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

'Two people's soul skills are simultaneously affecting one person?!'

After two beams of azure light landed on him, confirming that both soul skills had taken effect, Xiao Yan's eyes widened in surprise. According to common sense, the same type of support-type martial soul should not be able to take effect repeatedly on the same person...

However, this was not the right time to discuss this issue. Xiao Yan leaped down the cliff shrouded in white mist, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the mist.

During the descent, Xiao Yan did not use his spiritual power. He simply looked around at the steep mountain walls with great interest. In the Dou Qi Continent, there were anecdotes about finding peerless martial arts techniques after jumping off a cliff, and there were countless people waiting to jump off cliffs. However, this was the first time Xiao Yan had personally experienced such a cliff-jumping activity.

Once he broke through the layer of white mist, Xiao Yan could clearly see the scene below—

The "medicinal herb garden," centered around a hot spring, is nestled in this strange valley. The small hot spring has two colors: milky white and vermilion. Although these two colors of water coexist in the same pool, they are clearly distinct, never interfering with each other, and always remaining on their own side.

Upon seeing this strange spring, Xiao Yan was certain that the "treasure" he was looking for must be beneath the spring. However, at this moment, Xiao Yan's gaze was focused on the herbs in the milky white and vermilion spring.

"teacher……"

With no one around, and Zhou Wei and the Lu sisters unlikely to come down anytime soon, they would surely call out before doing so to confirm Xiao Yan's survival. Therefore, Xiao Yan didn't need to suppress his joy excessively at this moment.

"Those two can be used as the main medicinal ingredients, right?"

His gaze fell on the large, octagonal flower in the milky-white spring and the cabbage-like plant in the vermilion spring, which was entirely fiery red. Xiao Yan's lips curled up involuntarily. "The main ingredient of the Five Elements Yin Yang Pill!"

“Absolutely,” Yao Lao’s voice reached Xiao Yan’s ears. “Both medicinal herbs should be of the fifth grade and have completely identical medicinal properties. They might even save some trouble when refining the Five Elements Yin Yang Pill.”

"I really have to thank Zhou Wei. If it weren't for her, I might not have been able to find the right medicinal herbs in such a short time," Xiao Yan said with a bright smile, his mood extremely pleasant. "Although these two herbs can only be used to refine one Five Elements Yin Yang Pill, but..."

Xiao Yan's gaze swept across the herb garden. Around the spring, various medicinal herbs he had never seen before were scattered about. Although it was a pity that he couldn't record the properties of each one due to their small quantity, there were still quite a few herbs that satisfied the concept of "yin and yang." Moreover—

Finally, Xiao Yan turned his gaze to the spring water.

"What's below should be the corpses of two types of soul beasts, or perhaps water and fire soul beasts?"

Although his spiritual power couldn't penetrate the spring water to reach the bottom, Xiao Yan spoke with great confidence, "One of each of the two spring-source medicinal herbs, one of each of the various herbs around it, one of the corpse below, and three grade-five Five Elements Yin Yang Pills—that completes the medicinal materials!"

"Is he still alive?"

Just as Xiao Yan was lost in thought, Zhou Wei's voice came from above.

"It's safe down here, come down!"

After responding, Xiao Yan muttered to himself, "Teacher, what do you think Zhou Wei's purpose is in coming here? Judging from the situation, this herb garden belongs to that Poison Douluo, right? Could her purpose also be to steal herbs?"

Completely blinded by the sight of the medicinal garden before him, Xiao Yan began to suspect Zhou Wei's actions.

"She doesn't even know what's down there, how could she possibly be here to find these medicinal herbs?" The old apothecary shook his head helplessly. "Even if she knew what was going on here, how could stealing medicinal herbs be considered revenge against that Poison Douluo?"

“That’s true, and besides, that woman doesn’t look like she’s planning to go back alive…” Xiao Yan nodded.

Unable to fly, he sought out a support-type Soul Master who could make him "levitate"...

As Xiao Yan was deep in thought, several humanoid objects fell from the sky.

After seeing the faces of the people who had been thrown down, Xiao Yan used his spiritual power to catch them. Although he hadn't done it himself, and these people had been targeted by Zhou Wei for a long time, he, Xiao Yan, had watched them die without offering any help. He still couldn't bear to watch their corpses turn into mincemeat.

"No... these..."

But when his spiritual power came into contact with the corpses, Xiao Yan's expression changed drastically, becoming extremely ugly.

Chapter 95 Twin Dragon Souls

When Zhou Wei led the Lu sisters to the bottom of the valley, they saw six intact corpses lying flat next to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan standing there, calmly watching them.

"You're not a Soul Master, are you?"

Zhou Wei, her face grim, released her grip on the Lu sisters' hands and let them retreat in pain.

Why don't you try to guess who I am?

Compared to Zhou Weiwei's state as a fallen soul master, Xiao Yan was more concerned about the physical condition of the Lu sisters, who were affected by the dual attributes here. After noticing the slight discomfort on their faces, Xiao Yan snapped his fingers without hesitation.

