A mere Dou Venerate, what is there to fear?
Gu You raised his chin and accepted the order happily.
Although Heavenly Venerate Shuo Wu failed, it did not mean that Gu You needed to fear a Dou Venerate.
This could only mean that Shuo Wu's strength was inflated, and he, as a high-level Half-Saint, would surely be able to capture the culprit smoothly.
Seeing Gu You leave with his head held high, the First Heavenly Venerate felt much more at ease.
This time, the opponent should be dealt with, right?
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After killing all the people from the Hall of Souls nearby, Han Feng did not stop but continued to capture several other Earthly Baleful Halls.
Heavenly Venerate Shuo Wu was killed, and the Half-Saint domains he had deployed before also dissipated on their own. Now was the most appropriate time to attack.
"I wonder if this time, the First Heavenly Venerate can be drawn out."
Han Feng thought to himself.
If the First Heavenly Venerate left the Human Hall, Han Feng would have a chance to seize the Human Hall.
But if the First Heavenly Venerate did not leave the Human Hall, then this time it would probably be risky.
It depended on whether the First Heavenly Venerate's choice was conservative.
Han Feng secretly condensed his soul power and shaped a soul clone identical to his original body.
After breaking through to the Heaven Realm, Han Feng's soul body had become quite powerful, surpassing the limit of his own Dou Qi cultivation.
In this case, condensing a soul clone, its strength was comparable to the original body.
Of course, the soul body could not display many Heavenly Flame Profound Meanings, nor could it activate the "Flame God's Descent." It relied entirely on the strength of the soul to use soul skills to fight the enemy.
If the First Heavenly Venerate arrived, this soul clone would be a discarded piece.
Han Feng did not think that his current strength could escape unscathed from the hands of a Dou Saint.
His original body couldn't do it, let alone a soul clone.
But as long as he captured the Human Hall, losing a little soul power wouldn't be a pity.
After all, there were more soul sources and deeper secrets of the Hall of Souls there.
Buzz!
Soul light spots gathered, and a pure white body slowly took shape from the void.
Han Feng's original body retreated, waiting for the response from the Hall of Souls.
Having killed two of the Nine Heavenly Venerates, he didn't believe the Hall of Souls would remain indifferent.
Although the Hall of Souls was powerful, each of the Nine Heavenly Venerates possessed extraordinary strength. They were top-tier experts in the Central Plains. Except for a very few old monsters, almost no one would be an opponent of the Nine Heavenly Venerates.
Time passed bit by bit. Finally, a dark purple light source shot violently from the distance.
Gu You stopped steadily, scanning the ground with his gaze. Nothing could hide from his eyes.
High-level Half-Saint!
Only one step away from a true Dou Saint!
Below, a trace of regret flashed in the eyes of the soul clone Han Feng.
It seemed that the First Heavenly Venerate's choice was very conservative. Even at this stage, he did not become impatient.
Dispatching the Second Heavenly Venerate Gu You meant that even if Han Feng took action to kill him, the First Heavenly Venerate, perceiving the danger of the situation, would probably not leave Han Feng a chance to seize the Human Hall.
"Hmph!"
Gu You snorted coldly, and an invisible fluctuation spread from the sky, freezing everything around.
"Is it you who killed the Half-Saint of my Hall of Souls?"
Han Feng did not respond, thinking in his heart whether to eliminate Gu You now.
The cultivation of a high-level Half-Saint was indeed very tricky, incomparable to the previous low-level Half-Saint.
If he wanted to take him down, his original body would definitely be exposed.
Moreover, if he used all his means, his identity might also be leaked.
After a little thought, Han Feng decided to give up the opportunity to kill Gu You now.
Since the First Heavenly Venerate chose to fight steadily, he had to be even less impatient.
It was just a pity that he couldn't expand the results of the battle further this time.
In mid-air, seeing Han Feng not responding, a trace of anger flashed in Gu You's eyes.
Ignoring me?
Gu You raised his finger and pointed down quickly.
Powerful Dou Qi fluctuations crossed the void and stabbed fiercely from behind Han Feng.
Spiritual light flickered in Han Feng's eyes. A black long sword appeared in his hand, slashing behind him as if by instinct.
Boom!
Huge energy fluctuations dispersed. Gu You withdrew his slightly numb finger and looked at the black long sword in Han Feng's hand with uncertainty.
"Soul Skill!"
"Indeed, you have some skills. It seems that the Third Brother didn't lose to you unjustly."
Powerful soul skills were very rare on the Dou Qi Continent today. Even the Hall of Souls, backed by a behemoth like the Hun Clan, still used those inherent moves, such as Soul Lock and Soul Chain, whose grade was only around the initial stage of Earth Rank.
The sword qi Han Feng slashed out just now had extremely strong baleful qi and could ignore defense and directly invade the soul. Its grade was much higher than ordinary Soul Locks and Soul Chains.
Gu You became interested. The black skeleton in his hand rattled, and endless black mist emanated from it.
"Black Bone Realm!"
The power of the domain sealed the surrounding world.
