Battle Through the Heavens: The Soul Emperor's Only Daughter, I Am the Young Master of the Soul

Chapter 44 Forced Unsealing, the Power of the Fourth-Grade Black Lotus

"I offer my soul as a sacrifice..."

"Unseal the Heavenly Seal..."

As the ethereal voice rang out, a power that even a Dou Zong could not match suddenly erupted from Hun Qinghao's body, sweeping outwards like a storm.

The appearance of this terrifying power immediately stopped the three people in the midst of the battle.

Hearing the incantation recited by Hun Qinghao, the three of them had a very bad premonition. The Devouring Spirit Clan brothers were worried that Hun Qinghao would use a terrifying ultimate move, while Yao Chen was very concerned about her condition.

They've even resorted to "sacrifice," this silly girl isn't really going to do something reckless, is she?

Yao Chen tried to approach, but was blasted away by that powerful force.

The ethereal voice continued chanting the incantation.

"The Four-Petaled Black Lotus Festival..."

As the voice faded, a black lotus with four petals lit up rapidly condensed between Hun Qinghao's hands. The aura of annihilation was already countless times stronger than the previous two-petaled black lotus, and mysterious black flames swirled between the four petals.

The Devouring Spirit Clan brothers sensed a terrifying aura emanating from the unassuming black lotus, a aura that seemed capable of causing them fatal harm. They exchanged a glance and immediately intervened to stop it.

However, their attacks were completely blocked by the power surrounding Hun Qinghao and were reflected back at them.

Seeing their incredulous expressions, Hun Qinghao sneered inwardly. She sacrificed her soul power, overdrawing all of her soul power to temporarily unlock part of the seal. Once the sacrifice began, this irreversible process could not be interrupted so easily.

She is already at her limit in enduring the backlash of a fourth-grade black lotus. If it were above the fourth grade, she doesn't know what the consequences would be; perhaps her soul would be annihilated.

Fortunately, the enemy consisted of only two Dou Zong, and the power of the fourth-grade black lotus was sufficient.

The fourth-grade black lotus was quickly formed. Soul Master held the black lotus above his head, looked up at his Devouring Spirit Clan brothers in the air, and walked towards them step by step through the void.

With each step she took, the black lotus in her hand grew larger.

"So what if you can counter the Soul Clan's techniques? So what if you can break through my physical defenses? My strongest trump card is something I was born with!"

"Fourth-grade black lotus, go, let them be reduced to ashes!" The black lotus grew enormous, and a cruel smile appeared on Hun Qinghao's pale face as she threw the black lotus at the Devouring Spirit Clan brothers.

The black lotus approached slowly, but the destructive aura it emitted prevented the Devouring Spirit Clan brothers, who wanted to escape, from even moving a finger. The endless aura of destruction and slaughter around them locked them in place and suppressed them.

boom!

With a deafening roar that shook the heavens and earth, the black lotus exploded in the air. The terrifying power instantly annihilated the spirit rat, its body and soul vanishing from the world without leaving a trace of ashes.

As for the spirit snake, he was ruthless, suppressing it for a moment when the black lotus exploded.

At this critical moment, he broke free of his restraints and pushed his younger brother out to shield him from the disaster, thus buying himself a moment's respite.

Although also affected by the power of the Black Lotus and severely injured, he managed to escape by diving into the void and survive.

As the aftershocks subsided, Hun Qing could no longer hold on and fell from the sky.

The backlash from forcibly breaking the seal has already begun, and coupled with the injuries caused by the God-Slaying Needle, it will probably take her quite some time to recover this time.

Sigh, if she had known that she could encounter danger in a small place like the Jia Ma Empire where there wasn't even a Dou Zong, she wouldn't have left Liu and Qi behind!

Yao Chen leaped forward and caught the falling girl, carrying her back to the oasis. He placed her against a large tree and anxiously asked, "Little Qing'er, how are you feeling? Where are those high-level healing pills you brought from the Soul Realm? Quickly, take them out and give them to her!"