Before Zhou Wei could react, the two sisters who were supposed to be standing beside her suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Xiao Yan, who then took out two pills from his soul tool.

"Now you're concerned about them? You didn't react at all when Lu Yun and the others died."

Unsure of Xiao Yan's true strength, Zhou Wei scoffed, "You couldn't possibly have been too lazy to save them just because they're men, could you?"

"I just didn't expect your martial soul to be so small, and it's such a special kind of detached martial soul. I also didn't expect that after absorbing the target's blood, it could kill the target directly."

Lu Yun and the Lu sisters' kinship didn't need Zhou Wei's "well-intentioned reminder." Xiao Yan readily admitted his mistake, "What I didn't expect was that what you really needed, besides their soul skills, was all of our corpses..."

Before Xiao Yan could finish speaking, Zhou Wei summoned her martial soul, the Vampire Puppet, with seven soul rings appearing on her body: one white, one yellow, three purple, and two black.

Then, Zhou Wei's sixth spirit ring lit up.

However, the six corpses that she had expected to rapidly expand, turn red, and finally explode lay there peacefully, as if she had not activated her soul skill. If her soul power had not been truly depleted, she might have really thought that she had not released her soul skill.

"Impossible!" Zhou Wei exclaimed in astonishment.

"Nothing is impossible. You inject your soul power into a corpse, and it's still that violent soul power... You don't really think no one can see through your incredibly low-level soul skill, do you?"

Although Xiao Yan only realized something was wrong after his spiritual power covered the corpses, which is why he stopped the explosion that could have buried the entire valley, he wasn't so kind as to explain it to Zhou Wei.

Having realized that Zhou Wei intended to use this soul skill as a trump card to avenge herself, Xiao Yan finished speaking these words, words that would likely leave Zhou Wei with regrets in death, before flames ignited Zhou Wei's body.

Although they couldn't understand why Xiao Yan had stopped hiding his identity after arriving in this valley, the Lu sisters understood why he had so easily defeated Zhou Wei, the Soul Saint. After hesitating for a moment, they exchanged a glance, and Lu Chen asked a question:

"What do you plan to do with us?"

After dealing with Zhou Wei's ashes, Xiao Yan, who was still pondering why he had added a protective shield to the Lu sisters instead of simply taking them away from the valley, was stunned when he heard Lu Chen's question.

"Hmm...you two should be free for the next two days, right?" After staring at the two of them for a while, Xiao Yan suddenly asked.

The question was so absurd that the Lu sisters didn't know how to answer it for a moment.

“I have a friend who is from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. If you two don’t have anywhere to go, I will ask her to help arrange for you two to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.”

Halfway through his sentence, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that the sisters' soul skills could be used on the same person repeatedly, a trait rarely seen on the entire continent. So he added, "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would probably welcome you very much..."

"Either is fine." Lu Yun's two sisters, her last remaining relatives, had no reason to refuse.

“Alright, in that case, you two will handle their remains for the next couple of days. I need to go down there,” Xiao Yan pointed to the pure white and vermilion spring, “After burying their remains, try not to get close to this spring. Although I’ve added extra protection for you, direct contact…”

To demonstrate the seriousness of the situation to the two, Xiao Yan casually scooped up some pure white spring water and sprinkled it on the ground.

Almost the instant the spring water touched the soil, white ice covered it, a change that made the two sisters' eyes widen in surprise.

“You should have prepared your own food, so it shouldn’t be a big problem to last for two days,” Xiao Yan said, pleased with their reaction. “Zhou Wei’s willingness to come to this valley in the next two days shows that she is certain that Dugu Bo will not appear during this time. After all, without the antidote, it would be difficult for her soul power to last for a long time, so you two don’t need to worry too much about Dugu Bo.”

"There may be some omissions, but that's basically it. I'll be up soon."

After leaving behind irresponsible words, Xiao Yan's body was completely enveloped in purplish-red flames. Then, without further hesitation, Xiao Yan leaped into the vermilion spring.

The spring water was fiery red, but with the protection of the Ice Spirit Fire, Xiao Yan was able to see about five or six meters around him. If he used his mental power, he might be able to see even further, but due to the psychological trauma from the Yin-Yang Pool last time, Xiao Yan did not rashly use his mental power. After scanning the area and finding no signs of biological activity, Xiao Yan quickly swam towards the depths of the spring.

In the fiery red world, the scalding, viscous spring water constantly squeezed Xiao Yan's body, as if trying to crush him into mincemeat. However, for Xiao Yan, who was protected by the Ice Spirit Fire, the temperature of the spring water was not even as hot as freshly boiled water, and the pressure was not as powerful as the fist from Titan during the last battle.

As he continued to stealthily advance, even with the protection of the Ice Spirit Fire, Xiao Yan could roughly deduce that the outside temperature was increasing exponentially, since the range of his vision was constantly shrinking.

