Bloodbath

Within the slightly distorted space lay a vast expanse of black land, its surface occasionally revealing glimpses of pale white—these were broken bones, exuding an eerie and chilling aura.

At the heart of this vast region, a colossal black palace stood silently, like an ancient beast crouching on the ground. A sinister and terrifying aura slowly permeated the sealed space.

Within the colossal black palace, countless extremely thick black chains extended out, piercing deep into the ground. Each chain was accompanied by a swirling cloud of black mist, which vaguely coalesced into humanoid shapes. The chains occasionally shimmered with light before disappearing into the black mist, making it even more solid. The entire area was eerily quiet, enveloped in a chilling atmosphere that sent shivers down one's spine.

"Whoosh!"

The silence lasted for an unknown period of time. Suddenly, more than a dozen black mists rose from the chains. The black mists contracted and transformed into more than a dozen indifferent figures. These figures exchanged glances, moved, and converged together.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go out and carry out the mission. Hopefully, we can bring back enough souls this time."

Among these people, a figure who seemed to be the leader spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Things have been unsettled in the palace lately, everyone, please be careful!"

One of them gave a sinister warning.

"Hmph, with the Great Heavenly Venerable leading dozens of Heavenly Venerable personally overseeing things, that person wouldn't dare to come to my Human Hall to die so easily!"

The leader smiled sinisterly, nodded slowly, and waved his hand. A dozen figures transformed into a cloud of black mist and sped away like lightning towards the outside of this space.

"Bang!"

However, just as the group of black mists was about to break through the spatial barrier, the space around them suddenly solidified and then collapsed violently. The dozen or so figures were squeezed into nothingness by the terrifying Space Power before they could even scream.

"Laugh!"

As the group of figures vanished, the spatial barrier slowly cracked open, and a figure in white slowly walked in, stepping onto the dark earth.

"Waaah!"

As soon as Xiao Yuan stepped into the spatial barrier, a mournful wail echoed from the giant hall. Immediately afterward, sinister gazes shot out from within the black mist on the chains, fixed on Xiao Yuan.

"How dare you trespass on the territory of my Soul Hall! You're courting death!"

A series of eerie shouts suddenly shattered the silence of the space. Many figures rose from the chains and, without any orders, transformed into black light, bringing with them a sinister wind, and swept towards Xiao Yuan in a devastating attack.

Heavenly Fire Burning Soul!

Xiao Yuan still gave the Soul Hall a lot of face.

His first move was Heaven Rank Battle Skill.

With a thought, golden flames surged forth from Xiao Yuan's body, instantly engulfing the entire Human Hall space and turning it into a sea of fire.

Some of the weaker Hall of Souls Elder were reduced to ashes along with their souls before the sea of fire could spread completely!

"You insolent wretch! How dare you run wild in my Soul Hall! You're asking for it! Celestial Heavenly Venerable, capture him!"

As the sea of fire engulfed the entire world, a slightly aged, angry shout suddenly rang out from the giant hall. Immediately, more than a dozen figures flashed out of the giant hall like lightning, finally hovering in the sky, their sinister gazes fixed on Xiao Yuan behind the sea of fire.

"A mere Dou Zun nobody dares to be arrogant in front of me? Great Compassionate Wind Ripping Hand!"

Xiao Yuan sneered, his laughter booming like thunder, echoing into the massive hall. As he laughed, he took a step forward and struck down with his palm at the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerable who were still desperately resisting the golden sea of fire. Space instantly froze, and a cyan handprint descended from the sky, intensifying the flames! "Bang!"

As Xiao Yuan struck down with his palm, the bodies of more than ten Soul Hall Heavenly Venerable exploded into clumps of blood plasma in an instant. Even their souls were reduced to nothingness by the terrifying spatial compression and extreme high temperature.

Just as Xiao Yuan was about to continue slaughtering the Heavenly Venerable of the Soul Hall, a roar came from the giant hall. Immediately afterward, a black shadow shot out, and a huge black chain, hundreds of feet long, pierced through the void like a black poisonous dragon, rushing towards Xiao Yuan.

"With the strength of a mere Two Star Dou Sheng, you cannot protect your Soul Hall today!"

Xiao Yuan shook his head slightly at the chain, flicked his finger, and his terrifying physical strength pierced through space, smashing the huge chain away, which finally crashed heavily into the giant hall.

