Chapter 1280: The Winner of the Yao Clan's Demise Incident

"This place is already very close to the Ancient Clan's territory, and you know my relationship with the Ancient Clan, so I have brought you here. Beyond this, with your strength, Yao Tian, you only need to fly forward a few minutes to enter the Ancient Clan's territory. I have also probed with soul power and found no strong members of the Soul Clan along the way."

After flying for a little while, when Lin Feng delivered the two to the sky above a plain near the eastern region of Central Continent, he immediately set them down and said.

"Thank you, big brother Lin Feng."

The Yao Ling who had been set down turned his head, glanced at the eastern plain behind him, and immediately bowed his hands and waist, saying.

As for the silent Yao Tian, he likewise quickly performed the same courtesy as his sister.

After all, if it weren't for the former, we couldn't be sure whether my brother and sister could arrive here safely.

Hearing that, Lin Feng smiled and said, "No need for that; it's just a transaction. Your clan chief agreed to give me Nine Nether Wind Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, so I naturally cannot break the contract."

Yao Tian, understanding the implication in the former's words, immediately gritted his teeth and forcibly extracted the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire core from within himself.

"Hmm."

The core fire of the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire was forcibly drawn out, and Yao Tian's complexion instantly turned extremely pallid.

Nevertheless, he didn't linger on that; he immediately raised the earth‑brown fire source in his hand, which resembled a spiked shell of a crocodile turtle, and handed it to Lin Feng.

At the same time, he said, "Since this is a transaction, our Yao clan will not betray it. The core fire seed of the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire has had its bloodline soul seal removed by me; once you have it, you can absorb it directly."

"Fine."

Hearing that, Lin Feng immediately waved his hand, used Pure Lotus Demonic Fire to envelop that brown fire turtle, then opened his mouth and swallowed it into his belly.

Having done that, he immediately gestured and said, "Now that the matter is settled, you should hurry to the Ancient Clan, as this place is not entirely safe. I must also return, since this incident has arisen and I need to make some preparations."

"Mm."

Hearing this, Yao Tian immediately bowed his hands, then took his sister by the hand and rushed at full speed toward the Ancient Clan.

After all, before reaching the Ancient Clan they could be intercepted and killed at any moment, which is truly unsafe.

Seeing this, Lin Feng thought to himself, "Now it's only missing Xiao Yan; I should go deal with him."

As he spoke, Lin Feng's figure suddenly vanished from the spot and rushed toward the location where Xiao Yixian and the others were.

"Damn, these Soul Clan people really are endless!"

At the same time Lin Feng hurried toward Xiao Yixian, Xiao Yan, on the other side, due to having two tails, ran much slower.

Of course, after leaving the Yao Realm, he said nothing and immediately threw his teacher out, urging the other side to rush to the Ancient Clan for aid.

As for himself, he kept running while buying time.

After all, carrying Yao dust, Xiao Yan wasn't confident he could escape.

Having his teacher call for strong Ancient Clan members gave him a bit more hope of survival.

However, because he lost his original body and now lacks the high‑tier celestial‑step sound wave combat technique described in the original work.

Thus, when facing two late‑stage Seven‑Star Dou Saints, he was forced to retreat step by step.

He could only rely on the speed of his Imperial Realm soul body to keep buying time.

At this point, Xiao Yan felt immense regret.

Earlier he shouldn't have trusted those Ancient Clan elders and handed over control of Tian Mu so quickly.

If the control of Tian Mu had remained, he could have left the Yao Realm and opened Tian Mu directly to escape.

But now, it is

"Kid, you think you can still escape alive? I advise you to surrender now; later I might consider giving you a quick end. Otherwise, kid, be ready to taste how our Soul Clan torments human souls!"

After running for a while longer, with only an incense‑stick's worth of distance to the Ancient Clan, the Soul Realm and Soul Fiend behind Xiao Yan grew anxious.

After all, if the opponent reaches the Ancient Clan's territory, their operation will end in failure.

Hearing the two behind him chatter nonstop, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and once again mobilized soul power, attacking the more demanding Soul Fiend.

"Boom!"

But the next moment, an explosion that made all three pale rang across the sky.

"Damn, didn't expect this kid to be so slippery and leave so many tricks!"

Seeing the attack that even a newcomer to Eight‑Star Dou Saint wouldn't dare underestimate, the Soul Realm said nothing and turned and fled.

What a joke; the combat power of an Eight‑Star Dou Saint, even if Xiao Yan uses it at great cost, is beyond what his late‑stage Seven‑Star Dou Saint can overcome.

