Battle Through the Heavens: Who put Laozi in my storage ring?

But come to think of it, that guy is really audacious. The strongest among those fire lizards is comparable to a half-saint, yet he dared to let Zi Yan step into them. Or perhaps...

That guy sensed Laozi in his storage ring.

That's not right. Unless Laozi actively releases his aura, even a Dou Di wouldn't be able to detect anything unusual. How could that guy possibly do that?

Or perhaps... the scope of his influence extends beyond the small area in front of his cave.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. That guy is usually in a deep sleep and doesn't care about anything, but he is, after all, a peak nine-star Dou Sheng expert. His cultivation has not decreased but increased over the years. Even Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi are not necessarily his match.

Even if they are imprisoned here, they must have their own methods.

As long as you can get around the fire lizard and approach the cave space, you can enter its protected area.

……

"They've been gone for half a month..."

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, looking down at the boundless world of magma. If it weren't for his powerful soul force sensing that the surroundings were completely different from a few days ago, he would have doubted that he was lost.

It seems that the size of this place is far more exaggerated than I imagined.

"Take a break."

He waved to Ziyan, who was exhausted and sticking out her tongue.

"I'm exhausted..." Zi Yan plopped down on the ground, wiping the sweat from her forehead with her fair hands. If it weren't for Xiao Yan's strange fire, she, a Dou Wang, would never have been able to make it this far, but even so, she was already exhausted.

"Why did Old Deng go all that way? It's such a hassle to find him."

Xiao Yan chuckled softly.

If it weren't for being imprisoned by the scheme of the Tuoshegu Emperor, do you think it would be willing to abandon its children and relatives to come to this godforsaken place?

However, he didn't say anything, but just rubbed Ziyan's head: "Perhaps your father also has his difficulties. I believe that there are very few fathers in this world who are willing to abandon their own daughter and run to this place. They must have unspeakable hardships."

"Hmph~ I don't care, I've never had a father since I was little, and I don't know if I will in the future." Zi Yan crossed her arms over her chest, a hint of heartache flashing in her beautiful eyes, but she immediately pouted, replaced by stubbornness.

"..."

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the ground, with a black staff stuck in the rock beside him.

Quietly correcting the situation.

If anyone else were here, they would probably be exhausted by this boundless world of magma very quickly. Even a powerful person with a different kind of fire would be slowly consumed by the terrifying heat. After all, even a powerful Dou Zun like the Heavenly Fire Venerable in the original work couldn't withstand it.

But he was different.

The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts gradually began to circulate within his body, almost plundering and brutally transforming the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth into fighting spirit and true energy, filling his body.

Even after so long, I'm only a little tired, but my fighting spirit remains high.

As he pondered, a ruthless figure arrived with incredible speed, raising its sharp claws to grab at Xiao Yan's body.

However, when the crimson figure landed, it suddenly felt empty in front of it; the prey that seemed so easily within reach had vanished without a trace.

But the next instant, a gust of wind came from above.

As it looked up in astonishment, a black staff fell, splattering blood everywhere. Its head was smashed to pieces, leaving only half of its headless body, which slowly fell to the ground.

"Peak of the Dou Huang realm..."

Xiao Yan frowned slightly. Was this the level of intensity right from the start?

He thought it would start with fighting spirits.

His soul perception spread out, and he found himself surrounded by countless fire lizards. Even he felt a chill run down his spine; the swarms seemed endless.

Their strength ranges from Dou Ling to Dou Zong.

The strongest one... is at least a five-star Dou Zong.

"We'll have to resort to some measures."

Slowly tightening his grip on the Xuan Staff, Xiao Yan said without changing his expression.

"Then... can we still survive?" Zi Yan trembled, shrinking behind Xiao Yan, peeking her head out from under his arm.

"Quiet."

Xiao Yan remained calm as he grabbed the girl by the back of her collar. His pale golden wings fluttered behind him, and his figure rose up like a streak of light.

The fire lizards seemed surprised by his speed, which far exceeded that of ordinary Dou Zong, but they all followed behind him.

Xiao Yan glanced at the five-star Dou Zong who was hot on his heels. This was their home turf, and with the help of lava, they were extremely fast.

Seeing that they couldn't shake him off, they simply stopped.

"Is this...is this a desperate attempt?" Zi Yan covered her face, her expression filled with fear.

