Chapter 336: Qinghai Reverend, Qin Tian Reverend
When the two turned their eyes to this side, Yao Chen had already nimbly slipped into the Bone Flame Ring. His current appearance was not suitable for him to hang around under the eyes of the Soul Palace.
He thought to himself that it would not be too late to go to the Soul Palace to settle the score after he recovered his physical body. At that time, he would definitely teach them a lesson.
Venerable Tianhuo and Xiao Ling had no intention of hiding anything. Since the other party had come to their door, they were sure that the other party had clear information and confirmed that they were here.
As soon as the two people from the Soul Palace saw the person they were looking for, they exchanged glances and a sly smile appeared on the corners of their mouths at the same time.
Then, they appeared above the Ye family as if they were walking on air. Behind them, more than a dozen Soul Palace guardians followed closely behind them. This scene was quite spectacular.
“Hehehe, we are doing business in the Soul Palace, and unrelated people had better get out of the way quickly. Otherwise, don’t blame us for being rude. We came here this time specifically to invite Master Xiao Ling to join our Soul Palace. I wonder if Master Xiao Ling could show up to see us.” One of the leading men in black robes said in a sinister tone.
As his voice fell, a majestic momentum quickly enveloped the Ye family like a dark cloud. The sky seemed to feel the pressure as well and instantly became much gloomier.
At the same time, the Soul Palace guardians following behind him also began to take action.
Suddenly, black chains appeared in their hands. Black mist spread in the sky. The chains collided with each other and made rattling sounds one after another, creating an extremely eerie and terrifying atmosphere.
Seeing this scene, everyone present could tell that these people came here with obvious ill intentions.
At this time, the atmosphere in the front yard of the Ye family was extremely tense. The members of the Ye family were in a mess. The overwhelming aura just now clearly revealed that the opponent's strength was far beyond what the Ye family could contend with.
What is even more frightening is that the power behind these visitors, Soul Palace, is the top power in Zhongzhou, and even Danta is wary of it.
Among this group of people, except for the two old men in the lead who were obviously at the Dou Zun level, the others were at least high-star Dou Zong, and none of them was lower than the eight-star Dou Zong level.
You know, the Ye family now only has a few Dou Zong-level elders in the family, and there is not even a Dou Zun-level strongman. How can they resist such a situation?
The members of the Ye family could only stare at the people in the Soul Palace in the sky in amazement. The strange, cold and majestic aura emanating from those people made it almost impossible for the weaker people to breathe.
"These...are these all people from the Soul Palace?"
"Are they here to look for Master Xiao Ling? Do they want to invite Master Xiao Ling to join the Soul Palace?"
"Is there something wrong with your eyes? These people are obviously here with ill intentions. If Xiao Ling really goes to the Soul Palace, will there be any good consequences?"
"Then what should we do with the Ye family? Xiao Ling is here with us now, what should we do?"
Just as the Ye family was in chaos and panic, suddenly, two dazzling rays of light shot out from the depths of the Ye family manor and rushed straight into the sky. Then, the two rays of light stopped steadily opposite the people in the Soul Palace.
When the light faded, two figures were revealed. They were Xiao Ling and Skyfire Reverend. As soon as they appeared, their powerful aura surged out like a tide, colliding head-on with the oppressive feeling emitted by the people in the Soul Palace, and actually completely offsetting the opponent's aura.
Everyone in the Ye family couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this scene. The appearance of Xiao Ling and Skyfire Venerable should not affect the Ye family now.
Xiao Ling and Venerable Tianhuo stood side by side. Their eyes were calm and they did not show any fear towards the strong men from the Soul Palace.
There was a relaxed smile on Xiao Ling's lips, as if those people from the Soul Palace who were feared by the outside world were not taken seriously by him at all.
"You have come to see me in such a high profile, shouldn't you introduce yourselves first?" Xiao Ling casually glanced at the people in the Soul Palace in front of him, smiled slightly, and said in a flat tone.
In his perception, one of the two Soul Palace leaders was about three-star Dou Zun, and the other was two-star Dou Zun. With the presence of two five-star Dou Zun-level masters, Tianhuo Zun and Tianyao Kui, Xiao Ling was not panicked at all.
