One Wave Has Yet to Settle, Another Rises

Old Yao sighed instinctively.

As a member of the Yao Clan, he had heard a little about the clan's supreme techniques.

Di Xi Chan Ge, the most orthodox cultivation method of the Yao Clan. The Glazed Body Sculpting Art, the Yao Clan's strongest body-tempering Dou Technique.

Even from afar, merely catching a glimpse of it was enough to leave that shock lingering in one's mind.

What did it mean to be favored by all? Perhaps this was it.

The poison dragon that had been sent flying twisted its festering body in agony through the air, then let out another unsettling, terrifying howl. Dou Qi gathered in its gaping maw, eventually condensing into a dazzling beam of purple poison light that streaked across the poisonous swamp. It merely grazed the water's surface, yet vast amounts of swamp water instantly evaporated into toxic smoke that blotted out the sky.

"Hmph, stubborn to the end."

Yao Wan snorted, but she did not dare be careless. The Glazed Body Sculpting Art circulated at full force, and a light screen formed around the exquisitely beautiful glass figure, separating Yao Wan from the incoming poison light.

"Boom!"

The poison light struck dead center, crashing into the light screen created by the Glass Body.

Old Yao spoke gravely. Then his illusory figure flew into Xiao Yan's Storage Ring.

Old Yao suddenly furrowed his brow and said,

"...Those two peak Dou Emperors?"

Even after the glazed light screen shattered and Yao Wan's Glass Body took the attack head-on, it only left a few scorch marks from the poison flames upon it.

That was right. The Glass Body could withstand a frontal attack from a Dou Emperor, but it could not resist corrosive damage like that caused by the Nether Poison Flame.

At first, Yao Wan only needed to circulate her Dou Qi to easily keep the poison light outside the light screen, but Old Yao quickly noticed something was wrong.

As she spoke, Yao Wan took out a medicinal pill from her Storage Ring and swallowed it.

Xiao Yan asked instinctively.

Most of the poison light had been blocked and dissipated after striking the light screen. However, once it came into contact with the screen, it quickly melted into the deep purple, green-tinged Nether Poison Flame, which blazed fiercely across its surface.

It was nothing more than a minor setback. Even a direct attack from the Fire Spirit Poison Dragon could not possibly shatter the Glass Body she had cultivated in a single blow.

"What? Could they be from the Cloud Empire?"

As violent tremors shook heaven and earth, Xiao Yan nearly lost his footing.

"As for three Dou Emperors, hmph, then let's fight. I've never been afraid."

Though Old Yao frowned slightly, he had no doubt that Yao Wan would ultimately defeat this Dou Emperor-level fire spirit.

"Tsk, these clingy pests really are troublesome..."

The pill melted as soon as it entered her mouth. Almost the instant she swallowed it, Yao Wan's Dou Qi surged dramatically.

Before entering the Storage Ring, Old Yao sent a voice transmission to Yao Wan, who was confronting the poison dragon fire spirit. "This is bad. Experts from the Cloud Empire are coming. We probably won't be able to take this poison flame after all. Take Xiao Yan and leave quickly."

"Futile resistance!"

"This is bad."

"...No. I must have the Nether Poison Flame."

"They're probably alchemists from the Cloud Empire. There are actually two peak Dou Emperor experts beside that Soul Power... Tsk, the girl is in danger now."

Old Yao shook his head. He naturally knew that Yao Wan had not yet used her full strength, but facing three Dou Emperors and one Dou Wang alone while only at the Dou Wang realm was far too dangerous.

The poison dragon was originally a phantom condensed from the spirit of poison flame. Even having its head severed by a single chop was no great matter. As the poisonous swamp surged, its twisted, headless body swiftly grew a new dragon head in the blink of an eye.

"There's also a peak Dou Wang... He seems to be an alchemist?"

"There's another person coming with considerable Soul Power."

"Don't panic, brat. Your Miss Wan won't lose just from taking one attack like that."

The Glass Body brought its palms together, transforming them into a hand blade that descended like thunder and struck the poison dragon's head.

As the hand blade swung by the Glass Body cleaved down like thunder, the poison dragon's head was instantly split in two.

Yet Old Yao's persuasion ultimately did not make Yao Wan hesitate for long. She raised her hand and sent the fireball spewed by the poison dragon flying, while the Glass Body shone with divine radiance and struck the poison dragon's body again.

Yet his gaze never once left the lovely figure in the sky.

Old Yao sighed helplessly, then formed a white barrier beside Xiao Yan, temporarily blocking the surging Poisonous Barrier and outside perception.

"Miss Wan!"

After the Nether Poison Flame corroded part of the light screen, the poison light directly pierced through the glazed light screen and struck the exquisitely beautiful Glass Body.

To be honest, having her glazed light screen broken was indeed somewhat unexpected, but to her, it was no more than an insignificant injury.

"What is it?"

Old Yao hesitated, for what he had feared had already happened.

Beneath the Bamboo Hat and black veil, the corners of Yao Wan's lips curled upward slightly. She was utterly fearless.

At the same time, her divine sense, which had previously withdrawn, suddenly detected the auras of Dou Emperors rapidly approaching the southern part of the poisonous swamp where they were located.

"That poison light is condensed from poison flame. The Glass Body's light screen should be able to withstand attacks one realm above its own, but—"

Besides, even if they obtained the Nether Poison Flame this time, how to let Xiao Yan fuse with it would be another major problem. Therefore, even if they gave it up, neither Xiao Yan nor Old Yao would blame or resent Yao Wan, who had put in both effort and work.

Xiao Yan noticed this as well.

"Heavenly Flames are far too rare. If Xiao Yan wants to grow stronger quickly, he must seize every opportunity to become stronger."

Yao Wan clicked her tongue, growing increasingly displeased.

Yao Wan snorted and said, "Old Yao, just take Xiao Yan and find somewhere to hide!"

Old Yao suddenly knit his brows and said,

"Even for you, challenging three Dou Emperors across realms is far too much. Moreover, those two Dou Emperors are both at the peak level, only one step away from Dou Zong."

"Crack—"

Xiao Yan was somewhat puzzled. In his eyes, Miss Wan was firmly holding the upper hand at the moment. How could there be a problem?

"This is bad. Dou Emperors are approaching this place."

Yao Wan muttered instinctively. What Old Yao could sense, there was no reason Yao Wan, also a Heavenly Soul, could not sense.

"...Hmph."

"Teacher, Miss Wan, she..."

"Ah, why have kids these days all become so reckless..."

Old Yao sighed helplessly.