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

When his internal fighting spirit recovered slightly, the Xuanzhong Ruler in his hand, now a fiery red and radiating intense heat, slashed through the void, aiming at the woman whose face showed a look of panic.

As the crescent-shaped beam of light, half a meter long, shot out like lightning and struck the woman, she finally released her grip on Xiao Yan's hand and dodged away from him in a few flashes.

"call……"

After swallowing several more Qi-restoring pills, Xiao Yan let out a long breath and brought his right hand, which had been held in the woman's hand, to his eyes.

The fighting spirit that had originally enveloped Xiao Yan's right hand had been completely corroded. Countless black wisps clung tightly to Xiao Yan's right palm, constantly corroding his flesh. At several knuckles, the white bones were already visible.

'Damn it, what is this thing?'

When Xiao Yan tried to extinguish the black energy by mobilizing his newly generated fighting spirit, he discovered that these things were like a persistent, intractable disease, extremely difficult to clear. His fighting spirit was completely powerless against them, and the black energy was even constantly eroding his fighting spirit.

"What? Are you at a loss?" The woman chuckled. "It seems you're only... The Soul-Devouring Netherworld's function is to enhance the corrosiveness of demonic energy. She can't use too much power right now. Use your natal talisman to destroy the Soul-Devouring Netherworld. Only by destroying it..."

"Shut up!"

Before she could finish her sarcastic remarks, the woman suddenly began explaining the effects of the Soul-Devouring Netherworld, and even told Xiao Yan how to dispel it.

However, just like the mocking words, the woman's explanation was interrupted by her own shrill scream before she could finish.

Xiao Yan's right hand hung slightly, while the Xuanzhong Ruler in his left hand shimmered with light. At this moment, he could see that the Zhu family's ancestor had indeed been possessed by another consciousness.

But this consciousness that had taken over her body didn't seem to be able to completely control her body...

Xiao Yan suddenly laughed: "Your consciousness is quite disordered. If I'm not mistaken... as the price for forcibly taking over her body, you have to suppress her consciousness at all times, so you can't unleash your full strength, right?"

The woman stared at Lin Dong with a sinister look in her eyes, then suddenly laughed loudly, "So what if you noticed? From the moment she entered the burial ground of the Dark Sacred Tiger, everything she had belonged to me. This blood pool is the result of her descendants. It's all just so that I can return to my original state!"

'Dark Holy Tiger? Another unfamiliar term...' Xiao Yan's eyes flickered slightly as he memorized this unfamiliar word.

"Restore it to its original state? Are you sure you can do that?" With a sneer, Xiao Yan used his purple-gold flames to completely obliterate the black lights. "Although I don't know exactly what you are, your true form is more than just a Celestial Talisman Master, isn't it?"

"This...body?"

These two words seemed to possess some kind of magic, and the woman suddenly froze on the spot.

Seeing the frozen woman, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. In his best condition, he was still somewhat confident that he could deal with her, or even defeat her. However, now that he needed to distract himself to suppress the black energy in his hand, he had no confidence in himself at all.

Compared to Xiao Yan, Yao Lao had far more experience. While Xiao Yan confirmed that the woman's body had been possessed by another creature, Yao Lao also noticed that the soul occupying her body was incomplete.

Although she was powerful, and this power was built upon her broken soul, incompleteness is still incompleteness. After briefly stating this point, she fell silent.

'And next is...'

Staring at the stiff woman, Xiao Yan licked his lips, and deep red flames gradually rose up, filling the entire world in a moment. Although the surrounding area was not a magma zone, so the flames could not resonate with the environment and raise their temperature almost without limit, the temperature of the flames controlled by Xiao Yan was already far higher than that of the two-headed fire spirit snake.

boom!

The flames began to spin rapidly, and dozens of fire dragons made of fire energy appeared in the flames. After circling for a while, as Xiao Yan tried his best to activate the dragon energy in his body, the fire dragons let out a roar that seemed to want to shatter the woman's soul.

Just as the old doctor had said before, the effect of this wisp of dragon energy was enough to make a person's soul momentarily lose focus. For the woman who was already in self-doubt, the dragon's roar even shook out a black soul.

"Kill me immediately! The ghost will quickly..." The woman, who had instantly broken free of control, said rapidly.

It was precisely because the woman regained her senses that the fire dragons, which should have charged directly at her, suddenly stopped. Although they resumed their attack upon hearing the first part of her sentence, they were ultimately too late.

Of course, it might also be because Xiao Yan's own spiritual power was not enough to compare with the ghost general mentioned by the woman. After a brief pause, the black soul of the ghost general was seen to reattach itself to the woman's body.

