Chapter 156: Fire Lotus Appears, Guardian Backstabs

The dragon roared and the fire in his heart surged towards the black cloud. Wherever it passed, countless blood souls turned into nothingness.

Just as the attack was about to hit the black cloud, a cold snort sounded from the black cloud. Then, the black fog surged, and the figures of Guardians Sun and Wu emerged from the black cloud and blocked the way.

They both stretched out their hands at the same time, and a vast and thick black mist suddenly surged out of their bodies, forming a black barrier in front of the black cloud.

The thick black barrier intertwined with the fluctuations of the concentric flame fire, emitting a crisp "ding ding" sound.

After a while, the fluctuations dissipated, and the two guardians finally blocked the first wave of attacks.

After blocking the attack, Sun looked at Lin Yuan with a fierce look in his eyes, and said coldly: "Boy, you actually caused me to lose thousands of souls. When I catch you, I will definitely treat you well."

Lin Yuan always ignores the enemy's harsh words that have no tactical value.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought to himself, "If someone gets in the way, the efficiency of Dragon Roar Soul Destroying will still be much lower. It's time to try that trick."

So, Lin Yuan chuckled and said calmly: "It seems that you two attach great importance to the evil spirit, so you must guard it well. We will not be polite. If you dare to perform a power-accumulation transformation on the battlefield, don't blame us for attacking the enemy."

"You two, let's attack together. You guys take care of Guardians Wu and Sun, and I'll deal with the evil spirit."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan's mind moved, and the huge dragon-shaped fire spirit quickly shrank back, and finally turned into an extremely solid ball of falling heart flames, which fell on Lin Yuan's left palm.

On the other side, sensing that Lin Yuan seemed to be preparing some killing moves, Guardian Wu's voice also became more urgent: "Guardian Sun, that kid is indeed very strange and dangerous. Don't hesitate, speed up the gathering of the evil spirit."

"Tsk! You don't need to remind me, I know it."

"Blood Soul Gu!"

As the sinister shout of Protector Sun sounded, blood suddenly surged in the black cloud. The souls in the black cloud began to bite and devour each other, and bursts of sharp and shrill cries came out from it.

Even the ruthless Queen Medusa couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable when she saw this scene of mutual devouring.

When Yao Lao saw this, his face became even gloomier and his eyes were filled with deep disgust.

The two looked at each other and instantly assigned their opponents. Yao Lao attacked the Protector Wu, and Queen Medusa attacked the Protector Sun.

Lin Yuan opened his right hand, and a solid ball of Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire condensed on his right palm. Immediately, Lin Yuan focused his mind and soul power on the two balls of strange fire, and made extremely delicate adjustments.

"Yuxin is on the left, Qinglian is on the right."

The two hands stretched up and down, as if gathering strength, drew two arcs respectively, and then slowly moved towards the middle at the same time.

The moment the flames touched, there was a sound like muffled thunder.

However, as if they had been rehearsed countless times, the two maintained a delicate balance at the critical point of mutual exclusion and integration. Not long after, with a thunderous sound of "bang", a strong blazing light appeared in Lin Yuan's hand.

Lin Yuan's eyes sharpened, and he said "Merge". The power of the soul surged out, completing the final fusion.

When the intense blazing light dissipated, a green lotus as white as emerald appeared between Lin Yuan's palms. An invisible flame flickered in the heart of the lotus, just like the scene when the Heart Flame was just born.

"Buddha's wrath lotus."

As the fire lotus spun lightly, a faint destructive wave spread out.

Feeling this destructive wave, everyone present was shocked, and there was a bit more solemnity in their eyes when they looked at Huo Lian.

When Yao Lao, who was fighting with the guardian Wu, saw this, his eyes narrowed.

As an alchemist, he knew more clearly what this meant, and therefore was even more confused: "Is this a flame fusion technique, or a flame fusion technique of a different fire? How did he do it? I can't be wrong about the technique he's practicing, it must be the Tiandu Fire Canon."

