Battle Through the Heavens: Starting with a conquest of Medusa, Xiao Yan is stunned.

Ignoring the Soul Palace Venerable's surprised gaze, Zi Yan tilted her head and looked left and right at Cao Ying.

"Hmm~ You have a great figure! You should be able to have a son!"

Zi Yan's sudden words made Cao Ying blush bright red with embarrassment. What was that all about? What did having a son have to do with body shape?

"Um... Sister Ziyan, what are you doing here?"

"Of course I came in by myself! This is my territory, isn't it, big guy!"

Zi Yan's exquisitely beautiful appearance is incredibly cute, like a porcelain doll, yet she exudes a mystery that others cannot reach.

"Yes! My things belong to you, little aunt, and your things are not mine!"

Seeing an eighth-tier magical beast bowing and scraping before Zi Yan, a little girl, and looking quite afraid, everyone was somewhat bewildered.

The contrast between the two is too great, making it hard to accept. Even the Soul Palace Venerable is like that. He is already a Dou Zun powerhouse, so why would he be afraid of this Zi Yan?

"Young lady, you two continue your conversation. I'll take care of this old charlatan!"

While Zi Yan and Cao Ying were talking, Xiong Zhan couldn't help but stare sharply at the Soul Palace Venerable.

"An eighth-tier magical beast, I must admit you are very strong, but at most you can only stop me a few times. Do you want to die?"

The Soul Palace Venerable knew that this battle was unavoidable, but he still tried to persuade Xiong Zhan to back down with words.

"Enough with the nonsense, let's fight. Why should I, Xiong Zhan, be afraid of you?"

Xiong Zhan's eyes were sharp, his huge hands clenched tightly, and he roared.

"Since that's the case..." The Soul Palace Venerable paused briefly, then a fierce glint suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he said menacingly:

"Then you shall die!"

With a chilling voice, the old man waved his sleeve, and the giant beast that had been repelled by Xiong Zhan earlier surged out again, appearing in front of Xiong Zhan in a flash.

The giant hand clenched into a fist and slammed down hard on Xiong Zhan's head!

"laugh!"

Before the fist even arrived, the wind from it was already there. The terrifying wind from a distance caused the ground where Xiong Zhan landed to cave in nearly two feet deep.

"Heh~ I've been running rampant for so many years, and even those three old geezers haven't made me die. What are you anyway?"

Upon seeing the Soul Palace Venerable make another move, Xiong Zhan flashed a fierce glint in his eyes, and deep yellow energy surged forth from his body.

With a single punch, he directly and brutally collided with the giant crystalline fist.

"Oh!"

The two collided violently, and the terrifying force completely ripped away the grass within a radius of a hundred miles, and even snapped the towering trees in half.

The mere clash between the two caused some of the remaining alchemists to perish because they were unable to dodge in time.

There were only a dozen or so people left to begin with, and now there are only a handful, less than ten!

You should know that there were a full hundred people here before. The ruthlessness of the Soul Palace is simply terrifying. Just those hundred alchemists alone could have created countless high-grade pills on the continent.

In the dust-filled forest, both Xiong Zhan and the Soul Palace Venerable staggered back several steps, causing the earth to tremble.

"This is hardly a half-step Dou Zun! Song Qing, you bastard, you colluded with the Soul Palace and have really ruined my life!"

The remaining few were terrified and on the verge of tears. Looking at Xiong Zhan's terrifying combat power, they were filled with regret.

"Hmph~ That's your own ignorance, what does it have to do with me?"

Song Qing smiled arrogantly, not taking the remaining people seriously at all, and said with disdain.

"You...I'll kill you!"

Those who survive among a hundred can be considered strong individuals who have been "selected." They are not only highly skilled in alchemy, but also possess extraordinary strength.

Provoked and insulted by Song Qing, they couldn't help but explode. Now that the Soul Palace Venerable was no longer protecting them, why would they give Song Qing, this traitor, a chance to live?

"You want to kill me? With your kind of trash?"

Song Qing's face showed disdain. He gently closed his iron fan, pointed in the direction of the crowd, and said in a deep voice:

"Except for Cao Ying and that Zi Yan, everyone else must be killed!"

"Hey~"

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Song Qing merely pointed casually, and all the Soul Hall experts behind him obeyed his command, charging towards them.

"What? Why would they listen to you?"

Everyone was incredulous. How could a traitor possibly command the guardians of the Soul Palace?

"Are you all really stupid?! I, Song Qing, am already a member of the Soul Palace, and a Heaven-rank Protector at that! They are all Earth-rank and Human-rank, of course they obey my orders! Hehehehe~"

The strange laughter emboldened Song Qing, who completely disregarded the people opposite him.

