Within a slightly distorted void of darkness, a colossal black hall hovered in a fog-filled valley. Not far away, a black-haired youth stood watching the massive hall, his brows furrowing slightly.
"These Hall of Souls bastards really have no originality when choosing locations. Why must they always settle in such gloomy places?"
This place was none other than one of the three great Tiangang Halls—the Earth Hall. As the second-most important hall beneath the main headquarters of the Hall of Souls, its scale was countless times greater than the Disha Halls Xiao Yan had previously obliterated. Given such significance, a reckless frontal charge was clearly out of the question this time. He would need to proceed with full preparation.
"Master." Just as Xiao Yan was grumbling, Xiao Yao emerged from within his body and respectfully said, "Everything you instructed is ready."
"Good. Then let's begin." Xiao Yan cast a glance toward the spatial barrier surrounding the massive black hall, then quickly formed a series of intricate hand seals. In response, countless light markings began to glow from the ground below. These patterns intertwined to form a deeply arcane formation.
As soon as the formation was completed, the spatial barrier around the Earth Hall quietly vanished—only to be replaced by a much sturdier one. This new barrier, however, did not belong to the Hall of Souls… it belonged to Xiao Yan.
Thanks to inheriting the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, Xiao Yan in his past life had considerable knowledge of formation arts. In this life, he had spent extra effort collecting formation blueprints and even created a few powerful ones of his own. The one he had just activated was specifically designed to counter spatial barriers. It was called the Chaos Source Array. He had developed it to ensure that no prey escaped when he eradicated entire factions.
Once the surrounding space had been sealed off entirely, Xiao Yan turned toward Xiao Yao. She raised a finger and pointed lightly at the sky. In the next instant, several dazzling fire lotuses emerged in the air above the Earth Hall. Though they were merely dual-colored flames, the force of their simultaneous detonation was enough to make even someone two stars stronger than Xiao Yan feel miserable.
"Hm?" A few figures inside the space barrier seemed to notice something wrong just as the fire lotuses descended. But before they could react, the lotuses detonated in unison. The terrifying wave of energy instantly turned the thousand-meter-wide black hall into ash.
Within the raging sea of fire, all those beneath Half-Saint level—guardians, enforcers, and even high-level Elders—were reduced to dust. The few Half-Saints present were severely injured, and only a handful of Dou Saints managed to barely resist the onslaught, though not without wounds.
As black mist surged, the figure of the Vice Hall Master of the Earth Hall emerged. As the strongest individual here, his strength far surpassed the others. The moment the attack arrived, he sensed its origin and glared toward Xiao Yan's location, shouting angrily:
"Who dares cause trouble in the Hall of Souls? Are you tired of living?"
"I don't just plan to make trouble." Xiao Yan stepped forward with a calm smile. "I plan to scatter your ashes while I'm at it."
"You? A mere early-stage one-star Dou Saint dares to boast like this? Capture him!" The vice hall master snorted coldly. From his perspective, Xiao Yan's strength wasn't even worth considering. Several others here were stronger than him.
At his command, the remaining Dou Saints and combat-capable Half-Saints all charged toward Xiao Yan in unison. This kind of lineup could even trap a two-star Dou Saint, let alone a one-star. Unfortunately, they didn't know—Xiao Yan was no ordinary Dou Saint.
"Ghost Martial Guardian!" Xiao Yan's lips curved slightly. A surge of energy hundreds of meters wide erupted from his body, coalescing into a massive black tortoise encasing him. Coiled around the tortoise's shell was a colossal serpent, baring its fangs and hissing wickedly.
Ghostfiend Xuanwu of the Four Fiends.
Dark red demonic patterns lit up across the tortoise's shell, instantly reflecting the incoming attacks. Then, the Xuanwu's claw stomped on the ground, turning a thousand-meter radius into an ocean of black water. Its figure faded, leaving behind only this vast, corrosive domain—a projection of its spirit.
The moment the black sea spread, all present felt their bodies grow immeasurably heavy. Even their Dou Qi slowed to a crawl. What frightened them most, however, was the water's corrosive nature, forcing them to circulate their Dou Qi continuously just to keep it at bay.
Little did they know, the black water formed from the Ghostfiend Xuanwu had another effect—devouring. The Dou Qi they used to resist corrosion was gradually siphoned away by the domain and absorbed by Xiao Yan. If they couldn't break free in time, they would end up as nothing more than bones dissolved in that black tide.
And Xiao Yan had no intention of letting them escape.
He raised his hand, summoning five different Heavenly Flames to his palm. They surged upward, transforming into five fire beasts, which then fused together into a massive flaming wheel hundreds of meters wide. With a sharp wave of his hand, it hurtled toward the trapped enemies.
"Fivefold Fiery Wheel!"
Just before the wheel struck the trapped Dou Saints, a dark shadow leapt in front of them—it was the vice hall master. With a roar, he threw a punch that shattered the entire Fivefold Fiery Wheel in an instant.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan's brows furrowed slightly.
'As expected… this technique is still not strong enough.'
He had unleashed the strongest version of the Fivefold Fiery Wheel, but it was effortlessly destroyed. Had he instead used a five-Heavenly-Flame version of the Wrathful Demon Flame Lotus, even that vice hall master wouldn't have dared take it head-on.
In fact, the current Fivefold Fiery Wheel couldn't even match the four-flame variant of the Wrathful Demon Flame Lotus. Of course, part of the reason for that was the enemy's strength.
From that one strike alone, Xiao Yan could estimate the vice hall master's cultivation—late-stage three-star Dou Saint.
Such power was significantly beyond his current early one-star Dou Saint level. Under normal circumstances, even a typical two-star Dou Saint wouldn't survive more than a few exchanges against this opponent.
But then again… Xiao Yan was far from ordinary.
(End of Chapter)
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