Support me at patreon for 500+ advanced chapters :
patreon.com/YaoIk
**
It was a massive valley surrounded on all sides by mountains, and within the valley stood an enormous black hall, at least a hundred zhang tall.
This gigantic hall was like a primordial beast crouching silently. In the dark and chilling aura that pervaded the air, an oppressive and unsettling presence seeped out, enough to make one's heart tremble.
"So this is the Hall of Souls? What a terrifying display!"
Looking at the massive structure in the valley, like some colossal giant, Wan Jian Zun Zhe couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath.
Since their Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion was located in the eastern region of Central Plains near the Gu Clan, Hall of Souls people rarely appeared in that area.
As a result, he had the least contact with the Hall of Souls. Now seeing that even the most ordinary Earth Hall of the Hall of Souls could possess such scale, he couldn't help but feel shocked.
Meanwhile, when Xiao Yan and Feng Zun Zhe saw the black hall inside the valley, a surge of excitement flashed through their eyes. They had searched for so long, and today, at last, they could finally rescue that person.
However, when they remembered the strength of the Hall of Souls, a hint of solemnity surfaced in both their eyes. They knew that next, they would have to clash with the Hall of Souls's Dou Zun experts.
"The space here has been fortified with a spatial barrier. We can't pierce through it right now, so we can only force our way in."
Xiao Yan, who had gradually regained his composure, frowned lightly as he stared at the slightly distorted space above the valley ahead.
Hearing this, the expressions of the other Dou Zun also turned serious as their gazes swept across that faintly warped space. Finally, they nodded in unison and said, "Alright."
After all, other than doing this, they couldn't think of a better solution at the moment.
"In that case, everyone, we'll attack this spatial barrier with full power. We must break it in one strike and avoid giving the Hall of Souls time to react!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan's hand grasped at the air, and a wide black heavy ruler appeared in his grip.
He lifted the black ruler with his right hand. On the ruler's surface, the innate mysterious patterns began to emit a brown flame glow. As the ruler sliced through the air, the surrounding space turned slightly illusory and blurred.
"High-Grade Earth Class Dou Technique: Nine Fusion Heaven-Shaking Ruler!"
The next instant, Xiao Yan let out a sharp shout. The sleeves on both his arms were instantly shattered into countless tiny fragments by the surge of powerful Dou Qi.
Immediately afterward, the black Heavy Xuan Ruler in his hand, completely engulfed in raging yellow flames, was swung down with immense force.
"Ten Thousand Sword Return!"
"Wind Roaming Palm!"
"Flame Hell Fist!"
"…"
Seeing Xiao Yan make his move, the nine Dou Zun beside him also quickly unleashed their Dou Techniques, striking toward the spatial barrier ahead.
However, at the same time as their discussion and attack outside, the Hall of Souls Protectors inside the massive hall remained completely unaware.
At this moment, just like on any ordinary day, they were delivering the souls they had gathered recently to the Soul-Locking Hall of the sub-hall.
Of course, during this process, the Hall of Souls Protectors were also exchanging their experiences on how to gather souls more efficiently.
Most of their "experience," naturally, revolved around ways to provoke conflicts between two factions.
That way, they could use the chaos to collect the large number of souls from fallen cultivators, allowing them to complete their performance quotas.
"Boom!"
Just as the Hall of Souls Protectors were busy submitting the souls they had collected, a thunderous explosion rang out suddenly from above the valley.
At the same time, the massive hall—solid as bedrock—began trembling violently. The thick metal chains, each as thick as a grown man's thigh and spread across the hall's ceiling, were shaken wildly.
The chains collided with one another repeatedly, producing sharp, grating metallic echoes.
"What's going on?!"
"What on earth is happening?"
"."
This sudden disturbance instantly shocked all the Protectors inside the massive hall, and a hint of panic surged in their voices.
After all, in all the years they had served the Hall of Souls, this was the first time they had encountered something like this.
"Bang!"
Before the many Hall of Souls Protectors could figure out what was going on, a series of shattering noises suddenly came from above their heads.
The next moment, the entire roof of the giant hall exploded without any warning.
In an instant, a massive hole several dozen meters wide appeared above the black-robed Protectors, opening directly to the outside world. A large amount of stone debris and iron chains came crashing straight down from the shattered roof.
Seeing this scene before their eyes, if these Protectors still didn't understand what was happening, then they truly would be idiots. Thus, shrill voices instantly echoed across the sky, "Enemy attack!"
However, just as the alarm rang out, ten figures shot down through the opening above the hall.
"Hall of Souls dogs, die!"
Seeing the Protectors below, Xiao Yan swept his hand, and the overwhelming Falling Heart Flame surged out. In the blink of an eye, it swallowed the many Hall of Souls Protectors beneath them.
Immediately after, Xiao Yan drew his hand back. The nearly transparent sea of flames circled through the sky, wrapped around the Protectors below, and rapidly returned.
Seeing the dozen or so black-robed Protectors he'd retrieved, a flash of joy appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes. He took out a jade bottle from his storage ring and stuffed all of them inside.
"Damn it, it's a Dou Zun expert, quickly call the two Hall Masters!"
Seeing how easily the intruder captured more than ten Protectors with a casual gesture, the few remaining shadows in the hall shouted hoarsely.
"Okay."
Hearing those words, several black-robed figures hastily pulled out a jade token and crushed it.
"Chi chi!"
But the moment that Protector spoke, it instantly drew Xiao Yan's group's attention.
A sharp sword aura suddenly shot down from the sky, flashing like lightning as it sliced cleanly through that Hall of Souls Protector's waist.
Even after cutting through the man's body, the sword aura barely weakened and continued forward, cleaving open the massive hall's back wall.
"Ah!"
As his body was instantly split in two, a miserable scream tore from the Protector's throat. But as his life force rapidly drained away, the scream abruptly stopped.
The one responsible—Tie Jian Zun Zhe—didn't even spare the Protector a glance. Instead, he turned toward Xiao Yan and said, "Go find Yao Chen now, we'll create chaos here and draw as much attention from Hall of Souls's experts as possible!"
"Okay."
Xiao Yan knew very well that the longer they stayed here, the more dangerous it would become, so he immediately nodded.
Then Xiao Yan pulled a Protector toward him with a single grab, his voice turning cold and sinister, "Where is the place where you imprison souls?"
**
Support me at patreon for 500+ advanced chapters :
patreon.com/YaoIk