109: Revenge! Bloodbath!

Chapter 109: Revenge! Bloodbath!

How could they not hate?!

It was because of this that when they learned Lu Chuan was preparing to lead them in avenging themselves against the Hall of Souls, the elders and disciples of the Falling Star Pavilion all cheered with joy. They wished they could drink the Hall of Souls' blood and eat the flesh of its people.

As long as it could cause trouble for the Hall of Souls, the Falling Star Pavilion was willing to do it.

When Venerable Feng returned to the Falling Star Pavilion, his face was also cold. When he escorted Yao Chen to the Northwest Continent, he had left a disciple from the Pavilion to temporarily manage the Falling Star Pavilion.

He thought highly of him, treating him like a half-son. Although their relationship wasn't that of master and disciple, it was exceptionally close, like father and son!

But when they met again, the other party had already become a cold corpse. Before dying, he was still tightly clutching a communication jade slip. It was this message, transmitted with his life, that allowed Lu Chuan to arrive at the Falling Star Pavilion in time.

He saved the remaining disciples, preventing the Falling Star Pavilion from suffering a devastating calamity.

Venerable Feng caressed the cold corpse with his right hand. He looked several years older. If it weren't for the people of the Hall of Souls, the Falling Star Pavilion wouldn't have suffered such a great upheaval.

If Lu Chuan hadn't been willing to act, it would have probably already...

Even though they were the ones who had sought refuge, they had caused such a big mess for Lu Chuan.

Venerable Feng was both angry and remorseful. He gathered the high-end combat power of the Falling Star Pavilion, leaving a portion to protect the remaining disciples. With a flick of his sleeve, he led everyone into the spatial rift. With his protection, they arrived at the Lingxiao Palace without any major incidents along the way.

Here, various auras intertwined, and figures were numerous. Clearly, these were forces that had spontaneously come upon hearing that something had happened to Lu Chuan.

Above the Plaza, several figures stood.

On Lu Chuan's side, he planned to teach the Hall of Souls a lesson. He forcibly tore open a spatial rift above the Lingxiao Palace, following coordinates that had already been scouted.

At the end of it, one of the Hall of Souls' sub-halls, the Human Hall, was visible!

Within the slightly distorted space was a vast black land.

At the center of this vast area, a colossal black hall stood silently, like an ancient fierce beast prostrate on the ground. A chilling and terrifying aura slowly permeated and wafted through this sealed space.

From within the colossal black hall, countless extremely thick black chains extended, plunging deep into the ground. And above these chains, clusters of black mist swirled, vaguely forming human-like shapes.

“Let's go, it's time to carry out the mission!”

As soon as a Hall of Souls Protector's voice fell, his body was shattered.

Immediately after, more than a dozen figures descended outside this sub-hall of the Hall of Souls. It was precisely Lu Chuan, Yao Chen, Venerable Feng, Burning Flame Valley Master Tang Zhen, Fire Cloud Ancestor, and their group.

“Kill them all, leave no one behind!” As Lu Chuan's voice faded, it was immediately followed by a series of powerful energy attacks.

The people of the Hall of Souls still wanted to resist, but under so many attacks, none of which were weaker than a Dou Zun, the bodies of the resisting Protectors and Elders were shattered into pulverized remains.

As for the remaining disciples, some fought back, others tried to flee, but the outcome was invariably that they were all killed and buried in the wilderness.

The strange flames burned through, and the original grand hall collapsed with a roar. The original site of the Hall of Souls' Human Hall turned into a desolate wasteland, utterly devoid of life!

Crimson blood stained the dark hall. Several incomplete corpses were scattered everywhere; they were Hall of Souls Protectors, Elders, or fleeing disciples, now slain! This made the already eerie palace complex even more grotesque and terrifying.

Ghost fires flickered, and from the surface of several corpses, faint, incomplete, and painful human figures vaguely emerged, then merged into a dark vortex of malevolent energy. Upon closer inspection, one could see countless human faces densely packed within the dozens of feet wide vortex of malevolent energy. Looking around, they were all people from the Hall of Souls!

It was evident that if left unchecked, in not many years, this place would become a forbidden zone where no living being could enter!

The strange flames blazed. As the last Hall of Souls disciple's corpse bled onto the ground, the Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire, with its scorching heat that annihilated everything, incinerated all traces of this place.

A vast black sea of fire raged. Within the blazing inferno, the former Hall of Souls' Human Hall, located at its very center, no longer even existed as ruins. The many sordid secrets it contained also vanished into thin air with the collapse of the Hall of Souls' Human Hall!

Boom—

The hall collapsed with a bang, dust filled the sky, and tiny specks of light, like scattered stars, emanated outwards, escaping this terrifying sea of fire at a seemingly slow yet extremely fast speed.

