235: Chapter 235 Soul Annihilation: This is not what I expected

"You are deliberately provoking a battle here to lure me out, aren't you?"

Xiao Ting stood perfectly within the void, appearing like a ghost in a patch of empty space, observing Soul Mie Sheng from the corner of his eye.

This Hall Master of the Soul Hall, a Five-Star Dou Sheng in the early stage, watched coldly as the battle between the Two-Star Dou Sheng level combatants outside reached a white-hot intensity.

With his strength, he could suppress those three Dou Sheng with a single strike, yet he chose to remain still; there was no need to say who his target was.

"Boom!" A massive sea of fire tore the sky apart.

Yan Liu, a Two-Star Dou Sheng in the late stage from the Yan Clan, spoke coldly: "Hun Miefeng, we have fought dozens of times over this past month and have never been able to determine a victor. Why must you test us again and again? The battlefield between the Hun Clan and our Anti-Hun Alliance is in the Central Plains; why must you fixate on this remote place?"

"Heh heh." Hun Miefeng let out a sinister, strange laugh and spoke indifferently: "That may be so, but why haven't you three returned to the Central Plains? Instead, you are here blocking us from destroying a tiny Zixiao City and Jia Nan Academy?"

"Hmph!" Yue Qingqiu, a Two-Star Dou Sheng in the early stage from the Ling Clan with a fiery temper, replied coldly: "Everyone knows that Zixiao City is a force belonging to Xiao Ting of the Xiao Clan, and Jia Nan Academy is backed by the Lei Clan; naturally, we cannot allow you to wipe them out at will. Since you will not return, you might as well stay here forever."

"Your Hun Clan is currently at a disadvantage."

Upon hearing this, the three Hun Clan Dou Sheng wore ugly expressions.

On the day Xiao Ting left Burning Flame Valley, the clan leaders of the various Imperial Clans returned to their own families and rooted out the traitors within.

Having confirmed that the Hun Clan's scheme was real, the Gu Clan took the lead in establishing the Anti-Hun Alliance, aiming to crusade against the Hun Clan and the Hall of Souls and completely wipe them out.

Due to the exposure of the Soul-Devouring Life-Ending Array, the fact that the Hun Clan was plotting a blood sacrifice involving many living beings across the entire Central Plains and the continent affected everyone.

Even forces like the Tianming Sect and Ice River Valley, which focused on plundering, quickly sided with the Anti-Hun Alliance.

Voices calling for a crusade against the Hun Clan arose across the entire continent, and countless branches of the Hall of Souls were wiped out.

With the Hun Clan's Dou Sheng not emerging and the various Imperial Clans not deploying their own Dou Sheng, the Hall of Souls retreated steadily. Except for the major branches in the Western Region of the Central Plains, the Hall of Souls branches in other regions of the Central Plains were basically extinguished, leaving only a few that were deeply hidden and cowering in fear.

Two months ago, a great battle involving the Dou Sheng level broke out at a Earthly Fiend Branch of the Hun Clan located at the border of the Western Region and the Central Region of the Central Plains.

The Great Elder of the Pill Tower, the Two-Star Dou Sheng Old Monster Lin, took action, cooperating with the Supreme Elder of Burning Flame Valley, Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, to intercept the Vice Hall Master of the Hall of Souls, Hu Zuowei.

The Hun Clan dispatched Dou Sheng to provide support, and the other Dou Di clans were not to be outdone, each sending their own Dou Sheng to join the battle.

In this great battle of Dou Sheng, both sides remained relatively restrained and did not deploy experts above the Five-Star Dou Sheng level.

Yet even so, a deep pit stretching over a thousand miles was blasted into the border area between the Western Region and the Central Region of the Central Plains.

Because two Hun Clan Half-Saints died while taking two Anti-Hun Alliance Half-Saints down with them, that location is now called the Saint-Falling Pit by countless cultivators.

The high-level members of both sides knew that Five-Star Dou Sheng level experts had already clashed in the void, with each side suffering victories, defeats, and losses.

"At a disadvantage?" Suddenly, a voice resounded between heaven and earth, and pitch-black flames emerged from the void, sealing off the surrounding space.

