Flower Sect Flame Guards

When the fierce battle reaches a critical moment, in a fight where the strength is roughly equal, the slightest carelessness can lead to utter destruction.

A strange scene unfolded: the powerful members of the Soul Hall simultaneously revealed weaknesses, which were keenly seized upon by their opponents.

Not only did he quickly fall into a disadvantageous position, but he was also soon killed.

This result left the spectators speechless!

Xiao Yan chuckled inwardly without saying a word. With the power of his Emperor-Realm Soul, he could ambush these Soul Hall members without anyone noticing.

Having eliminated a number of key figures from the Soul Hall, the Beast Domain established cooperative relationships with many forces in the Central Plains.

After the great battle, Xiao Yan returned to the Beast Domain.

Not long after, Xiao Yan received news about the Flower Sect, specifically about the Flower Sect Leader, a matter he knew well, which was already urgent.

Even if he wanted to rush to help, there wouldn't be enough time.

However, this did not stump Xiao Yan. He found a quiet room, sat cross-legged, and quickly contacted a group of Flame Guards near the Flower Sect by forming hand seals.

At this moment, within the Flower Sect, Hua Jin sneered at Yun Yun, "The Flower Sect's rules state that partners can attack simultaneously. Don't accuse the sect of bullying you; if you have a partner, you can call them along."

Yun Yun shook her head slightly. "Go ahead and do it, I didn't..."

Before Yun Yun could finish speaking, the ground suddenly trembled violently, a crack appeared in space, and a burly figure emerged. "They've arrived."

Having witnessed the Flower Sect's affairs firsthand through Flame Guards, Xiao Yan still found it quite novel, even though it wasn't his first time using it.

"Who goes there? State your name! How dare you trespass into my Flower Sect?" Hua Jin stared at the man in blue armor who had appeared and shouted coldly.

"A mere Two-Star Dou Zun dares to be so arrogant here!" Hua Jin's companion's eyes flashed with coldness.

Yun Yun was very puzzled, as she did not recognize this person.

Before Yun Yun could speak, Xiao Yan controlled Flame Guards to attack Hua Jin and the other person.

In an instant, the Demon Flower Evil Lord touched the ground with his toes and rushed towards Flame Guards like a ghost, his vast battle Dou Qi spreading out all around.

In the blink of an eye, the Demon Flower Evil Lord's claws, carrying a stench, were no more than three inches from his throat.

Amidst the sudden explosion of air in the void, the figure shrouded in cyan transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky. The Demon Flower Evil Lord's palm strike, which missed its target, blasted a ten-zhang-deep crater into the mountain below. Amidst the flying debris, his expression finally turned ashen.

"A stray dog!" A chilling laugh pierced through the clouds. The Demon Flower Evil Lord lightly touched the void with his toes, his cyan-purple robes fluttering without wind.

He gazed at the Flame Guards floating in the sky, and with a gentle wave of his folding fan, the poisonous mist around him condensed into a hideous demon face.

Xiao Yan's lips curled slightly, and with a flick of his fingers, he summoned eleven more Flame Guards, though their strength was considerably weaker than the one he had controlled.

"Mere helpers..." The Demon Flower Evil Lord's pupils contracted slightly as he caught sight of the group. Suddenly, he shouted sharply, "Hua Jin, hold that woman Yun Yun back!"

Hua Jin's toes shattered the ruins, and the Four-Star Dou Zun swept over the land like a tidal wave.

She stared at Yun Yun, whose aura was merely that of One-Star Dou Zun, her fingertips condensing into emerald green snake shadows of poisonous mist, her eyes burning with jealousy that seemed to pierce the void. "The old sect leader was truly blind back then, actually passing on Dou Qi to a lowly servant like you!"

Before she could finish speaking, Hua Jin's slender waist had already shot out in a blur.

However, before she could get within three zhang of Yun Yun, a blinding golden light suddenly exploded in the sky.

A three-zhang-long (approximately 10 meters) Flame Guards a type of fire-resistant weapon) plummeted from the clouds with a thunderous crash, its iron fist, carrying immense force, slamming towards the top of his head with the power of wind and thunder.