"Xiao Yuan, today this place will surely be where you perish!"

In mid-air, thick black mist surged forth from it, and within that mist, a gaunt, skeletal old figure, exuding a sinister aura, roared.

"If you were the only one here, I would have massacred this entire Human Hall today."

Xiao Yuan raised his head and spoke indifferently to the Great Heavenly Venerable.

He had just sealed off the spatial fluctuations in this area, so even if this guy had Space Jade Slip that could summon powerful members of the Soul Clan, it wouldn't work.

"You, a mere junior?!"

Upon hearing this, the Great Heavenly Venerable was so angry that he laughed instead. In all these years, Xiao Yuan was still the first person who dared to say that he would massacre his Soul Hall.

Amidst the churning black mist, a hunched figure, as withered as bones, finally came into Xiao Yuan's view. Dressed in a black robe, his aged face appeared extremely dry, his eyes were sunken, and two ghostly flames flickered in his eye sockets, exuding a hint of eeriness.

The aged figure slowly raised his head. His withered face, illuminated by the light, appeared somewhat terrifying. The will-o'-the-wisps in his eyes flickered slightly, and a hoarse, chilling voice quietly rose:

"Xiao Yuan, I never expected you to have the audacity to deliver yourself to our doorstep. The clan had originally decided to let you live a little longer, but since you've come to us of your own accord, I have no choice but to take your life for now!"

"You?"

Xiao Yuan grinned, then stretched out his arm, palm down, fingertips pointing towards the Great Heavenly Venerable, and pressed down sharply.

"Snap!"

In an instant, the space itself collapsed, and the Great Heavenly Venerable was horrified to discover that he was being suppressed by an extremely domineering force and was unable to move!

"How could you possibly have a chance to make a move in front of me?"

Xiao Yuan clenched his fist tightly, and then nine fire dragons burst forth from the surrounding golden sea of fire, carrying the extreme heat and terrifying destructive fluctuations unique to Heavenly Flames, and crashed into the Great Heavenly Venerable who was imprisoned in place.

Heavenly Fire Burning Soul, Heaven Rank Middle Level fire-attribute Dou Technique. It involves compressing one's own Dou Qi using a special method and refining some special flames into it, making it a wide-range explosive Dou Technique.

Once the sea of fire unfolds, the temperature is high enough to ignite the enemy's soul, and it will also keep your own soul in a state of explosive activity similar to spontaneous combustion, which can comprehensively enhance your various attributes and strengthen the intensity of fire attribute attacks.

However, its explosive power alone reaches the level of Heaven Rank Middle Level Dou Technique, so its power is naturally quite terrifying.

Although Xiao Yuan did not go all out, he only used the power of a normal One Star Dou Sheng to unleash a sea of fire, which was enough to turn this world into scorched earth.

At this moment, there are no living people left in the sea of fire. In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, the Soul Hall and the Human Hall should now only have the Great Heavenly Venerable left.

He was too preoccupied to notice what was happening around him!

He sensed an extreme destructive power emanating from those nine fire dragons.

He had only ever felt this destructive power from the Lord Void before.

"Xiao Yuan, I'll fight you to the death!"

Just as the Great Heavenly Venerable was about to unleash his ultimate technique to break through Xiao Yuan's blockade, he was completely engulfed by the nine fire dragons that exploded on his body after traversing space.

Boom! The violent explosion blasted a huge hole in the sea of fire, and the space itself was torn apart.

"Fight me? Do you even have the ability?"

Xiao Yuan clapped his hands, then turned to look at a certain space. With a thought, a golden fire dragon spear flew out from the sea of fire, piercing through the space.

"Xiao Yuan, how dare you!"

The spear tore through space, but was blasted away by a tremendous force and landed back in Xiao Yuan's hand. Immediately afterwards, an extremely powerful energy fluctuation suddenly emanated from that space, and then a figure slowly emerged from it.

At the same time, an exceptionally powerful aura swept through the enclosed space. Hearing the deep voice, Xiao Yuan smiled, gazing at the ghostly figure. He seemed unsurprised by the sudden appearance of the person and said calmly:

"After hiding for so long, you finally couldn't resist making a move? Late Three-Star Dou Saint... someone with that kind of strength shouldn't be the Hall of Souls Master, right? More like a deputy?"

