Battle Through the Heavens - chapter-722

The pained expression on the illusionary human head that had expanded to
hundreds of feet in size had immediately solidified when Protector Wu’s
laughter resounded over the sky. An unusually dense black glow erupted
from all the holes on it. An instant later, it suddenly burst apart in
front of numerous shocked gazes. Bang! The loud sound was like
rolling-thunder that resounded across the mountain. An extremely
frightening black-colored tide surged out in all directions from the
illusionary human head that had burst apart like a volcanic eruption.
Finally, it engulfed the entire area.

The darkness this time around was extremely complete. The sun in the sky
appeared to vanish from the sky at this moment. The entire world was
suddenly filled with darkness.

The darkness covered the land, causing everyone to voice their alarm. A
moment later, numerous various colored Dou Qi erupted. However even with
the help of the glow from the Dou Qi, one could merely see a radius of a
couple of feet in this unusual world of darkness.

“What happened?”

“What exactly happened?”

The sudden darkness caused a commotion to immediately break out on the
open ground. A countless number of people let out an exclamation as panic
spread at this very moment.

Xiao Yan and the others on the treetop were also slightly surprised by
the arrival of this sudden darkness. However, they swiftly recovered
their calm a moment later. By relying on his outstanding Spiritual
Perception, he knew that this strange black curtain was created from the
spreading of Protector Wu’s energy. As long as the energy scattered,
the darkness would naturally automatically disappear.

“I wonder how teacher and Cai Lin are.” Xiao Yan frowned intently as
he looked at the dark empty sky. He clenched his fist tightly as an
uneasiness gradually rose within his heart. From the looks of Protector
Wu’s actions, it appeared that he had taken out Yun Shan’s spirit and
caused it to self-destruct. The destructive strength from the
self-destruction of the spirit of an elite Dou Zong… Xiao Yan’s body
could not help but tremble a little as he thought about it.

“Did this fellow create such a large activity just to create such a
black curtain?” Hai Bodong’s body was covered by a layer of white Dou
Qi as he stood beside Xiao Yan. The faint Dou Qi glow covered a
ten-foot-radius around him. His brows were knit as he looked all around
him, and he inquired in a soft doubtful voice.

Jia Xing Tian and the others by the side also nodded slightly when they
heard his voice. They also did not sense some overly powerful energy
erupting other than this strange black curtain…

“That fellow has caused Yun Shan’s spirit to self-destruct. The main
attacking target of the spiritual ripple from that explosion should be
Medusa and Xiao Yan’s teacher. Hence, we are unable to sense much of
it.” Fa Ma frowned. Being an alchemist, he was naturally extremely
sensitive to this kind of unusual invisible spiritual ripples. Other
people might not be able to sense it but he could vaguely discover that
an unusually frightening energy ripple was gradually surging and brewing
in a certain part of the dark sky.

The expressions of Hai Bodong and the others changed slightly upon
hearing Fa Ma’s words. The Dou Qi in their bodies swiftly galloped.
They were on alert for any spiritual ripple that could erupt at any
moment.

An unusual awful sound suddenly resounded across the sky while the few
people spoke.

This sound was quite soft and was impossible for an ordinary person to
detect it. However, it was like a thunderous roar in Xiao Yan’s ear.

Xiao Yan’s expression changed drastically as he lifted his head in an
abrupt fashion upon sensing the terrifying spiritual ripple that was
contained in the sound. His gaze stared intently at a certain part in the
sky. However, he was unable to see anything under this dark sky curtain.

“Dammit!”

Xiao Yan let out a furious curse when his observations were futile. He
tightly knit his brows, and his heart suddenly moved a moment later. A
thread of dark green flame flowed along his veins before leaping into
both of his eyes, turning those dark-black pupils into fire eyes against
the background.

When the ‘Glazed Lotus Core Flame’ surfaced in both eyes, the
darkness which one’s sight could not penetrate began to slowly scatter.
A world that carried a hint of jade-green appeared in front of Xiao
Yan’s eyes.

Xiao Yan’s gaze instantly paused on a certain spot in the sky the
moment the darkness disappeared. A paleness gradually surfaced on his
face.

Yao Lao and Medusa were standing in the distant sky within the darkness
together. At the moment, the situation of the two was not good. The
latter was a little better but the former’s originally illusionary body
had become increasingly more transparent.

Protector Wu stood in the sky not far away, opposite the both of them.
His shriveled hand was suspended on a cluster of large black light. A
frightening Spiritual Strength agglomerated within the cluster of light.
This somewhat familiar Spiritual Strength was the one erupted when Yun
Shan’s spirit self-destructed. At this moment, this Spiritual Strength
that was born from the self-destruction was completely controlled by
Protector Wu.

Although Xiao Yan’s sight was able to see through this darkness, it
seemed that this black sky curtain had even isolated the distant sound.
Hence, Xiao Yan was uncertain if there was any conversation between the
three. He could only see that the face of Protector Wu had turned savage
after the three of them faced off for an instant. The enormous dark-black
spiritual energy was lifted high up. Both of his palms pushed forward,
and immediately the frightening spiritual energy became like a
black-colored falling star as it flew through the sky and rushed toward
Medusa and Yao Lao.

The dark-black spiritual cluster drew through the air. Despite being a
great distance from it, Xiao Yan could still sense an extremely strong
spiritual pressure.

This spiritual pressure that had suddenly appeared was also sensed by Hai
Bodong and the others. However, they were unable to see through this
darkness like Xiao Yan. Hence, they could only exclaim, “What happened?
Are they fighting above?”

