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Immediately after, with a soft crack, Lin Feng's golden finger pierced clean through Yuan Yi's Dou Qi-protected palm.
"Bastard! I'm going to kill you!"
Feeling the searing pain pulsing from his left hand, Yuan Yi dodged a golden thread-like strike and roared at Lin Feng in fury.
Just as the words left his mouth, Yuan Yi, as a Dou Huang, keenly sensed something amiss within his body.
A sharp, golden force was rampaging through his meridians, seemingly intent on destroying his internal organs.
Yuan Yi nearly exploded from rage.
If it hadn't been for Lin Feng's sudden burst of speed, causing him to misjudge the boy's movement, he wouldn't have been struck by such a sinister Dou Technique.
Though he was a Dou Huang expert, the inside of his body remained a vulnerable point.
He couldn't just sit back and let this strange force wreak havoc inside him.
Without sparing another thought, Yuan Yi desperately circulated his Dou Qi, the strength of the hand seal in front of him surging rapidly.
Boom!
With a full-force blow from the Two-Star Dou Huang, he finally blasted Zi Yan away.
Just as he was about to deal with the internal chaos, a fiery red palm print came crashing toward him.
Lifting his eyes, he saw that during the brief moment when he repelled Zi Yan, Lin Feng had already completed the preparation of his Dou Technique—and was now launching it at full power.
"Damn it!"
Yuan Yi, now at death's door, was nearly driven insane, but he had no choice but to split his Dou Qi.
A small portion was used to slow down the destructive force inside him, while the rest was used to fend off Lin Feng's attack.
The crimson and shadowy light collided again, and the buildings below were once more devastated by the resulting blast.
The massive energy unleashed in that instant even caused the ground in several nearby cities to tremble slightly.
While Yuan Yi was fully occupied by Lin Feng and the internal golden force, Zi Yan silently tapped the air with her toes and appeared like a ghost behind him.
Her seemingly delicate little fist carried a piercing windstorm as it struck down hard on Yuan Yi's back.
Puchi~
Even though Yuan Yi was a Dou Huang-level powerhouse, caught completely off guard and struck by a magic beast powerhouse using an Earth Class Dou Technique, he was grievously wounded.
Chunks of crushed organs spewed violently from his mouth.
And under that severe trauma, a blood-streaked bone pierced through his skin, becoming visible to everyone.
The Dou Qi within his body abruptly ceased flowing.
His body was then launched violently toward Lin Feng at an uncontrollable speed.
Seeing the dark Dou Qi shield dim and flicker, Lin Feng thrust his palm forward with full force.
In the blink of an eye, the crimson palm print collided with Yuan Yi's incoming body, aggravating his already heavy injuries.
Under the surge of powerful fire-attributed Dou Qi, Yuan Yi's body was once again blasted back—this time toward Zi Yan.
Seeing this, Zi Yan's small face lit up. She swung her right arm in wide circles and shouted, "Watch this! Earth-Splitting Fist from your granny!"
"Zi Yan, watch out! Danger!"
Lin Feng, whose soul power was far stronger than most, suddenly detected a violent fluctuation in Yuan Yi's Dou Qi and quickly warned her.
He hadn't expected that even at the brink of death, Yuan Yi could still choose to self-detonate.
Just as the words left his mouth, Yuan Yi's body began to swell like a balloon.
Clearly, he was about to self-destruct.
As Zi Yan scrambled to retreat in panic, Yuan Yi's body suddenly exploded.
BOOM!
A dazzling burst of light erupted without warning, forcing the crowd watching the battle outside Black Seal City to instinctively shut their stinging eyes.
What followed was a thunderous roar.
The sound was so intense that even people with weak cultivation in nearby towns felt stabbing pain in their ears.
The immense shockwave swept through the battlefield, blasting Lin Feng, Zi Yan, and several Dou Wangs in the outer circle clean off their feet.
However, while being blown back, Lin Feng managed to grab onto something. Without even checking what it was, he instinctively raised his arms to shield his fragile face.
As the endless waves of energy shockwaves crashed into everyone nearby, pain rippled through their bodies like tides.
While struggling to hold their ground, everyone couldn't help but silently curse Yuan Yi and all eighteen generations of his ancestors.
Several seconds later, once the energy released from the self-detonation had completely dissipated, people finally dared to raise their heads to assess the situation.
"Cough, cough~"
Lin Feng, his robes now somewhat tattered, let out a few dry coughs. Thinking about the terrifying force caused by a Dou Huang's self-detonation, he still felt a lingering sense of fear and couldn't help but curse aloud: "Damn it, that bastard really had the guts to blow himself up."
Inwardly, he was deeply thankful that Yun Yun had gifted him the Sea's Core Vest.
Otherwise, even if he hadn't been seriously injured, he definitely wouldn't have come out unscathed this time.
Opening his palm, he found that the object he had grabbed during the explosion turned out to be a storage ring.
After a brief moment of thought, he concluded it could only have belonged to Yuan Yi before his self-detonation.
He quickly pocketed it and flew toward Zi Yan in the distance.
"Zi Yan, are you alright?"
Seeing Zi Yan in a much worse state than himself, Lin Feng tossed her a few pills.
Zi Yan popped them into her mouth in one gulp and then began cursing, "That bastard actually dared to self-detonate! If he wasn't already dead, your grandma would've skinned him alive!"
Confirming that Zi Yan hadn't sustained any serious injuries, Lin Feng finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
Luckily, this little girl's true form was a magic beast with a far tougher body than humans.
If she had been human, given her distance from the blast, she'd probably be crippled now.
And if this mission had ended with Zi Yan suffering a serious injury, he really wouldn't have known how to face it.
After making sure Zi Yan was safe, Lin Feng began surveying the surroundings.
He saw that the Six-Star Dou Wang from the Eight Gates had already been beaten to death by the others.
As for the peak Dou Wang deputy sect master, he had also been gravely injured by Lin Feng's side during the chaos.
When the latter noticed Lin Feng's gaze land on him, he hurriedly cried out in panic, "Don't kill me! I can serve you!"
But Lin Feng wasn't in the mood to listen to his nonsense. With one palm strike, he finished him off.
Then he turned to his subordinates and instructed coldly, "You all, go secure the perimeter. Don't let anyone approach the Eight Gates' base or the Black Seal City Auction House."
"Yes, Pavilion Master!"
Receiving the order, Wang An and the others—who had only sustained minor injuries at the outskirts—immediately flew off toward the two designated areas.
Then Lin Feng turned to the two temporarily recruited Dou Wangs and said, "As for the two of you, you may leave now. Your payment will be ready in three days—come to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to collect it."
"Very well, we'll take our leave then."
Hearing his dismissal, the two clasped their fists respectfully, then each flew back toward their respective residences.
Once everyone had dispersed, Lin Feng finally turned to Zi Yan and said, "Come on, let's go check out the Eight Gates' treasury."
With that, he flapped his wings and led the way toward the Black Seal City Auction House.
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