Chapter 590: Battle with the Great Saint, Return of the Purple Flame!
A black mist surged, and a hunched figure, as thin as bones, slowly appeared in the view of everyone on the mountain peak.
The figure wore a black robe, and its withered face looked extremely dry. Its sunken eyes had eerie ghostly flames flickering within, giving off a strange, unsettling aura.
"It's a Soul Palace expert."
"It seems to be the Great Saint of the Soul Palace. I never expected him to show up. This man hasn't been seen on the continent in years."
"The legendary Great Saint of the Soul Palace? That means he's an old-school Dou Saint."
"There are hardly any Dou Saints left nowadays. It looks like this Heavenly Profound Treasure Hall will bring out quite a few old monsters."
As they gazed at the sudden appearance of the old man in the black robe, many people on the mountain began whispering among themselves. Soon, their eyes followed the Great Saint's gaze, landing on Mo Yu.
Mo Yu, the Lord of the Yuan Mansion, was as renowned across the continent as the Great Saint of the Soul Palace!
Thinking of this, many people began anticipating a great show.
First, the Second Saint of the Soul Palace, Gu You, joined forces with the Tianming Sect to attack the Yuan Mansion, only to be repelled by Mo Yu after he broke through to Dou Saint. Then, in retaliation, the Yuan Mansion launched a series of assaults on the Soul Palace's branch halls over the past half-month, destroying many of them.
Now, it was no secret that the Yuan Mansion and the Soul Palace were at each other's throats.
So, seeing the leader of the Yuan Mansion and the Great Saint of the Soul Palace in the same place, everyone could already predict the fierce clash about to unfold.
Sure enough, Mo Yu glanced at the old figure and smiled coldly, saying, "Great Saint? I didn't expect you to join the fun too."
The old figure slowly raised his head, his withered face looking terrifying under the light. The ghostly flames in his eyes flickered slightly as he spoke in a hoarse, bone-chilling voice, "Mo Yu, I didn't expect you to have the guts to wander around. My clan initially decided to let you live a bit longer, but since you've come here on your own, I'll just have to take your life now."
"Who's taking whose life? That's still up in the air!" Mo Yu smiled, but his eyes were icy as they stared at the old man.
When he had killed Gu You not long ago, this old ghost had secretly saved him. Now that the old man had shown himself, Mo Yu wasn't afraid.
Even though this Great Saint was a genuine Two-Star Dou Saint!
"Big brother, there's no need to waste words with this brat. Kill him, and we'll extract his soul. Heh heh, the soul of a semi-saint is worth as much as the souls we've collected in a branch hall over the past hundred years!" At this moment, Gu You emerged from behind the Great Saint, his eyes gleaming with malice.
He still held a grudge after being humiliated by Mo Yu, but due to Mo Yu's strength, he hadn't dared to seek revenge. Now that Mo Yu had walked right into their hands, there was no way he would let him escape without paying a heavy price!
"Hmph, Gu You, you talk too much. If you want to harm the Lord of the Yuan Mansion, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"
Before Gu You could say anything else, the figure of the Tianming Old Demon beside Mo Yu revealed itself. Coldly staring at Gu You, his eyes held a hint of malice.
"Tianming Old Demon!" Seeing the old demon by Mo Yu's side, Gu You froze, then sneered mockingly.
"As the Supreme Elder of the Tianming Sect, you're willing to serve a young brat? How disgraceful!"
Ignoring Gu You's mocking expression, Tianming Old Demon, proud of his allegiance, replied, "What do you know? The Lord of the Mansion is heroic and unmatched in potential. Following him is my honor."
"Shameless old thief! Since you're so stubborn, I'll send you to your death!"
Gu You snorted coldly. His palms pressed down, and a wave of terrifying black energy surged from within him.
Amid the black mist, Gu You resembled a demon god descending into the world. He roared to the sky, and with a metallic clank, countless pitch-black chains emerged from the mist, letting out piercing shrieks as they swept toward the Tianming Old Demon with unstoppable force.
Seeing this, the Tianming Old Demon didn't back down. Although he had submitted to Mo Yu, his strength and combat experience were still intact. His Dou Qi surged, transforming into a streak of lightning as he clashed heavily with Gu You.
The fierce battle between two high-level semi-saints immediately sparked an uproar. Such intense clashes were extremely rare on the continent.
However, despite the intensity of their fight, no one was too shocked. Everyone knew that an even more intense battle was about to take place.
