Looking at Chen Xiao, who had suddenly become murderous, Wind Honored One felt that the focus of this operation seemed to have shifted.
Weren't they here to rescue Yao Chen? How did it suddenly turn into destroying a Soul Hall sub-hall?
"Good idea, I've long disliked these Soul Hall bastards!"
With a clang, Sword Venerable unsheathed his long sword and, without a word, slashed at the distant spatial barrier.
Sword Venerable was not good with words, but he would never hesitate when it was time to act.
His sword energy was like a rainbow, a sharp sword energy of several dozen feet cutting through the sky, and almost instantly, it struck the spatial barrier.
Chi~
Accompanied by a hissing sound, the sword energy vanished like a clay ox entering the sea, creating only a series of violent ripples, with no other effect.
This spatial barrier was even more solid than imagined!
"Who dares to disturb the Soul Hall!"
A stern shout came from within the giant hall, echoing in the valley for a long time.
Immediately afterward, figures soared from the giant hall into the sky, standing staggered in the air.
At this moment, at a glance, there were thirty to forty figures above the giant hall, all wearing black robes, their faces unseen.
But every one of them was a genuine Dou Zong expert!
"Damn it, let's do it!"
Wind Honored One cursed angrily, raising his hand and slamming a cyan handprint towards the spatial barrier.
Things had come to this, there was no turning back!
Now he only hoped that Chen Xiao wasn't acting on a whim, but truly had confidence.
"Jie jie jie, Feng Xian, it's you. Starfall Pavilion's information is quite good, actually knowing that Yao Chen is here. Unfortunately, daring to attack the Soul Hall with just the three of you is overestimating yourselves!"
As the space twisted, a signature gloomy laughter echoed throughout the area.
The next moment, five more figures appeared before the Soul Hall Protectors.
They were not wrapped in black robes, but each of them had a vast aura and were full of pressure.
The person speaking at the head was none other than Star-Picking Old Ghost, who had captured Yao Chen here.
As soon as Star-Picking Old Ghost appeared, he pointed a finger, easily destroying Feng Xian's palm strike towards the spatial barrier.
Seeing that only three Dou Zuns had come to attack, Star-Picking Old Ghost was not flustered at all, and even wanted to laugh. Even though he could feel that one of the mysterious black-robed men was slightly better than him in realm.
But he had been at the peak of Five-Star Dou Zun for many years, and the gap shouldn't be too big.
The most important thing was that they had more people!
Five against three, the advantage was on their side!
"Stop talking nonsense with him, each of you pick one, and leave the rest to me."
Seeing that Feng Xian still wanted to argue with Star-Picking Old Ghost, Chen Xiao directly interrupted.
At the same time, his black robe moved slightly, and ten neat puppets appeared behind him, one of which, a dark golden puppet, was particularly conspicuous, and the aura it exuded made Wind Honored One dare not underestimate it.
"I'll deal with that blue-clothed Honored Elder. As a Four-Star Dou Zun, it's not difficult to deal with him." Feng Xian spoke first.
"Then the gray-clothed one will be mine. If I can't kill him within a quarter of an hour, I'll offer my head!"
Sword Venerable also set his sights on a peak Two-Star Dou Zun expert, choosing a target that was slightly stronger than him.
Chen Xiao glanced at Sword Venerable, and inexplicably felt that this Sword Venerable and Hai Bo Dong would definitely get along!
Without discouraging his enthusiasm, Chen Xiao nodded slightly.
Immediately, without further ado, he stepped into the sky, and with a wave of his hand, the ubiquitous cold air surged, instantly turning into dense ice thorns, piercing towards the spatial barrier.
"Thousand Illusory Profound Ice Thorns!"
"How dare you ignore this Honored One, arrogant!"
Star-Picking Old Ghost within the barrier rebuked angrily, and his fan-like withered hand slammed out, bringing up a burst of energy hurricane, attempting to dissolve all the ice thorns.
However, he far underestimated the difficulty of Chen Xiao's Dou Skill.
In the Mountain Range of Lost Souls, cold air and poisonous miasma were everywhere.
And Chen Xiao, as an Ice Attribute, could almost be said to be on his home field here. The cold air was endless, the ice thorns were endless, and Chen Xiao didn't even need to consume his own Dou Qi.
Ka-cha! Ka-cha! Ka-cha!
Countless ice thorns shattered under the energy hurricane, but the overflowing energy had not yet dissipated before it instantly condensed again, like an endless tide.
