Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

Xiao Yan had no objection to this. Even if the white-robed Douluo told Dugu Bo the purpose of his trip through telepathy, it was no different from telling him face to face to Xiao Yan.

Chapter 118 Time Distortion

"Tell me, who exactly were you ambushing this time for?"

Only when the battlefield below was almost out of sight did Dugu Bo casually wave his hand and ask.

"Tang Hao's son." The white-robed Douluo, staring directly at Dugu Bo, slowly uttered a few words.

"Tang Hao's son?"

Upon hearing these words, Dugu Bo's first reaction was whether the news of Tang Hao's severed arm was already common knowledge. However, judging from the solemn expression on his old rival Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's face, it seemed that this was not the case.

"For that twin martial soul that isn't even a Soul King, that crazy woman Bibi Dong actually sent so many people here?" Dugu Bo's lips curled up slightly. "Two Title Douluos, three Soul Douluos, and more than a dozen Soul Saints... Anyone who didn't know better would think you were planning to ambush me here."

The words "two Title Douluos" uttered by Dugu Bo made Yue Guan stiffen, and cold sweat slowly trickled down his forehead.

The titled Douluo who accompanied him was Ghost Douluo, whose martial soul was Ghostly Phantom. With this martial soul, he was virtually unmatched in stealth. Even titled Douluos of the same level couldn't detect his presence without seeing him firsthand, let alone Dugu Bo, whose martial soul was the Azure Phosphorous Serpent, unless…

"Your soul power... You're a Super Douluo now?" Yue Guan stared intently at Dugu Bo and slowly asked.

"It's just a Super Douluo, is it that hard?" Dugu Bo smiled brightly, completely forgetting how he struggled to reach level 91 a year ago. "Also, Ghost, if you get any closer, I can't guarantee I won't just twist your head off."

It wasn't until Dugu Bo uttered the second half of his chilling words that a dark figure that had been quietly approaching Dugu Bo slowly stopped. Then, it appeared in mid-air, pitch black as ink, its appearance obscured. It was none other than Ghost Douluo, Ghost Phantom, who had rescued Yue Guan not long ago when Dugu Bo had gone easy on him.

"What level are you now?" A ghostly, cold voice slowly sounded.

When Yue Guan speculated that Dugu Bo might be a Super Douluo, he thought Yue Guan was wrong. After all, if Dugu Bo really was a Super Douluo, how could he have saved Yue Guan from Dugu Bo's hands more than a month ago?

However, after being locked in by Dugu Bo's mental power and finding himself completely unable to move, Gui Mei had to admit one thing: the former weakest Title Douluo now possessed soul power far exceeding his own.

"I am not very talented, and I have barely reached level ninety-eight."

Dugu Bo chuckled. He, Ju, and Gui were old acquaintances. Although they used to fight each other whenever they met, they never really got into a fight. Otherwise, the grass on his grave would be three feet high by now.

Class of '98?

The four words resounded like thunder in Yue Guan and Gui Mei's hearts. They recognized this level of Title Douluo, but in front of that person, the fact that they didn't kneel down was already a mercy from that person, let alone speak.

"Alright, I'm not planning to settle old scores with you two, what's the rush?" Sensing their wavering thoughts, Dugu Bo waved his hand.

"What do you want to do?" After a moment of silence, Yue Guan said dryly. Although revealing their trump cards could hold off Dugu Bo for a while, it would only be for a short time. Once that time was up, they would be at his mercy.

“Hmm…” Dugu Bo pinched his chin, somewhat hesitant.

"Let them pretend to be holding you back with all their might, then order everyone below to prioritize killing Tang San," Xiao Yan, who had been watching the conversation between Dugu Bo and the two Title Douluos, glanced at Lordiara opposite him, while releasing a bit of his aura to intimidate the Title Douluo beside Ning Fengzhi in the distance.

Having confirmed that Ning Fengzhi and the white-robed elder, presumably a Sword Douluo, had stopped in their tracks and cautiously observed their surroundings, Xiao Yan continued to transmit his voice, 'I refuse to believe that Tang Hao could remain silent while his son is surrounded by a bunch of Soul Douluos…'

After asking Lin Dong to help deal with Tang Hao's matter a year ago, Xiao Yan had almost forgotten about the man's existence. After all, in his opinion, someone of Tang Hao's level could not possibly escape from Lin Dong's hands. In fact, Xiao Yan had even forgotten to ask Lin Dong if he had seen Tang Hao recently.

It wasn't until the qualifying rounds ended and he met Titan at Shrek Academy that Xiao Yan somewhat bewildered went to find Lin Dong, only to learn that he had searched for Tang Hao for seven days in Heaven Dou City without success...

After learning about this, Xiao Yan immediately unleashed his spiritual power, but even after completely covering Heaven Dou City, he still couldn't find Tang Hao.

At this moment, Xiao Yan didn't know whether Tang Hao was lucky or had actually sensed his spiritual power and run away. In any case, since these two Title Douluos brought this group of people to cause trouble for Tang San, Xiao Yan didn't mind giving them a push and seeing if Tang Hao would emerge from the "dark" because of the danger Tang San was in.

