Chapter 177: 177. Chapter 177: Inheritance of the Dou Di! The Three-Year Agreement

177. Chapter 177: Inheritance of the Dou Di! The Three-Year Agreement

Above the Tuoshe Gu Di Shi Xiang, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill looked at the twenty Four-Colored Fire Lotuses spinning toward it, a look of sudden terror rising in its eyes.

Within these fire lotuses, it sensed an extremely terrifying might!

"Emperor Pill Palm!!"

The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's eyes snapped open, its figure suddenly soaring into the air, and then it pressed a palm down toward the fire lotuses below. The moment its palm was pressed out, a brilliant ball of light about the size of a human head suddenly surged forth!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Following the appearance of this brilliant ball of light, the energy between heaven and earth suddenly ignited, as if it had encountered boiling oil.

Looking out, the boundless sky was filled with raging flames; in this moment, the world had turned into a furnace.

The fire lotuses erupted, and a terrifying sound wave surged through this space.

The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's pupils dilated, a thick, cold expression on its face as its hands pressed down violently. The flames burning between heaven and earth instantly collided with the flames erupting from the fire lotuses.

"Boom!!"

A sound wave like the collapse of heaven and earth surged through the space. The rolling fire lotuses, carrying terrifying might, instantly overwhelmed the flames controlled by the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and swept toward it.

Being an expert at controlling flames itself, even though the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill had seen countless Strange Fire in this space, it had never seen the terrifying power that erupted after these flames were stacked! "Ah!!"

The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill cried out in pain; the moment the flames struck, they completely swallowed its body.

Green blood spurted out, and a rich medicinal fragrance permeated from this blood.

"You can actually fuse Strange Fire!" It said tremblingly, its tone full of terror.

Xu Qi'an looked toward the sky, his gaze sharp, his hand tightly gripping the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

The cultivation of the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill was already above that of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, yet it had not stepped into the level of a Dou Di!

Twenty Fo Nu Huo Lian were enough to let this Emperor Pill witness true terror.

As the fire waves dissipated, he discovered that the figure in the sky was covered in bloodstains, its hair disheveled, no longer possessing its previous composed appearance.

At this moment, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's aura was withered, yet its gaze was fixed firmly on Xu Qi'an below.

"Brat!!"

It gritted its teeth, its palms flipping; faintly, a rich scent of medicinal fragrance suddenly surged between heaven and earth.

A strange fragrance drifted over, and Xu Qi'an felt as if the Dou Qi within his body was about to ignite.

Before he could even act, the purple-black Void Swallowing Flame on his shoulder opened its mouth and inhaled, directly sucking all that medicinal fragrance into its belly.

"Hiccup~"

The little purple-black flame figure rubbed its belly, revealing a satisfied smile.

Xu Qi'an gave a mocking laugh, "If these are your only tricks, then everything ends here!"

He reached out and tossed the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in his hand to the Void Swallowing Flame on his shoulder.

The little fire figure grabbed the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, opened its mouth, and spat out an essence glowing with black flames onto the ancient jade.

Its little flame hands suddenly transformed into a series of extremely bizarre hand seals.

Watching the movements of the Void Swallowing Flame, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill was terrified and looked down violently, only to see that the ten-thousand-foot-tall Tuoshe Gu Di Shi Xiang had its hands in the exact same seals as the Void Swallowing Flame! "Hum hum!!"

As the Void Swallowing Flame's hand seals changed rapidly, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade before it suddenly began to hum and tremble.

Following that, a circle of soft light rippled outward; as the ancient jade shook, it actually transformed into a brilliant-colored ring of light!

The ring of light displayed multiple colors, and upon it, it was as if flames were dancing, which was extremely miraculous.

"Pill-Transforming Ring!! How could you possibly know the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Pill-Transforming Divine Art!!"

Seeing the ring of light take shape, the previously icy Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's expression changed abruptly, its voice becoming somewhat shrill.

The Void Swallowing Flame no longer possessed its original intelligence at this time, so it naturally would not answer the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's question.

Under Xu Qi'an's instruction, it flicked its palm, and the brilliant ring of light shot out, appearing above the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's head in a short instant.

Circles of brilliant fire rings emerged, completely wrapping the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's figure within them.

"Ah!!"

As these fire rings enveloped it, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill screamed madly, and wisps of white smoke drifted from its body.

Within the rings, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's body actually began to slowly transform back into a medicinal pill.

Having had its foundation damaged by the stacked fire lotuses, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill had no power to fight back at this moment.

Furthermore, this Pill-Transforming Ring was originally a Dou Technique created by the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor specifically to target pill spirits like them.

As time passed, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's screams within the rings grew weaker and weaker; finally, a fist-sized medicinal pill, permeated with various divine charms, appeared within the rings.

