Breaking the Masked Man

Seeing that Queen Medusa was willing to sacrifice her own life force to fight him to the death, Xie Biyan roared in anger and no longer cared about holding back. He slapped Queen Medusa with a palm, the gray skeletal giant hand emitting a foul stench as it whistled away.

He originally planned to keep the other person alive and slowly bleed them out; if once wasn't enough, he would try twice.

As a result, the other party didn't value their life!

Since that's the case, he'll grant the other party's request.

Queen Medusa was not afraid at all. Relying on the power that erupted from her inner source, she threw a punch. The seven-colored battle aura was several times stronger than before, and it directly shattered the giant skeletal hand that Scorpion Biyan had condensed. Then, she flicked her enchanting purple tail and turned into a stream of light that rushed towards Scorpion Biyan.

"Boom!"

The two instantly clashed, their powerful battle auras raging out, the commotion reaching even those tens of miles away.

At this moment, Yao Yan and the others also arrived at one side.

"and many more!"

Cai Die, who was about to rush up to help, was stopped by Yao Yan. He could tell that this battle was not something that Cai Die, a novice, could participate in. If Cai Die, who only had the strength of a seven-star Dou Huang, went up, she would easily do more harm than good to her sister. That old man was no ordinary person.

He glanced at Hai Bodong beside him, whose expression seemed to change slightly the moment he saw the old man.

"You know him?!"

Hai Bodong nodded, his expression grave, and said, "It should be Xie Biyan, the sect leader of the Wanxie Sect of the Chuyun Empire, a veteran nine-star Douhuang peak expert, who is even older than Jia Xingtian and the others... I thought he was dead, but I didn't expect him to still be alive!"

His last words were what he truly felt.

The lifespan of a Nine-Star Dou Huang is not long. If he is unharmed, he can only live for three or four hundred years at most, while Xie Biyan's lifespan is obviously more than that.

"He seems to be able to use spatial powers..."

Hai Bodong added another sentence, his eyes even more solemn. He also glanced at Queen Medusa. He hadn't expected that her strength was on par with Xie Biyan's. Even if she had used a secret technique to enhance her strength, it was still astonishing.

It's important to know that this generation of Medusa Queen is at least two generations removed from Scorpion Rock!

Upon hearing this, Yao Yan couldn't help but comment, "At such an old age, to only cultivate to the level of a nine-star Dou Huang, what a waste of his life."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Hai Bodong immediately looked at Yao Yan, feeling offended.

I'm talking about him.

Yao Yan pointed at Xie Biyan, chuckled dryly, then met Cai Die's worried eyes and said softly, "Don't rush, the opponent is not weak. A sneak attack is more suitable for you than brute force. I will use my soul power to shield you from the fluctuations of his aura, and you can give him a hard blow from behind!"

Alchemists have a wide range of ways of using soul power.

Concealing one's aura is just the simplest technique.

With his sixth-grade soul power, shielding the auras of two Dou Huangs was not difficult at all.

"This requires Queen Medusa's cooperation."

Hai Bodong nodded in agreement with Yao Yan's suggestion and said.

Yao Yan looked at the increasingly fierce battlefield in the distance, a faint smile flashing in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I will use my soul power to transmit a message to her, you can prepare."

As he spoke, an invisible spiritual force surged forth from between his brows...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 95 Sneak Attack

The gray and seven-colored battle aura painted the night sky into a bright picture. The terrifying energy fluctuations could be clearly felt even from tens of miles away. At this moment, the Tagor Desert became extremely quiet, and countless nocturnal creatures all huddled in fear. Only the sounds of battle in the sky could be heard.

"Submit! If you surrender, I may spare your entire clan; otherwise, the moment you perish will be the moment your entire clan is annihilated!"

Xie Biyan stood with his feet in the air, exuding a powerful aura of battle qi. His eyes were covered by a gray-white halo, making him look like a demon god, looking down at Queen Medusa. As the strongest person in the Izumo Empire, he had absolute confidence in his own strength.

