Chapter 165: The Great Battle Begins

Inside the Yao Realm, the clouds rolled in the sky, as if even the Dou Qi between heaven and earth was holding its breath, just to witness this unprecedented alchemy event.

Just like in the original story, Hun Xuzi wanted to refine a Nine-Grade Mysterious Pill as soon as he came up.

Yao Wanhuo naturally would not be outdone.

And the Shennong Elder, with white hair and a kind face, yet possessing an aura that was not angry but prestigious, gently stroked his beard and smiled: "Since that is the case, this old man is also willing to accompany you!"

And so, the three of them began to refine the Nine-Grade Mysterious Pill together.

The three stood in the center of the Yao Realm, the fragrance of medicine permeated the surroundings, and ten thousand grasses bowed their heads, as if even the creatures of the natural world were making way for this alchemy battle.

As they each displayed their alchemy skills, the Dou Qi in the Yao Realm seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and they were all sucked into the three embryonic pills.

As time passed, all three felt unprecedented pressure.

The energy in the Yao Realm was originally the essence of this space, but even with such a huge energy reserve, it appeared stretched in the process of refining three Nine-Grade Mysterious Pills.

When they were halfway through refining, the three stopped their movements at the same time, their brows tightly locked, and without words between them, they understood each other's predicament.

Relying solely on the energy in the Yao Realm, refining one Nine-Grade Mysterious Pill was already a bit reluctant, let alone refining three.

The three felt that the energy in the Yao Realm had been exhausted halfway through refining.

There was no way to obtain energy from heaven and earth, so naturally, they could also inject their own Dou Qi into it.

But the energy required to refine a Nine-Grade Mysterious Pill was so huge that even if they exhausted their own Dou Qi, it would likely be just a drop in the bucket.

Just when everyone thought that all three would end in failure, Hun Xuzi made an unexpected move.

Hun Xuzi flashed, his hands quickly forming seals, and a strange black flame erupted from his body, like a ghost in the night, silently wrapping around the two embryonic pills of the Shennong Elder and Yao Wanhuo.

"What?!" Everyone exclaimed, looking at this scene in disbelief.

Only then did they see Hun Xuzi's Xuwu Tun Yan child fire actually seem to have life, beginning to slowly penetrate into the two embryonic pills, attempting to extract the huge energy condensed within them.

Yao Wanhuo's face turned livid instantly; he never expected that Hun Xuzi would suddenly strike.

Relying on the characteristics of Xuwu Tun Yan, he extracted the energy from their two embryonic pills.

Yao Wanhuo's first thought was that even if he couldn't refine a Mysterious Pill, he couldn't let Hun Xuzi succeed, making the Yao Clan lose face.

The Yao Clan's positioning was an alchemy clan; if even the champion of the Medicine Ceremony was snatched away, wouldn't that be losing face?

And so, he began to attack Hun Xuzi, obstructing him from refining pills.

As for the Shennong Elder, he did not strike.

Regarding refining a Nine-Grade Mysterious Pill, he originally did not have much confidence.

The energy of the Yao Realm was insufficient, so giving up was fine.

There was no need to compete with Hun Xuzi; Yao Wanhuo's was the Yao Clan's, so he could not be too concerned about the Soul Clan.

And he was a lone person; although he was not particularly afraid of the Soul Clan, offending them was not a wise move.

He still wanted to refine pills well and did not want to get into trouble.

Therefore, the Shennong Elder chose to remain neutral and did not participate in the fight between Yao Wanhuo and Hun Xuzi.

He stood quietly on the side, observing the changes in the situation.

Obstructed by Yao Wanhuo, Hun Xuzi could not refine pills, and he was also somewhat unhappy: "Yao Wanhuo, since you can't refine a Mysterious Pill, why don't you give me the energy in that embryonic pill?"

Yao Wanhuo: "Hmph, my things are mine if I give them to you; if I don't give them to you, you can't snatch them!"

"Hehe, are you afraid that I will refine a Nine-Grade Mysterious Pill and win the Medicine Ceremony champion, causing your Yao Clan to lose face?" Hun Xuzi mocked.

"Hun Xuzi, your alchemy skills haven't improved for so many years, but your mouth has grown quite a bit!"

"It's just that I don't know how your strength is now?" Saying this, he attacked Hun Xuzi again.

And so, it was clearly an alchemy competition, but it turned into a fight between two people competing for the embryonic pill.

