With a wave of his hand, wind and cloud changed color as an enormous azure palm hundreds of zhang wide condensed into shape.
With a single slap, he sent the snake's tail flying. Its miserable hiss rang out, but he did not stop. His hand pressed downward, and the azure giant palm descended with it.
Wherever the giant palm passed, mountains tilted, Giant Stones shattered, trees snapped, and the giant python wailed.
The Ancient Heaven Demon Python, comparable to a Five-Turn Dou Zun and perhaps even stronger in battle, was directly suppressed by Xiao Xuan without the slightest ability to resist, like a little snake.
After suppressing the Ancient Heaven Demon Python, he continued forward at high speed. Half a day later, he finally reached a strange place.
It was said to be an ancient battlefield as well. Too many powerful experts had fallen here, leaving behind formidable baleful aura. Even Fierce Beasts did not dare approach.
"Roar..."
Suddenly, an earth-shaking roar erupted.
In the distance, a dense tide of enormous Fierce Beasts stretched from heaven to earth. Their roars rose one after another, while bloodthirsty baleful aura shot straight into Yunxiao.
Xiao Xuan took a step forward. An overwhelming aura burst from his body, his expression stern and his long hair flying. Even the savage Beast Tide was intimidated and came to a halt.
Roaring and howling, their scarlet beast eyes fixed on him, they charged toward him.
"Kill!
Yin Yang Void Breaker!"
Xiao Xuan's gaze was cold. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed violent streams of Dou Qi that surged forth mightily. Wherever they passed, the Fierce Beasts were torn apart and exploded into blossoms of blood.
In an instant, he cleared a passage a thousand zhang long.
Yet Fierce Beasts poured in from every direction, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, fearless of death and pain.
Xiao Xuan struck again and again, clearing a vast empty stretch with every attack.
Though he was only a Nine-Turn Dou Zun, his foundation was exceptionally profound, and he possessed no shortage of Heavenly Rank Dou Techniques. His battle strength was self-evident, rivaling that of a One-Star Dou Saint. No Fierce Beast could withstand even one move from him.
Like a hot knife through tofu, the dense beast horde could not delay Xiao Xuan in the slightest as he tore through it at astonishing speed.
If someone looked down from the sky, they would see that despite the immense number of Fierce Beasts, not a single one before him could stop him. The Beast Tide was swiftly carved open.
His long hair flew without becoming disheveled, and his robes fluttered without gaining a single crease. The more perilous it became, the calmer he was.
With one palm strike, vicious Dou Qi once again cleared a blank area, yet he felt a trace of resistance.
At a certain moment, it was as though he had pierced through mist. Everything before him suddenly opened up, and not a single Fierce Beast remained in the clearing.
Having driven back the Beast Tide, he was now less than a thousand zhang from the Bodhi Ancient Tree. In the blink of an eye, he entered within a hundred zhang of it.
Seeing the Bodhi Ancient Tree up close was an entirely different and equally shocking sight. Its trunk stretched several thousand zhang high, like a heavenly pillar connecting heaven and earth.
An incomparably ancient aura permeated the trunk. The Bodhi Ancient Tree's shade was immensely vast; once spread out, it could cover half a city.
Sunlight from Tiankong streamed down at this moment, shining upon the Ancient Tree. It seemed faintly translucent, and the powerful life force blooming from within it was enough to shock even Xiao Xuan.
"Indeed, it is an Ancient Tree that has existed for who knew how long."
As he drew closer, the overwhelming shade enveloped him. Upon reaching this place, Xiao Xuan gradually sensed an extremely concealed chill, as though it were slowly seeping into his very bones.
Xiao Xuan raised his head and fixed his gaze upon the enormous Bodhi Ancient Tree.
About a hundred zhang up its trunk was a mass of brilliant light. It resembled an energy heart roughly a zhang in size, faintly emitting powerful, rhythmic thumps.
"Bodhi Heart!"
His gaze focused on the radiance hidden within the massive tree. Even Xiao Xuan, with all his experience, felt his heart pound fiercely several times against his will.
Then countless branches intertwined and descended from the shade. When they touched the ground, they slowly split apart, and five expressionless figures stepped out.
As those five figures emerged, the space between heaven and earth immediately began to ripple violently. A terrifying pressure suddenly spread out!
"Half-Saints? Just five Half-Saint experts, and you think you can stop me?
Yin Yang Return to Ruins!"
Xiao Xuan opened his mouth, his voice somewhat hoarse. After such prolonged slaughter, even with battle strength rivaling a Dou Saint, he was exhausted.
Sound waves spread outward, carrying the force to pierce metal and shatter stone.
The wings behind him trembled lightly, and the Void exploded with a thunderous crash. A blurred afterimage streaked across the sky.
"Boom!"
He threw a punch, and a massive roar erupted through the air. Wherever it passed, space shattered. Even a Half-Saint expert could not withstand it and was sent flying backward.
Only then did the other four Half-Saints react. Surging Dou Qi erupted from them, ravaging the air like blades and tearing fissures through the Void.
"Bang!"
Sharp gale force spread from within, stirring wild gusts that made it impossible to look directly at them.
"Divine Fist of Earth, kill!"
The blow landed squarely on one Half-Saint. Its body cracked open, yet not a drop of blood seeped out. Evidently, this Half-Saint had long since decayed through endless years and become a dried corpse.
Four overwhelmingly powerful auras appeared behind him, rapidly closing in. Looking at the Half-Saint Puppets before him, he steeled his heart and chose to trade wounds for life.
He expressionlessly took a punch head-on while smashing his own fist into the opponent's head. With a bang, it burst like a watermelon. Without its head, that Half-Saint Puppet could no longer move.
"Bang..."
He too was sent flying, blood spilling from his mouth.
Then, supporting himself, he instantly appeared before another Half-Saint's hollow face. He clenched his fist, gathered strength, and used his momentum to smash down viciously.
"Bang..."
The Half-Saint had no time to evade and could only cross its arms before itself. A layer of Dou Qi shielding instantly appeared, but it was directly killed!
He let out a long breath. The battle had come swiftly and ended swiftly. With all his strength, he reduced the remaining three puppets to dust one by one, scattering them everywhere.
And he had paid a terrible price as well.
Dragging his heavily wounded body forward, he drifted onward. Ten zhang... five zhang... three zhang... one zhang...
...Eight chi... four chi... one chi...
The Bodhi Heart was within reach!
Xiao Xuan was smiling, but the smile on his face became increasingly twisted. An eerie light even glimmered in his eyes, making him vastly different from his usual self.
"Ah!"
A burst of agonizing pain suddenly came from the depths of his soul. Pain! Pain that reached his very soul! It hurt so badly that Xiao Xuan could not help clutching his head and crying out.
Dou Qi, soul power, Heavenly Flames... everything erupted wildly from his body.
Wave after wave of energy surged. Forceful Qi scattered freely like blades, and the ripples they stirred actually shattered the Void.
In that instant, this world shattered as though it were a mirror. Only when the illusory heaven and earth broke apart did the real world reveal itself.
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