Battle Through the Heavens: Top Talent

Chapter 73 The Relics Begin

As Xiao Yun entered the camp, he casually glanced around and noticed that many people were sitting cross-legged on the surrounding hillsides. The aura emanating from some of them was so powerful that even he felt a little uneasy.

"Huh?" Xiao Yun was a little puzzled. There were many powerful people gathered here. He originally wanted to look for people from Canaan Academy, but after looking around, he didn't see anyone wearing academy uniforms.

"Little guy, move forward a bit. There are too many powerful people around, and it's difficult for me to explore the ruins."

Suddenly, Yao Lao's voice resounded in Xiao Yun's heart. Xiao Yun understood that this was because of the powerful figures around him. He immediately walked forward slowly until he reached the end of the camp.

At this distance, only a hundred meters from the mountain peak, even without Yao Lao's investigation, he could clearly feel the rich spatial energy around him.

"This is... a spatial barrier?" Xiao Yun was somewhat incredulous. He finally understood why this group of people were sitting here waiting. The huge mountain in front of them was completely enveloped by a massive spatial barrier, blocking their progress.

"The owner of this ruin could not have been a Dou Zong, but a Dou Zun level expert, to set up such a huge spatial barrier?" Of all the spatial barriers he had seen, apart from those in the inner courtyard, this was the largest, which is why he made this guess.

"No, you're wrong. Although this spatial barrier is enormous, its stability is not as good as that set up by a Dou Zun expert. Therefore, the owner of this ruin should be a peak Dou Zong level expert."

The old doctor's voice echoed in Xiao Yun's heart. As a Dou Zun powerhouse in his previous life, he could still see the difference at a glance.

"In my opinion, this spatial barrier will dissipate automatically in a few days, at which time the entire ruins will be fully opened."

"Peak Dou Zong, that's fine too. Anyway, the stronger I am, the greater my chance of getting good stuff inside." Xiao Yun smiled and turned to walk back into the camp. He didn't huddle together with the others, but instead found a secluded spot to sit down and wait quietly.

……

Time flew by, and two days passed quickly.

The number of people at the foot of the mountain did not decrease, but increased, and the campsites were almost moved to the forest behind the mountain.

Xiao Yun sat on a boulder, his gaze sweeping casually. Two days had passed, and he still hadn't found anyone from Canaan Academy. He couldn't help but wonder if something had happened to the academy.

As he walked slowly with some worries in his heart, suddenly, at a certain moment, the vast spatial barrier that enveloped the mountain peak cracked, just like a mirror.

"Get ready, the spatial barrier is about to dissipate."

The old man's voice woke Xiao Yun from his nap. Looking up, he saw all sorts of battle qi wings above, seemingly filling the entire sky.

"boom!"

A deafening roar resounded, carrying with it a surge of primordial energy that spread outwards. At the same time, the spatial barrier, riddled with countless cracks, finally shattered completely and vanished into the world.

"Charge!"

Upon seeing this, everyone present was overjoyed. Their battle qi surged, and figures shot towards the stone gate at the mountaintop like cannonballs. Meanwhile, many secretly resorted to ruthless attacks, hurling powerful bursts of battle qi at the crowd ahead, resulting in a bloody battle.

"This is truly a characteristic of the Black Corner Region; they always resort to sneak attacks and battles wherever they go."

Watching the battle unfolding halfway up the mountain, Xiao Yun sighed, then summoned his battle qi wings and unleashed the Fiery Cloud Chasing the Sun technique, transforming into a streak of fiery red light that shot towards the stone gate with lightning speed.

With his fighting spirit wings and agility techniques, Xiao Yun arrived at the stone gate before many others, even though he set off a little later.

At the mountaintop, the once massive stone gate had been blasted into countless rubble by someone using their battle qi. With a slight flap of his battle qi wings, Xiao Yun charged directly into the ruins.

Upon entering the ruins, Xiao Yun keenly noticed that the surrounding lightning-attribute energy had become more active. Raising his gaze, he saw a magnificent and vast hall appear before him, with dozens of passages leading into it. At this moment, many powerful individuals who had rushed into the stone gate began to disperse and enter the various passages.

"Master Yao, which path do you think we should take?" This was Xiao Yun's first time venturing into the ruins, and he wanted to hear the senior's opinion.

"Whatever, I can't see anything strange about it either. But there aren't many people in the leftmost passage, so let's go that one." After a moment of silence, Yao Lao's voice rang in Xiao Yun's mind. Upon hearing the instruction, he transformed into a streak of light, passing over many hesitant people, and then went straight into the leftmost passage.

The passage wasn't long, and after a short while, Xiao Yun flew out of the passage and arrived in a garden.

"Golden Thunderflower, Dragon's Beard Grass, Star Soul Flower..."

With just a casual glance, Xiao Yun discovered many rare medicinal herbs, some of which he couldn't even name.

Xiao Yun slowly landed on the ground, his face beaming with joy. He quickly harvested the medicinal herbs, like a bandit entering a village, leaving nothing but barren land in his wake.