When the two leading Soul Hall people heard Xiao Ling's words, they couldn't help but exchange surprised glances, as if they were puzzled by Xiao Ling's calmness. They thought, does this guy really think that they brought so many people here just to chat with him?
The aura of the Skyfire Venerable had been completely restrained, and he was standing next to Xiao Ling. With Xiao Ling's efforts to conceal his aura, the two people from the Soul Palace could not see his cultivation level at all, and naturally did not regard him as a threat.
“Hehehe, I am Qinghai, the respected elder of the Soul Palace, and this is my colleague Qin Tian. Our Palace Master thinks highly of you, and this time we came here to invite you to join the Soul Palace. With the support of the Soul Palace, your talent will be better utilized, and it will not be difficult to become the top alchemist in the Douqi Continent in the future.”
The elder Qinghai first introduced himself and Qin Tian's identities, and then directly extended an invitation to Xiao Ling.
"I advise you not to be ungrateful. Soul Palace is one of the most powerful forces in Zhongzhou. If you refuse, we can only use strong means to bring you back to Soul Palace."
Qin Tianzun also chimed in, his tone carrying a hint of threat and coldness.
These two people, one played the good guy and the other played the bad guy, which made Xiao Ling stunned.
"I'm flattered to be valued so much by the Soul Palace, but unfortunately, I have no interest in joining the Soul Palace. So, you guys should just stay where you want." Xiao Ling spread his hands casually, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.
Although Xiao Ling couldn't figure out why the Soul Palace was suddenly interested in him, if he went to the Soul Palace, wouldn't that be like courting death? As a descendant of the Xiao clan, let alone the Soul Palace, even the Soul Clan, the Soul Palace's immediate superior, had an irreconcilable feud with him.
Now that the people from the Soul Palace came to him, Xiao Ling felt that he had indeed been a bit too ostentatious before. In Zhongzhou, there were many hidden dragons and crouching tigers. How could a small Dou Zong like him just act wildly? It seemed that he had to keep a low profile in the future. It was best to develop in secret.
Moreover, they have to speed up the process of helping Yao Chen rebuild his body. Once he recovers his body, he will be able to reach the level of a Fighting Saint. With such a powerful backer like him, even the Soul Palace will have to think twice.
I don't know when Xun'er will come to find me. Logically speaking, the ancient clan's information network is so developed that she should have known about my coming to Zhongzhou a long time ago, otherwise the plan to restore Yao Chen's body would be ruined.
"Hmph, since you are so ungrateful, then this Venerable can only take you back to the Soul Palace by force." Venerable Qinghai was angered by Xiao Ling's straightforward refusal. He snorted coldly, stretched out his dry palm, and slapped it hard.
As he moved, a blood-colored giant hand appeared out of thin air, and rushed towards Xiao Ling with amazing momentum. The space around the giant hand seemed unable to withstand this force, and cracks appeared faintly, which showed the power of this move.
Moreover, this attack was not only aimed at Xiao Ling, but also at the Ye family. If Xiao Ling chose to dodge, the Ye family would suffer a devastating disaster. Although this was just a casual attack by the Qinghai Venerable, it was an unbearable blow to the Ye family.
After launching this attack, a sneer appeared on the face of Qinghai Reverend. He seemed to have seen the scene of Xiao Ling being forced to submit, and a hint of pride was revealed in his indifferent eyes.
However, Xiao Ling's face did not show the panic that Reverend Qinghai expected.
Before Lord Skyfire could make a move, Xiao Ling had already taken a step forward and stood firmly in the air. His hands began to quickly form complex hand seals.
As the handprints continued to change, the energy of the surrounding heaven and earth began to stir, as if attracted by some kind of force. These energies gradually condensed into a golden half-figure with a height of 100 feet behind Xiao Ling.
Although the figure's face could not be seen clearly, there was a golden light flickering in his eyes, and a majestic aura emanated from him. There seemed to be some kind of spirituality contained in those eyes.
"Have you ever seen a palm technique that falls from the sky?" Xiao Ling's lips curled up into a confident smile. As he spoke, the handprints in his hands suddenly stopped changing.
