Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 287 seems to be in bad shape!

"Arrogant brat!"

Elder Tian She flew into a rage, and the snake-shaped staff in his hand suddenly exploded, turning into countless ice crystals.

The ice crystals rapidly reformed in mid-air, coalescing into nine ferocious frost pythons, each radiating a chilling aura.

"Nine Pythons Devour the Heavens!"

With a roar, the nine giant pythons simultaneously opened their blood-red maws and pounced on Xiao Bai, Yao Tianhuo, and the Earth Demon Puppet.

Wherever it passed, the space was frozen and cracked.

Seeing the three giant ice pythons hurtling towards him, Yao Tianhuo raised his arm, and a surge of powerful soul force appeared. He clenched his fist in the air, causing space to twist and the three ice pythons to vanish into nothingness.

"Huh? Is this just a bluff?"

Yao Tianhuo was slightly puzzled. In his perception, the power and aura of this ice python were not commensurate at all, as if it were all show and no substance.

"not good!"

Looking up at the opposite side, he saw that the ice python, which the earth demon puppet had shattered with three punches, appeared completely unharmed. His expression changed slightly, and a thought immediately flashed through his mind. He turned and shouted into the distance:

"Xiao Bai, be careful! That ice python is coming for you!"

"Too late!"

Elder Tian She's lips curled into a sinister smile, and his hand seals suddenly changed—

"Ice Serpent Devours Souls!"

The six ice pythons that had been shattered by the Radiant Fire and the Earth Demon Puppet actually reformed in the void, transforming into two huge ice walls that blocked the path of the man and the puppet, preventing them from going to provide support.

"What?!"

Xiao Bai's pupils shrank sharply. He saw that the three ice pythons that were about to collide with the thunder dragon suddenly turned their heads. The ice pythons on the two sides actually swam away from the one in the middle and gradually merged together.

In the blink of an eye, the three ice pythons, each several tens of feet long, merged into a giant python a hundred feet long, and the aura emanating from it gave Xiao Bai a faint sense of danger.

Seeing the giant python hurtling towards him, Xiao Bai had no time to think. Lightning surged around him, and five-colored lightning intertwined into a net to block it in front of him.

Then, with a thought, three thunder dragons roared in and circled around his body, attempting to form a second line of defense.

"Five Elements Thunder Armor!"

Lightning crackled across Xiao Bai's body, instantly coalescing into a suit of lightning armor.

"Sizzle!"

Just as the lightning armor covered his entire body, the Frost Serpent suddenly opened its bloody maw and spewed out a stream of eerie blue cold air.

Wherever this cold current passed, even the air itself condensed into fine ice crystals.

The moment the five-colored lightning net made contact, it was instantly frozen into ice, and then shattered into pieces!

Seeing this, Xiao Bai hurriedly urged his three thunder dragons to meet the attack.

But the cold current was extremely strange; as soon as the Thunder Dragon made contact with it, the lightning on its surface dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, the hundred-foot-long ice python, which had just emerged from the cold wave, suddenly accelerated, its massive body twisting strangely in the air, and directly broke through the three suppressed thunder dragons.

In an instant, the three lightning dragons shattered, sparks flew everywhere, and the ice python's body shrank by a whole size. It roared to the sky and opened its blood-red maw to bite down on Xiao Bai!

A chill swept over me.

Looking at the colossal maw that blotted out the sky above his head, Xiao Bai's eyebrows furrowed slightly, his eyes narrowed, and his fighting spirit surged within him, accompanied by rolling thunder.

His right fist was clenched tightly, its surface radiating dazzling multicolored lightning. He used his arm as a spear, his fist as the spearhead, and swung it out fiercely.

"Thunder Dragon Rises Through the Sky!"

With a furious roar, Xiao Bai's right arm surged with lightning, and his entire body seemed to transform into a thunderous spear that pierced through the heavens and earth, thrusting towards the ice python's gaping maw.

Its momentum seemed to pierce through the sky!

"boom--"

The collision of thunder and ice produced a deafening roar.

A violent energy storm swept out, shattering the space within a radius of a thousand feet and revealing the pitch-black void.

"Snap!"

The ice python's massive jaws were smashed open, and its enormous body was covered in cracks before turning into countless ice crystals that scattered across the Tianmu Mountains.

"uh-huh--!"

Xiao Bai groaned, his body trembled violently, the lightning armor on his right arm shattered completely, and his entire arm was covered with a thick layer of frost.

An extremely cold force instantly invaded his meridians, seemingly freezing his soul and causing his internal fighting spirit to stagnate.

Hehehe

Elder Tianshe laughed coldly, his eyes flashing with cruel light:

"You think my Nine Pythons Devouring the Heavens is just an ordinary fighting technique? This is the Soul-Devouring Ice Soul, condensed from the Ice Venerable Force, specifically designed to counter the soul and fighting spirit. Afterwards, your body and soul will be gradually frozen, eventually turning you into an ice sculpture!"