Among them were white-haired, childlike old men, and white-haired, grizzled old women, or burly, bear-backed strong men...

The old man's hair and beard were all white, his body somewhat ethereal, and the Taoist robe he wore was slightly old. He bowed to Lu Chuan and said, “Our souls have been imprisoned here by the Hall of Souls for decades. To be able to escape today is all thanks to you, young friend.”

“We are already tired of this world; we just want to leave quietly,” the white-haired, grizzled old woman added.

Hearing this, Lu Chuan did not stop them.

The black sea of fire blazed fiercely. The Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire seemed docile, but as soon as those specks of soul light came into contact with it, they were quickly devoured completely by tiny fire dragons, as thick as fingers, like a gluttonous beast, never sated!

The souls imprisoned in the Hall of Souls' Human Hall had long grown weary of everything in this world. The prolonged torment over the years had led them to embrace the desire for death.

Even if the soul was exceptionally powerful, without a physical body, it was merely rootless duckweed and would dissipate within a few days.

The originally star-like specks of light were now reduced to a few scattered wisps, as if a gust of wind would cause them to drift away and vanish into thin air.

“Although your strange flame's power is terrifying, I can feel that the Hall of Souls' extraction of my soul essence was not destroyed; it is still here,” one of the ethereal figures said to Lu Chuan.

Following the direction he pointed, Lu Chuan could vaguely sense that there was indeed an anomaly in the ruins.

“I believe it can be of help to you.” After the ethereal figure said this, he, the only surviving speck of soul light present, voluntarily plunged into the sea of fire. His already extremely weak soul, under the scorching of the strange flame, rapidly annihilated.

In a short while, it turned to dust.

Everything returned to silence...

Only the charred, black ground left behind by the blazing strange flames remained.

Lu Chuan's expression was complex. The Hall of Souls was truly guilty of countless crimes, too numerous to count. Kidnapping the souls of so many powerful individuals was simply heinous.

The expressions of relief on the faces of these souls as they headed towards oblivion could not be faked!

After annihilating the Hall of Souls powerhouses in the Human Hall, Lu Chuan clenched his palm, and a giant pit appeared in the ruins.

Within the giant pit, a translucent light cluster, about half a zhang in size, floated. Numerous dark chains were connected to the outer edge of the light cluster.

The ends of these chains were connected to the souls that had just escaped. Evidently, this light cluster should be the substance extracted from those soul bodies.

“Soul Origin!”

Seeing this, Lu Chuan slowly murmured the words.

Now, he naturally understood what this was. The soul is the foundation of living beings; all things in heaven and earth possess a soul.

“And deep within the soul, a trace of Soul Origin is nurtured. This is the fundamental basis for the birth of a soul, and it can also be said to be the purest and most unique energy in the world.”

“So much Soul Origin, at least condensed from a million souls!”

Yao Chen's expression was complex, his aversion to the Hall of Souls reaching its peak.

The methods of this Hall of Souls were indeed venomous; to obtain these Soul Origins, they actually directly destroyed a million souls.

“This is condensed from slaughter and should not exist in heaven and earth, but since it has appeared, there is no reason to abandon it. Why don't you accept it, Lord?”

Tang Zhen, the current Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley, and Fire Cloud Ancestor exchanged glances. He persuaded, “Lord, you already have an enmity with the Hall of Souls. If the ghosts from earlier knew that this item could enhance your strength, they would probably be extremely delighted.”

“Before dissipating, that person's soul specifically pointed out the location of this cluster of Soul Origin, intending to gift it to you, Lord,” Fire Cloud Ancestor said slowly, stroking his beard.

The stronger Lu Chuan's power, the more secure the safety of those around him would naturally be.

To be an 8-star peak Alchemist at such a young age, if he could refine this cluster of Soul Origin condensed from a million people and advance his soul realm further, wouldn't 9-star be within reach?

Although an Alchemist's rank isn't solely determined by soul power, it involves many aspects of refining experience.

However, with Lu Chuan's current 8-star top-tier Alchemist rank, refining this cluster of Soul Origin would definitely allow him to advance further.

“Heavenly treasures belong to the fated. Lord Lu, please accept it.”

“This cluster of Soul Origin, condensed from a million people, has been refined by the people of the Hall of Souls and is extremely pure. If refined, it will greatly benefit your soul power. The person from before must have been aware of this and, knowing your enmity with the Hall of Souls, specifically informed you of the location of this Soul Origin cluster.”

Yao Chen persuaded him again.

Hearing this, Lu Chuan pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly and put away the cluster of Soul Origin.

At worst, he would just help this group of people get revenge in the future!!

