People fight and become emperors in advance

Chapter 286 Mountains and Rivers Turn
As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, two figures flew out from the dark abyss.

They were completely shrouded in black robes, and with the cover of night, their faces could not be seen, but their auras as Dou Zun level were extremely obvious.

One is a three-star Dou Zun, and the other is a two-star Dou Zun.

The two stood high in the sky, trying to tear through space, only to find that the space had already been sealed off. They immediately looked around warily and fell back into the abyss.

Just as some people were wondering, strong battle fluctuations came from the distant horizon.

Chen Xiao's soul perception immediately poured out from between his eyebrows, spreading towards the battlefield.

"The Heavenly Nether Sect has begun its counterattack; it seems they intend to lure the powerful figures here away."

As Chen Xiao pondered the Heavenly Nether Sect's intentions, his brows furrowed.

Because, in his perception, those powerful figures hidden in the void seemed to have no intention of coming to the aid of the battlefield.

Without the assistance of these powerful figures, Tian Leizi, with only a few Dou Zun from the Pill Tower, would have had absolutely no chance of stopping the two half-saint level experts, Tianming Sect and Tianming Old Demon.

"The Soul Palace's plan probably won't work. These people don't care about the lives of the Pill Tower experts at all; all they care about is the origin of the soul!"

Zi Yan sneered, as if she had wasted her time at the Laughing Soul Palace, or as if she was looking down on the powerful figures of these ancient races.

Chen Xiao took a deep breath. "Let them wait. Let's go and lend Tian Leizi a hand first!"

For a powerhouse above the Dou Zun level, a journey of several hundred miles wouldn't take much time at all.

The people under the command of the ancient race could disregard the life or death of Tian Leizi, but Chen Xiao had no choice but to save him.

That's the combat power of a peak ninth-level Dou Zun. It would be too much of a loss if he were to perish or suffer severe injuries because of it.

Without hesitation, Chen Xiao appeared from the void, ignoring the soul perceptions that swept over him, and sped towards the battlefield.

...

"Tian Lei Zi, why struggle in vain? We have fought several times already. You should know the difference between a Dou Zun and a Half-Saint. Even if you are at the peak of the Ninth Rank, you are still an ant in front of me."

Above the void, Tianmingzi looked at Tianleizi, whose face was pale, with a mocking expression.

A thousand feet behind Tian Leizi stood an old man with white hair. He was dressed in a gray robe and looked like an old farmer in the fields, but his sinister aura made Tian Leizi dare not underestimate him in the slightest.

In fact, he was even more wary of this old man than Tianmingzi.

After all, the Heavenly Demon is a genuine high-level semi-saint!
"You're nothing but a vermin who associates with the Soul Palace. Tianmingzi, do you even have the right to judge me?"

Tian Leizi chuckled, his fighting spirit surging wildly within him, with faint lightning flashing across his body.

As one of the three giants of the Pill Tower, Tian Leizi is naturally of the fire attribute and is also a master alchemist.

However, his nickname "Heavenly Thunder Child" is related to some of his own methods.

Without wasting any more words with Tianmingzi, Tianleizi glanced in the direction of Devouring Soul Abyss with sorrow in his eyes. As he looked away, the hand seals on his hands suddenly changed.

"Your mighty spirit, obey my command!"

"kill!"

With a roar, a massive phantom, hundreds of feet tall, slowly emerged behind Tian Leizi. Fire and lightning intertwined, making it appear incredibly majestic.

Under Tianmingzi's watchful gaze, the illusory figure suddenly extended a finger, the wind fueling the fire and the thunder amplifying its power, and fiercely pointed it at Tianmingzi.

In an instant, wherever the phantom arm passed, the dark clouds were completely evaporated, the bright moonlight shone down, and space disintegrated, remaining unhealed for a long time.

"It's just a bluff."

"Tian Ming Shura Hand!"

Despite being surprised by Tian Leizi's attack, Tian Mingzi remained unperturbed on the surface.

With a soft laugh, he suddenly clenched his fists, and thick blood mist hissed and seeped out from his pores, eventually transforming into a dark red color that resembled congealed blood.

As soon as his shout fell, the space in Tianmingzi's palm began to collapse and shatter rapidly, spreading out in dark cracks. The blood mist quickly condensed into a hundred-foot-long blood hand, meeting Tianleizi's fighting technique without any hesitation. The soaring killing aura caused some powerful figures who were fighting in the distance to turn their heads and look over.

"boom!"

Their fingers and palms clashed violently, and the terrifying aftershocks of energy swept out like a tsunami.

The two fighting techniques remained locked in a stalemate in the void for several breaths, and the phantom formed by Tian Leizi finally began to crumble piece by piece.

On the other hand, the blood-red hand continued its relentless advance, carrying a terrifying killing intent, as it slammed down towards Tian Leizi.

Seeing this scene, Tian Leizi sighed softly.

