267: Saints fell like rain

After Gu Xun'er left, Ruins Hall did not relax because of the Ancient Clan's visit; instead, it began to operate even more tensely.

Everyone knew what Hall Master Li Ao's words, "Finish dealing with the Hall of Souls' trouble," meant—a Saint-Grade battle was already unavoidable.

Li Ao sat in the main hall, not in seclusion, but instead scanned the entire Western Region with his Divine Thought every day, like a crouching lion waiting for prey to come to its door.

He had just achieved a Breakthrough and had completely refined the Purification Lotus Demon Flame, so he needed a hearty battle to hone his edge, stabilize his Realm, and at the same time, let the world truly witness the sharpness of "Ruins Hall."

Yao Chen and Wind Venerable joined forces to reinforce the sect-protecting formation, and secretly transferred some elite forces from Starfall Pavilion to the surroundings of Ruins Hall to act as mutual support.

Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian were also prepared at all times; with their current strength, if they joined forces, they would be enough to contend with or even kill a low-level Dou Sheng.

Seven days later, at noon.

The originally clear sky suddenly darkened.

It was not gathering dark clouds, but a kind of thick, inseparable dark energy that eroded from all directions like ink, completely shrouding the sky above the mountain range where Ruins Hall was located!

The aura of coldness, deathly silence, and the endless wailing of vengeful Souls pressed down like a blanket, causing countless Disciples within Ruins Hall to turn pale, their Souls trembling.

It has come!

"Finally couldn't hold back anymore?" Inside the main hall, Li Ao slowly opened his eyes, a flash of gray Chaos passing through his pupils.

His figure moved, and he appeared in the sky above Ruins Hall, standing with his hands behind his back, his green robe fluttering in the cold wind.

Immediately after, Yao Chen, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and many experts from Ruins Hall also appeared one after another, standing behind Li Ao, ready for battle.

"Hehehe... Junior Li Ao, your Ruins Hall openly provoked the dignity of my Hall of Souls and killed my Elder Zun. Today, I will let this newly established Ruins Hall of yours be reduced to ashes!"

The cold, strange laughter came from the black mist, like the cry of a night owl, making one's hair stand on end.

The next moment, the black mist surged, and five figures exuding monstrous auras slowly stepped out.

The leader was an old man wearing a dark golden Soul robe with a withered face. The space around him was constantly twisting, emitting a pressure far more terrifying than that of the previous Hun You—a Three-Star Dou Sheng in the Late Stage!

Behind him followed four figures, their auras equally vast like the sea; they were two Two-Star Dou Sheng and two One-Star Dou Sheng!

Five Dou Sheng!

Among them was even a Three-Star Dou Sheng in the Late Stage!

The scale of the Hall of Souls' mobilization this time was truly terrifying! Clearly, they wanted to use absolute power to completely eradicate Ruins Hall, this thorn in their side!

This lineup caused the expressions of everyone behind Li Ao to instantly become extremely grave.

Yao Chen's eyes were sharp, Wind Venerable gasped, and even Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian felt unprecedented pressure.

"Soul Mie Sheng, it is actually you, this old ghost, leading the team personally!" Yao Chen stared at the golden-robed old man in the lead, his voice cold and filled with bone-deep hatred.

This person was one of the Hall of Souls' Vice Hall Masters, powerful and infamous.

Soul Mie Sheng's gaze swept over Yao Chen, a trace of greed and killing intent flashing in his eyes: "Yao Chen, I didn't expect you to have recovered your Physical Body and even touched the threshold of a Half-Saint. Just right, I will capture you today as well; the Hall Master will surely be pleased!"

Immediately after, his gaze fell on Li Ao, carrying a hint of cat-and-mouse playfulness: "Junior, to be able to make my Hall of Souls mobilize such a lineup, you have enough to be proud of. Hand over the Purification Lotus Demon Flame, cripple your own Cultivate, and this saint might give you a quick death."

Facing the terrifying pressure of the five Hall of Souls Saints, Li Ao's expression remained calm, and his lips even curled into a faint sneer: "Just by relying on you old ghosts who hide your heads and show your tails, and reek of corpse odor?"

"Seeking death!" A hot-tempered One-Star Dou Sheng behind Soul Mie Sheng roared and attacked first!

He reached out his withered palm, which instantly transformed into a black ghost claw that covered the sky. Countless vengeful Souls entwined around it, emitting ear-piercing shrieks as it grabbed down at Li Ao's head! This claw was enough to turn ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers into a ghost Realm!

"Your opponent is me."

A cold voice rang out, and a seven-colored stream of light arrived first despite starting later. Medusa's figure appeared, her jade hand gently patting, and a seven-colored energy beam condensed to the extreme, like a rainbow at dawn, fiercely colliding with the black ghost claw!

"Boom!"

Energy exploded, and space shattered.

Medusa's figure swayed slightly, while the black ghost claw was pierced through by the seven-colored beam, and countless vengeful Souls dissipated with wails.

The One-Star Dou Sheng let out a muffled groan, a trace of shock flashing in his eyes. Clearly, he had not expected that this woman, who appeared to be only at the Peak of Dou Zong (disguised), would have such terrifying strength!

"Attack together, finish this quickly!" Soul Mie Sheng's eyes turned cold, and he hesitated no longer.

He saw that Li Ao's side also had some hidden strength and must be taken down as quickly as possible.

The other three Hall of Souls Saints simultaneously erupted with their auras, preparing to attack together.

