Battle Through the Heavens: My Grandfather is a Six-Star Dou Sheng

Chapter 44 Confrontation of the Soul Ancient

Don't be fooled by the fact that the old man was torturing Yinshan and seemed very imposing; in reality, he was terrified inside.

After the news of Xiao Yan's capture was relayed back to the main hall, the elder was quite happy to hear that the hall master had personally come to his branch hall. He thought he would receive a lot of rewards this time.

Unexpectedly, when the Palace Master came to ask for the ancient jade, that scoundrel Yinshan actually hid Xiao Yan's storage ring.

After so much torture, there's still no result.

The elder could already sense that the temple master's expression was becoming increasingly grim.

He was genuinely afraid that the temple master might kill him on a whim.

The Venerable Elder knew the strength of his Palace Master; he was just an ordinary Dou Zun, and he dared not be arrogant because of his favor.

Therefore, the elders showed no mercy in their attack on Yinshan.

You can tell by looking at Yinshan's right arm; that's what he threatened Yinshan and cut off.

But even the Venerable Elder did not expect that Yinshan would be so stubborn.

Despite all the tortures inflicted on him, Yinshan still insists that he didn't take the storage ring and that Xiao Yan was someone he picked up.

Yinshan was on the verge of tears. Because of his greed for credit, no matter how he explained, the elders believed that he was just being stubborn and had secretly hidden the storage ring.

When he found Xiao Yan, there was no one around, and no one defended him.

Furthermore, the injuries on Xiao Yan's body clearly show that they were caused by the Soul Chains, a fighting technique commonly used by the Soul Palace protectors.

All these clues point to Yinshan.

He is now completely unable to defend himself.

At this moment, Soul Extinction, who was sitting down, also spoke up with a cold laugh: "Blood Blade, it seems that your management skills are really quite good. You've managed to manage such a tight-lipped person."

Upon hearing his master's words, the elder named Blood Blade was so frightened that he knelt down.

The temple master praised his management skills on the surface, but how could Blood Blade not understand the meaning behind Soul Extinction's words?

The Palace Master mistakenly believes that Yinshan secretly hoarded the storage ring, and that he was the one who ordered it!

Blood Blade dared not admit to the crime and hurriedly explained, "Your...Your Highness, please believe me, I absolutely did not instruct you to hide the storage ring. Even if you gave me a hundred lives, I would not dare to do such a thing."

"Lord, I am utterly loyal to you. He did all of this himself. Give me two more days... if I don't give him one more day, I will definitely pry the location of the storage ring out of him."

Seeing the Palace Master's gloomy face, Blood Blade originally wanted to give him two days, but quickly changed it to one day.

"Okay, then I'll give it to you... um?"

Before Hun Miesheng could finish speaking, he suddenly sensed a powerful aura appearing outside the Soul Palace.

When Blood Blade heard the Palace Master stop speaking halfway through his sentence, he thought the Palace Master was going to do something, and he was so frightened that his body trembled uncontrollably as he knelt on the ground.

Soul Extinction ignored Blood Blade and headed straight outside.

He could sense from the aura just now that the person outside was at least a Dou Sheng (Battle Saint) level.

At the same time, he was also wondering: When did a Battle Saint appear in the Northwest Continent?

Outside the Soul Palace stood Gu Xun'er, Gu Yun, and the ancient clan's Dou Zong.

Gu Yun asked, "Xun'er, are you sure we're here?"

"Yes, Elder Gu Yun, I can sense that the sub-flames of the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame are inside."

Gu Xun'er sensed it again and then confirmed it.

"Let's go in."

Worried about Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er wanted to barge in.

But Gu Yun stopped him.

"Xun'er, wait a minute."

Soul Extinction could sense Gu Yun's aura, and Gu Yun was no exception.

Indeed, as soon as Gu Yun arrived here, he sensed an aura similar to his own within this branch of the Soul Palace, which is why he stopped Gu Xun'er instead of barging in directly.

Just as Gu Xun'er looked at Gu Yun in confusion, Hun Miesheng had already appeared outside the Soul Palace.

Hun Miesheng, who had just emerged, looked at the three people outside the Soul Palace and frowned slightly.

Among these three, one of them was just as strong as him!

Keep in mind that this is the Northwest Continent, which is notoriously poor in resources. Even a Dou Sheng (Battle Saint) level expert would never want to stay here.

The fact that a four-star Dou Sheng has appeared now is something that makes Hun Miesheng wary.

Then Hun Miesheng tentatively asked, "Who comes here? What brings you to my Soul Palace?"

Clearly, Hun Miesheng did not know Gu Yun.

"Are you Soul Extinction Master, Soul Destroyer?"

Although Gu Yun didn't recognize Hun Miesheng, he could guess who he was.

Within the Soul Palace, with a strength at the four-star Dou Sheng level, Gu Yun easily guessed Hun Miesheng's identity.

Soul Destroyer asked in confusion, "Hmm? You know me?"

Gu Yun didn't hide anything from Hun Miesheng and frankly said, "I am Gu Yun."

Upon hearing that this person's surname was Gu, and considering his strength as a four-star Dou Sheng, Hun Miesheng guessed Gu Yun's identity.

"Are you from an ancient tribe?"

Then, Hun Miesheng said in an unfriendly tone, "What are the ancient races doing here in my Soul Palace?"

Since Xiao Xuan was killed and the Xiao clan was wiped out a thousand years ago.

The clan leaders are both ancient clans and soul clans at the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, so they naturally clashed. Although the two clans haven't fought a war in recent years, there have been many frictions, both large and small.

Both groups believe that the other is the biggest obstacle to their unification of the continent.

The two races were originally enemies, and since this was his home turf, Hun Miesheng naturally didn't hold back when he spoke.

"Soul Annihilation, your Soul Clan actually attacked the Xiao Clan! Aren't you afraid of a united attack from the six clans?"

Clearly, Gu Yun already knew that the Soul Palace had taken action against the Xiao family in Wutan City.

The eight ancient tribes made a vow not to invade each other's territory. If they broke the vow, they would face the wrath of the other six tribes.

"Haha, you actually took that kind of vow seriously?"

Hun Miesheng seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and burst into laughter.

"Back when our clan leader killed Xiao Xuan, none of you dared to retaliate, let alone now?"

Seeing that Gu Yun remained silent, Hun Miesheng continued his taunts: "And don't try to portray yourselves as so righteous. Back then, when our clan leader killed Xiao Xuan, it seemed like your ancient clan was the one that stole the Xiao clan's resources, wasn't it? Your ancient clan was the biggest beneficiary, wasn't it?"

The biggest reason for the decline of the Xiao Clan was that Xiao Xuan absorbed the bloodline of the Dou Di and made a desperate attempt to become a Dou Di, but failed and was hunted down by the Soul Clan.

The Soul Clan and the Xiao Clan were both severely weakened in that battle. Subsequently, the Soul Clan was greatly depleted and closed its Soul Realm, becoming indifferent to worldly affairs.

Although the Xiao Clan lost Xiao Xuan, the clan's Dou Sheng, Dou Zun, Dou Zong, and Dou Techniques still exist.

But why is it that by Xiao Zhan's generation, the clan leader was only a Great Dou Master, and the Xiao clan's strongest technique was merely the mid-level Xuan-rank Mad Lion's Fury?

Why did the Xiao family end up in Wutan City in the Northwest Continent?

Where did the Xiao family's advanced combat techniques go?

It was nothing more than other ancient families taking advantage of the Xiao family's misfortune.

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