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

'Damn it, it's the same thing again. She doesn't say anything, but I have to arrange everything!'

Seeing the ugly smile on Xie Biyan's face, Shi Rui cursed inwardly. Since entering the Chuyun Poison Swamp with this old bastard, Shi Rui hadn't felt this irritable.

The names "Seal" and "Main Force" suggest clues related to the rituals in this poisonous swamp. However, with Xie Biyan remaining silent, the only thing Shi Rui could do was to distribute the safe map, which had been obtained at the cost of thousands of lives, as Xie Biyan had requested.

They even went so far as to arrange for people to spread the news that a great treasure had been discovered in the Izumo Poison Swamp.

In a small mountain village on the border of the Izumo Empire.

"Have you heard? About the poisonous swamp?"

"I already knew that. If you had told me, it would have been too late!"

"Hey, it's not that different, but there's one thing you definitely don't have..."

"You mean the security map? We got it a long time ago. Almost everyone in the city has been talking about it lately. Only you would think it's some kind of incredible secret."

In a small teahouse, two middle-aged men huddled together, whispering to each other.

"You two!" An elderly woman with gray hair interrupted their conversation. "Don't you know what time it is? Still hanging around in my teahouse? Do you want your husbands to give you a beating again?"

"Hey, Granny Medicine, we're discussing important matters, don't disturb us!"

"Serious business? What serious business is there?" Granny Yao rolled her eyes in annoyance. "With your level of not even being a Fighter, you dare to discuss matters concerning the Cloud Poison Swamp?"

"just in case……"

"What if something happens? Hurry up and go back. If you don't go back, I'll talk to your wives tomorrow and tell them not to give you any pocket money!" Granny Yao interrupted the two who were trying to argue and threatened them.

"No, no, no, please don't tell that tigress! I'm counting on this pocket money to buy a little wine..."

"Just leave it here, could you please throw it away? We'll head back now!"

Upon learning the most crucial information, the two immediately changed their expressions, left a few words, and rushed away.

"Izumo Poison Swamp? Granny, has something serious happened there?"

After the two middle-aged men left, a young girl walked into the main hall from the kitchen. She looked at Granny Yao with some curiosity. This girl was none other than Little Fairy Doctor, who had been separated from Xiao Yan for about ten days.

"Xian'er, why are you also interested in these things?" Granny Yao asked with some surprise as she closed the door.

Although they had only known Little Fairy Doctor for less than half a month, Granny Yao and her husband had already noticed Little Fairy Doctor's kind and averse-to-fighting nature. Therefore, Granny Yao was quite surprised by the question Little Fairy Doctor asked.

“A friend of mine went there,” Little Fairy Doctor said with a smile, “and now I’ve suddenly heard about the Izumo Poison Swamp, so I’d like to learn more about it.”

It was only after hearing what those two uncles said that Little Fairy Doctor remembered that Xiao Yan had come to the Cloud Empire to investigate the Cloud Poison Swamp. Now that there was news about the Cloud Poison Swamp even in a remote mountain village, it naturally aroused Little Fairy Doctor's curiosity.

"Xian'er, your friend?" Granny Medicine sat down next to Little Fairy Doctor. "Male or female?"

"Male... Oh dear, Granny, what does this have to do with the news about the Poison Swamp?" After answering subconsciously, Little Fairy Doctor saw the bright smile on Granny Medicine's face and asked coquettishly.

"This is far more important than news from the Poison Swamp!" Granny Yao said with a stern face, uttering words that even made herself laugh out loud, before continuing.

"I heard that a Dou Zun inheritance has appeared in the Poison Swamp. Once you accept that inheritance, you can become a Dou Zun in a very short time. Even if you don't accept that inheritance, you can still advance several minor realms."

"...Would anyone believe such a thing?" Little Fairy Doctor's face showed a strange expression.

"So it's just a rumor. Yesterday they were saying it was the inheritance of a Dou Zun-level Calamity Poison Body, but when the old man went to ask what the Calamity Poison Body was, no one could answer," Granny Yao flipped through the map left in the teahouse by the two middle-aged men. "However, this safety map is quite impressive..."

