However, when facing Xiao Yan who had unleashed Earth Tier Dou Technique, his expression finally became much more serious.
Greed is greed.
He, Old Ghost Liu, was able to cultivate to the Dou Zong and hold the position of elder in the Yellow Springs Pavilion for so many years.
It was never luck that mattered, but rather the experience and caution accumulated through countless life-or-death battles.
A Earth Tier Dou Technique was unleashed at full power by Peak Dou Emperor expert.
Its power was enough to pose a real threat to him.
If we don't take this seriously, it's not impossible that we could end up failing unexpectedly.
"Hmph, so what if it's Earth Tier Dou Technique?"
"Young man, today I will let you experience firsthand the power of Dou Zong; it is beyond your comprehension."
He snorted coldly, his voice still icy and arrogant, but his hands did not slacken in the slightest.
As he finished speaking...
A continuous stream of powerful Dou Qi surged from his body in mid-air.
The golden, giant finger phantom became increasingly solid under the infusion of this power.
A metallic sheen even began to appear on its surface.
A dazzling light condensed at the fingertips.
His face was filled with murderous intent, and a fierce Dou Qi was released, completely locking down the entire space where Xiao Yan was located.
The space was sealed off from all sides by his Dou Zong power, and no matter how Xiao Yan dodged, he could not escape the range of this finger strike.
"Go!"
The spear in Xiao Yan's hand was engulfed in flames at its brightest.
He roared and pushed off the rubble with both legs, causing the ground beneath his feet to collapse.
Using this force, he leaped into the air, gripped the gun barrel tightly with both hands, poured all his strength into the spear, and swung it with all his might.
A brilliant burst of flame erupted from the tip of the spear, swelling in the wind.
The light transformed into a massive spear beam that stretched across the sky the instant it left the spear.
The spear's light was a pure golden-red, like a shooting star flying backwards, piercing the sky towards the giant finger hanging in mid-air.
Wherever the spear's edge passed, the air was instantly evaporated into nothingness, leaving behind a dark, vacuum-like trail.
The energy of the surrounding heaven and earth was pulled by the light of the spear, forming a circle of ripples visible to the naked eye and spreading around.
"Whoosh!"
Just as Xiao Yan and Old Ghost Liu unleashed their strongest attacks.
Not far from this stone forest, a pitch-black crack suddenly appeared without warning.
The crack appeared extremely abruptly, without any warning.
A thin crack appeared out of nowhere and then rapidly expanded.
The edges of the crack were churning with terrifying spatial turbulence, and silvery-white spatial power was constantly falling from the crack's edge like fragments, disappearing into the air.
A spatial fluctuation far exceeding that of Old Ghost Liu emanated from the crack.
Immediately, a figure stepped out casually from the crack.
His movements were casual, as if this kind of spatial crossing, which would make even Dou Zong expert's heart tremble, was nothing more than a leisurely stroll for him.
The newcomer was not tall and wore a long blue robe.
The robe was made of very ordinary material, without any fancy patterns or sect emblems, just like any ordinary clothes bought from a random clothing store on the street.
He looked to be around forty or fifty years old.
He had a thin face, a neatly trimmed short beard on his chin, and a few strands of gray hair at his temples.
But those eyes were as deep as two bottomless ancient pools.
This contrasts sharply with his apparent age.
"Huh?"
The figure had just stepped out of the spatial rift.
The foot, which hadn't yet retracted, paused slightly, and a soft, slightly surprised exclamation escaped its lips.
His gaze naturally drifted towards the stone forest not far away.
It's impossible not to notice the battle raging over there.
"This commotion... the intense fire elemental power... this violent aura seems to be Heavenly Flames..."
The person who came stood still, without making any move.
Instead, he tilted his head slightly, as if savoring the energy fluctuations emanating from the air.
There was a hint of surprise in his tone.
His perception abilities were clearly far beyond those of ordinary people.
He merely probed casually, then closed his eyes slightly and extended his soul perception toward the battlefield.
The entire space seemed to fall into a deathly silence under this invisible probing.
The entire space, covered by his perception, almost completely froze.
This is not the kind of rigid blockade that Old Ghost Liu created by Dou Qi qi.
It is a natural, effortless control, like breathing.
It was as if this space itself was part of his body.
"This is... Bone Spirit Cold Flame?"
A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes.
For the first time, a clear emotional fluctuation appeared in those deep eyes.
The next moment, a trembling voice filled with disbelief rang out from his mouth.
The voice was no longer calm and composed as before; instead, it carried the excitement of someone who had suppressed their emotions for a long time and had finally seen something precious.
He stood there for a full two breaths, as if confirming that his perception was correct.
It's as if it's recalling some long-forgotten past events.
"Click!"
Immediately, the space around him shattered like a broken mirror.
Countless fine spatial cracks spread outwards like a spider web.
But he had already vanished from the spot.
Only the spatial rift behind him slowly closed, emitting a low, rumbling sound.
"Boom!"
Above the stone forest, a giant golden finger descended from the sky and collided violently in mid-air with the Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear, which carried all of Xiao Yan's Soul Power.
In that instant, the world fell silent.
All sounds were swallowed up at the center of the collision.
Immediately afterwards, a beam of light, even more dazzling than the sun, burst forth from the point of impact, illuminating the entire night sky as if it were daytime.
The pillar of light shooting into the sky from the direction of the stone forest can be seen from dozens of miles away.
A terrifying energy fluctuation created a huge vacuum zone in mid-air.
In that area, air, energy, dust—everything was utterly crushed by this destructive force.
All that remained was pure nothingness.
Then, a deafening roar, loud enough to rip eardrums, exploded out.
The sound wave spread outwards from the point of impact, causing the entire earth to tremble violently.
The surging Dou Qi and raging flames sprayed wildly outwards from the center of the clash, as if the end of the world had arrived.
Golden fragments of Dou Qi intertwined with golden-red flame remnants.
Each piece contains enough energy to instantly kill Dou Wang.
The stone forest was already riddled with holes and devastated by Old Ghost Liu's previous attack.
Under the onslaught of this immense energy, it was as if the ground had been wiped away by an invisible giant hand.
The remaining stone pillars were like paper before the shockwave, uprooted and crushed into dust.
The entire stone forest vanished completely from the ground in the blink of an eye.
All that remained was a huge depression, hundreds of feet in diameter, like an ugly scar lying across the plain.
Not far away, two Dou Emperor were helping the Earth Attribute Dou Emperor Dou Emperor, who had just woken up from unconsciousness.
Feeling the terrifying power contained in the attack by Xiao Yan and Old Ghost Liu.
Their expressions changed drastically.
Both of them showed expressions of utter horror.
Without exchanging a single word, they simultaneously raised their Dou Qi Wings and retreated frantically into the distance.
They asked themselves, if they were standing at the center of the collision, even if they were only hit by the aftershocks, they would be badly injured, if not killed.
The raging flames filled the entire sky, cascading down from mid-air like a waterfall of fire.
The Soul Power within his body was like a sponge that had been squeezed dry; even the last bit of strength had been completely drained by that spear.
While the power of the Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear is indeed earth-shattering, its consumption is equally astonishing.
Given his current condition, it's already a miracle that he was able to unleash that shot completely.