Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 271 Cai Lin in Seclusion

The terrifying power of the three-star Dou Sheng was on full display at this moment.

The dazzling Great Sun Holy Sun Palm slammed fiercely towards Yao Xiaotian. Yao Xiaotian frantically urged his battle qi to try to resist, but it was all in vain. He could only watch in horror and despair as the dazzling palm print landed on his snake body.

"boom!"

The moment the golden palm print landed on Yao Xiaotian, it exploded instantly.

That destructive and violent energy, the terrifying power contained in its palm print, was forcefully thrust into Yao Tianxiao's body.

In an instant, the latter's enormous body seemed to have swallowed countless thunderbolts, constantly erupting with rumbling sounds, and one after another, steaming blood pits exploded on its body.

"Bang!"

Amidst the latter's agonizing screams, Yao Tianxiao's body flew backward, finally crashing heavily onto a distant mountain peak, shattering it into pieces.

"You insolent wretch! How dare you cause trouble in my Nine Netherworld Serpent Clan! Serpent Guards, capture this man for me!"

However, just as Yao Xiaotian was being blasted half to death by Lin Ran's palm, a furious roar suddenly came from the sky.

Immediately, countless sounds of wind breaking echoed throughout the entire mountain range, and powerful auras burst forth.

Hearing the roar that echoed from the sky, Lin Ran remained indifferent.

At this moment, the sky was filled with many powerful members of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, and they were all staring at him with angry eyes. No matter what, the Nine Netherworld Python Clan was one of the three major clans in the Demon Beast Realm. Now, not only had they been sneaked in, but their clan leader had also been brutally beaten. Anyone would find it unbearable.

"Boy, who exactly are you? How dare you run wild in my Nine Netherworld Python Clan!"

In the sky, an old man with a bright red venomous snake coiled on his shoulder stared fiercely at Lin Ran and shouted coldly.

As they drank, their gazes kept drifting towards the shattered mountain range in the distance. When they saw the pitiful state of the giant black serpent, their hearts clenched slightly.

Clearly, none of them expected that Yao Tianxiao, with his strength, would be beaten so badly by this guy of unknown origin.

"No matter who he is, we must keep him here today, otherwise, if word gets out, how will my Nine Netherworld Python Clan maintain its standing in the Beast Realm!" A gray-haired elder beside the old man shouted angrily.

"Nether Serpent Guards, listen to my command! Capture this man!" the gray-haired old man roared.

"yes!"

Upon hearing the old man's angry shout, numerous unified shouts suddenly resounded throughout the land. Immediately afterward, the sound of wind breaking abruptly rang out, and figures clad in snake-shaped armor emerged from various mountain peaks. In the last few flashes, they appeared around Lin Ran, their numerous auras locking onto him tightly.

"Knowing full well that they are beings that cannot be provoked or made enemies, they still send people to their deaths, creating trouble for themselves."

Lin Ran gazed indifferently at the Nether Serpent Guards who surrounded him, and said calmly, "No wonder your Nine Nether Earth Pythons have declined to this state; there really is a reason for it."

"asshole!"

As Lin Ran mocked him, Yao Tianxiao, whom he had blasted into the mountain range, suddenly erupted, staggering into the sky with bloodshot eyes as he roared, "All elders, listen to my command! Set up the Ten Thousand Serpents Formation and kill this bastard for me!"

At this moment, Yao Xiaotian was in a terrible state. His entire snake body was covered in blood, and his scales were broken. He no longer resembled the patriarch of the Nine Netherworld Python clan.

Upon hearing Yao Tianxiao's roar, the many elders in the sky were slightly taken aback, then respectfully responded. Instantly, a series of whooshing sounds rang out as these elders, whose strength was not weak, dispersed from the sky, forming a strange array that trapped Lin Ran within it.

Seeing the elders take action, Lin Ran's face showed a mocking expression.

"Chiefs of all tribes, you may return home today. I will personally handle the matters here!"

Having surrounded Lin Ran, Yao Tianxiao seemed to sense something. His eyes flashed, and he suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice to the tribal leaders not far away.

Upon hearing this, the tribal chiefs hesitated for a moment, but still dared not disobey the chief's order, and slowly nodded.

"Heh heh, Yao Tianxiao, you drove these tribal chiefs away so you could get rid of me again without anyone noticing, right?"

