Xiao Xuan extended a fingertip and lightly tapped the air before him.
Crack!
An invisible barrier shattered at the sound!
Right after that!
Xiao Xuan tossed the Stone-Eating Demon Ant Queen in his hand into the valley!
Less than two and a half minutes later!
The valley had fallen into complete chaos.
"Bad news! Stone-Eating Demon Ants!"
"Everyone, be careful!"
"Damn it, how did these things get in here?!"
"Quick, everyone attack together! Clear these things out as fast as possible. Don't disturb the Venerable!"
Countless Stone-Eating Demon Ants surged toward the black hall like a raging tide!
Hundreds of figures burst out of the hall, strange black mist gushing from their bodies as they charged at the Stone-Eating Demon Ants!
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
The black mist could destroy the Stone-Eating Demon Ants, but their numbers were truly terrifying!
Before long, several people had been bitten to death by the ants!
"Ah!"
"Venerable... Venerable, save us!"
"..."
Just then, a shrill voice, as grating as foam rubbing together, rang out across the area.
"A bunch of useless trash! You're letting Stone-Eating Demon Ants reduce you to this?"
A hunched old man with disheveled hair and a filthy appearance, his face impossible to make out, suddenly appeared in front of the hall.
His clothes were tattered, like those of a beggar.
In his left hand, he gripped a cane that resembled a vine.
The old man raised his withered right hand, unleashing a mighty surge of Dou Qi.
It gathered in his palm into a torrent of black mist and swept toward the Stone-Eating Demon Ants.
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
But he had still underestimated the sheer number of Stone-Eating Demon Ants!
He could only rebuild the barrier.
Then he could deal with the ants inside the barrier; that would be much easier!
However, after restoring the barrier once more, less than two and a half seconds passed before—
Crack!
The barrier shattered again!
At that, the old man furrowed his brows and looked up at the sky, his cloudy old eyes gazing into the distance.
"Who dares cause trouble at my Soul Hall?!"
He could sense that an outsider was definitely in the area, but he couldn't detect their presence!
"Someone's here? Who?"
"I knew it! There's no way our formation barrier would just break on its own!"
"Daring to cause trouble at a Soul Hall branch—they must have a death wish."
Though they shouted bravely, the men couldn't help edging closer to the old man.
"Could I have guessed wrong?!"
The old man frowned and murmured under his breath.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Hey! Are you all blind? I've been sitting here for ages, and none of you have even noticed me!"
The old man jumped in fright and whirled around!
There, sitting at the very top of the hall, was a man with white hair and a youthful face.
He looked at them with a beaming smile.
The old man's scalp went numb!
He hadn't sensed a thing!
If the man suddenly attacked—
He wouldn't even know how he'd died!
"I am Magic Vine, the Fifth Heavenly Venerate of the Soul Hall! Who are you, sir? Why have you attacked the Soul Hall?!"
Xiao Xuan slowly rose to his feet and stared coldly at the Fifth Heavenly Venerate, Magic Vine.
"Who am I?! I'm just a heartbroken elder brother here to seek justice for my younger brother!"
He looked every bit as if he truly meant it!
Magic Vine suddenly understood.
"You're... from the Ancient Clan!"
"Where is Mo Yu?! Tell her to come out and face her death!!"
Xiao Xuan looked desperate for revenge!
Magic Vine let out a sinister chuckle. "Heh heh. Your Ancient Clan provoked us first! And now you have the nerve to accuse us?!"
"I don't care! Mo Yu injured Gu Qian, and he died because of it. Hand her over, and I'll leave! Otherwise..."
Xiao Xuan moved in a flash, appearing right in front of Magic Vine.
Killing intent filled the air!
"Hmph! Do you really think the Soul Hall fears you?!"
"Bang!"
Magic Vine stamped his cane hard against the ground!
The aura of a Nine-Star Dou Zun burst forth without restraint!
But!
The next instant!
A terrifying pressure descended from above, crushing down on the Fifth Heavenly Venerate like a mountain!
"Ah!"
The Fifth Heavenly Venerate screamed and went sprawling to the ground, as limp as a dead dog.
Blood trickled continuously from the corner of his mouth!
"You... you want to provoke a war... between the Soul Hall and the Ancient Clan?!"
"Die!"
Xiao Xuan knew the man had already sent out the information, so there was no reason to keep playing with him!
Pfft!
The immense soul pressure crushed the Fifth Heavenly Venerate into a cloud of blood in an instant!
Only then did the Soul Hall Protectors react!
They scattered in terror and fled!
"The... the Fifth Heavenly Venerate... is dead!"
"Someone killed the Fifth Heavenly Venerate!"
"Run for your lives!"
Xiao Xuan swept his sleeve, and a rift opened in the space before him.
He stepped inside.
At the same time,
Snap!
He snapped his fingers!
Pfft!
Pfft, pfft...
The Soul Hall Protectors who had tried to escape turned into billowing black mist and vanished in the wind.
At the same time, the Soul Hall buildings in the Dead Soul Mountain Range collapsed with a bang, reduced to a field of ruins!
Xiao Xuan had only just left when—
A rift split open in the distant sky!
From within the rift!
A gurgling sound came, as if blood were flowing!
Then, a viscous crimson sea of blood surged wildly out of the rift!
It swiftly took the shape of a figure, blood-red from head to toe!
"Damn it! I'm still too late!"
The newcomer raised blood-red eyes and glared venomously at the ruins ahead.
Creak!
He clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his flesh!
A hoarse, venomous voice echoed beneath the sky!
"Ancient Clan!!!!"
"Xiao Xuan, why did you leave using Gu Xu's body?!"
In the Heavenly Tomb, Gu Shan watched Xiao Xuan return and questioned him in a trembling voice.
Smack!
Xiao Xuan slapped him through the air, sending him flying hundreds of yards!
He crashed into a mountain in the Heavenly Tomb!
"Why should I have to report what I do to you?!"
"You... cough, cough. If the clan leader finds out, he definitely won't let you off!"
Gu Shan coughed up a large pool of blood.
Fortunately, Xiao Xuan had only wanted to teach him a lesson and had no intention of killing him for now.
Otherwise, Gu Shan would already have been reduced to a puddle of blood!
"Don't worry. I'll make sure Gu Yuan knows that there are consequences for taking something from my Xiao Clan and then failing to do the job!"
"Xiao Xuan! Hasn't the clan leader already returned everything to you?! What more do you want?!"
"What if I slept with your daughter and then apologized to you? Would that make us even?"
If not for the help of the Burning Flame Ancestor, the Xiao Clan would have been wiped out completely by now!
It would have been one thing if Gu Yuan hadn't helped the Xiao Clan!
But he had even tried to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Xiao Clan!
How could Xiao Xuan let that slide?!
Gu Shan's expression suddenly changed!
A powerful sense of foreboding surged into his heart like a tide!
The Xiao Xuan of legend wasn't supposed to be like this!
Xiao Xuan sealed Gu Shan away in a corner of the Heavenly Tomb.
He used the possession technique, abandoning Gu Xu's body.
He returned to his soul form.
Then he took out all the precious heavenly treasures he had obtained from the Ancient Clan!
He opened his mouth and sucked them in with a mighty breath!
Whoosh...
In less than five minutes, the mountain of precious heavenly treasures had all poured into Xiao Xuan's belly!
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