Then, he swung his right hand violently, pointing directly at the menacing blood-red handprint, and shouted, "Great Wilderness Prisoner Heaven Hand!"
"Fall!" As Xiao Ling's palm pressed down suddenly, the huge golden figure behind him seemed to be in telepathic communication with him and made an ancient and deep voice.
His movements were exactly the same as Xiao Ling's. He stretched out a golden giant palm and slapped the bloody giant hand fiercely. The golden and bloody forces collided violently in mid-air, like two torrents meeting in the void, erupting with a deafening roar.
The golden palm brought with it an irresistible pressure, firmly suppressing the attack of the bloody giant hand.
Under the impact of this force, the surrounding space began to twist and deform, as if it could break at any time.
The golden giant palm and the bloody palm confronted each other in mid-air for a brief moment. Then, the bloody palm shattered like fragile glass under the pressure of the golden palm, turning into countless bloody energy particles and drifting away with the wind.
The attack of the golden giant palm did not stop because of this. It continued to strike down towards the location of Qinghai Venerable with the force of thunder.
This scene shocked the spectators around. They did not expect that Xiao Ling could actually confront a Dou Zun-level strong man head-on, and it seemed that he had the upper hand.
Qinghai Zunzhi was also surprised. He had not used his full strength at first, fearing that he might accidentally kill Xiao Ling, so he intentionally restrained some of his strength.
However, even with such an attack, ordinary Dou Zong could not resist it and was actually defeated by Xiao Ling, which surprised him very much.
He had never seen such a strange fighting skill, and thought to himself that if he could obtain this kind of fighting skill, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance his strength.
"Hehe, your fighting skills are indeed very interesting. Once I defeat you, these fighting skills will naturally become mine."
A gleam of greed flashed in the eyes of Venerable Qinghai, and then he released a blood-colored barrier, trying to completely block the attack of the golden giant palm.
The collision of the golden giant palm and the blood-colored barrier was like the collapse of the sky and the splitting of the earth. The energy fluctuations swept around like a tsunami, making everyone feel a suffocating pressure.
After a fierce confrontation, the light of the golden giant palm gradually dimmed and finally dissipated powerlessly into the air, and the golden figure behind Xiao Ling also slowly disappeared.
After successfully resisting the impact of the golden giant palm, the figure of Qinghai Venerable rushed towards Xiao Ling like a flash of lightning.
Faced with this sudden attack, Venerable Skyfire was about to intervene, but Xiao Ling sent a message to him through his soul power:
"Senior Tianhuo, go deal with that three-star Dou Zun, and I'll hold back the Qinghai Zun. You deal with your opponent first, and then come help me deal with this guy."
After hearing this, Venerable Tianhuo nodded slightly. He knew that although Xiao Ling had not yet entered the realm of Dou Zun, with Xiao Ling's strength, it should be more than enough to temporarily hold back a two-star Dou Zun Qinghai Venerable.
With his strength, it wouldn't take much time for him to deal with a three-star Dou Zun. Then he would help Xiao Ling deal with the Qinghai Zun. By then, no one would be able to escape.
Although Xiao Ling could easily summon the Heavenly Demon Puppet and team up with Skyfire Venerable to quickly end the battle, he chose to let himself experience more actual combat training, which would be of great benefit to his breakthrough.
"Blood Flame Burning Soul Art!" As Xiao Ling shouted, his hand seals changed rapidly.
The blood in his body seemed to be awakened, and began to surge and tumble. At the same time, Xiao Ling's aura continued to rise, and finally reached the realm of Dou Zun.
Feeling the surging power in his body, Xiao Ling's mouth curled up into a confident smile. He stretched out his hand and the Falling God Weapon came out and fell into his palm.
Then, his figure was like a flash of lightning, waving the spear in his hand, and rushed towards the approaching Qinghai Venerable.
The two figures approached each other quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they were fighting. The spear in Xiao Ling's hand cut through the air, making a sharp whistling sound, and went straight to the Qinghai Reverend.
Reverend Qinghai showed no fear. Bloody magic patterns appeared on his palms, emitting a bloody aura as he rushed towards Xiao Ling's attack.
