Soul Emperor Martial God

Elder Mu Qingyun led a group of elders to attack Xiao Yi.

But before they could get close, they were stopped by the surging Star Fire around Xiao Yi.

The violent and extremely fast aqua and white streamers forced Elder Mu Qingyun and the others to hastily retreat.

Within the 33rd layer of space, Star Fire was still densely scattered around, just not as exaggeratedly as before when it resembled a sea of fire.

However, the density of the Star Fire around Xiao Yi was still terrifying.

It was something Elder Mu Qingyun and his cohort could not easily approach.

"Elder Yi, won't you stop absorbing immediately?" Elder Mu Qingyun shouted angrily.

His face showed anger and confusion at the same time.

He couldn't understand how Yi Xiao could remain unharmed within the dense Star Fire.

But this did not mean he would just watch as the precious Star Fire within the Medicine Tower was absorbed to nothing.

Xiao Yi suddenly opened his eyes, just about to say something.

At that moment, within the 33rd layer of space, four figures suddenly arrived.

It was Bai Mohan, Blood Flame, Yue Fenwu, and Ye Ming.

Outside the Medicine Tower, all the powerful experts and geniuses from various forces had already left.

Only these four had not departed; instead, upon seeing Elder Mu Qingyun and others re-entering the Medicine Tower, they followed suit.

Upon their arrival, they immediately saw Xiao Yi amidst the aqua and white flames.

But their expressions varied greatly.

"Elder Yi, you're actually not dead?" Bai Mohan gritted his teeth, his face showing a dark wrath.

"Elder Yi, I knew that a calamity like you wouldn't die so easily," said Blood Flame with a sigh of relief, obviously somewhat pleased.

"Compared to you mysteriously dying, I would much rather defeat you personally."

Yue Fenwu remained silent, but she looked somewhat enchanted as she gazed at Xiao Yi's figure, who appeared like a war deity in the flames.

Ye Ming, however, called out excitedly, "Brother Yi, you're not dead, that's great."

"Hehe," laughed Xiao Yi from within the surging flames, about to say something.

Suddenly, Elder Mu Qingyun shouted loudly, "Capture this boy."

His gaze was fixed on Ye Ming.

Several idle elders made their move immediately and went towards Ye Ming.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi's expression turned cold, and with a wave of his hand,

A surge of Star Fire burst forth, stopping those few elders.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yi called out coldly.

"Hmph," Elder Mu Qingyun snorted, "He is the root cause of this great disaster that has fallen upon the Medicine Tower, he should be captured."

Having said that, Elder Mu Qingyun made a move himself.

With a palm strike, he instantly dispersed the clump of Star Fire.

With his Cultivation and strength, a casually emitted Star Fire from Xiao Yi naturally could not stop him.

"You dare?" Xiao Yi's face turned ice-cold.

With both hands moving in unison, the surging Star Fire around him easily stopped Elder Mu Qingyun.

Then, he drew Ye Ming into the air to his side.

"Brother Yi," Ye Ming exclaimed joyfully.

Xiao Yi protected him behind himself and manipulated the Star Fire to prevent Ye Ming from being hurt by the flames.

By now, Elder Mu Qingyun and his fellow elders had panicked looks on their faces.

"You... you were just now controlling the Star Fire... could it be... you've already mastered this kind of flame?"

"How could this be... how is this possible..."

Elder Mu Qingyun muttered between clenched teeth, "No wonder you stand unharmed amidst this surging Star Fire."

Saying that, Elder Mu Qingyun and the other elders had no choice but to watch with unpleasant expressions.

Watching helplessly as Yi Xiao rapidly absorbed the Star Fire bit by bit, they were powerless to intervene.

At this moment, Xiao Yi and Ye Ming were enveloped by layers of Star Fire.

Elder Mu Qingyun and the others simply couldn't do anything to them.

Now, Xiao Yi was also somewhat distressed.

He simply could not stop absorbing the Star Fire.

For one thing, that huge Elixir was within his own Small World.

The Star Fire was inherently surging into his body on its own.

For another, it seemed that the Ice Phoenix Sword was doing this intentionally.

The tremendous absorption speed of the Ice Phoenix Sword was going strong.

Xiao Yi tried to forcibly interrupt it, but it was entirely ineffective.

After about ten minutes or so.

The surrounding Star Fire was completely absorbed.

This also meant that the Medicine Tower's accumulation of Star Power over hundreds of years had all disappeared.

And Xiao Yi's Cultivation had reached Earth Origin Ninth Layer.

Normally speaking, such terrifying Star Fire, numbering in the tens of thousands,

would be enough for an Earth Origin Realm to soar to the Heavenly Origin Realm, and at least to the second layer or above.

The power contained within tens of thousands of strands of Star Fire was tremendously astonishing.

