"Explode!"
High in the sky, Xiao Yan uttered the word softly.
As his voice fell, the eight layers of hidden force from Eight Extremes Collapse suddenly detonated inside Ghost Protector.
Ghost Protector grunted and coughed up a mouthful of blood. His sleeve burst into scraps as well, exposing his shriveled, charred arm.
"Damn brat, you've thoroughly enraged me."
Beneath his black robes, Ghost Protector's hoarse voice was piercing and harsh, brimming with killing intent.
He had also noticed that the energy radiating from Xiao Yan seemed to suppress him, even causing him to suffer considerable losses during their brief exchange.
But this merely made Ghost Protector a little wary of Xiao Yan, nothing more.
He knew very well that no matter how bizarre and troublesome Xiao Yan was, the gap between their cultivation realms remained. Xiao Yan could never be his match.
As the saying went, all beneath Dou Zong were ants!
Ghost Protector remained confident in his strength. Next, he would wash away his humiliation and show Xiao Yan what truly made a Dou Zong expert terrifying.
"Space Lock!"
Ghost Protector gave a low shout and raised his hand.
An invisible, box-shaped barrier instantly trapped Xiao Yan inside.
As a Nine-Star Dou Zong, once he learned that Xiao Yan's blood qi could suppress him, he decisively played to his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, directly harnessing spatial power to deal with Xiao Yan.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan calmly raised his hand.
The Beast King Lotus Heart Flame coiling around his body immediately transformed into a purple fire dragon dozens of zhang long and roared toward the spatial barrier before him.
Its draconic cry resounded through the heavens, and its terrifying heat distorted even the space surrounding it.
Boom!
The instant the fire dragon touched the spatial barrier, a large