Fierce Battle Venerable

Qing Hai snorted coldly, his sleeves billowing.

Streams of pitch-black chains, condensed from pure Dou Qi and shimmering with strange runes, shot out from around him like venomous dragons brought to life!

The chains were sharp at the tips, carrying a fierce whistle that pierced the Void Realm, and ruthlessly stabbed toward the palm and finger joints of the Heaven Imprisoning Hand!

Blood Rage was even more direct. He violently shook his arms, and monstrous blood light surged from his body, transforming into a viscous phantom of a blood sea that enveloped the Heaven Imprisoning Hand.

Amidst the churning blood waves, the sizzling sound of space being corroded was incessant.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The pitch-black chains actually managed to pierce the illusory palm of the Heaven Imprisoning Hand, and the surging blood sea submerged some of its finger joints.

The two powerful Dou Zun forces violently collided with the desolation and Space Power contained within the Heaven Imprisoning Hand!

"Booming Rumbles—!!"

Terrifying explosive sound waves and energy shockwaves swept out wildly in all directions, centered on the point of collision!

Countless broken stones were shaken off the rock walls on both sides of the ravine, the thick moss and dead leaves at the bottom of the valley were instantly cleared and annihilated, and even the perpetual gloomy mist was torn open, leaving a massive void!

After this single strike, the phantom of the Heaven Imprisoning Hand shook violently, dimmed slightly, and its descent was temporarily halted.

Shen Wen slightly raised an eyebrow, showing no surprise.

After all, they were two genuine Dou Zun powerhouses. It was reasonable that their combined efforts could block a single Heaven Imprisoning Hand strike that he had not used his full power on.

He swept his gaze over the two, musing internally: "One Two-Star, one Three-Star... placed here in the Northwest Continent, they can indeed be considered peak combat strength.

It seems Master was right. The Pill Tower is tying up most of the Hall of Souls' strength in the Central Continent; otherwise, there wouldn't be just two Dou Zun guarding this place."

At this moment, following the appearance of Qing Hai and Blood Rage, more than ten figures, varying in strength, flew out consecutively from the gigantic hall.

They ranged from Dou Huang to Dou Zong, quickly gathering behind the two Dou Zun, their gazes wary and sinister as they looked toward the direction where Shen Wen's trio had appeared.

Even though the area appeared empty.

Shen Wen removed his disguise from the spatial concealment, and the figures of the three slowly materialized.

Qing Hai and Blood Rage's eyes immediately locked onto Shen Wen, who was leading the group.

Blood Rage was slightly stunned at first, then seemed to recognize him, and a sinister smile, mixed with surprise and ecstasy, instantly bloomed on his face: "Good, good, good! So it's you, fellow!

We haven't even had the chance to spare manpower to search for your tracks, yet you delivered yourself right to our doorstep!"

They had naturally seen the wanted posters and portraits issued by the Hall of Souls headquarters in the Central Continent long ago.

Shen Wen, a Core Disciple of the Pill Tower, had long been noted by the high-ranking members of the Hall of Souls.

It was just that affairs in the Northwest Continent were complex, and their branch hall was tucked away in a remote corner, preventing them from launching an all-out search. Unexpectedly, the target had revealed himself!

Immediately afterward, the two clearly sensed the undisguised, vast, ocean-like Heavenly Realm Soul fluctuations emanating from Shen Wen!

That pure and powerful Soul Power was simply an irresistible temptation for the Hall of Souls!

A flicker of cold greed crossed Qing Hai's eyes, while Blood Rage burst into laughter: "Hahahaha!

Heaven is truly helping me!

If we capture you, extract your Soul, and take it back, the Hall Master will surely reward us handsomely!

Perhaps it can even help me Break through this Three-Star barrier!"

He seemed to already visualize himself achieving great merit, receiving generous rewards, and significantly advancing his cultivation.

However, their ecstasy and greed were utterly interrupted in the next moment by an ancient bell chime that resonated directly within the depths of their Souls!

"Clang—!"

The cosmic clock!

Shen Wen didn't give them any more time for nonsense.

The magnificent Soul Power of the Heavenly Realm Soul Late Stage condensed into a profound strike involving the meaning of time, ignoring Physical Body defenses and blasting directly into the Sea of Consciousness of Qing Hai and Blood Rage!

The expressions on both their faces instantly froze.

The bell chime was not loud, yet it seemed to carry the power to freeze time.

Qing Hai and Blood Rage felt that the operation of their thoughts, consciousness, and even their Souls had fallen into a quagmire of near-stagnation at this moment!

Everything around them seemed to become incredibly slow—the opponent's movements, the flow of energy, even their own thoughts.

Everything felt like it was separated by a thick, viscous layer of glue, difficult to clearly grasp, let alone react to promptly.

Although given the Soul strength of a Dou Zun.

This sensation of stagnation lasted only for an extremely brief instant, but in the confrontation between peak powerhouses, that instant is often enough to determine life or death.

In the very instant their Souls trembled and their consciousnesses were hazy, Shen Wen moved.