It was Hun Tiandi, who had been watching the show all along. He had originally intended to continue hiding, but the words of Yue Qingqiu and the others angered him.

The six Dou Sheng had already reached such a level, yet Xiao Ting still had not appeared. He felt that Xiao Ting would likely not show up anymore.

Since that was the case, it would be better to eliminate the three Dou Sheng and destroy Zixiao City, then return to the main battlefield in the Central Plains to earn merit.

"If I capture the three of you and present you to Lord Void, my Hun Clan will have a great advantage."

Soul Mie Sheng raised his hand, manipulating the power of the void to condense a giant flaming palm, which he pressed down toward Yue Qingqiu and the other two.

"Soul Mie Sheng!?" Seeing Soul Mie Sheng appear, Yue Qingqiu and the other two revealed expressions of shock.

Any expert of the Hun Clan who had reached the Four-Star Dou Sheng level or above should have been watched by people of the same level sent by their alliance. How had this Soul Mie Sheng managed to appear here silently!?

Amidst the shock, Yue Qingqiu immediately took out a jade slip created by a high-level Dou Sheng and crushed it, attempting to call for help.

However, the flames of Void Swallowing Flame sealed the space, preventing the power of space from transmitting outward.

"This is bad!" The expressions of Yue Qingqiu and the other two were extremely grave.

They were all Two-Star Dou Sheng and had absolutely no power to fight before a Five-Star Dou Sheng.

But the next moment, expressions of surprise suddenly appeared on their faces, while the three Hun Clan Dou Sheng revealed expressions of horror, all shouting: "Hall Master, be careful."

Huh!? It was only at this moment that Soul Mie Sheng sensed something and turned around abruptly.

He saw a thousand-foot giant who had appeared before him at some unknown time, swinging a palm down at him. The blow was heavy and powerful, yet it did not stir up even a ripple in the void.

This extreme application and concealment of space meant he had completely failed to detect this strike.

However, even so, he was not panicked in the slightest; instead, he was very excited.

"Xiao Ting, you have finally appeared. Die!"

Admittedly, Xiao Ting had the achievement of defeating the Six-Star Dou Sheng Hun Qianmo, but that had relied on the power of the fenyan holy stele.

Hun Tiandi had made an accurate assessment of Xiao Ting's true combat strength; even when using that strange Dou Technique to transform into a giant, it was only comparable to a Four-Star Dou Sheng.

A Four-Star Dou Sheng was not enough to look at before a Five-Star Dou Sheng, let alone the fact that he, Soul Mie Sheng, had come this time carrying a sub-flame of Void Swallowing Flame and an Imperial Artifact of the Hun Clan.

He intended not only to rescue Hun Qianmo but also to behead Xiao Ting.

"Seal!" The fenyan holy stele appeared in Xiao Ting's palm, and he repeated his old trick, swallowing Soul Mie Sheng into it.

To this, Soul Mie Sheng did not resist; he merely defended himself to prevent the flames from harming him, then allowed Xiao Ting to swallow him.

Once he entered the inner space of the fenyan holy stele, he immediately formed seals with both hands to summon the sub-flame of Void Swallowing Flame and manipulated the black flames to spit out a blood blade.

This was the Hun Clan's Soul-Devouring Blood Blade, which had been refined with the blood of an Imperial Clan Dou Sheng. It was a mid-grade Saint Object that possessed the special power to cut through restrictions and seals.

Soul Mie Sheng wanted to find Hun Qianmo within the fenyan holy stele, bring him out, and take down Xiao Ting.

But the next moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he revealed an expression of disbelief.

"Elder Qianmo, how did you..."

The situation inside the fenyan holy stele was completely beyond Soul Mie Sheng's expectations.

In his mind, the Six-Star Dou Sheng Hun Qianmo, who should have easily resisted the suppression of the fenyan holy stele, was now nothing more than a soul sealed by the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, suffering painful torture and seemingly unable to even self-destruct.

"Soul Mie Sheng?" Hearing the familiar voice, Hun Qianmo thought he was hallucinating, but immediately after, he revealed an excited expression: "Soul Mie Sheng, quickly, take action and kill me. I command you in my capacity as an Elder, give me a quick end immediately. You must absolutely not hold back, absolutely not!"

Soul Mie Sheng: "..."