180: Chapter 180 Gu Han: This is a righteous brawl!

"You're too kind. Actually, I'm quite curious about this matter myself." Gu Han poured tea for Xiao Yan with a smile on his face. "In the Central Plains, there is a saying about one Hall, one Tower, two Sects, three Valleys, and Four Pavilions. The Hall refers to the Hall of Souls, and the Tower is the Pill Tower. Both are factions clearly guarded by Dou Sheng experts."

"To be targeted by such a faction, this person with the surname Xiao must be extraordinary. What do you think, Brother Xiao Yan?"

"My thoughts are the same as yours, Brother Gu." Xiao Yan's expression was very grave.

He had long known about the power of the Hall of Souls from Yao Chen.

Back in the day, Yao Chen was a nine-turn Peak Dou Zun Expert with a peak Spirit Realm soul state and mastered the Bone Chilling Flame. Yet, when competing for a Tier 9 medicinal herb, he narrowly lost to the Third Heavenly Lord of the Hall of Souls, who was at the same level at the time.

And above the Third Heavenly Lord were the Second Heavenly Lord, the Grand Heavenly Lord, the Deputy Hall Master, the Hall Master, and some hidden, powerful Heavenly Lords.

To be targeted by such a faction, the pressure was immense.

"However, the person with the surname Xiao they are looking for might not necessarily be from my Xiao Family in Wutan City." Xiao Yan said with a lack of confidence.

Gu Han turned his head to look at him and shook his head slightly. "You can fool others, but why fool yourself, Brother Xiao? The existence of Miss Xun'er alone is enough to explain the issue."

Xiao Yan revealed a helpless smile, a bitter taste arising in his mouth. "That's right. For a proud daughter of heaven like Xun'er to grow up in my Xiao Family, I'm afraid it's quite extraordinary. My Xiao Family must have a past that I am unaware of."

"Once things here are settled, I must ask my father and the elders when I return to the family."

It is worth mentioning that Xiao Yan had successfully refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, his Burning Technique had reached High-level Xuan Rank, and his own strength had improved, reaching the four-star Dou Master level.

In the original timeline, he was only a three-star Dou Practitioner at this time, preparing to take the Jia Nan Academy entrance exam.

"Boom!" As Xiao Yan's voice fell, the energy of heaven and earth in front of them erupted in turmoil again.

A seven-colored barrier suddenly appeared, and a pitch-black, blood-red chain struck it from out of nowhere, shattering it.

"Jie jie jie." Protector Wu let out a gleeful, chilling laugh.

"Two newly promoted Dou Zongs and one two-star Dou Zong. Your strength is not bad, but you cannot do anything to this Protector."

"Yun Shan, since you are obsessed and bite back at this Protector, you and these two women must die."

While speaking, Protector Wu took out a fire bead and crushed it; he was transmitting a message.

A wave of spatial fluctuations immediately rippled across the broken seven-colored spatial barrier.

"Jie jie, today this Protector will leave you all here."

"This place is indeed suitable for your burial."

Protector Wu was very confident; he still had one Dou Zong and three high-level Dou Huangs he could mobilize.

Protector Ying was holding back Cai Die, and the three high-level Dou Huangs were holding back Colorful Glass, so he would be able to free up his hands to suppress Yun Shan, who had just broken through.

However, the next moment, the smile on his face beneath the mask froze, and his eyes turned extremely unsightly. "How is this possible!?"

Protector Wu had indeed made a gap in the seven-colored barrier, and someone had indeed torn open a spatial rift from the outside to enter.

However, the people who entered were not the reinforcements Protector Wu expected.

Instead, it was a somewhat familiar old man in a soul form, an unknown female Dou Zong, and a male Peak Dou Huang.

Moreover, Protector Ying was being held in the hand of that old man in a soul form, and three Soul Hall Protectors were also brought in by that female and the male Peak Dou Huang, clearly having already lost their ability to fight.

In the short time he was fighting Yun Shan and the others, his reinforcements had actually been taken care of in advance!? And he hadn't noticed at all.

"The three of you, are you trying to interfere in the affairs of my Hall of Souls?" Protector Wu felt a bad premonition in his heart and could only pull out his identity.

"Ridiculous." Ling Xiao sneered. "What is there to fear about the Hall of Souls? Don't you see we have already killed one Protector and three Soul Emissaries?"

