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Chapter 178: Boiled Frog in Warm Water
In the Western Region of Zhongzhou, in Hades City, in a valley shrouded in black mist, a huge black palace with a scale of hundreds of feet is located in the valley. The atmosphere around the valley is extremely quiet, so quiet that it even makes people feel creepy. In the entire Dou Qi Continent, there is only one force that can have such a weird atmosphere, and this is the branch hall set up by the Soul Palace here.
It's just that the scale of this branch hall is not very big. After all, this is just a relatively remote place in Zhongzhou, and it is not an important place, so there are only two powerful people at the Dou Zun level to take charge. However, even if It was the lowest configuration, and it was enough to wipe out some of the top forces in Zhongzhou.
In this huge black palace, there are countless chains wrapped in black mist spreading out, and some vague transparent figures can be vaguely seen in the black mist. If you have some knowledge, When people see this scene, they will definitely be very surprised to find that these are actually soul bodies!
The Soul Palace has always been notorious on the mainland for harvesting soul bodies, but few people know that the so-called Soul Palace protectors used by the Soul Palace to hunt soul bodies are actually soul bodies! Many of them were even captured by the Soul Palace, and chose to join the Soul Palace and work for it in order to survive.
"Spatial barrier... It's still an old thing, nothing new." Xiao Yan stood in the black mist, looked up at the somewhat distorted sky, shook his head gently, and then waved his palms gently, covering the entire The invisible barrier of the valley quietly disappeared, replaced by the space barrier created by Xiao Yan himself.
With Xiao Yan's attainment of the power of space, even a semi-saint level existence would need a certain amount of time to break through the space blockade he had arranged, let alone others. This is limited by strength. Otherwise, Based on the space blockade deployed by Xiao Yan during his heyday, only a few guys in the entire Dou Qi Continent were able to break it.
"Nine Revolutions of God Refining Technique, Tower of God Refining!" After sealing the surrounding space, Xiao Yan also sat cross-legged and formed a hand seal. The vast soul power surged out from the center of his eyebrows, and finally formed a formation in the sky. A giant transparent tower hundreds of feet in size finally enveloped the entire giant black palace. This was the God Refining Tower that originally refined Hun Mo Lisheng.
But this time, the Tower of God Refining used by Xiao Yan was more than ten times larger than the previous one! After all, his superficial strength is now more than one level stronger than before, not to mention the improvement of soul power. With Xiao Yan's current strength, even an ordinary peak Dou Zun will find it difficult to resist the God Refining Tower. Refining, let alone these people from the branch palace who don’t even have Tianzun.
After arranging the God Refining Tower, Xiao Yan did not stop. With the slightest movement of his fingers, light points floated out, and finally a huge and extremely mysterious formation was outlined in mid-air. Finally, in Under Xiao Yan's control, it slowly fell down, and finally merged into the ground quietly.
This formation, which looks extraordinary on the surface, is naturally no ordinary thing. A long time ago, the power of this formation was enough to frighten anyone who saw it. It was the famous stunt of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint. One, the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation!
However, with Xiao Yan's current strength, it is absolutely impossible to display a true ancient heaven-refining formation. Even the small part of the formation he has deployed now was cut by Xiao Yan himself. It was successfully used only after that. However, although the power was weakened countless times, it was easy to deal with this small branch hall.
In fact, with Xiao Yan's current strength, it is very easy to destroy this branch hall even without using the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation and the God Refining Tower. He has also set up a space barrier around it, so no one will escape. , however, as long as a battle occurs, there will inevitably be some traces of the battle, and if Hun Dai'er is made to notice the situation here, it will be enough to use these clues to find that the person who did it is Xiao Yan.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, Xiao Yan adopted this special method. Although the process was a bit long, there would definitely be no accidents. Even if he failed due to some changes in the middle, his existence would not be exposed. After all, from the beginning, In the end, he never really took action...
After the God Refining Tower and the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation were arranged, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. After resting for a while, he slowly activated them. Only this time, the God Refining Tower rose up. But it's not just soul fire and fallen heart flames, there's also some lavender fluorescence.
