95: The Disaster of Silence 2

He raised his trembling hands and began to form Seals.

Surprisingly, those Seals were seventy percent similar to the starting moves of the Three Spirits Fusion!

"The Xiao Family Bloodline... is the descendant of the Dual Lords..." Xiao Zhan spoke each word as if using all his strength, "The Flame Lord and the Ice Lord... were originally one... their separation was to resist the Chaos Devourer..."

As he spoke, the remaining Life Spring Water energy within him began to glow, forming a miniature Yin and Yang symbol on his chest—one half fiery red, one half icy blue!

The Void Claws seemed to sense the threat and suddenly accelerated towards Xiao Zhan! Wherever it passed, even space began to disintegrate, forming terrifying black cracks!

"Father! Get out of the way!" Xiao Bing's eyes were bloodshot.

Xiao Zhan, however, smiled, a smile that reminded Xiao Yan of his father's expression when teaching him about medicinal herbs as a child: "Remember... the Three Spirits Fusion is not the end... true power lies in..."

He slammed his hands together, and the Life Spring Water energy erupted completely! The Yin and Yang symbol instantly expanded a hundredfold, transforming into a giant net that enveloped the Void Claws! The moment the darkness touched the light net, a blinding flash of light erupted!

When the light dissipated, an unbelievable scene appeared—the Void Claws were temporarily fixed in place, its body covered by a constantly flowing Yin and Yang Seal! Although the darkness was still struggling, it was indeed blocked!

The price was that Xiao Zhan's body began to dissipate from his fingertips, turning into specks of blue light...

"No! Father!" Xiao Yan tried to rush over but was pushed away by a gentle force.

Xiao Zhan's figure was already mostly blurred, but his voice was exceptionally clear: "My children... you each inherited a part of the Dual Lords... but to truly defeat the Chaos Devourer... you must..."

His final words were interrupted by a sudden spatial tremor.

The Void Claws struggled violently, and the Yin and Yang Seal began to crack! Xiao Zhan used his last bit of strength to shoot three drops of blue-glowing essence blood towards his three children: "Remember... the Xiao Family... never..."

Before he could finish, his body completely dissipated, leaving not even a scrap of clothing.

The three drops of essence blood merged into the foreheads of Xiao Yan, Xiao Bing, and Ling Xiao respectively, and a warm, ancient power instantly flowed through their entire bodies!

At this moment, the Void Claws also broke through the Seal, letting out a silent, earth-shattering roar—it was an impact that directly affected the Soul, causing all unevacuated ancient clan members within ten miles to collapse simultaneously, bleeding from all seven orifices!

Xiao Yan knelt on one knee, an unprecedented sharp pain coming from his right eye.

Under the stimulation of Xiao Zhan's essence blood, the black threads twisted frantically, actually briefly fusing with the Flame Lord's Fire! In an instant, his consciousness was pulled into a strange space—there was no distinction between light and dark here, only countless nodes connected by black threads, three of which were particularly bright: one in the Source World (which was the Void Claws in front of him), one in the direction of the Burning Sky Desert, and one in...

"Pseudo-seed network!" Xiao Yan suddenly realized, "I can see the locations of all pseudo-seeds!"

But this surprise quickly turned into horror—when he tried to probe the nearest node, an indescribable ancient will suddenly surged into his consciousness along the connection! It wasn't language, but a pure conceptual impact, which translated roughly to:

"The Three Spirits... will eventually become one... Chaos... is eternal..."

"Ah!" Xiao Yan screamed, clutching his head, a line of black blood flowing from his right eye.

That will was too powerful, too ancient, almost directly overwhelming his sanity!

"Brother!" Xiao Bing and Ling Xiao simultaneously supported him.

Xiao Yan gasped for breath, barely suppressing the external will: "It's... nothing... I saw the pseudo-seed network... but the Void Devourer can also sense me through it..."

The Void Claws had already approached within a hundred feet, and wherever it passed, even the ground "disappeared," leaving behind absolute Void Realm.

Although the Yin and Yang Seal was broken, it clearly weakened it—the speed of the darkness's Creep was much slower.

"We must Seal it now!" Ling Xiao gripped the nexus seed, "But it needs time to prepare..."

Xiao Bing looked at Xiao Yan: "We'll cover Ling Xiao.

Do you remember our cooperation in the Burning Sky Desert?"

Xiao Yan nodded, enduring the pain in his right eye and straightening his body: "The Flame Lord's Fire and your Xuanming Ice Flame... theoretically, it's possible..."

"Not theoretically." A resolute glint flashed in Xiao Bing's eyes, "Father's hint was very clear—the Flame Lord and the Ice Lord were originally one."

The two simultaneously circulated their power, Xiao Yan's azure-silver-crimson flames and Xiao Bing's azure ice flames intertwined in the air.

Surprisingly, this time there was no repulsion, but rather a perfect dynamic balance formed—there were ice crystals in the flames, and fire sprouts in the ice flames, like the Yin and Yang fish in the Yin and Yang symbol!

The Void Claws seemed to sense the threat and suddenly shot out dozens of black traces!

Xiao Yan and Xiao Bing did not dodge, and the ice-fire intertwined barrier collided head-on with the black traces.

