"The inheritance of Ancestor Burning Flame only helped me reach the peak of one-star Dou Saint and taught me some Heaven-rank battle skills. It has nothing to do with the technique I am using now."
As if seeing through Huo Yun Ancestor's thoughts, Xiao Ting opened his mouth to explain.
"I see. Young friend, have you become the inheritor of the Xiao Clan?" Huo Yun Ancestor understood Xiao Ting's intention.
The reason he could defeat higher-level enemies was due to the methods he himself had mastered, having nothing to do with the inheritance left by Ancestor Burning Flame.
It was not completely unrelated. At the very least, the inheritance of Ancestor Burning Flame had helped Xiao Ting reach the one-star Dou Saint level, which could be said to have laid the foundation.
Even if Xiao Ting possessed powerful secret techniques and battle skills, as someone who was only at the peak of the Dou Venerable level, he would not have been able to kill the Hall of Souls Deputy Chief.
"Bang!"
One after another, flames appeared near Burning Flame Valley and the Burning Flame Mountain Range beneath it.
One after another, elders, Protectors, and Soul Envoys of the Hall of Souls fell and disappeared into nothingness.
When a powerful Dou Venerable level cultivator tried to leave, a lightning dragon suddenly appeared in the sky and erased him.
Two Heavenly Venerables of the Hall of Souls hidden in the shadows immediately tried to escape, but lightning dragons wrapped in purple flame appeared in the void and chased after them.
Without hesitation, the two crushed the teleportation jade slips given to them by the Hall Master.
Boom!
The moment the spatial passage opened, overwhelming power descended and erased the two flame-and-lightning dragons.
As if sensing something, Xiao Ting looked at the spatial passage and said calmly, "Hun Mie, do you want to take action yourself?"
Everyone present changed their expressions.
Had the Hall Master of the Hall of Souls, Hun Mie, also arrived?
"I never dreamed that a genius like you would be born from the declining Xiao Clan." Hun Mie's voice, as if coming from the netherworld, echoed throughout heaven and earth. "This is my dereliction of duty."
"Then why don't you die to atone for it?" Xiao Ting immediately retorted.
Hun Mie paused for a moment before saying, "If I kill you, the sin of dereliction of duty will be forgiven."
"That's right," Xiao Ting nodded in agreement, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "But now the Gu Clan, Yan Clan, Lei Clan, and Yao Clan have all come. Can you kill me in front of them?"
"Will they help you?" Hun Mie clearly did not believe it, but there was a trace of unease in his voice.
Even if a genius appeared from the Xiao Clan by chance, it was not something to be feared. However, if the Gu Clan, Yan Clan, and Lei Clan backed him, even if the Hun Clan considered them unworthy of attention, they would be untouchable for now.
"Of course." A Fire Lotus bloomed beside Xiao Ting. Huo Zhi, wearing a red dress with the clan mark on her forehead, said in a calm tone, "Xiao Ting is my Dao partner, so he is the son-in-law of the Yan Clan. My aunt is also his aunt. You will never be able to lay a hand on him."
"I have a very good relationship with Xiao Ting, and my Yao Clan cannot stand by and watch."
Yao Ling spoke this way in Burning Flame Valley and instantly won Xiao Ting's trust.
The late-stage three-star Dou Saint of the Yao Clan hidden in the shadows: "…"
My Yao Clan does not do that kind of favor.
"My Gu Clan is the same," Xun Er said coldly.
Even if Xiao Ting could not come out of seclusion in time, nothing would happen to Burning Flame Valley.
"Hehe, young friend Xiao Ting is from Jia Nan Academy and has inherited a powerful physical tempering inheritance from my Lei Clan." The four-star Dou Saint of the Lei Clan who joined in the fun said, "In a sense, he is one of our clan."
This implied that the Lei Clan was also willing to lend a hand.
Hun Mie was silent for a while before finally speaking. "Xiao Ting, are you always hiding behind women?"