These purple fluorescences are extremely weak, and it is difficult to even detect their existence when mixed in the air. However, their existence is enough to put everyone in this branch hall into a fatal crisis. It is caused by the poisonous fire of the netherworld. Toxins released.
The original two-piece set of the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, one was the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation, and the other was the Nightmare Sky Mist. However, Xiao Yan did not inherit the Nightmare Sky Mist. However, the Nether Poison Fire can be regarded as a low-end version. Nightmare Tianwu, and as Xiao Yan's strength continues to improve, the toxins released by the Nether Poison Fire have become more and more powerful. At this point, even the five-star Dou Zun cannot resolve this poison.
To put it bluntly, if Xiao Yan wanted to attack a large empire now, he would not need to do it himself. He only needed to spread the toxin of the Netherworld Poison Fire, which would be enough to corrode all the people in that large empire into skeletons within just a few minutes.
Of course, if you are stronger than a five-star Dou Zun or possess some special heavenly materials, earthly treasures or strange fires, it is not impossible to resist the poisonous fire of the netherworld, but this kind of thing is obviously not A branch hall may have it.
To be on the safe side, Xiao Yan did not go all out with all the firepower as he did before refining Hun Moli. Instead, he kept them in a very low-power form and then slowly and gradually increased their power. This approach also It is commonly known as boiling a frog in warm water. During this process, the enemy will not notice anything strange around them, and by the time they notice something is wrong, it is already too late.
With this set of operations, not to mention that the strongest in the branch hall are only two three- and four-star Dou Zun. Even if there are peak-level Dou Zun, they can be killed by Xiao Yan's operation. Until his death, he did not know who had done it.
Even if Xiao Yan is well prepared, his methods alone can even be enough to trap a Semi-Saint inside! Although he won't be trapped for a long time, given his strength, it is already extremely remarkable to be able to do this.
Chapter 179: One Hundred and Seventy-Eight, Soul Light Group
At this time, the guardians in this branch hall still did not notice the movements of the outside world. When they were not performing tasks, these guardians were hiding in this huge hall to replenish their own strength. After all, they themselves were also If the soul body is not replenished for a long time, it will soon fall into weakness, even fall into deep sleep or disappear.
The source of their power is other captured soul bodies. These soul bodies are like livestock in captivity. As long as the power of these guardian souls is insufficient, power can be extracted from them, except for some extremely valued ones. , almost all soul bodies are treated this way.
If there are a few guardians who perform well, they can even choose one of the captured souls to devour them directly. The heaven-level guardians in the Soul Palace are basically promoted in this way. As for the so-called respected ones, Elders and even Tianzun are no longer soul bodies. Their strength is much stronger than these protectors, so naturally they don't need to absorb soul power.
But today, when these guardians were preparing to replenish their soul power, they found that there seemed to be a lot less locked soul bodies. Just when they were uneasy and ready to report, they were shocked to see a chain of souls locked by black chains. The soul body they lived in actually evaporated under their noses!
"What...what's going on?"
"Go and notify the elder!"
The two guardians who witnessed this scene quickly wanted to report the news, but as soon as they turned around, one of them suddenly evaporated like the previous soul body, and the other one didn't even have time to scream. Seeing this, the protector also felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. He hadn't noticed anything yet, and his body was also overwhelmed by the fiery fluctuations.
In the outside world, Xiao Yan, who was sitting cross-legged on a mountain peak, felt the soul energy coming from the God Refining Tower, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. Whether it was the soul body imprisoned in it, or the protector. , they themselves are extremely pure soul energy, and they only need to be refined by soul fire, which is enough to increase his soul power, not to mention that there is a bigger feast waiting for Xiao under these branch halls. inflammation.
After most of the guardians in the Soul Palace were forcibly burned, the two Dou Zun stationed in the branch hall finally noticed something was wrong. They immediately took out a volume of space jade slips and crushed them. As the helmsman of the branch hall, , they naturally also have means to ask for help from other strong men in the Soul Palace.
But what shocked them was that when the space jade slip was crushed, no space channel appeared. The space fluctuations on the jade slip just spread and then disappeared without a trace.
