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Xiao Fan's expression darkened as he looked at Huang Qing, his tone carrying a hint of killing intent as he spoke.

"what?"

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's question, Huang Qing's illusory face showed a hint of doubt, and her gaze towards Xiao Fan was filled with confusion.

Looking at Huang Qing's appearance, Xiao Fan frowned. Could it be that he had guessed wrong?

However, Xiao Fan did not stop there. With a flick of his finger, a phantom flame fell into the jade bottle, enveloping Huang Qing's soul within it.

"Aaaaaaaahh ...

The sudden, burning confusion caused Huang Qing's soul to tremble and roar, her gaze towards Xiao Fan filled with hatred.

“I #@%^.........”

Xiao Fan listened to Huang Qing's words without changing his expression, but the flame that emerged from his fingertips once again became a cold white bone spirit flame, which continuously burned Huang Qing's soul.

The addition of the second type of strange fire caused Huang Qing's spirit to begin to collapse. However, Xiao Fan seemed to have anticipated this. He skillfully took out a medicinal herb from his storage ring and, in the blink of an eye, refined it into a medicinal liquid, which he then controlled to float into the jade bottle.

"This is an extremely rare 'Wind Soul Grass,' a top-grade medicinal herb for repairing the soul. Now, I'm not holding back at all; I'm handing it all over to you."

Xiao Fan looked at Huang Qing in the jade bottle with a "smile" and intensified the burning of his soul.

“I…I said…”

Under the burning of the strange fire, Huang Qing could no longer hold on and immediately begged for mercy.

Upon hearing Huang Qing's words, Xiao Fan's eyes narrowed. Sure enough, it seemed that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's goal had always been Zi Yan.

"I..." Feeling the gradually fading aura of the strange fire, Huang Qing's face showed a look of relief, and she felt much more relaxed before she spoke.

"After receiving the news of Feng Qing'er's death, I took two clansmen to the location mentioned by Venerable Lei. Then, I sensed a trace of the aura of the Ancient Void Dragon at the scene. Although it was only a very faint aura, I did not mistake it."

"Because when I saw Feng Qing'er's corpse..." Huang Qing looked up, her gaze fixed on Zi Yan on Xiao Fan's back, and continued, "Her death was marked by the loss of all her vital essence and blood, just like when our clan's powerful members encountered the Ancient Void Dragon. This is also the reason why our clan later required that the remains of all members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan be stored in the forbidden area..."

"Upon discovering information suggesting a possible Ancient Void Dragon, I immediately sent a message back to the clan. Originally, the clan planned to send two elders at the Dou Zun realm to take charge of the matter, but..."

At this point, a hint of confusion appeared on Huang Qing's face as she explained, "Just as the two elders were about to depart, we received another message, and they then told me that I would be in full charge of this matter..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Fan's face showed a hint of surprise.

The hatred between the Heavenly Phoenix Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon is beyond words; it is an engraved hatred between them. So why did the Heavenly Phoenix Clan only send Huang Qing to make a move after hearing about the Ancient Void Dragon?

Generally speaking, the Ancient Void Dragons within the Central Continent are all adults. Ordinary Heavenly Demon Phoenixes are no match for them. The fact that only Huang Qing, a peak Dou Zong, was dispatched indicates that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's higher-ups understand that Huang Qing's strength should be sufficient to resolve the situation.

In other words, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan knows that Zi Yan is currently just a juvenile who has not yet reached adulthood.

But precisely because of this, shouldn't we send an even more powerful force to capture them?

Moreover, as Huang Qing stated, the two elders at the Dou Zun realm were already planning to make a move, but were ultimately stopped by the organization...

"Could it be that the reason why the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan only sent Huang Qing is because they are constrained by some party?"

Chapter 125 The Enormous Celestial Demon Puppet

After some thought, Xiao Fan realized that his guess was destined to remain unanswered...

Xiao Fan questioned Huang Qing in detail, but judging from Huang Qing's performance, he didn't know why the clan ultimately organized a Dou Zun elder to lead the team, but instead placed the captain's position on Huang Qing's head.

Originally, Huang Qing thought this was an opportunity bestowed upon her by her clan because they valued her, but now it seems...

Huang Qing glanced at Xiao Fan in fear, feeling that this mission was a bottomless pit. A peak Dou Zong leading a team of two high-level Dou Zongs were trying to deal with a Venerable.

If it weren't for the fact that it was an elder behind Huang Qing who had arranged for her to come, Huang Qing would have thought that someone wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of her...

However, looking at her current state, Huang Qing felt it was no different from death...

