Feeling the pain in his shoulder, Xiao Fan narrowed his eyes. Xie Biyan truly lived up to his reputation as a veteran Dou Zong powerhouse. His combat experience was so rich that, merely by getting a little serious, he had pulled the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect back from its looming defeat.
Knowing that Xie Biyan would not be easy to deal with, Xiao Fan grew serious as well and no longer underestimated him.
Whoosh!
While Xiao Fan was still regulating his breathing, Xie Biyan struck first. He had drawn the ring of poison surrounding him entirely back into his body. In its place, a faint layer of blood-red light appeared over his skin.
This was the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's Blood Soul Art. Xiao Fan only knew some publicly available information about it; its deeper secrets would never have been revealed so easily.
With his memories of his previous life, however, Xiao Fan knew one more thing. Even when Xie Biyan later devoured the Blood Scorpion Demon Emperor, he had used a method from the Blood Soul Art to advance.
Back in Zhanyun City, Xie Shan had also used the Blood Soul Art to devour the Four-Winged Sky Demon Scorpion. But with Xiao Fan and the others interfering, and without sacrificing the townspeople, his fusion had ultimately been a failure.
Xie Biyan moved extremely fast. There had been a fair distance between them, yet with the Blood Soul Art's enhancement, he appeared before Xiao Fan in the blink of an eye. His blood-red fingers clawed toward Xiao Fan's face like razor-sharp talons.
This time, Xiao Fan chose not to evade Xie Biyan's attack.
He had only just used the Nine Solar Transformations to raise his strength to that of a Four-Star Dou Zong. Fighting Xie Biyan, who stood at the