Below the Dou Zong level, no one can rival him!

Even if it were a true Dou Zong, he was confident that he could hold his own against the opponent, let alone deal with a Medusa Queen. Today, he would teach her what a quasi-Dou Zong level expert was!

Medusa lightly twirled her longsword, and with a soft clang, the seven-colored aura around her intensified, her tone growing colder: "Old man, do you really enjoy spouting nonsense?"

"I gave you a chance to live, but you don't seem to know how to seize it!"

Scorpion Bi Yan's eyes were filled with killing intent as he spoke in a low voice. As his words resounded throughout the heavens and earth, his vast battle qi circulated through his meridians like a torrent, causing visible fluctuations in the surrounding space. The mere circulation of his battle qi was enough to cause such changes in the outside world, which was clearly not something a Dou Huang level could do.

As his fighting spirit circulated, Xie Biyan's aged body became more upright, and streaks of blood-red lines spread across his entire body.

"However, you have something to be proud of for forcing me to use my full strength!"

He revealed a ferocious smile, releasing all the power within his body. Even the 'Blood Soul Technique,' which was not yet fully mastered, was activated, causing his aura to surge to another level. At this moment, the wings of battle qi on his back disappeared without a trace, and he stood in the void on his bare feet.

Standing in mid-air is the hallmark of a Dou Zong powerhouse!

Queen Medusa's expression also darkened. She hadn't expected that this old man would have such a trick up his sleeve, even briefly raising his strength to the Dou Zong level. The difference between Dou Zong and Dou Huang is only one word, but the difference in strength is like heaven and earth.

In the Dou Qi Continent, a Dou Zong is considered a top-tier expert, and even in the Central State, where powerful figures abound, they can still hold a place.

There was nothing she could do but stall... Queen Medusa's alluring and cold eyes flickered as she prepared for the worst. At this moment, she could only rely on her own strength to hold off her opponent and wait for the snake people to come to her rescue. Clearly, she was no match for them on her own.

Just then, a familiar voice entered his ears: "Attract his attention, I'll have Cai Die and Hai Bodong launch a sneak attack from behind."

"?!"

Queen Medusa was startled, but her expression remained unchanged. In fact, the aura emanating from her body grew even stronger, and a powerful seven-colored battle aura swirled around the sword blade, as if adding a layer of radiant effects, emitting extremely violent energy fluctuations.

"Unbelievable!"

Seeing that Queen Medusa was still resisting, Xie Biyan sneered disdainfully, raised his hand and condensed a gray-white energy palm print several tens of feet long, and slapped it towards Queen Medusa.

Only those who have reached the Dou Zong level can understand just how big the gap is between Dou Zong and Dou Huang. Dou Zong's strength lies not only in their own Dou Qi and the use of spatial power, but also in their use of the energy of heaven and earth, which can make their fighting skills even more powerful.

"cut!"

Queen Medusa gave a soft shout, and a sword aura several tens of feet long slashed out. The solid battle aura caused the space around her to feel slightly torn.

This sword strike was her strongest move; she held nothing back, having exhausted most of her internal fighting spirit.

"boom!"

The moment the two made contact, a deafening roar erupted, and surging energy ripples spread in all directions.

Queen Medusa was struck by the energy ripple and sent flying backward.

Scorpion Biyan raised his hand and conjured a spatial barrier in front of him, blocking all the energy ripples that swept in. His eyes, which contained a gray halo, remained locked on the location of Queen Medusa. He did not kill her directly because he did not want to kill her. Rather than killing her, obtaining her essence and blood, or even devouring her entire body, would be more beneficial to her!

If necessary, he even wanted to nurture the other party to the Dou Zong level before completely devouring him. If the other party could evolve his bloodline into the Devouring Python in the process, that would be even better... Thinking of this, the greed in his eyes intensified.