Under this continuous consumption, the energy hurricane was the first to show fatigue, and could no longer block the dense ice thorns.
Chi chi chi!
In an instant, countless ice thorns shot onto the spatial barrier, and almost in an instant, the spatial barrier that even Sword Venerable could do nothing about was penetrated into a sieve, until it completely dissipated.
"Kill! Leave no one alive!"
A spear condensed in Chen Xiao's hand, the tip of the spear pointing directly at the Soul Hall Protectors.
Peng! Peng! Peng!
The ten puppets, knowing only to obey commands, were the first to move. As Chen Xiao's voice fell, they immediately shot out, creating bursts of sonic booms.
The strongest of these puppets targeted the Three-Star Dou Zun beside Star-Picking Old Ghost, while the remaining nine surrounded a One-Star Dou Zun.
Wind Honored One and Sword Venerable followed closely behind, their figures flashing as they appeared in the high sky, their auras locking onto their respective opponents.
Thus, only Star-Picking Old Ghost and Chen Xiao remained motionless in the field.
Almost forgot, there were also thirty or forty Soul Hall Protectors just there to watch.
Seeing that the four Dou Zun beside him were all restrained, Star-Picking Old Ghost's face immediately turned ugly.
In the brief exchange just now, he had been constantly reinforcing his attacks with his own Dou Qi. Chen Xiao, on the other hand, had only taken advantage of the terrain and had achieved such a defeat with almost no consumption. This made Star-Picking Old Ghost suddenly realize that the mysterious black-robed man in front of him was even more powerful than he had imagined!
When did such a powerful Ice Attribute expert appear in Central State?
Star-Picking Old Ghost couldn't figure it out.
From what he knew, in recent years, only Chen Xiao, the Pavilion Master of Purple Firmament Pavilion, had risen to prominence in Central State, even replacing the original Wind and Lightning Pavilion.
But the person in front of him was definitely not Chen Xiao!
After all, it hadn't been long since Chen Xiao last made a move, and the Soul Hall had already learned that he was a Two-Star Dou Zun.
Therefore, Star-Picking Old Ghost felt that even Ice Honored One of Ice River Valley was more likely than Chen Xiao!
"Does Your Excellency really want to be an enemy of my Soul Hall?"
Hearing this, Chen Xiao didn't reply, but the tip of his spear was the answer.
"Nine Dragons Ascend the Heavens!"
Roar—
A short and high-pitched dragon roar sounded, and then, nine giant dragons condensed from Mystic Ice suddenly emerged from behind Chen Xiao, dancing across the sky.
If Hai Bo Dong were here, he would definitely be able to discover that the so-called Nine Dragons Ascend the Heavens was clearly a plus version of Mystic Ice Dragon Flight!
"Phantom Soul Evasion!"
"Star-Picking Hand!"
Understanding that Chen Xiao had a few tricks up his sleeve, Star-Picking Old Ghost dared not be careless in the slightest.
He roared twice, and two Dou Skills were activated almost simultaneously.
His figure became ghost-like and elusive, difficult to grasp, the hand seals constantly changing, and black gas swirling on his face.
In the next moment, only his right hand suddenly and strangely became a circle larger, as if erect, and at the same time, a phantom of an arm tens of feet in size appeared, and in coordination with the strange movement technique, it fearlessly grabbed towards the nine Mystic Ice giant dragons!
Hearing Star-Picking Old Ghost's roar, the four Soul Hall Venerables who were being held back by Sword Venerable and the others couldn't help but glance over here.
Outsiders didn't know, but they were very clear that, That Phantom Soul Evasion was one of Star-Picking Old Ghost's trump cards, extremely fast, and he had never used it against Dou Zun below Five-Star!
He never thought that today, after just one exchange, he would be forced into such a situation.
Boom! Boom! Boom…
Nine earth-shattering explosions sounded in succession, and the shattered Ice Attribute energy spread out, making the world a vast expanse of white.
Behind the giant hall, a group of Soul Hall Protectors who had already hidden here in advance were still shaken with lingering fear, fortunately, they had stayed far away from the battlefield in advance.
Otherwise, in the aftermath of the Dou Zun powerhouse collision, they would have died and their souls dissipated.
"How is Venerable Old Ghost?"
Someone's voice sounded, also the thing all the Soul Hall Protectors wanted to know most at this moment.
Their scarlet eyes were locked on the battlefield, and when the vast white energy aftermath dissipated, they all stared intently.
