Battle Through the Heavens

The faint sound
of rolling-thunder reverberated in the distant sky. A black figure
suddenly surfaced and two human figures seemed to have suffered a
serious blow. Their bodies trembled and their expressions instantly
became white. A mouthful of bright-red fresh blood involuntarily spat
out from their mouths. The two human figures were like birds with broken
wings as they weakly fell from the sky in front of the countless number
of shocked gazes in the city below.

“Bang!”

The two human
figures carried a sharp wind as they fell into the city. Finally, they
smashed into the hard road like cannonballs. Immediately, a wild and
violent strength swept out like floodwater. The enormous deep pit made
an enormous crack line swiftly spread from the spot where the figures
landed. Finally, it formed an extremely conspicuous crack line leading
to a deep pit in the middle of the city.

Dust drifted out from the
deep pit before it was finally blown by the breeze and completely
scattered. The two miserable human figures within it slowly appeared in
front of the many gazes on the surrounding buildings.

Yun Du and
Yun Sha lay in the deep pit like corpses. Their clothes were in tatters
and their faces were pale-white. Bright-red blood traces spread from
their chests. Their originally powerful auras were extremely frail at
this moment. The heavy thunderbolt-like attack by Xiao Yan earlier had
sent them into a seriously wounded condition where even death was
imminent.

The two people in the deep pit tried their best to widen
their eyes. Their eyes stared intently at the indifferent face of the
black-robed, young man in the sky, who was carrying a heavy ruler on his
back. Their mouths moved slightly, they seemed to intend to say
something. However, the sweetness that surged out from their throats
caused them to spit out fresh blood from their mouths, drowning out
their words.

Fresh blood flowed down from the corner of their
mouths. The spirit and life within the wide eyes of those two people
swiftly elapsed. A moment later, both of their eyes gradually turned
gray and their frail aura completely vanished…

Following the
disappearance of the aura of these two people, these two elite Dou
Huangs, who possessed quite a high position within the Misty Cloud Sect,
had undoubtedly died in an extremely miserable fashion in front of the
countless number of gazes within the city...

Numerous gazes were
startled as they eyed the enormously deep pit that occupied an entire
street. At this moment, almost everyone’s thoughts had instantly become
dull.

The ones who had died in front of them were not some Dou
Ling or whatever Dou Wang. They were instead two genuine elite Dou
Huangs. An expert of this level was basically an existence that most
people looked up to. Countless numbers of people had worked hard,
forgetting to eat and sleep as they trained to become such an existence
However, there were still very few people who could stand out among all
these people and achieve this class.

In the senses of many people,
an expert who was able to reach this stage was undoubtedly one who had
the ability to summon the wind and rain. Today, however, these
incomparable experts, who had the ability to summon the wind and rain in
their eyes, were defeated in an extremely miserable manner by the hands
of this young man who was only around twenty years old…

This
somewhat cruel reality completely broke the thought that an elite Dou
Huang was invisible in the hearts of many people. Only at this moment
did some people understand that it was not impossible for an elite Dou
Huang to be killed by another…

No matter what would happen in the
future, the young man flapping his beautiful jade-green fire wings in
the sky, called Xiao Yan, would forever be imprinted deep in the minds
of everyone. This would be the case even when some would people
gradually forget the names of the two elite Dou Huangs who were defeated
today.

Moreover, from today on, this name, which had been silent
within the Jia Ma Empire for three years, would once again erupt with a
brightness that was even more dazzling and shining than ever. Moreover,
this glow would be something that no one could block!

Jia
Xingtian, who had his hands behind him on the tall tower in the imperial
city, also let out a long breath the instant that Yun Du’s and Yun
Sha’s auras disappeared. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the
black-robed, young man suspended in the distant sky. It was a long while
later before he softly and slowly said, “This little fellow is really
no longer that sentimental young man of the past…”

Within less
than an hour, there were at least four Dou Wangs and two Dou Huangs who
were defeated by Xiao Yan’s hands. These kinds of merciless, vicious
tactics were something that caused even an old wily fox like Jia
Xingtian to quietly inhale a breath of cold air. He gradually understood
in his heart that the current Xiao Yan was likely someone who was more
difficult to deal with compared to three years ago.

