Hai Bodong summoned his ice wings and ice spear, thrusting them toward Tang Jue, who hastily dodged.
The two continuously battled in the air, exchanging blows and transforming into two streaks of light that constantly collided, making loud banging sounds.
Xiao Tian watched Hai Bodong, a two-star Dou Huang, suppress Tang Jue, a three-star Dou Huang, and sighed inwardly. As expected of the Ice Emperor — he only fights in peak matches. Truly fierce.
As they fought, they gradually moved outside the city. Xiao Tian also summoned his Thunder Peng Wings and flew out after them.
After Xiao Tian and the others left, the survivors who hadn't been poisoned to death by the toxic mist looked at the scene of corpses and withered bones everywhere. Even poison cultivators, who had spent their lives dealing with poison, couldn't help but shiver.
"This isn't human; it's a devil! Waaah, I want to go home!"
"Damn it, who peed in my pants?"
These survivors, enduring their trembling legs, ran for their lives without looking back.
...
The scene returned to the aerial battlefield outside the city.
"Ice Chain Prison."
This Dou Technique was precisely the Mysterious High-Rank Combat Skill previously seized by the Mo family.
Hai Bodong raised one hand high, then swiftly brought it down to his chest. Instantly, several ice chains the size of a baby's arm appeared in his hand and rapidly wrapped around Tang Jue.
Tang Jue was caught off guard and entangled by the ice chains, imprisoned in mid-air.
Just as Hai Bodong was gathering strength, preparing to finish off Tang Jue, his heart suddenly gave a frantic warning. A ball of green venom abruptly appeared from behind him.
"Myriad Flower Ice Mirror."
Instantly, ice Dou Qi condensed behind him into a giant ice mirror. The venom struck the ice mirror, making sizzling sounds.
Hai Bodong's hand trembled, and the venom was directly frozen and annihilated.
Hai Bodong's sharp gaze fixed on a plump middle-aged man who had appeared beside Tang Jue. He had green wings on his back and wore an ornate brocade robe.
It was this plump middle-aged man who had ambushed him, and he had almost fallen for it. Hai Bodong stood ready, guarding against both of them.
Tang Jue also broke free from the ice chains' control and looked at the plump middle-aged man beside him.
"Thank you, Pavilion Master Cai, for saving me. I will surely repay your kindness in the future."
The one who ambushed Hai Bodong was the Pavilion Master of the Myriad Poison Auction House.
Pavilion Master Cai smiled with satisfaction upon hearing this. He had used precious breath-concealing poisonous herbs to hide in the air, all for this moment to save Tang Jue and gain a favor.
"Hehe, Sect Master Tang is too polite."
Pavilion Master Cai said with a chuckle.
"Pavilion Master Cai, assist me. After I kill this person, you can take any reward you want from me."
Tang Jue left a resentful remark, then directly brandished his Dou Qi and charged toward Hai Bodong.
"Corrupt Blood Fist."
Tang Jue clenched his fist, and a black-and-red fist grew larger in his hand, carrying a putrid smell, as it pressed down on Hai Bodong.
"Too Beautiful Poison Dance." Pavilion Master Cai placed one hand on his stomach and the other flat in front of him, constantly swaying his body as he began to dance.
Venom continuously sprayed from his hand, flying toward Hai Bodong like a strong wind.
"Profound Ice Vortex Kill."
Hai Bodong condensed many ice blades in front of him. He controlled the ice blades to fly toward the descending fist while dodging the spraying venom.
Boom.
The ice blades and the fist collided, producing a loud bang, and waves of energy erupted from the center of the impact.
All three were forced back several steps.
After regaining their footing, Hai Bodong and Tang Jue engaged in battle once again.
Just as Pavilion Master Cai was about to continue harassing him, a person suddenly appeared in front of him, reaching out a hand and directly grabbing his neck.
"Move, and you die."
