"The Hall of Souls actually sent such a powerful expert to deal with Brother Xiao Ting!?"
Xiao Yan was extremely anxious. He even had the thought that Xiao Ting should ignore everything and let Purple Sky City be destroyed by the demonic rain while escaping to avoid the storm.
At the Dou King level, the gap between each star was large, and to fight above one's level, one needed the energy of an Earth-rank battle technique.
As one advanced from the Dou Emperor level to the Dou Ancestor level and then to the Dou Venerable level, the gap between each star level became larger.
For many years, the number of Dou Emperor-level experts in the Jia Ma Empire had been very small. The number of Dou Ancestor-level experts had only recently appeared, and Yun Shan was one of them — he had relied on the power of the Hun Clan. Strictly speaking, Queen Medusa was not considered a powerhouse in the Jia Ma Empire.
'Unfortunately, I think the gap between each star of Dou Venerable is even larger than the current gap between him and Dou Ancestor.'
Xiao Ting had only just reached the Dou Venerable level, so he was no match for a seven-star Dou Venerable from the Hall of Souls.
"Sister Huo Zhi, can you lend a hand?" Xiao Yan hurriedly asked Huo Zhi.
As the daughter of the Ancient family, she should have enough power to not fear a seven-star Dou Venerable, right?
If Xiaoo Yan had not misheard, she was now claiming to be Xiao Ting's Dao partner and therefore called him "Third Brother."
"If necessary, I will definitely take action. If I cannot, I will call a half-Saint or Dou Saint." Huo Zhi nodded at Xiao Yan and said, "But right now there is no need to call for help. Xiao Ting can handle it alone."
"How are we supposed to solve this!?" Xiao Yan felt that Huo Zhi's words were a little hard to understand.
Could Xiao Ting, who was only a one-star Dou Venerable, defeat a seven-star Dou Venerable?
….
"Hehehe!"
A chilling male laugh echoed through the sky.
"Xiao Ting, you have great talent, but in the face of absolute power, you should surrender!"
A streak of light appeared in the eyes of Nine Heavens Demon Rain, and a smile appeared on the face beneath the mask.
When the branch of the Hall of Souls in the Black-Corner Region of the Northwestern Continent had been destroyed, sent the news to the Earthly Demon Hall in Central Plains, the news was quickly passed to the branch master of that Earthly Demon Hall, who asked whether he should personally suppress Xiao Ting.
There were three Heavenly Demon Halls and twenty-four Earthly Demon Halls in the Hall of Souls. Each Earthly Demon Hall had at least two Dou Venerable-level experts in charge, and the branch hall masters were at least at the four-star to six-star Dou Venerable level.
For ordinary branches, whether a Dou Venerable-level expert was stationed as a supervisor depended on the importance of their location. Branches in remote areas or those serving as bridges between Earthly Demon Halls were only supervised by Heavenly-level Protectors.
The Black-Corner Region was a key location connecting Central Plains and the Northwestern Continent, with a large amount of information flowing through it every day. Therefore, a Dou Venerable expert had been stationed there, but he had been killed by Xiao Ting.
The branch master of the Earthly Demon Hall uploaded the information to the Human Hall, the lowest-ranked among the three Heavenly Demon Halls in the Heavenly Demon Hall. The processing of this information was handled by the Nine Heavenly Venerables.
Upon learning that Xiao Ting was a Dou Venerable under twenty years old and possessed a Heavenly Realm soul, they were overjoyed.
Judging from such talent and power, this person was very likely the descendant of the Xiao Clan that the Hall Master had personally ordered them to find.
Even if that was not the case, those with Heavenly Realm souls could receive considerable rewards by offering them up.
He did not order his subordinates to capture Xiao Ting or upload the information. Instead, he planned to personally defeat Xiao Ting and monopolize all the benefits.
"Eh!?"
Mo Yu had been fantasizing about receiving a reward and reaching the eighth star of Dou Venerable, and in the future surpassing the Eighth Heavenly Venerable, Seventh Heavenly Venerable, and others, when he suddenly felt the temperature around his body rise sharply.
Immediately after, he saw that within a hundred-mile radius, the energy of heaven and earth surged dramatically. The rain he created, which should have had the power to devour souls, was all engulfed in purple flame and disappeared in an instant, causing him to tremble in terror.
