348: Chapter 348 The Palace of the Heavenly Clouds! Tearing Apart the Fallen Qilin!

Su Yang stood at the edge of the broken bridge.

The abyss below was bottomless, with gusts of eerie, cold wind blowing out from it.

The wind was mixed with the blood-curdling sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

Opposite him, the ruins of the Hall of High Heaven floated amidst a sea of clouds, separated by over a hundred meters.

"Boss, the bridge is gone. The wind blowing up from below is very strange; even my bat wings feel like they can't exert any strength."

Mary hovered in mid-air, glanced down, and her brow furrowed tightly.

Bai Li gently swayed her round fan, her purple eyes scanning the abyss.

"Below this abyss is a turbulent flow of shattered space. You cannot fly through it by force; once you fall, you will be sliced into powder by spatial blades."

Hearing this, Qin Xueji took a half-step back in fear, her hands tightly clutching Bai Li's sleeve, terrified of falling.

Su Yang had his hands in his casual pants pockets, his expression indifferent.

"If there is no road, then pave one."

Su Yang took a step forward, his right foot stepping directly into the empty air.

Boom!

Resplendent golden Pure Yang True Fire gushed out from beneath his feet.

The flames rapidly condensed in mid-air, transforming into solid golden steps.

With every step Su Yang took, a flame step automatically formed beneath him.

A shimmering golden bridge of suspended fire directly connected to the plaza of the palace opposite.

The high temperature forcibly suppressed the surrounding spatial turbulence, and the area instantly became calm.

"Let's go."

Su Yang commanded without looking back.

The women followed behind Su Yang, treading on the flame steps and walking steadily toward the other side.

They reached the center of the bridge.

A sharp, ear-piercing cry suddenly erupted from deep within the abyss.

A large mass of black clouds surged up frantically from below.

Looking closely, it was actually thousands of strange birds with fleshy wings.

The strange birds had no feathers; they were covered in green scales, their beaks were like sharp steel awls, and they emitted a strong, foul stench.

"These are Corpse-Eating Vultures. Monsters that specifically feed on the corpses of gods and immortals," Bai Li warned.

Mary's eyes lit up, and ten-centimeter-long blood-colored claws grew from her fingers.

"Just in time to practice my skills on you!"

Mary transformed into a streak of black lightning, charging directly into the flock of strange birds.

Her blood claws swung, instantly slicing dozens of birds into pieces. Blood rained down into the abyss.

Chu Ling, her ice-blue gown fluttering, let out a soft hmph. Her hands quickly formed seals, and Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cold Qi gushed forth.

"Ice Seal!"

A vast expanse of deep blue cold current swept through the air.

Hundreds of strange birds were instantly frozen into ice sculptures, falling into the abyss like hail and shattering into pieces.

With the two women clearing the way, the sky full of strange birds couldn't even get within half a step of the flame bridge.

Ten minutes later.

The five of them walked steadily to the other shore, stepping onto the massive white jade plaza in front of the Hall of High Heaven.

The plaza was littered with broken, massive pillars. The ground was pitted and scarred.

Directly ahead was a magnificent palace hundreds of meters tall.

The doors were tightly shut, and a cracked golden plaque hung on the door frame, inscribed with the two ancient characters 'Ling Xiao'.

Su Yang walked to the main gate.

The doors were forged from an unknown golden divine iron, their surface covered in marks from saber and sword strikes.

Su Yang didn't bother to push; he simply raised his right leg and, with the force of ten thousand tons, kicked the golden doors hard.

Bang!

A heavy, thunderous sound shook the plaza. The two golden doors, each a hundred meters tall, were kicked directly inward, crashing heavily onto the floor of the hall and kicking up a cloud of dust.

"What level of trash thinks it's worthy of blocking my way?" Su Yang lowered his leg and stepped into the hall.

The interior space of the hall was extremely vast.

Thirty-six massive golden pillars carved with coiled dragons supported the dome.

Although most of the pillars had collapsed, the former glory of the Heavenly Court could still be seen.

At the end of the hall was a series of high white jade steps.

At the very top of the steps sat a massive golden dragon throne. Half of the throne was already shattered.

The moment everyone stepped into the hall.

A heavy sound of breathing suddenly came from the shadows in front of the dragon throne.

"Huu... chhh..."

A behemoth the size of a small mountain slowly rose from the shadows.

This was an ancient Vicious Beast with a dragon's head, a lion's body, and an ox's tail.

