Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

With a flick of his sleeve, Shangguan Tianyue unleashed a long, icy blue spear. The moment the fire curtain collided with the ice spear, a large plume of white vapor rose for a split second before being evaporated. The remaining flames were dispersed by Shangguan Tianyue's palm as they approached within half a foot of his eyes.

Yan's hand swung left and right as if it were an ordinary person doing it casually, but the process did not stop for a moment. A fiery red whip rope wrapped around Shangguan Tianyue like a swimming snake.

Rings of fire whips enveloped Shangguan Tianyue's head and then quickly tightened, with scorching waves of fire pressing down on Shangguan Tianyue from all sides.

Just as Yan made his move, Shangguan Tianyue's hands moved rapidly in the air, her palms fluttering and flashing like butterflies flitting among flowers. Streaks of azure light flashed like lightning and then flew out quickly, with twelve wind bindings falling on Yan who was casting the spell.

The ring of fire quickly tightened, and a glint of light flashed in Shangguan Tianyue's eyes. Crystal-clear ice shields appeared in front of him, each three meters in diameter, completely covering his body. Large plumes of red and white steam rose up, making Shangguan Tianyue sweat profusely.

Just as Shangguan Tianyue was trying to counter the fire circle skill, Yan had already broken free of the twelve wind restraints with a burst of flames, and then a ball of golden flame rushed straight towards Shangguan Tianyue's face.

At that moment, a dazzling golden light burst forth from Shangguan Tianyue's body. The light appeared on his chest, radiating a golden aura that filled him with a sacred aura.

A glint flashed in his eyes, and a beam of golden light shot out from his mouth, transforming into a golden blade that collided head-on with the golden flames.

With a deafening roar, Shangguan Tianyue was jolted backward again, suffering another setback in this clash of burst skills.

Shangguan Tianyue felt breathless, but Yan's offensive showed no signs of stopping. A golden flame dragon circled around his body, rapidly growing stronger. After flying over his head, it sped out and went straight for Shangguan Tianyue.

"Roar~~~"

The golden dragon soul roared and opened its mouth in mid-air, and balls of golden dragon flames rained down on Shangguan Tianyue.

A layer of golden light was released from Shangguan Tianyue's body, blocking the bombardment of the golden dragon soul. At the same time, he retreated rapidly, clasped his hands together, and when he separated them again, there was a golden longsword in his right palm.

The sword was three feet six inches long and three fingers wide. Behind him, a phantom of a giant dragon appeared. As the dragon phantom coiled, it spewed out a golden light, clashing with the dragon flame breath of the golden dragon soul.

As a direct descendant of the Vast Palace, Shangguan Tianyue's Intent Pearl is naturally a cat's eye of alexandrite, possessing multiple attributes, with its most powerful attribute being the Light attribute.

The radiant dragon behind him is his strongest skill, imprinted from the celestial beast, the Holy Light Dragon, a god-level creature. This Holy Light Dragon is also the guardian beast of the Vast Expanse Palace, capable of capturing celestial-level dragons for imprinting and inheritance, demonstrating the profound foundation of the Vast Expanse Palace.

After Shangguan Tianyue unleashed his strongest attribute, his power increased dramatically. A powerful aura emanated from him, transforming into layers of tangible golden light that surged toward Yan and the Golden Dragon Soul.

He had a rare opportunity to counterattack, but he didn't pursue immediately. He was exhausted both physically and mentally from Yan's series of blows and needed to catch his breath to recover.

After recovering somewhat, the lightsaber in his palm slowly pointed at Yan; it was the Vast and Boundless Sword from the Vast and Boundless Set.

The Vast and Boundless Set is the only set in the Vast and Boundless Continent, a legendary set with eleven pieces of equipment. Its unparalleled power has even earned it the title of the God Set. It is the treasure of the Vast and Boundless Palace, and its power is naturally extraordinary.

At this moment, Shangguan Tianyue's face was solemn, and his eyes were flashing with golden light. The flames and the Golden Dragon Soul brought him unprecedented pressure. He didn't have much confidence and could only go all out.

A platinum-gold light streaked across the sky, shooting straight at Yan's heart. The space between them distorted strangely in that instant. The snow-white light reached Yan almost instantly as well.