Soon, Xiao Yun had stored most of the medicinal herbs into his storage ring, leaving only a small, blood-red herb whose name he didn't know. "Elder Yao, what kind of medicinal herb is this?"

"Hehe, this is the Heavenly Blood Remnant Grass, a high-grade seventh-rank medicinal herb, and one of the main ingredients in many high-grade pills."

"Hahaha, now it's mine. How am I supposed to collect it?" It's true what they say, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. The old doctor not only knows the medicinal herbs that Xiao Yun doesn't recognize, but he also knows how to make the related pills.

"This herb is quite rare, so the method of collecting it is rather unique. First, drip your blood onto the leaves of the herb, and after it has been completely absorbed, cut it with a jade ruler."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yun immediately used his battle qi to transform into small needles and pierced his finger. Instantly, blood flowed freely, dripping onto the Heavenly Blood Grass, which then emitted an eerie red light.

"Okay, that's enough."

Using his fighting spirit to stop the wound on his finger, Xiao Yun wiped his palm on his storage ring, and a crystal-clear jade ruler appeared in his hand. He gently cut the root of the blood-red grass, and the entire Heavenly Crippled Blood Grass fell off.

Just as Xiao Yun caught the crimson grass and was about to put it into his storage ring, a whooshing sound came from behind him. He turned his head to dodge and saw a crimson arrow graze his head before sticking straight into the ground.

Xiao Yun looked up and saw dozens of blood-red figures standing at the entrance of the passage. The young man at the front was holding a longbow, and it was clear that the arrow he had just shot was from him.

"Boy, put that plant down, and I'll spare your life."

Extremely arrogant words came out of his mouth as he looked at Xiao Yun with a cold smile, as if he were already a fish on a chopping board, at Xiao Yun's mercy.

Xiao Yun raised an eyebrow, ignoring the threat from the young man, and instead put the Heavenly Blood Grass directly into his storage ring, looking at him with a slightly provocative expression.

"Very well! Kid, you dare disobey me? I'll drain all the blood from your body! Blood Guards, charge!"

Seeing that Xiao Yun ignored his words, the young man uttered chilling words filled with murderous intent.

Then, dozens of figures flashed behind him and shot towards Xiao Yun.

"Damn it, just a dozen or so Great Dou Masters and seven or eight Dou Spirits, and they still want to kill me!" Xiao Yun was so angry that he laughed out loud. His Dou Qi surged and turned into blue flames that enveloped his body. Then, he spread his blue flame wings and shot towards the young man.

"Oh no, he's a Dou Wang expert!" The young man and the two old men beside him were shocked. They never expected that Xiao Yun, who looked like a teenager, was actually a Dou Wang expert.

"Young Sect Master, hurry! This old servant will go and hold him off!" Seeing Xiao Yun rushing towards them at lightning speed, and the Blood Guards he encountered along the way unable to withstand a single palm strike from him, the two old men quickly drew their weapons and flew towards Xiao Yun, attempting to slow him down for a while.

"Hmph, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot." Looking at the two fighting spirits rushing towards him, Xiao Yun casually struck out with two palms. The azure flames transformed into two giant dragons, which directly devoured the two old men. Under the terrifying temperature of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, they couldn't even let out a scream.

Xiao Yun killed the group of people in the blink of an eye, and at this moment, the young man who was so arrogant before had already escaped into the passage and was about to disappear from sight.

He transformed his fighting spirit into a large hand, picked up the spear that had just fallen, and threw it with a burst of power. The spear turned into a cold light, like lightning, pinning the young man to the wall of the passage.

"Ahhh! It hurts! Don't come any closer! You can't kill me! I'm Fan Ling, the young sect leader of the Blood Sect! My father is Fan Lao, ranked fifth on the Black List! If you kill me, my father will definitely seek revenge!"

Fan Ling cried out in pain. Sensing Xiao Yun's approach, he quickly revealed his identity, hoping that Xiao Yun would spare his life for his father's sake.

"If you want to kill me, be prepared to die. I don't care who your father is." Xiao Yun struck out with a palm, slamming Fan Ling directly into the wall, so hard that he couldn't be pried off. Then, with another wave of his hand, a blood-red storage ring flew out. After quickly washing the blood off the ring, he put it into his sleeve.

Having dealt with these troublemakers, Xiao Yun didn't linger. His figure transformed into a streak of light, and he continued to advance deeper into the ruins.

About five minutes after Xiao Yun left, a blood-red shadow rushed out of the passage at high speed. The next moment, the figure suddenly stopped and stood frozen at the exit of the passage.

"what!"

Trembling, he stared at the corpse on the wall, his face pale, and let out a venomous roar.

The roar echoed through the passage, gradually dissipating after a long while. Fan Lao strode towards Fan Ling's corpse, stretched out his arm, and tried to pull him off the wall.

A moment later, Fan Lao, with a gloomy expression, peeled off the entire rock wall and put it into his storage ring. Then he rushed towards the direction Xiao Yun had gone, while a furious voice echoed continuously in the passage.

"No matter who it is! If I find out, they will be subjected to the torture of being torn to pieces!"

(End of this chapter)