The Terrifying Nightmare Sky Mist

He slowly let out a breath and looked indifferently into the deep pit. A faint trace of life still lingered there. Clearly, Great Heavenly Venerate still had one last breath left...

"Goodbye, then." His eyes cold, Xiao Chen aimed his palm at the bottom of the pit from afar. Just as he was about to clench it, an exceedingly powerful energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from the surrounding void. The space before him twisted, and two figures slowly emerged. At the same time, an extraordinarily powerful aura swept through the sealed space...

"Bold of you, daring to kill even a Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate."

Hearing the low voice, Xiao Chen merely smiled. Looking at the ghostlike figures, he did not seem surprised by their arrival. "The three of you have hidden for so long. Couldn't resist making a move after all?"

Three figures slowly emerged from the black mist. The one in the middle wore a black robe. There was nothing remarkable about his face; he looked utterly ordinary, like any common man. Even the hands extending from his sleeves were somewhat rough. Yet this ordinary-looking figure made the vast majority of those present hold their breath, their eyes filled with gravity and apprehension.

Four simple words carried unparalleled prestige across the Central Continent, even if that prestige had been built upon endless bloodshed.

In that distant era, the Soul Hall Master had once massacred dozens of sects in a single night. That night, blood flowed like rivers and corpses carpeted the land. Five peak two-star Dou Saints had all died miserably at his hands. That night established the Soul Hall Master's fearsome reputation and made Soul Hall the open ruler of the Central Continent. Even Pill Tower did not dare oppose him lightly! Now, this ruthless figure whose name had once intimidated the entire Central Continent floated silently in the sky, his gaze as still as that of an old monk in meditation. Whether the gazes directed at him were reverent or hateful, not one could shift his attention.

"Xiao Chen, do you want the Xiao Family to be exterminated?" The black mist rippled slowly, revealing an exceptionally pale face. It did not look old, but rather youthful, like that of a teenager. Yet the tone of its voice was incomparably sinister, making it obvious that its true age was far from what it appeared. This was one of Soul Hall's two Vice Masters, a late-stage three-star Dou Saint.

Xiao Chen neither confirmed nor denied it, nor could he be bothered to waste words on the Vice Master. With a sweep of his sleeve...

A blazing flame shot toward the enormous pit below. Clearly, he intended to finish off the Great Heavenly Venerate while he was down. Seeing Xiao Chen dare to strike a killing blow before him, the Soul Hall Vice Master's eyes immediately turned cold. With a flick of his finger, surging black qi shot forth and transformed into a black dragon that swallowed the flames in a single gulp. Then he reached out and grabbed at Xiao Chen. Boundless black mist burst from between his five fingers, turning into five enormous chains that shot toward Xiao Chen with a clattering roar.

Yet in the face of the Soul Hall Vice Master's fierce attack, Xiao Chen's lips curled into a mocking smile. He had no intention of counterattacking. Instead, he reached toward the giant pit below once again. A massive flaming hand formed out of thin air and grabbed down into the pit.

"You're courting death!" Seeing Xiao Chen completely ignore his attack, the Soul Hall Vice Master's expression darkened entirely. He gave a sinister smile, and the black chains wrapped around Xiao Chen before suddenly tightening! Clang! Clang! Just as the chains were about to bind Xiao Chen completely, the space around him violently rippled. An extremely berserk spatial current erupted, and its terrifying tearing force shattered every one of the chains.

"Who is it?!"

The sudden intervention startled the Soul Hall Vice Master. His eyes swept around as he shouted coldly.

"Yao Chen." An aged figure stood in the air. That familiar face made the Soul Hall Vice Master cry out in shock.

The Soul Hall Master also frowned upon seeing Yao Chen's sudden appearance, inwardly astonished.

From his perception, Yao Chen's current realm was actually no weaker than his own.

Xiao Chen glanced at the Soul Hall Vice Master but ignored him. With a grasp of his hand, the flaming giant hand fished Great Heavenly Venerate out from the depths of the pit. The latter's arm had already exploded into a bloody mist, and his entire body was soaked in blood. Even his soul had been injured by the earlier Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, leaving his gaze unfocused. Clearly, not only was his body gravely wounded, but his soul had also suffered severe damage...

Xiao Chen looked calmly at Great Heavenly Venerate, who seemed too badly wounded to resist. The flaming hand slowly pulled him closer. However, when Great Heavenly Venerate was less than thirty meters away, his previously blank elderly face suddenly twisted into a savage expression, and his body instantly began to swell.

Boom! His swelling body had only expanded halfway when Xiao Chen expressionlessly clenched his fist. The flaming hand also closed violently, its terrifying force crushing Great Heavenly Venerate's body into pieces.