Xu Qi'an raised his hand in a beckoning motion and took this medicinal pill into his hand.

"A pity, this medicinal pill is ultimately not complete."

He took a bite of the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, and a rich medicinal fragrance instantly filled his entire mouth, followed by a surge of rich energy erupting within his body.

Without hesitation, he swallowed the entire Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill in a few gulps, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to refine that terrifying energy within his body!

"Hum hum!!"

A terrifying aura erupted from his body, shaking all the Strange Fire within the entire Strange Fire space until they swayed.

Xu Qi'an made a large beckoning gesture, and the Strange Fire that possessed real physical forms on the Strange Fire stone pillars all fell into his palm, after which he stuffed them into his body and forcibly refined them! The Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, Yin Yang Dual Flame, Nether Poison Fire, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Fire Cloud Water Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame, Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, Eight Desolation Destruction Flame, and Nine Nether Wind Flame—he began to refine all nine types of Strange Fire simultaneously with the help of the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill's terrifying energy! Boundless flames permeated from Xu Qi'an's body, filling the entire space except for the area around the Tuoshe Gu Di Shi Xiang.

A terrifying aura gradually permeated from his body.

After a long time, the flames poured back and retracted entirely into his body.

Xu Qi'an quietly opened his eyes, flames of countless colors instantly swirling within them.

Feeling the surging energy within his body, he clenched his fist, "Without Source Qi, I have ultimately failed to step into that Dou Di realm!"

"It seems this Source of the Emperor cannot be saved."

He looked up, his gaze locked on the Tuoshe Gu Di Shi Xiang before him, and the Void Swallowing Flame on his shoulder seemed to receive an order, transforming into a beam of flame that shot toward the heart position of the stone statue.

"Hum hum!!"

As the beam of light struck, the surface of the ten-thousand-foot-tall stone statue suddenly rippled with strange fluctuations, as if circles of ripples were spreading outward.

The stone statue began to tremble, and a moment later, only a cracking sound of the stone statue twisting could be heard; at the chest of the statue, a stone cave had actually manifested and split open.

From within that stone cave, a soft radiance suddenly permeated outward, enveloping Xu Qi'an's body.

Xu Qi'an's expression shifted, and he stepped out directly, appearing at the chest position of the stone statue, before striding into the stone cave.

The scene before his eyes changed abruptly, and an ocean of Strange Fire appeared.

He reached out and grabbed, and a cluster of Strange Fire appeared in his palm.

"Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame..."

"It seems you are quite favored by these flames." As Xu Qi'an murmured, a flame flower quietly bloomed in the distance, and an aged figure slowly walked out from within it.

He looked at this old man, whose face was exactly the same as the ten-thousand-foot stone statue outside, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Tuoshe Ancient Emperor..."

Inside the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Ye Ming was sitting cross-legged in mid-air; before his eyes, a milky-white ball of light was flickering with dazzling radiance.

Just at this moment, he raised his hand slightly and opened the spatial portal of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land.

Lin Dong, Long Aotian, Chen Ping'an, and Ye Gucheng, each imprisoning several members of the Alien Race, walked inside.

Lin Dong threw an Alien with a snake head and human body onto the ground, looked at Ye Ming who was refining an Immortal Gu before him, and said, "The Aliens in this region of the Central Plains have already been wiped out. Apart from these ten, there are twelve left in other regions."

"According to the information extracted from the souls of these few Aliens, there are fewer than twenty members of the Human Race left."

Although Ye Ming's several clones had been frantically slaughtering the Alien Race during this period.

Yet, the number of experts of the Human Race who had entered this dungeon world from the Main World was still too few compared to the three thousand Aliens.

Moreover, there is no telling if some Alien, after killing an opponent, obtained some heaven-defying buff that greatly increased their speed in killing the Human Race! Hearing the words of Lin Dong's clone, Ye Ming did not stop the movements of his hands and spoke indifferently: "Xu Qi'an still needs some time to inherit the Ancient Emperor Inheritance; during this period, this dungeon must not be closed prematurely."

"You must go and capture ten members of the Human Race as quickly as possible, so that we can keep the initiative to open and close this dungeon in our own hands."

Hearing Ye Ming's indifferent words, the several clones felt no surprise in their hearts.

In this secret realm dungeon, when the number of people in one faction is fewer than ten, the dungeon world will be forcibly closed.

For Ye Ming, he had more than enough ability during this period to protect the members of the Human Race who had entered this Main World.

Yet, he had not done so.

All he wanted was the improvement of his own strength.

What did the life or death of others have to do with him?

Seeing Lin Dong and the others nod, Ye Ming flicked his hand and tossed the Human As Before Immortal Gu to Chen Ping'an.

