222: Chapter 222 The Great Battle of the Fighting Saints! The Final Moment

"Hehehe."

"It's about time. I, the Grand Heavenly Lord, shall take over from here!"

Above the Burning Fire Mountain Range, which stretched for hundreds of miles, a cold, sinister voice resounded.

The entire sky seemed to be torn apart by a pair of massive hands, and a terrifying, eerie aura emerged, coalescing into a colossal figure.

A terrifying surge of energy transformed into a black blade radiance several hundred zhang in size, accompanied by the wailing of countless souls, as it slashed downward.

Several Hall of Souls Dou Zong were activating a grand formation, grinding away at the independent world barrier of Burning Flame Valley, having already worn a crack into it.

Once the attack from the Hall of Souls Grand Heavenly Lord landed, the barrier would likely be shattered.

Hidden in the surrounding void were many Dou Zong and even Ban Sheng experts watching the battle.

Battles of the Dou Sheng level had not erupted on the Fighting Qi Continent for many years.

Today, clashes at the Dou Zong level were not even worth mentioning. Among the spectators were the Flower Sect's Greenflower Twin Immortals, the Valley Master of Ice River Valley who was at odds with Burning Flame Valley, and experts from the Tianming Sect, whose influence spanned the Southern Region and the Southeast of Central Plains.

Xiao Yan, following Wind Venerable, was also hiding in a void, watching the apocalyptic scene with a grave expression.

The Dou Huang experts he once thought were extremely powerful, and the Dou Zong experts he thought were invincible, probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single ripple of the energy spreading out from this fight.

"Teacher, what can we do?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Many old friends should have arrived," Yao Chen said in a heavy voice. "If Burning Flame Valley cannot hold on, I will cast aside my old face and see if I can ask those old friends to step in and help."

The Dan Ta Three Giants and the Flower Sect's Green Fairy were all old friends of Yao Chen.

He was unsure if he could persuade them to intervene now.

He knew very well that even if Green Fairy and the others intervened, they would not be able to stop the Hall of Souls.

Only if the Little Pill Tower and those reclusive factions intervened could the Hall of Souls be forced to stop.

But he had to take the gamble!

"Burning Heaven Finger."

Seeing that the Hall of Souls Grand Heavenly Lord's attack was about to strike the spatial barrier, countless fire-attribute energy gathered in the surroundings, transforming into a massive finger that rose to meet it.

The giant finger collided with the blood-colored blade radiance. The clash of powerful energy caused the space to crack and spread like a spiderweb.

After the exchange, the giant flame finger dissipated, and while the blood-colored blade radiance developed many cracks, it still successfully landed.

Bang!

The broken blood-colored blade radiance struck the gap in the Burning Flame Valley's barrier, and the terrifying energy expanded it infinitely.

Inside Burning Flame Valley, countless elders participating in the formation spat out blood in unison, their auras instantly wilting.

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, his expression turning extremely grave. "Hun Qingyou, you have actually stepped half a foot into the Two-Star Dou Sheng realm."

He was already heavily injured; previously, when facing the Second and Third Heavenly Lords, he had been ambushed by the Grand Heavenly Lord, worsening his injuries.

Facing the Hall of Souls Grand Heavenly Lord, Hun Qingyou, who was a half-step Two-Star Dou Sheng, he was clearly at a disadvantage.

Furthermore, he had the power left behind by Hun Qingyou inside his body.

"I was ahead of you back then, and now that you are merely lingering on, my strength has naturally grown stronger."

"Fire Cloud, submit to my Hall of Souls and hand over Xiao Ting, and your Burning Flame Valley will not need to be destroyed."

Countless heaven and earth energy transformed into a pair of giant eyes in the void, their gaze falling with immense pressure, causing the void to tremble.

"Ridiculous!" Fire Cloud Old Ancestor's hair and beard danced, and a terrifying high temperature emerged from his body. "Hun Qingyou, if my Burning Flame Valley were to submit, why wait until today, a thousand years later?"

"If not for the fact that Senior Xiao Xuan failed his breakthrough and our clan's ancestor went missing unexpectedly, what does your Hun Clan amount to? Even if Hun Tiandi came, he wouldn't dare to speak of forcing my Burning Flame Valley to submit."

"My Burning Flame Valley only knows how to die standing, never to live kneeling."

As these words were spoken, the expressions of many people changed.

The information revealed in these words was truly significant.