Ultimately, the gap in their cultivation levels was insurmountable. If he were also a beginner-level half-saint, he was confident he could crush Tianmingzi to the ground.

Unfortunately, no if.

Seeing the crimson hand rapidly enlarging in his vision, Tian Leizi retreated violently, his hand seals changing rapidly as he prepared to unleash a fighting technique to block it.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
The bright moon vanished in an instant, and a chill suddenly rose between heaven and earth.

Before everyone could think it through, countless ice spikes, like raindrops, poured down from the hazy sky.

"Chi!" "Chi!" "Chi!"

Under such intense stimulation from the mysterious ice, the blood-red hand, which had already had its strength depleted once, could no longer withstand the onslaught and was instantly pierced through, leaving it riddled with holes like a giant sieve.

"laugh!"

Finally, the crimson hand ran out of energy and suddenly dissipated.

"Who dares to interfere in the affairs of my Heavenly Nether Sect?"

Tianmingzi shouted angrily, his icy gaze sweeping across the entire scene.

What he didn't notice was that the usually composed Tianming Old Demon had straightened his slightly hunched body, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"You old bastard, you're really courting death."

Before the person appeared, the voice arrived first; a mocking laugh suddenly rang out.

Upon hearing that incredibly familiar voice, Tian Mingzi's expression froze, and the next moment, it turned into one of utter terror.

He remembered! He remembered everything!
He had heard that voice before, in the ruins of the Devouring Serpent Saint!
Sure enough, to his astonishment, two figures appeared out of thin air.

Behind that tall and upright young man was the stunningly beautiful face that filled him with immense fear.

"I was too lazy to kill you anyway."

Meeting Tian Mingzi's wide-open pupils, Zi Yan couldn't help but shake her head.

The saying goes, "A royal flush can't beat a pair of threes." As one of the top experts in the entire Dou Qi Continent, a mere half-saint is no different from an ant in Zi Yan's eyes now.

That's why, when she saw Tianmingzi last time, she held back her status and didn't bother to bully the weak.

Unexpectedly, six months later, I ran into this unlucky guy again.

"Are you two gentlemen from the Purple Cloud Pavilion? My Heavenly Nether Sect has no grudges against you two."

As Tianmingzi trembled, Tianming Laoyao appeared beside him in a flash, respectfully clasping his hands in a fist salute, trying his best to appear tough, but his humble posture was completely unrelated to toughness.

After many years, Chen Xiao once again experienced the feeling of borrowing someone else's power.

"If I told you that I was the one who killed Liu Cang and his group, do you think there would still be no grudge between us?"

With a light laugh, Chen Xiao didn't bother with any more words and simply raised his hand slightly in acknowledgment.

Zi Yan immediately understood, and with a light step, she stomped out as if crushing the hearts of Tianming Old Demon and Tianmingzi, causing them to cough up blood instantly. "A Dou Sheng expert... escape..."

The Heavenly Demon King trembled as he tried to break through the space to escape, only to find that the entire space was as if it had been welded shut.

Moreover, the surrounding space was constantly pressing in on them.

The two tried to struggle, but their bodies seemed to be completely out of their control. They couldn't even do the simplest thing like snapping their fingers. They could only watch helplessly as their bodies were crushed and deformed, and their bones cracked and shattered.

"This is good material, don't waste it."

Upon hearing Chen Xiao's words, Zi Yan nodded slightly, and two streams of purple light shot out from her fingertips, piercing lightly between the two men's eyebrows. The wailing stopped abruptly.

At this moment, the space fell into a deathly silence; you could hear a pin drop.

No one expected that the two semi-saint powerhouses would be so easily wiped out.

Such a shocking fact, even though it happened right before our eyes, still makes many people find it hard to believe, as if it were a dream.

"Elder Tianleizi, the rest are just small fry, so we won't bother them."

Chen Xiao's voice brought everyone back to their senses.

The three giants of the Pill Tower are mostly led by Xuan Kongzi, with Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi as his assistants. Therefore, many people call Xuan Kongzi the president, while the other two are more casual about it.

"Thank you!" Tian Leizi clasped his hands slightly, his eyes still showing lingering surprise.

He knew Chen Xiao, but they hadn't had much interaction; his previous understanding of him came from Xuan Kongzi.

Now that they had actually met, and he realized that Chen Xiao's realm was already comparable to his own, Tian Leizi was no less shocked than Xuan Kongzi.

Zi Yan, standing beside Chen Xiao, was even more astonishing.

To annihilate two half-saint level experts with such ease, one must be at the Dou Sheng level!
As for the specific number of stars Dou Sheng he reached, that was beyond Tian Lei Zi's comprehension.

Chen Xiao returned the greeting and instructed Zi Yan to collect the bodies of Tian Mingzi and Tian Ming Lao Yao. Without further delay, he returned to the Soul Devouring Abyss by the same route.

He hadn't forgotten the purpose of his trip; the essence of the soul was the key.