"Without relying on the Burning Technique, how could he control this second strange fire to such an extent with his current cultivation level? He could even suppress the instinct of the strange fires to clash?"

Lin Yuan didn't care about other people's opinions at this moment. Looking at the fire lotus in his hand, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

"I've gotten pretty good at using the two-colored Buddha's wrathful lotus. Unfortunately, for me, who hasn't practiced the Burning Technique, the two-colored fire lotus is my current limit."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan felt a little regretful. After all, his Fire Lotus was different from Xiao Yan's Buddha's Wrath Lotus in the original trajectory. Although it was not inferior in power, it was more difficult to use and less stable.

When it comes down to it, the reasons why the two were able to perform were completely different.

Xiao Yan relied on the mysterious Burning Battle Qi to reconcile the conflict between the different fires and unleash the Buddha's Fury Lotus.

Lin Yuan was able to successfully unleash the Buddha's Fury Lotus because of his absolute control over the two flames, his powerful soul strength, and the combined affinity between the Heart Flame Fire and the Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire.

After all, Lin Yuan's Heart Flame Fire was born on the Green Lotus Seat, and was formed by absorbing a large amount of energy from the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds that were of the same origin as the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire.

Afterwards, Lin Yuan raised him with the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire and Green Fire Fighting Qi.

Due to many factors, although there is some repulsion between Lin Yuan's sub-fire and the Qinglian Earth Core Fire, the two are within the range of reconciliation.

After the fire lotus took shape, Lin Yuan turned his gaze to the battle between Medusa and Yao Lao in the sky, and said in a deep voice: "You two, cover me, I will go and get rid of the evil spirit."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan spread out his four wings, lightning flashed all over his body, and he flew towards the black cloud at a very fast speed.

Upon hearing this, Yao Lao and Queen Medusa attacked with all their might, intensifying their attacks against Guardians Wu and Sun to prevent them from interfering with Lin Yuan.

For Yao Lao, who has the protection of the strange fire, the methods mastered by the Soul Palace guardians are not enough to restrain him. In this case, relying on the mystery of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and rich combat experience, he firmly blocked the Wu guardian.

On the other side, the battle between Queen Medusa and Protector Sun was equally exciting.

Although Queen Medusa was not as strong as Sun Hufa, she did not mind exchanging injuries for injuries with her Dou Zong-level strength and the physique of an ancient beast, and her fighting style was extremely fierce. For a while, she fought on equal terms with Sun Hufa, who was a four-star Dou Zong.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan steadily turned a few times in the space, left a few afterimages, and then rushed into the black cloud.

After he killed several Dou Wang and Dou Huang level blood souls that tried to approach and destroy the fire lotus, he threw out the green fire lotus, which silently and swiftly crossed the void and rushed towards the evil spirit that was gathering.

Then, a silver light flashed on Lin Yuan's body and he escaped from the range of the black cloud.

Sun, who was already partially connected to the evil spirit, felt the attack of the blue fire lotus and the powerful energy contained in the fire lotus. Suddenly, he let out a heart-wrenching cry: "My evil spirit, no——"

At this moment, Lin Yuan looked over and gave him a playful smile. Then he formed a seal with his hands and uttered a word gently.

"burst!"

Instantly, the Fire Lotus less than ten meters away from the evil spirit made a muffled sound, and the calm lotus seat suddenly became violent, shrinking and expanding. Then, a huge explosion that shook the world exploded in the black cloud.

"boom!"

The energy that exuded a destructive aura spread out from the void, and ripples appeared in the space. Then, brilliant blue waves of fire swept across the sky, washing over the entire black cloud, and in an instant, it actually dispersed the entire black cloud.

Although the way the Buddha's Fury Lotus releases energy when it attacks is a bit rough and not condensed enough, it is extremely excellent in terms of destructiveness and attack range.

The raging waves of fire produced by the explosion of the fire lotus surged out, and wherever it passed, countless blood souls exploded.

