Chapter 356: Come Out! (Emergency Bonus Chapter for Tip)

"The power of my Five-Color Destruction Fire Lotus should now rival an Earth-Class High-Level Dou Technique used by a Star Seven or Star Eight Dou Zong." Xiao Yan stared at the massive hole in the sky, born from the Destruction Fire Lotus.

The clouds around the hole were violently sucked in, lightning flickered everywhere, and Xiao Yan could faintly see space turbulence!

Space turbulence was something even a Dou Zun dared not confront lightly—Dou Zuns could only open space wormholes, but to fight these destructive currents was utterly impossible.

And the place where Vast Void Swallowing Flame was born was precisely such a void wasteland!

Remember, opening a space wormhole is the ability of a Dou Zun—yet Xiao Yan now could actually blast open space fissures!

He was still only a Dou Huang!

At the Dou Huang level, he was still like a child!

If caught off guard, his Five-Color Fire Lotus could instantly kill even a High-Level Dou Zong!

Zizizizi—the space fissures above were slowly closing as they absorbed Heaven and Earth Power, the Dou Qi Continent's self-repair mechanism. Thus, when a Dou Zun opened a space wormhole, if he did not maintain it, it would gradually heal.

In the Northwest Region and Black Horn Region cities, some reclusive clans existed; their ancestors had once produced Dou Zuns, leaving behind space wormholes connecting to Zhong Zhou. The best way to reach Zhong Zhou was to pay these clans a fee and pass through the wormhole—it was the fastest and most convenient route.

Frowning, Xiao Yan looked toward the Heavenly Ladder. How could he refine pills on the Heavenly Ladder? It would disturb Cai Lin and the other.

At this moment, Xiao Yan sensed a violent spiritual soul fluctuation coming from above.

"Looks like they're about to emerge."

Xiao Yan waved his hand; Mao Wu emerged from space, then transformed into a mass of Black Flame, and a passage resembling a black hole vortex appeared before Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan stepped forward—and the next second, he was teleported onto the massive platform atop the Heavenly Ladder.

After his Soul Force reached the Spirit Realm, Xiao Yan could now harness the Earth Sub Flame power of Vast Void Swallowing Flame to open space wormholes.

At this moment, Cai Lin's body erupted in blood-red light; an immensely powerful force surged and clashed within her, and a blood-shadow of the Seven-Colored Devouring Sky Serpent roared as if seeking to defy heaven and cut down the cosmos, striving to break through to Dou Sheng!

On the other side, Qing Lin simultaneously showed signs of transformation—a thread of green light condensed at her forehead, and her Cultivation Realm had already broken through to Dou Zong!

Faster than Xiao Yan!

"Having a unique inheritance is so good—these beasts improve their strength without any logic." Xiao Yan shook his head; he too wanted an Infernal Flame inheritance!

Is there any kind soul who could give him one?

Xiao Yan sat on the ground, pulled out a chicken leg; Mao Wu exhaled a puff of flame, and the chicken leg immediately sizzled, oozing oil—he sprinkled seasoning and began eating.

He ate while waiting; after all, there was nothing he could do.

"Here they come!" As Xiao Yan finished the chicken, he tossed the bone aside and leapt to his feet.

Qing Lin was the first to emerge—the green light faded slowly, and she floated upward. Suddenly, when she snapped open her eyes, a pair of emerald three-petaled pupils appeared, and then, a third emerald snake three-petaled pupil opened on her forehead!

The light gradually receded; the third Qi San Hua Tong vanished like an illusion.

But Xiao Yan knew it was real—not an illusion. Qing Lin had awakened some ability!

Dang, dang, dang—Qing Lin descended from the sky like a graceful fairy, her braid bouncing as she skipped down.

Walking through space! Two Star Dou Zong!

"Young Master Yan, I succeeded." Qing Lin approached Xiao Yan like a little servant seeking praise, blinking her eyes eagerly as if waiting for compliments.

Xiao Yan forced back tears, patted Qing Lin's head, and forced a smile: "Qing Lin, you're amazing—you've reached Dou Zong!"

Only he was still a Dou Huang?!

At this moment, Cai Lin's blood-red pillar also receded, and the giant serpent shadow retracted into her body—but to Xiao Yan's surprise, Cai Lin had failed her breakthrough!

She was now only Nine Star Peak Dou Zong, unable to reach Eight Rank beast status.

Cai Lin frowned, then looked at Xiao Yan with confusion; Xiao Yan frowned deeply back at her.

Because when Xiao Yan had once refined her Three-Flame Serpent Body, he had calculated: with the power of Three Infernal Flames and having successfully evolved into the Devouring Sky Serpent Bloodline, Cai Lin might struggle to reach Dou Sheng, but breaking through to Dou Zong should have been no problem.

She had already taken human form and obtained Demon Saint blood—there should be no bottleneck.

"It's fine," Xiao Yan comforted her. "Nine Star Peak Dou Zong is just one step from Dou Zun. You've already taken human form. If all else fails, when my Pill Alchemy reaches Seventh Rank Peak, I'll refine a Breakthrough-to-Zun Pill for you—that should work." After all, haste makes waste; one failure meant nothing.

Cai Lin said nothing, only cast a sidelong glance at Xiao Yan. Now, she didn't even know how to face this man.

She had been unconscious then, but faintly remembered some things. Now she recalled it—why had she pushed herself so hard? Let Xiao Yan die, for all she cared!

Seeing Cai Lin ignore him, Xiao Yan rubbed his nose and chuckled wryly, then turned to Qing Lin: "Qing Lin, where's the exit?"

Qing Lin looked around, then pointed downward: "The exit is in the great hall! I should be able to open a passage."

"Good. We've been inside for who knows how many days—it's time to leave. I hope nothing major happened. Some people had better be smart." Xiao Yan's eyes flashed with menace; all the Soul Bodies in his Soul Talisman had been consumed. If someone wasn't smart enough, he wouldn't mind replenishing his Soul Talisman.

Hearing this, Cai Lin's gaze turned icy. If anyone thought she was dead, she would make those people into corpses.

After descending the Heavenly Ladder, they reached the former great hall—now a ruin. The Heavenly Ladder Platform had extended from its center.

And the exit was precisely at this location of the Heavenly Ladder Platform.

Qing Lin raised her hand and gently pressed it to the ground. A green glow emanated from her palm, and the Heavenly Ladder Platform clattered loudly—only then did Xiao Yan realize the Heavenly Ladder Platform was a snake! The vast sky platform was formed by this serpent coiled around itself!

Soon, an exit resembling a transmission array appeared beneath the feet of Xiao Yan and the others. A flash of light—and the three vanished.

Meanwhile, far at the edge of the Northwest Region, in the Shen Cheng of the Jia Ma Empire, the entire city was now shrouded in emerald-green poison, like a toxic wall blocking the vast army nearby.

"Father, even you can't stop it?" She Tianhao gritted his teeth, staring at the middle-aged man beside him. Once a decrepit old man, She Tianhao now looked youthful again!

Yet he had lost one hand—no matter what Elixir he used, it could not regrow. A strange poison had nearly killed him!

And this was merely from a girl's distant fingertip strike!

She Heaven Phoenix's face was grim. The poison was too terrifying—he had no solution.

"Jiejiejie," a black-robed man stepped from space, clad in a Soul Robe. "It's no surprise you can't handle it. That's the Eternal Calamity Poison of the Innate Calamity Poison Body. Who would've thought such a tiny Northwest Region would harbor one?"

Seeing this man, even the proud father-and-son duo of She Tianhao and She Heaven Phoenix dared not speak loudly, bowing respectfully: "We pay our respects to Elder."

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