They saw that in the void in front of the giant hall, Star-Picking Old Ghost, with disheveled clothes and hair, stood alone in the void, panting heavily.
And opposite him, the mysterious Venerable in black robes was leisurely walking, in the center of the energy explosion, still unaffected in the slightest.
Looking at the other Dou Zun on the nearby battlefield, they seemed to be afraid of being affected, and had already moved the battlefield far away.
"Only using two trump cards, and you can still receive one of my Mystic High-Rank Dou Skills and not die, Star-Picking Old Ghost, you do have some ability."
Looking at the mysterious black-robed Venerable who was approaching step by step, Star-Picking Old Ghost didn't dare to speak this time.
He tried hard to maintain the pretense that a Soul Hall Venerable should have, but his figure retreated unconsciously, the palms under his sleeves trembling, his expression as if facing a great enemy.
Relying on the Soul Hall, every time he made a move in the past, it was like an adult bullying a child, crushing and toying with them. Until this moment, the tables had turned, and he finally experienced this kind of humiliating despair.
As if he had lost his mind, suddenly, the tension on Star-Picking Old Ghost's face turned into a ferocious smile, laughing more and more eerily, more and more terrifyingly.
In the next moment, he saw vast Dou Qi spewing out from his palm, and then turning into a strange viscous substance, which solidified into a pitch-black ghost-headed broadsword during a strange wriggling.
This broadsword was extremely strange, covered with a layer of pitch-black strange crystalline layer, and when the blade gently brushed across the space, a crack the size of a thumb quietly appeared.
Star-Picking Old Ghost held the broadsword tightly, his eyes grim and crazy, looking at Chen Xiao, who was slowly approaching, the broadsword suddenly slashed out with afterimages, and then angrily chopped down from the air.
"I don't care who you are, but you will eventually pay the price for your arrogance!"
"Star Shattering Slash!!"
As the Star-Picking Old Ghost's low roar echoed, the light in the sky suddenly dimmed. Countless stars appeared behind the Star-Picking Old Ghost, then transformed into streaks of light, converging on the large blade. As these streams of light gathered, the energy on the blade became increasingly terrifying!
"Die!"
The Star-Picking Old Ghost grinned grimly, raising the blade and slashing down!
As the blade fell, the space in front of him instantly collapsed, and fragments of space appeared. Finally, the nearly hundred-foot-long, sharp blade radiance, with an incomparably domineering posture, forcibly cleaved the space in front of it, turning into lightning and shooting towards Chen Xiao!
The sudden appearance of such a powerful blade radiance in the sky instantly attracted the attention of the Dou Zong Protectors who were just there to watch.
Looking at the earth-shattering blade radiance, a look of surprise immediately appeared in the eyes of some of the knowledgeable Protectors.
Star Shattering Slash, also known as Star Shattering Blade, was the Star-Picking Old Ghost's most powerful trump card!
Before the Star-Picking Old Ghost joined the Soul Hall, this Dou Skill had already established a fierce reputation in Central State, and countless strong individuals had died under this blade.
However, after the Star-Picking Old Ghost joined the Soul Hall, he rarely encountered any strong individuals who could force him to use this last resort.
"The Star-Picking Old Ghost's Star Shattering Blade is at the peak level among Earth Rank Dou Skills, and its power is extremely terrifying. That mysterious Honored One will probably pay the price for his carelessness."
What they didn't know was that with Chen Xiao's insight, how could he not see that the Star-Picking Old Ghost was using a Dou Skill? These little tricks of feigning weakness and secretly launching a fatal attack were leftovers from those extremely vicious people in the Black-Corner Region.
However, Chen Xiao didn't care.
With the Star-Picking Old Ghost's current strength, even if he used all his trump cards, it was impossible to threaten him.
What Chen Xiao wanted to know more was why the Star-Picking Old Ghost hadn't called for help yet.
Earlier, when he hadn't summoned the Puppet, the Soul Hall had more Dou Zun-level combat power, and the Star-Picking Old Ghost was confident that he could easily handle it, which was understandable.
But now that the Puppet had appeared, and even the Star-Picking Old Ghost himself was being crushed, he still hadn't called for help, which was very intriguing.
Although this space had already been sealed off, the Star-Picking Old Ghost didn't know these secrets. He should at least put on a show, right?
While Chen Xiao was surprised, the blade radiance had already approached, and the joy on the Star-Picking Old Ghost's face became more obvious.
"Hehe, don't get any ideas. In the face of absolute strength, these are useless…"
"Ice Condensing Spirit Slaughtering Sword Formation, activate!"