It would be a duel between two true Dou Saints!
"Bringing the Tianming Old Demon with you—aren't you worried that this old fox will betray you?" The Great Saint glanced at the battle between the Tianming Old Demon and Gu You before turning to Mo Yu with a sneer.
Even though the old demon appeared loyal, the Great Saint, knowing him well, refused to believe that such a cunning figure could sincerely submit to Mo Yu.
In fact, the more loyal the Tianming Old Demon seemed, the more suspicious the Great Saint became of his ulterior motives.
With the Black Lotus Heart Soul Mark controlling him, Mo Yu was confident that the Tianming Old Demon would not betray him. Hearing the Great Saint's words, he coldly retorted, "You don't need to worry about that. Better take care of yourself."
"Hmph! Since you're in such a rush to die, then die!"
Hearing this, the Great Saint's face darkened. His hand inside his sleeve swiftly formed a seal.
"Hisss!"
As the seal formed, the space around Mo Yu rippled, and countless sharp white bones materialized in the void, shooting toward him at lightning speed.
"Child's play."
Mo Yu smiled as he casually waved his sleeve, and a surge of thunder exploded from within him. The terrifying thunder energy instantly obliterated the bone spikes.
"Bone Emperor's Sky Split!"
Just as the bone spikes were destroyed, the Great Saint's cold voice echoed. Above Mo Yu's head, the space trembled violently as a massive bone blade, emanating a sinister aura, split through the void and came crashing down toward him.
"Whoosh!"
As the eerie bone blade slashed down, a strange energy wave spread rapidly toward Mo Yu.
"A soul attack?"
Sensing the strange wave, Mo Yu was slightly startled. He didn't expect the Great Saint to know how to perform a soul attack. However, with the Black Lotus Soul Thunder at his disposal, Mo Yu had never feared anyone in a soul confrontation!
"Shatter!"
Clenching his fist, Mo Yu's expression remained calm. He threw a simple punch, without any flashy techniques or Dou Qi fluctuations, but as his fist swung, a surge of soul power erupted from his brow.
"Boom!"
Soul power swiftly surged forward, forming a bizarre black lotus flower in midair, which shot out from Mo Yu's palm. In the next moment, it collided with the bone blade's energy, and both forces were obliterated.
Seeing such lethal moves being unleashed from the start, the audience let out a gasp of amazement. Even Kun Huang of the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan watched the scene with a serious expression. One side was the experienced Great Saint of the Soul Palace, and the other was the newly risen powerhouse, Mo Yu, Lord of Yuan Mansion—both were top figures on the continent today.
As the two began to battle, Kun Huang's gaze flickered, clearly calculating something in his mind...
Back in the battle, after Mo Yu effortlessly shattered the soul energy, the Great Saint's figure flashed and appeared beneath the towering bone blade, which was hundreds of feet long.
With black mist swirling around his palm, the Great Saint formed a massive hand and gripped the hilt of the bone blade. With a cold shout, he swung the blade, tearing through space and sending it crashing down toward Mo Yu's head with a terrifying, sharp energy.
"That bone blade is strange—it seems capable of wounding the soul."
The enormous bone blade rapidly enlarged in Mo Yu's pupils. With a swift motion, he pressed his hands against the void, and a gigantic thunder pillar, a hundred feet wide, shot out, clashing fiercely with the bone blade!
"Hmph!"
As his attack was blocked, the Great Saint snorted coldly. With a slight twist of the bone blade, the hundred-foot thunder pillar was forcibly shattered, and even the raging thunder energy within it was suppressed by the blade's swing.
"Mo Yu, this bone blade is forged from the bones of ten thousand people, each soul sacrificed to it. If you're touched by its energy, you will suffer the torment of ten thousand souls devouring your body!" The Great Saint's voice was chilling as he slightly tilted the bone blade. "Today, I will use it to take your life—consider it an honor!"
"Cheap tricks," Mo Yu sneered. With the protection of the Black Lotus Soul Thunder, he feared no attack on his soul. With a wave of his hand, the Primal Ancestral Thunder and Divine Thunder Wolf Lightning appeared before him.
"If you're so confident in that blade, let's see how I break it!"
In the next moment, Mo Yu's aura surged, rising rapidly from the early stage of a One-Star Dou Saint to the late stage in just a few seconds! At the same time, his hands flashed through a series of complex hand seals. With his movements, the two strands of mystical thunder swelled and quickly transformed into a massive Primal Thunder Wolf, standing tall between heaven and earth like a steel beast.