"Clang!"

The clanging of metal against metal rippled through the void. The moment the poisonous mist in Hua Jin's palm collided with Flame Guards's fist, a tangible energy shockwave erupted.

She stumbled to the ground, blood from the split between her thumb and forefinger staining her sleeves, staring in shock and anger at the tall, powerful figure blocking her way.

"Hua Jin!" The Demon Flower Evil Lord suddenly opened his folding fan, and a deep blue hurricane surged out from the fan ribs, tearing the void with fine cracks.

He gazed at Flame Guards, who was calmly flapping his wings amidst the wind and rain, and a look of seriousness finally appeared in his eyes.

"If this continues..." Xiao Yan was not very skilled at controlling multiple Flame Guards at once. He murmured in his throat and quietly condensed the Green Lotus Core Flame at his fingertips.

In the battlefield below, Hua Jin's poisonous mist was clashing with Flame Guards, while the Demon Flower Evil Lord's folding fan had condensed a three-zhang-long azure light.

He knew he had to break the deadlock now, otherwise, once Hua Jin joined the encirclement, it would be a truly hopeless situation.

Xiao Yan's five fingers formed nine profound hand seals like butterflies flitting among flowers. Instantly, the meridians in Flame Guards's body erupted like a volcano, and three pillars of azure fire shot into the sky from the top of his head, dyeing the clouds within a ten-mile radius green. This was the secret technique Heavenly Flame Mysterious Transformation.

A low growl shook the void, and Flame Guards's aura rose at a visible speed until the terrifying pressure of Four-Star Dou Zun swept across the entire area.

The Demon Flower Evil Lord's pupils shrank to needle size, and he nearly dropped his folding fan.

"We absolutely cannot let him complete his buildup!"

The Demon Flower Evil Lord roared, shattering his sleeves, and the green light from his folding fan surged more than three times.

He held the fan in both hands, drawing an eerie arc in the air, and the seven wind-attribute Magic Core embedded in the fan ribs exploded simultaneously.

In an instant, the void cracked open with a spiderweb-like black fissure, and nine black wind blades carrying spatial turbulence burst forth, cutting even the air into crystalline fragments wherever they passed.

After Flame Guards's strength increased, his speed also skyrocketed, and his afterimage left seven streaks of lightning in the void.

The Demon Flower Evil Lord's wind blades pierced through three afterimages in succession, yet they couldn't touch Flame Guards's true form even slightly. This ghostly movement technique was several times faster than before!

"It's time to use the Fire Lotus..."

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, and Flame Guards unleashed a strange spiral fusion of azure flames in his palm.

At this moment, with each expansion of the fireball in his palm, the fire-attribute spiritual energy in the world gathered more and more frantically, and even the protective battle Dou Qi of the Demon Flower Evil Lord in the distance began to ripple.

"All you do is hide and run!" The Demon Flower Evil Lord roared in fury, unleashing a hundred more wind blades with a series of swipes of his folding fan.

But no matter how he tried to seal off the space, Flame Guards's afterimages always managed to break through from the most unbelievable angles.

Some sharp-eyed elders had already noticed that Flame Guards's dodge trajectories each time he dodged actually matched some kind of lost Dou Technique!

"Watch out! That Fire Lotus..." Hua Jin's cry of alarm was swallowed by the wave of fire.

In mid-air, the Fire Lotus in Flame Guards's palm had expanded to a size of about ten feet, and the blue flames flowing on its surface caused the space to ripple and twist.

Yun Yun dug her fingertips deep into her palm, staring in astonishment at the azure figure who remained effortlessly composed even under the pressure of a six- Dou Zun.

The Demon Flower Evil Lord's folding fan shattered with a deafening roar, his cyan and purple robes billowing like a full moon. Gazing at the interwoven afterimages of lightning in the sky, the rage in his chest almost consumed his sanity.

Ten breaths ago, he could still detect the true form of Flame Guards, but now the other party has completely merged into the void like a ghost!

