In the periphery of the Blood Demon Region, waves of terrifying energy shook the nearby trees and caused them to collapse and sway.
As a deputy leader and a high-level Earth Sovereign, Flaming Snake had killed countless people in his life. He was not someone who was afraid of death.
However, why did he immediately run away when he saw Ling Xiao and the others?
That was because he cultivated a secret technique that allowed him to see through the true strength of a martial artist who was stronger than him.
Just now, he could see that there were at least three people among Ling Xiao and the others who were stronger than him. Two of them made him extremely fearful. One of them was definitely a low-level Heavenly Venerate, while he could not see through the other person's strength. However, he could feel that the other person was definitely not weaker than a low-level Heavenly Venerate.
The Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps had many people, but the other party had the strength of two Heavenly Venerates. Even if there was only one Heavenly Venerate, it would be enough to destroy all of them.
Therefore, he had to run away immediately. Otherwise, he would definitely die.
He cursed Green Snake ten thousand times in his heart. What kind of people should not be provoked? Why did he have to provoke such a powerful person? He was sure that the other party was definitely from the Central Region. Otherwise, how could the other party be so powerful?
It should be known that he basically knew all the Heavenly Venerates in the Northwest and Southern Region. They were all old monsters who did not appear in the world. Naturally, they would not appear so casually.
It was useless to think too much now. At this moment, he only had one thought, and that was to run away as fast as he could!
However, the moment he ran away, someone had already chased after him.
It was not a Savage Leopard that was chasing after him, but Poison Scorpion, who was at the same level as Flaming Snake.
Poison Scorpion was one of the Five Great Villains of the Southern Region. On the surface, he looked like a gentle and elegant middle-aged man, but in fact, his means were impossible to guard against.
"You came and went in a hurry. Did you not put me, Poison Scorpion, in your eyes?"
Poison Scorpion was a Four-winged Scorpion King. He waved the black fan in his hand casually and looked at Flaming Snake with contempt.
"You are one of the Five Great Villains of the Southern Region, Poison Scorpion?" Flaming Snake frowned and asked. The twin hammers on his back flew into his hands.
The Five Great Villains were famous. Naturally, Flaming Snake had heard of them.
"Of course I know. In that case, just surrender," Poison Scorpion said calmly.
If it was two years ago, he might not have dared to yell at Flaming Snake like this.
However, things were different now. He had obtained the 10,000 Year Stone Emulsion that Ling Xiao had bestowed upon him. This was a top-grade liquid that even an Empyrean Stage powerhouse would be envious of. It had cleansed his body once again, and his strength had already reached the peak of the Earth Sovereign Stage.
As long as he comprehended his own Dao and created his own Small Universe, becoming a Heavenly Venerable was just around the corner.
Although Flaming Snake was also a high-level Earth Sovereign, it had not reached the pinnacle. Naturally, Flaming Snake's strength was weaker than his. This was also the reason why he dared to chase after Flaming Snake alone.
"Poison Sovereign, you should know that we are from the Blood Serpent Mercenary Group. Our leader has already broken through to the Heavenly Venerable Stage a month ago. You should consider this carefully. Moreover, with your strength, it won't be easy for you to keep me here. Why don't you let me leave?" Flaming Snake said faintly.
"I also want to let you go," Poison Scorpion said with a smile.
Just as Flaming Snake was about to rejoice, Poison Scorpion said, "Unfortunately, the Young Master's orders are hard to disobey. You should stay here."
"Since that's the case, then let's see who's stronger!" Flaming Snake roared, and his aura surged. Balls of red energy formed a small storm that swept towards Poison Scorpion.
Flaming Snake lifted his hammers and instantly appeared above Poison Scorpion, both hammers smashing down from above.
An all-out attack from a high-level Earth Sovereign could even smash a mountain into smithereens.
However, Poison Scorpion, who was below him, had a faint smile on his face.
Just as the hammers smashed in front of Poison Scorpion, Flaming Snake's body convulsed, and his face turned green.
He quickly retreated, glaring at Poison Scorpion as he roared, "You … you poisoned me!"
"Hehe, it's too late to realize it now." Poison Scorpion laughed sinisterly, and the Four-winged Scorpion King beneath his feet began to move.
As one of the Five Great Fiends, Poison Scorpion's actions had always been ferocious, and his methods of killing had never been honorable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been called the Five Great Fiends.
The reason why Poison Scorpion was called the Poison Monarch was because of his extraordinary attainments in poison arts.
Flaming Snake didn't recognize Poison Scorpion's identity at first. From the moment Poison Scorpion started talking to him, Poison Scorpion had already begun to spread his odorless poison gas. Thus, Flaming Snake had unknowingly fallen into his trap.
As Flaming Snake retreated, he hurriedly took out an antidote and consumed it.
However, Poison Scorpion had also taken advantage of his sluggish movements to bombard him.
Waves of dense poison gas enveloped Flaming Snake. The Four-winged Scorpion King beneath his feet didn't stay idle either, spewing out terrifying scorpion venom from its mouth.
For a moment, the trees and spirit herbs beneath them began to wither.
Flaming Snake used all his strength to activate his elemental light to repel the venom.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the strength to do so. His body was still contaminated by quite a bit of poison gas, and his mind began to become muddled.
Flaming Snake gritted his teeth and roared, "You forced me to do this!
Thousand and Ten Thousand Hammers! "
Flaming Snake counterattacked. His dual hammers were like meteorites as they smashed towards Poison Scorpion.