“What a frightening spiritual pressure.” A paleness surfaced on Fa
Ma’s face. He discovered that under this spiritual pressure, his
Spiritual Perception was completely suppressed within his body and was
unable to seep out.

The enormous spiritual energy cluster suddenly appeared in front of the
solemn-faced Medusa and Yao Lao while everyone was quietly shocked. It
did not pause for even a moment before it violently smashed down. That
frightening ripple shook the space until it trembled.

Poison! The wild and violent spiritual energy smashed into Medusa and Yao
Lao who were unable to dodge it. Although the energy on the surface of
their body was unleashed to the maximum, how could it be easy to deal
with the force of an elite Dou Zong’s spirit who self-destructed?

The seven colored energy and the dense white flame erupted forth, and
tried their best to block the corrosion of the wild, violent spiritual
energy. However, after merely a moment, the dark-black spiritual strength
soared and forcefully pressed the majestic energy that swarmed out of the
bodies of the two back into them! Gurg! The seven colored energy swiftly
disappeared. A paleness also surfaced on Medusa’s face. A moment later,
her face turned red and a mouthful of fresh blood was uncontrollably spat
out. Her body swiftly withdrew.

Medusa was able to withdraw in one piece but Yao Lao who was currently
quite weak did not have such an ability. Moreover, the spiritual energy
from the self-destruction had an unusually great amount of damage on this
kind of spirit without the protection of physical flesh. Hence, that
unusual black glow immediately poured onto his body like floodwater the
moment the ‘Bone Chilling Flame’ protection in front of him scattered.

After Yao Lao’s body received such a heavy blow, it nearly became as
invisible as water. Clearly, this blow had truly caused Yao Lao to be
seriously wounded. Moreover, Xiao Yan could also sense that Yao Lao’s
aura was becoming increasingly weaker.

“Tsk tsk, Yao Chen, this protector said that it would be difficult for
you to escape from my hands today!” Protector Wu’s dark, dense
laughter immediately sounded from the enormous black curtain when he saw
Yao Lao’s spiritual body become almost transparent. His body flashed
and instantly appeared at a spot not far from Yao Lao.

The face of the withdrawing Medusa changed slightly upon seeing this
action of Protector Wu. Her body moved and rushed toward the latter in a
lightning-like manner.

“Hmph!” Protector Wu let out a cold snort when Medusa’s body had
just moved. The seal in his hand changed and the black cloud around
Medusa immediately began to wiggle in a strange manner. The space became
swiftly distorted as it blocked the former rushing over.

Protector Wu was aided by the black curtain in blocking Medusa. A black
glow suddenly surfaced on Protector Wu’s shriveled hand. Immediately, a
ghost-like claw grabbed toward Yao Lao’s spirit which had already
become transparent.

Yao Lao’s transparent body fluctuated slightly as he sensed the
sinister ripple what was about to arrive. After which, it revealed a
deeply frowning old face.

Yao Lao shifted his gaze down while this thought swiftly flashed in his
heart. His gaze appeared to have seen through the darkness as it looked
at the pale-faced black-robed, young man in the treetop. He gave a calm
smile and a wisp of white fire suddenly shot out explosively from between
his eyebrows. Finally, it rushed through the sky in a lightning-like
manner and entered Xiao Yan’s forehead.

“Little fellow, perhaps teacher is unable to continue accompanying you
by your side in the future. You will have to rely on yourself for
everything in the future. Ke ke, after so many years, you are also no
longer the little boy from back then who needed his teacher to always
accompany him. In the future, you will walk even further than what
teacher expects… hopefully, I will be able to see that day.”

A gentle, old voice suddenly sounded in Xiao Yan’s head as the flame
rushed into his forehead.

Xiao Yan’s body immediately trembled intensely upon hearing these
words. His teeth bit his lower lip tightly. The scene that he really did
not wish to see had finally appeared.

“Relax, teacher will not die so easily. This fire glow is the essence
of the ‘Bone Chilling Flame’. I will leave it on your forehead. Once
you are familiar with it, you will also be able to use the ‘Bone
Chilling Flame’. However, due to me having refined it long before, your
‘Flame Mantra’ will not be able to swallow and refine it. Of course,
if I really end up meeting a misfortune one day, the fire seal on your
forehead will automatically disappear. The ‘Bone Chilling Flame’ will
become an item with no owner. At that time, you can treat it as the last
gift that teacher has given you and swallow it…”

“Ke ke, additionally, the ring that I hid my spirit in is called the
‘Bone Flame Ring’. There is a solution to resolve the ‘Life
Devouring Pill’ issue of your second brother and some of the things
that I have left behind. Moreover, if you end up meeting my old friend
Feng zun-zhe, you can show this ring to him. He will believe all that you
say… and will also help you.”

TL: zun-zhe – respectful form of address for a Dou Zun

“Although I have fallen into the hands of the ‘Hall of Souls’, it
will not be an easy matter for them to refine my spirit. Perhaps we will
have the opportunity to meet again. However, you should remember not to
act rashly before you have the ability. You cannot meet with the
slightest accident if you want to rescue teacher and your father!”

“Ke ke, little fellow, you are the student that this teacher is most
proud of. I have always been extremely satisfied with you.”

The gentle laugh slowly disappeared within Xiao Yan’s head and a
white-colored fire seal gradually surfaced on Xiao Yan’s forehead

Protector Wu’s hand claw suddenly penetrated Yao Lao’s body just as
the fire seal was formed. A black glow surged and a dark laugh forcefully
absorbed everything into a cluster of black fog!