Meanwhile, Xiao Yan, facing Mo Zhai's soul bombardment, suddenly turned icy cold. This Mo Zhai was truly ruthless in achieving his goals!
" Blood Soul Pill, huh? Cultivation that doesn't follow the proper path, that's all heresy. Since you attacked first, you have no one to blame but yourself!"
Muttering to himself, Xiao Yan focused all his efforts on controlling the Heavenly Flames within the medicine cauldron. Meanwhile, he freed up one hand, and his internal Dou Qi surged forth, rapidly gathering in his palm and enveloping it completely.
With a thought, Xiao Yan suddenly roared and at the same time, he slammed his palm down hard at the oncoming Soul Storm.
" The Emperor Seal Art: Mountain Splitting Seal! Sea Overturning Seal! Earth Covering Seal! Heaven Annihilating Seal! Five Seals Combined! Ancient Emperor Seal!"
With a single palm strike, the heavens and earth changed color, and a roar shook everyone present. Then, the next moment, as the roar subsided, an Old Gu hand seal, radiating golden light and filled with supreme pressure, slammed into the invisible Soul Storm!
"Boom!"
In the void, a terrifying explosion that shook the eardrums suddenly rang out. The incomparably powerful Soul Storm was actually blocked by that palm strike. Then, under the stunned gazes of everyone, a crisp cracking sound came from above the Soul Storm.
"Boom!"
The next moment, a golden giant hand, as bright as a blazing sun, crushed the Soul Storm in an extremely brutal way. Just like destroying dry and decaying things, before Mo Zhai could react, the Ancient Emperor Seal had already arrived in front of him!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Two loud explosions rang out in quick succession, and the void was suddenly enveloped by a cloud of gray-black smoke. The smoke was filled with a faint fragrance of medicinal herbs, but more of it smelled of burning medicinal materials.
Instantly, everyone understood the cause of the two explosions.
The first explosion was caused by the Ancient Emperor Seal striking Mo Zhai's medicine cauldron. The Emperor Seal Art was originally Di Class Dou Technique, but when mastered, it was comparable to Heaven Class Dou Technique. Now, with Xiao Yan's strength, it was no less powerful than some High Level Tian Class Dou Technique. Under his full power, the medicinal herbs in the cauldron naturally could not escape the impact!
Therefore, this second explosion was caused by Mo Zhai's arrogance. He thought that he could easily deal with Xiao Yan by using the instant amplification of his Spiritual Strength, but he forgot that Xiao Yan's strength far surpassed his own. With one Ancient Emperor Seal, he directly knocked down this Three-Star Half-Emperor powerhouse!
As the smoke cleared, everyone took a closer look and burst into laughter. They pointed at Mo Zhai, who was dressed in a disheveled state and looked like a beggar, and all of them had a mocking expression on their faces. Only Old Monster Hu showed a hint of resentment in his eyes when he looked at him.
"What a piece of trash!"
At this moment, Mo Zhai's alchemist robes, which he always wore, were completely shattered into pieces. His entire body was charred black, and his already gaunt face was now as black as if he had crawled into a hole in a kang (a heated brick bed). His long, gray hair had also been mostly blown away in the two explosions. Now, Mo Zhai was completely bald, and if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't be able to tell that he had lost his hair.
Judging from the power of the Ancient Emperor Seal, Mo Zhai had suffered quite a bit, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a sorry state. After the furnace exploded, Mo Zhai was now even more furious. He had originally intended to use his Spiritual Strength to destroy the medicinal herbs in Xiao Yan so that he wouldn't be able to refine the Emperor Tribulation Pill. But now, things had turned out the other way around, and his Emperor Grade Nascent Pill was destroyed. How could he not be angry!
"You bastard! Yan Xiao, how dare you openly destroy the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill within my medicine cauldron! You have violated the rules of alchemy!"
Faced with Mo Zhai's angry rebuke, Xiao Yan remained calm, his gaze sweeping across the entire room before settling on Mo Zhai, and he sneered:
"What, Master Mo Zhai? You've already forgotten? You were the one who attacked first. If anyone broke the rules, it was you. I was just defending myself. Who knew your strength was so pathetic, unable to even withstand a single blow from me? As for your pills exploding in the furnace, that's entirely your own fault. I never expected you couldn't even withstand a single palm strike from me. I bet your Three-Star Half-Emperor level strength was just built up with pills!"
" Yan Xiao! That's just sophistry!"
Unable to retaliate against Xiao Yan's words, Mo Zhai could only grit his teeth and continue his tirade. After he finished speaking, Gu Li let out a cold snort and sneered:
"Hmph! Mo Zhai, you say Yan Xiao is being unreasonable? Do you think the tens of thousands of spectators here are blind? In my opinion, it is you who is being unreasonable! Everyone saw you make the first move, and I can use my position as president to disqualify you from the competition!"
"Hehe, Gu Li, in my opinion, let it go. After all, Yan Xiao did intervene, and now that Mo Zhai Di's Nascent Pill is destroyed, while Yan Xiao contains all the medicinal herbs, let's just consider this an accident and let the two of them continue refining pills. Besides..."
Old Monster Hu frowned slightly as he looked at Gu Li. Clearly, he was also worried about Gu Li's words. This time, Mo Zhai had really courted death. If he hadn't been there, Gu Li probably would have already made his move.
However, before Old Monster Hu could finish speaking, Gu Li interrupted him with a wave of his sleeve, coldly shouting:
" Old Monster Hu, I've been quite tolerant of you all this time because you're Eight-Star Half-Emperor, but you've taken advantage of my kindness! Since you insist on being an enemy of my Alchemist Guild, then I'll just have to play along!"
As soon as the words fell, Gu Li and Chi Lin moved swiftly, blocking Old Monster Hu's path. At the same time, Gu Li coldly shouted again:
"Hmph! You want to protect Mo Zhai? Let's see how you do it!"
" Chi Lin, I'll stop him. You go and capture that traitorous thief!"
With a sharp shout, Gu Li launched a fierce palm strike at Old Monster Hu. Although Old Monster Hu had already entered the Late Eight-Star Half-Emperor Eight-Star Half-Emperor, he was still unable to break free under Gu Li's full-force restraint. Otherwise, if Gu Li had injured him, even he would have been seriously injured.
Therefore, although he had the intention, Old Monster Hu could only watch helplessly as Chi Lin stepped forward to take the person.
"Damn it! Mo Zhai! That old bastard, you're on your own now!"
Mo Zhai watched the Chi Lin pounce towards him, his gray-black face showing a solemn expression. Suddenly, however, Mo Zhai let out a cold laugh, glanced at Old Monster Hu who was being held back by Gu Li, Mo Zhai chuckled softly:
"Hmph! Very well, you think you can handle this all by yourself...?"
At the same time, Chi Lin had already arrived in front of Mo Zhai. Seeing that Mo Zhai was completely unafraid of him and showed no intention of backing down, Chi Lin was greatly puzzled.
" Mo Zhai! Surrender now!"
Having arrived, Chi Lin disregarded everything else and reached out to grab Mo Zhai. But at that moment, the calm void in front of Mo Zhai suddenly distorted, and then a withered, pale hand touched Chi Lin's outstretched hand.
Upon seeing those pale, withered hands, Chi Lin's expression changed drastically. He was astonished by the appearance of this person, never expecting that Mo Zhai would be able to invite him here!
" Yan Bing!"