As the blood-red centipede was shattered, Wu Ya's face suddenly turned pale, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
The blood-red centipede had always been a source of pride for him, a powerful energy-based Dou Technique that even Dou Zong experts had to take seriously.
Yet, it had been destroyed in a single encounter.
If his opponent had been a Dou Zong expert, Wu Ya wouldn't have felt so terrible. Even if the opponent were a Dou Huang expert, he could have accepted it to some extent.
But the fact that his opponent was a Dou Wang, someone he could usually crush with ease, was what made it unbearable.
Aside from the destruction of his technique, another reason for Wu Ya's distress was his inability to accept the reality.
The Eight Trigrams light seal crushed the blood-red centipede with overwhelming force, then shot through the blood mist.
In a flash, it appeared above Wu Ya's head, and under the gaze of countless shocked onlookers, it mercilessly slammed into his body.
In an instant, a deafening explosion echoed across the sky.
Compared to ordinary Dou Qi, poison-based Dou Qi does have some advantages in terms of lethality.
However, poison is still poison. It doesn't discriminate between friend and foe. Only someone with a special constitution like Little Doctor Xian's Poison Body can rely on poison to enhance their cultivation without being affected by its toxicity.
Most poison-based Dou Qi cultivators find their bodies growing weaker as their cultivation progresses, due to the corrosive effects of the poison.
Unless they can advance to the Dou Wang level, the lifespan of ordinary poison-based cultivators will be much shorter than that of ordinary people.
Even so, the physical condition of a Dou Huang who cultivates poison-based Dou Qi is inferior to that of others at the same level.
Xiao Yan's Cycle of Endless Calamity borrowed the power of the three Dou Huang experts' techniques to destroy Wu Ya's blood-red centipede. Although the remaining power was nearly exhausted, Wu Ya, in his state of shock, failed to react in time.
Already mentally shaken, and now physically struck, Wu Ya couldn't hold back a mouthful of blood, which he spat out violently.
With a whoosh, like a falling meteor, Wu Ya crashed into the mountain of his own Wu Tian Sect, witnessed by all its members.
The three Dou Huang experts and the other members of the Wu Tian Sect stared in shock at Wu Ya, who was now embedded in the mountain wall.
Xiao Yan spread his arms, and black-and-white Dou Qi surged from his back, instantly forming a pair of slender wings.
The wings, mostly black and white, were surrounded by a haze of Xuan Huang, dark green, and purple-black colors, far more dazzling than the wings of ordinary Dou Wang or Dou Huang experts.
With a single stomp, Xiao Yan leaped into the air.
His Heavenly Flame level had improved significantly over the past year, and his strength had naturally kept pace.
He had recently broken through to the one-star Dou Wang level.
The one-star Dou Huang expert whom Xiao Yan had kicked away earlier now regained consciousness.
Looking at Xiao Yan in the sky, the red-robed old man muttered bitterly, "Damn it, he had Dou Qi wings all along and didn't use them. He was just toying with me!"
For a moment, everyone looked up at the black-robed figure in the sky with a mix of awe and fear.
With only the strength of a Dou Wang, he had managed to overpower five Dou Huang experts, one of whom was a genuine peak Dou Huang.
In the entire Chu Yun Empire, only a Dou Zong expert could possibly defeat him.
Ignoring the stunned gazes around him, Xiao Yan shouted, "Flame God!"
A flame mark between his eyebrows flickered, and vast fire-attribute Dou Qi surged forth.
In an instant, the temperature within a hundred-mile radius began to rise rapidly.
Those who had lived in the Wu Tian Sect for years were now sweating profusely, a rare sight.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, within a couple of breaths, the fiery red Dou Qi around Xiao Yan's body condensed into a towering, four-armed giant clad in armor, standing majestically.
"What is that?" The three Dou Huang experts in the sky exchanged bewildered looks.
They had heard of Dou Qi cloaks, Dou Qi armor, and even Dou Qi materialization, but they had never seen anything so massive!
Even if a Dou Wang had mastered powerful and sophisticated techniques, where did he get so much Dou Qi to execute them?
The Dou Qi stored in Xiao Yan's Flame Seal had always far exceeded his actual strength. Now that he had reached the Dou Wang level, the Dou Qi within the Flame Seal was no less than that of a Dou Huang expert.
With the situation reaching a life-or-death moment, Wu Ya could no longer care about the orders from the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. His roar echoed through the sky.
"Everyone in the Wu Tian Sect, attack together!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Several Dou Wang experts flew into the air, on high alert against the giant.
Even a sixth-tier magical beast wasn't this big!
The Dou Huang experts outside the Wu Tian Sect felt their Dou Qi surging through their meridians. They had never seen such a formidable Dou Wang!
Xiao Yan, standing within the head of the Flame God, willed the four massive arms to target the three Dou Huang experts and Wu Ya in the sky.
Although the four couldn't figure out the origin of this giant, they had all suffered a major setback earlier. They immediately unleashed their high-level Xuan techniques, attacking the massive hands.
As the energy within the Flame Seal continued to fill, the Flame God had evolved once more, advancing from the mid-level Flame God to the high-level Flame God.
The high-level Flame God not only had complete limbs but also underwent a significant change in size.
The complete high-level Flame God should also be able to condense weapons like a Dou Ling expert, but today's battle wasn't one of slaughter.
The massive hands, moving at incredible speed, met the four Dou Huang experts' techniques. Amid a series of explosions, the Flame God's hands remained unscathed and moved even faster, slicing through the sky to grab the four, who were trying to evade.
Despite their considerable strength, the four Dou Huang experts' moves were full of openings in Xiao Yan's experienced eyes.
"What kind of bizarre technique is this?!" Wu Ya unleashed his poison-based Dou Qi, but the giant hand holding him showed no signs of weakening.
The other Dou Huang experts struggled desperately, but their poison-based Dou Qi was like mud sinking into the sea.
Xiao Yan smiled faintly. If the poison-based Dou Qi of these four could break through the energy of the four Heavenly Flames that formed the Flame God, that would be truly bizarre.
With their leader captured, the Dou Wang experts of the Wu Tian Sect ceased their actions, not daring to make any moves.
After struggling for a while, Wu Ya stopped and glanced at the other three Dou Huang experts.
Seeing them in the same predicament, he finally realized that these three weren't spies like him.
It was simply that Xiao Yan's techniques were as exquisite as this giant, capable of borrowing the power of others' techniques.
Seeing everyone calm down, Xiao Yan smiled and said, "The Poison Sect invited you all to join out of goodwill, but it seems you all avoided it like the plague."
The red-robed old man on the mountain shouted, "What goodwill? If you have the ability, grow another arm and grab me too."
(End of Chapter)
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