“The Misty
Cloud Sect has destroyed the Xiao clan and Xiao Yan has killed many
Elders and disciples of the Misty Cloud Sect. If one thinks in this way,
there is not the slightest chance of them reconciling. Looks like the
Jia Ma Empire will become even more chaotic in the future…”

Jia
Xingtian knit his brows and immediately sighed. He did not expect that
Xiao Yan would bring so many experts with him when he returned. From the
looks of the large lineup that had appeared earlier, it was likely that
it was not any weaker than the Misty Cloud Sect. Originally, the Jia Ma
Empire was in a situation where there was one tiger and many wolves.
That tiger was naturally the extremely powerful Misty Cloud Sect while
the many wolves were the three large clans and some of the somewhat
stronger factions. With Xiao Yan’s return, there was an additional
vengeful tiger with a ferocity that was not inferior to the Misty Cloud
Sect in this area. As the saying goes, a mountain cannot accommodate two
tigers. Moreover Xiao Yan and the Misty Cloud Sect already possessed an
extremely deep blood feud. Hence, it was impossible for the two to
coexist. There would be one group among the two completely eliminated
before the other would rest!

Regardless of which party was the one
destroyed, this Jia Ma Empire would descend into bloody chaos that no
one would be able to escape from!

“From the looks of it, I will
need to make contact with the Nalan clan, Mu clan, and the Alchemist
Association. Since Xiao Yan has already returned, it will not be long
before the decisive battle with the Misty Cloud Sect. If one were to
stand on the wrong side in this battle, it is likely that there will be
trouble…” Jia Xingtian laughed bitterly and shook his head as he sighed.
His gaze once again looked at the black-robed, young man in the distant
sky. Only then did he turn around and slowly descend the tall tower…

The
disappearance of the two Dou Huangs’ auras of Yun Du and Yun Sha also
stirred quite a big commotion in some other places. An expert of such a
level was considered the top existance even when placed within the three
large clans. Moreover, the Nalan clan and the Mu clan did not even
possess a single elite Dou Huang. Hence, their inner hearts were
extremely shocked and frightened when they saw two elite Dou Huangs fall
to the hands of that black-robed, young man in the distant sky with
their own eyes.

After they were shocked, they began to hesitate a
little just like Jia Xingtian. With the current situation, Xiao Yan
would definitely join together with the Primer clan. If he were to
really defeat the Misty Cloud Sect, the benefits that the Primer clan
would gain would likely enable it to completely shake off the other two
clans. Hence, at this moment, they needed to begin thinking of the
benefits and losses involved whether they were willing or forced to do
so.

The current situation was really one where the wind would not
stop blowing even if the tree wanted to be quiet. It is likely that the
other large factions within the empire would have difficulty escaping
from being involved in the fierce collision between Xiao Yan and the
Misty Cloud Sect…

Hence, what they needed to consider now was which side they would stand with!

Xiao
Yan, who was in the sky, was naturally unaware of just what kind of
impact he had brought to those factions in the capital after killing all
of the Elders from the Misty Cloud Sect. All that he knew now was that
any person from the Misty Cloud Sect was someone whom he could kill. At
the present, he was no longer the young man who had just come out to
train. The fresh blood of quite a number of people had dyed his hand
during these few years. Killing people no longer caused him to feel any
uncertainty. Moreover, these people were people who did not have any
right to be pitied in his eyes.

Xiao Yan’s gaze slowly swept over
the enormous city below. He immediately stopped for a moment in a couple
of places. Those people in these places involuntarily felt their hearts
pound when they discovered that his gaze was looking over. After which,
they unnaturally shifted their gazes away.

The places that could
cause Xiao Yan’s gaze to pause were naturally the imperial palace, the
Alchemist Association, the Mu clan, and the Nalan clan…

Xiao Yan
withdrew his gaze and waved his hand at Lin Yan and the others a short
distance away. He immediately turned his body and looked toward Hai
Bodong who was focused on the two corpses in the deep pit below. He
smiled and said, “Old Hai, I’m sorry. I could not resist snatching your
opponents away a moment ago.”

Hai Bodong smiled bitterly and shook
his head when he heard this. There was, however, some lingering fear in
his heart. Even he was only able to vaguely see a silver-colored glow
flashing past when Xiao Yan attacked earlier. After which, he saw the
both of them give over ten exchanges within a split second. A moment
later, two elite Dou Huangs, leaping around in a lively manner earlier,
fell with serious injuries. That speed caused even his heart to feel a
chill. He understood that if he were Xiao Yan’s opponent, it was likely
that his endurance would not be any better than these two fellows.

“Old
Hai, these three years… thank you very much.” Xiao Yan flapped his
flame wings and stopped in front of Hai Bodong. He looked at the
latter’s smiling old face before whispering.

“Ke ke, you little
fellow. You have become a little maudlin after leaving for three years…”
Old Hai shook his head, laughed, and scolded him.

Xiao Yan also
smiled softly when he saw the smiling face of Old Hai. The ‘Serene Sea
Storage Ring’ on his finger flickered and a transparent jade bottle
flashed and appeared. There was a deep-purple-colored round medicinal
pill within the jade bottle emitting an alluring luster.

Old Hai was startled when he saw this medicinal pill.