Curtain Call

"Hehehe, prepare to die!"

Wu Protector, grinning maliciously, lunged at Xiao Ming. At this moment, his cultivation level had reached at least the Dou Ancestor Six Stars.

To be honest, the level difference between Dou Zong is huge. After reaching Dou Zong, Xiao Ming is naturally not afraid of strong people of the same star level, but he can no longer fight enemies that are too many stars apart as before.

The battles against Wu Protector and Spirit Protector were not easy either.

So, looking at Wu Protector at this moment, Xiao Ming couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache.

Wu Protector and Xiao Ming clashed fiercely in the air, their exchange creating spatial turbulence and ripples.

Feeling that he had the upper hand in his battle against Xiao Ming, Wu Protector laughed wildly.

However, it seems he was celebrating a little too soon.

Before he could even utter two words of laughter, his body suddenly began to inflate rapidly like a balloon.

Xiao Ming, who had just exchanged blows with Wu Protector, looked at Wu Protector's swollen body and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"This is the Aura of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but why is it even more violent than before? Is it... about to self-destruct?!"

Upon realizing this possibility, Xiao Ming's expression changed, and he turned and ran.

"No, that's impossible!"

Wu Protector screamed in terror. At this moment, he no longer cared about Xiao Ming's escape. Inside his body, a white Flame Seed the size of a thumb was expanding. He had clearly Yao Chen's Soul Power to calm the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, so why did it still self-destruct!

Could it be that old bastard Yao Chen did something?!

Wu Protector was completely baffled.

He received no answer. When his body swelled to a certain extent, it exploded with a deafening roar that resounded for hundreds of miles around the Misty Cloud Sect!

At this moment, the Misty Cloud Mountain seemed to transform into an erupting volcano in an instant, with blazing white flames mixed with Soul Power turning into fire waves that spread out in an arc.

In that instant, Misty Cloud Mountain began to tremble violently. Huge cracks spread along the mountain walls, rocks tumbled down, and trees were burned, creating a scene resembling the end of the world.

The surging fire waves formed a huge mushroom shape on the top of Misty Cloud Mountain, which could be clearly seen for miles around.

Within a hundred miles of the Misty Cloud Sect, countless people looked up, their faces filled with shock, at the mushroom blooming atop Misty Cloud Mountain. Even from such a great distance, the air seemed to suddenly become much hotter.

As time slowly passed, the fiery waves that enveloped Misty Cloud Mountain finally gradually faded away.

In the sky, the black curtain that had originally filled the horizon had long been dispelled by the fire waves, and the dazzling sunlight once again poured down on the Misty Cloud Sect.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, the enormous plaza was ravaged as if by an earthquake, with cracks spreading in all directions. The once towering main hall had been almost entirely destroyed. In the center of the plaza, the once-standing Stone Stele was reduced to a mere half, still embedded in the stone slab, while the rest was pulverized by the terrifying destructive power of the fire wave. Outside the plaza, some of the surrounding houses and halls were reduced to ruins. The cries of Misty Cloud Sect Disciples echoed across the plaza.

Of course, the combined destructive power of the Heavenly Flames and the self-destruction of the Dou Zong was not limited to destroying just some houses.

The reason the explosion didn't cause too much destruction was the energy shield that formed a huge bowl shape and fell down from mid-air.

The enormous energy shield completely enveloped the summit of Misty Cloud Mountain. However, even so, the residual energy that seeped down when the Fire Lotus exploded still utterly destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect.

The one who maintains the energy shield is naturally the Venerable Tian Huo.

At this moment, his soul felt somewhat ethereal again; clearly, enduring the heatwave would be no easy task.

As the heatwave subsided, Venerable Tian Huo's gaze fell directly on the center of the explosion.

The ground was some distance from where Xiao Ming and Wu Protector fought. What he just caught was merely the aftershock, and he had no idea what Xiao Ming's situation was at the center.

Under everyone's gaze, Xiao Ming in the sky also revealed himself. At this moment, he seemed to be in bad shape, with a pale face and several torn and charred marks on his white clothes.

"Cough cough, luckily I ran fast."

Wiping the cold sweat from his brow, Xiao Ming felt somewhat fortunate. If he hadn't sensed the danger and run away a bit, he would have been seriously injured, Undying killed, by taking the self-destruction of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame head-on.

Even so, he was still slightly injured because the Wu Protector exploded too quickly, and he hadn't run far enough.

However, with the death of Wu Protector, the affairs of the Misty Cloud Sect, though many unexpected events occurred, have finally come to Curtain Call.

As he slowly landed on the ground, Venerable Tian Huo, Zi Yan, and other people familiar with Xiao Ming gathered around him.

"Xiao Ming, are you alright? Are you okay?" Zi Yan's small hands rummaged through Xiao Ming's body.

"It's nothing." Glancing at Medusa behind Zi Yan, Xiao Ming took out a healing pill from his Na Ring and swallowed it, then turned to look at Venerable Tian Huo.

"Is Old Yao interested in the Ferocious Soul? If not, then I'll go help Xian'er destroy it."

The battle between Xiao Yi Xian and the Ferocious Soul was briefly affected during the fight just now, but they are fighting again now.

"Of course I'm interested. To be honest, I have a unique method for dealing with this type of Ferocious Soul. I expended a lot of my soul this time, and this Ferocious Soul can restore a significant amount of my power. However, this thing is exceptionally ferocious. I hope to borrow your Heavenly Flames when the time comes."

"Of course." Xiao Ming nodded slightly.

Seeing that Xiao Ming agreed, Venerable Tian Huo didn't waste any words. He took the Na Ring from Xiao Ming's hand and flew directly to the area where Xiao Yi Xian was fighting the Ferocious Soul.

The Venerable Tian Huo indeed had a set of methods to deal with the Ferocious Soul; they were utterly powerless against him.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming turned his gaze to Yun Yun, who had walked up to him.

Yun Yun's expression was not good at the moment. After the battle just now, Misty Cloud Sect suffered heavy losses, but she could not blame Xiao Ming for causing this situation.

Ultimately, those powerful figures with strange laughter were actually brought upon themselves. If Xiao Ming didn't make a move today, their Misty Cloud Sect would be destroyed by these people sooner or later. After all, even her teacher had been secretly attacked, leaving them utterly powerless against them.

In this respect, the Misty Cloud Sect should thank Xiao Ming.

Moreover, Xiao Ming had previously preserved Yun Shan's soul.

So Yun Yun forced herself to cheer up and managed a soft smile on her pale face.

"Many thanks to Master Xiao Ming for saving my teacher."

Xiao Ming saved Yun Shan for two reasons: first, because Misty Cloud Sect from causing trouble for Xiao Yan, which made him feel somewhat guilty, so he helped him out; second, to prevent Yun Shan's soul from falling into the hands of Wu Protector and being devoured by him, thus increasing his strength.

Unfortunately, when Wu Protector saw that his life was threatened, he panicked and, in a moment of desperation, even swallowed Old Man Yao, leading to the current situation.

In the end, Wu Protector reaped the consequences of his actions and died suddenly.

Xiao Ming wasn't saddened by Old Man Yao; he just felt a little sorry for him.

"It's a pity that the Bone Spirit Cold Flame."