Tang Zhen and the hunched-backed elder exchanged glances, each seeing considerable shock in the other's eyes.
Xiao Yan also took out a medicinal pill from his Storage Ring. After swallowing it, the medicinal power gradually spread, and the exhaustion in his mind began to slowly ease. His flame battle with Ling Zhuo had not been easy either. Although Wind Fury Dragon Flame ranked only eighteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, just one place above the Green Lotus Core Flame, Ling Zhuo's soul strength far surpassed his own, and Ling Zhuo's cultivation technique was indeed formidable. The dangers of that flame battle had been no less than when he had fought Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring to the death. The only difference was that Qing Lin had been standing by to support him, so there had been no threat to his life.
Still, Xiao Yan found himself thinking strangely, I should actually thank Ling Zhuo for letting me reach this point. If he hadn't arrogantly given me that wine at the trade fair, I might have suffered an even greater loss just now!
Breaking my soul strength into the Spiritual State Soul Realm is now an urgent matter! Xiao Yan thought. The Spirit-Nurturing Dust and Heaven's Lightning Soul Forging he had obtained at the trade fair were his best chance to elevate his soul power into the Spiritual State Soul Realm!
Meanwhile, Ling Zhuo had fully recovered as well. Although Elder Yan had lent him a hand, his face was still terribly pale. Clearly, even though his soul power had reached the Spiritual State Soul Realm, he had still suffered greatly just now!
The fury in his gaze toward Xiao Yan was impossible to conceal. He had clearly never expected to suffer such a massive loss at Xiao Yan's hands.