Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 167 Surrender?

The beautiful fire lotus collided with the dazzling light, producing a tremendous roar. Even the aftershocks shook the great formation formed by the disciples of the Yunlan Sect.

Seeing this, Yun Leng hurriedly flew to the top of the formation and quickly poured his powerful battle qi into it, thus stabilizing the formation that was about to be shattered by the impact.

Within the grand formation, smoke and dust filled the air, obscuring everyone's vision, while the continuous energy waves spreading outwards shattered the perception of many Battle Kings. Therefore, everyone stared intently at the center of the plaza, awaiting the final outcome.

Even the many Battle Kings of the Jia Ma Empire wore serious expressions. Judging from the two's current cultivation levels, they would likely reach the same level within ten years. And their final, hidden killing move would severely injure even an ordinary Battle King if they weren't careful.

Once the energy stopped fluctuating, the Yunlan Sect disciples unanimously dispersed the great formation, their eyes fixed on the gradually dissipating dust.

"What?!"

"How could the young sect leader possibly be like this?!"

"Impossible! The young sect leader has already reached the Dou Ling realm, how could he possibly fail!"

"Xiao Yan definitely cheated! I refuse to accept this! I urge the Sect Master and the Grand Elder to make a decision!"

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"quiet!"

Yun Leng roared angrily, but his tone was full of disbelief, because the situation on the field was really unexpected.

Nalan Yanran lay tragically on the plaza, her clothes torn, blood flowing freely, and her breath faint. Before her stood Xiao Yan, equally wretched, his massive black ruler pointing directly at the fallen Nalan Yanran.

"Nalan Yanran, you've lost!"

"Xiao Yan, you've won. As agreed, I'll serve you as a slave, whether you kill me or torture me, I'll accept it without complaint!"

Nalan Yanran struggled to get up, but in the end she could only raise her head and look at Xiao Yan not far away with a resolute expression.

"Yanran!"

"Young Sect Master!"

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Upon hearing Nalan Yanran's words, Yun Yun, Nalan Jie, and the others spoke up, but were stopped by her gaze, looking resolutely at Xiao Yan and awaiting her final decision.

"Young friend Xiao Yan, our Yunlan Sect has lost today. We hope you will spare our young sect leader. You may name your conditions."

Yun Leng looked at Xiao Yan and spoke. With Lin Feng's support earlier, Yun Leng didn't say anything impolite. Moreover, after Lin Feng took Qing Lin away and later plotted to kill Mo Cheng, the Mo family had become extremely low-key. Therefore, before this, Xiao Yan had no other conflicts with the Yunlan Sect.

"Haha, no need!"

Xiao Yan laughed loudly, his laughter filled with a complex mix of relief and exhilaration. He took out a letter from his storage ring, the single character "休" (xiū, meaning "rest") on it standing out conspicuously in the eyes of the many powerful figures present. He shattered it with a single palm strike, letting the fragments scatter before Nalan Yanran. Xiao Yan turned and walked down the mountain towards the Yunlan Sect without looking back.

"Nalan Yanran, from this day forward, we have nothing to do with each other anymore!"

Xiao Yan's carefree words left her speechless. Nalan Yanran collapsed to the ground, watching the sunlight shine on Xiao Yan's back. His young and upright figure seemed to touch Nalan Yanran's heart.

On the high platform, Yun Ling and the others looked grim, but with the leaders of many powerful forces in the Jia Ma Empire watching, they couldn't afford to make any underhanded moves. The Yunlan Sect could lose, but it couldn't afford to ruin its centuries-old reputation with petty tricks.

"Young friend Xiao Yan, please wait! There is still something I do not understand. Please pause for a moment!"

Just when everyone thought the matter was over and that Xiao Yan, the young man, would leave as the victor, an old voice suddenly rang out in the square. Upon hearing this voice, Yun Leng was overjoyed.

"Old Sect Master!"

"teacher!"

"Greetings, Elder Sect Master!"

An aged voice slowly rang in everyone's ears, followed by a figure dressed in white with an ethereal aura suddenly appearing in the air above the square, standing in mid-air.

Upon seeing this, Yun Ling and Yun Yun bowed slightly to the newcomers, while the numerous Yunlan Sect disciples beamed with joy and rose to greet them loudly. Xiao Yan, however, looked rather grim upon witnessing this.

"What does this senior mean? Does the Yunlan Sect have a sore loser mentality and want to bully a junior like me in front of everyone?"

The situation caused Xiao Yan some panic, but his years of experience had some effect, and he remained relatively calm. The situation was quite different from the original story; because of Lin Feng, Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong had little interaction.

At this time, Hai Bodong's seal had already been broken by Lin Feng. Afterwards, the Mittel family took out many rare and precious spiritual herbs from their family treasury to exchange for Hai Bodong's Purple Spirit Pill, Royal-grade Pill, Five Elements Pill, and other similar pills. Several years passed, and Hai Bodong had already reached the level of an eight-star Dou Huang.

It can be said that if it weren't for one of the F4 members of the capital breaking through to the Dou Zong realm, Hai Bodong's combat strength would really be a 50/50 chance in the peak competition.

As for the true top-tier combat power, Queen Medusa, there's no need to mention her; she had already been taken into Lin Feng's household. At this moment, Xiao Yan only had Yao Lao, whose combat power was unknown, and he hadn't informed Xiao Yan of the agreement between Yao Chen and Lin Feng.

With a Dou Zong expert standing right in front of him, Xiao Yan inevitably felt a little flustered.

"Young friend Xiao Yan, there's no need to panic. I simply have a question I'd like you to answer. After you've asked, you can naturally go down the mountain."

Unaffected by the evil aura of the Heron Protector, and with Lin Feng having already dispelled the Heron Protector's control over him, Yunshan truly appeared to be a sage of immortals.

"I simply wish to ask, where exactly does that cold, white flame on your body come from?"

"Hehehe, Yunshan, why be polite to him? He's just a minor Grand Battle Master. Today, he's completely at our mercy. Hehehe."

Before Xiao Yan could react, a chilling, cunning, and scalp-chilling laugh came from nowhere, followed by an evil black mist that suddenly appeared from the back mountain of the Yunlan Sect and quickly spread towards this place.

"Young man, you'd better obediently tell me Yao Chen's whereabouts, otherwise, this protector has plenty of ways to deal with you, hehehehe."

The black mist that appeared before everyone surged continuously, its malevolent aura sending chills down their spines. Even more astonishing was that it stood suspended in mid-air. This clearly indicated that this malevolent aura, or rather the entity within it, was undoubtedly another Dou Zong powerhouse.

Judging from the names originating from Yunshan, the two are clearly connected from the beginning, and even, in a subtle way, both are based on this mysterious and strange creature.

"Is there no other way but to surrender?"

(End of this chapter)