Pavilion Master Cai's body stiffened, unable to move, because there was a volatile Dou Qi energy between the hand gripping him and his neck. If the newcomer made the slightest move, it could end his life at any moment.
The one who appeared in front of Pavilion Master Cai was Xiao Tian, who had arrived and was using the Dou Huang Peak Experience Card.
"Sir, I can give you all my wealth, as long as you spare my dog life."
Pavilion Master Cai, surrounded by death, immediately begged for mercy.
"After I kill you, your things will naturally be mine."
Xiao Tian directly activated his lightning-attribute Dou Qi, sending it into his body, extinguishing his life force. He took the storage ring from his hand and the hidden storage ring.
His hand loosened, and the corpse fell to the ground, burning with fierce flames during its descent, instantly turning to ash.
Tang Jue felt an unfamiliar aura and turned his head to see his ally turn to dust, momentarily stunned.
"Profound Ice Dragon Soar."
Seeing the opponent in a daze, Hai Bodong directly unleashed his ultimate move, condensing a giant ice dragon to bite Tang Jue.
"Flower of Death."
Tang Jue, having regained his senses, immediately formed a seal and condensed a flower bud in front of him, enveloping himself.
The ice dragon bit the flower bud and continuously ascended, finally exploding.
After the energy fluctuations subsided, the tattered flower bud was revealed. Tang Jue inside was covered in injuries, and half of his body was even frozen.
Tang Jue quickly pulled out a healing pill, swallowed it, and his severely injured body recovered slightly. He shattered the ice on his body, frantically flapping the wings on his back, attempting to escape.
"Sect Master Tang Jue, where are you going?"
Xiao Tian instantly appeared in front of him.
Feeling Xiao Tian's peak Dou Huang strength, Tang Jue's face turned ashen, his eyes dim, like a stray dog.
The domineering aura he had displayed upon his initial appearance had long since vanished.
Hai Bodong also arrived beside Xiao Tian.
"I have the Myriad Scorpion Gate behind me! Our Grand Elder is a Dou Zong expert!"
Tang Jue attempted to use the backing of the Myriad Scorpion Gate's Dou Zong expert to save his life.
"Xie Bi Yan? I'll kill him sooner or later, too."
Xiao Tian chuckled lightly, saying indifferently. Just based on Xie Bi Yan's cooperation with the Hall of Souls, he was someone Xiao Tian was determined to kill.
Hai Bodong heard that the opponent had a Dou Zong, but then thought that their side also had a Dou Zong, and a high-rank Dou Zong at that. Xie Bi Yan would at most be a three or four-star, so the advantage was on their side.
Xiao Tian activated his Creation God Art, flicking his finger, and a silver light appeared. The silver light directly merged into Tang Jue's body.
"What did you do?"
Tang Jue asked with fear in his eyes, because when the silver light entered his body, his soul trembled incessantly.
A dazzling white light covered Tang Jue, very blinding.
After the white light dissipated, Tang Jue, who was enveloped within, was revealed. At this moment, Tang Jue looked at Xiao Tian with fanatical eyes, as if he had seen a savior.
What Xiao Tian used was Creation God Art to implant thoughts of loyalty to the user without changing his original consciousness.
He would only become fanatical in front of Xiao Tian; at other times, his behavior would be exactly the same as before.
Controlling Tang Jue was for him to collect medicinal herbs in the future and to act as an inside agent for the Myriad Scorpion Gate.
"Your Honor."
Tang Jue knelt on one knee in the air, his eyes filled with fanaticism and respect.
"First, heal your injuries, and then go retrieve all the valuable poisonous herbs from your treasury and the poisonous herb treasures from the auction house."
After Xiao Tian finished speaking, Tang Jue took a healing pill and then flew directly toward the Absolute Poison Sect's stronghold.
Hai Bodong looked at this strange change. Although he was very curious about what that silver light Xiao Tian used to control Tang Jue was, Hai Bodong, who had been through many trials and tribulations over the years, knew that he had to control his curiosity. The more he knew, the faster he would die.