If you don't run now, when will you?

As for the Soul Fiend, according to the Soul Realm's speculation, it was probably dead under that level of attack.

"Who?!"

But Xiao Yan, seeing the Soul Realm flee, showed no sign of easing; instead his expression grew even more solemn as he stared at the surrounding sky, his eyes full of vigilance.

He didn't even dare to approach the corpse of the fallen Soul Fiend.

Although the Soul Realm couldn't sense it, his Imperial Realm soul body perceived it clearly.

He clearly sensed that just as his attack was about to reach the Soul Fiend, a massive spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared and killed the Soul Fiend.

Being able to easily slay a Soul Fiend of late‑stage Seven‑Star Dou Saint rank, though it had the advantage of surprise, the opponent's strength was at least that of an Eight‑Star Dou Saint!

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan's gaze grew exceedingly grim.

"Sizzle!"

But as soon as the former finished speaking, a barrage of golden destructive thunder suddenly pierced the void, crazily darting around Xiao Yan.

In the blink of an eye, the golden thunder transformed into a massive electric sphere, imprisoning him completely inside.

"Damn, these people really have no good intentions!"

Sensing the terrifying destructive power of the golden thunder, Xiao Yan's complexion turned extremely grim.

As a soul body, he was extremely fearful of such wildly violent energy as thunder.

Now trapped inside, escaping would be difficult.

"Huff"

But just as Xiao Yan tried to find a weak spot in the golden thunder sphere and leave, a massive wave of gray poison rose from nowhere just like the thunder, then swarmed over him from all sides.

In an instant, the gray Poison Mist also formed into a sphere, tightly enclosing Xiao Yan within it.

"Calamity Poison Body—it's you!"

Seeing the Poison Mist, Xiao Yan sensed it briefly, then his complexion changed dramatically, and with a panicked yet understanding gaze he looked toward the sky around him.

After all, aside from the woman beside Lin Feng, he couldn't think of anyone else who might still have a Calamity Poison Body.

Of course, the Ice Valley Lord who joined the Tianfu Alliance, whose acquired Calamity Poison Body is post‑natal, he could spot the difference at a glance, so he was excluded.

"Heh, do you know this can't change your fate? This time, unless you can summon Gu Yuan, no one can truly save you."

When Xiao Yan realized, Xiao Yixian immediately appeared with the women, standing behind the Poison Mist, a cold sneer on her face as she looked at him.

"Sure enough, you bastards!"

Xiao Yan's gaze swept over Xiao Yixian, the three beauties of Dan Tower, and the several Qing Lin women, then in a grim tone he said: "One Seven‑Star Dou Saint and four Five‑Star Dou Saints—you're truly hidden talents, possessing such power. Yet by doing this, aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Gu clan or the Soul clan?"

As he spoke, Xiao Yan's heart gradually sank.

That Lin Feng—no wonder he's been so low‑key lately, not showing off; he's been quietly amassing strength to deliver a decisive blow.

And thinking of that guy, who earlier told Xiao Xun'er about the Tian Mu soul, then recalling the special ability of the Falling Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan couldn't help but clench his teeth, then, his soul body trembling with anger, he said: "Lin Feng, you truly are scheming—knowing you couldn't enter Tian Mu to hunt its soul, you deliberately told Xiao Xun'er, letting me, with my ancestors' aid, ascend to the Imperial Realm Soul, only to then assassinate me, refine my soul body, and use the soul essence I created to strike the Imperial Realm Soul!"

After understanding those matters, Xiao Yan suddenly felt a chill run through his soul.

Who could have foreseen such scheming?

And then he continued: "I guess you even deliberately stalled time. You let me ascend to the Imperial Realm Soul, yet gave me no time to strengthen my body. That way, you can handle me more easily!"

"Heh, knowing it doesn't help. As for whether others will notice, you needn't worry. After all, you were only focused on fleeing earlier, probably haven't sensed anything amiss. Of course, now your soul perception is blocked by my Poison Mist and Xiao Jiu's thunder formation, so you can't probe the outside situation."

At that point, Xiao Yixian waved her hand and barked coldly: "Xiao Jiu, strike with me and seize Xiao Yan's soul quickly!"

"Alright, Mistress Xian Er."

As the words fell, the golden thunder spheres around them immediately rippled.

Then, a girl in a golden skirt rapidly materialized within Xiao Yan's extremely wary gaze.

"Ha!"

Upon appearing, the girl immediately clapped both hands forward; in an instant, several thigh‑thick destructive golden thunders, roaring deafeningly, shot at the unprotected Xiao Yan.