Hun Xuzi's true strength was a Seven-Star Dou Saint, but in order to better implement the Soul Clan's grand plan, he suppressed his realm to the late-stage Six-Star Dou Saint.

So in a short time, he couldn't do anything to Yao Wanhuo either.

With Yao Wanhuo's obstruction, Hun Xuzi's Nine-Grade Mysterious Pill ultimately failed to be refined.

The Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony ended in a draw. After announcing the end of the Medicine Ceremony, Hun Xuzi suddenly said: "Patriarch Yao Dan, this old man has a request today."

"Hmm? What is it?" Yao Dan became vigilant.

Hun Xuzi: "I want to borrow the Yao Clan's Tuoshe Ancient God Jade for use!"

Suddenly, there was silence.

Hun Xuzi could feel that after he finished saying this, Yao Dan's expression turned gloomy instantly.

Not only that, there were countless cold gazes from the Yao Clan members sweeping over.

Facing this scene, Hun Xuzi was calm, and there was even a thought-provoking smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Hun Xuzi, you speak wildly; do you really think this is the Yao Clan and I dare not kill you?" Yao Wanhuo exploded with his strength without reservation, and a terrifying momentum pressed toward Hun Xuzi.

"Just relying on you? I'm afraid it's not enough!"

Facing the momentum Yao Wanhuo pressed toward him, Hun Xuzi expressed disdain.

He already knew that Xuwu Tun Yan had trapped this Yao Realm.

His purpose of hiding his strength had also been achieved, so naturally, there was no need to pretend anymore, and he released the suppression on his strength.

Hun Xuzi's Seven-Star Dou Saint momentum burst out, causing Yao Wanhuo to be shocked.

"Seven-Star Dou Saint?!"

"Send a message to the Yan and Lei Clans!" Yao Dan ordered.

"Yes!"

Just like in the original story, Xuwu Tun Yan had already blocked the Yao Clan's space, and their signals could not be transmitted out at all.

Learning this news, Yao Dan's expression was gloomy.

Hun Xuzi laughed and mocked: "Yao Dan, you don't really think that only I came to your Yao Realm today, do you?"

Immediately, Hun Xuzi said to a direction: "Lord Xuwu, please strike!"

A ball of black flame appeared, finally transforming into a man covered in black flames.

"Xuwu Tun Yan!"

None of the people present were simple, and they soon recognized the man's identity.

Yao Dan's expression turned icy; the Soul Clan sending Xuwu Tun Yan clearly meant they wanted to destroy their Yao Clan! As soon as Xuwu Tun Yan appeared, he said in the state of a winner: "Yao Dan, obediently hand over the Ancient Jade, and then refine pills for the Soul Clan; your Yao Clan might still be able to preserve your bloodline, otherwise, destruction!"

Xuwu Tun Yan's words were full of confidence.

"Hmph, this is my Yao Clan; relying on you might not be enough!" Yao Dan snorted coldly.

Although the Yao Clan was the weakest among the several Ancient Dou Di Clans, this did not mean Yao Dan had no backbone.

Xuwu Tun Yan wanted him to hand over the inherited Ancient Jade, and according to his meaning, he also had to be a dog and refine pills for the Soul Clan; how could Yao Dan be willing?

Not to mention that Yan Jin and Lei Ying were still hidden in the Yao Realm! Until now, he had not seen Hun Tiandi, and according to his understanding of Hun Tiandi, since he had not appeared for so long, Hun Tiandi likely did not come.

Calculating this way, the advantage was on their side! And so, Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan members: "Yao Clan members, listen to the order, form the Heavenly Medicine Transformation Array!"

Everyone formed seals at the same time, and this heaven and earth formed a huge array.

At this time, the Yao Clan members also realized that the destruction of the Ling and Shi Clans was undoubtedly the work of the Soul Clan.

In the hearts of these people, the Yao Clan was their pride, which they would protect with their lives.

So under this crisis of clan destruction, the Yao Clan members had no reservations and poured their Dou Qi into the great array.

"Is this your Yao Clan's protective clan array? It is indeed much stronger than the Ling and Shi Clans!" Feeling the great array condensed by the Yao Clan, Xuwu Tun Yan praised.

But then his words turned: "However... for me, it is still like paper!"

His words revealed nothing but contempt for the Yao Clan and confidence in his own strength.

Knowing that the Yao Clan would not submit because of this, Xuwu Tun Yan stopped talking nonsense and struck directly; the black flames exuding terrifying aura around his body rushed toward the great array.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 166 =====