A miracle occurred—the black traces were temporarily blocked, and even a small portion was canceled out!

"It's effective!" Xiao Bing said in surprise, "But the consumption is too great!"

Indeed, just blocking this wave of attacks, both of them had already turned pale, their aura unstable.

Although the Void Claws were blocked, it was still steadily advancing, already less than fifty feet away!

Ling Xiao sat cross-legged behind them, the nexus seed hovering in front of him, silver light enveloping his entire body like a cocoon.

The Spirit of the Plane's power resonated with the nexus seed and the two acquired seed of the planes, and a complex Sealing Formation was slowly forming in mid-air.

But his situation was also not optimistic—the black threads began to reappear in his recently recovered silver hair, and the black mark on his forehead faintly glowed.

"Just hold on a little longer!" Ling Xiao gritted his teeth, "The Seal still needs time!"

The Void Claws seemed to understand that the key was Ling Xiao, and suddenly changed its strategy—it gave up attacking Xiao Yan and Xiao Bing, and instead directly "melted" into a black curtain, bypassing the ice-fire barrier from both sides, and encircling Ling Xiao!

"Not good!" Xiao Yan wanted to go back and help, but it was already too late.

The black curtain was extremely fast, forming a pincer movement in the blink of an eye, and Ling Xiao's figure was about to be swallowed!

Just at this critical moment, the black threads in Xiao Yan's right eye suddenly activated on their own, transmitting an interference signal to the Void Claws through the pseudo-seed network! The Claws' movement instantly paused, though only for a brief moment, but it was enough—

"Absolute Zero Flame!" Xiao Bing, somehow, found the strength, and his azure ice flames suddenly underwent a qualitative change, transforming into a nearly transparent flame that swept out horizontally! Wherever it passed, even time seemed to freeze, and the black curtain was forcibly "nailed" in place!

Xiao Yan also had an epiphany; the Flame Lord's Fire was no longer berserk, but condensed into a thin, hair-like azure-silver line, precisely piercing the center of the black curtain! Under the pincer attack, the black curtain trembled violently, temporarily unable to reassemble!

"Ling Xiao! Now!" Xiao Yan shouted.

Ling Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, his silver pupils completely transformed into a brilliant galaxy!

He held up the already formed Sealing Formation with both hands, his voice like thousands of people speaking at once:

"In the name of the Spirit of the Plane, with the power of the Three Spirits, Seal!"

The nexus seed, the wrath seed, and the seed of life simultaneously glowed, and three streams of energy converged into the Sealing Formation, transforming into a silver giant net that enveloped the Void Claws! The Claws struggled frantically but could not break free from this net containing the Origin power of the Plane.

Even more miraculous, Xiao Yan and Xiao Bing's energy was also drawn in, forming a perfect cycle with Ling Xiao's power.

Their three Souls resonated at this moment, and a pure white light descended from the sky, enveloping the Void Claws!

"This is... the Light of Purification?" Xiao Bing watched in shock as his Xuanming Ice Flame automatically merged into the white light.

Within the white light, the Void Claws let out a silent wail, its volume continuously shrinking, eventually compressing into a pitch-black bead that fell into Ling Xiao's hand.

"Temporarily... Sealed..." Ling Xiao said weakly, then his vision went black, and he fainted.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Bing also collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

The entire Sacred Mountain was dead silent, with only the whimpering sound of wind blowing through the ruins.

After a long while, Xiao Bing softly asked, "Brother, what did Father mean when he said... the Xiao Family is the descendant of the Dual Lords?"

Xiao Yan touched the spot where the essence blood had landed on his forehead, where warmth still lingered: "I think... the Flame Lord and the Ice Lord might truly be our ancestors.

Their power flows in the Xiao Family's Bloodline, it just needs specific conditions to Awaken."

He looked at the unconscious Ling Xiao: "And Ling Xiao... is very likely the Reincarnation of that Spirit of the Plane from back then.

The Three Spirits being co-masters is not a coincidence, it's fate's arrangement."

Xiao Bing pondered for a moment: "Father said 'the Three Spirits Fusion is not the end'... and also mentioned that the Flame Lord and the Ice Lord were originally one..."

Xiao Yan's right eye suddenly throbbed with pain, and a Sealed memory unlocked—he saw a shocking scene: the Flame Lord and the Ice Lord stood face to face, and then... fused into one! The power that erupted at that moment made even the Chaos Devourer retreat!

"I understand!" Xiao Yan suddenly stood up, "After the Three Spirits Fusion... there's one last step!"

Just then, Ling Xiao groaned and slowly woke up.

His first reaction was to reach for the pitch-black bead in his embrace, and he only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the Seal was intact.

"We... succeeded?"

Xiao Bing helped him sit up: "Only temporarily.

What do we do next?"

Xiao Yan looked into the distance, the black threads in his right eye subtly flickering—through the pseudo-seed network, he could sense that other Void Claws were Awakening; the crisis of the Source World had just begun...

"First, find the surviving ancient clan members and regroup our forces." Xiao Yan said in a deep voice, "Then continue to collect the seed of the planes.

Father bought us time with his life; we cannot waste it."

The three of them helped each other up and walked down the mountain.

The setting sun cast their shadows long, as if three lonely warriors walking towards an unknown battlefield...