"Hoo"

While the former acted, Xiao Yixian also flicked her pale, delicate fingers, and a flood of gray Poison Mist surged from behind, charging straight at the soul‑body state Xiao Yan.

"Damn it, another Seven‑Star Dou Saint—how much power has Lin Feng hidden! And both these women are extremely suppressing my existence!"

Seeing the gold thunder bearing terrible destructive intent and the gray Poison Mist that oddly soothed his soul, Xiao Yan felt deeply aggrieved.

After all, an unprotected soul‑body naturally fears contact with thunder or alien fire—things that carry destructive intent—as well as toxins.

Now, both opponents wield such things; it's a natural counter to me.

Realizing he must not let those two get close, Xiao Yan immediately gritted his teeth, summoned gray alien fire to shield himself, then rushed toward the Poison Mist and thunder spheres.

He knew in his heart that even at his moment of total victory he could not defeat those two women, let alone in his current ghastly state.

If he couldn't run out quickly, he feared he would truly die here!

Yet, recalling the words Xiao Yixian had said earlier, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a hint of unease.

After all, from that woman's tone it seemed they had done something to this space.

Yet as Xiao Yan tried to flee, the three beauties of Dan Tower and Qing Lin instantly formed a hand seal.

Then a soul‑shaped phantom thousands of zhang tall appeared behind them.

"Moo!"

"Moo!"

"Moo!"

"Moo!"

In the next instant, four terrifying invisible sound waves sliced through space, appearing in an instant beside the fleeing Xiao Yan.

"Bastard, you scum!"

Sensing the dreadful sound waves that even the three Five‑Star Peak Dou Saints had to handle carefully, Xiao Yan couldn't help but curse wildly.

Of course, as he cursed, a soul barrier swiftly formed in front of him.

"Ssshh"

However, what sank Xiao Yan's heart again was that his soul barrier, upon contacting the surrounding Poison Mist, was being corroded.

In the blink of an eye, the barrier's effectiveness dropped by about ten to twenty percent.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

In the next moment, four invisible sound waves hammered the soul barrier Xiao Yan had summoned, and then four piercing, soul‑aggravating shrieks radiated from it.

"Hmm."

As for the nearest Xiao Yan, having lost his bodily protection, he let out a muffled hum, then his body stalled slightly.

"Bad, these women's soul power far exceeds that of the ancient Shennong elder who had long advanced to the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul; they've truly cultivated high‑level soul techniques—everything is unfavorable!"

Noticing the four women's soul power far surpassing normal Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul attack, Xiao Yan felt his defenses crumble.

If he still had a body, even with top‑tier soul techniques these four possessed, he wouldn't have yielded any point.

But having lost his bodily protection, because of the white‑clad woman's Poison Mist eroding his soul power, the Imperial Realm Soul version of him was also significantly affected.

Though not directly killed, his escape speed was truly hampered.

"Screech!"

And because the former was delayed by Dan Ta Sanmei and Qing Lin, the golden thunder behind him instantly followed, slashing fiercely at Xiao Yan.

"Ma De, since we can't run, I'm going to fight you!" Realizing he could no longer dodge the golden thunder behind him, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and then fully wielded exotic fire, forming a barrier around himself.

Bang!

In the next instant, several bolts of golden thunder slammed down on the gray flame barrier.

However, each of these bombardments, though all were blocked by Xiao Yan.

But at the same time, his soul body, which had been almost identical to ordinary people's, was rapidly becoming illusory.

And the several bolts of thunder casually struck out by Xiao Jiu were all blocked, making Xiao Yan's soul body even more illusory than before—over half as vague.

Obviously, to barely fend off the Nine Profound Golden Thunder—one of the strongest in the world—Xiao Yan had to pay a tremendous price.

But immediately after, Xiao Yixian's gray Poison Mist poured in from all sides, enveloping Xiao Yan.

Yet the latter, relying on the power of exotic fire, also at great cost, kept those mists at bay.

Simultaneously, Sea Heart Flame, Little Falling Heart Flame, Mysterious Yellow Flame, Volcanic Stone Flame, Nine Dragon Thunder-Force Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Three Thousand Yan Flame, and the Seven Exotic Flames swiftly manifested before Xiao Yan.

"Ready to craft a Fire Lotus?"

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Seeing Xiao Yan's move, the surrounding women instantly sensed his intention.

After all, their own men also possessed this technique, so they were naturally familiar with it.

"Moo!"

"Moo!"

"Moo!"

"Moo!"

In the next moment, four invisible shockwaves surged forward again, charging straight at Xiao Yan, who was about to fuse the Fire Lotus.