After using the Vast and Boundless Set, Shangguan Tianyue's strength in all aspects was significantly improved. In just an instant, he appeared behind Yan and swung his sword horizontally, forming a pincer attack on Yan together with the previous attack.

Yan seemed not to have reacted to Shangguan Tianyue's sudden increase in strength. He was hit by two attacks at the same time. In the next instant, his whole body collapsed, and a burst of flames rolled and spread rapidly, completely engulfing Shangguan Tianyue beside him.

Within the endless flames, six dark golden lights lit up one after another, dispelling all the flames. Under the cover of the protective divine light, the dazzling Vast and Boundless Set appeared completely on Shangguan Tianyue's body.

Shangguan Xue'er possesses a total of eleven pieces of the Vast and Boundless Set. When all pieces are gathered, they appear as a dark gold color on her body, with mysterious patterns flowing around them and dazzling light surrounding her entire body.

The Vast and Boundless Set features beautiful cloud and dragon patterns, ethereal and otherworldly. On the surface of the armor, these cloud and dragon patterns seem to come alive, as if dragons are coiling around his body.

The Vast and Boundless Set appeared complex. Yan noticed many things at a glance. His shoulder armor had as many as six layers on each side, several times that of ordinary shoulder armor.

At the location of the breastplate, there was a huge gemstone, with layers of cloud-like light waves constantly floating and shimmering.

The arm armor extends from the shoulder armor to the fingers, and the shoulder armor and arm guards on both sides are integrated, meaning they only occupy the position of one piece of the set.

"This is the Vast and Boundless Set. It is indeed extremely profound. Shangguan Tianyue, you are now barely a match for me."

Opposite Shangguan Tianyue, the swirling golden dragon souls, wreathed in flames, coalesced into a figure. Yan's voice rang out once more, and the figure emerged from the sea of ​​fire, his fiery eyes brimming with fighting spirit.

Chapter 524 Easily Victorious

A fierce, howling wind swept across the land, and flames and golden light divided a valley into two worlds.

Yan and Shangguan Tianyue faced off again. Shangguan Tianyue, now clad in the Vast and Boundless Set, had risen a level in strength, while Yan, on the other hand, finally unleashed his first martial soul.

Endless flames swept across the heavens and earth, and a hazy fire giant appeared behind Yan, along with nine halos.

Black, purple, black, red, red, red, red, red, red, nine soul rings surrounded Yan, emitting strong soul power fluctuations. Accompanied by the resonance of soul power with the energy of the surrounding world, nine powerful soul beast phantoms appeared between heaven and earth.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Fiery Golden Bird, the Mutant Mirror Beast, the Golden Earth Fire Dragon King, the Dark Flame Demon King, the Flame Monarch, the Fiery Apricot Blossom, the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and the Fire Dragon King—these nine soul beast phantoms were condensed from nine incomparably powerful flame origins, weaving together a terrifying savage aura.

"Celestial Technique Imagery? That's impossible."

When Shangguan Tianyue saw the nine fiery beast-shaped phantoms around Yan, he was startled and cried out in surprise. The nine fiery beast shadows were so similar to the light dragon shadow behind him that he thought they were the same type of skill. If these were really nine Heavenly Skill images, then there would be no need to fight at all.

The so-called Celestial Technique Image refers to the image of the celestial beast that a Celestial Bead Master will evoke when using the Intent Bead Imprinting skill. In order to trigger the Celestial Technique Image, the celestial beast being imprinted must have a strength at the level of a celestial god.

This is an extremely difficult task. Celestial-level beings represent the pinnacle of mortal power on the vast continent, and Celestial-level beasts are revered as divine beasts. Their skills are synonymous with terror, and they are rated as high as twelve stars on the vast continent.

The number of Celestial Beasts of the Celestial God level is very small. Although they are not as rare as Celestial Bead Masters of the human level, they are still extremely rare and hard to find.

Finding even a single celestial beast of god-level status is difficult, let alone one that is sealed and can obediently accept imprinting; there are very few of them on this entire continent.

Among the five holy lands of the Vast Continent, the Vast Palace should have the most profound foundation, but even in their Heavenly Pearl Imprint Palace, there are only a few Heavenly God-level Heavenly Beasts.

