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

'This can't go on!' Almost simultaneously, the thought flashed through their minds.

"Demon Spirit Body!" Ghost King roared in a low voice, and overwhelming demonic energy emanated from its body, quickly exceeding the attenuation speed of the Five Elements Fire Array and the Refining Heaven Ancient Array. It then directly formed a huge dark shadow, ten thousand feet in size, between the Refining Heaven Ancient Array.

'How come everyone knows this move?' Just before the shadow of darkness formed, Xiao Yan's ever-changing hand seals slowly stopped, and he sighed with a hint of helplessness.

When he was besieging the True King of the Ten Kings Palace, Xiao Yan had deeply felt the troublesome nature of this Demonic Spirit Body's combined defensive and offensive techniques. Seeing this familiar black shadow again now, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel somewhat helpless. However, precisely because he had seen this move before at the hands of the Ten Kings Palace, Xiao Yan had a general idea of ​​the Ghost King's future methods—

"A Demonized World!"

The shadow of darkness, formed moments before, suddenly dispersed under the control of the Ghost King, and then, with an aura that devoured heaven and earth, forcibly swallowed the towering Refining Heaven Ancient Array and the Five Elements Fire Array that was encased within it.

really!

Seeing all this happening, a glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes, and his hand seals changed. The massive fire array that reached the heavens and the earth began to collapse from the outside in. However, as the outer perimeter of the array collapsed, the fire pillars that sealed and controlled the Ghost King became more and more solid.

Feeling the pillar of fire under his control, the Ghost King's face turned furious. A monstrous demonic aura swept over him, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-long black halo. The halo emitted shrill screams, and the space rippled, looking as if it might shatter at any moment.

"Great Heavenly Demon Sun-Eroding Wheel!" Immediately, the ten-thousand-foot-long wheel of light crushed towards Xiao Yan's location.

"Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, strip it away!"

As if to kill the Ghost King before the black halo struck him, almost the instant the halo formed, Xiao Yan waved his hand, and countless fire lines burst forth from the fire array. These fire lines formed a fire net that tightly wrapped around the Ghost King's body. Then the fire net slowly rose, and wisps of black demonic energy were peeled away from the Ghost King's body.

"You bastard!"

As the black demonic energy rose, the Ghost King's expression became increasingly ferocious. It tried to struggle, but having released most of its power, it was powerless against the increasingly powerful connection between the five fire spirits. Most importantly... it could not imagine that there was such a formation in such a lower plane that could strip away its origin!

Because of his anger and disbelief, the Ghost King completely failed to notice that many of the fire lines that shot out from the fire array landed on the five fire spirits that controlled its movement.

Chapter 417 The Great Creation Palm

Feeling its power being constantly stripped away, the Ghost King stared intently at Xiao Yan in the distance. Although it didn't know at first that the two formations set up by Xiao Yan could strip it of its power, it could still guess that these two formations were definitely not easy to control. It could even guess that as long as Xiao Yan relaxed his control over the formations even slightly, it could escape from them.

Otherwise, Xiao Yan wouldn't have needed to use such a powerful move that overwhelmed it when he first "greeted" it.

Therefore, in order to escape from these two formations, even though he knew that Xiao Yan could control the formations to explode at any time, Ghost King still used the Demonized World to swallow the two formations. In the instant that Xiao Yan reacted, he threw the most powerful killing move of the Demonized World, the Great Heavenly Demon Sun-Eating Wheel, at Xiao Yan.

If there was any mistake, it was simply that I hadn't expected these two formations to be able to strip away its original power.

But at this very moment, in the Ghost King's field of vision, Xiao Yan was still meticulously controlling the two formations even as the Great Heavenly Demon Sun-Eating Wheel was about to strike him, as if he was certain that he could withstand the attack unscathed.

"Damn it, how dare he?"

Just a second before the Great Heavenly Demon Sun-Eating Wheel was about to strike Xiao Yan, the Ghost King cursed under his breath. In that instant, the Ghost King felt as if the world had stopped for a moment, and then Xiao Yan appeared in a position where the Great Heavenly Demon Sun-Eating Wheel could not reach him.