Protector Wu fell silent immediately; he realized he had been foolish.

They either did not fear the Hall of Souls or had the confidence to prevent what happened here from leaking out.

Regardless, they were going to keep him here today.

"Hall of Souls, how many years has it been? It still has this nauseating aura." Yao Chen waved his hand, throwing the half-crippled, sealed body of Protector Ying toward Gu Han, as a ghastly white flame appeared on his hand.

Protector Wu's eyes narrowed, suddenly realizing why Yao Chen's face was so clear. "It's you, Yao Chen! You really didn't die; you actually hid in the small Jia Ma Empire of the Northwest Continent."

"The Venerable Yao of the past, are you now only capable of bullying the few with the many?"

Venerable Yao? Once this title was mentioned, the eyes of Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and the others who did not know Yao Chen's identity changed drastically.

This meant that in his prime, Yao Chen was a Dou Zun Expert. Although they didn't know exactly what star level, he was an existence that the Cloud Mist Sect needed to look up to.

However, this expert now had a good relationship with their Cloud Mist Sect Great Elder, Gu Han, which was a good thing.

"Noisy." Yao Chen had no interest in wasting words with Protector Wu and attacked directly.

Seeing this, Ling Xiao immediately followed suit and attacked; she wasn't taking Gu Han's Break-Sect Pill for nothing.

Moreover, she could befriend the former number one Alchemist of the continent. The Ancient Clan might look down on Yao Chen, but she certainly did not.

"Attack!" Cai Die also immediately attacked, her hands rapidly forming seals to condense a snake-shaped energy entity.

"Use the Snake Seal, seize the opportunity to capture him." Colorful Glass followed suit, her movements clean and swift.

Seeing that several helpers were giving it their all, Yun Shan naturally did not dare to slack off.

"Extreme of Wind, Falling Kill!"

In an instant, a righteous gang-up unfolded.

Protector Wu was exhausted from dealing with them. He tried to escape several times using various methods, but he found that the spatial barrier was completely sealed. He couldn't shake it in the slightest; it was obvious that a stronger expert was acting behind the scenes.

"To die at the hands of so many Dou Zongs, one of whom is the former Venerable Yao, this Protector dies with glory."

Knowing he was going to die today, Protector Wu was very decisive and directly used a secret technique to self-destruct.

"Trap him!" Yao Chen acted, using the Bone Chilling Flame as chains and a barrier.

Yun Shan, Ling Xiao, Cai Die, and Colorful Glass all helped, providing energy for the Bone Chilling Flame and strengthening the spatial force.

Under absolute power suppression, Protector Wu's self-destruction was confined to a small space and could not cause any ripples at all.

But when Yao Chen withdrew the Bone Chilling Flame, a ball of black flame suddenly appeared, from which several chains flew out.

"What is this!?" Yun Shan's expression changed drastically, and he immediately attacked.

Cai Die and Colorful Glass also immediately acted to defend.

Yao Chen used the Bone Chilling Flame to block the chains, his expression unchanged. "It seems to be a Heavenly Flame, carrying a bit of devouring power. Could it be..."

Just then, a touch of blood-red bloomed, and the several chains suddenly shattered. The black flame, which carried strange runes as it churned, also dissipated, turning into some kind of heaven and earth energy.

The blood-red color turned into a stream of light, fleeing directly into the void.

"Hmm!?" Everyone's expression turned serious.

With so many Dou Zongs present, this Protector Wu was actually able to escape!?

Just then, Gu Han frowned slightly and raised his hand to protect Yun Yun behind him.

"Appear!" A pure white pattern appeared on Gu Han's forehead, shooting out a beam of white light.

The next moment, a broken soul body appeared in front, wrapped in blood-red color and entwined with strange runes.

Seeing that he had been discovered, the soul body changed direction and fled toward Xiao Yan.

Seeing this, Yao Chen and the others were about to attack.

In fact, when Gu Han discovered Protector Wu's remnant soul, Yao Chen had also discovered it and was already prepared to attack.

But before he could mobilize the Bone Chilling Flame to attack, Gu Han had already spoken: "Senior, no need to act. I can handle this."

As he spoke, a soul body infused with black and white flames flew out from Gu Lin's forehead, blocking in front of Xiao Yan.

"Go!"

The black and white flames exploded instantly, turning into a taiji diagram.