Every Celestial Beast of the God-level that can be imprinted with a skill is the true foundation of the Vast Expanse Palace. Even the Heavenly King-level high-ranking members of the Vast Expanse Palace must obtain approval before they can imprint it, and outsiders are absolutely not allowed to do so.

Furthermore, even if a Heavenly King-level expert were to attempt to copy the skills of a Heavenly God-level Heavenly Beast, the success rate would only be one in ten thousand.

This means that if a Heavenly King-level expert were to attempt to replicate the design, they would need over thirty years of continuous attempts to succeed if they were unlucky. Even with good luck, success would take at least ten years.

Although it is easier to become a Heavenly Emperor-level expert than a Heavenly King-level expert, it still takes years of attempts to successfully replicate the image.

Of course, besides true celestial gods, some powerful peak celestial beasts at the Heavenly Emperor level can also produce blurry phantom images when imprinting their skills, but the difficulty of imprinting such skills is definitely not low.

Shangguan Tianyue had tried to imprint skills possessing celestial technique images himself, so he naturally understood the difficulty involved. After their exchange, he was certain that Yan's raw strength was superior to his own. He could accept that the latter could imprint celestial god-level skills, but to have nine of them appear at once was truly terrifying.

After her initial shock, Shangguan Tianyue quickly regained her composure, then her gaze sharpened as she locked onto the nine soul rings surrounding Yan. "The fluctuations emanating from these nine rings are similar to those of a Heavenly Bead, but they also seem somewhat different. A mutated Heavenly Bead? What exactly is your origin?"

Shangguan Tianyue looked at Yan opposite him, his tone extremely solemn. He was now basically certain that Yan was definitely not a strong person from the Five Holy Lands or the Seven Empires, and might not even be a strong person from the Vast Continent, because the energy fluctuations emanating from him were simply too unfamiliar.

"Second Palace Master, stop wasting so much breath. Are you not going to save your daughter?"

Yan did not answer Shangguan Tianyue's question. With the complete release of the first martial soul, an even stronger and more ferocious power spread out with the surging sea of ​​fire, determined to devour everything and burn the world to ashes.

Seeing that the energy of heaven and earth that Yan was attracting was becoming more and more terrifying, Shangguan Tianyue dared not be careless. He held his sword horizontally in his right hand and pushed out his left hand to form a circle. A circular halo of light shimmered in the crook of his arm.

The halo rapidly expanded, and the golden light emanating from his body grew increasingly intense. Strands of golden light began to emanate from Shangguan Tianyue, swirling around him.

When these golden light bands appeared, the entire valley trembled violently. In an instant, thousands of golden lights pierced through the clouds and descended, covering the valley where Yan and Shangguan Tianyue were located.

"That's an interesting move, but it's not enough."

Yan pushed his hands upwards, and an inverted, semi-circular fire membrane quickly spread out.

Shangguan Tianyue was surprised to find that everything around her—the inanimate objects, the sand and gravel, even the air and light—was rapidly burned away. A large amount of the elemental energy of heaven and earth seemed to have found its master, and all of it rushed madly toward Yan.

"cut!!!"

Shangguan Tianyue dared not delay any longer. He raised the Vast Limitless Sword horizontally and unleashed a crescent-shaped blade of light. With a flash of golden light, his figure followed closely behind the blade of light.

Yan's eyebrows twitched, and the phantoms of the Fiery Golden Bird and the mutated mirror beast were the first to rush out to meet the attack. The speed of these two was astonishing; one was like a real beam of light striking past, while the other was even more eerily flashing.

The two soul rings represent soul beasts whose cultivation levels were not high when Yan refined them, but the power they each represent is not low in essence. One of them has the power of the true fire of the sun, which can be said to be a superior energy of the sun's light.

The other mutated mirror beast possesses spatial fire, and its spatial power is in some ways no less than that of time. Although it is only a superior attribute on the vast continent, its fancy spatial skills are much more powerful than ordinary elemental skills.

Shangguan Tianyue charged forward despite the continuous attacks from the Fiery Golden Bird and the mutated Mirror Beast. The powerful energy brought by the Holy Light Dragon Possession skill allowed him to easily deal with everything.

A dazzling blade of light swept past, and the mutated mirror beast vanished into nothingness amidst the golden light. However, Shangguan Tianyue showed no joy whatsoever. Instead, she frowned and swung her sword backward, followed by a massive burst of golden light that engulfed everything.