After failing to extract any useful information from Huang Qing, Xiao Fan ignored her and sealed Huang Qing's soul back into the jade bottle. Then, looking at the three corpses of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix on the deck, a cold glint flashed in Xiao Fan's eyes. Strange flames roared out, enveloping the two high-level Dou Zong Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpses within them.

As the strange fire continued to burn, the two corpses of the Heavenly Phoenixes became increasingly shriveled, and all the impurities inside were burned away by Xiao Fan.

After a while, Xiao Fan took out another jade bottle, and more than ten drops of pure Heavenly Demon Phoenix blood fell into Xiao Fan's hand.

Looking at the essence blood in his hand, Xiao Fan smiled. This essence blood of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix was truly a treasure...

Immediately, Xiao Fan took out three drops of essence blood and dripped them onto the two dried corpses of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, which had completely turned into withered bones. A burst of violent energy surged out, and two seventh-order demon cores appeared. Under Xiao Fan's powerful soul pressure, the violent energy within them did not cause the slightest ripple.

"Got it!"

Looking at the two high-level seventh-order Heavenly Demon Phoenix cores, Xiao Fan's lips curled up, and the remaining drop of ancient phoenix essence blood dripped onto Huang Qing's corpse.

Having already gained experience, Xiao Fan formed complex hand seals, and then a vast amount of soul energy surged into Huang Qing's body, completely crushing and shattering his essence blood, transforming it into streams of pure energy that permeated his corpse.

After completing this step, Xiao Fan withdrew his soul power, and the flames once again spread over Huang Qing's body, continuously stimulating and refining the corpse energy within her.

The once terrifying body of Huang Qing began to shrink and wither under the refinement of the strange fire, and all the impurities within it were extracted by Xiao Fan, leaving only the vast energy fluctuations within its body.

After about an hour of refining, Huang Qing's body was free of any impurities. Its originally enormous and terrifying body, which was over ten zhang in size, had shrunk by half, now standing at about five zhang...

Looking at the withered corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, Xiao Fan did not stop. However, the originally raging flames weakened slightly, and continued to bake the corpse to maintain the energy balance within it.

Immediately, Xiao Fan took out a dense array of medicinal herbs from his storage ring. These were the same herbs he had used when he was refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

One by one, the medicinal herbs were thrown into the strange fire by Xiao Fan. They were immediately enveloped by the fire's terrifying temperature, but strangely, they weren't harmed. While Xiao Fan could have done this before, he wouldn't have been able to do it so easily. As his mastery of the Five-Round Fire Control Technique increased, Xiao Fan's control over the flames grew stronger and stronger...

Besides the medicinal herbs, Xiao Fan also directly refined various peculiar metals, turning them into bubbling molten metal, which he placed aside. However, due to the enormous size of the Heavenly Demon Puppet's body, the materials Xiao Fan used this time were several times more than the last time. If it weren't for the considerable spoils he had obtained from killing enemies recently, finding so many materials would have been quite a task...

Having learned from his previous experience refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet, Xiao Fan proceeded with the process with ease this time. After extracting all the necessary medicinal herbs, he mixed them together and poured the mixture down onto the massive body of the Heavenly Demon Puppet...

"Hiss hiss hiss..."

Thick smoke rose from the body of the Heavenly Demon Puppet, enveloping its corpse.

Out of curiosity about Xiao Fan's crafting techniques, Xiao Yan only diverted a portion of his attention to control the spaceship. Watching the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's corpse constantly changing under Xiao Fan's crafting, a look of surprise appeared on Xiao Yan's face.

As the medicinal liquid was continuously absorbed by Huang Qing's corpse, the originally withered body of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix had changed its appearance. Its bones emitted a faint glow, all thanks to the metallic medicinal liquid that Xiao Fan had added, which made the already tough body of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix even more terrifying.

At this moment, the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix was covered with metallic luster, and metal bone spikes grew from its joints, emitting a chilling light, making it look extremely terrifying.

As all the medicinal liquid was gradually absorbed by the corpse, Xiao Fan looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smile, "Junior brother, give me a drop of your essence blood."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan showed a hint of surprise on his face, followed by an undisguised smile. Without saying anything more, he nodded slightly, and a drop of essence blood, exuding Xiao Yan's rich aura, floated from his mouth and fell into Xiao Fan's hand.

Xiao Fan looked at the enormous body of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, examined it for a moment, and then flicked his finger, merging Xiao Yan's essence blood into the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's forehead.

"Shh!"

As Xiao Yan's essence blood entered its body, the previously quiet Heavenly Demon Puppet instantly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of empty gray eyes. There was no intelligence or emotion in its eyes, making it look extremely strange.

Xiao Fan was not surprised at all, after all, the Heavenly Demon Puppet was just a puppet without intelligence, and all its actions came entirely from the master's thoughts.