Varied……

"The Magic Exhibition is on the rise!"

In the instant that a feeling of bewilderment arose, the Ghost King noticed that the two arrays controlling his body seemed to have slowed down for a moment. Without hesitation, the Ghost King unleashed all the remaining demonic energy, using the power of completely shattering his own form to forcefully break free from the control of the five fire spirits.

"Not good!" The moment he sensed the disappearance of the Ghost King's figure within the formation, Xiao Yan's expression changed drastically, and his hand seals rapidly shifted.

"late!"

Amidst the swirling demonic energy, the Ghost King's undisguised smug words echoed. At the same time, the drifting demonic energy relentlessly surged towards the source energy stripped away by the Refining Heaven Ancient Array, attempting to devour this newly stripped and unpurified source energy as soon as possible.

"Step back!"

However, before the two demonic energies could even make contact, the Azure Dragon and White Tiger Fire Spirits broke away from the east and west positions in the formation and appeared in front of and behind the demonic energy where the Ghost King's consciousness was located. At the same time, towering green flames appeared behind the Azure Dragon, while the White Tiger was treading on endless ferocious energy.

These two things...

It wasn't until the Azure Dragon and White Tiger broke free of the Five Elements Fire Formation that the Ghost King realized that these two fire spirits weren't entirely controlled by Xiao Yan, and that the one controlling them was—

"Are you the magical treasures crafted by that talisman ancestor?"

If it were at its peak, the Ghost King would naturally not be afraid of these two magical treasures that had never appeared on the ancient battlefield and were obviously weaker than those powerful weapons that could suppress true kings. But at this moment, it was not even in its peak condition, and its form had almost completely disappeared. Therefore, it could only look at its own origin being gradually purified with a little regret before re-condensing its form.

"Unfortunately, no," Xiao Yan hurriedly stuffed a handful of pills, including but not limited to those for restoring Dou Qi and soul power, into his mouth. He then appeared beside the Azure Dragon Fire Spirit in a few flashes, and then summoned the White Tiger Fire Spirit and the Vermilion Bird Fire Spirit to his side as well. "There is more than one master of spirit treasure refining in the Tianxuan Continent."

As they spoke, the essence that had been extracted from the Ghost King was completely purified. As a result, the fire spirits dissipated their forms, transforming into several balls of flame rising in the air and several dimmed spirit talismans, which were then absorbed into Xiao Yan's body.

'It seems those two formations won't be effective anytime soon...'

Even though he hadn't seen the true appearance of the spirit talismans, Ghost King could still clearly feel the weakness they conveyed. Therefore, without worrying about Xiao Yan pulling out the Five Elements Fire Array from somewhere again, Ghost King quietly began to reclaim the demonic energy that had been scattered when he cast the Demonized World.

Although he had made many small moves, he had managed to keep them from being noticed by the Ghost King through his strength. Therefore, Xiao Yan would never allow the Ghost King to make such blatant moves in front of him. So, without hesitation, Xiao Yan slammed his palm heavily into the void in front of him, and his chilling shout suddenly resounded!

"Great Creation Palm!"

boom!

With a single palm strike, the space collapsed almost instantly. A chilling black halo rapidly spread from Xiao Yan's palm, then surged toward the location of the Ghost King.

Heavenly-rank fighting techniques are very strong, but every move Xiao Yan used before was no weaker than the Great Creation Palm. Therefore, seeing that he had been discovered, the Ghost King simply began to retract the demonic energy he had previously scattered without any attempt to hide it.

"Have you forgotten something?" Seeing the Ghost King so brazenly reclaiming demonic energy, Xiao Yan laughed instead.

That's why I want to recycle it!

The Ghost King completely ignored Xiao Yan's faint laughter. The Great Creation Palm was indeed powerful, but at most it would only cause it a lot of external injuries, just like the almost endless fire lotus at the beginning. After all, it put on the Mio Demon Armor the moment it reformed, so it was not afraid of taking a direct hit.

