Battle Through the Heavens: His comprehension is extraordinary, shocking Yao Lao from the very begin

Chapter 86 Soul Palace Nemesis, Plow Spirit

With the flapping of his wings, Xiao Yan floated in mid-air, his hands suddenly reaching forward, his five fingers forming eagle claws.

"Hmm?" Yao Lao originally thought Xiao Yan was practicing some kind of fighting technique, but he suddenly sensed a powerful soul force gathering in Xiao Yan's hand.

Ancient alchemists could unleash the full power of their souls, possessing fighting skills comparable to those of some powerful individuals.

Ancient alchemists called this method "soul skills," which were further divided into two types: attack and cultivation.

Unfortunately, most of these things have been lost.

If Xiao Yan were to comprehend a soul skill, its value would far exceed that of a fighting skill by ten or even a hundred times.

Recalling the process of fighting against the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's soul in the flying combat technique, Xiao Yan swung his hands sharply.

The power of the soul is formless and invisible, and ordinary people cannot see any clues about it. They might even think that Xiao Yan is just showing off some kind of peasant trick, which is just fancy footwork.

However, with Yao Lao's soul power, he was naturally able to sense the formidable force gathered on Xiao Yan's fingers, which was by no means ordinary.

Xiao Yan fought with increasing ease, and with a sudden twitch and extension of his five fingers, five streams of energy shot into the ground.

The five streams of energy pierced through the rotten soil, penetrating more than ten meters deep. The dark, gaping holes were as smooth as mirrors, with no power leaking out.

Even Yao Lao was shocked by the exquisite control that the person could exert over their soul power.

He could sense that Xiao Yan's soul skill was still quite rough. If it were further refined, its power would be at least at the advanced level of the Xuan rank.

This is a high-level Xuan-rank soul skill, not one of the fighting techniques circulating on the continent.

Not only is it extremely rare, but its power far surpasses that of high-level Xuan-rank combat skills.

The wings on his back slowly folded up, and Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the grass again, closing his eyes to recall.

Based on your experience fighting against the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's soul, you had an epiphany and mastered the Soul Skill, Soul Devouring Mystic Wind Claw.

【Soul-Devouring Mystic Wind Claw: A high-level Mystic-rank Soul Skill, a powerful claw-type attack Soul Skill. The claw winds that pass through have the power to tear apart souls.】

Upon realizing this, Xiao Yan felt as if a bright light had illuminated his mind, and he instantly became clear-headed.

His eyes snapped open, and a surge of immense spiritual power erupted from between his brows like a tidal wave.

Xiao Yan's hands moved with the sharpness of eagle claws. With a loud shout, ten powerful streams of air shot out like arrows, all aimed at the protective shield around his body.

This force was as unstoppable as a tiger descending a mountain, and ten bright holes immediately appeared in the protective barrier set up by the old doctor.

"Good lad, you've even managed to comprehend a soul skill." The mechanical bird that Yao Lao was inhabiting slowly landed on the grass, and his soul drifted out.

Although he was protecting her and the protective barrier he set up wasn't at full strength, it was still broken by Xiao Yan. This soul skill is of a high grade.

Xiao Yan slowly stood up: "Teacher, it's been a long time since you've shown yourself in person. Could it be that you want to test the power of my soul skill?"

"Let's give it a try." Yao Lao did indeed have this idea. He hadn't seen this kind of soul skill much before, and he wanted to see what kind of power Xiao Yan had mastered.

Xiao Yan chuckled, stomped his foot hard on the ground, and pounced on Yao Lao like a tiger.

In the blink of an eye, his hands were imbued with immense spiritual power, and his sharp claws left a trail of afterimages.

Seeing Xiao Yan's fierce attack, Yao Lao waved his arm, and a streak of eerie white flame shot out.

The flames tumbled in mid-air, instantly coalescing into a mirror of ice and flames, radiating a stark white light, like a protective shield.

Xiao Yan's claws tore and clawed rapidly, and the scorching yet icy Ice Flame Realm actually developed cracks after a series of attacks.

"Not bad!" Yao Lao exclaimed in surprise. With a push of his hand, just as the Ice Flame Mirror was about to shatter, it returned to its original form as a wisp of pale white flame, rushing straight towards the fiercely attacking Xiao Yan.

Although the flame was only the size of a fist, it possessed overwhelming power, forcing Xiao Yan to retreat more than ten steps.

What exquisite fire control techniques! Xiao Yan sighed inwardly. Compared to Yao Lao, he was still somewhat lacking in this aspect of fire control.

His body paused, and his soul power surged rapidly. Xiao Yan roared, "Soul-Devouring Mystic Wind Claw!"

As Xiao Yan shouted, five streams of energy rapidly shot out from his five fingers, sweeping along with the bone spirit cold fire attached to his hands and shooting towards Yao Lao.

"Condense!" Yao Lao shouted, and the bone spirit cold fire that was attached to the soul attack suddenly burst out with extreme cold power. The white light flashed and instantly froze Xiao Yan's soul power.

However, Xiao Yan's soul fighting technique is extraordinary, with immense power.

Even though it transformed into five icy spikes, its speed remained undiminished.

The old apothecary was also stunned. This was truly bizarre! He narrowed his eyes and switched between ice and fire at will. Suddenly, the temperature of the stark white ice surged rapidly, transforming into five clusters of blazing flames.

As soon as these five clusters of flames appeared, the temperature of the entire valley seemed to rise slightly, as if the air itself had become scorching.

Under such scorching temperatures, Xiao Yan's soul power was almost completely burned away in the blink of an eye.

Yao Lao suddenly slammed his hands together, and the five clusters of flames instantly coalesced into a pale white palm, unleashing a powerful burst of energy that hurtled straight toward Xiao Yan.

"Truly formidable!" Xiao Yan knew that he would have no chance of blocking this palm strike again with his soul skills, and the Dou Crystal within his body trembled violently.

A surge of powerful and pure energy was suddenly released, transforming into fighting spirit that flowed into the meridians.

With the flames of the fusion of Xuanhuang Flame and Yin-Yang Twin Flames in his palm, Xiao Yan raised his hand to block.

In an instant, a force as powerful as a tidal wave was unleashed.

Xiao Yan immediately assumed a stance with his legs in a "two-character clamp sheep horse" position, using "Void Annihilation" to deflect the force.

This time, Xiao Yan only took two steps back before stopping.

Yao Lao nodded slightly. Xiao Yan's fighting skills were indeed exquisite. Even an ordinary Dou Ling would find it extremely difficult to withstand his palm strike. Xiao Yan had only just broken through to the Great Dou Shi level.

Just then, Yao Lao's eyes narrowed sharply: "He actually used two fused different flames to devour my Bone Spirit Cold Flame!"

Although his strange fire was of little benefit to Xiao Yan's cultivation, Xiao Yan's method truly grasped the essence of the Burning Technique in fusing strange fire.

Scenes flashed through his mind, and a flash of inspiration struck Xiao Yan.

[Through your long-term observation of Yao Lao's soul and your firsthand understanding of his soul skills, you have had an epiphany; you have mastered the soul skill, Plowing Spirit.]

[Plow Spirit, a secret soul skill, condenses soul power into a sword. This sword has the effect of devouring souls to strengthen itself.]

Knowing that the Soul Palace had many soul entities, Xiao Yan began researching skills and secret techniques targeting soul entities as soon as he saw Yao Lao's soul entity appear.

(End of this chapter)