"Damn it! It's a space blockade!" The two soul palace heroes ran out quickly and saw that the surrounding space was solidified. It was obvious that someone had blocked the surrounding space, which prevented the jade slip they were seeking help from. Send the power of space in.
"Let's take action together!" The two Dou Zun looked at each other and mobilized the fighting energy in their bodies at the same time. They knew very well that only by breaking the space lock around them would they have a chance of survival, but just when they were about to activate the fighting energy in their bodies, , but found that the fighting spirit in their bodies was actually very little left!
Aware of the situation inside the body, these two elders, who were considered to have some status in the Soul Palace, also had a look of panic on their faces. However, no matter how they used their techniques, they could not get any response, as if the energy in the body was The fighting spirit disappeared without a trace at this moment, "What's going on?!"
And this was just the first step. Not long after they noticed that the fighting spirit disappeared, they were horrified to find that their bodies could no longer move. This was exactly the effect of the neurotoxin of the Nether Poison Fire, and in The next moment after their bodies stiffened, invisible soul fire rose from the bodies of the two Dou Zun, completely refining their souls.
The strength of these two Dou Zun is much stronger than other protectors, so the two of them persist for a longer time. Of course, there are only a few, and when their souls are completely destroyed by the Tower of God Refining, After being refined, Xiao Yan's body also appeared in this branch hall.
He looked at the corpses of the two Douzuns and chuckled. Then he gently patted their foreheads with his palms and injected a soul mark into their bodies. Suddenly, the two corpses that had lost any color of life were He opened his eyes again, and there was some vitality in his empty eyes again.
This is a method of making puppets called human puppets. It is similar to the Heavenly Demon Puppet. The only difference is that ordinary puppets cannot use fighting energy and are extremely rigid when executing orders. However, this kind of human puppet has He has a certain amount of sanity and can also use fighting skills, which is more than one level better than ordinary puppets.
When dealing with Hun Moli before, Xiao Yan had thought about refining him into a human puppet. However, the strength gap between him and Hun Moli was too big at that time, and it was almost impossible to completely refine his soul. So she could only resort to the next best thing and distort her memory. However, Xiao Yan now does not need such complicated means to directly become a human puppet.
After implanting the soul mark on the two corpses, Xiao Yan also came to the center of the giant palace. He looked at the square in the center and gently stroked his palm. A space crack appeared in front of Xiao Yan. Then, a transparent ball of light rose slowly from the crack.
Seeing that transparent light group, even Xiao Yan couldn't help but look happy. In his previous life, he had single-handedly destroyed many branch halls. Naturally, he was no stranger to this transparent light group. They were formed by the origin of the soul. It is condensed. If it is refined, the soul power will be greatly improved!
Of course, the soul light group in front of him now is undoubtedly much smaller than what he got in his previous life, only the size of a fist. After all, the scale of this branch hall is not that big, but for Xiao Yan today, it is It's enough, these pure soul energies are enough for his soul power to successfully advance to the heavenly realm!
In this kind of soul light group, there are still some negative emotions from those soul bodies, but these negative emotions are nothing to Xiao Yan, and they can even be said to be professional counterparts.
After all, the purpose of his Nine-turn God Refining Technique when it was first created was to temper the mottled soul power. Therefore, under the calcining of the soul fire, the negative emotions in the soul light group were quickly eliminated. It was dissipated and replaced by the purest soul source in the world. As long as it can be completely refined, Xiao Yan's strength will rise to a higher level again.
Chapter 180: One Hundred and Seventy-Nine, Fire Dragon Relics
Not long after Xiao Yan found a place to refine the soul light group, the Soul Palace also received news that a branch hall had lost contact. When they sent people to the branch hall to investigate the situation, they encountered the people who were originally stationed there. After fierce attacks by the two fighting masters, they were finally forced to have no choice but to kill these two people directly. I don't know if they were too cruel, but their souls were also shocked. Crush.
And with the death of these two Dou Zun, the whereabouts of the soul light group has completely become an unsolved case. In the end, everyone can only characterize this matter as the two soul hall elders colluding with other forces to steal the soul light group. , although everyone knows that there are still many doubts about this matter, but no evidence can be found.