Xiao Yan suddenly loosened his grip on the Xuan Staff with his other hand, which hovered in mid-air. He also formed a mysterious hand seal with his other hand, and his eyes closed slightly. The Xuan Staff, suspended above his head, expanded thousands of times in an instant, like a bell tolling, becoming a giant pillar in the vast ocean, emitting a humming sound from the ancient Brahma.

Pale gold patterns covered its entire body.

Xiao Yan slowly lifted the bottom of the Xuan Staff with one hand, looked down indifferently at the many bewildered fire lizards below, and chuckled: "Hehe, it's not time to fight to the death yet. Take a look at my newly mastered staff technique."

"This is... a staff technique?!" Zi Yan stared in astonishment at the dark pillar overhead that blotted out the sky, swallowing hard.

She's finally starting to understand.

Why does this guy always seem so calm and collected? Turns out he has so many trump cards that it's enough to make anyone despair.

The previous analysis of her trump cards was probably just an appetizer.

And that... is truly terrifying.

Xiao Yan held the Xuan Staff, then suddenly his right arm shot up, and with a roar, he smashed the Xuan Staff down.

Rumble!!!

The earth-shattering sound reverberated throughout the lava world.

The fire lizards were instantly crushed into bloody pulp by the Xuanzhu. Its seemingly clumsy speed was actually no match for the many fire lizards. Even the two- or three-star Dou Zong were crushed in an instant, with only the five-star Dou Zong surviving.

But it was clearly also severely damaged.

"Tsk... What tenacious vitality." Xiao Yan clicked his tongue lightly. This was already one of his trump cards. He had only revealed it once in the outer academy before, but he had only shown off the skill and hadn't even released one-tenth of its power. Otherwise, at its peak, half of the outer academy of Canaan Academy would have been crushed into dust.

Now that his cultivation has increased dramatically, his power is naturally even stronger.

The fact that this five-star Dou Zong could withstand his full-force attack is truly terrifying.

His eyes narrowed slightly, just as he was about to deliver a fatal blow to the drowning dog.

His face twitched suddenly.

He sensed that something was subtly off about the atmosphere around him.

With its wings fluttering, it unleashed the full power of its Rainbow Escape technique, its figure vanishing a thousand feet away in an instant, rapidly flying into the distance.

Before long, several auras radiating terrifying power appeared on the spot, including two peak Dou Zong and one fire lizard clan expert who had even broken through to the Dou Zun realm.

Chapter 110 First Encounter with the Nine Netherworlds, Signing a Contract, By the Supreme Celestial Venerable of the Great Purity... (Fourth Update)

Its thick, dark red scales and scarlet eyes symbolize its identity.

"They ran away, but not far..."

That Dou Zun actually spoke human language, his vertical pupils slowly looking in the direction Xiao Yan had fled, and then said to the two peak Dou Zong fire lizards behind him: "Chase."

Having said that, the three fire lizards did not tear through the void like the Dou Zun outside, but instead plunged into the molten lava and swam rapidly...

It looks extremely strange.

……

"So this is... a Dou Zun powerhouse..."

Xiao Yan was so exhausted that his face turned pale. He collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.

I glanced at the fire lizard standing still outside the thin energy membrane.

Although he didn't know why this place could keep so many fire lizards out, which was obviously not simple, he had no other choice. The old dragon still wouldn't come out to acknowledge his daughter, so there was nothing he could do.

He gently exhaled a breath of stale air and looked around.

This place seemed like a hidden paradise, a cave within a molten lava world. Inside, too, was a molten lava world, but its color was truly jet black, as dark as ink, and the energy fluctuations emanating from it were exceptionally strange…

"Is this the one who called me before?"

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly.

They continued forward, encountering numerous skeletons along the way, all left by the fire lizards. It seemed that their cultivation levels were not low, with the strongest even possessing the skeleton of a Dou Zun.

Zi Yan followed behind, turning back every few steps.

They made faces at the group of fire lizards, making the creatures jump around in anger, but they were helpless against the two people inside.

Until the innermost part of the cave.

Xiao Yan gradually stopped, his eyes widening in astonishment.

There, a ball of pitch-black light rose silently, hovering quietly up and down in the deepest part of the cave.

In the very center of the ball of light, a giant, pitch-black egg, about ten feet long, floated. The egg was entirely black, and its shell was covered with mysterious and obscure patterns.

The pattern resembles the flapping wings of a mysterious black bird, sheltering the black egg within.