However, if the great array located inside its body were to explode, even if the array were to collapse, it would still severely injure it.

In the midst of this brief exchange, only a wisp of the previously overwhelming demonic energy remained, yet to be collected by the Ghost King. At that moment, the black hole created by the Great Creation Palm arrived before the Ghost King.

Just as the Ghost King calmly prepared to withstand the Great Creation Palm, Xiao Yan's right hand slowly clenched—

The moment Xiao Yan clenched his right hand completely, the enormous fire array that had not yet completely collapsed suddenly crumbled, transforming into two extremely dazzling beams of light that shot out and struck the Demon Armor on the Ghost King's body.

The instantaneous collapse of the fire array was indeed within the Ghost King's expectations; otherwise, it would not have been in such a hurry to reclaim its power. However, the fact that the instantaneous collapse of the fire array resulted in two incomparably dazzling beams of light instead of a deafening explosion was completely unexpected.

What Ghost King didn't expect was that these two beams of light could tear apart its demon armor in an instant, and with considerable force, ripped apart its form, allowing the Great Creation Palm to also land on its body.

Normally, the collision between the Great Creation Palm and the last embers of the Refining Heaven Ancient Array would not produce an explosion, since the Great Creation Palm's effect is merely to devour. However, Xiao Yan did not believe that the Ghost King would die so easily.

Therefore, the moment he confirmed that the two fatal blows had torn apart the Ghost King's body, Xiao Yan softly uttered a single word.

"burst!"

boom!

A cataclysmic explosion occurred between heaven and earth, creating a massive crack hundreds of thousands of feet long in space. This enormous crack far exceeded the diameter of the planet. If Xiao Yan hadn't managed to control the direction of the explosion, the consequences would have been far more severe than just a crack exceeding the planet's diameter.

Chapter 418 Life and Death Moment

Amidst the endless storm brought about by the explosion, Xiao Yan stood calmly in the void until the spatial rift, hundreds of thousands of feet long, appeared, at which point the expression on Xiao Yan's face changed slightly.

Is this the strength a Dou Sheng should have?

Gazing at the spatial rift that was beginning to generate a powerful suction force, Xiao Yan frowned slightly. He knew that Dou Sheng were very strong; even dozens of Nine-Rank Dou Zun might not be a match for a single One-Star Dou Sheng. However, such a massive spatial rift was definitely not something a One-Star Dou Sheng could create. But—

"You haven't found a way to leave this world, have you?"

As the storm gradually subsided, Xiao Yan's calm voice rang out across the land, as if he were talking to a close friend, his tone indifferent and devoid of any emotion.

"Although it is just a world that has not yet been fully born into a plane, under your deliberate pressure, this incomplete world has already developed a vague consciousness... If you leave now, do you think you will still have the possibility of leaving this world?"

As Xiao Yan finished speaking, the completely imperceptible spatial distortion at the very center of the storm suddenly stopped. Then, the well-hidden spatial distortion slowly expanded, and finally, the Ghost King, covered in bruises, revealed his figure from the distorted space.

"call--"

After taking a deep breath, the wounds on the Ghost King's body gradually healed, and its evil gaze fell on Xiao Yan, who stood calmly in the void, watching it emerge from nothingness without any emotion.

"There's no grudge between us that would require us to fight to the death, is there?" The Ghost King asked softly after all his wounds had healed.

These sincere words, coupled with his tattered clothes but seemingly unharmed body, made him appear as if he were truly a desperate person who wanted to confide in Xiao Yan in order to buy himself a chance to survive.

Unfortunately, for Xiao Yan, who could clearly sense how much power the Ghost King still possessed, these sincere words and humble posture had no effect whatsoever…

No, it should be said that the Ghost King's deliberate delaying tactics coincided with Xiao Yan's thoughts and the things he was doing.