In his opinion, only Cao Ying among these people could compare to him. As for that purple-haired girl with pigtails, wasn't she just a little girl?

So what if she is from the Ancient Dragon Clan of the Void?

He could simply refrain from attacking her; Cao Ying was his beloved, so naturally he would keep her around.

Song Qing's achievements, which have earned him the favor of both the Pill Tower and the Soul Palace, are proof of his abilities. This decision alone is enough to save his life.

If he had ordered the attack on Cao Ying and Zi Yan, Zi Yan, that "female tyrant," would not have let him off!

"Kill them! They only know how to ambush, I..."

Among the remaining alchemists, there were a few old guys with considerable strength, but when they first rebelled, they found that the alchemists were too idealistic.

Even if the people from the Soul Palace don't ambush them, they have the ability to restrain them. Once the Soul Lock is activated, it can even completely shock their souls!

"No, no good!"

The old man was terrified. When he saw the hook on the soul lock catch him, he screamed in fright.

"Sigh~ You're all old men now, why do you need others to protect you? If it weren't for my older brother saying he wanted to keep you here, I wouldn't have bothered with you!"

A childish voice came from behind the old man.

"Click~"

With a shattering sound, the soul-snatching chains in the old man's eyes shattered, and all that caused this was a small hand!

"How is this possible? He shattered my Soul Lock with just one hand!"

"There's more to come! You guys want to fight? Xiao Shi, get them!"

With a wave of her hand, Zi Yan saw another tall figure appear before her. The moment he finished speaking, he flew out like a cannonball.

"Ah~"

A scream rang out instantly, and a Soul Palace protector was blasted back by a single punch.

Immediately afterwards, screams of agony followed one after another. Every time Zi Yan threw a punch, a Soul Hall protector would be blasted away.

Such a sight was undeniably domineering. The volatile empress had grown up, and each of her punches looked rather ordinary, even like the punches of a cute little girl, yet the damage she caused was enough to make even a Dou Zun expert frown.

One punch and he instantly killed a Dou Zong. Such combat power shocked everyone, and the remaining alchemists were completely terrified.

They never imagined that a little girl would possess such terrifying strength; even a Dou Zun expert could probably put up a fight against her!

That was all their knowledge could get them to; they couldn't believe that Zi Yan was already capable of fighting a Dou Zun powerhouse!

If Xiong Zhan didn't have the strength of a Dou Zun, why would he be so afraid of her? Is it just because of their bloodline?

If that's the case, once the young Taixu Ancient Dragon goes out, the other clan leaders will immediately kneel down.

"Huh? What's going on?"

When the Soul Palace Venerable saw that his subordinates had all died, he was immediately frightened. His gaze towards Zi Yan changed from indifference to shock.

With Zi Yan's strength, wouldn't he be at a disadvantage if Xiong Zhan joined forces with her?

"You old bastard, fight me and you'll have time to go look elsewhere. Die!"

Xiong Zhan had just regained his footing when he saw that the person opposite him was looking elsewhere, and he immediately flew into a rage and attacked again.

"Difficult guy!"

The Venerable of the Soul Palace stared at Xiong Zhan with a sinister gaze, a slight unease passing through his heart. His withered hand slid out of his sleeve and formed a hand seal with lightning speed.

"Netherworld Demon Flame Arm!"

With a cold shout, the old man exhaled a dazzling flame from his mouth; this flame was not deep blue, but a multicolored black.

The black flames erupted rapidly from its body and then merged entirely into the giant crystalline claw!

"Huh? A strange fire!!!"

The moment Xiong Zhan saw the flames appear, his brows furrowed. With his keen eyesight, he could naturally tell that the black flames were a strange fire.

Among the strange flames, besides the terrifying Void Devouring Flame, are there any other black ones?

Of course there are, the Three Thousand Burning Flames is one of them, but its color is a deep purple-black. The Three Thousand Burning Flames that Ye Feng possesses would naturally not be in this old man's hands.

Besides the Three Thousand Burning Flames, there is another flame called the Nine Nether Wind Flame!

This fire ranks tenth on the list of strange fires, but it is controlled by Elder Wanhuo of the Medicine Clan, so it is naturally not in this person's hands.

Furthermore, among the top ten strange flames, there is only one in existence, and it is impossible for two flames like the Fallen Heart Flame to appear at the same time. Therefore, it can be confirmed that the strange flame in this person's hand is very likely the Void Devouring Flame!

Is that really the case?