Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 230 Saintess Qinglin

Northwest Continent.

The border of the Heavenly Serpent Empire, the Ten Thousand Serpent Fortress.

Rumble!

Thick, dark clouds hung over the Ten Thousand Serpents Fortress, from which rumbling thunder echoed for miles around.

The thick black mist gradually receded, and as it did, countless figures hidden within it stretched to the horizon. The deafening sounds of battle echoed from the army, causing the entire fortress to tremble slightly.

On the fortress, hundreds of feet high, the powerful figures of the Heavenly Serpent Empire gazed solemnly at the battlefield below.

"Has the Lord of the Manor not returned yet?"

An old woman, her face grave, asked a woman beside her who was wearing slender, tight-fitting dark green armor.

"Reporting to Elder Luyun, the Lord of the Manor has not yet returned."

The woman shook her head, and the old woman named Green Cloud's face darkened again.

A month ago, the Holy Maiden of their Heavenly Serpent Palace went missing in the Heavenly Serpent Mountains. In order to search for the Holy Maiden, the Lord of the Heavenly Serpent Palace infiltrated the Heavenly Serpent Mountains alone. However, unexpectedly, the Lion Nether Sect took this opportunity to launch an attack on the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

As the undisputed overlord of the Northwest Continent, the Heavenly Serpent Empire has not experienced such a war for many years. Unexpectedly, a small Lion Nether Sect has risen to prominence and grown to this extent.

The number of powerful figures in their sect's internal power struggles even surpasses that of the Heavenly Serpent Palace!

"Green Cloud, will your Heavenly Serpent Palace surrender to my Lion Nether Sect, or will my Lion Nether Sect slaughter your Heavenly Serpent Palace until not a single one is left alive?"

A middle-aged man with blond hair stood proudly in the sky, a large golden sword in his hand reflecting a chilling luster, his gaze fixed coldly on the people on the Heavenly Serpent Fortress.

"Lion Heaven, how dare you, a mere Lion Nether Sect, be so arrogant before my Heavenly Serpent Palace?!"

Green Cloud roared, "Archers, prepare!"

"yes!"

A series of creaking sounds immediately rang out as several people quickly pulled apart crossbow carts, each about seven or eight zhang in size, with their sharp bolts, nearly two zhang long, gleaming with a cold light.

Seeing Green Cloud and the others resist, Lion Sky's face turned cold, and he let out a cold laugh.

"Don't think I don't know. Your lord has long been out of the Heavenly Serpent Empire. I gave you a chance, that's why I gave you a few days to consider. I didn't expect you old women to be so ungrateful."

"Since you are so stubborn, then don't blame my Lion Nether Sect for slaughtering your Heavenly Serpent Palace!"

"Lion Sky suddenly raised his hand and shouted loudly."

"All men, listen to my command, attack!"

"kill!"

As Lion Sky's roar subsided, the massive army outside the fortress suddenly erupted in earth-shattering battle cries. Immediately, the entire land trembled violently, and the endless army, like a tidal wave, charged toward the fortress with overwhelming killing intent.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Just as the troop line surged in like a tidal wave, a series of whooshing sounds erupted from the fortress. Then, massive crossbow bolts, like a dark cloud, burst forth, finally pounding into the Lion Nether Sect's army. Instantly, a series of miserable screams rang out.

However, casualties of this magnitude are insignificant. The real deciding factor in a major battle is the clash of the strongest.

However, after several exchanges, hundreds of figures suddenly appeared in the sky, and the one with the lowest aura was actually a Dou Huang!

The massive crossbow bolts that flew towards them would automatically explode when they reached a hundred feet away. When they were only a few hundred feet away from the fortress, the hundred figures finally stopped and shouted in unison. A surge of vast battle qi burst forth from their bodies and finally gathered in the sky, directly condensing into a massive energy beast that was a thousand feet long!

"Damn it..."

Seeing this, Green Cloud roared and raised his cane high: "All generals, heed my command! Form the Heavenly Serpent Formation!"

"yes!"

Upon hearing Green Cloud's angry shout, the surrounding Heavenly Serpent Palace experts responded with deep shouts, and countless battle qi burst forth, among which were even dozens of enormous snake-like magical beasts.

As this fighting spirit condensed, the sky above the Heavenly Serpent Fortress suddenly trembled.

With countless battle energies converging, a terrifying giant python suddenly appeared, echoing the energy beast from afar, and its power was even stronger than that of the energy beast!

"The Heavenly Serpent Formation... is really troublesome."