People always like to dream about the future and even maximize their profits when they are about to succeed, but this is often when they are most likely to fail.

……

"Xuan Bing Long Xiang!"

"Nether Serpent!"

Two angry shouts came from behind him, and two powerful waves of fighting energy instantly made Xie Biyan's spine go cold. Almost the instant he turned his head, two attacks that were enough to cover the sky were already approaching him. A several-dozen-foot-long ice dragon and a several-dozen-foot-long dark blue giant snake magnified in front of him.

This sudden attack gave him almost no time to defend!

How can it be? !

Scorpion Bi Yan was shocked and furious. With his perception, how could a Dou Huang approach him silently from behind and even unleash such a powerful attack? As everyone knows, the longer the preparation time of a powerful fighting technique is and the greater the commotion it causes, the more impossible it is to launch a sneak attack.

Clearly, he had no time to pursue the truth, as these two powerful attacks, comparable to the full-force strikes of a peak Dou Huang, had already come crashing down upon him.

Forced to desperately gather spatial power in an attempt to block, he found that the fighting spirit of these two moves was too powerful, beyond the reach of his half-baked spatial power. They tore apart the fragile spatial power almost instantly and exploded close to his face.

"Boom!"

A chilling atmosphere swept across the sky, engulfing everything and even causing snowflakes to fall.

Queen Medusa was caught by a figure as she flew backward. The figure held her slender waist and looked at Scorpion Biyan, who was being attacked face-to-face by Hai Bodong and Cai Die in the distance. The figure said in a low voice, "That old thing is not a real Dou Zong. At least his physical body has not reached the level of Dou Zong. If he takes two hits at such close range, he will be seriously injured even if he doesn't die."

Yao Yan clearly sensed that Xie Biyan's aura was rapidly declining, having fallen from the Dou Zong level to the Dou Huang level, and even showing a trend of further decline.

Ultimately, it was merely a forced upgrade using secret techniques, not a true Dou Zong level.

Like a balloon, it can be blown up to its limit, but if you prick it with a needle...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 96 Forced to Retreat

Facing a quasi-Dou Zong, Yao Yan dared not be overconfident in the slightest. Although his physical body was powerful, it was still vulnerable to spatial power. Unless he could fully enhance his physical body to the second level of the Vajra Indestructible Body, he would be powerless against a Dou Zong-level expert.

The power of space is an extremely powerful force, and a Dou Zong who controls the power of space would be completely overwhelmed by a Dou Huang!

"Have you hugged enough?!"

Just then, a soft and charming voice reached Yao Yan's ears, causing him to look down and meet the gaze of Queen Medusa in his arms. What came into view was a stunningly beautiful face that was both cold and noble, and paired with that soft and charming voice, it was enough to make most men in the world look forward to it.

Compared to the gentle sweetness of the butterfly's natural beauty, Medusa Queen's makeup undoubtedly has a maximum attraction for men.

Yao Yan quickly checked Queen Medusa's physical condition with his soul power. His expression remained unchanged, and he said in a serious tone, "Your physical condition is not good. It's best not to continue circulating your battle qi, otherwise it will leave sequelae and affect your future breakthrough to Dou Zong."

This was not meant as a threat. In order to enhance her strength, Queen Medusa forcibly used a secret technique to activate the bloodline of the Devouring Python within her body. Although she briefly gained strength comparable to Scorpion Biyan, her body was left with health problems.

In the original work, Queen Medusa remained at the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Huang realm for more than ten battles. Perhaps this was due to the influence of this event. Otherwise, given her talent, it would have been impossible for her to remain at this stage for more than ten years without making any progress.

However, this was not all bad for Queen Medusa. Forcibly activating the Devouring Python's bloodline made her body more compatible with the Devouring Python's bloodline. However, the lost bloodline power needed to be compensated for, otherwise it would inevitably become a hindrance to her future strength.