However, just as Yao Tianxiao's voice fell, a cold laugh suddenly rang out from the deep ravine, and then a figure burst out from it, finally appearing in mid-air.

The figure that appeared was naturally Yao Ming, whom Lin Ran had rescued from the Netherworld. However, at this moment, the latter's body was no longer withered, but had become much taller. Although his face was somewhat dark, his eyes were filled with a sinister aura.

Staring at Yao Ming's face, which bore a striking resemblance to Yao Tianxiao's, all the members of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan present were stunned. After a long while, some elders cried out in disbelief, "Clan Chief Yao Ming? How is this possible? Didn't you perish from a cultivation deviation?"

"The Demon Clan Chief?"

"It seems to be the elder brother of Clan Chief Tianxiao, the previous clan chief. However, Clan Chief Tianxiao said that he died from a qi deviation during cultivation and disappeared for hundreds of years. How could he reappear now?"

Hearing the cacophony of whispers that filled the sky, Yao Tianxiao's face twitched. He met the gaze of the old man with a crimson venomous snake coiled on his shoulder, and suddenly shouted coldly, "Quiet down! Don't be fooled by this guy. He must be an accomplice of that other man, deliberately impersonating my elder brother to sow discord within our clan! Elders, activate the great formation and kill him!"

Upon hearing this, the elders were taken aback, but their subordinates hesitated.

"Haha, Yao Tianxiao, are you in such a hurry to kill me to silence me?" Yao Ming laughed loudly, then turned his gaze to the elders: "Elder Xian, Elder Ming, Elder Liu, you were my closest people back then, don't you even recognize me?"

Hearing Yao Ming's loud laughter, the three white-haired elders glanced at Yao Ming, their faces showing excitement, and said, "It really seems to be Clan Chief Yao Ming. We three are quite familiar with his aura."

"Ming Chang, you three must not disturb the peace of the clan here. The current leader of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan is Yao Tianxiao. Are you trying to betray the clan by doing this?" The old man with a crimson venomous snake coiled on his shoulder stared at the three men with a sinister look and shouted coldly.

"Elder, is this really Chief Yaoming? Is there some misunderstanding?" the three elders hurriedly asked.

"There's no misunderstanding. Back then, I was poisoned and injured by my good brother and the Grand Elder, and sealed at the bottom of the Nine Netherworld. If I hadn't been rescued this time, I would probably have been sealed in the Nine Netherworld for the rest of my life. Now that they see me free, they naturally want to kill me to silence me," Yao Ming said with a faint smile.

"What?"

Yao Ming's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's ears. Instantly, everyone's eyes were focused on Yao Tianxiao and the Grand Elder.

"Elder, is Chief Yaoming's statement true?" Immediately, some elders shouted angrily.

"This man is an imposter. You believe what he says?" The elder, dressed in a gray robe, said grimly. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, he said coldly, "Since that's the case, then I will personally capture him and make him tell the truth, giving everyone an explanation!"

As soon as the elder finished speaking, his figure suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Yao Ming. His pair of withered hands had turned pitch black, and a strong, fishy stench emanated from them.

"The Dead Leaf Poison Palm!"

"You think you can touch my people?"

As soon as the Grand Elder's palm strike began, his indifferent voice rang out, followed by a burst of golden light. In an instant, the so-called Grand Elder let out a miserable scream as Lin Ran blasted him into the shattered mountain range where Yao Xiaotian was lying.

"What?!"

"Damn bastard!" Yao Xiaotian's expression was solemn, his eyes fixed on Lin Ran.

He never expected that Lin Ran would actually be a three-star Dou Sheng!

A Dou Sheng is at the first level of the first star. For a three-star Dou Sheng to fight a one-star Dou Sheng is as easy as a father beating his son. Even if the two of them joined forces, they probably wouldn't be a match for Lin Ran!

"The Grand Elder is indeed in a hurry. But fellow elders... do any of you recognize this item?"

Yao Ming looked at the Grand Elder's miserable appearance, sneered, and took a step forward.

The next moment, he suddenly opened his mouth, and a black light shot out, eventually transforming into a black scepter about half a zhang in size, which appeared in his hand.

The scepter was entirely black, with two lifelike black venomous snakes coiled around its top. Between the two snakes was a fist-sized black bead that emitted a faint, cold light.