They didn't dare to report this matter. After all, the theft of the soul light group was a first-class matter. If the people above were blamed, they wouldn't be able to live with it. Anyway, this punishment hall didn't matter. If we arrange for manpower to collect here, we can quickly replenish the amount here.
Xiao Yan didn't know about these things, but in fact, he had already made a rough guess before. To put it bluntly, his understanding of the Soul Palace was probably deeper than that of the Master of the Soul Palace, Hun Mie Sheng. , and they are also well aware of their virtue of hiding something and not reporting it.
The reason why he specially arranged for two puppets to stay and be beaten to death by them was to provide them with a reason. It doesn't actually matter how credible the reason is. What's important is that as long as others can take over, that's it. Sometimes Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. If there were more reliable people like Sky Poison Girl in the Mortal Soul Palace, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to rise in his previous life...
In a temporarily opened small space, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in the God Refining Tower and continued to refine the transparent soul light group. The energy of this soul light group was still too huge for Xiao Yan today. Even with the help of the God Refining Tower and the little demon, it still took Xiao Yan nearly two months to completely refine the soul light group.
When the last ray of soul energy poured into Xiao Yan's body, an extremely terrifying soul storm erupted from Xiao Yan's body. This temporarily constructed small space was actually caused by the fluctuation of this soul power. There were signs of collapse, but this wave of fluctuation only lasted for less than a few seconds before it was quickly withdrawn from Xiao Yan's body. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yan's eyes, which had been closed tightly for two months, slowly slowly The ground opens.
The moment he opened his eyes, two dark red energy beams suddenly shot out from his eyes. The terrifying penetrating power actually blasted a mountain outside the small space into powder. !
This blow was not the power of the Nirvana Flame Eyes, but something that Xiao Yan could easily do with his own soul power. He could easily destroy the mountain through a small space. It can be imagined that he is now How terrifying is the power of the soul? If combined with the move of Nirvana Flame Eyes, I believe that even a semi-saint-level existence would never dare to use it forcefully!
"Huh..." Xiao Yan let out a long breath. After refining the soul light group, his soul power advanced to the heavenly realm as he wished. He also knew very well that if he could get it again, With a few soul light groups, he might even be able to raise his soul power to the level of perfection in the heavenly realm.
However, if only one soul light group from the branch hall disappears, it will not have much impact, but if the number increases, even the Soul Palace cannot suppress the news, and it will inevitably spread to the Soul Clan. , if it attracts some Fighting Saint-level guys, it will be over.
Therefore, Xiao Yan can only temporarily suppress his thoughts of finding a few more branch halls to capture the soul light group. Anyway, the heavenly realm soul is enough for him now, not to mention, he has other things to do. Gotta do it.
There is only one month left before the deadline mentioned by Yao Lao. He must make good use of this month to improve himself. Moreover, the plan he prepared during this period can be officially launched. If this plan goes well If so, the changes brought to him will be earth-shaking.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan also chuckled. He lightly swiped his palm in front of him to open the small space he was in, and quickly left here. After he left, the small space also collapsed silently. Already...
A few days later, a shocking news suddenly appeared in Zhongzhou. The tomb of the legendary Fire Dragon Saint suddenly appeared.
This Fire Dragon Saint is not a member of an ancient race, but he has left a mark on the Dou Qi Continent. According to legend, he not only possesses the peak level of Dou Sheng, but is also a ninth-grade golden elixir level. Alchemist, and what shocked everyone even more was that according to legend, this fire dragon saint also had the number one strange fire on the list of strange fires.
These kinds of rumors have made countless forces in Zhongzhou tremble. Even those ancient races are a little excited. Not to mention the so-called number one on the alien fire list, just the skeleton of a peak fighting saint is enough to make these The ancient races benefited immensely.
As we all know, the top three strange fires on the list of strange fires are undoubtedly divine objects that can destroy the world. The Pure Lotus Demon Saint back then only refined the third pure lotus demon fire, which can be said to be invincible to the contemporary generation. The top ranked strange fire will only be more terrifying.