"I will not be staying in this world for much longer. Once you find the rest of those people, you can also go and search for the opportunities of this world yourselves."

Lin Dong and the others nodded, then stepped out of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land.

Ye Ming casually closed the portal of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land and looked at the Wang Lin clone who was preparing Gu materials, saying:

"Wait until we reach the next world, then you can cultivate a new cultivation system."

The Wang Lin clone nodded and continued to assist Ye Ming in refining the Immortal Gu.

On the other side, after walking out of the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Ye Gucheng was the first to say to the others: "There are still some good things left inside the Soul Clan; I am going to make a trip there!"

"There are three people in that direction; leave them to me!"

Ye Gucheng cupped his hands, his evil power tore through space, and then he walked inside.

Long Aotian looked at Lin Dong, "I am going in the direction of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan; there are two people over there, just leave them to me!"

"By the way, do you want the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit?"

Lin Dong shook his head, "That thing is more suitable for you; you can just go and take it yourself!"

Long Aotian smiled, transformed into a hundred-foot black dragon, and suddenly dove into the spatial passage.

Lin Dong looked at Chen Ping'an before him, walked up, draped his arm over his shoulder, and said: "You take on a bit more for me; there are five people left, why don't you go and catch a few more!"

Chen Ping'an nodded; without even asking why, he laughed directly, "Fine! I'll go take a walk in the Southern Region; I should be able to find quite a few Gu materials over there."

Lin Dong chuckled and patted Chen Ping'an on the shoulder, "That's the spirit. When you undergo the Heavenly Tribulation and Earthly Disaster, call me; I'll come to protect you!"

"Many thanks!" Chen Ping'an cupped his hands toward Lin Dong with great solemnity.

Lin Dong shook his head, "We're all our own people, why mention such things!"

Chen Ping'an smiled, a trace of curiosity rising in his heart. He looked at Lin Dong and asked: "You aren't going to complete the main body's mission; what do you want to do?"

Lin Dong rubbed his chin and said: "It's been almost three years; I need to go watch a movie."

Chen Ping'an was stunned for a moment, then smiled in realization. He waved his hand and walked toward the direction of the Southern Region.

Seeing that everyone had left, Lin Dong did not linger either. Silver radiance permeated his body, the power of the Space Ancestor Symbol was activated, and he quietly merged into space.

Through multiple slaughters, his role-play percentage had grown rapidly. Of the eight great Ancestor Symbols, he had now mastered seven!

The Gama Empire is a very magical place.

It is a country neither large nor small among the forces of the Northwest, yet it allowed the Xiao Clan, one of the ancient families, to settle down in a tiny Wutan City within the empire.

Within this empire, the Yunlan Sect is absolutely a massive force!

Even the Gama Imperial Family is extremely wary of the Yunlan Sect.

The Yunlan Sect is established on Yun Lan Mountain, and Yun Lan Mountain is only a few dozen miles away from the imperial capital of the Gama Empire.

The two are like two behemoths confronting each other.

On the main road leading to Yun Lan Mountain, a handsome youth in black robes, carrying a giant ruler on his back, looked up at the snow-white mountain peak piercing the clouds, his eyes filled with deep emotion.

Although he had waited for three years for this day, he did not use Dou Qi Transformation Wings, but instead walked step by step toward the summit without haste.

"Teacher, do you think Brother Lin Dong will come?" the black-robed youth asked to himself as he walked.

"That youth..." Yao Lao was instantly silent.

Three years of Time is enough to change too many things.

Originally, he had been very optimistic about that youth, but apart from that initial flash in the pan, for these past three years, there had been no further news of the other party throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire.

For a genius like this, in three years, besides becoming famous, there is only one other possibility... and that is falling in battle.

Yao Lao shook his head and murmured, "Perhaps!"

He suddenly cursed out loud, "That brat! Back then he said as long as this old man raised your cultivation to Dou Wang, he would find me a Dou Zun body!"

"Now you are already a Dou Huang, and we still don't know where that kid died!"

"If he doesn't find this old man a nine-star Dou Zun body, I will have it out with him!"

Xiao Yan smiled, "Teacher, don't be anxious. Brother Lin Dong said he would definitely come!"

Just at this moment, he had already walked to the foot of Yun Lan Mountain.

He raised his head and gazed at the ancient stone steps that had existed for who knows how many years before him, his eyes slowly closing; faintly, there seemed to be a subtle sound of sword humming coming from the end of the stone steps, ringing out crisply and echoing quietly through the mountain forest, like the tolling of a bell.

The silence lasted for a while, then Xiao Yan opened his eyes, lightly patted the Heavy Xuan Ruler on his back, and stepped forward, finally landing firmly upon those slightly damp, ancient stone steps.

This moment... the three-year appointment has officially arrived! (End of chapter)