"This, this is!"

"The Nine Netherworld Staff?! It's actually the Nine Netherworld Staff, lost for a hundred years!"

"This is the clan chief's token!"

Upon gazing at the black scepter, all the elders in the sky changed their expressions, and then their eyes blazed with fervor.

From that scepter, they sensed a powerful pressure from their bloodline. Legend has it that the snake bead in the Nine Nether Scepter contains the purest bloodline of the Nine Nether royal family. If the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan could possess this bloodline, it would undoubtedly greatly slow down the rate at which their bloodline thins.

"No wonder I couldn't find the Nine Netherworld Staff anywhere; it turns out this bastard swallowed it." Yao Tianxiao stared at Yao Ming with an extremely gloomy expression, his fists clenched, and said loudly, "Elders, you can't just believe one side of the story. You should all know how the Nine Netherworld Python Clan has fared under my leadership these past years. Even if Yao Ming was the previous clan leader, he is still just the former. If he is willing to hand over the Nine Netherworld Staff, then the Nine Netherworld Python Clan will have a place for him in the future."

"Yes, Chief Yaoming, you should hand over the Nine Netherworld Staff to Chief Tianxiao." Some elders spoke up at this moment. They were all confidants of Yao Tianxiao and naturally knew which side to stand on at this time.

Upon hearing this, Yao Ming let out a cold laugh.

"Yao Xiaotian, you are truly shameless! Whoever wields the Nine Netherworld Staff is the patriarch of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. This is an ironclad rule of our clan throughout the ages. When we made Yao Tianxiao the patriarch, it was agreed that it was merely a temporary measure, and you all promised that if Patriarch Yao Ming appeared, you would return the position to him." The three elders who had been called out by Yao Ming earlier exchanged glances and suddenly spoke at the same time. They were not pushovers and could naturally guess some of the truth of the matter.

"The three elders are right!"

Among these elders, there were clearly many who supported Yao Ming, and so some voices of agreement were heard.

"You damned bastard..."

Upon hearing these words, Yao Tianxiao's expression turned slightly cold, and he looked down at the Grand Elder, who had just emerged from the Broken Mountain Range. The Grand Elder's expression was also quite unpleasant.

The two exchanged a glance, and then almost simultaneously burst forth, appearing in front of Lin Ran in a flash. A terrifying gust of wind swept out and slammed into the latter.

It seems they intend to eliminate Lin Ran and Yao Ming with swift and decisive action; only in this way can they restore stability to the situation.

"The Finger of the Underworld!"

"Ghostly Venomous Claw!"

A massive energy finger descended from the sky, carrying extremely cold energy, and pressed down hard on Lin Ran. At the same time, the Grand Elder also quickly closed in, and many black viscous liquids actually condensed on his claws. The liquid dripped down, even corroding the space itself into nothingness.

The simultaneous attack of two Dou Sheng was truly awe-inspiring!

but……

"Two one-star Dou Sheng fighting one three-star Dou Sheng? It seems your brains are really not suited to be the rulers of this Nine Netherworld Python." Lin Ran sneered, glancing at Yao Ming beside him: "Yao Ming, these two old guys are mine, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

"Everything will be arranged by Brother Lin Ran!"

Yao Ming whispered.

"good!"

Lin Ran laughed heartily, his laughter like thunder, echoing across the sky. Some of the weaker individuals felt their blood surge upon hearing his laughter, and they stumbled backward: "Since that's the case, then I won't hold back!"

The next moment, a terrifying aura erupted from Lin Ran's body. Lin Ran's body trembled, and his body suddenly swelled up, directly transforming into a height of nine zhang and nine chi.

A dazzling golden light flowed across the surface of the body, gradually transforming into a dark gold color. As the golden skin trembled, a faint thunderous sound burst forth from the pores!

Heavenly Rank Fighting Skill, Vajra Glazed Body!

then……

"Holy Essence Ignites Blood!"

With the enhancement of these two secret techniques, the aura of a three-star Dou Sheng instantly surged to that of a four-star Dou Sheng.

Amidst the terrified gazes of countless Netherworld Pythons, Lin Ran instantly appeared beside Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder. His golden hands, as if catching chicks, grasped two Netherworld Pythons in each hand.

"You two, behave yourselves and act as my Qinglin's power banks!"

(End of this chapter)