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When You Li brought Chu Yun's two top experts to seize the flame, he sensed a Soul Fluctuation more powerful than anything he had ever felt before. It was practically as if it had condensed into substance.

You Li's heart lurched at once. Not good. Another alchemist had set his sights on the poison flame!

After that, he and the two experts immediately sped up, hurrying toward this place.

As soon as they arrived, they saw that a Five Star Dou Wang had already slain the Fire Spirit Poison Dragon and carved out the source of that Netherworld Poison Flame.

Seeing that the poison flame was about to sprout wings and fly away, You Li, in his urgency, could only call out to the Beautiful Figure who had slain the Fire Spirit Poison Dragon.

That person wore a bamboo hat with black gauze, making her face impossible to see, but she was dressed in a plain dress and seemed to be a woman.

And once that person spoke, it further confirmed You Li's guess.

"Who are you?"

"A mere Five Star Dou Wang dares act so overbearing before the three of us? Haven't you chosen the wrong people?"

Xie Shan swept a glance over her. The other party's cultivation was only that of a mere Five Star Dou Wang, more than an entire major realm below him and Wu Ya.

"Hahaha, exactly so."

At the same time, Wu Ya's gaze swept straight to Xiao Yan behind the jagged riverbank.

"Oh? There's actually a little rat here too?"

Wu Ya gave a cold laugh. A tiny Dou Zhe could actually be alive and kicking inside the Netherworld Poison Swamp. Even thinking with his knees, he could guess whose handiwork this was.

When two peak Dou Emperor experts focused their attention on a tiny Five Star Dou Wang, the natural outcome should probably have been that the Five Star Dou Wang wet herself on the spot in terror.

Unfortunately, Yao Wan could not be considered an ordinary Five Star Dou Wang.

The way they looked at her, as if watching prey, as if toying with a rat, only kept fueling the anger in Yao Wan's heart, anger that burned like the poison flame in her palm.

The poison flame was still burning in her palm, corroding the Gleaming Body that protected her.

She could not let go of the poison flame in her hand. After all, if this thing left her hand in a place like the Netherworld Poison Swamp, it would be no different from releasing a tiger back to the mountain. In the next breath, it would probably gather into a poison dragon once more.

But if she did not let go, she was holding a hot potato, crippling one of her own arms.

Right now, two peak Dou Emperors were watching hungrily. The moment the poison flame left her hand, it would undoubtedly be seized.

"We are internal powers of Chu Yun: the Gate Master of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, the Mansion Lord of Centipede Sky Mansion, and the president of the Chu Yun Alchemist Guild, You Li!"

Seeing that the powerful soul aura he had sensed earlier had actually come only from a Five Star Dou Wang, You Li instead breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If she had been a Dou Emperor expert, they would probably be fleeing in panic right about now.

But the other party was nothing more than a Five Star Dou Wang. This made You Li's confidence swell greatly. No matter what, they should be able to obtain the poison flame from her hands.

"Friend, in my name as president of the Chu Yun Empire's Alchemist Guild, I guarantee you this: if you are willing to part with the Heavenly Flame, whatever demand you make, my Chu Yun Empire's Alchemist Guild will do everything in its power to satisfy it."

With his confidence greatly increased, You Li's words carried a little more assurance.

Yao Wan could not help but laugh.

"I thought you wanted to say something meaningful. So it turns out to be such empty words."

She smiled and shook her head, then said, "What I want, I'm afraid you don't have the ability to give me."

At those words, You Li's heart sank. His thoughts were indeed somewhat gloomy, so he naturally did not want to make an enemy of a mysterious alchemist without understanding the situation. But that had never meant he was afraid of the mysterious person before him.

"So... you are unwilling to hand over the Heavenly Flame?"

A trace of killing intent slowly appeared in You Li's eyes.

"If you have the ability and the courage, then come and take it."

Yao Wan did not care. Wasn't it just two peak Dou Emperors? Why would she be afraid?

Searching for a Heavenly Flame was only a matter of chance and who arrived first. She herself had the confidence to exchange Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for a Heavenly Flame from someone else's hands, but once a Heavenly Flame fell into her hands, who would have the ability to seize it from her by force or trickery?

"Heh, a little Five Star Dou Wang dares boast so shamelessly before me!"

Before You Li could say anything more, Xie Shan let out a loud laugh and moved first.

"Blood Fiend Seal!"

As a fully deserving peak Dou Emperor expert, the circulation of Xie Shan's Dou Qi alone caused a world-shaking commotion. When he displayed his Dou Technique and a gigantic blood-colored palm print descended from the sky, Yao Wan's figure hung in midair, lonely and small, like a tiny boat.

"Hmph, a mere peak Dou Emperor. So what if you came? I'll fight you all the same!"

Yao Wan gave a cold snort, then drove her soul swords, forming them into a sword formation that swiftly flew toward Xie Shan.

At the same time, she opened the Glass Light Barrier, blocking the palm print from Xie Shan. The glass-colored light barrier flickered between bright and dim.

That said, using a Dou Technique at the Dou Wang realm to clash head-on with a peak Dou Emperor was still somewhat forced.

But in the end, the Glass Light Barrier blocked Xie Shan's palm print, and the flying swords she had deployed had already drawn close to Xie Shan.

"Impossible. You're actually not dead?!"

Xie Shan's eyes instantly widened. How could a mere Five Star Dou Wang withstand one move from him, a peak Dou Emperor?

Yao Wan laughed coldly. This fool's Soul Power was abysmally low. He even had trouble noticing the movements of her soul swords.

In that case, die!

The eight soul swords that had already surrounded Xie Shan bloomed with cold light, as if they could pierce Xie Shan into a transparent, light-leaking sieve in the very next moment.

However, before Yao Wan could see the soul swords fly out and slay Xie Shan, an ominous aura from behind her instantly made Yao Wan remember that Xiao Yan was still at her back.

She instinctively glanced back, only to see that Wu Ya had already made a move against Xiao Yan.

"Equal King Manifestation!"

As Wu Ya used his Dou Technique, the surrounding Dou Qi merged with the poison swamp, turning into a huge black-purple centipede that sprayed venom and charged with a hiss and roar toward the hidden young man below.

Xiao Yan's breath caught. In that instant, he only felt his hands and feet turn ice-cold, unable to move even an inch.

"Xiao Yan!"

Yao Wan called out, and the soul swords that had already flown toward Xie Shan immediately changed direction, flying toward Wu Ya.

"A mighty peak Dou Emperor actually makes a move against a tiny Dou Zhe. Have you no shame?!"

The soul swords revolved, turning into a wheel of light that slashed at Wu Ya.

Wu Ya was startled and hurriedly rose to retreat explosively, but he was still struck by the sword light through carelessness. His tough body was sliced open as easily as tofu, blood streaming down.

After forcing Wu Ya back, Yao Wan had no mind to continue pressing the attack.

"Glass Forged Golden Body!"

Dou Qi circulated violently, and the Gleaming Body that had originally been drawn in once again transformed into a magnificent dharma idol, opening a huge Glass Light Barrier and blocking all attacks from the outside for Xiao Yan.