Chapter 633: Fierce Battle Against the Hall Master, the Sub-Flame of Void Swallowing Flame
"Two draws out of three matches... this was somewhat unexpected," the Soul Hall Master said as he slowly stepped forward. When he was about a hundred meters away from Mo Yu, he finally stopped. He raised his head, looking at Mo Yu with a faint smile. Despite the situation, he appeared calm and composed, showing no sign of being unsettled.
"Yes, the Hall Master is right. The outcome won't change. After all, Soul Hall will still end up as the defeated party of my Yuan Manor," Mo Yu responded with a casual smile, his hands behind his back.
"Oh, the young Master of Yuan Manor speaks with quite the boldness for someone so young," the Soul Hall Master sneered.
Hearing the back-and-forth between the two, the crowd became even more excited. This was the battle everyone had been waiting for—the true showdown of the day. One side was the Soul Hall Master, the other was the Lord of Yuan Manor. This battle would decide the victor of the entire conflict!
"Allowing you to grow to this point is partially my responsibility," the Soul Hall Master said, his gaze on Mo Yu. "That's why today, I intend to settle this debt."
"Oh? Then let me see if the Soul Hall Master has the strength to back up such big words," Mo Yu replied, his eyes narrowing slightly.
With that, the Soul Hall Master chuckled, and a dark, sinister energy slowly began to seep out of his body. "Then let's begin. I, too, am curious to see what's so special about the divine bloodline of the Lei Clan."
"Boom!"
Before the Soul Hall Master's words fully left his lips, a low, explosive sound erupted near him, fast as lightning. The moment the sound reached his ears, space rippled in front of him, and a figure appeared like a ghost. A fist, wrapped in golden lightning, shot forward at his face.
The attack came too suddenly. Even with his immense composure, a flicker of surprise flashed in the Soul Hall Master's eyes. However, almost by reflex, the dark energy around him condensed into a solid black shield to block the strike.
"Hiss!"
The golden lightning-infused fist didn't slow down, smashing into the shield with a thunderous boom. The black shield instantly shattered as the lightning tore through it, its destructive power heading straight for the Soul Hall Master's eyes.
"Hmph!"
The Soul Hall Master let out a cold snort. Instead of defending against Mo Yu's attack, he aimed a palm strike directly at Mo Yu's heart, seemingly willing to trade blows—an eye for a heart.
"A petty trick."
Seeing this, Mo Yu sneered, but he didn't stop his attack. Instead, he redirected it, slamming his fist precisely into the Soul Hall Master's palm. The golden lightning surged out, rapidly dissolving the dark energy coating the Soul Hall Master's hand.
Witnessing the destructive force of the golden lightning, the Soul Hall Master's brow furrowed. "What kind of lightning is this? I've never heard of it before."
"You've never heard of many things," Mo Yu said mockingly.
With a cold snort, Mo Yu unleashed more of the golden lightning. It swiftly condensed into a massive golden dragon of lightning, which shot toward the Soul Hall Master with blinding speed.
Seeing this, the Soul Hall Master's expression changed slightly. His body blurred, leaving behind afterimages as he reappeared in the sky, looking down at his chest. A black claw mark, about an inch long, had appeared—left by the lightning dragon's sharp claws when he couldn't fully dodge in time.
"Oh, it's the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning... Did that kid really tame the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning from the Black Demon Thunder Pool?" Lei Ying, observing from afar, exclaimed in surprise. As someone who outranked even Lei Ying in the Lei Clan, Lei Ying was well aware of the terrifying power of the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning. Even he had kept his distance from it out of caution.
It was shocking to him that Mo Yu, a junior, had managed to subdue such a fearsome lightning power. With the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning on his side, the outcome of this battle seemed almost certain. Even if the Soul Hall Master, a mid-level Five-Star Dou Saint, fought, or even someone like Soul Qian Mo, a Six-Star Dou Saint, they might not stand a chance against Mo Yu.
Back in the battle, the Soul Hall Master had suffered a minor injury in the initial exchange, making his face darken slightly. He quickly re-engaged Mo Yu, and the two continued their fight. The combatants clashed at close range, their movements so fast that they appeared like ghosts. To the ordinary onlookers, the fight seemed a blur of motion and flashes of lightning.
Mo Yu raised his gaze to meet the Soul Hall Master's eyes without saying another word. His hands moved swiftly, and a colossal spirit shadow, nearly a thousand feet tall, enveloped his body.
"Huangquan Heavenly Fury!"
Mo Yu didn't underestimate his opponent. He unleashed the Huangquan Heavenly Fury, a powerful soul attack, right from the start.
"Roar!"
The massive shadow opened its mouth wide, and a terrifying soul shockwave, faster than light itself, hurtled toward the Soul Hall Master.
"Mo Yu, others might fear your Huangquan Heavenly Fury, but I do not!"
The Soul Hall Master sneered, retreating rapidly. Dark energy exploded from his body, forming countless spectral shadows. These shadows knelt in a strange formation around him, their faces full of devotion. At the same time, they let out a series of sharp soul howls.
"Ten Thousand Souls' Worship!"
The soul howls converged in front of the Soul Hall Master, forming a single, razor-sharp wave of sound. It shot out like an arrow, colliding with Mo Yu's soul attack.