The moment the tip of the gun intersected with the palm, the surrounding space could not withstand the force and cracked into tiny cracks. Both of them were knocked back a few steps by the recoil force.
However, there was a wound on the palm of Venerable Qinghai that was so deep that the bone could be seen, and blood was flowing out of the wound.
"Damn it, it's actually a secret method to improve strength, and it can actually directly reach the level of Dou Zun." Qinghai Zun covered his wound, with anger and surprise in his tone, and then he shouted to Qin Tian beside him, "Qin Tian, let's go together and fight quickly!"
When Venerable Qin Tian heard Venerable Qinghai's instructions, although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the tone of Venerable Qinghai's orders, he understood that completing the task was the most important thing.
He nodded immediately, and with a flash of his body, he disappeared from the spot and instantly appeared on the other side of the battlefield. Together with Qinghai Venerable, they formed a pincer attack on Xiao Ling.
However, just as Venerable Qin Tian was about to launch an attack, the red-robed old man who had been ignored by them before suddenly appeared and stood in front of him.
Immediately, a majestic and hot aura emanated from the body of Skyfire Venerable, like a volcanic eruption, causing the temperature of the entire battlefield to suddenly rise.
"How is it possible, a five-star Dou Zun!" Qin Tianzun felt this powerful aura and his face turned pale instantly. Facing a five-star Dou Zun, he knew that he was far from being his opponent.
My life is over!
Before Venerable Qin Tian could recover from his shock, Venerable Tianhuo had already waved his hand nonchalantly, and three flames floated out of his body, transforming into three lifelike flaming beasts in the air, which pounced towards Venerable Qin Tian with scorching heat.
Venerable Qin Tian could only barely resist. Facing Venerable Tianhuo's fierce attack, he felt unprecedented pressure. Every resistance made him feel powerless and miserable.
Venerable Qinghai, who was not far away, felt the aura emitted by Venerable Tianhuo. Seeing that Venerable Qin Tian was beaten without any ability to fight back, his expression changed instantly and became very ugly.
"I didn't expect that you could hire a five-star Dou Zun as your bodyguard. It seems that we underestimated you." Qinghai Zun stared at Xiao Ling with a hint of unwillingness in his tone.
Xiao Ling rubbed his wrist gently, a relaxed smile appeared on his face, and responded: "After all, I am also an eighth-grade alchemist. It is not too difficult to invite a Dou Zun strongman to help me."
Venerable Qinghai looked grim, he realized that the situation was completely out of their control.
He gritted his teeth and said to Xiao Ling: "We admit defeat this time and retreat. What do you think? If you hurt us here, Soul Palace will never let you go."
Xiao Ling sneered, not caring about the threat from the Qinghai Reverend. His figure flashed like a ghost, and he attacked the Qinghai Reverend again.
"Humph, since you are here, don't even think about leaving so easily. Do you really think I am the kind of person who is soft-hearted? The Soul Palace is nothing but dry bones in a tomb. I, Xiao Ling, killed the people of your Soul Palace!"
Xiao Ling's voice was full of determination and disdain. The spear in his hand was like a dragon emerging from the sea, with an indomitable momentum, pointing directly at the vital point of Qinghai Reverend.
The expression on the face of the Qinghai Master became even uglier. He gritted his teeth and said cruelly, "You little beast, you are courting death. When I bring you back to the Soul Palace, I will make you taste the pain of extracting the soul and refining the spirit."
Qinghai Zun knew that the current situation was extremely unfavorable to them. He realized that only by concentrating their strength to get rid of Xiao Ling first, and then joining forces with Qin Tian Zun to fight against the mysterious five-star Dou Zun, would they have a chance to retreat safely.
Although Xiao Ling temporarily possessed the combat power of a Dou Zun level with the help of secret techniques, in the eyes of Qinghai Zun, as a true two-star Dou Zun, defeating Xiao Ling should be a piece of cake.
However, when Reverend Qinghai actually fought with Xiao Ling, he realized how difficult Xiao Ling was, and his expression gradually became uglier and uglier.
(End of this chapter)