After receiving Xiao Yan's instructions, Dugu Bo simply copied the text verbatim, figuring that there was no way Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, who were only level 94, could harm him.

After listening to Dugu Bo's words, Yue Guan slowly looked at the ghost—

Neither of them believed Dugu Bo's words, but now it seemed they had no other choice. Moreover, they dared not imagine what their madman superior might do if they failed to complete this mission...

'I'll give it my all...'

Yue Guan gritted his teeth, and a layer of golden flames suddenly erupted from his body. On the other side, the ghost who saw Yue Guan's actions didn't say anything, and a brilliant silver flame emerged from his body.

'flame?'

Having spent a long time with Xiao Yan, Dugu Bo instinctively took a half-step back when he saw the flames emanating from Ju Gui's body.

'No, with their strength, what do I have to panic about?' The next second, a wave of shame made Dugu Bo stop his retreat. 'Besides, even if something really goes wrong, I can still trick Xiao Yan into giving me some pills…'

Dugu Bo looked smug, having witnessed his medicinal garden repeatedly transform from lush with herbs to barren wasteland and then flourish again over the past year. He dared not even imagine how many pills Xiao Yan had refined during that time. If Xiao Yan hadn't finally produced the poison pill and even personally taught him how to refine it, he would have doubted that Xiao Yan's method of making poison pills was a complete hoax.

As Dugu Bo chuckled, the nine spirit rings on Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo lit up almost simultaneously, and the gold and silver flames on their bodies became even more magnificent.

Standing facing each other, their four hands clasped together, the bodies of Gui Mei and Yue Guan suddenly merged, and the eighteen soul rings on their bodies instantly condensed into a huge gold and silver halo, which then quietly flew out.

In an instant, everyone on the ground was dazzled, and the entire world seemed to be dyed in gold and silver. Moreover, everything around seemed to freeze.

The bodies of Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo disappeared the moment the golden and silver halo was formed, and the huge halo flew into the air, transforming into a huge halo with a diameter of over 100 meters in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Dugu Bo in the sky was completely still. If Xiao Yan hadn't been able to sense Dugu Bo's aura, he would have almost thought that Dugu Bo had been instantly killed!

"We can only hold Dugu Bo back for a short while. He's already level 98, and no one can kill him in an instant!" Yue Guan's hurried voice rang out from the halo. "All Soul Emperors and above, listen up! Kill Tang San immediately! The rest of you, evacuate immediately!"

As if he were prepared to die, Yue Guan took the opportunity to reveal information about Dugu Bo, seemingly hoping that the three members of the Golden Generation would pass this information on.

At Yue Guan's command, Lordiara reacted instantly, leaping over Xiao Yan and heading straight for Tang San—

In that instant, light and shadow blurred, and Lordiara, who was rushing to kill Tang San, appeared beside Tang San after a flash like a fragment, but did not kill him immediately.

Above, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could have trapped Dugu Bo for at least ten seconds had shattered. The Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, whose soul power was exhausted, fell from the sky with a bewildered expression. If Dugu Bo hadn't reacted quickly enough and caught them before they hit the ground, then perhaps the first and second Title Douluo would have died from the fall.

Similarly, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who had stopped in the distance due to a terrifying aura but found nothing when he tried to sense it, merely raised his right foot tentatively and appeared in front of the Shrek Academy students the next moment.

On this battlefield, there were countless people who had the same fate as Lordiara, Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, and Sword Douluo. In that instant of light and shadow, countless people were killed by the blades that could be dodged, and countless people who should have died escaped because of this.

*

'what happened?'

The sudden interplay of light and shadow even startled the previously carefree Lin Dong for a moment. The two Soul Emperors who had been "playing" with him for so long were instantly killed. After realizing that the people around him didn't seem to care too much, Lin Dong frowned and asked himself a question.

"I don't know, it seems to be... the power of time," Little Mink's voice was extremely solemn, "In that instant, time seemed to stop in some places, while in others... it seemed to fast-forward."

'Time... Is there really anyone who can control the power of time?' After a brief moment of astonishment, Lin Dong swallowed hard.

"I don't know..." This absurd situation completely robbed Xiao Diao of his usual arrogance. "You'd better be careful these days. Oh, and remind your brother, if the one who controls time power is from the Spirit Hall, you two might be on the chopping block at any time."

'Um……'

Upon hearing Xiao Diao's reminder, Lin Dong's face also turned solemn. He was no longer a clueless newbie. The power of time... he couldn't even imagine how strong someone who possessed such an ability could be.

*

The spatial displacement didn't have a significant impact on Chen Xin, but he was certain that what happened to him in that instant was definitely more than just spatial movement!

"What... exactly did you two do?"

With a raised hand, Chen Xin sealed off Lordiara's martial soul and soul power, which were almost within reach. He frowned and stared intently at Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who had just been put down by Dugu Bo. Even though he hadn't seen Yue Guan and Gui Mei release their martial soul fusion skill, he had clearly seen the amazing golden and silver halo just now. And the only ones who could do that were undoubtedly these two.