He and the Hall of Souls were already at odds, and now he had even taken down one of the Hall of Souls' sub-halls, the Human Hall.

A major battle might erupt in the future, so naturally, he couldn't miss this opportunity to increase his strength.

Lu Chuan clenched his palm, and a tremendous suction force erupted from it. The light cluster, originally floating in mid-air and about half a zhang in size, flew towards his direction.

After securing this cluster of Soul Origin, he then led a group of strong individuals to hunt down the fleeing disciples of the Hall of Souls.

During the previous battle, some Hall of Souls disciples were naturally willing to fight to the death, but most were greedy for life and afraid of death. However, most of them had low cultivation and, upon encountering Lu Chuan and the others, couldn't even withstand the aftershocks of the battle, instantly turning to dust.

But there were still some who slipped through the net.

Before Lu Chuan breached the Hall of Souls' Human Hall, some people had already escaped through the spatial tunnel set up in this sub-hall, saving their lives and relaying this news back to the main Hall of Souls!

...

The sky was overcast, thick black clouds piled up in layers, silver dragons emerged, and their roars shook the mountains and valleys, causing them to tremble.

The main Hall of Souls, due to its perennial location in a dark area, was enveloped by a heavy, cold aura. In a certain void, a figure abruptly appeared, accompanied by a metallic, rusty stench.

This was a young man in black robes. Behind him, his once luxurious robe, scorched by high temperatures, had almost melded with the flesh on his back, sticky and gooey. Gray flesh emitted a fishy smell, and blood gushed, looking extremely terrifying.

His chest faintly revealed a pulsating heart, blood gushing like a spring, almost bringing him to the brink of death. Even after taking various precious elixirs, he only barely clung to life. The two intersecting wounds on his chest, caused by spatial fragments, still couldn't heal, only barely maintaining their current state.

“Damn it! I must quickly inform the elders of the clan about this.” The young man's face was ashen. To save his life, he had almost emptied his family's fortune, and his heart was bleeding at this moment.

Those few bottles of life-saving elixirs were simply too precious; he would never have used them if his injuries hadn't been so severe this time.

It's all Lu Chuan's fault!

The mastermind behind this incident was simply too audacious, daring to attack the Human Hall! If his soul could be captured, all its essence would surely be drained, refined for tens of thousands of years until his soul was scattered.

The young man dared not delay. He endured the stinging pain in his meridians, and under the unbearable burden, a pair of ethereal Dou Qi wings extended from the wounds on his back. With a flash of his figure, he covered dozens of feet.

Along the way, blood stained the sky, and even his robes turned crimson, making him look like a bloodied man. If he hadn't been a Dou Zong expert, he would have probably perished long ago due to his severe injuries.

He appeared utterly disheveled.

“The souls that my Human Hall painstakingly collected for a hundred years were all taken away by that brat. If this matter is reported back to the clan, even I will certainly receive a severe punishment!”

Afterward, the Vice Hall Master of the Hall of Souls, upon learning the news from the young man, was so enraged that his hair stood on end. His eyes were bloodshot, simply because the price they paid this time was too heavy for their Hall of Souls.

The loss of the Soul Origin condensed from millions of living souls had an extremely detrimental impact within the Soul Clan.

Even as the Vice Hall Master of the Hall of Souls, he would be punished for this.

After all, souls were of great use to every person in the Soul Clan, not to mention the souls of powerful individuals, who were often the ancestors or patriarchs of various forces. Once this matter was exposed, it would certainly arouse the vigilance of many parties.

Therefore, the Hall of Souls accumulated souls very carefully, fearing that the major forces of the Central Plains or the Eight Ancient Clans would find out.

Consequently, souls were extremely precious within the Soul Clan, serving as hard currency that could be used to purchase various heavenly treasures.

“Lu Chuan must not be allowed to live!” the Vice Hall Master of the Hall of Souls said hatefully, his aura cold, his eyes bloodshot, leaving no doubt that if Lu Chuan appeared before him, he would definitely fight him to the death at all costs.

But he knew he couldn't do anything to Lu Chuan.

After all, he couldn't win...

Furthermore, the Hall Master of Soul Hall was currently occupied with important matters and couldn't spare any attention. If the Soul Clan made a big move, it would definitely attract the attention of the Eight Ancient Clans. If their millennium-long plan were to come to naught then...

Even as the Vice Hall Master of the Hall of Souls, he could not bear the cost of failure!

At this moment, the Hall of Souls, facing Lu Chuan, was utterly helpless for a time. In terms of connections, various forces had already pledged allegiance to Lu Chuan. In terms of strength, no one was a match for Lu Chuan.

The Vice Hall Master of the Hall of Souls was incredibly aggrieved.

This was simply too much bullying!!