Boom! The instant Great Heavenly Venerate's body exploded, a black beam shot out and crazily fled toward the Soul Hall Vice Master.

"Trying to escape?" Seeing Great Heavenly Venerate's soul attempting to flee, Xiao Chen snorted coldly. For an expert of this level, as long as the soul remained intact, he could acquire another body and be reborn. That would become another great threat. Xiao Chen naturally would not let him escape. With a flick of his finger, the flaming hand transformed into a fiery net and descended over Great Heavenly Venerate's soul.

"How dare you!" Seeing Xiao Chen trying to stop him, the Soul Hall Vice Master's face sank. He raised his hand, and boundless black mist surged from his sleeves. It blotted out the sky and covered the earth, filling the heavens and rapidly sweeping toward Xiao Chen.

Unfortunately, Yao Chen made his move.

Great Creation Palm!

With a silent thought, the natural energy within a thousand-mile radius frantically surged toward Yao Chen's palm. When the final strand of natural energy gathered into his right hand, a black speck about the size of a soybean suddenly appeared in the center of his palm. It was an utterly pure black. One glance at it seemed enough to draw in one's very soul. It was exceedingly strange.

The black speck appeared, and Yao Chen abruptly raised his right hand before smashing it heavily toward the Soul Hall Vice Master.

At once, a black halo suddenly appeared above the Soul Hall Vice Master's head, then rapidly expanded! Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle! Wherever the black halo reached, everything vanished in an instant. It was true disappearance, leaving behind not the slightest trace. It felt like a black hole—mysterious and terrifying.

"Master, save me!"

The gap between Dou Saints was as vast as heaven and earth. Thus, the moment Yao Chen attacked, he had nearly driven the Soul Hall Vice Master into a dead end.

Hearing this, the Soul Hall Master furrowed his brow. After retreating several steps, black Dou Qi exploded from his body in an instant. Before countless horrified gazes, it transformed into innumerable soul phantoms. These phantoms formed a strange formation around him, then knelt down devoutly. At the same time, piercing soul soundwaves issued from their mouths.

Ten Thousand Souls Worship! Countless soul soundwaves gathered before the Soul Hall Master, then transformed into a sharp sonic arrow that shot out and collided fiercely with the black hole that was about to swallow the Soul Hall Vice Master.

Wooooo! As the two heaven-tier Dou Skills collided, overwhelming wails of souls instantly echoed across the sky. Even with the spatial barrier Xiao Chen had set up below, these soul soundwaves still caused countless deaths and injuries throughout Salt City.

Suddenly, an enraged rebuke resounded through heaven and earth.

"A bunch of trash."

Then, a figure wreathed in black flames appeared. Strange black runes covered his body, while his eyes resembled black holes, overflowing with terrifying devouring power. He stood in the sky atop black flames. His features were somewhat obscured by the flames, but when he appeared, an extremely ancient and eerie aura slowly spread through this world.

At the same time, everyone watched in horror as endless black flames seeped out from the void, spreading in every direction until they covered the entire world. In an instant, heaven and earth grew dark.

The black flames blotted out the sky and sun, enveloping the entire world. Under their cover, the people below suddenly felt the Dou Qi in their bodies gradually draining away, as though some invisible thing were continuously devouring their Dou Qi.

"Greetings, Lord Nihility Devouring Flame."

"Xiao Chen, don't be so pleased with yourself. Once Hun Tiandi emerges from seclusion, you will surely die. Do not think that reaching the nine-star Dou Saint level means you can stand against the Soul Clan. Xiao Xuan's fate back then was not a pleasant one."

"Be careful. Extremely tiny traces of Nihility Devouring Flame are floating through the air. Not even Dou Qi can defend against them."

Suddenly, Xiao Chen placed a hand on Yao Chen's shoulder. A pink flame barrier enveloped them both. A fiery lotus slowly spun in the depths of his eyes. Through his vision, tiny black specks too small for the naked eye to see were drifting everywhere in this world. Like maggots clinging to bone, they landed upon people's bodies and continuously devoured the Dou Qi within them. Even when these people covered themselves with Dou Qi, it had no effect whatsoever. The moment the black specks touched their Dou Qi defenses, they silently melted into them.

"Trash. You've been afflicted by the Nightmare Sky Mist and don't even know it. What a bunch of trash."

Nihility Devouring Flame glanced at the Soul Hall members and cursed.

That was right. The instant the Soul Hall people had appeared, Xiao Chen had already unleashed the Nightmare Sky Mist over all of Salt City.

With Xiao Chen's strength as a nine-star Dou Saint, no one below the eight-star Dou Saint level could detect it. They could only remain trapped within it and be toyed to death by Xiao Chen.

"Nihility Devouring Flame, how was the script I directed? Wasn't it wonderfully exciting?"