Chapter 691: Song Qing's Death

Brother Xiao, lend me your head for a moment!

Hearing the ice-cold countdown from Old Man Mugu, Song Qing and the others could no longer bear the pressure, turned around and shouted at Xiao Yan.

Having said that, everyone's figures vanished with a whoosh, and they all unleashed battle techniques, shooting straight at Xiao Yan.

I knew it, you bunch of cowardly, life‑loving trash are unreliable!

Seeing the dozen or so Battle Sect experts charging at him, Xiao Yan's tone instantly turned grim as he said.

Just as his words fell, the former's body suddenly erupted with an aura that made everyone's hearts palpitate.

He, who had long been prepared, had his legs quickly covered in battle qi.

In an instant, his shape turned into a swift black shadow, and before the blink of an eye, he had escaped the encirclement.

You've broken through to eight‑star Battle Sect!

Sensing Xiao Yan's strength, which did not match his expectations, Song Qing's face instantly turned shocked and he shouted.

Hearing that, Xiao Yan sneered, 'I'm not an idiot; how would I reveal all my strength?'

However, he secretly thought it was a close call.

If it weren't for his successful breakthrough to eight‑star Battle Sect in the Pill Realm a few days ago,

with seven‑star Battle Sect strength facing these people, he might truly not be able to win.

You bastard, don't let me get a chance, or I'll skin you alive!

His gaze swept over the black‑clad man above who was watching the show with his arms crossed, and Xiao Yan seethed inwardly.

However, though he was furious, he still remained clear‑headed.

He had to take advantage of the black‑clad man not yet joining the battlefield and first deal with Song Qing and the others before him.

Otherwise, once surrounded by both sides, his chances of victory would drop even lower!

Thinking of this, his figure flickered again as he attacked the weakest Battle Sect expert among them.

This is bad, everyone, stop holding back your strength. All together, take him down first—otherwise we'll all die!

Seeing Xiao Yan attack that Battle Sect expert, Song Qing hurriedly shouted.

And the others weren't fools either; upon realizing Xiao Yan wanted to pick them off one by one, they each began to unleash their own means, hoping to kill him in one go.

Damn it, you have so many tricks—why not join me in dealing with that black‑clad guy instead of fighting each other!

Gazing at the dozen or so Seventh‑Tier Alchemists unleashing their powerful battle techniques, even Xiao Yan felt his scalp tingle, and he snapped angrily.

Although his tone was extremely contemptuous of them, when facing these people he also did not find them extremely troublesome.

Hehe, we're not stupid either—we still know which is easier to deal with, Battle Sect or Dou Zun!

Hearing that, Song Qing gave a smile filled with killing intent, then continued leading the dozen or so Seventh‑Tier Alchemists in a frenzied attack, not giving Xiao Yan a chance to breathe.

Damn it, if this continues I will surely die here.

Under the full‑force assault of the dozen or so Battle Sect experts, Xiao Yan quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Although he possessed many high‑level battle techniques and pills that temporarily boost strength, most of these alchemists before him were disciples of the Pill Tower's upper echelons.

Their battle techniques and skills were not inferior to his.

Aside from his strange fires, which could somewhat suppress these fire‑attribute alchemists, he had no advantage in anything else.

Were it not for the alchemists' lack of combat experience, he would likely have been defeated on the spot.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan immediately gritted his teeth, his expression icy, and said: 'Since you're dead set on opposing me, don't blame me for being ruthless!'

Falling Heart Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Volcanic Mysterious Flame, appear!

Before his words even finished, he waved his hand and summoned all of his strange flames.

Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes: First Change!

Second Change!

Third Change!

Thereafter, Xiao Yan formed a hand seal and his aura surged dramatically.

In the blink of an eye, he shot up from eight‑star Battle Sect to the peak of nine‑star Battle Sect.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Yan felt the barrier that separates Battle Sect from the Dou Zun realm.

And driven by these three strange flames, he actually crossed the Battle Sect barrier in one fell swoop and stepped into the Dou Zun realm!

Having a young lady as a girlfriend makes Xiao Yan's life sweet—back when I was only eight‑star Battle Sect, I had just the first change of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes and could only reach half‑Zun level.

While Xiao Yan was performing his secret technique, Lin Feng, with his eyes closed, sensed the situation from over ten li away from the soul barrier set up by Old Man Mugu, and then exclaimed enviously.