"Old man."

Xiao Bai gritted his teeth, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. His Five Elements Battle Qi circulated wildly within him, resisting the corrosive chill. His eyes were icy cold.

"Elder Yao, kill him! I don't believe he'll be completely unharmed after this move!"

"Hahaha! You little bastard, you still dare to be stubborn even when you're about to die!"

Elder Tianshe grinned maliciously, but suddenly his face turned pale, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, he had paid a considerable price for using this Soul-Devouring Ice Soul technique.

Yao Tianhuo's eyes flashed with cold light. He formed a hand seal, and his soul power suddenly erupted, transforming into a giant soul hand that slammed down on Elder Tian She with earth-shattering force.

Wherever it passed, space distorted and became unbearable.

"Damn it!"

Elder Tian She hastily erected several ice walls in front of him and retreated rapidly.

The giant hand moved with unstoppable force, shattering the ice walls one after another.

"boom!"

In the end, the palm struck Elder Tian She, sending him flying backward like a kite with a broken string, spitting out a mouthful of blood in mid-air.

"Ahem. As expected of a former Dou Zun powerhouse."

Elder Tianshe steadied himself, his face ashen.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then suddenly took out a dark blue jade slip from his storage ring, crushed it without hesitation, and the space fluctuated violently.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Bai's face darkened; this scene was all too familiar.

Without the slightest hesitation, he waved his hand and put away the earth demon puppet that was guarding him.

Enduring the icy pain in his right arm, he mobilized the Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Thunder in his dantian, raised his hand and slashed at the void. A spatial rift quickly appeared, with dark red lightning flashing like outlines at the edge of the rift, flickering on the edge of the shattered space.

"Elder Yao, let's go!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Bai's figure had already darted into the spatial rift like lightning.

Seeing this, Yaotianhuo transformed his soul into a stream of light and followed closely behind.

"Trying to leave?!"

Elder Tianshe's eyes were bloodshot as he frantically channeled the remaining battle energy within his body, attempting to stop them.

Just then, the jade slip he crushed suddenly burst forth with a blinding blue light, and a terrifying spatial fluctuation swept out.

"boom--"

The entire world trembled violently, and the space within a radius of a thousand meters shattered like a mirror, forming a dark spatial passage. A white figure appeared and disappeared at the end of the passage.

"Heavenly Serpent, you're injured? Who could have forced you to this point? Could it be that the Wind and Thunder Pavilion intervened?"

"Valley Master, that person just escaped through that spatial rift! Please stop him as soon as possible!"

Looking at the spatial rift in the distance that was about to close, Elder Tianshe was anxious. Without answering his question first, he hurriedly reminded him.

"Such a rudimentary spatial passage, could it have been opened by someone who just broke through to the Dou Zun realm? Wait, no, it's because of the lightning."

As they spoke, a massive, icy energy hand emerged from the dark spatial passage and reached out to grab the closing spatial rift.

"not good!"

Xiao Bai, who was in the spatial rift, suddenly felt a surge of spiritual sense and a huge sense of crisis. He looked back and his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly controlled the Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Lightning, trying to accelerate the closing of the spatial rift.

However, the giant icy hand was even faster, tearing through space, its five fingers spread wide, actually managing to hold back the closing spatial rift!

"Want to leave? Did you ask me first?"

A cold snort came from the end of the passage, and the giant icy hand ripped open, forcibly tearing and widening the spatial rift.

A terrifying pressure emanated from it, causing the temperature of the entire area to plummet, and even the air began to condense into ice crystals.

Cold sweat beaded on Xiao Bai's forehead. Due to the relaxation of his control, the frost on his right arm had begun to spread towards his shoulder, but he couldn't care less about that now. He gritted his teeth and hissed:

"Elder Yao, please lend me a hand!"

Yaotianhuo understood and poured his soul power into Yaotianhuo's body without reservation.

Xiao Bai made a hand seal with his left hand, and the Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Thunder in his dantian surged wildly. The crimson lightning transformed into a streak of lightning and headed straight for the exit of the rift.

"Space Break!"

The next second, the entire space tunnel trembled violently.

"Snap!"

Dark red lightning forcibly disrupted the space, causing the space at the crack to collapse with a roar, leaving behind a pitch-black void tens of meters wide.

In an instant, due to the collapse of space, a violent spatial storm was born from the original crack, causing the giant icy hand to be instantly pulverized by the spatial turbulence.

"puff--"

Xiao Bai suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face turning pale.

Forcibly activating the Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Lightning disrupted a space in the hands of a Dou Zun powerhouse, further aggravating his already injured body.

"Walk!"

Yaotianhuo jumped out of the ring, grabbed Xiao Bai's shoulder, and the two turned into streaks of light and disappeared into the depths of the void.