"Ha, well done," the ghost said, still looking shaken. "If I had been any later, I might really be dead..."

The ghost was panting heavily, looking with lingering fear at the deep red flames enveloping her and the fire dragons she had blocked. If Xiao Yan hadn't paused for a moment, those fire dragons might have really torn her soul apart.

Seeing the ghost general's lingering fear, Xiao Yan pursed his lips. Perhaps it was due to ignorance of the immensity of heaven and earth, but he had a feeling that if he let these more than ten fire dragons rush into the very center, the explosive energy seemed capable of completely crushing this ghost general.

"If only I could purify or simply tear apart your broken soul..."

"Purify? Tear apart? What are you thinking?" The ghost laughed. "For thousands of years, my soul and hers have been one. The body you see is her soul, and also my soul. No matter what you choose, purification or something else, she will dissipate with me!"

"Although your natal talisman is somewhat similar to the Flame Ancestral Talisman... even the Flame Ancestral Talisman couldn't purify my soul, let alone your fake Flame Ancestral Talisman!"

"Teacher, I'll leave the rest to you."

Looking at the Ghost General spouting nonsense within the flame array, Xiao Yan gritted his teeth in annoyance. However, he couldn't deny that, let alone purifying her, he might not even be able to completely obliterate her soul.

With the old doctor's guidance, the moment he controlled the ghost was the one when he was most likely to kill her. However, the Zhu family ancestor's lucidity made him hesitate for a moment, and that brief hesitation caused him to miss his only chance.

"It's not your fault. In my experience, this ghost general is one of the most eerie things you've ever encountered," the old apothecary comforted him.

It is not uncommon for powerful souls to exist; the Soul Palace alone may have tens of thousands of them. However, the guardians of the Soul Palace are all complete souls who use battle qi or soul power. This is the first time that Yao Lao has seen a soul like Youhun Jiang, whose soul is incomplete and who uses strange energy that even battle qi cannot destroy.

"They changed players? They know they can't win?"

Although trapped in the flame formation, the ghost sensed the change in the soul within Xiao Yan's body the moment Yao Lao took over, and even had the leisure to continue provoking 'Xiao Yan'.

"This disciple doesn't know how to wear down your soul, so as your teacher, I can only provide a demonstration." The old doctor smiled faintly, his palm outstretched, and after a brief pause, white flames slowly rose up.

As the white flames rose, a look of utter horror appeared in the Ghost General's eyes. If the two flames that Xiao Yan had summoned before were rated out of ten, then this white flame would score at least one thousand points, posing a considerable threat to her.

"Purple-gold, deep red, and now white? Can't you two be a little more creative? What's the point of simply changing the color of the flames?"

However, the look of horror lasted only a moment before the ghost began to mock him.

"If that's really what you think, I might be able to save some effort."

Ignoring the provocation of the Ghost General, Yao Lao gradually lowered the flame in his hand to his right hand. Then, the white flame transformed into an invincible warrior, frantically devouring the black energy on Xiao Yan's right hand.

'Bone Spirit Cold Fire...'

Looking at the eerie white flames burning the black aura that clung to his right hand like a malignant sore, Xiao Yan silently uttered its name.

The Bone Spirit Cold Flame, ranked eleventh on the Strange Flame Ranking, is a strange flame that Yao Lao found in an extremely yin and cold place. It is also the only strange flame that Xiao Yan has seen in its true form so far.

"Impossible! How could you possibly handle my demonic energy!"

As the black energy on Xiao Yan's right hand was burned away, Youhun cried out in horror as if he had witnessed something unbelievable, "How could there be anything on this backward continent that can deal with the demonic energy!"

"This continent? So you're not from this continent either?" Yao Lao raised his head and looked at the ghost general in the flame formation. "Empress Qiankun... are you also from the Dou Qi Continent?"

This was the second time Xiao Yan had heard the title "Empress of Qiankun" from his own teacher.

"Empress Qiankun?" The Ghost General was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "I understand, I understand, I understand everything!" He laughed maniacally, as if he were a madman.

Looking at the crazed Ghost General, the old apothecary frowned slightly.

"You two... came here for the dimensional embryo of this continent, right?" After the laughter stopped, another unfamiliar term came out of the Ghost General's mouth.

'A dimensional embryo?'

Despite having a century of experience, the term "planetary embryo" was still unfamiliar to Yao Lao. However, being an old fox, Yao Lao would not easily let the ghost general see through his true nature.

"Heh, a planar embryo? Are you sure there are planar embryos on this continent?" Yao Lao laughed contemptuously.

"So, you all figured it out too? No, I should say only you figured it out, right? Your disciple... was just a decoy, wasn't he?" The Ghost General sneered coldly. "They're all humans from a lower plane, yet they're constantly eyeing the dimensional embryos of other continents..."

