Nihility Devouring Flame's terrified voice rang throughout the Soul Realm.
A black finger descended from the heavens, its volcanic energy fluctuations engulfing the area where Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Tiandi stood.
Though this power remained at the level of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, in the hands of the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul, it seemed to possess an imperial aura and mysterious spatial laws beyond those of an ordinary Nine-Star Dou Saint.
Hun Tiandi's expression turned utterly grim. In a flash, he appeared high above the Soul Realm and surveyed the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul from above.
Without understanding the cause, he would not act rashly.
Planning before acting had always been the principle guiding Hun Tiandi's entire life.
Nihility Devouring Flame sensed that this attack seemed impossible to evade.
A savage expression surfaced on its face as well. Dou Qi surged wildly through its body, and countless strange black runes flickered around it.
"Spirit Devouring!"
With a furious roar that shook the heavens, black devouring patterns began writhing across Nihility Devouring Flame's surface. They intertwined with the eerie black flames, ultimately forming a gaping, blood-red maw that lunged to swallow the giant finger.
The instant the black devouring patterns appeared, killing intent flashed in Gu Yuan's eyes.
"Is this the Tunling Clan's divine ability?" Yan Jin asked, his face filled with terror as he watched that eerie, blood-red maw.
Lei Ying's face was equally pale. "If this abomination unleashes its full strength, I'm afraid the two of us won't be able to hold out."
"Though Nihility Devouring Flame ranks second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, it is actually the most powerful heavenly flame in existence!"
Flames churned around Yao Dan, the Clan Leader of the Yao Clan. As the continent's foremost Alchemist, he seemed to know quite a bit about Nihility Devouring Flame.
Empowered by the strength of a Nine-Star Dou Saint, the terrifying black devouring patterns grew even more dreadful. Everyone present who possessed a Dou Di bloodline instinctively felt a trace of fear, as though they had encountered their natural predator.
Boom!
The giant black finger and the blood-red maw collided head-on. The surrounding space shattered into dust, and tremendous waves of energy surged outward in every direction.
Pfft!
Under that terrifying collision, some of those with insufficient strength spat out blood on the spot. Others were reduced directly to bloody mist, meeting utterly miserable ends.
Then the energy storm dispersed, and both the giant finger and the blood-red maw vanished.
In the sky, the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul seemed considerably more insubstantial, clearly having expended a great deal of energy. Where Nihility Devouring Flame had stood, a spatial rift a thousand zhang across remained open, refusing to heal.
"Is it dead? How terrifying!" Fairy Fire Spirit watched the enormous rift nervously. The heavy, snowy-white curves of her chest trembled, and her thighs involuntarily pressed a little tighter together.
Even with her cultivation as a Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint, that last attack had left her feeling suffocated and hopeless.
"It's not that simple. A Dou Di's remnant soul is still no Dou Di. Nihility Devouring Flame escaped Brother Gu Yuan back then. How could it fail to withstand even a single attack?"
Yan Jin tugged his clan's beautiful supreme elder behind him and shook his head.
"Indeed. But even I would have had to give that attack everything I had!"
When the worldly energy swept toward them, Gu Yuan immediately raised an energy barrier, shielding everyone within it.
Riiip!
Nihility Devouring Flame crawled out of the enormous pitch-black rift, its hair disheveled and its body covered in blood. Its former calm composure was nowhere to be seen.
"You undying old bastard, so you... targeted me because of the Tunling Clan's essence?"
Nihility Devouring Flame spat out a mouthful of black blood and spoke in a bedraggled state.
That attack had severely wounded it. The Dou Di's remnant soul seemed to possess a mastery of spatial power that had already surpassed the Dou Sheng level.
The air practically froze.
A hint of amusement suddenly appeared at the corners of Gu Yuan's eyes.
Those on the Dou Qi Continent who had managed to become Dou Di seemed remarkably united in their treatment of certain foreign species.
"Hun Tiandi, it seems your Hun Clan's Dou Di doesn't approve of the sordid scheming you've spent these past few thousand years on!"
As soon as those words fell, a glint of sharp resolve flashed through the eyes of the illusory Soul Emperor Remnant Soul. Dense Dou Qi gathered incessantly in his hands.
He pressed his fingers against the void repeatedly. At once, the earth shook and the mountains trembled as several giant fingers descended from the heavens, bombarding Nihility Devouring Flame one after another.
Meanwhile, the many experts of the Hun Clan remained wholly focused on pouring Dou Qi into the great formation without pause, their faces flushed red.
They did not understand what had happened, but they did not seem to care either.
Their Dou Di ancestor was the purest object of their faith. That faith permeated every clansman's life, engraved deep within their bloodlines.
This held true for the ordinary clansmen and the Hun Clan's high-level Dou Sheng alike. When their ancestor, Soul Emperor, extracted the strange black flames hidden within their bodies, they experienced only a brief moment of shock and fear before giving way to fervor and exhilaration.
Under the pull of the Hun Clan bloodline, they could not muster even a trace of resistance. The Hun Clan existed because of Soul Emperor, and they likewise took pride in their Hun Clan bloodline.
As for their ancestor beating up Nihility Devouring Flame?
It was merely an abomination that had gained sentience. So what if he beat it?
Planting black flames inside the Hun Clan's experts and infiltrating the Hun Clan-what outrageous arrogance.
"Hun Tiandi, what are you standing there for?"
Nihility Devouring Flame looked toward Hun Tiandi overhead and roared like a mad thing.
The Four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan quietly shuffled toward a secluded corner at the rear, then puffed out their cheeks as they poured Dou Qi into the great formation.
They had long since noticed the abnormalities within their bodies and reported them to Hun Tiandi. Clearly, however, Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Tiandi shared some other, deeper secret.
They had a feeling that this secret could even make Hun Tiandi abandon and forsake every member of the Hun Clan.
If wiping out the entire Hun Clan one day could help Hun Tiandi complete his plan, he might genuinely do it.
"Damn it, you dared to plot against us! If we don't kill you today, you'll think the Hun Clan has no one worth fearing!"
The Four Demon Saints spat out blood, their eyes growing even more frenzied.
Hun Tiandi's expression shifted several times. He looked at Nihility Devouring Flame, then at the members of the Hun Clan, before finally fixing his gaze on that illusory soul.
"I am the Hun Clan, and the Hun Clan is me! I am the Hun Clan's sole will!"
Hun Tiandi shouted and stepped in front of Nihility Devouring Flame. Vast Dou Qi surged around him, and a palm imprint ten thousand zhang across emerged from the void, meeting the giant fingers head-on.
Rumble!
An energy storm even fiercer than the last swept through the entire Soul Realm once more. Countless spatial rifts mercilessly devoured everything around them.
The Hun Clan's Dou Di ancestor and its current Clan Leader, Hun Tiandi, began a clash at the pinnacle within the Soul Realm.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
The Hun Clan members' faces flushed crimson. In the sky, the Dou Di's remnant soul grew increasingly insubstantial, his expression alternating between confusion and clarity.
After being driven back several thousand zhang, Hun Tiandi forcibly steadied himself. A trickle of blood ran from the corner of his mouth.
Nihility Devouring Flame, meanwhile, had successfully survived that heaven-shaking attack.
"You bastards, dispel the formation at once! Send this undying old fool back where he came from!"
Nihility Devouring Flame roared at the members of the Hun Clan!
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