After Xiao Xuan tracked down this Human Hall, he didn't waste time. He hurried over at once!
Who could have guessed that some unknown person would get there ahead of him?
The worst part was, after killing everyone here, that person had even left Xiao Xuan's name behind!
It was obviously an attempt to frame him!
But had they even thought about who Xiao Xuan was?
Did they think he'd let someone use him as a shield?
Xiao Xuan released his soul power and searched the area within a hundred li!
Before long, he sensed an unusual trace of aura inside a spatial rift.
Xiao Xuan immediately replaced his name on the main hall with Gu Nanhai's.
Then he swiped a hand through the air before him. Space split open, and he darted through the rift, chasing after that trace of aura!
It didn't take long for him to catch up with the man.
The man was shrouded in black mist from head to toe.
Yet amid that black mist, wisps of crimson churned.
Xiao Xuan reached out. A terrifying suction, like that of a black hole, surged toward the man ahead.
It swiftly engulfed him!
Only then did the man realize what was happening.
"Xiao Xuan! How did you find me?"
The man cried out in alarm.
He'd thought he'd covered his tracks perfectly.
He hadn't left a single opening!
Xiao Xuan gave a cold laugh. "Did you forget? I have an Emperor Realm Soul. Tracking you is just a matter of spending a little time. It's not hard!"
"Damn it!" the man cursed under his breath, darting out of the spatial rift.
Then he plunged into another rift!
He kept repeating the same thing.
Trying to shake Xiao Xuan off!
But no matter how he fled, Xiao Xuan seemed to have planted a tracker on him.
He always found him with pinpoint accuracy!
Xiao Xuan didn't rush to strike, either.
Being pursued by a hunter who didn't hurry to make the kill was torture for the prey!
The man couldn't take it anymore and prepared to fight to the death!
Xiao Xuan simply pointed a finger. A ripple of soul power spread out.
In an instant, it bound the man's movements.
"Damn it, Xiao Xuan! What exactly do you want?!"
Xiao Xuan's face remained expressionless.
"To play you to death!!"
"You really want to tear things apart completely?"
"You should've thought of that before!"
"Xiao Xuan, there's a head for every debt! Your Xiao Clan's current plight has nothing to do with us. You should go after Hun Tiandi for revenge!"
"I'll go after him, of course. But none of you are getting away, either!"
Whoosh!
As he spoke, Xiao Xuan unleashed a soul technique, turning his soul power into an ancient, unadorned seal!
He killed the man, then tossed his soul into the Heavenly Tomb as well!
Just then,
Xiao Xuan received a message from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
Zi Yan was about to finish refining the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer.
Xiao Xuan had something he needed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's help with, too.
So he decided to visit them first.
On Ancient Dragon Island, after Xiao Xuan had slain all the other Three Great Dragon Kings,
the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, divided for thousands of years,
had finally been unified.
But no one in the clan had celebrated yet.
Their Dragon Emperor was still refining the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer.
Nearly everyone in the clan had gathered in one part of Ancient Dragon Island.
They gazed up at the sky.
A gigantic purple orb of energy enveloped Zi Yan.
Through the fading purple light, they could just make out her petite figure.
As the orb's color gradually paled, her body seemed to grow little by little.
Time passed, second by second.
While waiting, Xiao Xuan turned to Qing Shan beside him. "Your Ancient Void Dragon Clan excels at spatial techniques. There's something I need Zi Yan's help with."
"Brother Xiao Xuan has done so much for our clan. We'll do everything in our power to help," Qing Shan immediately assured him.
As they spoke, glaring purple pillars of light suddenly shot out from the purple orb!
Then a stunning figure appeared before everyone, dressed in a purple-and-gold gown, her curves full and alluring.
Behind her, a pair of purple-gold wings, about a zhang long, fluttered gently. Faint sounds of wind and thunder rang out.
Moreover, after refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and receiving the help of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's abundant heavenly treasures,
Zi Yan's strength had now reached the level of a one-star Dou Sheng.
"Heavenly Phoenix Wings, Ancient Dragon Body!"
Qing Shan and the others were beside themselves with excitement.
"We greet the Dragon Emperor!"
Everyone from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan knelt in unison and cried out.
Zi Yan, however, paid them no mind.
She flashed over to Xiao Xuan.
Then she spun once in midair.
Grinning, she asked,
"Hehe, Big Brother Xiao Xuan, you really didn't lie to me. I really did grow up! How do I look? Am I pretty?"
Though she'd changed into her current form, her personality hadn't undergone the drastic transformation it did in the original story.
She still had the same pride and innocence as before.
Xiao Xuan smiled. "Congratulations."
"When I see that Xun'er again, I'll make sure she sees who's bigger!"
Zi Yan planted her hands on her hips.
She could hardly wait to compare herself with Xun'er!
Qing Shan and the others could only turn away,
pretending they hadn't heard or seen a thing.
Xiao Xuan was at a loss for words, too.
After a while, Xiao Xuan got straight to the point. "Zi Yan, you're skilled in spatial techniques now, too. There's something I may need your help with."
Zi Yan patted her prominently rounded chest. "No problem! Leave it to me."
The two left Ancient Dragon Island.
They headed toward the Demonic Flame Plains!
"Damn it, I've always heard that the Central Plains is a prosperous place, known as the heart of the Dou Qi Continent. So why does it look like bandits have ransacked it? There's barely a bird's breath of energy in the air!"
In the Southern Region of the Central Plains, atop a field of ruins in the Starry Sky Mountain Range, two figures hovered in the air. Both had horns growing from their heads and rabbit-like ears.
One of them bit into the fruit in his hand, then immediately spat it out. His face twisted as if he'd just eaten a fly.
The other rolled his eyes in disgust.
He stepped forward, his nostrils twitching slightly.
"The air is thick with a faint smell of blood. There was a battle here, and... a lot of humans died. Palus..."
Before he could finish,
Palus smacked him on the head. "Slupa, you're getting bold! I can see all the corpses here. Did you think I needed you to tell me?"
"Hehe, I was just paving the way for the main point!"
"Smack!"
"Oh? You've spent some time around humans, and now you know fancy sayings! You're getting pretty capable!"
Palus smacked Sparu on the head again!
The two had come from Southern Isle, far to the south of the continent.
They were the Savage Bull Clan's advance party.
They'd read in an ancient text that there were eight clans in the Central Plains, each controlling one key. Together, the keys could open a Dou Di Abode.
Palus and Sparu had come to find out how strong these clans were.
Then they would send word back and have their clan send reinforcements!
Southern Isle was a long way from the Central Plains. Even Dou Sheng Experts could hardly cross the distance with ease, let alone build a Space Wormhole!
For this trip, several Dou Sheng experts from their clan had spent centuries and a great deal of their blood essence. They'd failed more than ten thousand times before finally managing to build a single Space Wormhole.
Who would've thought that the moment they arrived, they'd find the place in such a sorry state?
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