Saint of Thieves

The Ancient Void Dragon's greatest power had never been Dou Techniques or dragon flame, but one word: theft!

Zi Yan had stolen medicinal ingredients from Jia Nan Academy's medicinal storehouse the moment she appeared. Wasn't Zhu Kun trapped because he had tried to sneak into Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to steal something and got caught?

The Ancient Void Dragon clan was full of thieves, and Zi Yan was practically a saint of thieves from a whole family of them!

The Void Retrieval Zhu Jin used was not even a Dou Technique. It was simply the Ancient Void Dragons' special manipulation of the void. He used the Dragon Seal left on the Black-Yellow Cauldron as coordinates, then wielded void power to steal the item over, much like the Great Shift of the Cosmos. If one's cultivation was powerful enough, one could even ignore the seal on a storage ring. There would be no need to wait for Han Feng to open it; they could directly steal what was inside.

"Space Lockdown!" Zhu Jin shouted, temporarily raising himself to the Half-step Dou Venerate realm with the soul power of his old father. Although only Dou Venerates could control spatial power, Ancient Void Dragons were an exception. It was a talent granted by their bloodline, much like Nihility Devouring Flame itself, which possessed tremendous comprehension and control over void power.

Terrifying spatial power turned into crushing pressure, condensing into crystals that sealed layer upon layer of the space where Han Feng and the Soul Hall protector stood, forming a massive crystalline body.

"Old Turtle, use every desperate escape method you've got!"

In that instant, Zhu Jin shouted. The gap between a Half-step Dou Venerate and a true Dou Venerate was enormous. Even though Ancient Void Dragons possessed unparalleled advantages over spatial power, their opponent was a genuine Dou Venerate—one who even possessed Heavenly Flames and pills. Zhu Jin knew he could not suppress him.

Old Turtle gritted his teeth, knowing that his master was taking a dangerous gamble this time. Carrying Zhu Jin as he maintained the Space Lockdown, Old Turtle spat out a mouthful of blood essence. His cultivation unexpectedly recovered a little temporarily, and he transformed into a massive disc that tore through space, crossed the void, and shot away in a straight line, fleeing over a hundred li in an instant!

"As expected, old monsters like you always keep something up your sleeve." When Zhu Jin saw that Old Turtle could temporarily recover a portion of his peak cultivation, he knew the fellow had concealed something.

"You are courting death!" Han Feng's furious voice rang out from afar.

Old Turtle instantly fled. Following Zhu Jin's guidance, he actually flew toward the Six-eared Spirit Python Empire. "Aren't we going to the Wild Mountain Range to hide?"

Old Turtle knew that the Dragon Cave in the Wild Mountain Range was a blessed land for Ancient Void Dragons. As long as they reached it, Zhu Jin's identity as an Ancient Void Dragon meant they would not need to fear Han Feng, a mere one-star Dou Venerate.

"There's no time. Even at your current speed, it will take us a while to return to the Wild Mountain Range. We can't outrun Han Feng. He may only be a one-star Dou Venerate, but if pushed hard enough, he can use the power of pills to raise his cultivation." Zhu Jin did not even have time to check what he had snatched from Han Feng's Dark Sea Ring. He stuffed it all into his own storage space.

"You reckless fools! You dare steal my pills and Heavenly Flame!" Han Feng roared wildly. Then, a heaven-shaking surge of soul power swept through everything and thoroughly shattered Zhu Jin's Space Lockdown. Han Feng's cultivation actually rose from one-star Dou Venerate to three-star!

No one knew whether he had taken a pill, used a secret technique, or used both together. To boost a Dou Venerate from one star to three stars was something even the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change could only accomplish with three Heavenly Flames.

Then Protector Lin's voice exploded like thunder: "What fiend are you? Surrender your life!"

Two enormous soul hands, one belonging to Han Feng and the other to Protector Lin, stretched across heaven and earth, reaching for Zhu Jin and Old Turtle.

