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

After absorbing the aura with his strange fire, Xiao Yan stretched out his finger and casually tapped a few times in the chaotic space, locking onto the positions of the many Dao Sect disciples who had separated after entering the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury. After confirming that they were not in danger, Xiao Yan walked deeper into the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury.

Aside from the chaotic space, what delighted Xiao Yan most about this Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury was the array formation he could clearly sense at this moment. Although the array formation wasn't very strong, combined with the scorching aura within the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury, it could induce hallucinations in those within it. Moreover, the hallucinations manifested only according to the thoughts of those affected…

'This formation and the Fallen Heart Flame have a pretty good compatibility,' Xiao Yan murmured excitedly to himself. 'This formation draws out the longing in one's heart, and the Fallen Heart Flame deals with the souls that have developed weaknesses…'

Yao Lao listened silently to what Xiao Yan said, not denying his words. However, compared to the Fallen Heart Flame, which ranked fourteenth, Yao Lao thought of the Nightmare Heavenly Mist, which was recorded in an ancient book and cast by the Pure Lotus Demon Saint...

'Thankfully, we're not on the Dou Qi Continent.'

Recalling the ancient texts' account of "the Nightmare Mist that allowed millions of people in a city to live in a dream for hundreds of years," Yao Lao felt a deep sense of emotion.

……

About three or four minutes later, an extremely large stone altar appeared before Xiao Yan. The altar exuded an ancient aura, as if telling everyone that this was the core of this formation and this space.

Xiao Yan's gaze swept over the ancient stone pillars in the center of the altar, finally settling on the area below—

Just like the Great Desolate Stele within the Dao Sect, numerous black stains have appeared at the bottom of this altar, and the number of those stains is slowly increasing as the number of people in the formation gradually increases...

"...So, entering this Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury means we've already been tricked?" Looking at the increasing number of black stains, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Clearly, in order to deal with the large number of treasure hunters in the formation, the energy contained in the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury had a loophole, which also led to the loosening of the seal, and the formation that sealed the alien demons became slightly loose.

"Fortunately, it's a double seal," Xiao Yan quickly breathed a sigh of relief, turning his gaze to the crimson sky. "Using the outer seal as bait, even if the outer seal is maliciously damaged, it won't affect the inner seal..."

"Someone?"

Suddenly, a voice came from afar.

"Lin Dong? You're here pretty fast." Turning around, Xiao Yan saw Lin Dong walking slowly towards him, and Ling Qingzhu standing beside him.

"As expected, only you could reach the core location so quickly..." Looking at Xiao Yan standing by the altar, Lin Dong sighed deeply.

On the other side of the giant stone altar, three figures slowly emerged and finally appeared in the sight of Xiao Yan and his companions.

As they approached the giant stone altar, Yuan Cang and his companions finally noticed Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Ling Qingzhu. After a moment of surprise, a cold expression appeared on their faces.

Clearly, in their view, the three of them could easily devour Xiao Yan and Lin Dong...

"Do you need me to hold them off?" Noticing the expressions on the three faces, Lin Dong casually asked, "Controlling the core hub also takes some time, right?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the expressions on Yuan Cang and the other two froze instantly, and then they burst forth with unprecedented speed as they rushed up the giant stone altar.

Xiao Yan didn't react to Yuan Cang and the other two's actions, but looked at Lin Dong strangely, "Are you doing this on purpose?"

He didn't believe Lin Dong hadn't noticed the crimson sky. Rather, anyone with mental strength above the Seven-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master would have noticed that this so-called array center was just a smokescreen.

"We just wanted to see what their targets were," Lin Dong shrugged. "See, it's that easy to figure out, isn't it?"

Indeed, among the three who landed on the altar, Lingzhen and Lei Qian were both looking at Xiao Yan and Lin Dong with vigilance, their Yuan energy surging. It seemed that as long as Xiao Yan and Lin Dong had any intention of entering the altar, they would be attacked by the two of them.

As for Yuan Cang, he continuously unleashed powerful beams of Yuan energy, eventually pouring them into the giant stone altar. It seemed he wanted to gain control of the altar by replenishing its energy in this way.

"Aren't you two going to stop them?" Hearing Xiao Yan and Lin Dong's conversation, Ling Qingzhu frowned slightly. "Do you know the consequences of him controlling the formation?"

If it weren't for her calm tone, as if she were talking about something unrelated to herself, Xiao Yan would almost have thought she wanted to see them fight a big battle here.

“If he can control this formation, the life and death of everyone who enters the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury will be in his hands. Even if you two have a way to escape, none of the Dao Sect disciples who come in will be able to escape!” Noticing that Xiao Yan and Lin Dong were looking at her, Ling Qingzhu relaxed her brows, looked at Lin Dong, and said seriously.

