"Did they start this fight on purpose to lure me out?"
In the complete void, Xiao Ting appeared like a ghost lurking in the void, observing Hun Mie from the corner of his vision.
Hun Mie, the Hall of Souls Master at the early stage of five-star Dou Saint, was coldly watching the fierce battle between the two-star Dou Saints unfolding outside.
With his power, he could have easily suppressed the three Dou Saints with a single strike, but he deliberately did not act. It went without saying who his target was.
"Boom!"
A massive sea of flames tore through the sky.
Yan Liu, a two-star Dou Saint expert of the Yan Clan, said coldly, "Hun Mie, we have fought dozens of times in the past month, yet victory has still not been decided. Why do we keep testing each other? The battlefield between the Hun Clan and our Soul Extinction Alliance is in Central Plains. Why are you so fixated on this remote place?"
"Hehehehe." Hun Mie revealed a sinister smile and said indifferently, "If that's the case, then why don't you three just return to Central Plains? Yet why are you obstructing us from destroying the small Purple Sky City and Jia Nan Academy here?"
"Hmph!" Yue Qing Qiu, a two-star early-stage Dou Saint of the Ling Clan, had a fiery temperament and said coldly, "Everyone knows that Purple Sky City is the territory of Xiao Ting of the Xiao Clan, and Jia Nan Academy is the territory of the Lei Clan. Naturally, you cannot erase them as you please. If you won't leave, then you can stay here."
"Your Hun Clan is currently in an unfavorable situation."
Upon hearing this, the three Hun Clan Dou Saints wore rather displeased expressions.
On the day Xiao Ting left Burning Flame Valley, the clan leaders of the various Ancient Clans returned to their respective families and exposed the traitors hidden within their clans.
Once the Hun Clan's conspiracy was confirmed, the ancient clan took the lead in forming the Soul Extinction Alliance with the goal of punishing and completely destroying the Hun Clan and the Hall of Souls.
The exposure of the Devouring Spirit Eliminating Life Formation meant that the Hun Clan's plan to sacrifice countless lives across Central Plains and the entire continent affected everyone.
Even powerful forces that focused on plunder, such as the Profound Sky Sect and the Ice River Valley, quickly sided with the alliance.
Calls to punish the Hun Clan across the continent rose, and countless Hall of Souls branches were destroyed.
Because neither the Hun Clan's Dou Saints nor the major Ancient Clans' Dou Saints were deployed, the Hall of Souls suffered repeated defeats. Apart from the Hall of Souls headquarters in the western region of Central Plains, the Hall of Souls branches in other regions of Central Plains were almost completely wiped out. Only a very small number of deeply hidden Hall of Souls branches survived and retreated into hiding.
Two months ago, a large-scale battle involving Dou Saint level experts broke out at the Earth Demon Hall of the Hun Clan, located at the border between the western and central regions of Central Plains.
Elder Lin, the old monster of the Pill Tower (a two-star Dou Saint), joined forces with Huo Yun Ancestor, the highest elder of Burning Flame Valley, to prevent the Deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Souls from acting recklessly.
The Hun Clan sent Dou Saints to provide support, and other Ancient Clans were not to be outdone, each sending their own Dou Saints to join the battle.
In this Dou Saint battle, both sides exercised restraint and did not deploy any experts above the five-star Dou Saint level.
Even so, a deep pit thousands of miles long was blasted out at the border between the western and central regions of Central Plains.
Two half-Saints from the Hun Clan and two half-Saints from the Soul Extinction Alliance lost their lives there, so it was now known by countless cultivators as the "Pit of Fallen Saints."
The high-ranking members of both sides knew that the five-star Dou Saint level experts on both sides had already clashed in the void, each experiencing victories, defeats, and losses.
"Disadvantage?"
Suddenly, a thunderous sound resounded between heaven and earth. Pitch-black flames erupted from the void, sealing off the surrounding space.
It was Hun Mie who had been watching the situation all along. He had originally intended to continue hiding, but Yue Qing Qiu's words had angered him.
The six Dou Saints had already reached this level, but Xiao Ting had still not appeared. He probably thought Xiao Ting would never appear again.
If that was the case, it would be better to first eliminate the three Dou Saints, destroy Purple Sky City, and then return to the main battlefield in Central Plains to contribute.
"If I can capture you three and hand you over to the Void Lord, our Hun Clan will gain a great advantage."
Hun Mie raised his hand, manipulated void power to condense a massive flame palm, and pressed it toward Yue Qing Qiu and the other two.
"Hun Mie!?"
Seeing Hun Mie appear, Yue Qing Qiu and the other two showed expressions of surprise.
Hun Clan members with power above four-star Dou Saint level should have been monitored by people of the same level dispatched by their alliance. How had Hun Mie managed to appear here so quietly?
Shocked, Yue Qing Qiu immediately took out a high-grade Dou Saint processing jade slip, intending to crush it to call for help.
However, the Nihility Devouring Flame's flames sealed the space and prevented spatial power from spreading outward.
"Oh no!"
Yue Qing Qiu and the other two wore extremely solemn expressions.
They were all two-star Dou Saints and were completely no match for a five-star Dou Saint.
But in the next moment, expressions of surprise appeared on their faces, while the three Hun Clan Dou Saints showed expressions of terror and said one after another, "Hall Master, be careful!"
Eh!?
Only then did Hun Mie sense something and suddenly turned around.
Suddenly, a thousand-foot-tall giant appeared in front of him and punched him, yet the impact did not even create ripples in the void.
By skillfully utilizing space and concealing himself, he had not noticed the attack at all.
Even so, he remained calm and was even somewhat excited.
"Xiao Ting, you finally appeared! Prepare yourself!"
It was true that Xiao Ting had a record of defeating the six-star Dou Saint Hun Qian Mo, but that had been achieved by relying on the power of the Burning Flame Saint Stele.
According to Hu Tiandi's accurate assessment of Xiao Ting's true combat power, even if he used strange battle techniques to transform into a giant, he would at best be comparable to a four-star Dou Saint.
A four-star Dou Saint was no match for a five-star Dou Saint. Especially since Hun Mie had brought the Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan's God-level artifact.
Not only did they need to rescue Hun Qian Mo, but they also had to kill Xiao Ting.
"Seal!"
The Burning Flame Saint Stele appeared in Xiao Ting's palm. He once again used the same technique to swallow Hun Mie, who was inside it.
Hun Mie did not resist. He only protected himself so that the flames would not harm him, and then allowed himself to be devoured by Xiao Ting.
After entering the internal space of the Burning Flame Saint Stele, he immediately formed a seal, summoned the Nihility Devouring Flame, and manipulated black flames to spit out a blood blade.
This was the Hun Clan's Blood Devouring Blade, refined with the blood of Ancient Clan Dou Saints. It was also a mid-grade sacred artifact with the special power to break restraints and seals.
Hun Mie found Hun Qian Mo inside the Burning Flame Saint Stele and intended to escape together with him while capturing Xiao Ting.
But in the next moment, his pupils suddenly shrank and he revealed an expression of disbelief.
"Elder Qian Mo, what happened to you…?"
The situation inside the Burning Flame Saint Stele far exceeded Hun Mie's expectations.
He had thought that Hun Qian Mo, a six-star Dou Saint who should have easily withstood the suppression of the Burning Flame Saint Stele, was now bound in soul by the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, tormented by pain, and unable to even self-destruct.
"Hun Mie?"
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Hun Qian Mo thought he was hallucinating, but quickly became excited and his face lit up. "Hun Mie, quickly, kill me! Don't hold back!"
Hun Mie: "…"
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