"Calamity Poison Body?"

"Xian'er, do you know?" Granny Yao looked away from the map and looked at Little Fairy Doctor with some curiosity.

"No, it's just that this name... doesn't seem like something good." After scratching her head, Little Fairy Doctor said with a dry laugh.

"It's nothing more than some nonsense created by those poison masters," Granny Yao said without suspicion. She sighed and continued, "Those poison masters are really bored. They can spread such inexplicable rumors everywhere."

"Yes..." Little Fairy Doctor completely agreed with Granny Medicine's words, but—

'A Dou Zun-level inheritance of the Calamity Poison Body? Would there be a way to cure the Calamity Poison Body? But if it's being spread everywhere, I don't know if it's true…'

"By the way, Xian'er, your friend isn't a poison master, is he?"

As Little Fairy Doctor's thoughts wandered and she began to question the veracity of the news, Granny Medicine suddenly spoke up and asked.

“Xiao Yan is just an ordinary cultivator,” Little Fairy Doctor said softly, shaking her head.

"That's terrible..." Granny Yao's face showed a somewhat subtle expression. "An ordinary fighter among a group of poison masters... Xian'er, your friend..."

"He's very strong; even ordinary poison masters can't do anything to him," Little Fairy Doctor waved her hand with a smile. "However, with news of the Izumo Poison Swamp spreading everywhere, he must be quite annoyed, right?"

Although Little Fairy Doctor doesn't know why Xiao Yan went to the Cloud Poison Swamp, he must have a headache with so many people around.

Thinking of this, Little Fairy Doctor couldn't help but laugh.

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"The first group of people has arrived."

As Shi Rui was idly counting the number of blades of grass around him, Xie Biyan's voice suddenly rang out.

"Let's go, to the next area!"

Upon finally receiving this signal, Shi Rui was instantly filled with energy, even wishing he were a Dou Zun who could perform spatial teleportation and directly reach the edge of the next area.

"Heh, you're just an impatient brat after all," Xie Biyan chuckled, looking at the now-energized Shi Rui. "It's only a seven-day wait, can't you even endure that?"

Shi Rui ignored Xie Biyan's taunts, since he couldn't beat him and was now in need of his help. No matter what he did, it would be a loss for Shi Rui.

At the boundary between the danger zone and the death zone.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the ground, supporting his head with his right hand, and sighed from time to time.

Nine days have passed since he arrived here. During these nine days, all he can do is stare blankly at the blood-red sky in front of him and wait for the main force to arrive.

It wasn't that he didn't want to cultivate, but the main problem was that cultivating a high-level Xuan-rank Burning Technique was just as noisy as some Earth-rank techniques. Cultivating it in front of everyone would be like saying to everyone, "I have an Earth-rank technique here, come and grab it!" This was something that Xiao Yan, who always maintained a low profile, couldn't stand.

As for alchemy...

Before entering the Cloud Poison Swamp, Xiao Yan had already used up most of the medicinal herbs he had. The remaining herbs were enough to refine a single pill, but... that was a seventh-grade pill that Xiao Yan still dared not attempt.

Thus, unable to cultivate or refine pills, Xiao Yan simply sat there for nine days.

Just when Xiao Yan thought he would have to sit there and wait another day, a rumbling sound of wind breaking suddenly rang out in the distant sky.

The moment the sound of wind breaking rang out, Xiao Yan turned around sharply and looked at the sky behind him, where a gray light, like a shooting star streaking across the sky, was flying through the air.

The moment the gray light appeared, everyone in the camp turned their gaze towards it. As the gray light drew closer, they discovered that it was actually an elderly man with a slightly hunched back.

'Three-Star Dou Zong...'

Upon seeing the figure clearly, Xiao Yan also judged the old man's strength.

"Tsk, you guys really aren't going to budge?"

After landing outside the seal, Xie Biyan's gaze fell directly on the seal, and he then uttered a disdainful sound, "Nine days have passed, and you bunch of trash haven't even tried to break this seal with your fighting skills?"