The Demon Flower Evil Lord suddenly spun around, and nine Poison Dragon Drill shot out from his sleeve.

However, before the poisonous mist could even touch Flame Guards's afterimage, it was burned to nothingness by the sudden burst of blazing waves from the azure Fire Lotus.

Only then did everyone realize that the palm-sized Fire Lotus floating in Flame Guards's palm had caused the space within a hundred feet to appear strangely glassy!

"Playing tricks!"

The Demon Flower Evil Lord roared, shattering the clouds, and slammed his palms into the void.

In an instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged wildly back, and a giant of Dou Qi, hundreds of feet tall, stepped out from the void, each step causing ripples in the space.

This dharma image, formed from his life's worth of Dou Qi, stands atop Nine-Layer Wind-Fire Wheels, and the giant axe in his hand is engraved with the ancient Heavenly Nether Sect's Soul Suppression Curse.

"Smash it for me!"

The moment the giant swung his axe, a dark crack was cleaved through the entire sky.

However, before the axe blade even touched the Fire Lotus, a cold smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips, and he immediately adjusted his control methods.

As Flame Guards's fingertips trembled slightly, mysterious chaotic patterns suddenly appeared on the surface of the Fire Lotus.

"Burst!"

The moment the light, airy words hit the ground, the Fire Lotus exploded with a deafening roar.

The azure flames swept across the eight directions with overwhelming force, and the Demon Flower Evil Lord's Dou Qi aura began to vaporize rapidly the moment it came into contact with the flames.

The Flower Sect disciples watching from afar were horrified to discover that their protective battle Dou Qi spontaneously combusted as the flames passed by!

"This... this is impossible!"

The Demon Flower Evil Lord staggered backward, his face ashen.

His proud "Qi Transforms Heaven and Earth" didn't even last three breaths, and the seemingly fragile Fire Lotus clearly harbored a destructive will that made the soul tremble at its core!

Flame Guards walked slowly through the waves of fire, the chaotic flames surrounding him even scorching the void.

Just as the azure flames were about to engulf the spectator stands, ripples suddenly appeared in the void.

The moment the plain white cloth shoes stepped out of the center of the ripples, the flames in the sky rapidly contracted like the receding tide, eventually turning into specks of fire and disappearing without a trace.

On the blue bricks of the square, only the nine-petaled golden chrysanthemum embroidered on the sleeve of the white-haired old woman trembled slightly in the lingering heat.

"Ancestor!"

The elders of the Flower Sect cried out in alarm and knelt down in unison. This Great Elder, who had been in seclusion, had actually been disturbed and had to come out of seclusion.

With a wave of her hand, the void rift pierced by the Fire Lotus healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The pale blue Dou Qi surrounding her even made the six- Dou Zun, the Demon Flower Evil Lord, feel his breath catch in his throat.

"Little brat, playing with fire in my Flower Sect!"

The Azure Radiance Matriarch gently stroked the scorched ancient paulownia tree with her withered hand, and emerald-colored life essence seeped from the cracks in the tree trunk.

A strange light flashed in the depths of her cloudy eyes as she looked at Xiao Yan.

As soon as the words were spoken, nine blood-red wind blades suddenly exploded in the distant sky.

The Demon Flower Evil Lord, disheveled and with his left sleeve hanging empty, returned to the plaza, bloodstains clinging to his lips. He stared at Xiao Yan in the center of the plaza, his eyes filled with a venomous hatred that was almost tangible. "I merely took half a step back, and you intend to kill me?"

"Don't forget the rules of the competition." The Azure Radiance Matriarch lightly tapped the air with her fingertips, and instantly the afterimage of the Demon Flower Evil Lord, who had been forced out of the plaza's boundary by the wave of fire, appeared. "Anyone who steps out of the designated area is considered to have surrendered."

The Demon Flower Evil Lord's body trembled violently, and the folding fan in his hand shattered into dust.

He looked down at the whispering disciples of the Flower Sect and suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, "Good! Good! Today, I, the Demon Flower Evil Lord, have fallen to a mere child!"

