"Xiao Ting!?"
Upon hearing the sudden voice, Xiao Yan showed a surprised expression, but even more so, one of disbelief.
Half a year ago when they parted, Xiao Ting was still a Dou Venerable expert who could defeat a seven-star Dou Venerable. But now, his aura seemed truly extraordinary.
High in the sky, countless lightning bolts gathered at one point and transformed into a lightning giant thousands of feet tall.
The lightning giant's gaze fell upon the Great Heavenly Venerable. With a sudden step, space froze and time seemed to flow infinitely slowly.
The terrifying lightning giant looked enormous, but it instantly moved thousands of feet and arrived in front of the Great Heavenly Venerable before throwing a punch.
"Boom!"
Hun Qing instinctively mobilized his inner Battle Qi and tried to form a barrier in front of him. But before it could take shape, he felt the lightning force approaching. Violent lightning force struck his body from all directions.
When he tried to resist using spatial power, he realized that the spatial power was also filled with lightning.
He tried to use instantaneous movement, but he noticed that purple flame was igniting the energies of heaven and earth.
He could only use his inner Battle Qi to resist, but he realized that the destructive power of lightning was still accelerating.
"Deputy Hall Master, save me!"
The moment he smelled death, Hun Qing cried out for help.
"This junior is arrogant!"
Before Hun Qing could act, the Hall of Souls Deputy Chief had already moved.
He manipulated the power of heaven and earth, turning it into pitch-black flame to suppress the approaching lightning.
Space was completely frozen. The Deputy Hall Master transformed into flame, pierced through space, arrived at Hun Qing's side, and pointed a finger.
"Boom!"
The gigantic lightning fist wrapped in purple flame violently collided with that single finger. Terrifying energy clashed, turning into a deep shockwave that surged into the void, instantly tearing apart the sky for miles around.
Shhh!
All experts below the Dou Saint level, even half-Saints, felt their souls turn cold.
Even a powerful existence like the Heavenly Demon Old Ghost — an experienced upper-level half-Saint — sensed the aura of death in that collision.
If he had been at the point where the lightning giant's finger and the Hall of Souls Deputy Chief's finger collided, his body would have been erased from the ground without a trace, disappearing into nothingness.
"Dou Saint? No, is this a battle between three-star Dou Saints?" Tian Ming Old Demon suddenly felt a little… He had once thought that half-Saints were Saints, and those who dealt with Saints were no longer ordinary cultivators. Even peak Dou Venerables were nothing in front of him.
Now he truly felt that half-Saints were merely half-Saints. The battle between Hun Qing and Huo Yun Ancestor at the one-star Dou Saint level had already been unbearable, but the current attack was even more unstoppable.
The gap between him and a true Dou Saint was probably even greater than the gap between him and the peak of nine-turn Dou Venerable.
"Until one reaches the Dou Saint realm, it is wiser to lie low and not cause trouble. I should not get involved in a dispute between true supreme existences."
Tian Ming decided to act inconspicuously.
The Profound Sky Sect's techniques emphasized plunder, and he had once acted recklessly and impulsively.
Now he was afraid of provoking an opponent who could crush him with a single finger.
"Is that all your schemes?" The Hall of Souls Deputy Chief released his inner Battle Qi and said calmly.
"With this level of power, it is insufficient to stop all the people from my Hall of Souls who came to Burning Flame Valley today."
As the voice sounded, countless chains appeared and wrapped around the lightning giant's arms, beginning to spread. Terrifying force crushed the lightning giant, and countless cracks appeared on its body surface.
However, the lightning giant did not actually shatter into pieces. Purple flame erupted from between its brows, filling the cracks, and the aura it released became even more terrifying.
"Hm?"
The Hall of Souls Deputy Chief narrowed his eyes and heightened his vigilance.
The combination of the power of heaven and earth and spatial power created extreme compression, greatly increasing the pressure around the lightning purple flame giant.
But in the next moment, absolute power appeared, causing the power of heaven and earth and spatial power to collapse, instead fusing into the lightning giant's body.
"You should be proud that even one of my soul techniques could not erase it, Hall of Souls Deputy Chief?"
Xiao Ting's voice resounded again, and his figure appeared from between the lightning giant's brows.
This lightning giant was merely one of his soul techniques that summoned heavenly lightning and Purple Beast Flame.
Now, this lightning giant had transformed into something like a Gundam.
"I hope you can block my punch!"
Xiao Ting quietly chanted the Heaven and Earth Law.
The lightning giant instantly fused into his body. His body materialized and expanded to a thousand feet in size.
A Void Ancient Dragon-level physique at the early stage of the ninth layer, a one-star cultivation level, and soul force at the late stage of the Heavenly Realm.
Purple Beast Flame, where essence, energy, and spirit were unified, layered further, comparable to a member of the four-star Dou Saint level Ancient Void Dragon royal family unleashing a powerful attack infused with Dou Saint level flame.
Moreover, because he used the Heaven and Earth Law, he could control the power of heaven and earth and spatial power within a thousand-mile radius, preventing other Dou Saints from using them.
This was truly an absolutely invincible domain. Only those whose Battle Qi and soul force far surpassed Xiao Ting could mobilize the power of heaven and earth and spatial power when fighting him.
"Not good!"
In an instant, the Hall of Souls Deputy Chief, who could no longer control the power of heaven and earth and spatial power, mobilized all the Battle Qi in his body to form a barrier in front of him, trying to block Xiao Ting's punch.
But in the next moment, his eyes were filled with terror and disbelief.
Bang!
Xiao Ting's punch concentrated all power into the fist, gathering it at one point.
It was a punch of indescribable speed. It felt as if time and space had stopped for an instant, and everyone's gaze was fixed.
The final strike suddenly stopped just a few centimeters in front of the Hall of Souls Deputy Chief's barrier, as if blocked by the Battle Qi barrier.
But in the next moment, purple flame and lightning erupted at the same time, and the barrier instantly disappeared without a trace.
Then, that ultimate compressed strike poured all its power toward the Hall of Souls Deputy Chief.
Without even having time to scream, he disappeared without a trace, as if he had never existed in the first place.
When the Hall of Souls Deputy Chief died, the soul of the Great Heavenly Venerable he was protecting was instantly incinerated as well, leaving only the physical body.
"This is perfect as a tool to revive Yao Lao." With that, Xiao Ting waved his hand and stored the Great Heavenly Venerable's corpse into his storage ring.
At that moment, a storm suddenly arose. Terrifying power instantly spread across hundreds of miles, tearing apart the entire sky and sweeping away the buildings standing haphazardly in space.
"Shhh!"
At that instant, countless exclamations of shock resounded throughout the world.
The Hall of Souls Deputy Chief, a late-stage three-star Dou Saint expert, had actually been killed in one strike! Just how powerful was the person who threw that punch?!
"Master, how strong is Brother Xiao Ting now?" Xiao Yan couldn't help but ask.
"Power beyond my understanding." Yao Chen was shocked.
Was this the reincarnation of the Dou God ancestor of the Xiao Clan who had started cultivating again?
Not only did his cultivation level improve rapidly, but he could also defeat enemies of higher levels at the Dou Saint level. This was truly terrifying.
"Senior, this is a precious item obtained from the Saint Stele. If you refine it, not only will your injuries heal, but you can also break through your current realm and replenish and strengthen your damaged essence." Xiao Ting handed a drop of burning red liquid to Huo Yun Ancestor.
"Young friend, your power is…" Huo Yun Ancestor widened his eyes in shock.
Was the inheritance he received from First Ancestor really that powerful?
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