"And what makes you any better?" Yao Lao sneered. "Didn't you invade our world for the Plane Embryo? Although you keep talking about the Empress of Qiankun... you've never even seen her, have you?"

The ghost gritted her teeth. At her peak, her true form was only a general-level being. Even that dying dark holy tiger could easily crush her. How could she have ever seen the appearance of the Qiankun Empress?

If it weren't for the near-unrestricted absorption of the Yin-Yang Pool's energy by those humans, which caused the seal laid down by the Dark Sacred Tiger before its death to loosen, the original body wouldn't even have been able to tear its soul apart and throw this remnant soul out of the seal.

Even after achieving this, her remnant soul forgot why she was thrown out of the seal. If it weren't for Xiao Yan's words earlier, she wouldn't have remembered that she was just a clone split off from her main body to break the seal.

"So, teacher, who exactly is the Empress of Qiankun?"

As the ghost fell silent, Xiao Yan quietly inquired.

'A female Dou Di from ancient times, rumored to possess Dou Qi of all attributes, making her the most versatile and enigmatic Dou Di. Some unofficial historical records even state that she left the Dou Qi Continent to travel to other worlds, and upon returning, even gained control of the power of time.'

If it weren't for Ghost General's words, Yao Lao would have almost forgotten about this legendary Dou Di whom he knew from his time in the Yao Clan.

'This Douluo Continent might be a world that the Empress once visited, and this ghost general might be the one she defeated...'

'No, perhaps it wasn't that empress who defeated him. Didn't she just mention some Dark Holy Tiger? Perhaps the Ghost General was merely a defeated opponent of the Dark Holy Tiger, and she might have learned the title "Empress of Qiankun" from the Dark Holy Tiger.'

The Ghost General's true form is very strong, but Yao Lao has a feeling that her true form is at most a Dou Zun. No matter how you look at it, a Dou Zun is not worthy of fighting against a Dou Di.

'So... the reason we came to this Douluo Continent is because of the legacy of that Empress Qiankun?'

Xiao Yan succinctly summarized Yao Lao's words into one sentence: "A world where a Dou Di has been."

"The Empress Qiankun was at least tens of thousands of years ago. Even if she left her legacy on this continent, it would have been discovered long ago. You shouldn't think too much about it." Yao Lao had no choice but to once again thwart Xiao Yan's little scheme.

“Now that you know that the Plane Embryo does not exist on this continent,” the Ghost General said slowly, “how about you each leave? I will no longer interfere with the inheritance of this family, and in exchange, you will leave this place.”

"What right do you have to trade with me when you're trapped like this?" The old apothecary smiled slightly.

“Even if you had the strength of the Reincarnation Realm in your previous life,” the Ghost General said viciously, “your spiritual power is now only at the level of a Great Perfection Immortal Talisman Master. If it were a fight to the death, I might not necessarily lose!”

The Samsara Realm? What is that?

“Indeed, if it’s a life-or-death struggle, you might not lose…” Yao Lao lightly raised his hand, and the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, which had burned away all the so-called demonic energy, returned to the air above his palm.

"But what if I launch a sneak attack?"

His hand clenched tightly, and the bone spirit cold fire surged out.

Chapter 71 Demon Extermination

As soon as the old apothecary finished speaking, the ghost general sensed something was wrong—

However, before she could focus her attention on the bone spirit cold fire surging from Yao Lao's body, the flame array surrounding her suddenly changed, and the swirling fire dragons, carrying a temperature strong enough to evaporate everything, rushed towards her.

"Damn it... Demon Shield!"

With a low curse, demonic energy surged, and several black shields appeared around her. The shields were covered with hideous ghost faces, exuding a chilling demonic aura.

Bang bang bang!

Almost simultaneously, the fire dragons from all sides slammed into the black shield, the deafening roar echoing through the sky. At that moment, the blood pool below completely collapsed and shattered.

Before the ghosts could catch their breath, the somewhat shattered fire dragons suddenly exploded, and the fierce energy turned into ripples that spread outwards.

In that instant, not only the blood pool below, but even the plaza that the Ghost had painstakingly created to accelerate recovery collapsed completely.

As the aftershocks of the energy dissipated, the black shields slowly crumbled. The only saving grace was that the Ghost General himself did not die in the energy shock.

"Flame Divides and Devours Waves!"

However, before the ghost could catch her breath, an enormous, pale white crescent moon suddenly hurtled towards her from above.

"roll!"

A sharp screech escaped from the ghost's mouth, then it turned and threw a punch, unleashing a torrent of demonic energy that slammed into the pale white crescent moon.

Chi!