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

In that instant, a stalemate inexplicably formed between the two sides, as if neither dared to make the first move.

Swish!

Finally, a figure suddenly darted out, leaving several afterimages, and its form appeared in front of Xiao Yan like a ghost.

Bang bang bang!

In the blink of an eye, the two sides had exchanged dozens of blows. Although Xiao Yan's physical body was extremely strong, it was still much weaker than the figure who was originally at the Death Profound Realm. After a brief fight, Xiao Yan took a heavy blow from the figure and retreated dozens of meters, creating distance between them.

Tsk!

Looking at the black aura on his chest and arms, Xiao Yan clicked his tongue slightly. Flames appeared and unceremoniously used the black aura that was trying to erode the Yuan Power shield on Xiao Yan's body as fuel.

The instant the flames appeared, a faint ripple flickered in the figure's dark eyes.

"...Flame...Ancestral Symbol?" The hoarse voice faded away in the wind.

"Ah, yes, the Flame Ancestral Symbol."

Xiao Yan snorted coldly. Ever since the Ghost Soul recognized the Bone Spirit Cold Flame as the Flame Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Yan had vaguely felt that the Strange Flame seemed to have some similarities with the Flame Ancestral Symbol of the Tianxuan Continent. Now, after hearing this term from the same monster again, Xiao Yan accepted the name without any hesitation.

"Don't...don't reveal yourself before you become...a Reincarnation Realm cultivator..."

However, unlike the ghost general, this figure seemed to have no hatred for the Flame Ancestral Symbol, and even advised Xiao Yan not to reveal his identity before becoming a Samsara Realm cultivator.

"Roar!"

Unfortunately, the figure's consciousness completely vanished after uttering those words. Before Xiao Yan could even ask a question, a furious roar rang out, and then, stepping into the void, it pounced towards Xiao Yan.

Having confirmed in their previous encounter that his physical body was inferior to the figure's, Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't continue to confront it head-on. He clenched his fist, and some array nodes that had been set up in the space suddenly exploded, engulfing the figure in countless flames.

Immediately afterwards, another fire rune was flung out, striking the chest of the figure that broke through the flames.

boom!

The fire talisman pierced the figure's chest cavity like a sharp blade, and exploded the moment it penetrated the figure's body. In an instant, a "wound" appeared on the body that had not been damaged even after dozens of rounds of fighting with Xiao Yan, a wound that could have completely shattered it.

However, just like the ghost general, this level of wound did not stop the figure from advancing. Before Xiao Yan could throw out the next fire talisman, the figure's hands had already pierced through his chest.

As the lightning shattered, Xiao Yan's figure appeared in the distance.

Seeing the figure that had instantly locked onto his location, and the lingering lightning, Xiao Yan slowly uttered a single word—

"burst!"

With a deafening roar, the three-colored fire lotus, which resembled a work of art, exploded in front of the figure, just like the sun in the sky bursting apart. The incomparably dazzling light devoured everything, and the Medicine Hall, which had remained intact despite the attack of the evil monster, was completely destroyed in this explosion.

At that moment, the other treasure hunters in the ancient monument in the distant wilderness also raised their heads and looked at the location of the explosion. Although they did not understand what had happened, the explosion terrified countless treasure hunters. Some of the more timid ones even hesitated and put the treasures they had obtained back.

“This explosion…” The little ferret on Lin Dong’s shoulder looked away, “I suspect it was caused by your brother.”

"What kind of enemy have we encountered?" Lin Dong, sitting on the black altar, frowned and asked in confusion.

"Perhaps, but you should think about who took the Devouring Ancestral Symbol from here." Little Mink shrugged.

“Indeed…” Lin Dong smiled bitterly. He believed that Xiao Yan, who was able to fight against a Reincarnation Realm expert, would not encounter too much trouble, but he himself was not so sure. Just like now, he had no idea where the Devouring Ancestral Symbol had gone.

Chapter 240 Nameless

After the flames dissipated, Xiao Yan revealed himself. He was not in good condition either, perhaps because he had underestimated the power of the Buddha's Fury Lotus. After coming into close contact with the aftershocks of his own fighting technique, Xiao Yan's body was scorched red by the flames, and his Yuan Power, which he had forcibly increased, was almost completely depleted.

"That was close..."

After looking around for a moment and finding no trace of the figure, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the person had been completely annihilated in the flames. He then brushed his fingers across the Awakening Flame Ring, and a bottle of Instant Qi Pills fell into his hand.

"I almost got killed by my own martial arts." Xiao Yan muttered to himself as he poured a Qi-instant pill out of the bottle and put it in his mouth.

call out!

Before the Instant Qi Pill could enter his mouth, a black light flashed in front of Xiao Yan. If Xiao Yan hadn't reacted quickly and retreated dozens of steps, that black light could have directly severed his head.

However, although his body was not injured, all the Instant Qi Pills in his hand were taken away by the black light. As the black light wriggled, the Instant Qi Pills were completely digested. Then, the constantly wriggling black light also frantically gathered, and in just a few breaths, it transformed into a dark creature nearly a hundred feet long in front of Xiao Yan.

