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

"Snake fangs? Flaming rocks?"

Although their gazes only lingered on Huang Xuan for a moment, Huang Xuan's five-star Dou Zun spiritual senses allowed him to instantly lock onto them. After scanning their faces, Huang Xuan laughed loudly, "Ha, you're just stupid reptiles after all. Even though you entered the ruins ahead of time, you still managed to break through the first hurdle at the same time as us!"

Accompanied by mocking voices, Huang Xuan, Lei Zunzhe, and the others flew towards the two.

"An elder of the Nine Netherworld Python clan?"

"They're not dodging? Do they have a way to deal with this flat-feathered bird?"

"They don't seem like it. These two are only one-star Dou Zun..."

……

Huang Xuan's loud voice drew everyone's attention to them, and the identities and strengths of the two who were the first to break through the Lava Sea were revealed amidst the noise—two elders of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.

"Huang Xuan, my Nine Netherworld Python clan and your Heavenly Demon Phoenix have never crossed paths. What do you mean by this?" The surrounding noise made the snake-toothed creature abandon its idea of ​​taking advantage of the chaos and directly rebuked Huang Xuan.

"Keep to your own business?" Huang Xuan sneered. "Do you dare say that your Nine Netherworld Python Clan hasn't made any moves against the Skeleton Mountain Range in recent years?"

"So what? Since when did your Heavenly Demon Phoenixes start demanding territory that even your subordinate races can't control?"

Upon hearing Huang Xuan's words, a hint of surprise flashed in Snake Fang's eyes. He truly hadn't expected that these arrogant Heavenly Demon Phoenixes would care about such a trivial matter as the territory of their subordinate race being occupied. But soon, Snake Fang simply snorted coldly.

“If it were just the Bone Mountain Range, it wouldn’t matter…” Huang Xuan glanced around. Although he was a little surprised not to see Xiao Yan and the others, the most important thing at this moment was to force the Nine Netherworld Pythons to tell him everything they knew about the ruins. “But, you Nine Netherworld Pythons should have known about the existence of this ruins a long time ago, right?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the powerful figures watching the show, as well as those who had broken through the Fire Path and arrived at this space without having had time to take in their surroundings, instantly focused on Snake Fang.

"Heh, have you finally gone mad, you flat-feathered bird?" Even though he was utterly horrified, Snake Fang still wore a cold smile. "If we had known about the existence of this ruin all along, how could we have let you people benefit from it?"

As he spoke, Snake Fang kept urging Fire Rock beside him to break through the first line of defense at the main gate of the ruins as soon as possible—ten puppets with combined attack techniques that had not been imprinted with soul marks.

The Nine Netherworld Python Clan did have some understanding of this ruin, but it was limited to the initial few difficulties and the possibility that there might be the corpse of an ancient celestial serpent in this ruin. However, compared with other ruins, the probability of there being the corpse of an ancient celestial serpent in this Dou Sheng ruin was extremely slim, so in the end, the clan only sent two of them.

"If you didn't know about this ruin... then how do you plan to explain that you two were the first to sneak in when the spatial storm broke out?" Huang Xuan naturally didn't know what Snake Fang was thinking, and just asked with a cold smile.

That's because...

"Let's go!" Snake Fang had barely spoken when Fire Rock grabbed his arm and rushed towards the plaza where the ten puppets were supposed to be. "The gate has been opened! Someone went in first!"

As he set off, Huoyan left behind these words.

Following the direction in which Huoyan and Sheya were speeding, a wide plaza came into view, and at the end of the plaza, two thick, massive gates stood open, as if they had been there since time immemorial.

However, the fact that the ground remained spotless despite the opening of the stone gate clearly told everyone—

While these people were breaking through the fire path, some of them had already overcome the first hurdle!

Now, no one cared about Snake Fang and Fire Rock's understanding of the ruins anymore, since someone had emerged who knew more about the ruins and was far ahead of all of them!

Everyone pushed their speed to the limit, rushing into the hall like a flood.

"I told you, we have no information about this ruin!" Feeling Huang Xuan and the others still following behind them after they entered the main hall, Snake Fang finally couldn't hold back and roared back.

