Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 203 Attacking the Soul Hall to Seize the Origin

Because Yao Chen was still in seclusion, and the Holy Rain Sect needed a powerful being to protect him, Lin Ran did not bring anyone else with him this time, but acted alone.

After all, the Soul Hall of the Earthly Fiend Hall in the Tianya Mountains is not well-equipped, consisting of two ordinary Dou Zun and a dozen or so protectors. Lin Ran can handle this level of Earthly Fiend Hall on his own.

Of course, to prevent any mishaps, Lin Ran brought a lot of pills and practiced those two Heaven-rank fighting techniques until he had a basic grasp of them before setting off.

The Tianqing Mountains are located in the eastern part of the Northwest Continent. This place is famous far and wide, extremely lively, and has a huge flow of people because of the space wormhole of Tianya City.

Lin Ran traveled to and from Zhongzhou through the spatial wormhole of Tianya City in the Tianqing Mountains.

Lin Ran moved quickly, and soon crossed the plains and entered the mountain range. Soon, a series of wide roads within the mountain range appeared in Lin Ran's sight.

On that main road, one could see many people coming and going, and even from such a distance, Lin Ran could hear some noise coming from the ground.

The sky above the mountains was filled with all sorts of strange flying beasts, flapping their wings as they flew into the mountains. The prosperity here even surpassed that of the Holy Rain Sect!

"It's been two years since I last saw them, and the Luo family has certainly developed Tianya City even better..."

Lin Ran squinted; it seemed it was time to pick the peach.

When Lin Ran went to Zhongzhou, he already planned to take over the Luo family's space wormhole, but for various reasons, he eventually gave up the idea.

However, after more than two years of development, the Holy Rain Sect has now become a force to be reckoned with. Once the space wormholes of the two great empires are completed, the Holy Rain Sect's sphere of influence will be greatly expanded in an instant.

The Holy Rain Sect is now fully capable and has the resources to swallow up the entire Tianya City!

"Wait, what is this...?"

Suddenly, Lin Ran's eyes narrowed sharply. A black soul figure walked out of Tianya City in a blatant manner, using the concealment of spatial power to leave Tianya City directly.

No, it's not just the concealment of spatial power. If it were only the concealment of spatial power, the other Dou Zong level experts in Tianya City would definitely have sensed it. But this guy also has a layer of extremely special energy fluctuations on his body.

That's... the power of the defensive barrier of Tianya City!

"interesting……"

Lin Ran sneered. It seems that Tianya City has been corrupt for a long time.

Come to think of it.

The Soul Hall's strategy of remaining hidden in plain sight is indeed interesting, but such a powerful force cannot completely conceal itself. Moreover, the Soul Hall needs to plunder a large number of souls. If it truly remained hidden, it would be impossible to achieve the level of the Earthly Fiend Hall.

but.

If they were to cooperate with Tianya City, and with the Luo family who possessed the spatial wormhole and knew information about countless individuals…

Lin Ran narrowed his eyes and instantly merged into the space.

……

Inside Tianya City, at the Luo family residence.

In the heart of Tianya City, there is an extremely spacious bluestone square. In the center of the square is a stone platform, on which a huge, dark spatial wormhole is slowly rotating, emanating an astonishing spatial fluctuation.

At the far end of the spatial wormhole, on a high platform of a magnificent hall, Luo Cheng, dressed in a blue robe, gazed at the spatial wormhole, gently stroking his white beard, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light.

"With this kind of foot traffic, the Luo family is making a fortune every day! This spatial wormhole is incredibly profitable!"

"Hehehe, is this how you make huge profits? Clan Chief Luo, your Luo family is still too timid." Just as Luo Cheng was fantasizing about the prosperity of the Luo family, a black mist suddenly appeared out of the shadows of the main hall, then swirled in the hall, and a strange laugh came from it.

Upon seeing the black mist, Luo Cheng's face flushed slightly, and he smiled and said, "Guardian, you flatter me. My Luo family has a small appetite; we are already very satisfied with this kind of gain."

"Is that so? In just two years, your Luo family has swallowed up all the major families. Now the entire Tianya City has become a place where your Luo family has absolute power. Yet now the Luo patriarch says that he has a small appetite. Such hypocrisy is not good."

