"Third Elder, Fourth Elder, something seems to be approaching in the distant sky!"
Hua She'er, who was responsible for aerial security, was the first to notice something rapidly approaching through the sky. She shouted to the other two elders on guard duty.
"I see it... such surging ice Dou Qi. Hmph! Aside from Hai Bodong, I can't think of anyone in the Jia Ma Empire with ice Dou Qi of this caliber."
The old Snake-Person named Shan Lan sneered and raised both hands, drawing a portion of Dou Qi from the increasingly turbulent power of heaven and earth to erect a barrier.
"Her Majesty knew long ago that these petty scoundrels would come scheming for the heavenly flame. Hmph! We've already prepared a defensive barrier. We absolutely won't let them in."
"Wait-look!"
-In the sky.
"Hold my hand tight and follow the circulation path of my Dou Qi. The heavenly flame will burn a little. Bear with it!"
Two streams of Dou Qi completely blended their auras together. Netherworld poison flame reflected in Sun Buxiao's eyes as he gripped Xiao Yi Xian's hand.
"...All right!"
"Get ready-Heavenly Poison Cloud-Treading Collapse, Purple Nightmare Piercing Thorn!"
The Snake-People Tribe had known that someone might come to cause trouble, so they had set up a defensive barrier well in advance.
Naturally, Sun Buxiao and his companions also knew their opponents would prepare defenses.
The two Earth Tier Dou Techniques were unleashed in combination, frantically drawing Dou Qi from the surrounding world. Sun Buxiao did everything he could to maintain his momentum. Black clouds intertwined with a deep-purple spiral, pale-green sparks ignited at their trailing end, and then-
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-
They instantly engulfed the two spinning figures.
"Ugh-"
Feeling the power of a heavenly flame unleashed at full strength for the first time,