But Xiao Yi's Qi Spring was also exceptionally vast, with its length, width, and height each measuring 3333 yards, its capacity was simply terrifying.

Even after absorbing all this power, I had only jumped four stages in my Cultivation.

From the Earth Origin Fifth Layer, I ascended to the current Earth Origin Ninth Layer.

At this moment, Mu Qingyun shouted, "Quickly take down these two."

Upon Mu Qingyun's command, dozens of idle elders immediately made their move.

"Wait," Elder Mu interjected from the side, "Great Elder, let's talk this out properly."

"How can we talk this out properly?" Mu Qingyun's face was furious.

"Yi Xiao, this child, has entirely absorbed the Star Power of our Medicine Tower."

"And he's even covering for Ye Ming, the real culprit."

"What is there to talk about?"

"Hmph," came a cold snort from Xiao Yi not far away, "You're well aware of who the real culprit is."

Mu Qingyun responded coldly, "You still dare to argue?"

"If it weren't for Ye Ming's Sky Blue Fire, would the Star Fire have ever gone berserk?"

Xiao Yi sneered back, "If you hadn't delayed in dispersing that initial mass of Star Fire,"

"how could it have gotten to the point where there was an overabundance of Star Fire later on, making it uncontrollable?"

"You..." Mu Qingyun's voice choked up.

At that moment, Bai Mohan stood up and said, "It's not your place to comment on how this elder conducts himself."

"And you certainly have no place to lecture the Great Elder of Medicine King Valley."

"Heh," Xiao Yi retorted coldly, "Fine then, you deal with the disaster that you've recklessly caused on your own."

"What, now you're looking to pin the blame on someone else?"

"Alright, let's put aside the matter of the Star Power for a moment," Mu Qingyun admitted his loss of argument.

"But, what about the Elixirs refined from the countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of my Medicine King Valley?"

"I haven't detected any traces of Elixirs on you, which prove you have ingested them."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi nodded, "Indeed, I have ingested them."

Xiao Yi intended to say something else.

But Mu Qingyun interrupted, "Then that settles it, you've ingested the Elixirs."

"Those are the possessions of my Medicine King Valley, who gave you the right to swallow them on your own?"

Xiao Yi frowned.

The Elixirs had been forcibly absorbed by the Ice Phoenix Sword, but naturally, Xiao Yi was not going to reveal the truth.

He had no choice but to claim that he had swallowed them.

However, the Small World was under his absolute control.

In reality, he could retrieve the Elixirs from the Small World.

Returning them was not impossible. It was just that Mu Qingyun's current attitude greatly displeased him.

Xiao Yi spoke coldly, "Mu Qingyun, you personally experienced how powerful the Star Fire Demon was before you fled this space."

"I was here alone to face it."

"Is there a problem with swallowing Elixirs to increase my Cultivation and killing it?"

Mu Qingyun was adamant, "That's no excuse for you to consume the Elixirs."

"That you couldn't handle it is your own problem."

"If you can't kill the Star Fire Demon, we have capable fighters from Medicine King Valley to do it."

Xiao Yi's expression chilled, "Mu Qingyun, are you saying that even if I ended up killed by the Star Fire Demon in this space,"

"I should have never eaten that Elixir?"

"Exactly," Mu Qingyun nodded as if it were only natural.

"You..." Xiao Yi's already displeased mood turned to rage.

Any thoughts he had of returning the Elixir vanished in an instant.

"There's no need to waste words with him," Bai Mohan sneered from the side.

"Boldly swallowing an Elixir that took hundreds of years for Medicine King Valley to refine from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures."

"Why not just kill him, refine his body, and extract the medicinal power," he proposed.

Mu Qingyun pondered for a moment, then agreed, "Elder Bai makes sense."

"Yi Xiao, you've ingested Medicine King Valley's Elixir without justification."

"Rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that have been stored in our valley for hundreds of years are now in you."

"Even if you are the Demon Hunting Hall Sub Hall Master, you don't have that right."

"Today, not even the Demon Hunting Hall can protect you."

"Elders, follow me," commanded Mu Qingyun, and together with dozens of idle elders, they sprang into action.

Xiao Yi faced them with unyielding defiance, his voice cold, "Mu Qingyun, your tyranny is your own affair."

"But it doesn't mean that Yi Xiao is afraid of you."

As his words fell.

Xiao Yi waved his hand, and the skies rained down with Purple Flame, pouring forth.

In terms of offensive power, the Purple Flame, capable of destroying everything, was even more formidable.

He was now at Earth Origin Ninth Layer Cultivation, and the Purple Flame he released was no less powerful than that unleashed by the true Purple Flame Lion King.

To ordinary Heavenly Origin Realm Martial Artists before him, they were merely fish for the slaughter.

Without a mid-stage Heavenly Origin Cultivation, one wouldn't last 10 seconds before his Purple Flame.

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