"Your opponents are us."

Yao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward simultaneously.

Yao Chen's Soul Power erupted fully, the pressure of the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection mixed with the Bone Chilling Flame, not inferior in the slightest to a One-Star Dou Sheng!

Xiao Yi Xian activated her Chaos Poison Body, and gray-purple poisonous mist spread out, corroding space. Its aura was so bizarre that even those two Two-Star Dou Sheng looked at her sideways.

Wind Venerable led the experts of Ruins Hall to form a formation to resist the permeating Death Qi of the Hall of Souls and any Hall of Souls Elder Zun who might appear.

The battlefield was instantly divided!

And Li Ao's gaze had been locked on Soul Mie Sheng from beginning to end.

"Three-Star Dou Sheng in the Late Stage... Just right, to use as a whetstone."

He muttered to himself, then took a step out, his figure seeming to merge into the Void Realm. The next moment, he had already appeared a hundred zhang in front of Soul Mie Sheng.

Without any nonsense, he punched out directly!

It was still an unadorned punch, but within this punch lay the full power of his thoroughly stabilized Half-Saint Middle Stage Cultivate, his Nirvana Hegemon Body at Perfection, and... the Guixu Great Dao that had initially fused with the Law of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame!

Where the fist wind passed, space did not just shatter, it annihilated! It formed a huge black void, carrying the will to end all things, striking directly at Soul Mie Sheng!

"Arrogant!" Soul Mie Sheng was both shocked and angry. He had not expected Li Ao to dare to take the initiative to attack him, and the power of this punch far exceeded his estimation!

He did not dare to be negligent. On his withered claws, black Soul Power condensed to the extreme, and he punched out as well!

"Myriad Soul Nirvana Fist!"

The two fists collided!

"Dong—!!!"

It was as if two stars had collided! An indescribable, terrifying roar swept across the heaven and earth! Several mountain Peaks below were instantly turned into powder under the impact of this sound wave!

The energy storm spread outward like a tsunami, forcing even Yao Chen and the others who were fighting in the distance to retreat repeatedly, their faces full of shock.

In the center of the storm, Soul Mie Sheng's expression changed drastically. He only felt an indescribable, terrifying power carrying the attribute of "erasure" rushing crazily into his body along his fist. The Soul Power he had cultivated and the Saint's body he relied on were like encountering a nemesis in the face of this power, rapidly disintegrating and dissolving!

"What kind of power is this?! Impossible!" Soul Mie Sheng screamed in terror, crazily driving his Soul Power to resist, but that Power of Gui Xu was like bone-attached gangrene, impossible to dispel at all!

Li Ao's eyes were cold, and his fist momentum did not decrease but increased instead.

"Gui Xu—Burying the Saint!"

He let out a low shout, and the Power of Gui Xu that had surged into Soul Mie Sheng's body suddenly erupted!

"No—!!!"

Under the gaze of countless terrified eyes, the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master, the Three-Star Dou Sheng in the Late Stage, Soul Mie Sheng, had his body, like a weathered sand sculpture, starting from the arm that clashed with Li Ao, rapidly spreading to his whole body, disintegrating inch by inch, turning into the finest dust, and along with his Soul, it was thoroughly "buried" by the domineering Power of Gui Xu, returning to nothingness!

One punch, Burying the Saint!

Silence!

Deathly silence!

Whether it was the remaining four Hall of Souls Saints or everyone on the Ruins Hall side, they were all as if they had been hit by a immobilization spell, blankly watching the place where Soul Mie Sheng had disappeared, their minds completely blank.

Three-Star Dou Sheng in the Late Stage... killed in one punch?!

This had completely exceeded the scope of their understanding!

Li Ao slowly withdrew his fist, feeling the slightly consumed but still vast power within his body, and turned his gaze to the remaining four Hall of Souls Saints, his eyes looking as if he were looking at four corpses.

"Next, it's your turn."

Those four Hall of Souls Saints woke up as if from a dream, their faces instantly replaced by boundless fear. Even Lord Soul Mie Sheng had been killed in one punch; where would they have even half a shred of Battle Intent left?

"Run!"

I don't know who shouted it, but the four of them, like frightened birds, instantly tore through space and fled for their lives in four different directions!

"Want to leave now? Too late."

Li Ao's tone was indifferent, and he pointed his fingers like a blade, continuously slashing four times in the direction where the four were fleeing.

Four tiny gray threads, ignoring the distance of space, instantly caught up with the four fleeing Hall of Souls Saints.

"Puff!" "Puff!" "Puff!" "Puff!"

Four soft sounds, like sharp blades cutting through worn leather.

Those four Hall of Souls Saints, whose strength was enough to run rampant in one region, suddenly froze, and then, like burning paper, started from the inside, silently turning into flying ash and dissipating between heaven and earth.

In no more than ten breaths of time, the five Dou Sheng who came to attack from the Hall of Souls, including one Three-Star Dou Sheng in the Late Stage, had all fallen!

Saints fall like rain!

The sky above Ruins Hall saw the sun again. Sunlight spilled onto Li Ao's tall and straight figure, as if a War God had descended to the world.

The entire Western Region of the Central Plains, and even all the forces that were watching this battle through various means, were silent at this moment.

Everyone understood that from this moment on, the landscape of the Central Plains had changed.

A force named "Ruins Hall," and its Hall Master "Li Ao," would officially step onto the Peak stage of this continent with an unrivaled stance!