"If we could control the formation, that would indeed be the result, right?" Lin Dong smiled.

"Then why are you still so calm?" Ling Qingzhu asked, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Can the three of them control this formation?" Lin Dong didn't answer, but just looked at Xiao Yan.

"The master of the formation is still alive..." After glancing at Lin Dong, Xiao Yan decided to drop a bombshell, "Controlling this formation while its master is still alive... I don't even have that kind of power."

"Ahem," Lin Dong was indeed surprised that the master of the formation was still alive, but he quickly recovered and shrugged at Ling Qingzhu, "Well, Xiao Yan said so."

“But this is the core of the formation!” Ling Qingzhu frowned. “Since Yuan Cang and the others were able to find this place and enter the altar from the beginning, they must have received some information. Are you really sure he can’t succeed? Or are you prepared to gamble with the lives of the Dao Sect disciples?”

"Who told you this is the center of the formation?" Xiao Yan asked calmly after Ling Qingzhu finished speaking.

"Not the array's central core?" Ling Qingzhu was taken aback, then looked at Lin Dong.

"I just know something looks off here." Lin Dong shrugged and pointed to the crimson sky.

"There are two layers of formations in this Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury..." Since they were all waiting for the formations to collapse, Xiao Yan kept an eye on the situation of the many Dao Sect disciples while explaining the wonders of the formations within the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury to Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu.

As Yuan Cang made his move, the giant stone altar emitted a deep rumble, and waves of intense light continuously emanated from the altar. Ling Zhen and Lei Qian, who were guarding Yuan Cang, were immediately filled with joy upon seeing this, clearly feeling that Yuan Cang was not far from success.

At this moment, neither of them cared why they couldn't hear the conversation between Xiao Yan and Lin Dong not far away.

“Although Yuan Cang provided some energy to this formation, he is only at the Lesser Completion of the Life Profound Realm, so he can only activate the formation for a short time at most,” Xiao Yan calmly explained, feeling the rumbling earth. “For something that has been sealed by this formation for who knows how long, this slight difference will make it sense that something is wrong…”

Beams of light shot up from the altar, intertwining to form a massive array, beneath which a dark aura surged.

On the altar, Yuan Cang frowned slightly as he looked at the light array that enveloped the altar. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly slapped a palm onto an ancient stone pillar in the center of the altar.

boom!

The stone pillar shattered with a crash, and a beam of light vanished instantly. Immediately afterward, the light array that had enveloped the area also dimmed considerably.

boom!

The moment the light array dimmed, the altar trembled violently, and cracks appeared in the surrounding crimson earth.

"What's going on?" Lingzhen and Lei Qian looked at the changes around them with surprise and doubt—this was not a change that would occur after taking control of the formation!

Yuan Cang's expression on the altar changed slightly, then he gritted his teeth and unleashed a series of palm strikes, shattering all the stone pillars that were shooting out beams of light.

Boom boom boom!

One after another, the beams of light disappeared rapidly, and the trembling of the altar became more and more intense. Eventually, black aura began to emanate from the cracks that appeared around it.

Upon seeing the black aura, Lin Dong frowned. "Are you sure it's a double-layered formation?"

Although Lin Dong had great faith in Xiao Yan's judgment, the demonic energy had already begun to emerge. If the judgment was wrong, they would have to deal with the demon that had been sealed away for who knows how long!

"It's double-layered, but I just didn't expect these three people to not know what kind of power they're using..." Seeing the genuine expressions on Yuan Cang and the other two's faces, Xiao Yan said somewhat subtly. At the same time, he tapped his fingers in the void, preparing to pull everyone from the Dao Sect to his side before the formation shattered.

"What are those things?" Ling Qingzhu also noticed the black aura, her eyes narrowed, and she looked at Lin Dong.

"The thing sealed by the formation is similar to the demonic corpses outside," Lin Dong explained, relieved by Xiao Yan's explanation.

Click!

Just then, Yuan Cang shattered the last stone pillar on the altar. As the last beam of light disappeared, the altar stopped shaking, and Yuan Cang and the other two breathed a sigh of relief.

Then the three of them were startled by the towering black mist surging from beneath the altar and fled the location of the altar.

"Is that a demonic corpse?" Ling Qingzhu asked incredulously as she watched Yuan Cang and the other two prepare to capture the black mist.

"Well, how should I put it..." Because Lei Qian's use of the demonic energy was so natural at the beginning, Lin Dong thought that the three people knew what the Yuan Sect had done. But after seeing the three people's "innocent" behavior, he understood why Xiao Yan had such a subtle expression earlier.

"The formation has been dispelled. Get ready, we're about to leave."