At the same time, the Fallen Heart Flame mixed in the fire wave seemed to have consciousness, sweeping away the remaining gray soul energy on a large scale, burning them into nothingness. The terrible fire energy storm spread almost a hundred meters away, and the scorching temperature made the air in this valley extremely dry.

The nearest blood-red evil spirit, which had not yet fully condensed, was completely sucked into the center of the fire wave. The explosive fire element energy bombarded the evil spirit, causing it, which only had the killing instinct, to let out a shrill scream.

As the waves of fire and the soul-destroying power of the Fallen Heart Flame washed over it, the blood-red color on its body quickly faded, and its violent aura somewhat turned into something pitiful.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan resolutely implemented the combat strategy of "killing him while he's ill".

The moment the fire wave subsided, his eyes flashed, and the seals on his hands changed rapidly. The powerful soul power was released, connecting to the Fallen Heart Flame in the fire wave.

Immediately, the body of the Heart Flame Zihuo expanded instantly, and under the control of Lin Yuan's powerful soul power and the summons of the Zihuo, endless waves of fire rolled back and gathered on the Zihuo's body, and a long dragon of fire appeared.

The fire dragon swung its tail and swept towards the evil spirit that had suffered severe damage before it had even taken shape, tightly wrapping around it as it moved.

"Refining!"

With a sound of "lian", a scorching invisible flame spewed out of the fire dragon's mouth, interweaving the blood soul energy on the surface of the evil spirit, making a sharp hissing sound.

Under the erosion of the invisible flame, the blood soul energy on the surface of the evil spirit quickly dissipated.

"what--"

A painful groan was heard in the distance, coming from the mouth of Protector Sun who was fighting with Queen Medusa.

At the same time, his breathing seemed to be a little disordered.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance, and a smile appeared on his face: "The evil spirit is backlashing? It seems that Protector Sun has already linked part of his soul with the evil spirit. He is simply courting death..."

Thinking of this, he flew towards the evil spirit, the familiar seal in his hand circulated, and a green and red seal quickly condensed into shape in his palm.

When Protector Sun saw this, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He endured the pain coming from the depths of his soul and wanted to fly over to stop it.

However, Queen Medusa, who was also a veteran of many battles, would not miss such an opportunity.

The fighting spirit on the colorful sword in her hand surged, and endless sword energy poured out, easily cutting off several soul locks that flew to block the attack.

Afterwards, she twisted her body and blocked the way in front of the guardian Wu as if teleporting. The transition from extreme movement to extreme stillness was extremely smooth and natural. Then, a condensed seven-color sword aura slashed out from her long sword, and the fierce sword aura directly slashed the guardian Sun and sent him flying back.

After a moment, Lin Yuan also completed the condensation of the blue and red seal in his hand.

He flashed a few times, and in the blink of an eye he appeared on top of the evil spirit. He swung out a seal that covered the top of the evil spirit's head.

"Mountain and River Seal."

The moment they came into contact, the energy of the Mountain and River Seal exploded, and a burst of strong light emanated, like a small sun. The evil spirit melted completely like snowflakes under this "sun", and turned into powder after a moment.

And at the moment when the evil spirit completely dissipated, the black mist around Protector Sun suddenly surged violently, and then quickly faded.

His aura also rapidly weakened and became disordered, and soon fell to the level of a two-star Dou Zong.

The evil spirits gathered by the Ten Thousand Soul Devouring Array are equivalent to the incarnation of the person who started the array. If the incarnation is destroyed, there will be a severe backlash, which can cause the cultivation to drop or even fall in rank. In serious cases, the evil spirit will take over the mind on the spot and turn it into a puppet that only knows how to kill.

Obviously, the evil spirit connected to the soul of Protector Sun was killed by Lin Yuan, causing considerable trauma to his soul.

Fortunately, the evil spirit was not destroyed in its completed state, and the backlash suffered by Sun Hufa was not too severe, only losing two stars. As the evil spirit was destroyed by Lin Yuan, Sun Hufa suffered a heavy blow, and the Ten Thousand Soul Devouring Spirit Array he set up was broken.