Buzz!
As the last syllable fell, the space behind Chen Xiao suddenly erupted with intense black light. The black light flickered uncertainly, like a black hole evolving.
Then, in a series of shocking gazes, the black light gradually solidified, transforming into an extremely complex dark array diagram.
The array diagram glowed, vaguely resembling a series of bizarre black swords, their sharp edges fully exposed.
As the blade radiance of the Star Shattering Slash approached, a black sword from the array diagram drooped down, just landing in front of Chen Xiao.
Then, it allowed the earth-shattering blade light, with its wild and unparalleled power, to bombard it.
Boom boom boom!
In the sky, violent energy fluctuated wildly. However, when the destructive blade radiance dissipated, everyone's pupils contracted.
Because the black sword protecting Chen Xiao was not damaged in the slightest!
"This sword formation is a bit stronger than I thought. Star-Picking Old Ghost, don't die too sloppily."
As Chen Xiao's voice fell, the huge and strange black sword formation behind him also brought a wave of death-like fluctuations at this time, whistling out one after another!
One black sword after another cut through the sky, carrying a destructive force that the Star-Picking Old Ghost was extremely unfamiliar with, completely locking down the space around him and cutting off all escape routes.
He wanted to escape, but there was nowhere to escape!
He could only watch death approach, his eyes wide and his sweat pouring down.
At this moment, relying on himself was certain death. The Star-Picking Old Ghost only had one last resort.
He looked terrified and shouted to the sky.
"Nine Heavens Honored, save me!"
So that's how it is!
Hearing the Star-Picking Old Ghost's cry, Chen Xiao suddenly understood.
All the doubts were resolved at this moment.
This operation to rescue Yao Chen, except for the location of the Mountain Range of Lost Souls, everything else was completely messed up.
Buzz!
A figure shrouded in a black robe appeared above the Star-Picking Old Ghost like a ghost.
Without saying a word, he reached out to the Star-Picking Old Ghost, trying to save him from danger.
However, in full view of everyone, the Nine Heavens Honored's outstretched hand was suddenly withdrawn as if struck by lightning when it was a few feet away from the Star-Picking Old Ghost.
Chih! Chih! Chih!
Under the Star-Picking Old Ghost's desperate and incomprehensible gaze, the eerie black swords whistled over.
The space was crushed into ruins, constantly collapsing and reorganizing.
And the figure within was like a clay sculpture, almost instantly being cut into nothingness!
The Star-Picking Old Ghost had fallen!
The Wind Honored One and Sword Venerable in the distance noticed this scene, but they didn't have time to rejoice.
Because the Nine Heavens Honored was staring intently at Chen Xiao, the aura around it surging, making the Wind Honored One and Sword Venerable feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
Strong! Very strong!
Several times stronger than that Star-Picking Old Ghost!
If they still had a chance to fight to the death in front of the Star-Picking Old Ghost, then in front of this furious Nine Heavens Honored, they would probably die and their souls would dissipate in an instant.
"Ice Venerable, run!"
Sword Venerable's hoarse and uneasy reminder sounded.
To hide his identity, he naturally couldn't call out his name directly.
Therefore, he cleverly changed the address, as long as Chen Xiao knew he was being reminded.
Sword Venerable didn't have the idea of framing Ice Venerable, the Soul Hall wasn't that stupid, they could find out he was talking nonsense with a little verification.
While reminding Chen Xiao, he circulated the Dou Qi in his body to the limit, and his body, which was already covered in blood from fighting his opponent, swelled up a circle, and he had already made the worst plan.
He was a lone wolf, who once owed Yao Chen a favor, which is why he was willing to risk offending the Soul Hall to participate in this operation.
Now that Sword Venerable has avenged his great revenge, he no longer has any worries.
As early as when he decided to join the operation, he was mentally prepared to repay Yao Chen's kindness with his life.
Hearing Sword Venerable's urgent reminder, Chen Xiao returned a reassuring look.
He wasn't the kind of person to be reckless, otherwise he wouldn't have let Little Fairy Doctor secretly accompany him.
He expected the Star-Picking Old Ghost to have a backup plan, but he didn't expect that this backup plan would be the Nine Heavens Honored.
After a little thought, Chen Xiao immediately made a decision.
Anyway, he will inevitably face the Soul Hall in the future, so...
The Star-Picking Old Ghost can be killed, and Nine Heavens Honored can also be killed!
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