Tianmu Mountains.

The dark passageway remained, and the white figure within seemed to have no intention of emerging.

Faintly visible, a wisp of dark red light flickered on the slender fingers of the white figure.

"Interesting. This lightning is quite peculiar; it actually carries a trace of spatial energy. No wonder it was able to shatter that spatial rift!"

"Valley Master, that boy..." Elder Tian She asked weakly.

"They got away!" A calm voice came from the passageway.

"He possesses the soul of a powerful being, coupled with that strange spatial lightning. My true form merely crossed a spatial passage to attack; I couldn't stop him!"

He paused, then said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Despite his injuries, Elder Tianshe knelt respectfully on one knee.

"Reporting to the Valley Master, this young man is indeed closely related to the Calamity Poison Body. Half a year ago, he stole Bingze and the others' spots to enter the Blood Pool, but now he is gone."

"What? In just half a year, he actually advanced from a peak Dou Huang to a five-star Dou Zong?"

A surprised voice came from the spatial passage, its tone incredulous.

"wrong."

The white figure in the spatial passage suddenly tightened its grip, "You just said he was only a three-star Dou Zong?"

"Valley Master, you are wise. This young man was indeed only a three-star Dou Zong before, but he seems to have a secret technique to absorb the cultivation of others to enhance himself, which greatly increased his strength in a short period of time. And the people he absorbed..."

Elder Tian She broke out in a cold sweat: "It's Ice Essence and Ice Talismans!"

"waste!"

A terrifying pressure swept out from the passage, pressing Elder Tian She so hard that he couldn't lift his head.

After a moment of silence, the white-clad figure spoke in a cryptic tone: "That person used the Wind and Thunder Pavilion's secret technique, the Three Thousand Thunder Movement, right?"

Elder Tianshe was taken aback upon hearing this. After Bai Ying's reminder, he immediately realized that the movement technique that person used was indeed very similar to the Wind and Thunder Pavilion's signature technique. He frowned slightly.

"Could he be a disciple of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion?"

"If he were a disciple of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, do you think you could have kept watch over him in the Northern Region for half a year?" Bai Ying asked speechlessly.

Such a prodigy would be nurtured as a core member of any faction, and would not be allowed to be besieged by other forces, especially on their own territory.

"Let's leak this information to the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. The leak of the core inherited fighting technique will make them restless. Although they are only one of the Four Pavilions, they are on good terms with the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan. In the Northern Region, our Ice River Valley still has to consider certain things. Our goal is only that Calamity Poison Body. Once this boy falls into trouble, are we afraid that the Calamity Poison Body will not show itself?"

The white figure's voice echoed through the spatial passage, carrying an undeniable authority.

"Understood!" Elder Tianshe nodded hurriedly and bowed, saying, "I will arrange for someone to leak the message to the Fenglei Pavilion."

"Also, inform the Soul Hall that this person once killed one of their Heavenly-level Protectors, and that he possesses a Dou Zun soul body; they will be interested!"

The white figure in the spatial passage chuckled softly, its tone slightly sharp:

"This child is exceptionally talented. Since we can't be friends, let's make sure everything goes smoothly and make him disappear. That will achieve our goal perfectly."

Upon hearing this, Elder Tian She trembled, his eyes filled with shock.

The fact that he's being pursued by three forces, including the mysterious and unpredictable Soul Palace, is enough to make anyone despair. There's absolutely no chance that kid will survive.

"Valley Master is wise!" Elder Tian She's eyes flashed with malice. "This subordinate will make the arrangements immediately."

The spatial passage slowly closed, and the white figure left behind a final, faint utterance:

"Go on, I'll have the Grand Elder come over later. You'd better get things done!"

"Respectfully bidding farewell to the Valley Master!"

Seeing the spatial power subside, Elder Tianshe stood up, leaning on his cane, and looked in the direction where Xiao Bai had disappeared, a sinister smile appearing on his lips.

Thousands of miles away, in a secluded mountain cave.

Suddenly, the space rippled violently, and two figures fell out from it.

"Phew, finally we're out of this damned endless void! Thank goodness your lightning was powerful enough to stabilize the passage, otherwise we would really be wandering in the void!"

Yaotianhuo floated in mid-air, its soul body much dimmer than before. It looked up at the slowly closing dark void, a trace of fear flashing in its eyes.

Xiao Bai withdrew the dark red lightning surrounding him, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.

If it weren't for his breakthrough to the Dou Zong realm this time, which allowed him to gain some spatial insights from the Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Lightning and thus have more control over it, he might have really been in danger this time.

"How are you?"

Yao Tianhu withdrew his gaze and landed on Xiao Bai, noticing that the frost on his right arm had spread to his shoulder, and that his face was slightly pale. His expression darkened.

"This seems to be going badly!"

(End of this chapter)