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

The moment Cao Ying touched the pillar of light, the entire statue of Emperor Tuoshe seemed to be activated, unleashing an unprecedented and boundless imperial might!

It was a majesty that surpassed all power in the world; it was the true might of a Battle Emperor.

"Pfft!"

The closest Void Devouring Flame didn't even have time to muster a thought of resistance before its legs went weak, and it was directly pressed to the ground by this terrifying imperial might, its cheek pressed against the cold ground, unable to move.

He watched as the light of inheritance, like a loving mother calling her son, gently yet firmly guided Cao Ying into the interior of the statue.

"No! No! Things shouldn't be like this!"

The Void Devouring Flame's eyes were bloodshot, and it let out a desperate roar.

"That's mine! The ancient emperor's legacy is mine! Let her go! Let go of that light!"

However, no matter how much he roared, his body was pinned down, and he couldn't lift even a finger.

Only when Cao Ying's figure completely merged into the statue did the terrifying imperial aura recede like a tide, and the hall returned to calm.

All that remained was the dejected and limp Void Devouring Flame, and Su Baichen standing at the gate with a satisfied expression.

Su Baichen clapped his hands, looking at his masterpiece, feeling extremely pleased.

[Wow, you rebellious disciple, the karmic debt you incurred from throwing things at your master last time is finally settled!]

"I just threw you in there, and now I feel incredibly happy, both physically and mentally."

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Chapter 435 The Unwillingness of the Void Devouring Flame!

Inside the main hall of the cave.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Su Baichen stood with his hands behind his back, a half-smile on his face, looking at the dark figure in front of him, asking a question in a flippant tone as if he already knew the answer.

However, Void Devouring Flame stood frozen in place like a stone sculpture, ignoring the words in his ears.

His empty gaze was fixed on the towering ancient emperor statue in front of him, his expression blank, as if the sky were to fall and the earth to collapse.

His legacy, his readily available Dou Di legacy, has vanished!

It flew right before his eyes!

Su Baichen's lips curled up slightly. Without the slightest hesitation, he took a step forward, his figure moving like a ghost as he approached. He raised his hand and struck the back of the Void Devouring Flame.

Just as the palm strike was about to hit, the previously "dull" Void Devouring Flame suddenly trembled, its figure shifting several feet to the side like a ghost, narrowly avoiding this fatal blow.

At that moment, the blankness in his eyes vanished, replaced by a venomous resentment and overwhelming unwillingness!

That's him! That's the damn guy!

If it weren't for his interference, how could my destined opportunity have been taken away by someone else?

How could that inexplicable little girl have gotten there first!

At this moment, the killing intent in Void Devouring Flame's heart was almost tangible. He wished he could skin Su Baichen alive, tear him apart, and imprison his soul in the strange fire, burning it for ten thousand years, making him unable to live or die.

Su Baichen withdrew his hand as if he had merely brushed off a speck of dust, and said jokingly, "Hehe, your acting is rather unprofessional."

"You should have stood still and let that palm strike land properly. Maybe then I would have actually believed your 'dumbfounded' act."

Void Devouring Flame snorted coldly, not believing a single word.

He knew perfectly well that if he had taken that palm strike head-on, Su Baichen would have followed up with a second and a third without hesitation.

Moreover, that palm strike, though seemingly casual, actually contained deadly power; if it had landed squarely, he would have been dead for sure.

"Su...Bai...Chen!"

Void Devouring Flame spoke slowly and deliberately, each word seeming to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

Although it was the first time the two had faced each other directly, he never underestimated this name.

Especially after being severely injured by the terrifying silver-white sword energy within Cao Ying's body, his fear of Su Baichen had reached its peak.

The Void Devouring Flame forcefully suppressed its surging blood and qi, uttering a soul-searching question:

"Why?!"

"We have no grudge against each other, so why have you ruined my plans time and time again! What have I done to offend you?!"

In his view, the two should not have been mortal enemies.

When Su Baichen heard this childish question, he laughed as if he had heard a joke and held up two fingers: "There are two reasons."

"First, our initial stances were different. You were on the side of the Soul Clan, while I have always regarded the Soul Clan as an adversary and enemy, so we are destined to be mortal enemies."

Su Baichen's gaze suddenly turned cold: "Secondly, when I was still very weak, I was hunted down by the Soul Palace."

"The Soul Palace searches for souls everywhere and slaughters living beings on a large scale, largely to feed you, 'Lord Void'?"

Then Su Baichen changed the subject:

"Besides, the legacy of Emperor Natsoshe is not something someone like you is worthy of."

"If this inheritance ultimately falls into the hands of someone like you, a strange fire that feeds on devouring..."