"Let this Saint see how many secrets you are hiding!"
Gu You's figure disappeared instantly. Pitch-black Dou Qi condensed into a bone hand, protruding fiercely from a certain void.
Powerful soul power erupted around Han Feng's body. Innate Origin Magnetic Force turned into a shield, blocking in front of the bone hand.
Crack!
The bone hand carrying a gloomy aura paused slightly, then directly pierced the shield.
But at this time, the force of the bone hand was weakened by half, and the speed was not as terrifying as at the beginning.
Han Feng flashed back, his eyes looking for flaws in the domain.
Missing a hit, Gu You became even more curious, his interest intensifying.
In his opinion, Han Feng was destined not to escape the domain, so he was not anxious. Like a cat playing with a mouse, he began to tease Han Feng.
Han Feng dodged while observing, the look in his eyes very calm.
The domain opened by a high-level Half-Saint was much more complete than Shuo Wu's. With his current cultivation, it was difficult to find any flaws.
But it didn't matter. What he left here was just a soul clone.
Since he didn't intend to fight him, he might as well stall for time.
On the other side, Han Feng's original body was quickly harvesting the other few Earthly Baleful Halls.
From Shuo Wu's memory, Han Feng found the locations of all Earthly Baleful Halls.
The few that his uncle-master and others hadn't found were branch halls managed by the Nine Heavenly Venerates. Their locations were hidden, and no one knew except the high-level officials in the Hall of Souls.
Han Feng's methods were ruthless. Wherever he went, he almost flattened everything.
Regarding the Hall of Souls, he had no mercy, and the killing intent in his heart was vented wantonly.
The Supreme Soul-Slaughtering Sword absorbed a large amount of baleful qi, its power becoming stronger and stronger. The whole body exuded black mist, even more eerie than the Dou Qi of the people in the Hall of Souls.
Inside Gu You's domain, the Second Heavenly Venerate finally got a little bored.
Seeing Han Feng dodge too cunningly, he formed a strange seal in his hand. A large amount of black gas condensed behind him, and a huge skeleton was born from the darkness.
"Dark Skeleton King!"
Green light flashed in Gu You's eyes. His body flew into the skeleton frame, as if controlling a giant, waving his hands and slapping towards Han Feng.
Huge bone hands covered the sky and the sun, hovering in the domain. Han Feng had almost no room to dodge.
"Time is about right."
Han Feng sensed that his original body outside had finished harvesting, and finally began to release the Saint Domain.
Heaven Realm soul power skyrocketed. Han Feng's soul clone injected all his power into the Supreme Soul-Slaughtering Sword.
"Supreme ~ Soul Slaughter!"
Sizzle!
The pitch-black sword light collided with the pale giant bone hands. Endless power of laws spread, and bundles of breaks appeared in the Black Bone Realm, finally collapsing with a bang.
Gu You felt a pain in his palm. A tiny black sword qi spread into his body along the wound.
"Damn it!"
Gu You waved his other arm furiously, smashing downwards.
Boom!
A huge deep pit was smashed into the ground. Cracks spread for a hundred miles. Within the radius, there was a trend of the sky falling and the earth cracking.
However, Gu You's angry blow was destined to be futile. The soul body left by Han Feng here had long dissipated in the sword light.
Incidentally, it also left a sword mark in Gu You's body that was difficult to dispel.
Gu You vented his anger before checking the wound on his hand.
The Supreme Soul-Slaughtering Sword was too domineering. A sword condensed with a Heaven Realm soul, although unable to kill Gu You, injured him.
"It was actually a soul body!"
Gu You's face turned visibly red with anger.
He originally thought he was playing tricks on Han Feng, but in the end, it was Han Feng playing tricks on him!
"Ah!!!"
Gu You roared to the sky, the sound shaking the heavens and the earth.
"I will definitely kill you!"
He searched around for a long time but never found any trace of Han Feng, so he gave up unwillingly.
Returning to the Human Hall, Gu You was very unhappy. He took action personally, but still let the other party escape.
Inside the Human Hall, the First Heavenly Venerate was equally in a bad mood. Just after Gu You mobilized, several Heavenly Venerates in the Hall of Souls fell again.
"What on earth is Gu You doing!"
The First Heavenly Venerate cursed angrily. He wished he could take action personally, but now only he, the person in charge, was guarding the Human Hall. Leaving would inevitably cause unnecessary risks.
So he could only wait.
A moment later, Gu You came to the hall of the Human Hall.
"Big Brother, that kid is too cunning, he escaped!"
The First Heavenly Venerate's face sank instantly.
"Do you know that several other Earthly Baleful Halls were also breached!"
"What?!"
Gu You was shocked.
Could it be that that bastard played tricks on him with a soul clone, while his original body ran to capture other Halls of Souls?
But how would he know the locations of the other Halls of Souls?
Obviously those places were top secret... No!
Shuo Wu fell into his hands.
For a moment, Gu You's hands and feet were cold, feeling that he had lost all face.
"I was careless..."
He said ashamed.
