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In the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, within the Star Realm, the energy fluctuations that had made even Dou Venerates tremble suddenly settled down.
After sensing this sudden change, the Dou Venerate powerhouses who had been fleeing the area instinctively stopped, driven by curiosity, and looked back—a figure had appeared within the chaotic energy at some unknown point.
At Zhao Li's current level, battles between Dou Venerates were truly like children's games. If he wished, in a single thought, even those normally considered strong Dou Venerates could become like ordinary mortals in an instant, unable to mobilize a single bit of heaven-and-earth energy.
Zhao Li hadn't expected Starfall Pavilion to be on the verge of destruction after Yao Chen's demise. He had no doubt that if Yao Chen went missing and Feng Xian self-destructed, Starfall Pavilion would have no chance of surviving.
After calming the raging energy within Feng Xian, Zhao Li gently patted his shoulder, like a kind elder comforting a junior, and softly said:
"Live well. There are still many things you need to do. Leave these people to me."
Feng Xian's eyes were slightly red. In the past, Yao Chen had protected him, but in recent months, he had truly felt the pressure. If not for his determination to manage Starfall Pavilion well and return it intact to Yao Chen, he would have probably avoided it long ago and embarked on a solo journey to find Yao Chen. Now, he seemed to feel that protection again and choked out:
"Senior, my brother, he..."
Before he could finish, Zhao Li interrupted him. Just a few words, but they brought Feng Xian some peace of mind:
"I know. No matter who it is, I will make them pay the price."
From first seeing the young Old Yao in his twenties to their decades of interaction, Zhao Li's feelings for Yao Chen had evolved from the initial surprise and novelty of seeing a character from a book come to life, to truly considering him a flesh-and-blood person with worries, and an outstanding junior who regarded him as an elder...
Even though, strictly speaking, he was only around the same age as Yao Chen.
As he spoke, Zhao Li's gaze swept past the Blood River Sect's invaders and quietly looked towards the void. There, a pair of eyes filled with confusion were also looking back at him.
Hun Shang's eyes were full of bewilderment. He didn't understand why, despite having set up a spatial blockade outside the Star Realm, someone could still enter, and he hadn't even seen how that person had appeared.
Before he could make a move, that person seemed to have already noticed him, staring directly back.
A jolt went through his heart; he had already sensed that he might have provoked a terrifying existence.
Immediately after, he knew it wasn't a delusion. In front of Zhao Li, he was utterly defenseless!
With a weapon in hand, the desire to kill arises!
As early as decades ago, when the Soul Clan set a trap to ambush Ye Yunsheng, he had harbored murderous intent towards the Soul Clan and Soul Hall. However, at that time, the Hun, Gu, and Shi clans intervened, and he had only just broken through to Dou Sheng. Although he had gained a tiny bit of insight from exploring the origin of heaven and earth, and his combat power was extraordinary, he was still a small fry in front of the colossal Soul Clan. So, he retreated.
But now, even if Hun Tiandi himself stood before him, he could single-handedly stop him. He no longer wanted these guys to cause trouble.
Zhao Li thought this way, and he acted this way. He completely disregarded the confusion in Hun Shang's eyes, raising his hand to grasp at him.
It was clearly just a simple, ordinary movement, yet the confusion in Hun Shang's eyes rapidly dissipated, replaced by a look of utter horror.
Under Zhao Li's simple grasp, he felt as if everything around him was constantly peeling away, as if the world was vast, but he was utterly alone, unable to do anything.
If it were just that, with his centuries of life experience, he wouldn't have lost his composure like this. But then he felt as if that vast world had collapsed, crushing down on him. He wanted to escape, but he couldn't. In the face of an attack like the collapse of the heavens, he was too insignificant.
*Crack!*
Zhao Li clenched his hand, and a sound like shattering glass echoed. Immediately after, the space where Hun Shang was located shattered inch by inch under his grip. Hun Shang, like a person living in a shattered mirror, was broken into countless small pieces along with it.
When Zhao Li saw Hun Shang, he knew that the Soul Hall must have been behind Starfall Pavilion's calamity. Moreover, he thought of even more things...
For example, why, under his interference, had Yao Chen's entire focus been on seeking a breakthrough to find Han Shanshan; why, under his guidance, had Yao Chen already reached Heaven Realm Soul, broken through to Half-Saint, and had Dou Sheng within reach; why he had already reminded him not to spoil children...
He understood why, despite all these changes, Yao Chen would still go missing, and might even truly have perished!
What Yao Chen faced was not Han Feng and Mu Gu at all, but a Ninth Grade Alchemy Great Grandmaster, a true Dou Sheng existence!
"As expected of a Dou Sheng, as expected of a Heaven Realm Soul. This life force is truly tenacious," Zhao Li murmured in his heart, looking at the soul in the void that was constantly repairing and shattering with the space, feeling no pity for it.
However, he was now even more confident that Yao Chen could survive. Yao Chen's soul power had already reached the Heaven Realm!
Immediately, Zhao Li formed hand seals. As his hand seals changed, some special fluctuations suddenly appeared in that void. Then, that soul power, though ethereal, yet without life-threatening danger, suddenly let out a desperate wail, and was then torn apart again. But this time, it did not recover for a long time; it no longer had the chance to recover!
And as Hun Shang's soul power was ground down and returned to its origin by Zhao Li, in a secret chamber within the Soul Hall Main Hall, the sound of a Jade Token shattering suddenly rang out, causing the eyes of those outside the door to twitch before they quickly entered. A moment later, a figure suddenly rushed out and headed towards the main hall, panic already on his face...
In the main hall, numerous Branch Hall Masters and Heavenly Venerates were discussing important matters when suddenly, a voice filled with endless terror and a slight tremor reached their ears:
"No... no good, Lord Soul Sorrow, he's... dead!"
In the main hall, everyone instinctively looked towards the source of the sound, only to see a person stumbling in, face pale and in a state of panic. It was the one responsible for managing the Soul Jades of the Soul Clan powerhouses.
Everyone frowned. They all knew who Hun Shang was. The only Ninth Grade Alchemist in the Soul Hall, his status was no less than that of a Hall Master. Now someone was saying he was dead, and their first reaction was disbelief.
On the high platform, Soul Extinguisher's hand trembled beneath his sleeve, and a huge wave had already surged in his heart. He happened to know that Hun Shang had recently done something big!
He suppressed the turmoil in his heart, slowly rose, and stared expressionlessly at the newcomer, speaking coldly, word by word:
"Say that again!"
Facing Soul Extinguisher's icy gaze, the person's legs gave way, and he fell onto the ground, trembling as he said:
"Lord Soul Sorrow, is dead!"
*Whoosh—*
Soul Extinguisher suddenly made a move, a black light crossing the void and shooting directly towards the person's glabella. Immediately, that person vanished from the main hall, not even a soul remaining.
In the main hall, only Soul Extinguisher's chillingly cold voice echoed continuously:
"Spreading rumors to mislead people!"
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