Xiao Yan's voice rang out at the right time, and at the same time, the space around the three of them fluctuated continuously. All the disciples of the Dao Sect who had entered the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury had arrived here.

"Did you do this?" Ying Huanhuan was stunned when the illusion disappeared, and then her gaze fell on Xiao Yan.

"I was hoping this formation, which was all fright and no real danger, would give you some training," Xiao Yan rolled his eyes. "It was made by those three guys from the Yuan Sect." He pointed to the location of Yuan Cang and the other two in mid-air.

In mid-air, Yuan Cang and the other two were being forced into a sorry state by the black mist creature. However, they were only in a sorry state. After all, the black mist creature probably did not understand what the three in front of it were or why they had the aura of its race.

"Um..." Although she found it quite satisfying to see Yuan Cang and the other two looking so disheveled, the black mist creature gave Ying Huanhuan a very ominous feeling, so she immediately spoke up.

Boom!

However, before Ying Huanhuan could ask her question, a melodious chime rang out from the crimson sky.

As the bell rang, a crimson ripple swept down from the sky at a visible speed. As the ripple spread, the distortion of this crimson world gradually dissipated.

"Get ready, we're going out!"

Chapter 314 Ice Master

In the sky, space gradually fluctuated and distorted, and finally, under everyone's gaze, it gradually took the shape of a huge cauldron.

"So, we're actually trapped inside this cauldron?" Looking at the increasingly clear cauldron, a look of astonishment flashed across Ying Xiaoxiao's face, clearly having experienced the bitterness of that formation.

“This should be an extremely powerful pure primordial spirit treasure…” Ying Huanhuan looked solemnly at the inner wall of the cauldron and said softly.

Boom!

Suddenly, a monstrous crimson light swept down from the enormous cauldron that enveloped the entire space, and the direction from which it surged was precisely where the black mist creature was located.

As the crimson light swept across the sky, it transformed into an extremely large light array, which then poured down, enveloping the black mist creature within it.

Bang bang bang!

The black mist crashed into the light array, but this time it didn't have the same unstoppable force as when it was fighting Yuan Cang and the other two. However, it still made the light array tremble continuously.

"Damn that old ghost of Burning Heaven! He's been dead for so long, yet he's still haunting us!" The black mist creature frantically rammed into the light array, its ear-piercing sound spreading throughout the heavens and earth.

"gone."

A distinct sense of repulsion arose within the crimson world, and Xiao Yan used this repulsive force to pull everyone nearby away from this space.

After a brief period of darkness, a crimson hue came into view, but this time it was no longer the crimson earth, but a range of crimson mountains. On these mountains stood a crimson cauldron, hundreds of feet in size, emanating waves of intense heat.

"Were we inside that cauldron before?" Lin Qingtan blinked and asked, seeing the crimson cauldron in the sky.

“It’s probably because the Yuanmen people messed up the way they opened it,” Xiao Yan said, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding mountains. “If they had opened it correctly, this would be the scene we would have seen when we entered the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury.”

Judging from the fact that Yuan Cang and the other two were unaware of what was sealed in the cauldron, the three leaders of the Yuan Sect did not tell them the source of the power they were given. They simply told them that this power could communicate with the Burning Heaven Ancient Treasury and could open it.

call out!

Not long after the group appeared in the mountains, Yuan Cang and his two companions also quickly emerged in the distance. Immediately afterward, the space in this area distorted rapidly, and figures were spat out by the crimson space. In just a few minutes, the sky above the mountains was once again filled with a sea of ​​people.

As this sea of ​​people appeared, the place became noisy. Many people were warily looking around. Some had bloodstains on their bodies, and some even had severed limbs. Clearly, they had not had a good time in that space.

"Xiao Yan, over there..."

As forces from all sides rapidly converged in the sky, Ying Huanhuan suddenly pursed her lips, patted Xiao Yan's arm, and pointed to the most majestic peak in the mountains. On that peak, lava flowed slowly, resembling an active volcano.

Within the lava atop the mountain, a gaunt figure sat silently in meditation, clad in a crimson robe. His body was devoid of any life force, resembling a skeleton…

"Do you...know him?" Turning his head, Xiao Yan looked at the faint icy blue in Ying Huanhuan's eyes and asked softly.

“His aura gives me a familiar feeling…” Ying Huanhuan frowned slightly and said, “But his condition… it’s like he’s dead, but it seems like his life force hasn’t been completely cut off…”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan sighed almost imperceptibly. Ying Huanhuan naturally couldn't have seen the red-robed man sitting cross-legged in the lava, but she sensed a familiar aura emanating from him...

In other words, before reincarnation, Ying Huanhuan had met this red-robed man, who was a "survivor" of the ancient war between heaven and earth. Therefore, without a doubt, he was a person with such a strong aura of ice within his reincarnation spirituality...