On the other hand, Poison Scorpion didn't dare to slow down Flaming Snake's all-out counterattack. He split up from the Four-winged Scorpion King and began to attack Flaming Snake from the left and right.
Flaming Snake was the first to fall into Poison Scorpion's and the Four-winged Scorpion King's attacks. Naturally, he was at a disadvantage. One could imagine what would happen to him.
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Not far away from the two of them, nearly a hundred terrifying energy waves exploded one after another.
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and the other five elemental spiritual energy kept exploding in this part of the world. Colorful energy balls formed a dazzling radiance in the sky.
The mercenaries, merchants, and spirit beasts in the vicinity were all alarmed.
In front of the battle, a young man wielding a demonic dual elemental longsword stared coldly at the fierce battle.
His eyes were full of killing intent. It seemed that as long as he stared at someone, they would immediately die.
The Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps had a large number of people, but only three of them had reached the Earth Emperor Realm. On Ling Xiao's side, Cai Xiayue and Feng Xianyun were both at the Intermediate Earth Emperor Realm, so they could entangle these three people.
The King Stage and Rank Four Serpent Pythons of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps were a very terrifying force. Even an Earth Emperor Realm expert would have a hard time facing them.
As for Solitary Eagle, Li Kuanghu, and the other dozen people, they had no confidence in facing so many mercenaries and serpents. However, they had absolute loyalty to Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao had given them a death order. In this battle, it was either you die or I die.
Since that was the case, they harbored the thought of dying. "Killing one is worth it, killing two is worth it!"
The dozen people's strong killing intent was aroused. Every time they made a move, they used all their strength.
The people of the Blood Snake Mercenary Corps were not to be trifled with. They were all people who had been rolling in the mountains of death all year round. Their killing intent was much stronger than Solitary Eagle's and Li Kuanghu's.
If the two forces collided, Solitary Eagle, Li Kuanghu, and the others would definitely die without a burial place.
However, it was different with the addition of the prodigal on their side.
The prodigal was already a Rank Six Spirit Beast, comparable to the strength of a Heavenly Venerable.
He held a gun in his hand, like Prince Nezha who had descended to the world. He flicked the Snake Spirit Beasts one by one, so that the people of the Blood Snake Mercenary Corps could not surround Solitary Eagle and Li Kuanghu.
On the contrary, the prodigal's ferocity attracted the people of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps to besiege him.
The prodigal preferred to face the siege of 20 to 30 people.
His whole body was flashing with a strong fire, and a set of noble scale armor appeared on his body.
The scale armor was shining, thick and extraordinary.
It was the scale armor of the Qilin Clan. With the prodigal's current strength, its scale armor was comparable to the defense of a high-grade Spirit Weapon. The attack of a King Stage could not hurt it at all.
"Too weak, you are really too weak. It's really boring to kill you." The prodigal waved his spear without any rules, turning the Blood Snake Mercenary Corps upside down.
The pressure on Solitary Eagle, Li Kuanghu, and the others was greatly reduced. They saw the victorious Shu Guang again, and one by one, they killed the enemies with all their might.
Even though they'd just stepped into the Mid Stage King Rank not too long ago, they'd cultivated the high grade Profound Techniques provided by Ling Xiao, and they even had high grade Profound Artifacts in their hands. So, even if they encountered an enemy that was stronger than them, they would still be able to resist for a while.
Therefore, although some of them were injured, their lives were not in any danger.
The strongest in the group were, of course, Solitary Eagle and Li Kuanghu.
Solitary Eagle cultivated two attributes at the same time. With his advantage in speed, he had already killed two people. At this moment, he was facing an opponent who was a level higher than him, and the two of them were equally matched.
Li Kuanghu cultivated a set of Blue Rank Fist Arts, and the gloves in his hands were the Spirit Weapons that Ling Xiao had exchanged with the Tang Family.
He had always been an outstanding person, and his cultivation level was even more stable than Lone Eagle's. Coupled with the Spirit Weapon Glove, he had killed three King Stage Martial Artists with his fists. At this moment, he was simultaneously attacking a middle-stage King Stage Martial Artist and a low-stage King Stage Martial Artist, and he didn't show any signs of losing.
Leng She, Wei Daier, Bai Yuxi, Tang Guang, and the eight generals were fighting against their opponents, and it was hard to tell who was the weakest.
Hua Xiaogui was, of course, the weakest.
His strength was almost all accumulated by the accumulation of elixirs, and he did not cultivate any high-grade Mystic Skills. He could only rely on the powerful Brown Eerie Fire to barely hold on.
Of course, when they were facing the overwhelming attacks of their opponents, other than the prodigal who shared most of the pressure for them, there was still someone to protect them.
After killing Green Snake, Ling Xiao did not have the chance to make a move.
He seemed to be a bystander in this battle, paying attention to every corner of the battlefield. Once he discovered that his people were facing the threat of death, he would react immediately with his spiritual attack and kill the enemy.
Solitary Eagle, Li Kuanghu, and the others sometimes did not understand how the enemies next to them died.
But in the midst of the battle, they did not have the time to pay attention to other things.
In addition, the old man who joined Ling Xiao's side and Cai Banyue were attacking the Earth Emperor Realm Warrior.
The young woman's combat strength was also extraordinary. She held the Spirit Whip in her hand and displayed a powerful killing technique.
The battle was chaotic, and the area within a few hundred meters was unbearable to look at.