Battle Through the Heavens: Starting with Cao Ying as an apprentice

"Make your move!" the elder roared.

The four figures moved simultaneously.

Instead of attacking the three Dragon Kings, they transformed into four streams of light, rushing in three directions respectively—intending to divide and stretch the battlefield!

"Trying to run?!" The Western Dragon King sneered, his bronze-cast-iron body shooting out, chasing straight for the Second Elder. The Southern Dragon King snapped his folding fan shut, his figure drifting towards the Third Elder like a ghost.

The Northern Dragon King, with a smile on his face, followed the Grand Elder at a leisurely pace.

Strangely, although the three Dragon Kings were in pursuit, their attacks were not ruthless, as if... they were intentionally cooperating?

"Something's not right." Qi You's heart sank. He was working with Hei Qing to try to lure away the two half-saints under the command of the Western Dragon King, but their attacks were weak and seemed to be just "perfunctory".

Hei Qing also noticed the anomaly and transmitted his voice: "Elder, it seems they are deliberately stalling?"

procrastination?

A thought flashed through Qi You's mind, and his expression changed drastically.

[Oh no! We've fallen into their trap!] He turned sharply to look at the basin, only to see that the distorted spatial barrier remained unchanged, and the aftershocks of the Glazed Sky-Burning Fire were still churning. Everything seemed normal.

But it is precisely this "normality" that is most abnormal.

Did the three Dragon Kings really only bring these people with them?

Given their desire for the Dragon Emperor's bloodline, they would be determined to obtain it, so how could they possibly negotiate in such a "gentle" manner?

unless……

"Lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Qi You shouted angrily.

Almost at the same time he shouted it out—

"Hehehe..." The Northern Dragon King's laughter came from afar, chilling yet filled with undisguised smugness.

"Elder, if you want to stall for time, I'm happy to oblige. But have you forgotten—I have more than just these useless fools under my command?"

The Grand Elder turned around abruptly, his face showing shock and anger for the first time.

At the edge of the basin, a tiny spatial ripple spread silently, initially only the size of a palm, extremely well hidden.

In the blink of an eye, the ripples expanded rapidly, turning into a dark crack.

A figure stepped out from the crack.

The person was shrouded in a gray robe, his aura obscure and unclear, as if he had merged with the surrounding space.

His location was extremely cunning—it was precisely in the blind spot of Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and others.

The gray-robed man ignored the chaotic battle in the distance, and didn't even glance at the soaring purple-gold fireball.

He raised his head slightly, and two crimson lights flashed briefly in the shadow of his hood.

The next moment, he raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.

"laugh--"

Space was torn apart like a piece of cloth.

It was not an ordinary spatial rift, but some more bizarre method—a viscous black stream of light flowed along the edge of the rift, and wherever it passed, even the leaking aura of the Glazed Heavenly Fire was "swallowed," leaving behind a vacuum passage that led straight to the center of the basin.

The gray-robed man took a single step and was already a hundred feet away from the fireball.

Only then did the terrifying pressure erupt—not the pressure of a Dou Sheng, but a more ancient and sinister aura, carrying the scent of decay and death.

"A three-star Battle Saint... late stage?!" In the distance, Xuan Yi sensed this aura, and her pretty face instantly turned pale.

No, not only that.

There was a chilling terror in that aura, like... the methods of the Soul Palace?!

The gray-robed man slowly raised his hand and pressed it lightly against the purplish-gold fireball.

Silently.

But the space around the fireball began to collapse.

It's not shattering, it's collapsing—like a sand tower crumbling, turning into the most primordial nothingness.

The Glazed Heavenly Flame surged wildly, attempting to resist the erosion, but it still seemed powerless in the face of that eerie black light.

Inside the fireball, the sleeping "Zi Yan" had her eyelashes trembling slightly.

Chapter 288 Awakening!!

The sinister laugh of the Soul Hall's deputy hall master still echoed in the void, and the black mist around him churned violently, as if celebrating the impending victory.

Those eyes, hidden in the shadows, were fixed on the gradually dissipating azure flames ahead, their hearts filled with uncontrollable elation.

"Hehehe... This is truly heaven's help!"

His hoarse voice was full of smugness.

Normally, Su Baichen's Glazed Heaven-Burning Flame at its peak would be a formidable opponent, not to mention Hun Miesheng himself, he would have to put in considerable effort.

The flames contained such heaven-burning power that even ordinary three-star Dou Sheng dared not approach them.