The First Heavenly Venerate took a deep breath and sighed, "Fortunately, I transferred part of the soul source in advance, so the loss is not too great."
Usually, branch halls would regularly transport soul sources to the Human Hall, so the soul reserves of the Human Hall far exceeded those of the Earthly Baleful Halls.
This incident happened suddenly. For safety's sake, the First Heavenly Venerate asked the branch halls to transport more soul sources to the Human Hall.
Unexpectedly, today really fulfilled the initial worry.
Twenty-four Earthly Baleful Halls were all breached, Venerable Elders were killed or injured, and soul sources were looted.
Fortunately, the Soul-Devouring Life-Exterminating Formation under the Earthly Baleful Halls was safe and sound.
"Soul-Exterminating Division!"
Gu You clenched his fists, making cracking sounds.
"I'll remember you!"
Seeing Gu You like this, the First Heavenly Venerate couldn't say much more. After all, this was the most powerful expert in the Human Hall besides himself.
"I won't report this matter for the time being, but our Human Hall must bear the main responsibility for the loss of the Earthly Baleful Halls."
The Hall of Souls had strict regulations. If the Hall Master and Deputy Hall Master knew the details of this matter, they would all be punished.
"Understood. I will make up for all the losses."
Gu You said gloomily.
There were plenty of soul sources in the world.
It was just that he would have to work a little harder these days.
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A dense forest in the Western Region.
Han Feng refined and absorbed the newly collected soul power.
The loss caused by the self-destruction of the soul clone had been fully recovered, and he had even improved a small step.
However, the total amount of soul source collected this time was relatively small, less than the first phase.
It seemed that the Hall of Souls had also made preparations in this regard and did not leave too much soul source reserves for the Earthly Baleful Halls.
Fortunately, all twenty-four Earthly Baleful Halls were conquered, and the main task, altering the Soul-Devouring Life-Exterminating Formation, was also successfully completed.
Although he didn't successfully take down the Human Hall, being safe was not a bad thing.
This time Han Feng needed to avoid the sharp edge of the First Heavenly Venerate, but next time, he wouldn't need to use such tactics.
Of course, in the next attack, the Hall of Souls would definitely have more thorough preparations.
But Han Feng had confidence in himself.
He wouldn't stand still.
Returning to the Skyfire Pavilion, Han Feng explained his harvest to the two elders.
"What, you alone settled all twenty-four Earthly Baleful Halls?"
Feng Xian was shocked upon hearing this.
"You really aren't afraid of being targeted by the Dou Saint of the Hall of Souls!"
Going alone to solve nearly ten Earthly Baleful Halls was too crazy.
"I was hoping he would come, but unfortunately he was too cautious."
Han Feng said.
"But things have come to this, we can only take it slowly."
Feng Xian: ...
Slow enough!
At this point, the enemy's strength had exceeded the limit that their older generation could bear.
If the Hall of Souls Dou Saint really took action, how many moves could these few Dou Venerates withstand?
"Feng'er, your strength is extraordinary now. What we can help you with is very limited. Next, you may have to rely on yourself."
Feng Xian said.
"Uncle-Master, you are too modest. An eighth-grade weapon refiner is irreplaceable for any organization."
After all, fighting requires weapons. Good weapons can bring great advantages to cultivators.
"Hehe, alright. It seems my old bones can't rest for a while."
Feng Xian pretended to be helpless.
"Elder Yao, next, the Skyfire Pavilion may be investigated by the Hall of Souls. If things don't work out, remember to prepare a retreat early."
Yao Tianhuo nodded.
"I will. After all, there are so many people in the Skyfire Pavilion now, I can't just leave them be."
"Mm. This Space Stone is refined by me using space laws. It should be useful then."
Han Feng handed a crystal-clear jade stone to Yao Tianhuo.
Having a Heaven Realm soul, whether it was alchemy or weapon refining, Han Feng's level had risen to a new stage.
Ninth grade!
Previously, due to realm reasons, he couldn't refine ninth-grade pills, and although he had the blueprint for the "Red Emperor Armor," he didn't have the ability to transform it.
Now Han Feng was qualified to try.
Refining ninth-grade Treasure Pills could not only provide powerful cultivation resources for those around him, but also attract real Black Demon Lightning.
Now Han Feng had many Dou Venerate corpses in his hand. If refined into Sky Demon Puppets and then absorbing the power of Pill Lightning, it would be a powerful team.
As for the "Red Emperor Armor," this was a ninth-grade Saint Weapon of the Xiao Clan.
After wearing it, one's combat power could be greatly improved. If activated with Half-Saint cultivation, fighting with a Dou Saint would be easy.
After all, its true user was a Dou Saint!
Now that Han Feng had the ability to recreate the Red Emperor Armor, he could go collect the corresponding resources for transformation.
In terms of Dou Qi cultivation, Han Feng couldn't break through so quickly, but he could use various skills to refine a large number of things to improve their strength.
At this stage, it was to hide one's light under a bushel and accumulate strength.
When the great war really broke out, these would all come in handy.