Similarly, Xiao Yan had also sensed a faint connection between himself and the puppet, as if the puppet would complete his task without hesitation if he made a single thought.

After merging Xiao Yan's essence blood into the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's body, Xiao Fan once again took out the jade bottle containing Huang Qing's soul. This time, he didn't give Huang Qing a chance to speak. Xiao Fan's powerful soul force surged into it, instantly crushing Huang Qing's consciousness and turning it into pure soul power.

The three core items originally needed to craft the Heavenly Demon Puppet were: body, soul, and demon core.

However, after refining the Heavenly Demon Puppet last time, Xiao Fan was already extremely familiar with its structure. The Heavenly Demon Puppet made from the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix in front of him was a modification made by Xiao Fan based on his own understanding.

The body, the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, is definitely not a problem. In fact, because the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's original body is already powerful, the Heavenly Demon Puppet made from it will definitely be several times more powerful than an ordinary Heavenly Demon Puppet.

As for the magic core............

Xiao Fan had not extracted the demonic core from Huang Qing's corpse. The so-called demonic core was just to provide the puppet with an energy transfer and storage station. Xiao Fan directly crushed the demonic core inside Huang Qing's body and integrated all the energy in its body into its limbs and bones. The entire body became the place to store and absorb energy.

As for the soul, Xiao Fan looked at Huang Qing's soul body, which had transformed into pure soul power. Huang Qing's soul body was now completely blank, having turned into the most primordial energy.

With a flick of his finger, Xiao Fan sent a surge of rich soul power into Huang Qing's body. Moreover, Xiao Fan noticed that as Huang Qing's soul power entered her body, the most difficult thing—balancing the body, soul, and demon core—seemed to disappear. The three automatically and harmoniously merged together, saving Xiao Fan a lot of effort.

"Unexpectedly, this is a pleasant surprise..."

Looking at the corpse of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix before him, Xiao Fan's face showed a hint of surprise. With the three elements reaching a state of balance, Xiao Fan's refining process seemed to be the icing on the cake...

Xiao Fan wrapped the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's corpse in strange fire once more, continuously extracting its essence so that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix could better absorb the medicinal liquid from before.

As the abundant energy within its body was continuously absorbed, the massive body of the Heavenly Demon Puppet gradually emitted streaks of silver light, and a terrifying aura erupted directly from its body.

"He's already at the Earth Demon Puppet realm after just starting the fusion process?"

Xiao Fan looked at the Heavenly Phoenix radiating silver light, a hint of surprise on his face. However, considering the materials consumed earlier, he felt it was all justified...

As Xiao Fan continued to refine it, the energy within the Heavenly Demon Phoenix was gradually absorbed by him. Its originally withered body had now become extremely ferocious, and a terrifying aura emanated from its body. Bone spikes pierced out from its joints, and its body, which was about six zhang in size, looked extremely oppressive.

"It's a pity, I was just a little short of reaching the realm of the Heavenly Demon Puppet..."

As the last drop of medicine was completely absorbed by the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, several golden energies also emanated from the Heavenly Demon Puppet that Huang Qing had transformed into. It seemed that a part of this Heavenly Demon Puppet had already entered the realm of Heavenly Demon Puppet.

"What a terrifying energy fluctuation!"

Xiao Yan landed on the spaceship, looked at the enormous thing in front of him, and felt the connection in his mind. A look of excitement appeared on his face, like a child who had just received a toy. He kept touching the puppet in front of him, which already occupied half the size of the spaceship.

Looking at the Heavenly Demon Puppet in front of him, Xiao Fan showed a satisfied expression. After all, this was the Heavenly Demon Puppet he had crafted for Xiao Yan. Both the materials and the techniques were extremely mature, and the results were naturally very pleasing.

Chapter 126 The Hidden Soul Palace, the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Corpses

Xiao Fan examined the newly crafted Heavenly Demon Puppet before him.

Streaks of silver light covered its body, and there were even faint golden glints. It was only one step away from successfully evolving into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.

However, when he thought about the exorbitant materials he had spent before, Xiao Fan felt it was all justified.

"awesome!"

Xiao Yan landed on top of the Heavenly Demon Puppet's head, looking at the enormous creature beneath him with a hint of excitement on his face. If the two of them weren't currently inside a spatial passage, Xiao Yan would have been eager to try out the puppet's power.

The aura emanating from the Heavenly Demon Puppet at this moment has already reached the peak of the Dou Zong level. Compared to Huang Qing's previous strength, it has not decreased in the slightest. This is because Xiao Fan is more skilled in the refining technique, which is why he is able to preserve Huang Qing's combat power.