“Enmity? Of course not. Although you will slaughter more than 99% of the life in this world, the lives and deaths of those people have nothing to do with me. Not to mention that this world does not yet have a complete consciousness, so no matter what I do, this world will not remember.”

"So, the prerequisite for you to inherit the Qiankun Empress's legacy is that you must fight to the death with me?"

The moment Xiao Yan finished speaking, Ghost King followed up with a question.

"No, as long as my strength reaches a certain level, I can obtain that inheritance completely at any time... Moreover, do you really think that with your meager strength, you are worth her concern for thousands of years, and even making your life or death a necessary condition for inheriting the inheritance she left behind?"

While relentlessly belittling the value of the Ghost King, Xiao Yan quietly waited for the fusion of the power extracted from the five fire spirits and himself to gradually come to an end.

“Indeed…” The Ghost King chuckled dryly, then, as if struggling with a problem, he stammered, “So, uh, that…”

Xiao Yan did not press the Ghost King any further, and the Ghost King did not offer another excuse to stall for time. After all, when Xiao Yan responded to the Ghost King's first words, both of them understood that the other was preparing a final, fatal move.

If the Ghost King were at its peak, it could certainly have intervened without hesitation to interrupt Xiao Yan's attempt to buy time. Unfortunately, since returning to this planet, every step the Ghost King took had been firmly placed on Xiao Yan's carefully laid plans.

If it weren't for its formidable strength and the fact that Xiao Yan's talisman was merely a copy of the Ancestral Talisman, it would have been gradually destroyed by the suppression, instead of remaining with about 50% of its power, allowing it to put up a final fight against Xiao Yan, who was almost at his peak after replenishing his strength with pills.

'It'll be soon, it'll be soon...'

Because every step the Ghost King took from the very beginning had been exactly as Xiao Yan had predicted, at this moment, although the Ghost King kept repeating the word "that," his thoughts were mostly focused on Xiao Yan.

It was absolutely certain that its current actions were still within Xiao Yan's expectations, and it was prepared to save its life even if Xiao Yan did not kill it in the final move. But what if... what if preparing in advance could rewrite everything? What if preparing in advance could not only allow it to survive, but also allow it to advance further?

As if the Demon Emperor sensed the Ghost King's current mood, his desperate move was actually completed before Xiao Yan could even begin.

"Die!"

Without any hesitation, the Ghost King roared, and a monstrous demonic aura surged behind it, transforming into a torrent of demonic energy hundreds of thousands of feet long. It swept across the sky like a winding, coiled demonic dragon, rushing towards Xiao Yan's location.

Wherever the demonic dragon passed, the heavens and earth shattered, and black cracks spread rapidly.

As the world shattered, a mournful cry, seemingly unable to bear the weight, seemed to echo in Xiao Yan's ears. This cry was both urging and helping Xiao Yan to accelerate the completion of that final step.

The roar of a dragon and the howl of a tiger resounded, and then a giant green dragon and a white tiger shrouded in ferocious aura sprang out from Xiao Yan's body, rushing headlong towards the world-destroying demonic dragon without hesitation.

Boom!

The two fire spirits that had almost cornered the Ghost King earlier couldn't even make the demon dragon pause. With two crisp cracking sounds, the two fire spirits turned into two wisps of smoke and disappeared into the world.

"You can't stop it, are you still not done?" The anxious voice echoed in Xiao Yan's heart the moment the fire spirit dissipated.

Just a little bit more... just a little bit more!

Gazing at the demonic dragon hurtling down from the sky, Xiao Yan, responding to the urging of the Flame of Life, slowly closed his eyes. He knew that at this moment, the only way to turn defeat into victory...

No, it should be said that the only thing that could truly achieve "overcoming the strong with the weak" and completely purify the Ghost King was his carefully prepared final move. Everything before was prepared for this final blow, but now it seems that it is too late.

The demonic dragon roared down and finally crushed Xiao Yan. At this moment, a ferocious look finally appeared on the face of the Ghost King.

The ultimate winner... is me!