Blue light flooded the carriage!
Buddha's Fury Tang Lotuses bloomed in furious succession!
Alarm bells screamed in Lin Dong's mind.
At that moment, his life had already begun flashing before his eyes!
"Iron Block!"
Lin Dong gritted his teeth, ready for a desperate struggle!
But something unexpected happened.
When Iron Block spread to his left arm, the hardening suddenly stopped!
The poison had blocked Iron Block!
It also weakened the defenses around the affected area!
The area around Lin Dong's left arm was effectively left completely exposed!
Even a fully intact Iron Block might not withstand Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, let alone this half-crippled version.
In this state, Lin Dong would surely die the moment Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus reached him!
"Damn it!"
This time, Lin Dong truly felt an immense darkness envelop him as despair slowly crept into his heart.
He could not even choose how he would die!
All he could do was wait for Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus to arrive!
Bzzzz-
Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus erupted, its blue light consuming everything as thousands upon thousands of flying needles shot toward him with the force to annihilate all in their path!
Roar!
Even with his defeat assured, Lin Dong did not give up resisting. Gritting his teeth, he drove the baleful qi within him to its limits. His pupils instantly became red slits, and a blood-soaked tiger threw back its head and roared!
Even if he died!
He would die standing!
Facing Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Lin Dong did not retreat. Instead, he took the initiative and attacked!
Lin Dong would die charging forward!
Roar!
Heaven-Shaking Tiger Roar! Lone Tiger's Path!
"Big brother!"
Yet just as Lin Dong took his first step, a familiar voice rang out behind him.
The next second!
Lin Dong felt a pair of large hands press down on his shoulders, forcing him to stop.
It was not just him!
The world around him!
The space around him!
The Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus that had already fired!
Everything stopped!
It was as though Lin Dong had entered a world where time stood still!
Strangely, though, he could still move.
Lin Dong whipped his head around!
The next second!
A familiar face, wearing a sunny smile, appeared before his eyes.
"Little brother!!!"
Lin Dong cried out in shock, "Is it really you?!"
"You... what are you doing here?!"
Xiao Yan, his entire body formed from flames, wore a delighted smile as he answered as though it were only natural:
"I sensed that you needed help, big brother, so of course I came!"
"You!!!"
Looking at the flame-formed Xiao Yan before him, Lin Dong found himself at a loss for words.
"Big brother, why trouble yourself over a mere hidden weapon?"
The flame-formed Xiao Yan smiled. "Just wait here, big brother. I'll be right back."
"Uh."
Lin Dong froze for a moment. Before he could warn Xiao Yan, the latter had already stepped into the air!
The next second!
A furious shout thundered through the carriage!
"Who dares harm my big brother?!"
Lin Dong saw it clearly. Xiao Yan rose slowly, each step landing as though on an invisible stair. By the time he reached the air above, an exquisitely crafted, breathtakingly beautiful lotus of flame had appeared in his hand!
The lotus had three colors-blue, white, and purple-woven together into a dazzling sight!
But within that lotus, Lin Dong sensed a towering power!
The three-colored Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus!
Xiao Yan had opened with his trump card!
"Go!"
Xiao Yan gave it a gentle push, and the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus began floating upward at an unhurried pace.
The Three-Colored Fire Lotus drifted forward, tracing a brilliant trail of flame through the frozen space and time.
Wherever the heat spilling from its edges passed, the dense mass of icy needles suspended in the air could not last even half a breath. They instantly burned into wisps of vaporized iron, leaving not a speck of residue behind.
The chilling blue light filling the entire carriage melted and collapsed before the Heavenly Flames like snow beneath a blazing sun, as the Fire Lotus plowed a clear path straight through it.
Once the Fire Lotus floated directly in front of Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Xiao Yan snapped his fingers sharply.
"Break."
With that single word, the restraint on time shattered!
Bzzz-!
The frozen Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus suddenly erupted with an unbearably piercing blue radiance!
Countless flying needles surged forward like bees pouring out of a hive. Their sharp whistles layered over one another until they merged into a shrill shriek that scraped painfully against the eardrums.
This deadly rain of needles, powerful enough to kill a Soul Douluo, had terrified countless experts at the mere mention of it. Yet when it struck the Three-Colored Fire Lotus's flames, it vanished like snowflakes cast into a furnace, without making so much as a sound.
The scorching intensity of lotus heart flame, the dense stillness of sea heart flame, and the eerie chill of bone spirit cold flame intertwined. The lotus formed from these three Heavenly Flames carried a terrifying heat capable of burning mountains and boiling seas!
The needle tips vaporized the instant they touched the layer of flame!
Even the deadly poison coating them was broken down completely by the heat before it could release the slightest trace of toxicity.
In the next instant, the body of Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus slammed into Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus!
The expected deafening boom did not come.
The first thing to burst forth was a ball of light too blinding to look at.
Blue-gold radiance and three-colored firelight tore at and devoured each other in midair, instantly stripping the air from the center of the carriage to create a vacuum!
Then a shock wave of utterly terrifying force exploded outward!
Standing behind Xiao Yan, Lin Dong felt a wave of heat rush into his face. Even with baleful qi protecting his body, the heat scorched his skin tight.
He watched the thirty-six petals of Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus shudder violently within the Heavenly Flames!
Every petal unleashed its strongest blue radiance and rain of needles, desperately trying to tear through the Fire Lotus's layer of flame.
But how overwhelming was the combined power of three Heavenly Flames!
The heat that could burn all things to ash seeped inward through the gaps between the petals!
The incredibly hard lotus body, forged from refined steel, reddened, warped, and melted at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The once exquisitely crafted supreme treasure of the Tang Sect was soon burned beyond recognition.
"Shatter!"
Hovering in midair, Xiao Yan gave a low shout and flicked his fingertips.
The Three-Colored Fire Lotus suddenly swelled, its flames surging like a tsunami as they engulfed the entire Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.
A rapid series of sharp hisses rang out!
The Tang Sect's highest-ranked mechanism-operated killing weapon, along with every poisoned needle and explosive mechanism hidden inside it, failed to withstand even a single breath under the Heavenly Flames. Everything melted into a pool of glowing-red molten iron!
Then the heat vaporized it completely, leaving not even a trace of metallic scent!
All the blue radiance scattered and vanished. The carriage, which had been filled with deadly threats, instantly fell silent.
Only the Three-Colored Fire Lotus remained suspended in midair. As its flames swirled, its might had not diminished at all. Instead, having devoured the explosive energy of Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, it had grown even more ferocious.
"You're the one who wanted to kill my big brother?!"
Xiao Yan drew back the remaining flames and looked at Blue Tang San, a flash of savagery crossing his eyes. His voice was ice-cold. "You think you're worthy of killing my big brother?!"
As he spoke, Xiao Yan beckoned with one hand, and towering flames blazed to life!
The next second!
Xiao Yan teleported in front of Blue Tang San, raised his hand, and unleashed a Face-Breaking Punch!
Blue Tang San instinctively sensed the threat. Without even needing Number Two's command, he actually began to fight back on his own...
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