Chapter 134: Yellow Class Dou Technique

There was a special connection naturally existing between Strange Fires!

Because Strange Fires are rare substances born of heaven and earth; even a Dou Emperor could generate qi flames hotter than a Strange Fire, but could never create one.

A Strange Fire is defined as something born of heaven and earth, and they have always maintained a special connection among themselves.

When a Strange Fire appears, all other flames submit.

When Xiao Yan saw the sub-flame of Void Swallowing Flame refuse to approach Bone Spirit Cold Fire, he already knew this.

But he had forgotten it! Because of the Burning Scripture!

The Shen Mi Zhi Yi of the Burning Scripture allows Strange Fires to fuse perfectly, erasing this connection—and that caused Xiao Yan to forget!

Xiao Yan threw the Buddha Fury Lotus toward Hai Bodong like tossing a hand grenade.

"Run fast!!!!"

Seeing the Fire Lotus begin to lose control, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li shouted in unison, hastily retreating from the Training Ground, even fleeing beyond the Courtyard.

Hearing the two leaders' shouts, all the mercenaries realized the danger and rushed outward in panic—the entire Mo Tie Mercenary Corps descended into chaos!

Seeing the exquisite Fire Lotus, which made even a Dou Huang's skin crawl, hurtling toward him, Hai Bodong gritted his teeth—if he ran now, what kind of Dou Huang would he be?

"Xuan Bing Shield, form!"

Gazing at the roaring Buddha Fury Lotus, Hai Bodong uttered a low command. Instantly, the spatial energy surged violently, and cold qi condensed with terrifying speed like lightning.

Finally, before him solidified into an Xuan Bing Shield dozens of meters wide and over a meter thick.

Through the ice layer, Hai Bodong's pupils contracted as he stared at the slowly rotating Fire Lotus; after losing Xiao Yan's control, its Soul Force rapidly weakened, and the Strange Fire petals began releasing flames, causing surrounding light to warp and distort.

With a soft "po," the Buddha Fury Lotus lightly touched the ice shield—its Soul Force instantly formed a circular barrier, fusing the Strange Fire and the qi lotus seed together.

The two Strange Fires burned furiously, a series of thunderous roars erupting, making the earth tremble.

BOOM! In that instant of flashing fire and lightning, it exploded!!

The fusion of two Strange Fires, combined with Soul Force and qi, produced an explosion of unimaginable power—as if a sun had been destroyed in an instant; all the power hidden within the Fire Lotus erupted at once.

This explosion was so powerful even Xiao Yan, its originator, could not have imagined it—the terrifying fused Strange Fire surged outward like a wave of flame, instantly obliterating every weapon, rock, floor, and wall within the entire Training Ground.

The Flame Wave instantly melted all facilities in the Training Ground before surging skyward, then a powerful shockwave spread across the entire Courtyard!

After the terrifying storm swept through, everything in the Training Ground was reduced to nothing—not even ash remained. Remember, the Mo Tie Mercenary Corps' Training Ground was large enough to train hundreds of mercenaries, comparable in size to an international football field—and now it was gone, leaving only a crater and a shattered ice shield.

The explosion's shockwave destroyed more than half the Mercenary Group; most buildings collapsed, and the once-vast base was nearly entirely ruined.

The only fortunate thing was that the mercenaries were quick-witted and all fled behind Hai Bodong, escaping unharmed; only the area behind his ice shield remained intact, though the Courtyard's walls had collapsed.

Hai Bodong stared as his dozens-of-meters-tall ice shield had crumbled to just a few meters, the meter-thick ice layer melted by the Strange Fire down to less than half a meter—his eyelid twitched violently!

He was a One-Star Dou Huang, yet still a Dou Huang! His Defensive Dou Technique had nearly failed to block it??

"This Strange Fire is truly terrifying!"

If given another chance, Hai Bodong would never play the white rat again. Let this Dou Huang title go!

"Huh? Where is he?" When the dust cleared, Hai Bodong realized Xiao Yan had vanished!

Hai Bodong's heart jolted: "Damn it! Did he blow himself to pieces?!"

"Third brother!!"

"Cough cough cough, I'm here."

From the rubble, a violent coughing sound suddenly emerged—a hand slowly reached out, pushing aside stones as he struggled to climb free.

The figure's build was unmistakably Xiao Yan's; aside from being covered in dust and his hair slightly curled, there was no doubt it was him.

Xiao Yan's entire body was armored in qi, protected by the Lion's Roar Defensive Technique, guarded by Ten Thousand Beasts Spiritual Fire, and partially shielded by Void Swallowing Flame absorbing some of the explosion's Flame Wave—this was why he remained unharmed.

"If I'd taken this attack head-on myself, I'd have blown myself to death!"

Xiao Yan realized that the Buddha Fury Lotus Dou Technique did not rely on cultivation level; theoretically, even a Dou Zhe could use it.

But its power depended entirely on the flame itself, and demanded extremely high Soul Force and Fire Control Power!

In short, this was a Dou Technique made for Alchemists—custom-built for them.

Your cultivation level can be weak, but if you're a powerful Alchemist, you can unleash its full power.

Though Xiao Yan was only a Great Dou Shi, as an Alchemist his Fire Control Power and Soul Force had reached Five-Grade—equivalent to a Dou Wang—and with the special reaction from fusing Strange Fires, the Buddha Fury Lotus he'd just unleashed rivaled a high-level Dou Wang's full-power strike!

"Thank goodness I didn't use the True Source of the Strange Fires—if the True Sources of Ten Thousand Beasts Spiritual Fire and Earth Core Fire had collided and exploded, I'd be the first to die."

Xiao Yan felt a wave of dread; if the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor had refused to negotiate a few days ago, the result might have been mutual annihilation.

"The flame quantity needed to refine a Fourth-Rank Pill nearly drained the Soul Force of a Fifth-Rank Alchemist."

After this experiment, Xiao Yan had undoubtedly gained another trump card—but this card might just kill him too.

After some thought, Xiao Yan decided his Buddha Fury Lotus Dou Technique was at most a Yellow Class Dou Technique.

Because this Dou Technique could blow him up, its power depended entirely on the flame—stronger flame meant greater power, weaker flame meant lesser power—and it demanded immense Fire Control Power and Soul Force. It had too many restrictions and was extremely dangerous.

If not for possessing two Strange Fires and the Burning Scripture, he wouldn't accept this Dou Technique even if it were given to him for free.

Xiao Li and Xiao Ding stared at the ruined Mercenary Corps around them, then at their dust-covered third brother.

Xiao Ding sighed bitterly: "Third brother, even the Mo Family couldn't destroy our Mo Tie Mercenary Corps. I never imagined it would be destroyed by you."

Xiao Li laughed loudly, clapping Xiao Yan on the shoulder: "No problem—when it falls, just rebuild it. As long as no one's hurt. Good thing we've merged with Luo Bu's Sand Mercenary Corps—we can now expand into a larger base."

Xiao Ding sighed and shook his head: "For now, let's move over to the Sand Mercenary Corps' place."

Xiao Yan knew he was in the wrong, so he just smiled silently, handed his two brothers the hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins he'd taken from the Cave, and slipped away.

Whether by accident or design, Xiao Yan's Guest Room happened to be directly behind Hai Bodong, so it remained untouched.

Xiao Yan instantly shut his door—his reason for testing the Buddha Fury Lotus had another purpose.

"Soon I must go to Wang Du's Soul Hall; before then, I must eliminate this final threat."

(End of Chapter)