Mo Yu had used this technique during his battle against the Three Princes when he was at the peak of Dou Zun, but back then, he had not even reached the Semi-Saint level. Now, as a Dou Saint, with the help of his perfect Sky-Gang Thunder Body, his strength had increased to the late stage of One-Star Dou Saint, making this technique far more terrifying!
"Roar!"
The Primal Ancestral Thunder and the Divine Thunder Wolf Lightning rapidly fused, and within moments, they formed a colossal purple-gold thunder wolf, hundreds of feet long. Under the immense pressure of the thunder wolf, even the space around it began to collapse, resembling a gaping, black, ferocious maw.
"Hmph, how arrogant!" The Great Saint sneered darkly, as black energy surged from his body and transformed into twisted souls, screaming as they rushed into the bone blade.
As these souls fused with the blade, a faint crimson hue began to appear on the blade's surface, like dark bloodstains.
"Soul Annihilation Slash!"
With the eerie bloodstains emerging on the bone blade, the Great Saint's expression grew solemn. With a fierce swing of his hand, the massive bone blade sliced through the air, aimed directly at the Primal Thunder Wolf floating in the sky.
"Break it for me!"
With a flash of crimson on the Great Saint's face, the bone blade tore through space, collapsing everything in its path. The mountain below, stretching thousands of feet, was sliced apart, creating a massive chasm, forcing many onlookers to flee in panic.
"Fight!"
Sensing the ferocity of the Great Saint's attack, Mo Yu's hands formed a new seal. The Primal Thunder Wolf charged forward with an unstoppable momentum, like a speeding tank, heading straight for the bone blade without hesitation.
"Clang!"
At the moment of impact, an earth-shattering sound erupted, and a storm of energy burst out in all directions. The nearby mountains were reduced to rubble as the shockwaves tore through the area.
"Boom!"
In the sky, where the energy storm raged, the Primal Thunder Wolf was forced back. Its purple-gold thunder armor grew thinner and thinner until it finally dissipated entirely along with the Divine Thunder Wolf Lightning.
As the Primal Thunder Wolf disappeared, the massive bone blade was also thrown back by the explosion, crashing heavily into a mountain. The sheer force of the impact shattered the mountain into ruins, and the bone blade lay powerless among the debris.
This clash clearly left both sides at a stalemate, with neither gaining a significant advantage.
"That bone blade is indeed strange."
Mo Yu watched as the Primal Thunder Wolf slowly dissipated. The wolf transformed into two bolts of lightning, which he swallowed back into his body. His gaze lingered on the eerie white bone blade with a hint of surprise.
Upon contact, he could sense a subtle, strange energy from within the bone blade, one that inflicted severe harm to the soul. If it weren't for the protection of the Black Lotus Soul Thunder, he would have suffered considerably.
"No wonder you've caused our Soul Palace so much trouble. You do have some skills," said the Great Saint gravely, his gaze locked on Mo Yu from the distant sky.
"Likewise, you've earned your reputation, Great Saint," Mo Yu chuckled softly.
Hearing Mo Yu's mocking tone, the Great Saint's face darkened. He had personally stepped in, yet if he couldn't defeat this young man, how could he face his clan upon returning?
With that thought, the Great Saint suddenly turned his gaze toward the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, looking at their leader, Kun Huang. "Old friend Kun Huang, I've heard your Sky Demon Phoenix Clan has a grudge against Mo Yu. Why don't we join forces to deal with him?"
Hearing this, Kun Huang frowned slightly. But as he looked at the increasingly dangerous Mo Yu, his old eyes narrowed, and the thought of cooperating with the Great Saint crossed his mind.
After all, the one who had caused the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan to lose the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was none other than Mo Yu.
Just as this thought flickered in Kun Huang's mind, a thunderous lion's roar suddenly echoed across the heavens, carrying the majestic presence of a king of beasts.
Even the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan, one of the three great beast clans, felt the pressure from this presence.
As Kun Huang stared in shock, a booming voice rang out, accompanied by hearty laughter.
"Haha, Big Brother, I've returned!"
As the voice faded, a massive spatial tear appeared in the sky. From it emerged a colossal purple-gold lion, standing thousands of feet tall, exuding a powerful aura from the ancient past, like a mythical beast stepping into the world. (End of Chapter)
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