"Hehehe, this Heavenly Serpent Formation, as the Heavenly Serpent Empire's protective formation, is indeed quite sophisticated. Even for me, breaking through it wouldn't be easy. But now, without their lord as the formation's core, this formation is somewhat lacking...hehehe..."

Looking at the terrifying giant python, Lion Sky's expression hardened, but from the churning black mist behind him, a few grating, sinister laughs emanated.

Immediately, an old man in black stood in mid-air, surrounded by swirling spirits that emitted mournful screams that sent chills down one's spine.

The man's sinister face also had a familiar feel to it. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than the Eighth Heavenly Venerable Prisoner who had once joined forces with the Four Heavenly Venerables Blood River to besiege Lin Ran in the Northwest Continent, but who had ultimately escaped!

Looking at this figure, a deep sense of apprehension appeared in Lion Heaven's eyes, but his face was extremely respectful: "I hope the Eighth Heavenly Venerable will lend a hand."

"If you work for my Soul Palace, I will naturally help you."

The Eight Heavenly Venerables sneered, and with lightning speed, formed a hand seal. Then, a low, muffled shout came from their throats.

As the shout rang out, the aura of the surrounding world suddenly dropped, and even frost condensed in the air. The cold aura seemed to freeze even space itself, and layers of frost immediately formed on the bodies of the two energy beasts.

Such bizarre celestial phenomena caused everyone in the Heavenly Serpent Palace to look extremely solemn.

They could clearly feel that with the appearance of the frost, the movements of the celestial serpent phantom were greatly restricted, while the energy behemoth opposite them was covered in ice armor and its aura was greatly increased.

This shifting balance of power caused everyone in the Heavenly Serpent Palace to change color.

"roar!!!"

The momentum shifted, and the energy behemoth clad in ice armor roared to the sky as it pounced on the celestial serpent phantom.

The celestial serpent shrieked and engaged it in battle.

The moment the two collided, it seemed as if the entire world fell silent.

The next moment, the celestial serpent phantom was punched in the head by the energy behemoth, and countless powerful figures from the Celestial Serpent Palace also coughed up blood and their auras plummeted.

With a single collision, the energy behemoth gained the upper hand and roared to the sky.

On the contrary, the celestial serpent phantom became much more illusory.

"Okay! Okay!"

Seeing this, Lion Heaven laughed heartily. With the Eight Heavenly Venerables taking action, even the most powerful Heavenly Serpent Palace in the Northwest Continent would become a defeated opponent of their Lion Nether Sect!

He then controlled the energy behemoth and launched another attack on the celestial serpent phantom.

A collision caused the celestial serpent to sway.

The snake shattered after two collisions.

After three collisions, the enormous phantom of the Heavenly Serpent suddenly collapsed, and countless powerful figures from the Heavenly Serpent Palace coughed up blood and scattered in all directions.

"Hahahaha, Green Cloud, since you're so stubborn, then you'd all die!"

Lion Sky's ferocious laughter echoed across the sky as hundreds of Lion Nether Sect experts charged toward the Heavenly Serpent Fortress.

The woman in green was weak and listless, but she could only force herself to stand up, leaning on her cane: "Heavenly Serpent Palace! Prepare for battle!"

The powerful figures of the Heavenly Serpent Palace struggled to their feet to fight, but how could they possibly be a match for the Lion Nether Sect?

However, in just one clash, dozens of powerful figures from the Heavenly Serpent Palace perished.

Even so, the experts of the Heavenly Serpent Palace gritted their teeth and persevered, risking their lives to fight them, because they all knew that if even they gave up resisting, then the Heavenly Serpent Palace would be finished.

Only through this desperate, life-or-death struggle could the Heavenly Serpent Palace barely maintain the momentum of the battle.

The two sides clashed fiercely, with powerful individuals often making mistakes and being caught off guard by their opponents, resulting in fatal blows. Even some Dou Zong level experts could not protect themselves. One unlucky person could be surrounded by more than a dozen opponents at the same time, which would naturally lead to serious injuries and forced retreat. In fact, it was not uncommon for someone with bad luck to be killed on the spot.

Outside the chaotic battle, the Eight Heavenly Venerables hovered in the sky, their gazes indifferent as they watched the ongoing battle, a cold smile playing on their lips.

In his eyes, the souls of all those who died in battle in this area were sucked into the ground by a strange force the moment they hit the ground, even the weakest souls did not fall.

"Fight! The more people die, the better..."

The Eighth Heavenly Venerable chuckled coldly. The more people died, the better for their Soul Palace. After a great battle, they could directly absorb tens of thousands of souls. This speed was much faster than before.