And more importantly, the fire dragon saint sat normally and did not die from the backlash like the pure lotus demon fire. In other words, the strange fire most likely did not give birth to spiritual intelligence. In that case, they It is possible to subdue and refine them.
Not to mention that there is a skeleton of a peak fighting saint among them. The essence and blood in this level of bones will be greatly improved even by the refining of high-level fighting saints, let alone those of other levels. It is conceivable that , how tempting it will be for this ancient race.
However, there is a special space barrier on the surface of the ruins. Only those with five-star Dou Zun and below strength are eligible to enter. Therefore, after some discussion, the ancient races except the soul race finally decided to send out various races. The heirs of the group entered and regarded it as an experience, and this played into someone's plan.
As for why the Soul Clan didn't send anyone there... the reason is very simple. Because the Soul Clan's leader has been in retreat, many affairs within the clan are temporarily handled by other elders. Originally, the other elders were still discussing who to send there. Lord Wuwu happened to be out of seclusion. After hearing about this, he directly stopped his subordinates from sending people to the so-called Dou Sheng ruins, leaving only one sentence: "That's false."
Just kidding, is there a so-called number one on the strange fire list? If others don't know about it, how can he not know about it?
Chapter 181 One Hundred and Eighty, Gathered Together
The emergence of the fire dragon ruins has attracted most of the forces in Zhongzhou. Some old forces that usually don't show off have also sent people to investigate, not to mention other things. For a time, the entire Zhongzhou became extremely lively. , after all, the tomb of a peak fighting saint is extremely attractive.
Among the seven existing ancient races, except for the soul race, the other races also sent several juniors to go there for training. Of course, just in case, they also sent a few Dou Zun to accompany them, responsible for protecting them in the ruins, and they also had special space jade slips in their hands. If something went wrong, they would You can crush the jade slips immediately to escape.
At this time, in the Xingyun Pavilion, Yao Lao looked at the information in his hands and sighed helplessly. The appearance of the fire dragon ruins was indeed an opportunity for them, but unfortunately, they did not have any information in the Xingyun Pavilion. There is no suitable candidate, so we can only miss this golden opportunity.
Ziyan and the others were just fighting against the emperor at most, and they would only die if they went there. Although Feng Zunzong was up to par in strength, he obviously couldn't get away from dealing with all the big and small things in the pavilion. As for the others, he I don't really trust him. The most suitable candidate should have been Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan happened to be out for training during this period and couldn't be contacted, so I had to give up this idea.
"Sigh... I hope the little guy can get this news, otherwise it would be a pity." Yao Lao sighed. He didn't know where Xiao Yan was training now. If the distance was not far, there might be a chance to learn from it. He gained a lot of benefits from the ruins. If he could really get the number one strange fire and refine it, he might really be able to reach the sky in one step.
What Yao Lao, who was still worried, didn't know was that Xiao Yan had actually arrived at the place where the fire dragon ruins appeared early. At this moment, he was hiding in a temporarily opened small space, observing the outside world through the soul power of the heaven level. In this situation, with his current soul power, as long as he is not a fighting saint-level existence, it would be impossible to find someone spying on them in the dark.
"Is this the tomb of Saint Fire Dragon? It doesn't look surprising." The first thing that appeared in Xiao Yan's perception was a few men with medicine gourd patterns on their foreheads. Xiao Yan just glanced at it. He recognized that these people were from the Yao Clan. Their strength was only at the level of junior Dou Zong, but their soul power was somewhat powerful. One of them had actually reached the spiritual level.
Of course, this kind of soul power is still far behind Xiao Yan, so they did not find any trace of Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan relied on his own power to easily detect the energy fluctuations belonging to the strange fire on them, " The Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, which ranks thirteenth, and the Nine Nether Wind Flames, which ranks tenth... That’s it.”
"Do you think everyone is just like you, flashy?" As he was speaking, a handsome-looking man in white clothes came out of the air, and beside him was a woman in red clothes wearing a veil. There was a vivid flame mark on their foreheads, which was the Yan Clan's clan mark, and on their bodies, Xiao Yan also noticed fluctuations that were much more powerful than the Nine Nether Wind Flames.