"Xiao Xuan... Xiao Clan..." Xiao Yan suddenly understood in his heart why Xiao Ting would come to Burning Flame Valley.

The connection between Burning Flame Valley and the Xiao Clan could be traced back a thousand years.

"Good, very good," Hun Qingyou's voice was cold. "In that case, today, not a single living thing in Burning Flame Valley shall remain."

As Hun Qingyou's voice fell, the great battle completely erupted.

Countless Hall of Souls experts attacked into Burning Flame Valley, and the experts within Burning Flame Valley were not to be outdone, striking back by utilizing the convenience of their environment.

The battle in any random spot exceeded what Xiao Yan could have imagined back in the Jia Ma Empire.

The most terrifying battle came from ten thousand zhang in the sky; every strike in the battle between Hun Qingyou and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor changed the celestial phenomena.

If it fell to the ground below, it would definitely alter the terrain, and the Burning Fire Mountain Range would be razed to the ground or even turned into a giant crater.

However, the two Dou Sheng were also restrained, keeping the battle confined to the high altitude.

Suddenly, the clouds a hundred miles high cracked open, and a mass of pitch-black energy appeared, transforming into chains that shot toward the back of Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, who was being suppressed by Hun Qingyou.

"A Three-Star Dou Sheng's energy avatar!" Someone in the world exclaimed.

Fire Cloud Old Ancestor was immediately alert, taking an ancient-looking token from his storage ring and throwing it out.

Boom!

Silver flames swept out, transforming into nine long dragons that flew toward the chains.

The two powers collided, and the sky seemed to collapse; massive spatial rifts spread everywhere, and one could clearly see the spatial storms within them.

"Old Monster Lin, is your Pill Tower going to intervene?" The Grand Heavenly Lord looked toward a certain void.

Standing there was the Pill Tower's Great Elder, Old Monster Lin, a Two-Star Dou Sheng expert.

"Don't talk nonsense. This seat is just surprised that your Hall of Souls would actually dispatch a Three-Star Dou Sheng to deal with Burning Flame Valley," Old Monster Lin said, his expression unchanged. "My Pill Tower has always been neutral. Although your Hun Clan's Hun Xuzi committed beastly acts, the Old Tower Master ordered that no revenge is needed."

"But if you think my Pill Tower has intervened, this Elder doesn't mind exchanging a few moves with you!"

Old Monster Lin was acting shamelessly; he wasn't participating openly, but he was helping indirectly.

If the Hall of Souls insisted on going against the Pill Tower, then joining the war was not out of the question.

For the Pill Tower, the existence of Burning Flame Valley was a buffer zone between it and the Hall of Souls, as well as a thorn in the side, which was very necessary.

"I would like to see how many more trump cards like this Old Ghost Fire Cloud has." The Grand Heavenly Lord's attacks became increasingly ruthless. The hidden Three-Star Dou Sheng did not appear, clearly preparing to wait for an opportunity.

This made Fire Cloud Old Ancestor fight with increasing caution and become more and more restricted.

If the situation continued to develop like this, it was only a matter of time before Burning Flame Valley was destroyed.

Inside Burning Flame Valley, when Valley Master Tang Zhen encountered danger, Xiao Yan intervened, throwing out a fire lotus that blew off the arms of the Hall of Souls Dou Zong, Old Freak Zhaixing.

"Xiao Yan, surnamed Xiao, must be related to Xiao Ting. The Xiao Clan has actually emerged with two more geniuses; you must die!"

Old Freak Zhaixing's eyes were splitting with rage; he took out a medicinal pill, swallowed it, and prepared to unleash a Dou Technique to eliminate Xiao Yan.

But just at this moment, a ball of flame appeared out of thin air, and sparks fell onto his body.

"Arghhh!"

Old Freak Zhaixing let out a miserable scream.

The sparks ignited his body, instantly spreading.

This was not an isolated case; everyone from the Hall of Souls who had attacked into Burning Flame Valley had a layer of purple-silver flames ignite all over their bodies.

Rumble!

A silver-purple beam of light rose from the very bottom of Burning Flame Valley, shooting straight into the clouds.

The clouds for a thousand miles began to churn, and terrifying heaven and earth energy gathered, with countless lightning bolts emerging within.

Following that, a man's voice, filled with majesty, resounded across the world.

"Today, all those from the Hall of Souls within Burning Flame Valley must die!"