Chapter 772

It is a huge valley surrounded by mountains on all sides; inside the valley stands a black giant hall a hundred zhang tall.

This giant hall, like a crouching primordial ferocious beast, fills this dark, cold air with a terrifying aura that chills the heart.

"Is this the Soul Hall? Indeed, a grand undertaking!"

Gazing at the colossal structure in the valley, the Ten Thousand Swords Venerable couldn't help but draw a sharp breath of cold air.

Since their Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion is located in the eastern region of Zhongzhou where the ancient clan resides, Soul Hall personnel rarely visit there.

Thus, he has the least contact with the Soul Hall.

Now seeing that even a most ordinary Earth Fiend Hall of the Soul Hall in Zhongzhou possesses such a scale, he couldn't help but be startled.

Upon seeing the black giant hall in the valley, Xiao Yan and the Wind Venerable's eyes immediately flashed with excitement.

After searching for so long, today they can finally rescue that person.

However, thinking of the Soul Hall's strength, a hint of gravity appeared in both of their eyes.

They knew that next, they would have to battle and slaughter those Fighting Saint experts of the Soul Hall.

"The space here has been set up with a spatial barrier. We currently have no way to penetrate it; we can only forcefully attack."

As Xiao Yan gradually regained his composure, his gaze fell upon the slightly distorted space in the valley not far ahead; he furrowed his brow and spoke softly.

Hearing this, the other Fighting Saints likewise swept their gazes over that slightly distorted space with solemn expressions.

Finally, they all nodded in unison and said: "Alright."

After all, aside from doing this, they couldn't think of any better plan for the time being.

"Then, everyone, let us together unleash our full power to bombard this spatial barrier, striving to shatter it in one strike, leaving no time for those inside the Soul Hall to prepare!"

As his words fell, Xiao Yan clenched his hand in the void, and a wide black giant ruler appeared in his grasp.

Immediately afterward, he raised his right hand, lifting the black giant ruler he held.

On the surface of the ruler, those innate-seeming strange patterns now emitted a brown flame.

Then, as the ruler sliced through the void, the surrounding space became somewhat illusory and blurred.

"Earth Tier Advanced Battle Technique: Nine-Union Heaven-Shaking Ruler!"

The next moment, Xiao Yan let out a fierce shout, and the sleeves on both arms were instantly shaken by his mighty battle qi into a large amount of fine powder.

Immediately after, the profoundly heavy ruler he held, covered in violent yellow flames, was swiftly chopped out with vigorous swinging.

"Myriad Swords Return to the Origin!"

"Wind Roaming Palm!"

"Flame Yan Fist!"

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Seeing the first one make a move, the nine Fighting Saints beside him also swiftly unleashed their battle techniques, bombarding that spatial barrier ahead!

However, while the group up front was discussing and preparing to act, the Soul Hall guardians inside the giant hall remained completely unaware.

At this moment, they continued as usual, sending their recently gathered souls to the Soul-Locking Grand Hall of the branch hall.

Of course, during this process, the Soul Hall guardians also did not forget to exchange experiences on collecting soul bodies.

These experiences mostly concerned how to lure the two factions into war.

Thus, they could take advantage of the chaos to collect large numbers of souls from fallen cultivators, fulfilling their own KPI.

"Boom!"

But just as the Soul Hall guardians were each busy handing over soul bodies, a tremendous roar like thunder suddenly rang out from the sky above the valley.

At the same time, this stone‑like giant hall began to shake violently in that instant.

The metal iron chains, as thick as thighs, spread across the hall's ceiling, were also shaken and swayed everywhere.

Constantly colliding with the surrounding chains, they produced piercing sounds.

"What's happening?!"

"What on earth is going on?!"

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This sudden commotion instantly left many guardians inside the hall greatly startled, their words betraying a hint of panic.

After all, despite having been in the Soul Hall for so long, this was the first time they had encountered such a situation.

"Bang!"

However, before the many Soul Hall guardians could figure out what was happening, they heard a series of shattering sounds coming from above their heads.

The next moment, the roof of the hall they were in suddenly exploded without any warning.

In that instant, a hole tens of meters wide appeared above the black‑clad guardians, leading straight to the outside.

A large amount of stone and iron chains also fell straight down from the roof.

Seeing this scene, if these guardians still didn't understand what had happened, they would truly be idiots.

Thus, a series of mournful cries instantly rang out across the sky: "Enemy attack!"

However, as the alarm just sounded, ten figures flew in through the hole above the hall.

"Soul Hall's lackeys, prepare to die!"

Seeing those guardians below, Xiao Yan waved his hand, and a rolling sea of Falling Heart Flame poured forth, covering the sky and earth.

In the blink of an eye, it submerged the many Soul Hall guardians below.

Immediately afterward, he pulled his hand back.

The nearly transparent sea of flame immediately circled the sky, wrapping those guardians and flying back swiftly.

As Xiao Yan looked at the dozen or so black‑clad guardians he had snatched back, a flicker of joy flashed in his eyes.

Then he took out a jade bottle from his storage ring and placed them all inside.

"Damn it, they're Fighting Saint experts—quickly summon the two hall masters!"

Seeing the former's casual move, it disposed of over a dozen protectors, and the remaining black shadows inside the hall hurriedly shouted in hoarse voices.

"Good."

Upon hearing this, several of the black shadows somewhat panicked took out a jade pendant, then crushed it.

"Siss—"

However, just as the voice of the black-clothed person up front sounded, it immediately drew the attention of Xiao Yan and his group.

Immediately thereafter, a fierce sword qi erupted violently from the sky, then, as swift as lightning, pierced through the waist of that Soul Hall protector.

However, after the sword qi passed through that person's body, its power hardly diminished; it continued to shoot forward at great speed, cleaving the walls of the rear hall in two.

"Ah!"

Accompanied by the body being hoisted and sliced in two, a piercing shriek burst from the protector's mouth.

However, due to the continual loss of vitality, that shriek abruptly ceased.

And the Iron Sword Venerable, who caused all this, did not spare a glance at the protector's fate; instead, turning to Xiao Yan, he said: "Quickly go find Yao Chen—we'll create chaos here and draw as much attention from the Soul Hall's experts as possible!"

"Good."

Xiao Yan also knew that the longer they stayed here, the more dangerous it would be; thus, upon hearing those words, he immediately nodded in agreement.

Immediately thereafter, Xiao Yan inhaled with his palm, casually sucking a Soul Hall protector into his grasp, and said in a grim tone: "Where is the place where souls are imprisoned?"