Chapter 533: Refining Sky Ancient Formation

Xiao Ming remained indifferent when he heard these words. It was at this moment that the corpse next to him suddenly shook, and a faint soul body appeared.

As soon as this soul body appeared, it looked at Hun Tiandi with extreme anger.

"Hun Tiandi! You deserve to die!"

When Hun Tiandi saw Xiao Chen's soul body appear, he was somewhat surprised.

Even though he'd casually struck the dozen or so flame slaves before and hadn't specifically targeted their souls, those flame slaves had been eroded by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame for who knows how many years. Their souls should have lost consciousness long ago. The fact that Xiao Chen's soul was still conscious was remarkable, showing a certain level of skill. He was worthy of belonging to the Xiao Clan, his old rival.

Xiao Ming cast a glance at the old man next to him, at his clenched fist and violently fluctuating soul body. He could tell the old man regretted not staying with the Xiao Clan.

But even if he had stayed with the clan, the Xiao Clan would have suffered the same fate. It wasn't because the Hun Clan was too powerful; rather, it was due to the Xiao Clan's somewhat rash actions at the time.

The Xiao Clan was the first Ancient Clan at the time. Although the Dou God Bloodline was in decline, the emergence of geniuses like Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen demonstrated that the Xiao Clan was not without strength and potential.

If Xiao Xuan hadn't gathered the entire clan and extracted the bloodline of every member of the Xiao Clan, causing the Xiao Clan's overall strength to decline, the Xiao Clan might not have fallen victim to the surprise attack of that turtle clan, the Hun Clan.

Of course, this could not be entirely blamed on Xiao Xuan. The extraction of the bloodlines had the unanimous approval of everyone. Everyone trusted Xiao Xuan, but they never thought about the need for Origin Qi to break through the Dou God realm. They also didn't consider what would happen if the breakthrough failed. Perhaps they did consider it; after all, there was an ally called the Gu Clan, but that ally proved to be quite untrustworthy.

Given Xiao Chen's trust in Xiao Xuan, it was likely that he, like other members of the Xiao Clan, would have returned only to become a source of blood and eventually die in the Hun Clan's surprise attack. At least he was alive now.

In fact, in Xiao Ming's eyes, Xiao Chen was still alive.

As long as there was a soul body, it wouldn't be difficult for Xiao Ming to resurrect Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen's body was still well preserved, and with his original body, Xiao Chen could even maintain the Xiao Clan Bloodline.

"Refining Sky Ancient Formation, activate!"

During the conversation, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame made some sneaky movements. With a roar to the sky, his figure suddenly shot up into the sky. Countless milky-white fire lines shot out, eventually penetrating the entire Demonic Flame Realm.

As these fire lines shot deep into the realm, a deafening roar echoed through the space. Then, the three of them saw a colossal fire array, nearly tens of thousands of meters in size, slowly appearing in the empty sky...

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Soon after the array appeared in the sky, the endless magma sea began to churn. It soon began to slowly form another huge fire array!

When these two fire arrays appeared, one above and one below, the expression on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame instantly became arrogant.

"Ha ha, you didn't expect this, did you? The large sealing formation that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint had personally placed is being used by me. I have already comprehended all its mysteries during these few thousand years. Who will be able to fight me in this Demonic Flame Realm now?" The ancient formation covering the realm slowly rotated as the Purifying Demonic Flame laughed into the sky.

Hun Tiandi stared at the huge arrays, one in the sky and one above the earth. He could sense that this grand formation could easily kill a five-star or six-star Dou Saint with just a slight overflow of energy.

However, did the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame believe he could deal with him based on that alone? It seemed a bit naive. The formation was powerful, but it was also a matter of who was in control of it!

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame laughed for a while, but stopped abruptly as he felt uncomfortable under Hun Tiandi's gaze. The oppressive feeling he had received from Hun Tiandi earlier was simply too strong.

Thinking about the powerful man who seemed to have a grudge against Hun Tiandi, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame considered the possibility of joining forces with him to resist Hun Tiandi.

As for Xiao Chen's situation, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame chose to selectively ignore it. After all, even though he had enslaved Xiao Chen for a thousand years, it wasn't him who killed Xiao Chen, it was Hun Tiandi. They should unite against their common enemy!

So he called out to Xiao Ming, "Alliance Leader of the Heavenly Court, can we unite to resist Hun Tiandi? I promise that after I escape from this place, I will join your Heavenly Court and serve you."

Xiao Ming looked at the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame indifferently without answering.

Despite the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's current weakened state, his character was extremely ruthless. He enjoyed enslaving the strong, treated people like insignificant ants, and was also a two-faced person. Xiao Ming didn't want to cooperate with such a person. Besides, this person had enslaved Xiao Chen for a thousand years.

Most importantly, Xiao Ming had sensed that the strange light cluster in his head had suddenly trembled. This trembling was as if something was about to awaken.

It was clear that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint was about to awaken, and this Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame guy would be reduced to a mere babbling idiot.

As expected, an ancient voice echoed in his mind.

"Young friend, could you lend your body to this old man for a while? I will take care of the little demon for you."

The old voice in Xiao Ming's mind seemed somewhat helpless. After all, forcibly occupying the body of an Emperor Realm soul wasn't something he could accomplish in his current fragmented state.

"Senior Demonic Saint, there is still a nine-star Dou Saint here. Can you handle him?"

"Young friend, rest assured. Nobody can defeat this old man within the Demonic Flame Realm. However, once you leave the Demonic Flame Realm, it will be up to you."

The words of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint didn't show much concern for Hun Tiandi. It was not for nothing that he was known as the expert closest to the Dou God Realm. He truly had the backbone.

Xiao Ming thought for a moment and did not respond immediately. Instead, he looked at the soul body beside him and said, "Ancestor Xiao Chen, I will put you away for now."

"... Hm."

Xiao Chen looked at this outstanding descendant he had met for the first time. Knowing that his soul body alone couldn't be of much help, he could only nod helplessly, not wanting to become a burden.

As soon as Xiao Chen nodded, Xiao Ming put both his body and soul away.

'Bastard!'

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was instantly enraged when he saw Xiao Ming ignoring him. However, for his own safety, he felt it necessary to endure this humiliation for now. He thought he could always take revenge later, once they were out.

But Hun Tiandi didn't give him another chance to speak. He had grown impatient. Although the time between Xiao Ming's appearance and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activating the Refining Sky Ancient Formation wasn't long, he didn't want to risk any more delays. What if that old guy, Gu Yuan, were to show up as well?

Although the possibility was small, Hun Tiandi had lost interest in continuing the conversation.

A deathly aura surrounded his finger, and then he pressed it down violently.

"Death Finger!"

A massive black finger shot out, ready to press down on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Boom! Boom!

A terrifying wave of destruction surged down from the sky, overwhelming everything in its path.

Hun Tiandi wanted to deal with this weakling Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame first in order to prevent him from fleeing later. As a result, he was more serious this time.

As the target of the attack, the face of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame changed drastically.