This dark creature was entirely black, with black flames rising from its body, and its black eyes were filled with evil black energy and killing intent.

Clearly, the demonic energy that had previously clung to that Medicine Hall disciple did not completely disappear with the collapse of his body. In fact, after leaving his body, the demonic energy became even stronger!

"Foolish humans!"

Having just completed the condensation of his body, his dark eyes locked onto Xiao Yan in mid-air, filled with killing intent, and a deep roar rang out, his killing intent overwhelming.

boom!

The black energy on the dark creature's body condensed, transforming into a long spear that tore through the air and hurtled towards Xiao Yan with lightning speed.

"Heh, so you really are just a lowly creature relying on instinct?" Facing the rapidly approaching black spear, Xiao Yan's eyes were filled with indescribable disappointment. "Indeed, it's just something formed from the remnants of demonic energy..."

After casually forming a hand seal, countless array nodes radiating light suddenly appeared in the sky. Then, a massive light array hundreds of feet long was instantly formed, hovering in the sky, while strange fluctuations slowly emanated from it.

"reverse!"

As Xiao Yan shouted, the light array in the sky suddenly started to operate, and then a beam of light filled with strange energy shot out and collided with the spear.

Chi Chi!

At the moment of impact, there was no earth-shattering noise, but the black spear disintegrated rapidly at an astonishing speed, eventually turning into nothingness.

"Restraint!"

After dispelling the black energy spear, Xiao Yan let out another low shout. The strange beam of light suddenly transformed into thousands of rays that dispersed and condensed into chains, connecting with the array nodes in the sky. Finally, they tightened sharply, trapping the dark creature within them.

Roar!

The moment the light array appeared, the dark creature let out a deafening roar, and endless black energy rose up. However, this rising black energy dissipated completely after touching the chains formed by the split beam of light.

During this time, the dark creature also tried to escape, but the binding array that had been set up on the ground kept it firmly locked in place. Even when the chains tightened, the dark creature did not move an inch.

"Damn it, the Qiankun Ancient Formation..." The dark creature cursed under its breath after being completely bound.

"You do have a good eye for things," Xiao Yan chuckled, glancing at the dark creature completely controlled by the formation. He slightly moved his teeth and crushed the Instant Qi Pill he had previously hidden in his mouth. "However, this is not the original Qiankun Ancient Formation."

The true secret of the Qiankun Ancient Array—the spirit-nourishing futon I bought in the Great Puppet City—

After Lin Dong mastered the knack of fusing Yuan Power and spiritual power, and was able to do so even without the Spirit Gathering Futon, the two of them discussed it and destroyed the Spirit Gathering Futon. Of course, only the outer shell was destroyed; the internal formation remained unaffected. That formation was the "Qiankun Ancient Formation".

However, the original version of the Qiankun Ancient Formation remained in Lin Dong's dantian. Although Xiao Yan had memorized every node of the Qiankun Ancient Formation, he still could not perfectly replicate it. In other words, what he had set up before was only an incomplete version. It had most of the abilities of the Qiankun Ancient Formation, but it was much weaker. If the dark creature in front of him had decisively chosen to cut off its tail to survive, it could have destroyed the formation.

Unfortunately—

"Varied……"

Before the dark creature could react, Xiao Yan sensed that about 30% of his Yuan Power had been restored, and he changed his hand seals.

"burst!"

As the low shout rang out, small explosions occurred in several parts of the dark creature, which was about a hundred feet tall. Although the power of those explosions was not even comparable to the full-force attack of a Shengxuan Realm expert, the flames that ignited after the explosions burned away a lot of the evil black energy on its body, and it seemed to be burning even more fiercely with the help of that black energy.

"Flames... are they from the pill from earlier?!" After a moment of bewilderment, an incredulous look flashed in the dark creature's black eyes.

At this moment, Xiao Yan finally ensured that all the black energy in the spatial cage destroyed in the explosion of the Buddha's Fury Lotus had returned to the formation in front of him, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief, taking out a Qi-instant pill and putting it in his mouth.

"Otherwise what? The simulated fragrance you created earlier was your doing, wasn't it?" While recovering his internal energy, he looked mockingly at the dark creature whose momentum had weakened considerably under the scorching of the strange fire. "You don't really think I don't remember, do you?"

When Xiao Yan fought the demonic corpse earlier, he sensed something was wrong. The fragrance of pills that lured him there proved that there was a sentient being in that spatial prison. However, the demonic corpse had never shown any signs of being sentient since it appeared. It was at that moment that Xiao Yan secretly kept a trump card up his sleeve.

Although he was momentarily confused due to the awakening of the demonic corpse, with the idea that it wouldn't hurt to have more backup plans, when the Buddha's Wrath Lotus exploded, Xiao Yan set up thousands of array nodes of the Qiankun Ancient Array in the space with the least possible movement amidst the endless waves of fire. It was precisely because of this that Xiao Yan appeared too weak after the fire waves dissipated.