The dark clouds that covered the sky and surroundings of the valley completely dissipated, and the warm sunshine once again poured down from the sky.

At the moment the sun set, Queen Medusa launched a fierce attack on Protector Sun, whose breathing was disordered.

She still used the ferocious fighting style of exchanging injuries for injuries, forcing Protector Sun, who had already been severely injured by the backlash, to retreat step by step and was firmly suppressed by her.

On the other side, after Lin Yuan eliminated the evil spirit, he waved his hand lightly, and Zihuo's body jumped out of the fire dragon and landed on the palm of Lin Yuan's right hand.

With the infusion of Lin Yuan's soul power and fighting spirit, the fire in his hand quickly expanded and deformed, turning into a transparent heart flame spear, emitting invisible waves.

Immediately, Lin Yuan, holding the Heart Flame Spear, joined the battle circle of Queen Medusa and Protector Sun. The two of them worked together tacitly and launched a fierce attack on Protector Sun.

At this moment, Lin Yuan, holding the Heart Flame Spear, posed as much of a threat to Protector Sun as Queen Medusa. Under the continuous and fierce attacks of the two, Protector Sun soon fell into a situation of retreat and danger.

Seeing this, the guardian Wu, who was fighting with Yao Lao, looked fierce and thought to himself, "It's time."

There was a strange red light flashing in the eyes of the guardian Wu, and a trace of pain flashed across his eyes. He took out the last soul body of the peak Douhuang in his hand.

The guardian Wu took a look at Yao Lao who had been fighting with him, grinned grimly, and then resolutely formed a series of strange and complicated hand seals. A strange and thick black light burst out from the palm of his hand and was completely poured into the soul body in his hand.

"Dark Curtain of Soul."

A cold shout was heard, and the soul body in the hands of Protector Wu suddenly began to expand rapidly, and an extremely dense black light burst out from its seven orifices.

Finally, at a certain point, the expanding soul body suddenly exploded.

In the blink of an eye, the strange black light spread out, covering the entire valley. This darkness, along with two chains, saved the guardian Sun who was about to be pierced by the Heart Fire Spear in Lin Yuan's hand.

Lin Yuan sensed it and found that this darkness had a strong suppressing effect on soul power.

So, he secretly said "what a pity" and said calmly: "Let's go. Don't fight in his home ground. Go to the outskirts of the valley to intercept them. This time, they can't escape."

After saying that, Lin Yuan, Medusa, and Yao Lao flew out of the valley and away from this strange darkness.

In the darkness, the two guardians saw this and gave up their plans for a sneak attack. Instead, they collected the remaining souls after the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Formation had just been broken.

Outside the valley, the three of them gathered together and looked coldly at the darkness ahead, but their hands did not stop moving. The blue flame bombs, white fire cones, and colorful sword energy were about to carry out a covering attack inside the valley.

So, when the darkness dissipated, the two guardians only recovered less than 30% of the souls.

Protector Sun looked at the three people flying in from the outskirts of the valley with a gloomy face, and his cold eyes became more solemn.

"Guardian Wu, thank you for your help just now. However, we don't have many souls now, and it's too late to do anything. We should evacuate. This Yao Chen is not easy to catch, so we need to ask for more manpower from above."

“Hehehe——” The sinister laughter of the Wu Guardian sounded behind the Sun Guardian, “Sun Guardian, I actually have another way that will allow us to capture Yao Chen today.”

"Oh?" Guardian Sun was slightly delighted when he heard that. He turned his head and asked with some doubt: "What is it..."

However, before he could utter the word "me", a skinny claw with a black glow pierced Protector Sun from behind.

Then, meaningful words came out from the mouth of the claw's owner, the guardian Wu, in a cold voice.

“Hehehe, for the sake of the great cause of the Soul Palace, Guardian Sun, I will have to make you suffer this time…”

(End of this chapter)