Battle Through the Heavens: Reap the Red Lotus Karmic Flame at the Start

Xiao Yan did not intervene himself, but instead released his battle puppet to help Qing Lin resolve the trouble first, while the fighting spirit within his body began to circulate wildly.

Hun Shengtian's senses were incredibly sharp: "He's releasing a puppet to fight me, intending to use the opportunity to unleash a desperate fighting technique?"

Hun Shengtian's tone showed no concern whatsoever: "It's all just like an ant trying to shake a tree."

He first flicked his finger, and a black and red soul entity, invisible to the naked eye, shot out and rushed straight towards Qinglin.

Qinglin swiftly slashed out with his cold blade, freezing all the space it passed through. Suddenly, the black and red soul's hand solidified from its illusory state, its ten fingers turning completely blood-red. Ten claw-like beams flew out, not only blocking Qinglin's slash but also slicing across Qinglin's arms.

Before Qinglin could react, the black and red soul suddenly let out a strange hoarse cry, and a black longsword materialized in its hand.

Just like Qinglin had done before, he slashed down at Qinglin's face with his sword!

This strike was no weaker than Qinglin's previous attack. Even though Qinglin saw that her attack had been returned, she remained incredibly calm.

She instantly poured a massive amount of battle qi into the cold blade and unleashed an upward slash!

The two knives clashed!

In this instant, the soul was completely cleaved in two by the azure scales, and even its hands were frozen by them.

On the other side, Xiao Yan's battle puppet arrived in front of Hun Shengtian, and he only glanced at the West Dragon King battle puppet.

"Six-star Dou Sheng strength is indeed rare, but it means nothing before me!"

The war puppet's powerful attack landed squarely on empty air, and Hun Shengtian easily dodged the attack, shifting his position behind the war puppet.

He stretched out his hand, which was completely unlike that of a living person. The skin on his hand was sickly gray and withered, with layers of dead skin piled up at the joints, and a cold, black aura emanated from the back of his hand.

But this hand, which looked like it would turn to ashes with a single step, gripped the war puppet's head tightly, rendering it unable to move.

"Click—"

With a crisp sound, half of the war puppet's head was crushed by Hun Shengtian!

Having dealt with the battle puppet, Hun Shengtian could sense Xiao Yan continuing to release his battle qi. He knew he could now free up his hands to properly deal with Xiao Xuan's junior. He turned around with some curiosity and then witnessed an extremely shocking scene.

At this moment, the battle qi in this void suddenly moved. Instead of rushing aimlessly, it began to surge rapidly towards higher places.

Countless stars formed from battle qi appeared one after another, and then flowed upwards.

Along with this strange phenomenon, the fighting spirit and mist surrounding Hun Shengtian all rose upwards without exception.

The scene at this moment is incredibly spectacular, like a waterfall of energy flowing in reverse!

"Celestial-Rank Battle Technique, Galaxy Reversal!"

Upon seeing the scene before him, Hun Shengtian's dim yellow eyes widened instantly. Feeling the loss of his fighting spirit, an undisguised fear appeared in his eyes, and even the undead in the other three directions had the exact same expression.

They didn't even have to face Xiao Yan; it was just because of this fighting technique that things changed like this. It was a feeling of genuine surprise and fear, as if they had encountered a ferocious demon!

"Xiao...Xiao Xuan?!"

Faced with this desperate situation, Xiao Yan dared not hold back at all, and he did his best to assist Qing Lin.

The technique he just used was a high-level Heaven-rank fighting skill passed down by his ancestor Xiao Xuan. This fighting skill was created by Xiao Xuan after he advanced to the Dou Sheng realm, inspired by a natural waterfall.

The waterfall flows downwards, as it has always done, but Xiao Xuan found it too monotonous and insisted on making it flow upstream. Everyone said that the Dou Qi Continent could no longer produce a Dou Di, but Xiao Xuan refused to believe this conclusion.

"If my actions are forbidden by Heaven, then I will reverse the heavens and the stars, and turn the Milky Way upside down." This is the spirit hidden within Xiao Xuan's fighting technique. Only after thoroughly mastering this technique did Xiao Yan truly understand what kind of person his ancestor was. It wasn't just his amiable demeanor before him, nor his confident demeanor towards the Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan, nor his domineering presence within the Heavenly Tomb.

His ancestor, from the bottom of his heart, was still a first-rate madman in the world. It's just that Xiao Xuan's madness was different from others' madness; he never talked about it.

After Xiao Yan released this fighting technique, he found that the effect was quite good!

Not only did the Heavenly Rank Battle Technique achieve its intended effect, weakening Hun Shengtian's battle aura to the greatest extent, but it also unexpectedly caused Hun Shengtian to suffer a severe mental breakdown.

Qinglin had been waiting for an opportunity. The moment Hunshengtian lost his composure, Qinglin moved. He opened his lips and exhaled a breath of cold air mixed with ice shards and crystals, which he then attached to his cold blade.

Then, he slashed out with a clean, decisive strike!

This strike was fast, powerful, and its chilling aura was beyond imagination!

With a soft thud, Qinglin's blade struck Hun Shengtian squarely in the waist, and the intense pain finally snapped Hun Shengtian out of his shock and fear.

"It's so cold!"

He realized his poor condition and was surprised to discover that Qing Lin's aura was definitely not just that of a six-star Dou Sheng. She was able to successfully approach him and injure him with a single strike, and with the chilling aura surrounding her, she should at least be a seven-star Dou Sheng.

No secret technique could possibly allow her to instantly jump from a six-star Dou Sheng to a seven-star Dou Sheng. From the unusual Dou Qi reaction on Qing Lin's body, Hun Shengtian guessed something.

"It's a medicinal pill!"

A ninth-grade elixir, and a ninth-grade profound elixir at that!

At this moment, Xiao Yan was already prepared to give up everything, including the ninth-grade Xuan Dan that he had always kept!

The medicinal power of the Xuan Dan was too strong; even with his strength as a four-star Dou Sheng, he couldn't withstand it at all. However, for Qing Lin, a six-star Dou Sheng with astonishing strength, absorbing it was no problem at all. Qing Lin had been trying to deplete the medicinal power before, and by the time Xiao Yan's attack shook Hun Shengtian's mind, Qing Lin's momentum had just reached its peak.

With this strike, the previously impenetrable battle qi blockade surrounding Hun Shengtian was completely broken.

Xiao Yan moved with incredible speed. He first put away the battle puppet whose head was half-empty, then grabbed Qing Lin, who was exhausted, and pulled her into his arms. Taking advantage of the gap, he successfully broke through the encirclement.

Xiao Yan's sudden speed was too fast, and Hun Shengtian really didn't have time to make any corrections.

Even Yan Jin was delighted to see this. He had been thinking about how to create an opportunity for Xiao Yan and Qing Lin, but he didn't expect the two to be so efficient and to have successfully broken through so quickly.