Back when he dealt with the Second Elder of the Qingmu Mansion in the Great Desert of Xihuang, he too was eight‑star Battle Sect.

But because he only had the first change, even with the aid of Falling Heart Flame, Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, and Fury Dragon Flame, he could only reach half‑step Dou Zun.

However, thinking about the strange flames, Lin Feng immediately speculated: 'Although due to the fusion of the strange flames, I can't tell which strange flame from the ranking Xiao Yan absorbed while he was in seclusion.'

But judging from the degree of power increase after he displayed the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes, it should be a strange flame ranked around sixteenth to eighteenth on the list.

However, looking at the color, the sixteenth‑ranked Flame‑Cloud Water Flame and the eighteenth‑ranked Fury Dragon Flame can basically be ruled out.

Upon this, Lin Feng's eyes flashed with certainty: 'In that case, the only one that fits the conditions is the seventeenth‑ranked Volcanic Stone Flame on the strange‑flame list.'

After figuring out what kind of strange flame Xiao Yan had absorbed, he closed his eyes again and began to sense the situation inside the soul barrier.

Although he wasn't confident he could slip through that soul barrier without Old Man Mugu noticing,

but relying on his late‑stage Soul Realm spiritual power, he could still perceive what was inside without alerting anyone.

Is this the power of a Dou Zun expert?

Inside the soul barrier, after Xiao Yan's power increase stopped, he immediately clenched his fists and exclaimed excitedly.

Thereafter, he gazed at the oncoming Battle Sect experts, lightly flicked his sleeve, and an invisible spatial ripple instantly spread outward.

The next moment, among those charging at him, several figures were instantly solidified in place by that spatial force.

Then Xiao Yan clenched his palm, and the space around those few people suddenly compressed.

"Bang!"

Immediately after that, the terrifying spatial power will crush those alchemists who have no power to resist into a blob of bloody flesh.

And this sudden scene instantly terrified Song Qing and the others who had survived, scaring them out of their wits.

On their faces, all showed fear and shock.

"Everyone be careful, that brat used a secret method to boost his power!"

"Or let's run, this brat is too weird!"

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Immediately after, the surviving alchemists shouted loudly in chaos.

The originally confident crowd instantly fell into chaos.

"Is this the power that a Dou Zun strongman possesses? Indeed, it's monstrous!"

And at this moment, Xiao Yan also looked at his own hands with great joy.

At this moment, he truly felt the terror of a Dou Zun strongman!

"Don't be afraid, we also have pills that boost power!"

Just as the former was sighing over his surging power, Song Qing, after being startled, immediately realized that they were all alchemists and none lacked pills, and shouted loudly.

"Right, everyone quickly take the pills to boost power!"

Hearing that, the alchemists in fear also reacted, reminding each other.

In an instant, the alchemists frantically took out pills from their space rings and swallowed them.

However, how could the battle-hardened Xiao Yan just watch them smoothly take the pills and boost their power?

Only seeing his hand move, the space around those alchemists twisted again.

However, the alchemists who had already reacted each used their own means to resist that spatial slaughter.

Thus, Xiao Yan and Song Qing et al. reached another stalemate.

While everyone was engaged in a life-and-death battle, the old man Mugu on the side felt pleased with his decision.

"Fortunately I came up with an idea, designing for them to kill each other; otherwise, having to deal with that Xiao Yan myself would indeed be troublesome."

Looking at the battlefield gradually becoming a stalemate, Mugu's mouth corner immediately revealed a smug smile.

Although Xiao Yan, after using the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformation, could break through to the Dou Zun Realm, making him feel extremely troublesome.

But a secret technique is after all a secret technique; no matter how high its level, it still has a time limit.

He doesn't believe that Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformation can be maintained forever.

"Damn it, I'm unlucky; I won't keep risking my life with you here, worst case I'll forfeit the match!"

After fighting for a while, some of the alchemists on Song Qing's side finally began to collapse.

As soon as the words fell, the former manipulated his space ring, took out a space stone, and then crushed it.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, accompanied by a twist of the space around him, that person was transmitted out of the Pill Realm.

Seeing this, the others also followed suit, successively crushing space stones to choose to flee.

Seeing this, Song Qing immediately shouted to stop: "Don't run, we still have a chance; the Pill Convention is held every thirty years, if you run, you'll have to wait another thirty years!"