Seeing this, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he hurriedly, clumsily gathered a soul barrier to repel those sound-wave attacks.

"Hmm"

As the four sound waves hammered Xiao Yan's defense, his illusory soul body trembled.

"Boom!"

Immediately after, the half‑finished seven‑colored Fire Lotus he was merging exploded, swallowing the startled Xiao Yan whole.

"Is this because Ying Er and Qing Lin's combat techniques interfered, causing Xiao Yan to err while fusing the Fire Lotus and explode in his hand?"

Seeing this, Xiao Yixian, Xiao Jiu, Dan Ta Sanmei, and Qing Lin exchanged glances, all a bit at a loss.

No one expected that Xiao Yan's attempt to blow others up would backfire, exploding himself instead?

The worst part is, if the Fire Lotus's self‑detonation destroys Xiao Yan's soul.

Then they'd have gotten nothing this time, just wasted effort.

"Whoosh!"

However, while the six women were bewildered, within the fire cloud, an extremely illusory soul body instantly slipped out, protected by surrounding gray exotic fire, from the raging fire cloud.

Then, taking advantage of the earlier explosion, it blasted a temporary gap in the surrounding mists and slammed the golden thunder outside the mist.

"Xiao Jiu, hurry, block him! This guy's soul power is almost depleted; if we stop him this time, he won't have the strength to face us again!"

Seeing this, Xiao Yixian, who reacted first, hurriedly shouted a warning.

"Alright!"

Hearing that, Xiao Jiu immediately set a cold expression, twitched her hands, and then several bolts of golden thunder darted toward the fleeing Xiao Yan.

At the same time, the thunder power within her continuously flowed into the outer shield, further strengthening the thunder energy on the barrier.

"Hehe, Xiao Yan, why the rush to leave? Why not come to my house and sit for a while first?"

However, as Xiao Yan fled, a faint laugh suddenly rang out across the battlefield.

Immediately after, a powerful invisible sound‑wave surge rushed toward the illusory Xiao Yan.

At the same time, a man in blue robes materialized at the gap in the Poison Mist.

"Lin Feng!"

Hearing the voice, Xiao Yan instinctively called out the newcomer's name.

But then, sensing a terrifying sound‑wave impact more than ten times stronger than the previous four combined, a look of despair instantly crossed his face.

"Bang!"

In the next instant, Xiao Yan seemed to hit an invisible wall, and his illusory body was knocked backward and flung away.

That speed was several times faster than his previous flight.

"Huh"

As Xiao Yan was knocked away, milky‑white flames ignited behind him.

When his illusory form fell into the milky fire sea, a torrent of raging flames surged, instantly enveloping Xiao Yan's soul like a bundle of rice dumplings.

"Ah!"

At the same time, Xiao Yan, burned by exotic fire, felt searing pain from his soul and let out a sharp wail.

However, facing an Imperial Realm soul of equal level, Lin Feng did not dare to be careless; he ignored Xiao Yan's wail.

"Lord/Young Master/Master!"

And the six women in the distance, seeing Lin Feng appear, immediately gathered around excitedly.

Although his strength was not weak now, the women were still somewhat worried about him venturing alone to partake in the Yao Clan's Medicine Classic.

Now that they see him safe and sound, the six women finally can put their lingering worries to rest.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'm fine."

Seeing the women's expressions, Lin Feng instantly guessed their thoughts and smiled lightly, saying.

As soon as the words fell, he saw Xiao Yan's soul being almost roasted, and immediately began compressing the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire.

Soon after, the all‑covering milky‑white sea of flame turned into a sphere only the size of a human brain.

Inside it was, of course, Xiao Yan's soul body, now in a coma from extreme weakness.

Seeing the sphere, Lin Feng immediately controlled it to fly into his hand.

"Come out, you!"

The fireball in hand, Lin Feng's expression hardened at once; the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire swiftly enveloped his palm, and he thrust his hand into the milky sphere and pulled hard.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Accompanied by the earlier palm's emergence, a series of muffled thuds rang repeatedly across the sky.

Then the various flames within Xiao Yan—Sea‑Heart Flame, Small Falling Heart Flame, Xuanhuang Flame, Blood Demon Flame, Volcano Stone Flame, Nine‑Dragon Thunder‑Force Flame, Bone‑Spirit Cold Flame, and Three‑Thousand Blaze Flame—were forcibly ripped out by Lin Feng.

After all, he no longer feared the mad woman Gu Xun'er, and with the Soul Clan backing him, he had shed his former scruples.

