A powerful soul magic storm raged wildly, and unparalleled pressure descended upon everyone's heads in an instant. In a flash, everyone present, except for Luo Ao and Xiao Yan, landed on the ground, their faces flushed red, and their hearts were once again filled with shock and turmoil.
What happened?
" Fifth-Tier Soul Power! Who's there? Show yourself!"
Sensing the immense Spiritual Strength, Luo Ao instantly turned his sharp gaze to the depths of the ancient tomb, where an extremely vast Spiritual Strength was surging and boiling like a flame. Its powerful aura caused most of the people present to feel fear.
At this moment, Xiao Yan gazed excitedly into the depths of the ancient tomb where the Spiritual Strength was emanating. He could feel a strong vitality emanating from it, like a newborn baby or a raging lion awakening from its deep slumber.
That vitality belonged to Xiao Xuan!
" Elder Xuan!"
His voice trembled as he murmured, but as another wave of Soul Storm struck, Xiao Yan disregarded it all. His figure flashed, and he unleashed the Heavenly Severing Steps to its fullest extent in an instant, directly confronting the terrifying soul pressure and charging straight in.
" Xiao Yan, no! Come back now!"
An overwhelming pressure spread uncontrollably. When Luo Jin and Luo Ao saw that Xiao Yan was retreating instead of advancing, they were both surprised. However, not knowing the other party's identity, Luo Ao did not dare to let Xiao Yan take risks alone. With a wave of his sleeve, the powerful Spiritual Strength of Sixth-Tier Formation Master surged outward, transforming into an invisible hand, which tried to bring Xiao Yan back.
An invisible hand swiftly approached Xiao Yan, and in the blink of an eye, it was already behind Xiao Yan, about to grab him.
However, at that very moment...
" Soul Condensing Finger!"
Deep within the ancient tomb, a clear shout rang out, and powerful Spiritual Strength instantly coalesced, forming a finger that was almost tangible in the blink of an eye. With a single stroke, the finger forcefully blocked Luo Ao's Spiritual Strength.
"Bang!"
With a dull thud, the finger that had materialized shattered, and at the same time, Luo Ao's invisible hand was also forcefully blocked.
"Damn, what a powerful Soul Technique! But even with that, you won't be able to hurt him in the slightest!"
With his attack thwarted, Luo Ao's expression changed instantly, and he was about to make another move when Xiao Yan's shout suddenly rang out.
"Please, senior, do not attack. He will not harm me. He only attacked because he mistakenly thought you were going to hurt me. Please withdraw your Spiritual Strength!"
Upon hearing this, Luo Ao frowned slightly. From Xiao Yan's words, he could easily detect a hint of excitement, as if he was very pleasantly surprised by the appearance of this mysterious figure.
"Could it be from before...?"
Luo Ao was, after all, an old monster who had lived for many years. After a flash of thought, he immediately connected the image to the milky white energy ball from before.
With this in mind, Luo Ao relaxed slightly. As he turned his gaze back, he saw that the group of Dou Di experts behind him, including the masked Ghost Hall members, were all taking the opportunity to flee frantically out of the ancient tomb. Only Murong Xuan and the other two remained standing in place, watching Xiao Yan rush into the dust-filled ruins, their faces filled with astonishment and deep gratitude.
If Xiao Yan hadn't intervened today, he and his servants would all have died here. Although Murong Quan is now dead, Murong Xuan has already etched this grudge in his heart, and he'll make them pay one day...
At the same time, Xiao Yan had already passed through the pervasive dust and mist and arrived before the stone statue once again.
Despite being bombarded by energy several times, the stone statue strangely did not collapse. However, everything around it was destroyed beyond recognition. But Xiao Yan had no time to observe these things. At this moment, his dark eyes were filled with tears of excitement as he stared at the slightly illusory figure standing in the void before him.
The figure was dressed in a light blue robe, with a tall and handsome figure. His eyes, as black as ink, were like bottomless black holes, as if they contained everything. They were deep and contained boundless wisdom, which made people admire him.
"Descendant Xiao Yan respectfully welcomes his ancestor Xiao Xuan!"
Upon reaching the figure before him, Xiao Yan couldn't hold back his tears, his body trembling as he prostrated himself on the ground, bowing deeply to the figure before him.
Looking at Xiao Yan before him, Xiao Xuan finally revealed a relieved smile. He lowered himself and reached out to help Xiao Yan up from the ground, while also smiling and saying:
"It seems you succeeded."
His words referred to Xiao Yan's breakthrough to the Half-Emperor.
Xiao Yan stood up, wiped away the tears of emotion from his face, and then gave an embarrassed smile, saying:
"This junior only managed to break through thanks to the blessings of my ancestors."
"Hehe, you don't need to be so modest. What I did for you was only a partial effort. Ultimately, the breakthrough depends on yourself."
The two exchanged a few laughs, and then Xiao Xuan turned his gaze to the stone statue behind him, a hint of gratitude appearing on his handsome face.
"Thank you for passing on your knowledge, senior!"
Xiao Xuan bowed and clasped his hands in greeting to the stone statue, and Xiao Yan quickly followed suit.
When Venerable Heavenly Severing infused Xiao Xuan with the power of his Soul Origin, the latter had already awakened. However, he was too weak at that time to speak, but he was very grateful for Venerable Heavenly Severing's actions.
"Click click click..."
However, just as the two stood up, they suddenly discovered that cracks were rapidly spreading on the stone statue of Venerable Heavenly Severing. As the cracks spread, dazzling golden light shot out from them. In just a few breaths, the cracks spread rapidly and, in the blink of an eye, they had already covered the entire hall!
Meanwhile, in the city outside the palace, the same scene was unfolding.
"This is..."
Luo Ao's expression changed, and he pulled Luo Jin up from the side. At the same time, he raised his eyes and quickly looked into the depths of the ancient tomb. Xiao Yan had not come out yet!
"Damn it, this tomb is about to collapse! It must have triggered Venerable Heavenly Severing's formation. We must get out of here quickly!"
"But Xiao Yan is still inside; we must bring him out!"
Luo Jin frowned, but he couldn't let go of Xiao Yan in his heart.
"You stay here and wait for me to come back!"
Luo Ao was well aware of the current situation. Once a formation condensed by a Sixth-Tier Formation Master was activated, even he had to be careful, let alone with Xiao Yan still inside. He had no choice but to take action personally.
However...
"Boom!"
Just as Luo Ao was about to set off, the surrounding void suddenly collapsed, and endless spatial turbulence surged like venomous snakes. Under this turbulence, even a powerful Nine-Star Dou Di would have little chance of escape.
"Snort!"
Unfazed, Luo Ao waved his sleeve, unleashing a massive wave of Dou Qi that easily shattered the oncoming turbulence.
But then, just as those spatial turbulences were about to be completely destroyed, a huge beast claw suddenly emerged from the void and tore Luo Ao's attack apart!