"So what?" Huang Xuan sneered. "Right now, all I want to do is capture you two and skin you alive!"

"Damn it..." Snake Fang cursed under his breath, seeing the genuine disgust on Huang Xuan's face. "Did you sense the summons?"

“No, just as the clan leader and the elder said, there is no corpse of the ancient celestial serpent in this ruin,” Huoyan shook his head with a grim expression. “Moreover, I also sensed the aura of the ancient celestial phoenix.”

"Ancient Celestial Phoenix?" Snake Fang frowned. "Let's go, that way!"

If they run aimlessly, they'll be caught by Huang Xuan sooner or later, given their strength. But if they lead Huang Xuan and his group to the location of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's corpse, at least they'll survive this time. As for whether the Heavenly Phoenix Clan's strength will increase after obtaining the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's corpse...

What's it to them!

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"The roars of beasts in the forest are getting louder," Little Fairy Doctor suddenly said from a small island in the middle of a lake.

"After all, I spent a little time on those ten Earth Demon Puppets," Xiao Yan smiled helplessly, casually cutting off a thick branch from the Soul Infant Demon Tree and quickly crafting it into two somewhat rough wooden boxes. "However, the purpose of this trip has been achieved, so I'll just take this opportunity to relax!"

The wooden box was successfully made. Xiao Yan carefully cut open the heavy branches, then neatly severed the branch from which the two Soul Infant Fruits were hanging. He carefully placed them into the wooden box. These Soul Infant Fruits were extremely peculiar and could not be stored in any container other than the branches of the Soul Infant Demon Tree. Otherwise, Xiao Yan would not have needed to carefully make two wooden boxes.

"Let's go... What's wrong?" Xiao Yan, who was putting the wooden box into his storage ring and preparing to leave, suddenly noticed that Zi Yan was staring blankly into the depths of the forest. He was taken aback and asked.

“There…something is calling to me.”

At this moment, Zi Yan's gaze was also somewhat blank and unfocused. "Just like... just like when you came to Canaan Academy, something is calling to my bloodline."

Several years ago, before Zi Yan knew her own background, she could smell a "pleasant scent" on Xiao Yan. Until she returned to Donglong Island, she thought it was the scent of the Ancient Dragon of the Void on Xiao Yan. But now she can clearly say that "it is the call of the Dragon and Phoenix to the bloodline in her body".

Upon hearing Zi Yan's words, Xiao Yan was taken aback. He looked in the direction she pointed, but all he saw was an endless forest. There was nothing else unusual, and he did not sense anything calling to him.

Xiao Yan's expression turned thoughtful. Since it was only a call to Zi Yan, it meant that the corpse of the Ancient Void Dragon that the Pill Tower elder had sensed back then might really exist. Moreover, it was possible that the Ancient Void Dragon was actually a relative of Zi Yan...

"Let's go take a look!" After a brief silence, Xiao Yan made the decision immediately. "The roar of the beast is still some distance away. We have plenty of time. Whatever it is, we'll have time to capture it!"

Seeing Xiao Yan nod, a smile appeared on Zi Yan's face, who had been in a daze. She lightly touched the ground with her toes and took the lead in flashing into the depths of the forest. Seeing this, Xiao Yan and the others behind her quickly followed.

This forest seemed to have been left behind by that Dou Sheng to raise various magical beasts. After passing the Soul Infant Demon Tree, the aura of the magical beasts became even more ferocious. Xiao Yan even sensed the aura of several magical beasts with the strength of an eight or nine-star Dou Zun. However, given the urgency of time, Xiao Yan could only regretfully continue following behind Zi Yan, flashing towards the depths of the forest.

"The aura of the surrounding magical beasts has completely disappeared..." Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly as he stepped into a certain area, and he said softly.

Upon hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor's expression changed. After a brief sensing, she indeed discovered that the fierce and overwhelming aura from a moment ago had completely disappeared. "What happened?"

This is, after all, a Dou Sheng's medicinal garden. If we are not careful, it may end up as fertilizer and remain here forever.