Its body was covered in black scales, and a single horn emitting purple electrical sparks grew from its head.

The beast opened its eyes, and two blood-red lanterns lit up in the dim hall.

The pressure it emitted had reached the peak of the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage.

"A Qilin variant?"

Chu Ling frowned slightly, tightening her grip on her long sword.

Bai Li shook her head. "It's a Corrupted Qilin tainted by Devilish Qi. It was likely a Divine Beast guarding the hall when it was alive, but after death, it was corrupted by Devilish Qi and turned into a monster that only knows slaughter."

The Corrupted Qilin let out a deafening roar.

The sound waves transformed into a physical gale, blowing away all the dust in the hall.

It lunged with its four limbs, its massive body bringing a black gale as it pounced directly toward Su Yang's group of five.

It opened its bloody maw, and a bolt of black lightning as thick as a bucket, mixed with corrosive poisonous gas, blasted straight toward Su Yang's face.

"Get back."

Su Yang's tone was flat.

He pulled his right hand out of his pocket and clenched his fingers into a fist.

Golden Pure Yang True Fire instantly enveloped his fist, making it look like a dazzling meteor.

Meeting the black lightning head-on, Su Yang threw a punch with overwhelming force.

Boom!

The golden fist radiance was unstoppable, splitting the black lightning in two from the middle.

The powerful fist force continued unabated, smashing heavily into the Corrupted Qilin's massive jaw.

Crack!

The sound of bone shattering rang out.

Over a dozen of the Corrupted Qilin's fangs were broken by the single punch.

Its massive body lost balance in mid-air and crashed heavily onto the white jade steps, smashing a large crater into them.

"Awoo—!"

The Corrupted Qilin let out a pained wail, struggling to get up.

Su Yang's figure flickered, disappearing from his spot like a ghost.

The next second, he appeared directly above the Corrupted Qilin's head.

"A beast polluted by Devilish Qi dares to bark at me."

Su Yang's right leg brought an ear-piercing sonic boom, like a heaven-splitting axe, smashing down hard on the purple horn atop the Corrupted Qilin's head.

Bang!

The incredibly hard horn snapped under Su Yang's physical strength, which was comparable to that of gods and demons.

The Corrupted Qilin's massive head was stomped directly into the hard white jade floor.

The ground cracked inch by inch like a spiderweb.

Su Yang didn't stop; he raised his right fist high and, carrying the Pure Yang True Fire that could incinerate all things, frantically smashed it into the Corrupted Qilin's back.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Every punch that landed was accompanied by the tooth-aching sound of bones cracking.

Black scales fell off in large patches, and black devil blood splattered everywhere.

The Pure Yang True Fire bored into the giant beast's body through the wounds, frantically burning its internal organs and its Devilish Qi Origin.

In just one minute.

The previously majestic Corrupted Qilin had completely turned into a pile of mush.

Every bone in its body had been smashed to pieces by Su Yang's bare hands.

Golden flames completely engulfed its remains, burning with a crackling sound.

The shrill screams gradually subsided.

The giant beast, over ten meters tall, turned into a pile of black ash under the high temperature of the Pure Yang True Fire.

As a breeze blew past, a fist-sized crystal core flickering with purple-black light was left in the ashes.

Su Yang bent down to pick up the crystal core and weighed it in his hand.

"A crystal core containing lightning and Devilish Qi. Taking it back to use as fertilizer for Da Hei is just right."

Su Yang casually tossed the crystal core into the System space.

He brushed the dust off his clothes and turned to walk toward the shattered dragon throne at the highest point of the hall.

Mary flew to Su Yang's side, pouting her red lips. "Boss, you were too heavy-handed; you burned the prey all to ash. I didn't even get to drink a single drop of blood!"

"This monster was full of poisonous gas; do you want to drink poison?" Su Yang reached out and pinched Mary's fair cheek.

The group arrived in front of the shattered dragon throne.

Behind the dragon throne was a smooth golden wall.

The wall's surface had no patterns carved into it and was perfectly flat.

Su Yang narrowed his eyes, and his Divine Sense instantly probed outward.

Inside the wall, a very pure spatial fluctuation faintly emanated.

"There is a secret chamber behind it."

Su Yang raised his right fist, aimed at the golden wall, and threw a punch.

Boom!

The solid wall instantly shattered into pieces, revealing a pitch-black passage only wide enough for one person.

An ancient and desolate cold wind blew out from the passage.

Su Yang stepped into the dark passage without hesitation.