The black mist rippled slowly, revealing an unusually pale face. That face didn't appear old; rather, it was like that of a young man. However, Xiao Yuan could see right through his soul. This guy was an old ghost after all! A cold smile appeared on the face of the Soul Hall's Vice Hall Master: "The clan originally planned to let you live a little longer, but it seems you don't cherish this opportunity."

"Idiot, did you repeat what the Great Heavenly Venerable just said?"

Xiao Yuan gets angry whenever he sees people from the Soul Hall, and his manners have drastically decreased. He immediately starts cursing.

Upon hearing this, the deputy hall master of the Soul Hall's eyes turned cold. He stretched out his hand and grabbed at Xiao Yuan. A vast expanse of black mist shot out from between his five fingers, transforming into five huge chains that rushed towards Xiao Yuan with a whooshing sound.

"Don't think that just because you've broken through to the One Star Dou Sheng, you can be arrogant. In my eyes, you're nothing!"

A ferocious look appeared on the face of the Soul Hall's deputy hall master. His strength had reached the Late Three-Star Dou Saint, which was enough to completely crush Xiao Yuan!

However, Xiao Yuan remained calm in the face of the Soul Hall's deputy hall master's fierce attack.

"In your next life, remember to directly summon the Hun Tiandi to speak with me. You overestimate your own strength."

Looking at the overwhelming black chains around him, Xiao Yuan's soul power surged from between his brows, actually freezing the surrounding black chains in mid-air before they shattered.

"!"

Upon seeing this scene, the deputy hall master of the Soul Hall immediately felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

Even a powerful expert who has reached the Late Three-Star Dou Saint cannot easily withstand his attacks.

How could Xiao Yuan, who disappeared for two years, have grown to such a terrifying level!

"Arrogant brat, how dare you address the clan leader by his name?"

The deputy hall master of the Soul Hall suddenly retreated, and at the same time, a silver jade slip appeared in his hand. He crushed it, and a dense spatial fluctuation quickly spread out. However, to his astonishment, no Space Channel appeared after the spatial scroll was crushed. The spatial energy that spread out gradually dissipated after drifting for a while.

"I have concealed the space of this area with Space Turbulence, so no spatial fluctuations can be transmitted out. Therefore, even if you use Space Jade Slip, you will not be able to summon reinforcements."

Xiao Yuan looked at the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master, whose expression was gradually turning ugly, with a smile and said.

The deputy hall master of the Soul Hall twitched slightly, his heart sinking completely. Xiao Yuan had clearly come prepared this time.

"Xiao Yuan, the only mistake my Soul Hall has made over the years is failing to eliminate you sooner, which allowed you to grow stronger. However, don't be too complacent. Although my Soul Clan is bound by the rules between Ancient Race and cannot act rashly, just wait. Before long, those rules will no longer be able to restrain my Soul Clan. At that time, you will find that my Soul Clan is far beyond your imagination."

The Vice Hall Master of the Soul Hall took a deep breath, gazing at the scorched earth of the enclosed space. Even the massive black hall had completely collapsed, and the powerful figures of the Human Hall had not even left a trace of their souls. This time, the losses were truly devastating! "And that will be the time when you, Xiao Yuan, and the Starfall Pavilion will be utterly destroyed!"

The deputy hall master of the Soul Hall smiled sinisterly, and his body suddenly exploded, black mist spreading out, actually tearing open the space here, preparing to escape.

"Certainly!"

Xiao Yuan remained calm and spoke softly.

The next moment, it was as if the whole world had been put on pause, and the figure of the Soul Hall's deputy hall master also froze in place.

"Can you escape?"

Xiao Yuan walked over unhurriedly, looking at the deputy hall master of the Soul Hall with a sinister look in his eyes.

These scum of the Soul Hall deserve to die! After being told this by Xiao Yuan, the deputy hall master of the Soul Hall was filled with panic.

You have to understand, even someone with the strength of the Hall of Souls Master couldn't just freeze him in place and expect him to die! Did some ancient Dou Sheng Expert possess Xiao Yuan's body? How did he become this powerful in just two years?

Xiao Yuan didn't care about the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master's thoughts. He reached out and pulled, forcibly dragging out the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master's soul. After Xiao Yuan marked it with a golden fire seal to restrict it, he stuffed it into a jade bottle.

As for his body, Xiao Yuan froze it and stuffed it into his Storage Ring.

Then, he extinguished the sea of fire and looked at the ruins of the giant palace on the ground.

Time to take stock of the spoils.