A sinister laugh continued: "Of course, what you, Luo Cheng, think is unimportant. As long as you can give me the list of all the high-level alchemists who have passed through the spatial wormhole, your Luo family will not only become the overlord of Tianya City, but also the overlord of the Tianqing Mountains, and even the overlord of the Northwest Continent. What's wrong with that?!"

The overlord of the Northwest Continent...

Upon hearing this, Luo Cheng's face flushed slightly, and he grinned, "Please rest assured, Protector, I will report to you whenever a high-level alchemist enters or leaves!"

"Excellent, excellent indeed, hehehehehehe!"

The black mist rippled slightly, and another strange laugh rang out before it began to dissipate eerily within the hall. Luo Cheng wore a fawning smile on his face.

Suddenly, the dissipating black mist was restricted by an invisible force. The next moment, a gray-black figure fell from the space in a very disheveled state, looking around in shock and panic.

"Who is it!"

"Guardian, what is this...?" Luo Cheng stared blankly at the Soul Palace Guardian in front of him, then seemed to understand something. He immediately became solemn and cautiously looked around.

The Soul Palace Protector's strength was actually slightly inferior to his, at the level of a three-star Dou Zong. Yet, he was able to so easily and utterly defeat a three-star Dou Zong from the space, leaving him in such a sorry state. The strength of the newcomer must not be underestimated!

"So that's why your Luo family has been doing so well all these years, it turns out you've been colluding with the Soul Palace."

A calm voice rang out from inside the hall. Lin Ran made no attempt to conceal his presence, tearing through space to appear in the hall.

"This is... a Dou Zun level expert?!"

"Lin, Young Master Lin?!"

Upon seeing Lin Ran appear, both the Soul Hall protector and Luo Cheng's expressions changed drastically. Luo Cheng's lips trembled uncontrollably as he forced out an extremely awkward smile: "Young Sect Master, I, I...you..."

Lin Ran glanced at Luo Cheng, ignored him, and instead calmly raised his hand to the Soul Palace protector.

The Soul Palace protector suddenly felt an irresistible and terrifying force erupt, forcibly pulling his body into Lin Ran's palm.

The next moment, an extremely piercing wail and scream suddenly burst from the mouth of the Soul Palace protector. His ferocious appearance made Luo Cheng's eyelids twitch.

"Soul-searching techniques..."

Luo Cheng wasn't some clueless good-for-nothing; he immediately saw through Lin Ran's actions and felt a chill run down his spine, his mind reeling, and his fear of Lin Ran skyrocketed.

This was no ordinary Dou Zong expert; this was someone from the Soul Palace. Yet Lin Ran attacked without even asking a question, which truly shocked Luo Cheng.

Isn't he afraid of the Soul Palace's retaliation?

Luo Cheng dared not utter a sound, cold sweat pouring down his face, and dared not make the slightest move.

The wails and screams of the Soul Palace Protector grew fainter and fainter until they stopped completely, and the Soul Palace Protector's life force vanished without a trace.

"I see, one three-star Dou Zun, one four-star Dou Zun, plus fourteen Soul Hall protectors..."

Lin Ran slowly opened his eyes and casually put the Soul Palace Guardian into his storage ring.

Even a Dou Zong-level corpse soul puppet can be considered a combat force, and it would be quite useful for maintaining the order of the Holy Rain Sect.

As for Luo Cheng...

"Lin, Young Sect Master Lin..."

"Young Sect Master?"

"Don't you know that I've already fallen out with the three Scorpion Demons? You really enjoy disgusting people, Clan Chief Luo?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ran grinned. Luo Cheng's expression suddenly changed, but before he could make any move, Luo Cheng's eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground without warning.

A shock to the soul, a shattering of the spirit!

With a casual wave of his hand, Lin Ran took Luo Cheng's corpse into his pocket, glanced at the still-operating spatial wormhole in the distance, let out a cold laugh, and then merged into the space.

Let's deal with the Earthly Fiend Hall first, then we can take over Tianya City!

With the memories of the Soul Palace protector, Lin Ran instantly located the Earthly Fiend Palace. Before long, Lin Ran arrived at the heart of the Tianqing Mountain Range.

With a sweeping glance, Lin Ran quickly locked onto many of the Soul Hall's whistles. However, these whistles were naturally unable to detect Lin Ran's presence. Lin Ran slightly opened his mouth, and the next moment, an invisible sound wave burst forth. All of these whistles silently lost their life force.

