A New Mysterious Force Emerges, Stirring the Central Plains

Above the plaza outside Burning Flame Valley.

A figure shrouded entirely in blood-red light stepped slowly out of a pitch-black spatial rift, moving like a phantom!

Behind him followed several old men dressed in dark blue robes, wearing eerie masks!

The weakest aura among them was significantly more terrifying than that of Fire Cloud Ancestor!

As for the strength of the blood-red figure.

Fire Cloud Ancestor could not see through it at all!

"Who are you sacred beings? Since you have come, why do you not dare to show your true faces?" Fire Cloud Ancestor gritted his teeth and asked, trying to remain composed.

The blood-red figure descended slowly, his voice icy: "Those who have seen our true faces are already dead."

"Heh, since you have come, I suppose you never intended to leave anyone in our Burning Flame Valley alive!"

Fire Cloud Ancestor was no fool!

From the moment this group of mysterious people appeared, he realized that the space within a hundred miles of Burning Flame Valley had been sealed off by powerful means!

In other words, everyone currently in Burning Flame Valley had become a turtle in a jar.

With Fire Cloud Ancestor's methods, it was impossible to break through!

"Why not let us know who is behind this before we die!"

The blood-red figure seemed to pause for a moment, then suddenly let out a shrill, strange laugh.

"Hehehe... once you become my nourishment, you will naturally know!"

"Do it!"

The blood-red figure flicked his finger.

In an instant!

The several Dou Saint experts behind him charged into the sheepfold like ferocious leopards.

One palm strike collapsed a mountain; one punch smashed a pit dozens of feet deep!

Knowing he was no match for them, Fire Cloud Ancestor's plan to extract their identities from their own mouths had failed.

He had no choice but to crush the jade talisman left behind by Xiao Xuan that day to request reinforcements!

"Calling for help?"

The blood-red figure caught sight of this move!

"Heh, there are no more than five people on this Dou Qi Continent who can save anyone from This Seat's hands!"

"Break!"

The blood-red figure reached out his palm and grabbed the light of the jade talisman.

With a crisp crack, he crushed the jade talisman's light!

"Fire Cloud, Tang Zhen, hand over the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, and This Seat may leave your corpses intact!"

"Dream on!"

Seeing his call for help intercepted, Fire Cloud Ancestor's expression sank.

Could it be...

Is Burning Flame Valley to be destroyed at his hands?

"Good! Very good! Since you have rejected This Seat's proposal, there is nothing more to say!"

The blood-red figure's tone was cold. With a slight movement of his feet, his figure appeared before Fire Cloud Ancestor without any warning!

A blood-red palm reached out to grab Fire Cloud Ancestor!

Fire Cloud Ancestor's expression changed drastically.

His Dou Qi surged wildly, and he struck out with a palm!

Bang!

The two palms collided!

Fire Cloud Ancestor was no match and was sent flying by the impact.

"A mantis trying to stop a chariot. Once This Seat kills you, I shall find the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame myself!"

"Heh, even if I have to die, I will make you pay a heavy price!"

Fire Cloud Ancestor formed hand seals, and his body began to swell violently!

"Self-destructing your physical body? To me, that is nothing but a petty trick!"

"Suppress!"

The blood-red figure used one hand to condense a scarlet palm print, which descended from above to suppress Fire Cloud Ancestor!

"Burning Flame Ancestor, I, Fire Cloud, have failed you!"

Knowing he was outmatched and unable to resist, Fire Cloud Ancestor could only let out a bitter laugh.

Closing his eyes, he awaited the arrival of death.

Tang Zhen and the others had not been killed by those few Dou Saint powerhouses!

Instead, they had all been imprisoned!

Suddenly, a voice resounded throughout this world.

"A mere four-star Dou Saint, daring to kill those I intend to protect—what kind of thing do you think you are!"

Immediately following, a ripple surged across the sky above Burning Flame Valley.

It effortlessly neutralized the blood-red figure's attack!

At the same time, a terrifying power, as if from a sovereign celestial emperor, descended from the heavens!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In an instant.

The few Dou Saint powerhouses brought by the blood-red figure were transformed into blood mists on the spot, dissipating with the wind!

Their souls were easily sucked into the spatial rift by a powerful suction force!

As for the blood-red figure himself, both his arms exploded right from the roots!

Blood, like a fountain, sprayed out from his severed limbs!

"Ah! It... it's you!"

The blood-red figure stared at the silhouette stepping out from the rift.

His eyes, shrouded in blood-red light, were filled with a trace of resentment and terror!

"It seems my intuition was correct."

Xiao Xuan shook his head, his expression showing a hint of disappointment.

"I never expected that even you lot would be committing such heinous acts!"

"Xiao Xuan! Do not go too far!"

"I am going too far?"

Xiao Xuan laughed.

"Look at the good work you've done! If I had arrived even one minute later, I fear everyone in Burning Flame Valley would have been slaughtered by you!!"

He had originally intended to head to the Ancient Void Dragon tribe, but upon arriving in Central Plains, he sensed that the jade talisman he had left at Burning Flame Valley had shattered.

Yet, no signal had been transmitted!

He guessed that something might have happened to Burning Flame Valley, so he had rushed over immediately.

The blood-red figure gritted his teeth and said, "By doing this, are you not afraid of our retaliation?"

"Based on you alone, you dare to threaten me? Perhaps if the person behind you came to say these words, there might be some momentum! You... are not qualified!"

As Xiao Xuan's final word fell!

Boom!

The formidable pressure of an Emperor-tier soul descended from the sky, causing the four-star Dou Saint blood-red figure to also transform into a rain of blood, drifting down upon this land!

As for his soul.

It naturally became nourishment for Xiao Xuan to restore his physical body!

"Big Brother Xiao Xuan, they died far too easily!"

Zi Yan poked her head out from behind Xiao Xuan, chewing on a medicinal pill as she spoke vaguely.

Xiao Xuan approached Fire Cloud Ancestor: "My apologies, I... arrived late."

"Many thanks to the senior for intervening."

Fire Cloud Ancestor expressed his gratitude.

Xiao Xuan said: "Central Plains is in chaos. Take this jade and go to the Jia Ma Empire in the Northwest Continent to find Yao Chen!"

"Yao Chen? He... he is still alive?"

"Mm, that place can also be considered the base camp of my Xiao Clan."

"Very well."

Fire Cloud Ancestor did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

At this moment, Xiao Xuan suddenly remembered that he had previously promised Yao Chen that if he came to Central Plains, he would visit Starfall Pavilion to inform Venerable Wind that he was still alive!

Thus, after Xiao Xuan received their inheritance flame, the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, from Tang Zhen, he immediately left Burning Flame Valley and arrived at Starfall Pavilion.

Just as he arrived, Starfall Pavilion was also surrounded by several Dou Venerables!

Venerable Wind had sustained very serious injuries.

Fresh blood continuously seeped from the corners of his mouth.

He clutched the gushing wound on his abdomen, a look of indifference—as if he had seen through life and death—surging across his face.

"Brother Chen, are you still waiting for me?"

Feng Xian murmured in a low voice.

In this moment, he seemed to see Yao Chen waving to him from the horizon!

"Brother Chen, I... I may not be able to avenge you. I hope that in the next life... we... we will still be brothers!"

"Feng Xian, it is your good fortune that our Master has taken a liking to this land, yet you dare to offer stubborn resistance! You truly do not know the meaning of death!"

"Who exactly are you people?"

Feng Xian stared at the person wearing the eerie mask and asked through gritted teeth.

That person let out a cackling, sinister laugh: "You would not want to know, because... the answer would only fill you with despair!"