Su Baichen shook his head, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"Then tell me, why did Tuoshegudi go through all that trouble? Was it for selection? For testing? Or was he just bored and playing around?"

He spread his hands, pointed at the Void Devouring Flame, and questioned sharply:

"If someone as narrow-minded and despicable as you could break through to the Dou Di realm, why would the ancient emperor have bothered to set up a thousand-year-long scheme? Why not just give you the inheritance directly? Why go through all this trouble and scheme!"

These words struck Void Devouring Flame like a heavy hammer.

Yes, the legacy has a spirit. If we choose him as the master, wouldn't this thousand-year-old plan become a huge joke?

Su Baichen's words not only denied his strength, but also fundamentally denied his value, crushing his unwilling pride to dust.

After a long silence, the silence turned into a bone-chilling cold.

"Since that's the case... then you should die!"

Before he could finish speaking, the Void Devouring Flame unleashed its deadly attack, which it had been preparing for a long time!

A torrent of pitch-black flames, carrying an aura of destruction that devoured everything, rushed straight towards Su Baichen.

Su Baichen stood still, facing this all-out attack, without dodging or avoiding it, but simply raised one hand casually.

"puff."

That seemingly ordinary palm easily blocked the torrent of black flames that was enough to devour half a mountain, as if it were blocking a gentle breeze.

The Void Devouring Flame retreated immediately after its attack, using the recoil to transform into a streak of black light and flee into the distance.

As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn! As long as I live, the future holds endless possibilities!

He was incredibly fast, and in an instant he had escaped hundreds of feet away.

However, Su Baichen remained standing in place, without even turning around to look. He calmly straightened his sleeves and casually left behind a sentence:

"You've really wasted all these years of your life."

"Xue'er, beat him back to me."

The words had barely left his mouth—

"boom!"

At the edge of the sky, a golden streak of light arrived in an instant, more than ten times faster than the Void Devouring Flame!

With a shrill scream, the Void Devouring Flame flew back like a baseball that had been hit, even faster than it had gone, and slammed into the ground in front of Su Baichen, creating a huge crater.

A golden spear adorned with dragon patterns pierced his body through his abdomen, pinning him firmly to the ground.

Before the dust had settled, a graceful figure slowly emerged from behind Su Baichen; it was Jin Xue'er.

She glared at Su Baichen, annoyed, and complained, "You bastard, I knew it! You clearly sensed my arrival a long time ago, but you were just pretending."

Su Baichen smiled without saying a word, but simply reached out and pulled out the golden dragon spear, returning it to Jin Xue'er.

Jin Xue'er rolled her eyes, looked at the dying Void Devouring Flame on the ground, and asked, "What should we do with this thing? Just kill it?"

Su Baichen shook his head, his gaze sweeping indifferently over the struggling black flame: "Erase its intelligence. This isn't our own fire. A strange fire without intelligence is the best fuel."

With just one sentence, the fate of Void Devouring Flame, ranked second on the Strange Flame Ranking, was completely sealed.

Jin Xueer nodded, but then suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked at Su Baichen with a hint of jealousy, saying in a sour tone, "Su Baichen, you really care about your good disciple Cao Ying."

She emphasized the word "take it to heart".

Su Baichen smiled helplessly and reached out to ruffle her hair: "Who said that? I never planned to come to this godforsaken place in my original plan."

"My original plan was to go into seclusion and attempt to become a Dou Di after I finished training my physique."

"But who told you that Sister Cailin and the other sisters all came?"

Su Baichen sighed, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes.

"Isn't it because I was worried something might happen to them? So in the end, I had no choice but to come and see for myself."

Chapter 436 The Emperor-Slaying Formation!

Su Baichen gently placed his palm on the twisted head of the Void Devouring Flame.

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a silent crushing of the soul.

The power of the Emperor Realm soul poured down like a vast sea of ​​stars, instantly shattering the consciousness dam that the Void Devouring Flame had been desperately trying to maintain.

"Ughhhhhh—!"

A piercing shriek of the soul echoed in the ancient emperor's cave, a testament to the resentment and bitterness accumulated over millennia, but in the face of absolute power, it ultimately vanished into silence.

Those eyes, which once gleamed with cunning and greed, have now completely lost their luster, reverting to their original state as a pure, violent, yet mindless source of strange fire.

With a casual wave of his hand, Su Baichen sealed the strange fire that had lost its sentience and gently placed it in front of the ancient emperor statue's palm.

"I've done everything I can to help you. Whether you can seize this opportunity depends on your own destiny."

He glanced one last time at the ancient statue, a deep light flashing in his eyes, then stopped lingering, picked up Jin Xue'er, and transformed into a streak of light, speeding away from the cave.