If he weren't preoccupied with his soul's origin and unwilling to waste time here, he would have liked to spar with Tianmingzi and Tianming Laoyao.

He has never truly encountered an opponent at the level of a demigod.

...

Soul Devouring Abyss.

When Chen Xiao and Zi Yan returned, the atmosphere remained tense and eerie.

After realizing that the space was sealed off and he could not escape, the elder of the Soul Hall in that branch hall seemed to have completely given up on transferring the origin of his soul and remained motionless for a long time.

Those hidden powerhouses were also incredibly patient, seemingly never considering forcibly breaking in to seize the soul's essence.

This is something that even Chen Xiao, let alone Zi Yan, couldn't understand.

"Are they worried that if they destroy this branch temple, no one will help them collect the soul essence in the future?"

They waited until dawn, but the battle on Tian Lei Zi's side had long since ended, while there was no movement on their side. Zi Yan, bored, took out Tian Ming Zi and Tian Ming Lao Yao's storage rings and sorted through their spoils, muttering to herself as she did so.

Sure enough, her words were a revelation to Chen Xiao.

It's not impossible!
In his eyes now, nothing is surprising about these ancient races doing anything.

"Never mind them. Since we're here, let's just wipe out this branch hall and save ourselves the trouble of having to split our forces into another group later."

Chen Xiao's eyes flashed, and with a flick of his hand, an Ice Soul Talisman appeared.

Without hesitation, Chen Xiao flicked his finger, and the Ice Soul Talisman shot out like the brightest shooting star in the night sky, heading towards the giant palace in the abyss.

Seemingly annoyed by Chen Xiao's open and disturbing behavior, more than a dozen gazes were cast from all directions in the void in an instant.

Fortunately, these people were unaware of the special nature of the Ice Soul Talisman, and seeing that the talisman had already shot into the abyss, no one went to intercept it.

"boom!"

A deafening explosion suddenly resounded throughout the area.

The earth trembled, the cliffs on both sides of the abyss collapsed wildly, and the huge palace hidden within collapsed with a rumbling sound.

Immediately following, a destructive storm, carrying a chilling aura powerful enough to freeze battle qi, suddenly swept outwards, spreading in all directions.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
One after another, figures flew out from the void, their faces filled with horror. They didn't even have time to blame Chen Xiao before they quickly flew towards the distant horizon, fearing that if they were too slow, they would be swept up by the destructive storm.

Chen Xiao ignored the angry gazes of those powerful figures.

Having confirmed that the auras of the four Soul Hall Elders in this branch hall had disappeared, Chen Xiao revealed himself, intending to rush in and search for the origin of their souls.

However, before Chen Xiao could move, Zi Yan grabbed him and shook her head slightly.

Although Chen Xiao was puzzled, he had absolute trust in Zi Yan and did not insist any further. He and Zi Yan flashed away to avoid the aftershocks of the Ice Soul Talisman.

It took more than ten seconds for the destructive storm to gradually subside.

At that moment, those powerful figures who had retreated far away seemed to be of one mind, and at the same time, they moved and rushed towards the ruins of the giant hall.

"Who came from, brat? You've ruined our plans!"

"It seems to be Chen Xiao, the master of Zixiao Pavilion."

"Find the origin of the soul first!"

The group of powerful figures complained, but their hands never stopped moving. They condensed their battle qi into large hands and reached down into the ruins.

Each grab leaves a large crater in the ground, making it look like a human-shaped excavator, which is quite comical.

Chen Xiao stood on the distant horizon, calmly gazing at the scene.

Since he took action, he must have already anticipated this outcome. It was inevitable that he would be resented for harming others' interests.

However, what happened next made Chen Xiao frown.

Half a minute, then a minute passed.

The ruins of that grand hall had been dug out by these people into a bottomless pit, at least tens of feet deep.

However, the origin of the soul that everyone was looking forward to was nowhere to be found.

Chen Xiao noticed the teasing expression on Zi Yan's pretty face out of the corner of his eye, and his heart skipped a beat.

"That origin of the soul..."

Zi Yan knew what he wanted to ask, so she tossed the storage ring of the Heavenly Demon into her hand and laughed, "I didn't expect to find it here either. If I hadn't been bored and checked the spoils of war earlier, I would probably be confused right now."

"Those people in the Soul Palace are quite cunning. They secretly gave the soul essence to Tianming Old Demon long ago, and they're still putting on an act. That Tianming Old Demon is also a strange one. He carries such an important thing, yet he's still making things difficult for Tianleizi. If it were me, I would have taken the opportunity to successfully transfer it."

Mountain darkly, vista.

Chen Xiao never expected it to turn out this way.

"That's not necessarily true. If a half-saint powerhouse suddenly leaves, it's hard to go unnoticed. However, if we entrust the transfer to Tianming Old Demon, the success rate will definitely be countless times higher than that of those Soul Palace elders."

"That's true."

(End of this chapter)