"Bahuang Destruction Flame, Red Lotus Industry Fire... Hehe, they are indeed a race famous for playing with fire. The quality of this strange fire is really not low." Xiao Yan glanced at the two people and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Starting from the beginning, these two strange fires, one ranked sixth and the other ranked eighth, are much higher than the three thousand flames of the Dan Pagoda. If they are all refined, it will undoubtedly be a boost to one's own improvement. huge.
However, with the strength of these people, it is obviously impossible to refine the strange fire in their bodies. In fact, they have not completely refined it, but are similar to the previous medicine veteran Bone Spirit Cold Fire. The method given to Xiao Yan is the same, temporarily storing the strange fire in the body and implanting the soul mark, so that the flame can be temporarily used, and then refined after the strength reaches a certain level.
In addition to the Yan Clan and the Yao Clan, Xiao Yan also saw people from several other clans. However, there was no fluctuation of strange fire on those people, so he just confirmed their strength and then shifted his attention to other people. What surprised him was that people from the Fenyan Valley had also come.
Being just a Burning Flame Valley naturally couldn't give Xiao Yan any surprises, but the Nine Dragons Thunder Fire in the body of the Burning Flame Valley master was the twelfth-ranked strange fire. The one who came this time was not the Tang Zhen in Xiao Yan's memory, and his strength was not that strong, but there were fluctuations of the Nine Dragons Thunder Fire in his body. It should be the previous valley master of Tang Zhen.
After counting, there are five strange fires that appeared here today besides Xiao Yan, and all of them are among the top fifteen strange fires, and two of them are among the top ten. Counting Xiao Yan, more than half of the people on the Alien Fire List are already gathered here.
This kind of harvest also makes Xiao Yan a little overjoyed. He knows very well that if he can capture all these people with strange fires and take away the strange fires from their bodies and refine them smoothly, then his strength will definitely be obtained. A leap in improvement.
However, although Xiao Yan was extremely excited, he did not take action immediately. After all, the targets here were too scattered. If he did it here, with the advantage of surprise, he might be able to get one or two kinds of strange fires, but he wanted to It would be impossible to take it all away.
After all, the bodyguards around these guys are obviously not ordinary people, and their strength is above the peak of the five-star Dou Zun. If they fight alone, or even four or five, Xiao Yan will not be too afraid, but if they swarm up, Even Xiao Yan would find it a bit tricky.
It's not that Xiao Yan can't deal with them, but the people of these ancient races have space jade slips in their hands. As long as they hold themselves back, they can summon strong men to help at any time. It's not difficult for Xiao Yan to defeat these guys. What's difficult is that They had to be unable to sway him, so Xiao Yan could only temporarily suppress his impulse and wait for the opportunity to come.
And this so-called opportunity came soon. As a dazzling light pillar rose into the sky, the tomb of the fire dragon saint also slowly opened. Feeling the fiery fluctuations coming from it, those few The faces of those who possessed the strange fire changed, and then they all showed expressions of ecstasy, because they could all feel that the strange fire in their bodies reacted with fear at that moment.
This also means that there is indeed a strange fire in this tomb. Even if it is not the so-called first on the list, its ranking will definitely not be any lower!
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Xiao Yan also smiled slightly, "Hurry up and go in... As long as you go in, I will be rich..."
Chapter 182: Chaotic Situation
When the Fire Dragon Tomb was opened, the people who had been waiting outside could not wait to rush into the space door that appeared in front of everyone. Facing a tomb left behind by the Peak Fighting Saint, I believe not many people could Retaining his reason, Xiao Yan slowly flew behind everyone and ensured that all those with strange fire in their bodies entered the space door, and then he showed a knowing smile.
After entering the Fire Dragon Tomb, everyone also encountered some crises, but the harvest they gained was also extremely rich. Just from the outside, they saw many eighth-grade elixirs being thrown casually on the ground like garbage, and the deeper they went, The higher the quality of the elixir, although it has not yet reached the ninth-grade level, it is enough to make these people quite greedy.