None of the guides reacted to Xie Biyan's taunts. Breaking the "seal" was not difficult, but for the sake of the fruit that could prolong their lives, even if they could freely enter and exit the death zone, they would never be the first to enter.

"Tsk, talking to you guys is really boring."

After realizing that no one was paying attention to him, Xie Biyan clicked his tongue in disdain.

It was at this moment that Shi Rui, the leader of the Poison Sect, arrived with his men.

"...Shall we begin now?"

After scanning the area, Shi Rui noticed that several of the guides were at the Dou Huang level. His lips twitched, and then he looked at Xie Biyan. To be honest, he couldn't understand what had gotten into these Dou Huangs and Dou Wangs that made them act as guides outside the poisonous swamp. They had even been showing only the level of Dou Zhe!

"Hehe, they've arrived just in time, let's begin." Xie Biyan nodded and said with a smile after his gaze fell on the Dou Huang of the Chuyun Royal Family in the sky.

Upon hearing this, Shi Rui grinned, walked to the edge of the seal, and his aura instantly surged, with surging battle qi gathering in his palm.

Several Dou Huang among the guides exchanged glances and nodded silently, their Dou Qi also surging.

"Hey, not planning to bring out your trump card?" Xie Biyan chuckled, not paying too much attention. His fighting spirit surged, and the scorpion on the cane in his hand became even more eerie.

"Withered Heart Palm!"

"Mountain Fall!"

……

When the momentum reached its limit, starting with Shi Rui's Dry Heart Palm strike, dozens of powerful battle energies landed on the seal at the same time.

As the light of the battle technique faded, the seal remained firm, but its luster had dimmed considerably. If nothing unexpected happened, the seal would be completely shattered if these Battle Emperors and Battle Masters attacked again.

"Alright, now it's up to you guys."

However, to everyone's surprise, after confirming the seal's condition, Scorpion Biyan, the strongest among them, immediately "went on strike." He said, "We can't be the ones breaking the seal every time we enter the final area, can we? You Dou Wangs and Dou Lings should also contribute, shouldn't you?"

"Don't worry, I've calculated it. As long as each of you unleashes your strongest fighting technique once, this seal will definitely break. If it doesn't break, I'll finish the job with the final blow."

'With over three hundred people, if each person unleashes their fighting skill once, the time should be about right...'

Scorpion Biyan was always concerned about the progress of the "first batch" of poison masters. After all, for him, these poison masters represented even richer and more powerful rewards!

Shi Rui wholeheartedly agreed with Scorpion Biyan's suggestion. Although two or three fighting techniques wouldn't consume much battle qi, and under the operation of advanced techniques, there could even be no loss at all, he still had to be careful of Scorpion Biyan in order not to become nourishment for the fruit!

Therefore, the moment Xie Biyan finished speaking, Shi Rui brought two elders to Xie Biyan's side. People might even think that Xie Biyan was the sect leader of the Poison Sect.

Chapter 164 A Humanoid Spirit of Strange Fire!?

"boom!"

When the final attack landed on the sealed light barrier, the already cracked barrier finally shattered with a bang, and an extremely strong storm swept out from the broken seal.

"The seal is broken! Charge!"

From within the crowd, someone shouted, and battle qi surged forth. Figures strained, transforming into streaks of light and rushing swiftly towards the area shrouded in blood-red sky.

For a moment, the sound of wind breaking could be heard everywhere.

Xiao Yan, who was mingling in the crowd, was also the first to enter the legendary "death zone". However, before he could take a good look at his surroundings, he felt some strange creatures enter his meridians.

"Ok?"

The Twin Dragons Extreme Ice Flame flashed by, but after a brief pause, the strange creatures continued their journey, their target seemingly the Sea Urchin Battle Crystal in Xiao Yan's dantian.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame flowed out from the Spirit Absorption Center, sweeping through every meridian at top speed.

This time, these strange creatures were not so lucky. In the instant the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire swept through, these creatures were not even able to leave any remains.

"You felt it?"

Noticing Xiao Yan suddenly stop, Zhou Ze slowly walked to Xiao Yan's side and said, "Blood poison... or rather, blood worms, the toxins that devour the dantian and control us puppets."