

With the massive finger fully formed, Gu Yuan immediately mustered his entire strength and struck hard at the demon beast's claw wrist.

Rumble—

The next moment, the massive finger, as solid as matter, collided with Zhu Kun's wrist in mid‑air with a thunderous crash, erupting in a series of violent explosions.

Then the gigantic finger exploded entirely, turning into a terrifyingly destructive shock that, like lightning, slammed onto the Old Dragon Emperor's true form.

Ah!

The body was struck by Gu Yuan's all-out display of his proud fighting technique; even though the Old Dragon Emperor's bodily strength was such that few enemies could be found across the whole continent, he was directly blown up and screamed miserably.

At the same time, each piece was tens of zhang in size, purple-gold dragon scales, and they were likewise instantly shattered by that violent impact.

Moreover, within this there were also strands of warm blood-red lines.

Obviously, this time the Old Dragon Emperor was successfully attacked by Gu Yuan, and he was also badly injured.

As for the Emperor-grade Infant Pill he was holding in his hand, at this moment it also flew out of his control.

And Gu Yuan, seeing this scene, instantly flashed a gleam of wild joy in his eyes.

He immediately wanted to move to obtain that pill, which he too had long yearned for.

"Huh?"

However, before his idea could be realized, Gu Yuan's body suddenly jerked.

Immediately, he focused and quickly looked behind himself.

There, the all-black Wu Nie Tun Yan was looking at him with a smile.

At the same time, he discovered that on his back, at some point, a black rune had appeared.

"Damn it!"

Noticing this situation, Gu Yuan immediately burst out cursing.

"Boom—!"

At the moment the curse sounded, the rune on his back likewise exploded together with it.

It turned into a magnificent mass of black fire clouds, instantly covering the surrounding sky for tens of thousands of zhang.

"Hey, Wu Nie Tun Yan, here's something good for you, catch."

Just as Wu Nie Tun Yan was smugly looking at the bursting fire clouds before him, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Immediately, he sensed that something about half a zhang in size was rapidly approaching him.

"Hehe, young people are indeed young people; these little tricks are useless against this venerable one. After all, my true form is innately capable of devouring all things in heaven and earth!"

Faced with this attack, Wu Nie Tun Yan instantly snorted in disdain.

Then he flipped his palm and grasped that thing.

As for the fireball he had grabbed, he casually released his devouring power, drawing it into his body.

After all, even if the opponent used other strange fires, once they entered his body they would be instantly decomposed by him.

As for harming him, that does not exist.

"Huh?"

However, the moment that thing entered his body, Wu Nie Tun Yan's expression suddenly changed drastically.

"Something sharing my origin, used to make a protective shield, can briefly resist my devouring power, protecting what's inside—bad."

After realizing something was wrong, he immediately wanted to throw that fireball out.

After all, it's obvious that Lin Feng, that guy who had disappeared for a long time suddenly appeared and threw him a large fireball capable of resisting his own devouring power, possibly with ulterior motives.

Therefore, he absolutely cannot let this thing remain inside his body.

Indeed, that half-zhang-sized fireball just now is the thing that Lin Feng, who had disappeared for a while and then suddenly reappeared, threw to him.

However, just now Wu Nie Tun Yan thought his devouring power could decompose that thing.

But who would have known, that fireball also contains something sharing his origin, Wu Nie Tun Yan, which can temporarily hinder his decomposition.

Although it can only hinder him for a moment, it's obvious.

That Lin Feng doing this must have long been prepared, specifically to deal with him.

So Wu Nie Tun Yan now hastily wants to discard the fireball that Lin Feng threw over just now.

"Boom."

However, the facts prove that by the time Wu Nie Tun Yan reacted, he had already missed the best chance to dodge.

He had not yet succeeded in discarding that fireball when Lin Feng in the distance suddenly smiled and uttered this word.

Accompanying the utterance of that word, the fireball inside Wu Nie Tun Yan's body shattered, revealing a colored fire lotus hidden within.

At the same time, the gorgeous fire lotus that had lost its protection suddenly began to expand rapidly in volume.

"Boom!"

Not long after the fire lotus expanded, Wu Nie Tun Yan's body suddenly burst apart, turning into black flames filling the sky, shooting out in all directions.

At the same time, losing the obstruction of Wu Nie Tun Yan's body, the explosion shockwave that had been squeezed inside him.

Mixed with this blinding light, it violently spread across the horizon!

(End of chapter)