Several days later, Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion!
After absorbing the sea heart flame, his Flame Mantra had finally advanced to Low Earth Tier.
Xiao Yan's strength had also reached the ninety-second stage of Dou Qi.
Although his Dou Qi was only comparable to that of a nine-star Dou Shi, his physical body could rival an ordinary Fifth-Tier Magical Beast.
This was not only because Dou Qi could nourish his body, but also because the Hundred-Forged Golden Sun Body and Ancient Saint Body Tempering Art, two body-tempering Dou Techniques, greatly enhanced his physique.
Inside a hall in the center of Flame City.
After Xiao Yan and the others took control of this place, Xiao Ding had renamed Maple City, calling it Flame City.
Xiao Yan sat at the head of the hall, listening as his eldest brother, Xiao Ding, and Yun Yun reported on Maple City's situation over the past few days.
Maple City had originally housed five Dou Wang experts, twelve Dou Ling, and a number of Dou Shi and Da Dou Shi.
But after a thorough purge, only one Dou Wang and three Dou Ling remained.
More than half the Dou Shi and Da Dou Shi had also died.
About half had fallen during the battle in Maple City, while some of the rest had been killed by Yun Yun for their monstrous crimes.
Anyone who made a living in the Black-Corner Region had more or less gotten blood on their hands.
Xiao Yan was no bleeding-heart saint, and naturally, he would not demand that his subordinates be saints either.
But they could not abandon the bare minimum of human decency.
He had no shortage of powerful subordinates. Naturally, he would not take in every piece of trash!
Yun Yun and the others agreed with his approach.
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