"Hehehe."
"I never expected it to turn out like this."
"Our Hun Clan's plan of thousands of years will finally be exposed in this unexpected way."
Battle Qi erupted from Hun Tiandi's body. The terrifying energy suppressed heaven and earth, distorted space, and shook the very energy of the world.
"Xiao Clan, Xiao Xuan — I never thought that even after a thousand years, you would still cause such trouble. But it's just trouble."
"In that case, I hereby formally declare war. A fight to the death!"
The Nihility Devouring Flame could no longer withstand the scrutiny. Hun Tiandi had lost interest in continuing to pretend to submit to Gu Yuan and the others.
Now that the existence of the Devouring Spirit Eliminating Life Formation and the Tunling Clan had been exposed, there was no other path but to fight head-on.
The final victor would obtain the complete Tou She Ancient God's Jades and open the Tou She Ancient God's Cave.
He still had confidence in winning!
Even if all six or even seven Ancient Clans were combined, they would still be no match for the Hun Clan.
Moreover, as long as the Nihility Devouring Flame existed, the Hun Clan would only grow stronger with each battle.
In the worst case, the Hun Clan would destroy all the Ancient Clans.
As long as he and the Nihility Devouring Flame were alive and could activate Ancient Emperor Tou She, they could create another Hun Clan.
"Xiao Ting!"
The moment Hun Tiandi turned toward Xiao Ting, his body exploded.
Self-destruction!?
Yan Jin and the others' expressions changed drastically.
However, the first to react was Gu Yuan. His expression turned grim as he said, "That was a soul avatar carried by the Nihility Devouring Flame Earth Fire. It was not Hun Tiandi's true body. Hun Tiandi was never here in the first place."
Even he, an expert at the God realm, had not noticed until the very last moment.
This meant that Hun Tiandi had the ability to evade surveillance, conceal his whereabouts, and go out to cause trouble, didn't it?
"Not good!"
Gu Yuan casually mobilized the power of heaven and earth to contain the shockwave caused by the self-destruction of Hun Tiandi's clone. Then, he sensed the appearance of spatial power beside Xiao Ting — it was the Nihility Devouring Flame making a move.
While Hun Tiandi was distracting him, he had suddenly launched a surprise attack.
Even if Xiao Ting was a one-star Dou Saint whose combat power was comparable to a four-star Dou Saint, he would still be no match for the Nihility Devouring Flame.
But in the next moment, Xiao Ting's voice rang out. "Coincidentally, I am also a soul being."
Boom!
Xiao Ting's body was shattered into pieces by a single palm strike from the Nihility Devouring Flame's soul attack.
Immediately after, countless Purple Beast Flame sparks scattered and were swallowed by the Nihility Devouring Flame.
However, at that moment, the Nihility Devouring Flame's expression changed. He spat out Purple Beast Flame and asked with a solemn expression, "What is your relationship with Ancient Emperor Tou She?"
This Purple Beast Flame gave him the feeling of facing a weakened Ancient Emperor Tou She.
Although its power was weaker, it was essentially the same as Tou She Ancient God, and in some cases might even be stronger.
He instinctively felt fear and realized that swallowing it would cause "indigestion."
"That doesn't matter."
As the Purple Beast Flame began to disappear, Xiao Ting's voice resounded again.
"Uncle, I was afraid of being assassinated by Hun Tiandi, so I sent Xun Er and the others to a completely safe place."
"Since Hun Tiandi has declared war, let me share some information with you. In the ancient clan's ancestral temple, there is Ancient Sheep guarding the Tou She Ancient God's Jade. In the Yan Clan's ancestral temple, there is the Flame Sparrow guarding the Tou She Ancient God's Jade. Lei Clan… Lei Kun, Yao Clan… Yao Wan Xing, Shi Clan, Ling Clan…"
"All of their souls have been secretly replaced by the Nihility Devouring Flame. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be noticed, and they are indeed the ones you sent. However, if the Nihility Devouring Flame uses that method, he can awaken their true souls and memories. This is a method the Nihility Devouring Flame obtained after fusing with the bloodline of the Tunling Clan."