The mutated mirror beast and the fiery golden bird did not last long; the fundamental difference in their levels left them with no power to resist.

However, just as these two were defeated by Shangguan Tianyue, Yan's figure had already arrived behind this person, and his right claw, which was covered in blazing golden flames, was grabbing towards his back.

With a muffled thud, Shangguan Tianyue spun around and the lightsaber he had handed over shattered. He leaned back to dodge Yan's right claw that was aimed straight at his face, but at the same time, the left fist that was about to strike his chest and abdomen, although he blocked it with his left hand, still slammed into his chest by hitting his forearm.

Amidst the splattering of blood, Shangguan Tianyue crashed directly into the mountain wall behind him. Large swaths of smoke and dust were scorched away by the flames, and the mottled bloodstains left on the ground quickly turned black and eventually evaporated completely.

"Cough cough... Pfft..."

Shangguan Tianyue struggled out of the mountain wall. Although he had suffered a loss due to the suddenness of the attack, he was fortunate to have reacted in time and had not completely lost his ability to fight.

"Your legendary set can improve your stats in various aspects such as strength and speed, but unfortunately, your eyesight and combat experience seem to be lacking, so you can't unleash your full potential."

Opposite Shangguan Tianyue, Yan charged forward again as he spoke. With a flick of his dark gold claws, five golden lights tore through space and arrived in front of the former.

Having already suffered a loss, Shangguan Tianyue dared not be careless now. She dodged left and right along the cliff face and charged upwards again.

Unfortunately, the Heaven-Tearing Golden Claw directly pierced through the air and attacked, and his continuous movements could only delay the arrival of the attack.

Seeing that he could not avoid it, Shangguan Tianyue summoned the shattered Vast Limitless Sword again, and at the same time, it emitted various colored lights.

With various colors restricting and amplifying his entire body, he tried his best to unleash all his heavenly power to resist Yan's attack.

"Anything else?"

The five golden beams were finally extinguished by Shangguan Tianyue's continuous skills, but at this moment, a soft shout came from above his head.

Shangguan Tianyue suddenly looked up and saw that the fire curtain that had originally covered the sky had disappeared, and around Yan, the rolling and condensing fireballs looked like suns.

At least a hundred fiery energy balls, resembling the sun, rapidly fell and disappeared. In the next instant, they appeared all around Shangguan Tianyue, densely surrounding him and then sticking to his body, unleashing a terrifying roar.

Each of these fireballs was fully charged with energy; any one of them, if not devastating, could easily blast a crater into the earth. And the sheer power and intensity of all of them being thrown at Shangguan Tianyue at once was unimaginable.

Shangguan Tianyue was engulfed by the sea of ​​fire, and with a muffled groan, she fell out. Her clothes were torn in many places, and only a few specks of colored light protected her vital parts.

At this moment, he was in a very bad state, but Yan would not hold back. He flew up to him and kicked him.

Boom!

Shangguan Tianyue was slammed to the ground, his tall body embedded in the earth, and a mouthful of blood fell in front of the cave where Shangguan Feier was imprisoned.

"Daddy, Daddy, please stop hitting me, Daddy, waaaaah..."

Seeing her father in such a miserable state, Shangguan Feier felt heartbroken. Although she usually liked to tease her father, she never thought of hurting him.

"Please, Fei'er knows she was wrong, please don't hit my dad..."

Now that her father had fought to this extent with the man who kidnapped her because of her cleverness, and even suffered such a miserable injury, she was filled with self-blame. Seeing Yan's figure fall, the little girl hurriedly shouted for him to stop.

Chapter 525 Leaving Tianzhu Island

"Don't worry! I didn't mean to kill him."

Yan's figure landed two zhang away from Shangguan Tianyue and his daughter Shangguan Feier, calmly suppressing his flames. "The physical fitness of a Heavenly Emperor-level expert is not bad. He looked like he was beaten badly by me, and in fact, he was indeed in a very bad state."

However, I didn't leave the flames inside his body using hidden force, so it doesn't affect his healing and recovery. The blood he spat out is probably like your spitting out saliva—it doesn't cause much damage.

Is that really the case?