"Don't try to provoke me," Xiao Ting sneered. "Being supported by women is my specialty. The reason you can't do it is because you lack the ability. If you're so confident, go find a Dou God woman to support you."
"If you say I'm not enough, I'm still not even eighteen years old. You're accusing me of bullying someone younger than me."
Everyone present was speechless.
"Hmph, the Xiao Clan has completely declined and doesn't even have the courage to confront my Hun Clan head-on." Hun Mie remained unmoved and continued to provoke.
A Dou Saint under twenty years old could not possibly resist the urge to act impulsively.
"When my Xiao Clan's ancestor Xiao Xuan was powerful a thousand years ago, your Hun Clan stayed at home all day. Only when the ancestor failed to break through to the Dou God realm did you launch a surprise attack. As a result, your clan leader suffered from injuries for a thousand years and lost four of your eight-star Dou Saints."
"The Nihility Devouring Flame was almost completely destroyed by Uncle Gu Yuan."
"Don't tell me you were not cowardly back then, but that your Hun Clan was wise and patient?"
"Then your Hun Clan is not only treacherous and cunning, but also extremely hypocritical."
Everyone present: !!!
Hey hey, what the hell are they talking about?
We were completely unprepared.
Flower Sect's Fairy and Tian Ming Old Demon: "…"
Half-gods are nothing. One must be more cautious when handling matters. This is what constitutes a true high-level game.
"Understood!" Before Hun Mie could utter words of protest, Xiao Ting coldly interrupted. "You're using reverse psychology to make me fight you one-on-one. You want to test me or deceive me."
"If you only use the power of a late-stage four-star Dou Saint, you should know your own winning rate."
"Or are you planning to display your strength as an early-stage five-star Dou Saint today?"
Upon hearing this, Hun Mie's pupils suddenly shrank and his terror reached its peak.
Xiao Ting… actually knew his true strength?
"Early-stage five-star Dou Saint?" Fairy Huo Ling suddenly appeared beside Huo Zhi through spatial teleportation and said while yawning. "According to the Ancient Clan agreement, those whose power exceeds the four-star Dou Saint level are not prepared to act on the continent."
"Could it be that the Hun Clan intends to commit a grave sin?"
"Then this fairy can also act according to her own will."
Blatant violence was something everyone could understand.
"I didn't say I would fight you." Hun Mie had no choice but to change his mind.
He decided to send a message within the clan and request the most outstanding four-star peak Dou Saint to take action.
"You weren't the one, sorry, my mistake." Xiao Ting apologized without a shred of sincerity. "In other words, you plan to keep your cultivation level hidden until the Ten Thousand Year Pure Lotus Demon Flame is born and outsmart the major Ancient Clans, right?"
"You Hun Clan really love using schemes and plots. You can't win with strength in a fair fight."
Hun Mie: !!!
He strongly suspected that there was a spy from the Xiao Clan within the Hun Clan.
Otherwise, they could not have known these plans so clearly.
It was not wise to attack Xiao Ting today, nor was it wise to say anything more to him.
Hun Mie felt that he had no choice but to retreat and said coldly, "Xiao Ting, since the Xiao Clan was destroyed by my Hun Clan, it is only natural that you are desperate to ruin my Hun Clan's reputation."
"Today, because Fairy Huo Zhi is protecting you, I will spare your dog life."
"But since my Hun Clan was able to destroy the Xiao Clan and Xiao Xuan back then, it is even more so for a newly promoted Dou Saint like you."
"Wait, you will eventually follow in the footsteps of your Xiao Clan ancestors."
To save face, he made one final harsh statement. After that, Hun Mie prepared to leave.
However, Xiao Ting insisted that he absolutely could not lose, especially in a battle of words, and retorted, "In other words, I'm trying to ruin your reputation?"
"Shall I properly explain the Devouring Spirit Eliminating Life Formation? You don't think I'm trying to frame you, do you?"
Hun Mie: !!!