Xiao Yan looked surprised. Yan Jin had always displayed the strength of a late-stage Eight-Star Dou Saint. He had not expected Yan Jin to break through the bottleneck to Nine-Star Dou Sheng in such a short time. For the alliance, this was wonderful news. The gap between a late-stage Eight-Star Dou Saint and a Nine-Star Dou Sheng might seem small, but in truth, they were worlds apart.
Now that Yan Jin had reached the nine-star level, he stood a chance of fighting the chiefs of the Soul Clan and the Ancient Clan.
"Then congratulations are in order, Chief Yan Jin, on your breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Sheng."
Yan Jin smiled faintly. "When all was said and done, I have you to thank for helping the Flame Clan. If you and Elder Huo Zhen hadn't refined that life-saving Tier 9 Medicinal Pill, I could never have gone a step further after recovering."
When the Flame Clan had been ambushed, it had indeed been caught badly off guard at first, and its fighters had fallen one after another. But Yan Jin had drawn on his own strength and the Flame Clan's foundations to stabilize the situation in a short time. Though the Flame Clan had ultimately lost to the Soul Clan, it had made them pay a considerable price.
During Yan Jin's life-and-death struggle against several Soul Clan experts, the bottleneck to Nine-Star Dou Sheng that had held him back for years had finally loosened, allowing him to break through. Such an opportunity could only arise from a bloody battle for survival.
"With your strength, Chief Yan Jin, our alliance will only grow stronger!"
"We also have twelve Dou Zun left, though if we fight the Soul Clan or the Ancient Clan, the help they can offer will be limited."
"Since I've