A faint afterimage was left where he had stood, while his true body, like a purple-blue lightning bolt tearing through space, containing the vast Dragon roar and the might of the True Phoenix, shot out.

At a speed surpassing the comprehension of ordinary Dou Zong, he charged fiercely toward the two Hall of Souls Dou Zun in mid-air who had just broken free from the influence of the Soul bell chime!

Shen Wen's figure was like lightning, instantly closing in on Qing Hai and Blood Rage.

Purple-blue light flared brightly around him, and dense, majestic Dragon scales emerged from beneath his skin, covering his entire body.

His head also displayed the majestic phantom of a Dragon head amid the shifting light and shadows, dramatically revealing his human-form True Dragon Physique.

The magnificent Dou Qi of a Four-Star Dou Zong, combined with his own Physique, ensured his Aura was not inferior to that of the two Dou Zun!

"Four-Star Dou Zong?" Qing Hai saw through Shen Wen's true Realm at a glance. He was stunned for a moment, then laughed out of extreme anger, "Arrogance! A mere Dou Zong dares to challenge a Dou Zun across ranks? Do you truly believe that bearing the title of a Pill Tower Core Disciple allows you to ignore the chasm between heaven and earth?"

Blood Rage's face was even more ferocious: "Seeking death! I will extract your Soul today and let you know that a Dou Zun cannot be insulted!"

Although the two had been intimidated by the previous Soul bell chime, seeing Shen Wen actually charge forward in his Dou Zong body now filled them with furious rage at being slighted, alongside their astonishment.

Dou Zun and Dou Zong, separated by a single character, represent a difference as vast as heaven and earth, most notably in the control and application of Space Power.

In their view, Shen Wen's action was no different from a moth flying into a flame.

Qing Hai made the first move, drawing a line in the air with his left hand.

The space beside Shen Wen immediately twisted and compressed like folded paper, attempting to confine him in place.

This was the most common tactic of a Dou Zun: using space as a prison to restrict the opponent's movement.

However, a faint silver light flickered around Shen Wen. When the twisting and compressing Space Power touched the concealed silver light on his surface, it melted and calmed down like ice meeting boiling water, failing to form an effective restraint on him.

The space ancestral talisman holds the Origin of Space Power; how could it be easily restricted by the crude spatial applications of an ordinary Dou Zun?

Shen Wen's speed did not decrease at all. His right fist, covered in Dragon scales, burned with Chaos-colored flames, which were interspersed with bone-chilling ice crystals and leaping thunder arcs.

He effortlessly summoned the powers of the Flame Ancestral Symbol, the Ice Ancestral Talisman, and the thunder ancestral symbol, fusing them into one punch, which he smashed fiercely toward Qing Hai's face!

Qing Hai's expression changed slightly, having not expected his spatial confinement to be so ineffective.

He hastily raised his right palm, and surging dark blue Dou Qi materialized into a thick, giant ice crystal shield to block in front of him.

"Boom!"

The Chaos fire fist struck the ice shield. The extreme high temperature and extreme cold instantly clashed, triggering a violent energy explosion, and the ice shield shattered with a crash.

Qing Hai was shaken back several steps, feeling a burning pain and numbness in his palm. Most of the contempt in his eyes had vanished.

At the same time.

Blood Rage's attack had also arrived.

His figure strangely appeared behind and to the side of Shen Wen. His five fingers formed a claw, and blood light condensed into five massive, space-tearing blood blades, carrying a strong stench of gore and the will to corrode everything, fiercely clawing toward the center of Shen Wen's back!

Shen Wen neither turned nor dodged!

Only a few jarring, sharp sounds of "clank, clank" were heard. The blood blades, which were powerful enough to shred the defenses of a high-level Dou Zong, scraped against the purple-blue Dragon scales on Shen Wen's back.

They only sparked a series of dazzling fire sparks and left a few faint white marks, failing to break through the defense entirely!

The Major Achievement of the Azure Dragon Body, combined with the unrivaled Physical Body of the Azure Heaven Hegemon Body, meant its defensive power had reached an unbelievable level!

"What?!"

Blood Rage's pupils suddenly contracted in disbelief.

And just as his old strength was exhausted and his new strength had yet to be born.

Shen Wen's left leg swung backward violently like a steel whip. The wind generated by the kick whistled, faintly showing the phantom of a Kunpeng flapping its wings. It was extremely fast and heavily swept across Blood Rage's hastily blocking arm.

"Bang!"

Blood Rage was sent flying sideways as if struck by a meteor. Excruciating pain indicating cracking bones shot through his arm, and his Qi and blood churned violently.

Relying on his unparalleled Physical Body defense and the space ancestral talisman's resistance to spatial interference, Shen Wen completely abandoned defense, concentrating all his focus and power on offense!

His figure was like a Dragon, weaving back and forth between the two Dou Zun. His fists, feet, elbows, and knees all transformed into the most lethal weapons. Flame, extreme cold, thunder, devouring power, spatial cutting... all kinds of incomparably powerful forces were summoned effortlessly, striking alternately without pattern, yet every move was vicious and aimed directly at vital points!

The more Qing Hai and Blood Rage fought, the more alarmed they became.