"Woooo!"
As the two soul attacks clashed, the air filled with eerie wails, and the sky was saturated with soul energy. The spectral souls surrounding the Soul Hall Master exploded one by one, but their sacrifice protected him from any significant harm.
"Mo Yu, your soul power is strong, but if you think you can defeat me with that, you're dreaming," the Soul Hall Master said dismissively as he waved away the last remnants of the soul attack.
Mo Yu's brow furrowed slightly. Though his soul power had reached half-step Emperor level, the Soul Hall Master's soul strength wasn't far behind at the peak Heavenly stage. Without fully crossing into the Emperor realm, it would be difficult for Mo Yu to overpower him in this area.
With a deep gaze, Mo Yu quickly formed new hand seals. Suddenly, a massive golden dragon, made entirely of lightning, emerged in front of him, its golden body crackling with electric arcs. As it roared, the surrounding atmosphere turned into a realm of thunder and lightning. Some distant mountain peaks spontaneously caught fire from the intense lightning, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky.
Weaker individuals in the area could feel their skin tingling and going numb just from the presence of the golden electricity. Some even suffered severe internal injuries from the electric shock running through their bodies, forcing many to retreat to the edges of the mountain range in shock and fear.
"What kind of lightning is this? It's terrifying!" Several elders from nearby sects were horrified, watching the massive lightning dragon in awe.
"This... Is this the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning? When did the Lei Clan tame it?"
The Soul Demon Elder frowned deeply. The Soul Clan had long had records of the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning, knowing it was a force comparable to the top three flames of the Heavenly Flame Ranking. They had once tried to claim it from the Black Demon Thunder Pool, but after losing a Dou Saint in the attempt, they abandoned the idea.
Now, seeing the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning under Mo Yu's control was shocking.
"This kid is truly blessed with extraordinary fortune... Not even the Soul Clan could subdue the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning, and yet he's done it. I wonder how much help the Lei Clan gave him," Soul Qian Mo muttered to himself, certain that Mo Yu couldn't have achieved this feat alone.
"But even though he has the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning, it doesn't seem as strong as it was in the Black Demon Thunder Pool. Defeating the Hall Master won't be so easy..." he added quietly.
High in the sky, the Soul Hall Master's eyes were fixed on the writhing lightning dragon, his expression growing grim. Even he felt a deep sense of unease facing such a terrifying force.
Meanwhile, Mo Yu smiled as he looked at his companion, Xiao Jin, who was radiating immense power. After spending half a month absorbing the vast energy of the Nine Mysterious Gold Lightning, Xiao Jin wasn't yet as powerful as the original lightning but had grown strong enough to rival the Nether Lotus Demon Flame.
"Roar!"
The lightning dragon let out a deafening roar, its golden light tearing through the sky, leaving black scars in its wake as it charged toward the Soul Hall Master with devastating force.
"Go!"
Mo Yu gestured, sending the golden dragon speeding toward the Soul Hall Master. As it moved, the dragon's path left a massive, smooth trench, stunning the onlookers into silence. Everything the lightning touched seemed to disintegrate into nothingness.
"Sh-shing!"
The speed of the lightning dragon was beyond comprehension. Most people could only see a flash of golden light before it struck the Soul Hall Master, encasing him in a net of golden lightning. With a deafening explosion, the dragon slammed into the Soul Hall Master, causing a massive shockwave of golden energy to spread outward, forcing even Dou Saints to retreat in fear.
"Have they decided the winner already?"
Murmurs rippled through the crowd as they gazed up at the sky, unsure if the battle had already ended. Mo Yu's previous attack had been so overwhelming that it seemed unlikely the Soul Hall Master could recover.
Soul Hall's side fell silent, seemingly shocked that their leader had failed to retaliate against Mo Yu's powerful strike.
However, just as everyone believed the fight was over, a shadow emerged from the center of the golden lightning's impact zone. As it appeared, a strange, overwhelming suction force filled the air.
To everyone's shock, the golden lightning that had filled the sky was sucked into the shadow, disappearing into its body.
"He absorbed the lightning into his body? Is he trying to die?"
The crowd gasped in disbelief at the strange turn of events.
"Oh, is that it..."
Mo Yu narrowed his eyes at the figure emerging from the dissipating flames, understanding something new.
"Such delicious lightning... I have to thank you, Mo Yu, for allowing me to taste such a delicacy," the Soul Hall Master said, standing tall amidst the remaining flames. His face was twisted in an eerie smile as he looked at Mo Yu, his eyes flickering with a strange black flame that oozed a terrifying devouring power.
The surrounding energy was being absorbed into his body, completely consumed by the sinister power of the black flame.
"Are you amazed?"
The Soul Hall Master smiled, his expression growing more sinister by the second.
"You have a mysterious and powerful lightning, but I... I possess a mighty Heavenly Flame."
As he spoke, the Soul Hall Master stretched out his hand, summoning a swirling mass of black fire. Within the flames, a human face seemed to form, and a wave of devouring power surged out of its mouth.
When the flame appeared, Mo Yu interrupted him with a mocking laugh. "The Void Swallowing Flame ranked second on the Heavenly Flame List is indeed powerful, but what you possess is just a sub-flame. After all, that's only fitting for someone of your rank." (End of Chapter)
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