Before the laughter subsided, his figure vanished into a cloud of blood mist, leaving only a chilling echo reverberating through the mountains, "This matter... I have remembered!"

"I... I surrender!" Hua Jin screamed, her voice trembling with tears. Let alone a six- Dou Zun, even Nine-Star Dou Zun would have to give way!

The Azure Radiance Matriarch watched this scene unfold and suddenly chuckled. With a flick of her wrist, the sect leader's jade token flew automatically towards Yun Yun: "Before I went into seclusion, an old friend entrusted me with a task; today I can finally fulfill it."

Yun Yun gazed at the jade tablet floating before her, her fingertips trembling slightly. Finally, she sighed softly, "Senior, do you know that what I fear most is this heavy responsibility of becoming sect leader..."

"Some responsibilities cannot be shirked." The Azure Radiance Matriarch's figure gradually faded, only her voice echoing between heaven and earth, "Just like some feelings cannot be forgotten."

By the time the Azure Radiance Matriarch wanted to search, Xiao Yan had already controlled the Flame Guards to disappear from the Flower Sect and was waiting silently.

He has already handed over the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Gu Yuan. Once all the Tou She Ancient God Jade are gathered in the hands of the Hun Tiandi, the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion can be opened.

Several days later, atop the vast sky, Gu Yuan's lips curled into a faint smile, his dark sleeves fluttering even without wind.

He looked up, gazing into the distorted void, his voice booming with the pressure of an ancient dragon. "Hun Tiandi, this cowardly and secretive behavior is not befitting of your status as the patriarch of the Hun Clan."

The sound waves, carrying the power of Dou Sheng, spread out in layers, causing everyone present to feel a sharp pain in their eardrums.

The hundreds of the Black Annihilation Army who had been watching suddenly trembled. Dark golden runes rose on the surface of their Xuan Iron Heavy Armor, and their fighting Dou Qi burst forth uncontrollably, weaving into an energy tide that blotted out the sky.

"Alert!"

Three ancient figures tore through the void and appeared; they were the Three Elders of the Ancient Clan. At the same time, gilded Clan Mark lit up between their brows, and instantly the seventy-two main peaks resonated and trembled.

Countless powerful auras awakened from the depths of the earth's veins, and pillars of Dou Qi qi of various colors pierced through the heavens and earth. Xiao Yan looked at the powerful figures that shimmered like stars in the sky, and a bitter feeling rose in his throat—this was the true foundation of the Ancient Clan!

Gu Yuan remained suspended in mid-air, his gaze piercing the void like a torch. Nine-colored ripples spread beneath his feet, each fluctuation causing the laws of space to collapse and recombine. After the silence lasted for the time it takes for three incense sticks to burn, fish-scale-like ripples suddenly appeared in a certain part of the void.

"In the end, I couldn't hide it from your senses, Gu Yuan."

The moment the warm, gentle voice rang out, the earth's energy suddenly stagnated throughout the entire mountain range.

The Three Elders of the Ancient Clan roared and formed hand seals, and gilded chains shot out from their sleeves, weaving a net across the void. From the vortex-like cracks emerged jade-like hands, and slender fingers lightly tapped the void, actually shaking the sky full of chains into stardust.

As the gray-white figure stepped completely out of the rift, Xiao Yan's pupils constricted sharply.

The newcomer had a handsome, scholarly appearance, but deep within his eyes churned a blood-red illusion. As his wide sleeves fluttered, the Nine Nether Cold Qi froze the energy tides within a hundred miles—beneath this refined exterior lurked a ferocity that could change the very fabric of the world!

"Hun Tiandi, since you want to start a war, then my Ancient Clan will fight you to the end!" As the giant hands clashed, Gu Yuan's fierce shout, tinged with a hint of anger, rang out in the sky.

"Hehe, you should have said this long ago when the Xiao Clan was destroyed by my Hun Clan. Now... it's a bit too late!" The Hun Tiandi's faint laughter echoed from the sky.