Several hours later, Xiao Yan could no longer see anything clearly in the spring with his eyesight. The terrifying pressure finally forced him to use his mental power to protect himself and probe the situation in the spring.

In this environment where his five senses were almost completely deprived, Xiao Yan found it difficult to accurately calculate the passage of time. In fact, the mechanical descent had caused his hands and feet to feel weak.

"arrive."

Just as Xiao Yan was wondering if he had spent too much time, Yao Lao's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

"Uh, what?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was taken aback at first, then realized what he meant, "Have we arrived?"

His spiritual power surged forth, violently shattering the spring water in front of him. Then, at the bottom of the spring, Xiao Yan discovered a blood-red light, within which an enormous crimson dragon was coiled up.

The moment Xiao Yan noticed the giant dragon, his pupils contracted slightly. Without hesitation, his spiritual power broke through the vermilion spring water and reached the bottom of the pure white spring water. Just as Xiao Yan had thought, beneath the cold spring was a ball of ice-blue light, and within the light was an ice-blue giant dragon.

They lay there silently, lifeless, as withered as ancient stone statues. However, the overwhelming power remaining in those corpses made Xiao Yan's expression somewhat solemn.

In Xiao Yan's perception, this pressure was far beyond what a Title Douluo like Tang Hao could possibly withstand. If a comparison had to be made, perhaps only the broken soul of the Ghost General could surpass it.

Even after many years of death, the residual power of these two dragon corpses was still so terrifying. Xiao Yan could hardly imagine how powerful they must have been in life...

"A seventh-order dragon corpse..." Yao Lao floated out of the Bone Flame Ring, carefully examining the dragon corpse under the ball of light, nodding repeatedly.

'Seventh rank? I thought it would be at the eighth rank level...'

After mentally complaining, Xiao Yan slightly shifted his descent direction, eventually landing precisely between the two dragon corpses.

"With both fire and water elemental dragons perishing here, it's no wonder that fourth and fifth-tier medicinal herbs can grow beside this spring. Even the spring water itself can be considered a graded spiritual substance..."

At this point, the old apothecary suddenly sighed, "It's a pity that if these two dragon corpses are taken away, this spring will be nothing more than a rootless duckweed, and at most it can only exist for a few hundred years."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan remained silent.

In the world of alchemy, destroying the roots and stems of spiritual objects or herbs when harvesting them is the most infuriating thing. After all, the conditions for the formation of spiritual objects are extremely harsh. Just like this spring, if it weren't for the two seventh-order dragons dying here, no matter how much time had passed, this place would still be just an ordinary spring.

For spiritual creatures that take thousands of years to form, Yao Lao always left a loophole in his teachings to Xiao Yan, both to bring good luck and to ensure that the creature would not become extinct.

However, at this moment they are about to destroy this blessed land.

After pondering for a long time, Xiao Yan finally made up his mind: "Teacher, let's go..."

Before he could finish speaking, the hairs on Xiao Yan's body stood on end, a silver glint flashed in his eyes, and Xiao Yan vanished from the spot.

At the same time, a dazzling, blazing pillar of magma and a chaotic vortex carrying sharp shards of ice struck the spot where Xiao Yan had been standing.

Coming back to his senses from the teleportation state, Xiao Yan frowned. If it weren't for his deeper understanding of the bead from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger during this period, he might have been injured by the magma pillar and the turbulent vortex.

Xiao Yan stared intently at the dragon-shaped phantoms emerging from the two dragon corpses. "Teacher, if we only shatter their souls, will it affect the spring water?"

As he confronted the red and blue dragon souls, Xiao Yan calmly asked.

Undoubtedly, Xiao Yan was enraged. He didn't believe that these two dragon souls had suddenly condensed at this moment. They didn't attack when he reached the bottom of the pool, nor even when he was deep in thought. They only attacked him when he decided to abandon the two dragon corpses and find other medicinal materials to make the Five Elements Yin Yang Pill...

Do you really think he's an easy target?

"Of course it won't have any impact."

The old apothecary narrowed his eyes. His spiritual power in the Spirit Realm had told him from the beginning that there were still some souls remaining within the two dragon corpses. However, since they hadn't been attacked initially, he assumed that these few souls weren't enough to give them consciousness. But now…

"This fire-attribute dragon contains its fire essence within its body, and that water-attribute dragon has similar organs. If you remove them and then fuse their soul fragments into them, you can successfully evolve your Burning Technique into beast fire."

"A seventh-tier beast fire with both water and fire attributes, combined with the ice spirit fire in your hand, might become even closer to the bone spirit cold fire."

The master and disciple were both smiling, but those smiles aroused ominous feelings in the red and blue dragon souls.

Without dwelling on the source of these emotions, the two dragon souls let out piercing cries, then whipped their tails and charged towards Xiao Yan.

"court death!"

Looking at the dragon souls rushing towards him, Xiao Yan's eyes turned cold. With a flick of his sleeve, purplish-red flames burst forth and slammed into the bodies of the two dragon souls.