But now—

Su Baichen's face was as pale as paper, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

He formed a hand seal, and the dragon and phoenix crystal floating in front of him was emitting a light that flickered, indicating that the refining process had reached its most critical moment.

In order to suppress the raging dragon and phoenix power within the crystal, he almost exhausted all his battle qi, so the power of the Glazed Heaven-Burning Flame was naturally reduced to less than one-tenth.

"Su Baichen, Su Baichen, you've really kept it well hidden."

As the Soul Hall's Vice Hall Master urged the black mist to erode the last flame barrier, he spoke in a sinister tone: "A mid-stage four-star Dou Sheng... If this news were to reach the Soul Hall, even the Hall Master would probably be quite surprised, right?"

The black mist surged up like a tide, and the glassy flames grew thinner and thinner.

Through the barrier that was about to break, Su Baichen's slightly trembling back could be clearly seen.

A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Soul Hall's deputy hall master. His right hand suddenly shot out, his five fingers forming a claw. Dense black mist condensed in his palm into a constantly rotating black ball of battle qi energy.

He was going to strike Su Baichen through the back of the heart!

"Break for me!"

The black ball of battle aura shot out with a roar, shattering the space wherever it passed.

The final barrier of the Glazed Sky-Burning Fire shattered instantly, turning into countless points of light that dissipated into nothingness.

Su Baichen's back was completely exposed to the attack.

The deputy hall master of the Soul Hall curled up a cruel smile.

however--

Just as the black battle energy ball was about to touch Su Baichen's robes, a sudden change occurred!

hum-

A clear gunshot rang out without warning from behind Su Baichen!

The sound wasn't harsh, yet it seemed to directly shake the soul.

The smile on the face of the deputy hall master of the Soul Hall froze instantly, replaced by unprecedented horror.

A long spear, dark gold in color, with a lifelike dragon head carved on its shaft and exuding majesty, suddenly pierced out from the void!

A cold glint appeared first at the tip of the spear, followed by the spear thrusting out like a dragon, carrying a terrifying aura of savagery, nobility, and overwhelming power, rushing straight towards the face!

"what?!"

The deputy hall master of the Soul Hall's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints.

He didn't have time to think about where the gun came from. His instincts, honed by years of life-and-death battles, made him retreat wildly, while simultaneously setting up seventeen battle qi barriers in front of him with both hands.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The Dragon Emperor's Blood-Weeping Spear ignored the barriers as if they were nothing; wherever the spear tip touched, the black battle energy melted away like ice and snow.

With a soft "thud," the spear pierced through his protective battle aura without any resistance and slammed into his chest!

"Ugh—!"

The deputy hall master of the Soul Hall let out a shrill scream, and his whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

It traced a long black trail in the air, crashing into three floating mountain peaks in succession before finally embedding itself deeply into the rock face of the fourth mountain, with rubble falling in a flurry.

And this is just the beginning.

boom--

An indescribable, terrifying aura erupted from the center of the dragon and phoenix crystal!

His aura was initially at the mid-stage of a four-star Dou Sheng, similar to Su Baichen's, but in the next moment he broke through the mid-stage barrier and entered the late stage.

Immediately afterwards, the aura surged again, and the pressure of a five-star Dou Sheng swept across the heavens and earth, causing the void to groan under the strain.

But this has not stopped.

Mid-stage...Late-stage Five-Star Dou Sheng...

Six stars!

Seven Stars!

His aura surged all the way up until he reached the mid-stage of the Seven Star Dou Sheng realm, at which point it gradually came to a halt.

However, the quality of that oppressive aura was far more ancient and noble than that of an ordinary Seven-Star Battle Saint, as if it were an absolute suppression from the source of bloodline, causing all things to submit.

hum-

Ripples spread through the void, and a graceful figure slowly emerged from behind Su Baichen.

It was a woman, dressed in an extremely luxurious purple and gold robe.

On the hem of the skirt, lifelike golden dragons and crimson phoenixes move slowly, their roars and cries faintly audible.

She had long, purple hair that reached her hips, flowing like a waterfall, gently swaying amidst an invisible pressure.

Her face was shrouded in a faint halo, making it difficult to see clearly. Only her pair of clear, bright purple-gold eyes revealed an aura of dominance over the world.

The moment she appeared, the overwhelming pressure belonging to the Dragon and Phoenix Supreme was like a tangible mountain, crashing down on the entire world.