As for Xiao Yan, being already unconscious, he had no autonomous consciousness and thus no resistance at all.

Under these circumstances, those exotic fires could not stop Lin Feng's stripping.

"Not bad, another gain."

Looking at the variously colored flame seeds before him, all trembling before his Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, Lin Feng's mouth twitched into a slight smile.

Then he waved his hand, a torrent of milky flame surged out, sealing them all into his own body.

Against his current strength, those exotic fires had no resistance whatsoever.

"Although we've stripped his exotic fire, Xiao Jiu, add a layer of Nine‑Mysterious Golden Thunder to the fireball so this guy can't escape. When facing an Empire‑Realm soul, we must not be careless."

Having done that, Lin Feng immediately looked at the approaching Xiao Jiu and said,

"As you command, Master."

Hearing this, the cool‑faced one replied respectfully.

"Sizzle!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Jiu lifted her delicate hand, placed it atop the milky fireball, then a fine golden thunder shot out, forming a larger sphere that enveloped the fireball.

Seeing this, Lin Feng then turned to Xiao Yixian, saying, "Xian Er, steady it with another hand."

"Alright."

Hearing that, Xiao Yixian slightly parted her pink lips, exhaling a wisp of gray mist that wrapped around the thunder sphere.

When Lin Feng saw Xiao Yan trapped by three seals, he nodded in satisfaction, then produced a large Transparent Jade Bottle and placed the poisonous sphere inside.

He then sealed it, and set another layer of Pure Lotus Demonic Fire around the bottle.

After adding seals for Xiao Yixian and Xiao Jiu, Lin Feng finally relaxed, took out a Soul‑Collecting Ring, and stored the jade bottle inside.

Having done that, Lin Feng also placed another exotic‑fire seal on the Soul‑Collecting Ring, adding the ring's own Soul Shield.

Hmm, such thorough protection should be enough.

After securing the Soul‑Collecting Ring, Lin Feng immediately turned to...

"Alright."

Hearing that, the six women all nodded in strong agreement.

Then Xiao Yixian reached out and handed a Soul‑Collecting Ring, explaining, "This ring fell when Xiao Yan fled earlier, husband, you may take it."

"Hmm."

Seeing the ring, Lin Feng immediately gestured, snatched it, and slipped it into his collar.

He then was the first to dash outward.

Xiao Yixian and the other six women immediately followed.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

In an instant, the seven appeared in the pitch‑black void.

At that moment, Feng Er, Zi Yan, the Ancient Dragon Clan Great Elder, and Huang Tian were maintaining a grand formation.

Seeing the seven appear, Zi Yan immediately asked, "Lin Feng, how's the operation, did you catch Xiao Yan?"

"Caught him, we can withdraw."

Hearing that, Lin Feng gave a slight nod and affirmed.

"Good!"

With the result, Zi Yan and the others exchanged glances, then simultaneously withdrew the formation.

As the array vanished, the space concealed by Zi Yan disappeared instantly into the void.

Then the Ancient Dragon Clan Great Elder casually tossed two corpses, saying, "These two pursued Xiao Yan; I dealt with them, and one still carries exotic fire, take it."

"Thanks."

Lin Feng's eyes lit up at the familiar life‑force aura, and he used Dou Qi to guide the two bodies into his Soul‑Collecting Ring.

Having done that, he was the first to fly toward Dragon Island.

The others quickly followed, vanishing together from the spot.

"Huh, Thunder Tribe members?"

Soon after taking flight, Lin Feng at the forefront spotted a male and female of Thunder attribute hiding along the straight route from the Southern Central Continent to the Eastern Region, repeatedly cutting down people fleeing the Medicine Realm.

A group of brainless fools who ran straight into the Ancient Clan's territory were, unsurprisingly, all slain.

Then Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, confirmed the opponent was only a Four‑Star Dou Saint, and with a swift palm strike unleashed a powerful attack that instantly killed the male Thunder Tribe elder.

As for the curvaceous older female Thunder Tribe elder, she merely saw darkness before slipping into a coma.

"Not bad, on the way back we met two Four‑Star Dou Saints. The man, extract his bloodline directly; as for the woman, she looks fine, first dual‑cultivate to absorb Dou Qi, then slaughter her to extract the bloodline. Use what we get fully; wasting cultivation resources is disgraceful."

With the others' puzzled gazes, Lin Feng secured the male Thunder Tribe elder's corpse, then dragged the older female elder and continued flying toward Dragon Island.

Because Zhao Ran is still on Dragon Island, he must first bring the former back to the Lin Realm before starting his own power‑boosting plan. (Chapter End)