"Don't worry, this is already the center of this ancient forest," Zi Yan said softly, her gaze still fixed on the distance not far ahead—

It was a flat area, but the lush green grass had nothing unusual about it, which made Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor a little puzzled. Was this the place where they were summoning Zi Yan?

Mu Qingluan suddenly realized something, and her expression changed slightly, "Is there a beast spirit shield here?"

"That's right..."

Zi Yan nodded, floated down from the tree trunk, and slowly took about ten steps on the ground. Then she stretched out her small hand, and just as her small hand touched the void half a foot in front of her, a golden light appeared out of thin air.

The golden light was shaped like an inverted bowl, round at the top and square at the bottom, with an area of ​​about ten feet.

"Is this the Beast Spirit Shield?" Xiao Yan and the others came to Zi Yan's side and looked at the golden light shield in front of them with some surprise.

“That’s right, the Beast Spirit Shield. Only a powerful magical beast can condense a Beast Spirit Shield before it dies…” Zi Yan gently stroked the shield with her small hand, a faint sadness on her face.

"No, this Beast Spirit Shield not only has the scent of the Ancient Void Dragon, but also a hint of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan... no, it's the scent of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix!" Soon, the sorrowful expression on Zi Yan's face disappeared, replaced by an expression of disbelief.

Xiao Yan wasn't surprised that Zi Yan could identify the other aura as belonging to the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. After all, it had been mentioned beforehand that the ruins might contain the corpses of the Ancient Void Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, but—

"I said... the Beast Spirit Shield was formed before it died, right?" Xiao Yan asked with a strange expression. "Then why does this Beast Spirit Shield have both the aura of the Ancient Void Dragon and the aura of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix? Normally... the Beast Spirit Shields formed by the two should be completely separated, right?"

There's no doubt that the corpses of the Ancient Void Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix are here; the only strange thing is that the Beast Spirit Shield simultaneously carries the aura of two demonic beasts.

"Eh..." Upon hearing Xiao Yan's question, Zi Yan also showed a confused expression. "Will the two adjacent beast spirit shields... merge together?" She turned her head and looked at Mu Qingluan with some curiosity.

"I don't know!" Mu Qingluan gave the best answer readily. "But...why don't we just open it and see what's going on?"

“That’s true…” Zi Yan nodded slightly, then bit her slender finger, and a wisp of golden blood emerged from her fingertip. She gently touched the beast spirit shield with her fingertip and then drew a golden bloodstain.

"This kind of beast spirit shield can only be activated by those with the same bloodline..."

As the golden bloodstain appeared, the golden light shield fluctuated rapidly. Then, the beast spirit shield rippled, and a golden crack slowly tore open from the golden bloodstain.

"Let's go!"

Seeing this, Zi Yan waved her hand and led Xiao Yan and the other two into it. As the last person stepped in, the golden light fluctuated and the crack quickly disappeared.

The moment they stepped into the Beast Spirit Shield, Xiao Yan and the others' vision blurred, and the flat, lush grassland vanished instantly, replaced by a desolate plain—

This plain is quite large, covered with crimson sand that looks as if it has been stained with blood. In the crimson, there are occasional pale shades like death. Looking into the distance, one can see an ancient altar that is hundreds of feet tall in the center of the plain.

"Such terrifying pressure..."

The moment Mu Qingluan entered this place, her face turned pale. If Xiao Yan hadn't shielded her from the pressure of the supreme demon beast in the first place, she might have become the first Dou Huang-level demon beast in history to die because she forgot to breathe.

Unlike Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan locked her gaze on the altar that exuded a terrifying pressure almost the instant she entered. Then, she lightly touched the ground with her toes and flew towards the altar.

Seeing Zi Yan's actions, Xiao Yan quickly followed suit.

A moment later, the four reached the top of the altar, and then, all four were filled with shock—

In the center of the altar was a stone platform in gold and purple. On the platform was a groove about half a foot in size. In the groove, a sapling no thicker than a thumb was growing, and a fruit was hanging from the top of the sapling.

The fruit is about the size of a palm, and is gold and purple in color. Upon closer inspection, the gold half, as it meanders and twists, resembles a miniature ancient dragon, while the purple half looks like a phoenix spreading its wings and dancing.

