While the disciples of the Heavenly Poison Gate were swinging their staffs six times a second, Sun Buxiao had already found the Eagle Mountain Elder.
"You're the Four-Star Dou Zong, Eagle Mountain Elder?"
His purple, scale-armored wings wreathed in Heavenly Flames looked impossibly flashy. Trailing that sinister yet imposing scorpion tail behind him, Sun Buxiao looked down at the Eagle Mountain Elder from above.
The aura was indeed at the Dou Zong level... and his soul seemed particularly powerful.
"Who are you?"
The Eagle Mountain Elder had yet to fully grasp the situation. He had only recently emerged from seclusion, and there was a fair amount of bewilderment in his eyes as he looked at Sun Buxiao.
"Heavenly Poison Gate. Sun Buxiao. I'm here to kill you."
Without any preliminaries, Sun Buxiao introduced himself outright.
"Oh, so you're the one those little fellows asked me to kill?"
The Eagle Mountain Elder slowly rose into the air as well, narrowing his eyes at Sun Buxiao.
"So you really do intend to kill me?"
A hint of amusement lingered at the corners of Sun Buxiao's eyes.
"What else? I've already taken all the lovely benefits... hm?!"
An evil smile appeared on the Eagle Mountain Elder's face. He was about to continue when Sun Buxiao's scorpion tail suddenly moved. A deep-purple spiral wrapped around its razor-sharp stinger as it shot straight toward his heart.
Whoosh-
Flames coiled around the Eagle Mountain Elder as he activated some movement Dou Technique, vanishing from his position as though he had teleported and narrowly escaping the sting.
"You're faster than Mo Tianxing, and your soul is stronger too... is that because you don't have a faction to support? You're both Four-Star Dou Zongs, but you're a little better than he was."
Sun Buxiao slowly withdrew his scorpion