"What did we do? I'd like to know what we did too," Yue Guan said with a mocking smile, feeling the complete absence of soul power in his body. "Old Ghost and I merely unleashed our Martial Soul Fusion Technique. It was only for a moment, yet our soul power was completely depleted..."

He hadn't experienced this state of having his soul power completely depleted in a long time, but the fact that his body had no soul power left made him feel at ease. After all, it was just a life, so be it, since the ghost was right there beside him anyway.

"My martial soul fusion skill with Chrysanthemum Pass only immobilizes people."

Despite having died once, Ghost seemed even more afraid of death than Yue Guan, simply revealing the effects of their Martial Soul Fusion Technique. Keep in mind that even within the Spirit Hall, only a dozen or so adults of higher status knew about it.

"They were not lying."

While Yue Guan was complaining about the ghosts, Dugu Bo slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"Although it's a bit embarrassing to be controlled, the situation just now was definitely not caused by the two of them. Moreover, I think that as a Title Douluo, no matter how bad they are at controlling the output of their soul power, they shouldn't have completely exhausted their soul power. If it weren't for me, these two might have become the only two Title Douluos in history to die from a fall."

Honestly, Dugu Bo strongly suspected that Xiao Yan, who had been silently standing to the side, holding his martial spirit and not saying a word, was the one who had done all this. After all, this silence was completely out of character for Xiao Yan.

As if hearing Dugu Bo's thoughts, Xiao Yan slowly raised his head and glanced at Dugu Bo—

Get those two guys out of here right now!

Although Xiao Yan didn't speak, Dugu Bo felt as if he saw a sentence in Xiao Yan's eyes.

"Since His Majesty Dugu has said so, all we can do is believe him." A clear and elegant voice rang out, and Ning Fengzhi, dressed in simple clothes, appeared nearby at some point. Beside him was Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.

"So what if you believe me, or not?" Yue Guan sneered, looking at Ning Fengzhi who was holding the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda. "What? Have you decided how you want to deal with us?"

Are they really just giving up entirely?

Dugu Bo glanced at Yue Guan. He had never seen Yue Guan so irritable. Even when he had poisoned him last time, Yue Guan had only glared at him fiercely.

"I wouldn't dare, after all, you are..." Ning Fengzhi smiled and shook his head, not finishing his sentence, but judging from his lip movements, the last few words were clearly "watchdog".

"Don't dare? Then we're leaving," Yue Guan sneered. "Ghost, let's go!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yue Guan and Gui Mei activated their newly recovered soul power and quietly disappeared. With their disappearance, about seven or eight hundred men in black retreated like a tide, taking their companions' corpses with them as they left, and not even leaving behind a single weapon.

Chapter 119 Refining Completed

They came fast and retreated even faster; in the blink of an eye, these "bandits" who posed a "deadly threat" disappeared on the other side of the mountain.

Having forced their opponents back, everyone felt a sense of relief. When the 'bandits' first appeared, the teachers and students of the various Soul Master Academies didn't pay any attention. However, when the two Title Douluos appeared one after the other, their hearts were in their throats.

If these two Title Douluos hadn't been focused on Bi Lin Douluo, who had appeared at Shrek Academy, this attack might have turned into a one-sided massacre.

'Phew, at least they're gone.'

Feeling the bead from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in his hand, no longer restless, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since he sensed that Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the bead had started to stir, and the interplay of light and shadow in that instant almost caused it to escape from his hand.

'But... teacher, was that moment just now, a burst of time?'

Watching Ning Rongrong rush into Ning Fengzhi's arms, recounting her recent panic, Xiao Yan asked in his heart.

"That's certainly true," the old apothecary's voice held a hint of emotion, "The ability to jump through time and stop time in certain areas... truly terrifying power."

Yes, that's terrifying power...

Xiao Yan gripped the bead tightly in his right hand. Although the time distortion just now wasn't his doing, the bead, which he had never been able to understand before, had now become clear to him after this outburst. He was eager to begin formally studying the bead!

"I'm not here to protect you. I'm here to protect His Highness the Crown Prince, entrusted by His Majesty." After Ning Rongrong finished speaking coquettishly, Ning Fengzhi smiled and shook his head. As he spoke, Ning Fengzhi looked at Chen Xin with a slightly serious expression.

He hadn't forgotten that when he saw Dugu Bo talking with Ju and Gui Douluo in the air, Chen Xin suddenly stopped his advance toward Shrek Academy because there was an extremely powerful aura nearby.

After receiving Ning Fengzhi's gaze, Chen Xin slowly shook his head. Although there had been a few minor hiccups, he was 100% certain that there were no peerless Douluo around.

'Unless…' Chen Xin's gaze fell on Dugu Bo, 'unless that peerless Douluo is Dugu Bo…'

Upon landing, Dugu Bo noticed that Xiao Yan seemed a bit off, so he, who had been silently observing Xiao Yan, suddenly felt a strong gaze and abruptly looked up in the direction of the gaze—

"What is it?" Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow after realizing that the person observing him was Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

Faced with Dugu Bo's theatrical reaction, Chen Xin silently turned her head away, unwilling to look at him any longer.