Hun Qinghao slightly raised her eyes, placed her right hand on the wound on her left shoulder, and with a forceful suck, pulled out the God-Slaying Needle. Blood splattered on her face, but she remained silent.

Looking at the God-Slaying Needle in his hand, Hun Qinghao smiled coldly, put it into his purple jade ring, and then looked at Yao Chen and said softly, "The pills are useless to me. They are just things I use to wear down the seal."

"Then what should we do?" Yao Chen frowned, his eyes filled with worry. "Tell me where the Soul Palace branch is, and I'll take you there. Then I'll have the people from the Soul Palace take you back to the Soul Realm. Your father will definitely have a way."

Hun Qinghao shook her head slightly, "No need. My constitution is special and I can heal myself. It's just that because of the backlash from forcibly breaking the seal this time, as well as the poison on the God-Slaying Needle, I need to sleep for a long time."

Then she reached out and placed her hand on the spot on Yao Chen's chest where the Soul-Destroying Needle had pierced, absorbing all the poison that had tainted his soul into her own body.

Realizing what she was doing, Yao Chen was shocked. He grabbed her wrist and shook his head at her.

But Hun Qinghao smiled faintly and said indifferently, "The poison on the God-Slaying Needle can corrode the original soul energy. I can neutralize it, but you can't. You should transfer it all to me."

"Qing'er is already like this, I can't let you suffer any more."

"Don't worry, if I say I can cure this poison, then I can."

……

After transferring all the poison to himself, Hun Qinghao took off the Soul-Locking Bracelet from his left hand and put it on Yao Chen's hand.

"Little Qing'er, this..." Yao Chen looked at the purple bracelet on his hand, puzzled.

"The Soul-Locking Bracelet allows the soul to solidify into a physical body for a period of time, making it look almost identical to a physical body. I've been in a slumber for a while now, and I'm grateful for everything you've done."

"You'll protect me, won't you... teacher!"

After Hun Qinghao finished speaking, she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep. Yao Chen's act of protecting her with his life made her completely open her heart and willingly call him teacher.

Yao Chen was stunned for a moment, his arms around her tightened slightly, and he felt a mix of emotions.

After a long silence, he murmured to himself, "Silly girl, I am unworthy of being called 'teacher' by you!"

He hadn't taught her anything, nor could he protect her. At first, he only wanted to use her identity as a shield, but unexpectedly...

"Who goes there? How dare you trespass into the temple of my Serpent-People race!"

Just as Yao Chen was holding Hun Qinghao in a daze, a strong female voice rang out.

Yao Chen turned his head and saw a dozen snake-woman women standing not far away. The one in the lead, dressed in red, was none other than Queen Medusa.

The snake-woman who spoke was Yue Mei, the female commander standing beside Queen Medusa.

Queen Medusa sensed the powerful energy fluctuations at the temple, which is why she brought her people over to investigate.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving, they only found an unconscious girl and a middle-aged man whose strength was unclear.

Yue Mei: "Your Majesty, these two humans have trespassed into our Snake-People's sacred ground. We cannot let them get away with this!"

Queen Medusa merely frowned without speaking. Seeing this, Yue Mei waved her hand, signaling her subordinates to form a circle around her, and prepared to make a move.

Dear readers, after much hesitation, I've finally decided on the female lead's love interest: Yao Chen, in a master-disciple romance.

Originally, I decided that the male lead would be Yao Chen, but at the time I felt that the age gap was too big, so I wanted to choose between Xiao Yan and Hun Feng. However, I didn't want to break up the Xiao Yan couple, and Hun Feng also felt a bit lacking. So I had a flash of inspiration and created an original character, but it seems that this character went astray, so I changed him into a villain. Recently, I rewatched the anime's origin story and was impressed by the handsome young Yao Chen. I decided to stick with my original decision, since in the fantasy world, an age difference of a hundred years or so is nothing.

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