Feeling the terrifying might of the two soul hands behind him, Zhu Jin knew he had to risk his life. The soul power granted by his old father's dragon scales was not limitless, and it could not defeat a Dou Venerate-level enemy either. What his old father had spoken of was survival, not defeating the enemy. He too knew that the Ancient Void Dragons' greatest strength lay in the path of the void.

"Black-Yellow Breath!" Zhu Jin took a deep breath of Black-Yellow Breath, first raising his luck to the limit. Whether it would work or not, maxing it out was the right move. He had also taken a breath when he stole Han Feng's things.

Then the dragon flame within his body rapidly condensed as he shouted, "Earth Tier Dou Technique—Black-Yellow Dragon Flame Bullet!"

"Boom—" The thunderous blast shook the entire Six-eared Spirit Python Empire. Zhu Jin, whose cultivation had temporarily risen to the Half-step Dou Venerate realm, unleashed an Earth Tier Dou Technique. The sky itself seemed to brighten, while searing waves of heat transformed into a storm.

"Bang—" Amid the explosion of the Black-Yellow Dragon Flame Bullet, the soul hand unleashed by the weaker Protector Lin was instantly incinerated. Even his cloak burned away, and a scream could be heard. Under that single Dragon Flame Bullet, even a Soul Hall protector suffered grievous wounds, falling from the sky as his soul was scorched by dragon flame!

"Who is fighting?!" That strike alarmed the royal family of the Six-eared Spirit Python Empire. In that moment, countless living beings across the empire trembled at the blow. This dragon flame was so terrifying that even the empire's ruler felt chilled to the bone.

"Dragon flame?! What terrifying dragon flame!" In the royal city, powerful Six-eared Spirit Pythons who had already taken human form saw the dragon flame bullet explode in the sky like a sun and could not help but stare in horror.

"This dragon flame... how could it... Could it be! Ancient Void Dragons!" Seeing that terrifying dragon flame bullet ravage the sky, the ruler of the Six-eared Spirit Python Empire's pupils shrank. Only one kind of dragon could instill such bloodline-deep terror in them!

Ancient Void Dragons!!

"Could the Ancient Void Dragons, who vanished for thousands of years, be returning to the Beast Domain?!"

"Who is it?! Who is fighting the Ancient Void Dragon clan?!"

Whenever anyone heard the name Ancient Void Dragon, fear would rise in their hearts. Legend said that the dragon flame controlled by that clan could burn everything. The strongest dragon flames were even comparable in power to the foremost Heavenly Flames!

However, although Zhu Jin's Black-Yellow Dragon Flame Bullet, containing the might of a Heavenly Flame, was astonishingly powerful and specifically countered soul Dou Techniques, it still could not stop Han Feng. The dragon flame that could scorch souls was unable to burn Han Feng's soul hand, because his soul also contained the power of a Heavenly Flame—Sea Heart Flame!

"Surrender your life!" Han Feng's Heavenly Flame erupted, wrapping around the soul hand as it instantly broke through the dragon flame explosion and clawed toward Zhu Jin.

Feeling Han Feng's scorching, powerful strength, Zhu Jin's dragon claw fingertips turned pale and his expression grew grave. He grabbed Old Turtle and hurled him in another direction. "Split up!"

"Dragon Lord!" Seeing Zhu Jin fly toward the empire, Old Turtle flew toward the Wild Mountain Range instead, intending to hide within the Dragon Cave.

Han Feng merely glanced at Old Turtle. Knowing that the Heavenly Flame and everything else were on the Ancient Void Dragon wrapped in black robes and shrunken in size, he abandoned Old Turtle and pursued Zhu Jin directly.

"Kill!" Zhu Jin unleashed all his Dou Techniques, releasing Mountain-moving Strength and dragon flame alike. "Black-Yellow Dragon Flame Bell!" he shouted deeply. A bell chime rang out, and a golden great bell enveloped his entire body. Once more, he met the Heavenly Flame hand head-on, determined to battle Han Feng!