Boom!
Directly above the dark clouds, a massive three-legged cauldron suddenly appeared.
This cauldron towered in the void, suppressing this world with its immense power.
The lightning power hidden in the dark clouds was drawn toward the cauldron, becoming extremely violent yet inexplicably orderly, transforming into massive lightning snakes hundreds of feet long that surrounded the Demon Rain from all directions.
This isn't something a one-star Dou Venerable should be using, is it?
"Ninth Heavenly Venerable of the Hall of Souls, Mo Yu?" Xiao Ting's voice echoed from within the dark clouds.
"Not bad!" Mo Yu felt a great sense of crisis and immediately introduced himself. "Xiao Ting, I am the Ninth Heavenly Venerable of the Hall of Souls. To kill the Branch Hall Master of our Hall of Souls in the Black-Corner Region — this matter has already attracted the attention of the Hall Master."
"If you surrender immediately and return to the Hall of Souls to kneel and repent, and agree to serve the Hall of Souls, you may still have a chance to survive. Don't be stubborn."
"Ridiculous." Xiao Ting's voice resounded through heaven and earth. "Hun Mie is a four-star Dou Saint. He wouldn't have time to pay attention to the destruction of a branch hall in the Northwestern Continent."
"Don't bother mentioning information that I'm only a one-star Dou Venerable. Even if I were a half-Saint or a one-star Dou Saint, he wouldn't have the qualifications to personally take action against me."
"To be honest, Mo Yu, the fact that you came all the way here for this matter far exceeds my expectations. You probably think there's something to gain, don't you?"
Mo Yu: "…"
Xiao Ting seemed to know quite a lot about the Hall of Souls.
[Mo Yu is really interesting. He tried to scare me with his name.]
[It goes without saying that Hun Mie has probably already reached the fifth stage of Dou Saint and is cultivating a secret technique to hide his power in preparation for obtaining the Pure Lotus Demon Flame in the future.]
[As far as the Hall of Souls' tradition goes, it is a well-known, top-tier outsourcing company in countless realms.]
After learning Xiao Ting's location, Hun Mie ordered the Vice Hall Master to capture him, and the Vice Hall Master in turn gave the same order to the Great Heavenly Venerable.
[The Great Heavenly Venerable delegated it to the Second Heavenly Venerable, the Second Heavenly Venerable to the Fourth Heavenly Venerable, the Fourth Heavenly Venerable to the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables respectively, the Ninth Heavenly Venerable dispatched the branch master of the Earthly Demon Hall, and the branch master arranged for the Protectors to participate.]
[The same can be said for the Hun Clan. Hun Tiandi and Uncle Gu Yuan had stood side by side for a thousand years, but in the end they were sealed by Brother Yan.]
[However, ultimately, Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan had no omniscient perspective and did not know that Third Brother possessed the protagonist's halo and was chosen by fate.]
[In Hun Tiandi's mind, he had once killed Xiao Xuan, who was half a level stronger than him and had only recently become a Dou God, and completely destroyed the Xiao Clan.]
[Even if Third Brother was a genius, could he be stronger than his ancestor Xiao Xuan?]
[Just seeing a tiny glimpse of talent and having Hun Tiandi make such a big fuss is clearly an overreaction.]
[Even Hun Tiandi was surprisingly cunning. Not only did he plan to become Emperor, he even foresaw the possibility of a second Dou God appearing on the Dou Qi Continent. However, he could not break the protagonist's halo.]
[Who could have imagined that Third Brother would inherit the legacy of Ancient Emperor Tou She and break through directly from seven-star Dou Saint to Dou God?]
[Moreover, because he obtained twenty-two different Heavenly Flames, his cultivation level was extremely stable — more stable than a soul Dou God who broke through with pills.]
[In addition to the Emperor-Slaying Formation, there was also the Heavenly Flame Eternal Dominator created by Ancient Emperor Tou She. This could control all Heavenly Flames, and its power was extremely terrifying.]
[In the end, man proposes, but heaven disposes.]
[For example, right now Mo Yu thought that with his seven-star Dou Venerable power, defeating me would be easy.]
[In reality, he was just an ant!]
All the women: !!
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