"boom!!"

An unstoppable golden blade of light roared out, violently sending the green cloud flying.

Green Cloud's aura plummeted again, and his figure swayed precariously.

Lion Heaven roared with a ferocious laugh: "You old hag, die!"

"stop!!!"

A clear, slightly cold shout suddenly rang out, and a streak of battle qi swept in, causing Lion Sky to pause slightly.

It also attracted countless eyes.

High in the sky, a slender and beautiful figure floated alone in mid-air.

She was dressed in a light green, elegant outfit. Although her body was petite, it was strangely well-developed, with curves in all the right places, full and slender, though she looked slightly immature.

She has a lovely, delicate oval face, like a beautiful porcelain doll. Her timid appearance is like that of a frightened little rabbit, which makes people feel a little sorry for her.

What's most striking, however, is her pair of eyes.

It was a pair of beautiful green eyes, but at this moment, deep within those eyes, there were three small green dots slowly rotating around the pupils, giving it an eerie feel.

Upon seeing the girl in the sky, countless members of the Lion Nether Sect below immediately revealed lewd eyes.

"A saintess?!"

"How could this be? Holy Maiden, where is the Palace Master?!"

"Holy Maiden, run! Run!"

Upon seeing the beautiful young woman who suddenly appeared in the sky, everyone from the Heavenly Serpent Palace was stunned. A moment later, a series of panicked sounds followed.

"Holy Maiden? So you're the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Serpent Palace."

Lion King's eyes gleamed with undisguised lewdness: "Watch me capture you, Holy Maiden, today and make you my slave!"

Lion Heaven grinned maliciously and reached out his large hand to grab Qing Lin. Qing Lin's small face showed a bit of stubbornness. Her hand seals changed, and bursts of dazzling green light surged out from under her pupils.

"Soul Stealer!"

A faint green light suddenly shot out and shone on Lion Sky's body.

The moment the green demonic eyes appeared, Lion Sky suddenly felt his body stiffen, as if in that instant, his control over his body had mysteriously vanished.

"interesting!"

The next moment, the figure of the Eight Heavenly Venerable Prisoner suddenly appeared behind Lion Heaven and landed a palm on Lion Heaven's back.

Lion King suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and was somewhat dazed, but his eyes quickly regained their clarity.

"this……"

"A fool whose mind is only filled with women."

A cold voice echoed from the prison: "Take a good look into that girl's eyes!"

"Eye?"

Lion Sky stared blankly into Green Scale's eyes, and when he saw those strange eyes, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"This is... the Azure Serpent's Three-Flower Pupil?!"

"Not bad, I didn't expect that there would be such a talented person in the Northwest Continent." Eight Heavenly Venerable Prisoner sneered twice: "Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, the legendary nemesis of all serpentine magical beasts, can form a one-sided forced connection with serpentine magical beasts, thereby controlling them, or even devouring their cultivation."

"The reason this girl was able to become the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Serpent Palace is probably because of these eyes!"

"So that's how it is. So it's the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil. No wonder your Heavenly Serpent Manor treats this girl like a treasure..."

Lion Sky came to his senses and wanted to make a move, but was stopped by Prisoner.

"You have no experience dealing with the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, leave it to me, you go and take care of that old guy first."

"This is!"

Lion Sky hesitated. Fighting such a beautiful young girl was obviously more exciting than fighting an old woman, but he dared not disobey the prisoner's words. He could only turn around and rush towards the green cloud.

Prisoner then flashed and appeared directly in front of Qinglin.

"Interesting. Although he has the cultivation of a one-star Dou Zun, his Dou Qi is surging within him, clearly indicating that Dou Qi has been forcibly infused into him... Such talent and such cultivation are beyond even the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil. Is it the cultivation inheritance of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Master?"

Prisoner looked at Qinglin with a cold smile. Qinglin met his gaze without fear, and at the same time, his hand seals quickly condensed.

"Demon Eyes Controlling the Body!"

A green light burst forth from Qinglin's eyes, and in an instant, it actually condensed into a large, green eye.

This eye was extremely eerie, with three small green snakes coiled within it, their heads and tails intertwined around the pupil. As they spun rapidly, streams of strange energy spread out and attacked the prison.

"Hehehe, the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil may be naturally effective against others and snake-type magical beasts, but it has no effect on the people of my Soul Palace."

Prisoner sneered, and an extremely cold soul shock suddenly erupted, landing heavily on that demonic eye.

"Bang!"

In an instant, the demonic eye trembled violently and dissipated. Qing Lin's face turned deathly pale, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

(End of this chapter)