Continuing onward, Lin Ran soon arrived at a valley.

The valley was very wide, and inside it, a massive black palace, hundreds of feet tall, resembled a crouching, ferocious beast, exuding a chilling and terrifying aura in its gloom.

On its surface, Lin Ran could also sense a thick layer of spatial power. Clearly, in addition to the hidden sentries outside, this location had also been subjected to an extremely powerful spatial barrier.

However, these things were of no use to Lin Ran.

There was no way around it; after merging with the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon, Lin Ran could only describe his mastery of these spatial techniques as effortless.

With a thought, purple light enveloped his body. Taking a step, Lin Ran's figure walked directly towards the distorted space. The next moment, the spatial barrier in front of Lin Ran turned into nothingness and absorbed Lin Ran into it!

A sinister black palace sits in the valley, filled with ghostly spirits and black locks hanging in the sky.

On some stone pillars surrounding the black palace, one can vaguely see some dark figures sitting cross-legged. These figures are all shrouded in black mist, and with each breath, a sinister aura permeates the air.

Despite this environment, Lin Ran remained calm and walked around with an air of nonchalance, while the surrounding Yin spirit guards seemed to be completely oblivious to him, treating him as nothing at all!

Before long, Lin Ran stepped into the depths of the hall.

It was an extremely vast square, upon which stood a hundred-foot-tall stone pillar reaching for the sky.

The stone pillars were covered with countless strange runes, and black chains extended from them, intersecting and outlining the sky above the plaza. At the ends of these chains floated faint orbs of light, within which were souls with pained expressions and ethereal bodies.

In the center of this plaza is a platform about ten feet above the ground. On the platform is a special entity shrouded in black soul. Four huge chains connect the black soul to the chain that imprisons all the souls.

If a being with strong soul power were to perceive this carefully, they would surely discover that the soul power within these soul bodies is being drawn out by these pitch-black chains every moment, and finally merged into the black soul through those enormous chains.

"Such profound soul power..."

Sensing the soul fluctuations emanating from the black soul, Lin Ran's eyes burned with fervor. He took a step forward and appeared in front of the black soul in the next moment.

Without a doubt, this thing is the soul essence of this Earthly Fiend Hall. Judging from the intensity of this soul essence, it has not yet been handed over to the main hall by this branch hall. It is precisely at the peak of its accumulation.

If he could completely absorb this soul essence, his soul realm would probably be able to directly rise to the peak of the Spirit Realm, or even the Heaven Realm!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Ran waved his hand and landed directly on the object entangled by the black soul. With a burst of pure Yang battle qi, the black soul instantly dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, a ball of light about half a meter in size appeared in front of Lin Ran.

The ball of light was transparent, and four pitch-black chains were attached to its outer edge. Clearly, this ball of light was the source of the convergence of the soul power of countless souls in the Earthly Fiend Palace!

"Okay, okay!"

Upon seeing this item, Lin Ran was overjoyed. His Holy Golden Meteor Heart Flame burst forth, instantly burning away all the Soul-Locking Chains that were specifically designed to restrain the soul. He then snatched the soul's essence into his pocket.

At that very moment, two terrifying auras suddenly erupted, and two figures, filled with murderous intent, burst out of the giant hall. Their gazes swept across the area and finally settled on Lin Ran, while also noticing the empty platform.

"Soul Origin! You dare to cause trouble in my Soul Palace? You're courting death!"

"Hand over your very soul!"

Two angry roars echoed throughout the entire hall. Only then did Lin Ran slowly raise his head, look at the two elders of the Soul Hall, and grin.

"I've been waiting for you for so long. With such a slow response, no wonder you were able to help Xiao Yan reach the peak in the original story."

"But it's not a big problem. My Corpse Soul Puppets don't need reason. Will you end it yourselves, or let me melt you down? I suggest the former, since that won't cause too much pain."

The arrogant words enraged the two elders of the Soul Hall. They had naturally discovered Lin Ran's extraordinary abilities, but no matter how extraordinary he was, they were determined to reclaim his soul's origin.

The date for surrendering their souls is fast approaching. They have been accumulating this soul essence for a long time, and if Lin Ran were to take it away like this, even though they are elders of the Soul Palace, they would still have to suffer great punishment!

(End of this chapter)