Although the temporary Qiankun Ancient Array is not as stable as the original, it can still buy time for a while when combined with the binding array set up before activating the spatial prison.

"Damn it..." At this moment, fear flashed in the creature's black eyes, but quickly, it roared again, "So what? What you have in your hand isn't the Flame Ancestral Symbol, is it? If it's not the Flame Ancestral Symbol, and the Qiankun Ancient Array isn't the original, do you think you can completely annihilate me?"

Although he saw through the dark creature's bluster, Xiao Yan's expression was rather grim. The new strange fire he had created by fusing three different strange fires was no weaker than the Bone Spirit Cold Fire in Yao Lao's hands. Logically speaking, based on the methods Yao Lao had previously demonstrated, it was possible to completely refine the creature before him.

However, he is currently deep within an ancient sect, and he was only able to enter because the seal had weakened. If he were to refine the creature in front of him using normal methods, it would take far too long.

Looking at Xiao Yan's pale face, the dark creature had a thought, "How about..."

"Shut up, you beast!"

"Who?!"

The moment the dark creature spoke, a roar and Xiao Yan's angry shout rang out simultaneously.

"Who are you?!"

Upon seeing the middle-aged man with black hair dressed in a white robe appear before him, Xiao Yan frowned and rekindled the strange fire in his hand.

Gazing at the strange fire igniting in Xiao Yan's hand, a hint of emotion flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man in white robes and black hair. Then, he calmly said, "Wasn't what you were looking for earlier me?"

? !

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression changed drastically. He was no longer a novice in the world of alchemy, and he was clear about the levels of pills with independent consciousness. "Senior..." He clasped his hands in a fist salute, ready to flee at any moment.

"Don't be nervous. It's something we all want to see in this world," the middle-aged man said, seeing through Xiao Yan's nervousness. He waved his hand and said, "Besides, I'm just a remnant soul attached to that pill. If it weren't for its protection, I would have died completely in that calamity."

The remnant soul attached to the pill had survived for thousands of years. Although this explanation could not calm Xiao Yan down, it was still much better than what he was facing—a ninth-grade Xuan Dan or a ninth-grade Jin Dan.

"Are you the master of this Medicine Hall, senior?" After calming down, Xiao Yan asked respectfully.

"Master? I suppose so. Although he can't compare to that old guy Black Pupil, he's still considered the second-in-command in the Great Wilderness Sect," the middle-aged man chuckled self-deprecatingly, then pointed to the dark creatures within the formation, "Do you know them?"

"I saw it once. That thing possessed the body of my friend's ancestor and called itself the Ghost General," Xiao Yan nodded and said.

"A Ghost General?" The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Yan with some surprise. "You've already encountered a General-level Otherworldly Demon?"

Are they demons?

After noting down the term "Otherworldly Demon," Xiao Yan shook his head. "That one who called himself the Ghostly General... the Otherworldly Demon was just a remnant soul. Even at its strongest, it was only at the Great Perfection of the Life Profound Realm. With my teacher's help, that remnant soul was completely annihilated. However, its true form is sealed. My strength is too weak to go there."

"You dare not go? That's a good thing," the middle-aged man said with a wry smile. "The flame in your hand has a similar aura to the Flame Ancestral Symbol. If you enter that seal, that general-level demon will probably fight to the death to keep you here. Even though my Great Wilderness Sect has a Reincarnation Realm cultivator like Black Pupil and three Reincarnation Realm cultivators including myself, we were still completely destroyed by the demon..."

One Reincarnation Realm cultivator and three Wheel Reincarnation Realm cultivators?

Xiao Yan's pupils dilated violently. After a moment, he asked somewhat hoarsely, "What exactly is that Otherworldly Demon?"

"The enemy of the entire world, beings completely opposed to us," the middle-aged man silently shook his head, not saying much more. "If you encounter the controller of the Ancestral Symbol after you go out, please tell them that there are still many other demons in this world, including some king-level beings."

After all, their Great Wilderness Sect was completely destroyed in the siege of a King-level alien demon and nearly ten General-level alien demons.

Xiao Yan nodded silently, not bothering to ask what kind of existence a King-level alien demon was. However, considering that a General-level alien demon already possessed the strength of the Reincarnation Realm, a King-level alien demon... must be at least at the Reincarnation Realm, right?

“Speaking of which, it’s all thanks to you,” the middle-aged man changed the subject. “Although I refined that pill as my natal spiritual treasure back then, it was ultimately just a pill. After my physical body died and my primordial spirit was mostly damaged, I no longer had the ability to kill these low-level alien demons. If you hadn’t trapped this thing, these low-level alien demons might still be alive even after my primordial spirit had completely dissipated.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up. "You have the ability to completely purify this alien demon?"

"Of course, when these things besieged my Great Wilderness Sect, I did kill two general-level alien demons. If it weren't for saving that guy Black Pupil, how could I have died so young?" After boasting about his past achievements, the middle-aged man had a faint smile on his face.