However, no matter how the former shouted, those people only wanted to flee.

As for the former's words, they directly chose to ignore them.

"Trash!"

As for the old man Mugu on the side, when those people took out space stones, he immediately cursed loudly.

At this moment, he also felt what Song Qing felt back then in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.

Having said that, he prepared to summon his own subordinates to stop these people from fleeing.

However, afterward he somehow thought of some scheme and immediately gave up the idea of summoning his subordinates.

And Xiao Yan, seeing the people begin to collapse and flee, also couldn't be bothered to manage them.

Due to Lin Feng's appearance, Xiao Yan's physique has not undergone the baptism of so many heavenly treasures.

Although under Yaochen's guidance, he pays more attention to his physique strength.

But compared to the original, he still falls far short.

Now, when he uses the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformation three times, his body constantly bears pressure far beyond its limits.

Now, Xiao Yan just wants to quickly resolve this crisis and then run to the exit of the Pill Realm.

Otherwise, over time, his body might suffer severe injuries and leave behind hard-to-heal hidden wounds!

Thinking of this, he immediately turned his gaze toward the old man Mugu.

At the same time, Song Qing on the side had sweat on his forehead and felt deeply torn.

He participated in this Pill Convention just to win the championship, show off in front of Cao Ying, and thereby win the beauty.

At the same time, as a disciple of the Grand Elder of the Pill Pagoda, if he cannot show his face at the Pill Convention,

then it would be a very embarrassing matter for both him and his teacher.

But now, in this situation, he also feels a threat to his life.

Therefore, he also wants to crush a space stone and flee like those people before, to preserve his life.

But if he does that, all his previous efforts would be wasted.

Furthermore, he would lose face in front of the whole Central State.

"Damn it, compared to women and fame, preserving life is more important; after all, I didn't succeed this time, I can try again next time!"

After being torn in his heart for a while, Song Qing saw Xiao Yan and that black-clad Dou Zun guarding against each other.

He then secretly took out a space stone from his space ring, preparing to flee.

"Huh?"

The former's actions were naturally impossible to hide from Mu Gu, who possessed the strength of a Dou Zun and the soul of the Spirit Realm, and from Xiao Yan.

However, Xiao Yan now only wanted to escape quickly and then run to the exit of the Pill Realm.

Therefore, he didn't care about Song Qing's actions.

But that Old Man Mu Gu, upon seeing Song Qing try to flee, immediately curled his lips into a cold smile and thought to himself: "I've been away from the Pill Tower for so long that the information I know is already outdated. And you, kid, are a disciple of the Pill Tower's Grand Elder; you surely know a lot of information about the Pill Tower, perhaps you could be of some use, so I can't let you leave!"

Thinking this, he suddenly waved his hand, and a vast sheet of black fire rolled out.

Transforming into four flaming spears, they shot toward Xiao Yan at high speed!

Facing the attack of a three-star Dou Zun powerhouse, Xiao Yan also dared not be careless; he quickly took out the black giant ruler and raised it high.

"Flame-Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler!"

Accompanied by a cold voice, it suddenly rang out across the sky, and the former vigorously slashed the giant ruler in front of him.

In an instant, a yellow flame ruler shadow over a hundred zhang wide, crescent-shaped, flew swiftly to slash at the four black spears.

However, Old Man Mu Gu took advantage of this opening and suddenly attacked Song Qing, whose attention had been drawn away by the two fighters' techniques.

Only to see another black flaming spear slice across the sky and pierce straight into the defenseless Song Qing's forehead.

"Boom!"

And when a spear a few centimeters in diameter struck him, his head exploded violently.

In an instant, a mist of red and white blood suddenly drifted outward from around Song Qing's body.

As for the headless Song Qing, his body fell to the ground like a bird with a broken wing.

"Rumble!"

At the same time, Old Man Mu Gu casually flicked his wrist, and several black iron chains shot out, whizzing through Song Qing's body and bringing forth a somewhat illusory figure.

"Save me."

At the moment his soul was being pulled out, Song Qing hurriedly pleaded anxiously to Xiao Yan for help.

After all, besides that black-clothed Dou Zun, only Xiao Yan was here.

However, before he could finish speaking, his soul was seized by Old Man Mu Gu and pulled to his side.

Then Old Man Mu Gu grabbed Song Qing's soul by the head, took out a Soul Sack, and stuffed his soul into it. (End of chapter)