Chapter 388 The Death of Huang Xuan

That's right, it's the Demon Phoenix. After all, in terms of appearance alone, this shape is almost exactly the same as the Heavenly Demon Phoenix that Xiao Yan had seen before. If it weren't for the obvious differences in some parts, Xiao Yan would almost have mistaken it for the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.

"It seems... that pressure is coming from this fruit..." Little Fairy Doctor said in a low voice, her voice filled with disbelief.

“This is the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit… In the ancient records of the Ancient Dragon Clan, the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit has only appeared five times…” Zi Yan stared blankly at the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit in the altar. “This kind of fruit, the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, has a less than 10% chance of appearing only after absorbing the life force of the Primordial Void Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix…”

At this point, Zi Yan suddenly turned her head and stood at the top of the altar, looking down at the vast plain. Only then did everyone realize that the pale color in the red soil was faintly outlining the skeleton of an extremely large dragon and a phoenix.

The massive skeletons, joined end to end, formed a perfect circle that encircled the plain, with the megalithic altar situated precisely at the center of this circle.

"The Ancient Phoenix and the Ancient Void Dragon are both supreme among magical beasts, but they are irreconcilable enemies and will fight fiercely as soon as they meet..." After recovering slightly, Mu Qingluan said softly, "Presumably, they both perished here after a great battle..."

"The life force of that ancient phoenix is ​​far inferior to that ancient dragon of the Void," Zi Yan had a different opinion. "If they had both been seriously injured and perished here, the beast spirit shield wouldn't be so clearly dominated by the aura of the ancient dragon of the Void!"

"Perhaps, this Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit was specially cultivated by the owner of this ruin?" Recalling the auras of the magical beasts he had sensed along the way, as well as the variety of medicinal herbs in this ancient forest, Xiao Yan made a conjecture. "However, let's put it away for now. It's just right, Zi Yan, your bloodline has not yet fully evolved into a Dragon-Phoenix."

"Mm." Zi Yan nodded and quickly turned around.

However, before Zi Yan could even extend her hand, the space trembled violently once again, and then a multitude of auras surged in simultaneously.

Looking towards the source of the fluctuation, a crack was seen torn open at the edge of the beast spirit shield, and a group of people flew in like wolves and tigers. Upon closer inspection, it was clear that it was a group led by Huang Xuan. However, the two people leading the way were two unfamiliar faces, and they both had heavy auras, clearly indicating that they were seriously injured.

Upon entering this place, Huang Xuan and the others first looked around somewhat blankly before their gazes locked onto the altar in the center of the plain. Since they were also high in the sky at the moment, they immediately saw the extremely dazzling strange fruit on the altar.

"Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit?!?"

Before Huang Xuan, who was the first to react, could speak, a scream so shocking it was beyond words suddenly rang out behind him—

Behind Huang Xuan, Huang Li, standing next to Feng Qing'er, stared fervently at the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit atop the altar. Had Huang Xuan not suppressed his every move with his aura the instant he screamed, he might have already charged toward the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit with fervor.

Hearing the scream as well, Zi Yan's face turned cold, and she silently withdrew her hand—taking away the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit required rather complicated methods, but at this moment, if she didn't drive away these uninvited guests, she probably wouldn't be able to calmly collect it.

"Sigh," Xiao Yan sighed deeply, "Huang Xuan, why is your luck so bad?"

"What do you mean by this, Mr. Xiao Yan?" Huang Xuan looked at Xiao Yan with some confusion... as if he really didn't understand why Xiao Yan would say such a thing.

"If you really don't know anything, why did you make those three good-for-nothings wary of us and prepare to surround us?"

Xiao Yan looked at Huang Xuan with a half-smile. The moment Huang Xuan confirmed the true form of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, he immediately notified Lei Zun, Hu Xiao, and Yue Hao via soul transmission to prepare to act at any time. Moreover, as if he thought that the soul power of a peak eighth-grade alchemist would be weaker than his, he also explained that this beast spirit shield could only be opened with the essence blood of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix and the essence blood of the Ancient Void Dragon.

When they first met, Huang Xuan did not sense the aura of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's essence blood from Xiao Yan's storage ring.