"Furthermore, let me inform you that the Hun Clan has been relying on the Nihility Devouring Flame to develop, and the power of their Dou God bloodline has increased but has actually been increasing."
"The four elders of the Hun Clan killed by my ancestor were not completely destroyed. They were refined into living corpses. Three of them possess the power of the mid-stage of eight-star Dou Saint, while one possesses the power of the early stage of eight-star Dou Saint. They have each refined a Death Gate and can form a Death Realm Formation capable of trapping even nine-star Dou Saints."
"The Hun Clan has four Demon Saints, all at the late stage of seven-star Dou Saint. In addition, there are at least four other seven-star Dou Saints."
"You are not qualified to be dogs. You are raised like pigs and are destined to be devoured by your own bloodline one day."
"If you don't want to be completely destroyed, unite completely and fight the Hun Clan."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Purple Beast Flame completely disappeared.
However, his words had stirred up a storm above Burning Flame Valley.
Whether it was the Hun Clan's schemes to target the Tou She Ancient God's Jades from the various Ancient Clans, or the true strength and resources of the Hun Clan, everything was terrifying.
The Nihility Devouring Flame made everyone understand why Hun Tiandi had the confidence to directly start a war and his astonishing endurance.
Of course, each Ancient Clan also secretly possessed power and experts. On the surface, however, only Gu Yuan, a late-stage nine-star Dou Saint, was comparable to Hun Tiandi among the Ancient Clans.
Both Yan Jin and Lei Ying were late-stage eight-star Dou Saints. With their skills, they could rival the Nihility Devouring Flame or the four elders of the Hun Clan.
The four Demon Saints of the Hun Clan were considered comparable to Fairy Huo Ling and the three immortals of the ancient clan.
The Hun Clan actually had at least four seven-star Dou Saints, which was more than the combined number of the three clan leaders of the Yao Clan, Shi Clan, and Ling Clan.
In other words, in terms of surface combat power, the Hun Clan might have either the four elders of the Hun Clan or the Nihility Devouring Flame in surplus.
If the Nihility Devouring Flame broke through to nine-star Dou Saint and God-level soul…
"Xiao Ting, you really know a lot about my clan!" Hun Tiandi's voice resounded again, filled with unconcealable killing intent. "Otherwise, I would have found you and killed you as a sacrifice to my banner. I don't care about the reputation of bullying the weak."
"Gu Yuan, I said a thousand years ago that if we had not joined forces with Xiao Xuan to deal with my Hun Clan, you, the ancient clan, and the others would have lost their last chance."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hun Tiandi's soul consciousness disappeared, returning to the Hun Clan to prepare.
"Brother Gu Yuan, we must unite." Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and the others came to Gu Yuan.
"I understand." Gu Yuan nodded with a grim expression. "If Xiao Ting had not exposed them, we would not have known these things until the day Hun Tiandi became God. Even if we joined forces, we would not have had the power to resist."
"Since the Nihility Devouring Flame has not yet taken the decisive step, we still have a chance to compete with the Hun Clan."
"Come, first resolve the internal conflicts, then immediately construct wormholes connecting all realms and form an offensive and defensive alliance."
"We must never give the Hun Clan the chance to defeat us one by one. Otherwise, once the balance of power is broken, we will definitely lose."
Yan Jin and the others immediately nodded, clearly understanding the seriousness of the situation.
First, they had to eliminate the traitors and protect the Tou She Ancient God's Jades.
Otherwise, considering the Hun Clan's overall strength, once they opened the Tou She Ancient God's Cave, they would be able to fight multiple forces alone.
Not to mention, the Nihility Devouring Flame was familiar with the Tou She Ancient God's Cave, which was also an advantage for the opponent.
However, no one was particularly panicked.
Their calmness came from Xiao Ting.
"Is this child the reincarnation of a Dou God?"
He had reached the Dou Saint level before the age of eighteen and could fight against a four-star Dou Saint.
Not only that, he seemed to know everything and had exposed the Hun Clan's conspiracy of thousands of years and the most deeply hidden methods of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
Therefore, when he said "went to a completely safe place," it was clear that he was not even afraid of Hun Tiandi.
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