Chapter 780: with translation of chapter title

This idiot actually thinks I'd value the Hall Master's rewards. Xiao Yan that brat not only possesses the Flame Mantra left by the Tou She Ancient Emperor, but also has four or five different kinds of Heavenly Flames. Even if the Hall Master gave me a Heavenly Step Technique as a reward, it wouldn't even be half of what that brat owns.

Seeing Zhaixing Lao Gui's flustered appearance, Mugu Lao Ren's eyes flashed a hint of contempt, and he secretly felt pleased.

His Combat Venerable cultivation was earned blade by blade, spear by spear; he's not some inexperienced second-generation rich kid.

Unless done on purpose, how could he be so careless as to let Xiao Yan escape?

Hehe, Zhaixing, just help me buy some more time. Once you delay until that brat's secret technique time runs out, I can easily kill him and obtain the Flame Mantra and Heavenly Flames.

Seeing that neither Xiao Yan nor Zhaixing Lao Gui doubted him, Mugu Lao Ren's body moved, and as he shot toward the door, a cold smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

As for him now, aside from Xiao Yan's teammates, he is the one who most hopes that brat can escape the Mountain of Wandering Souls.

After all, if Xiao Yan died here, when Zhaixing Lao Gui cleans up his corpse, he would discover that several Heavenly Flames were on him.

Given his status in the Soul Hall, at most he could obtain just one.

Such an outcome is obviously not what he hopes to see.

After all, if he wants to cultivate the Flame Mantra, he must gather more Heavenly Flames.

And since the Heavenly Flames are in Xiao Yan's hands, he can still think of a way to take them.

But if they fell into Zhaixing Lao Gui's hands, and after handing them over to the Hall Master, what would he have to seize Heavenly Flames from a Combat Sage expert?

Hehe, now that they've all left, this lass must seize this good opportunity to capture more souls and take them back.

Seeing Xiao Yan and his three companions leave the Soul-Locking Hall one after another, Zi Yan instantly broke into a grin.

Then she quickly took out her Soul Sack and began capturing souls from the iron chains here.

After all, those few had already smashed many chains earlier, so even if she took some souls, the others would later think they had simply escaped.

Thus, Zi Yan directly abandoned her earlier petty tricks and began harvesting souls in the vicinity on a large scale.

And those souls, because they were locked by the Soul Hall onto the iron chains,

could only be like individual fruits, directly plucked by this girl Zi Yan.

Huh, what's that smell?

After collecting roughly ten thousand souls, Zi Yan suddenly stopped moving her hands, her delicate nose twitching as she continuously sniffed the scent around her.

Uh-oh, someone's coming!

After sniffing for just a few seconds, this girl suddenly felt something was off, and quickly stowed her Soul Sack into her spatial ring before dashing into the depths of the void.

Whoosh~

However, not long after Zi Yan vanished, a figure swiftly arrived at the place where that girl had been.

Looking around, after finding nothing unusual, this person muttered in puzzlement: "Strange, I just had the feeling that someone else was present here a moment ago."

Could it be that I'm mistaken?

After pondering for a few seconds, that figure could only shake his head and then fly off in the direction Xiao Yan had fled.

Phew, that was close—if it weren't for this lass running fast, she might have been discovered.

Seeing that person leave, Zi Yan, hiding in the depths of the void, immediately let out a big sigh of relief, patting her ample belly.

Thinking that other experts were now watching her nearby, Zi Yan could only reluctantly glance at the souls inside the hall before flying off elsewhere.

As for Xiao Yan at this moment, after swiftly passing through several corridors, he simply retraced his steps and returned to the opening they had previously broken through.

However, he had just arrived at this hall.

Ahead, Yaochen, who had arrived here first, glided over with an illusory form.

Upon seeing a trace of blood still at the corner of Xiao Yan's mouth, Yaochen's face darkened slightly, he frowned and said: "Xiao Yan, you're injured."

"It's nothing, not life-threatening for now; we should hurry and meet up with Feng Lao, then leave this damned place and talk later."

Hearing that, Xiao Yan wiped the blood from his mouth, ignoring his waist pain, and spoke with a hint of anxiety.

After all, Zhaixing Lao Gui is not far behind and will catch up soon.

Hearing Xiao Yan say that, Yaochen quickly pointed at the black mist behind him and exclaimed urgently: "Xiao Yan, the exit has been set up with a formation; I suspect Feng Xian and the others are trapped inside."

What?!

Upon hearing those words, Xiao Yan's heart jolted, and he quickly looked in the direction his teacher indicated.

In an instant, a thick black mist filled his vision.

And above that formation was the large hole they had previously broken open.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan's brows knit tightly as he gritted his teeth and said: "So that's what Zhaixing Lao Gui meant earlier by 'dealing with Feng Lao'—this is it."

While the two were talking, the three Heavenly Sovereigns maintaining the formation nearby also sensed Xiao Yan's arrival.

Sensing that the former possessed the strength of a three-star Combat Venerable, the three of them immediately cursed: "Zhaixing Lao Gui and Mugu Lao Ren are pigs—two Combat Venerables can't even block an initial-stage Combat Venerable!"

After all, the three of them are currently maintaining the formation; if Xiao Yan were to attack them,

then all their previous efforts would be completely wasted.

However, the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.

After Xiao Yan realized that those three Heavenly Sovereigns were immobilized there, he immediately told Yaochen: "Teacher, you stay inside my spatial ring for a while; I'll break their formation."

Okay.

Yaochen also knew he couldn't help much now, so he nodded without hesitation.

After saying that, his form turned into a wisp of clear wind and flew toward the spatial ring on Xiao Yan's hand.

However, when he saw that the spatial ring was not the Bone Flame Ring, his expression froze for a moment.

But considering there was no time to say more, he didn't ask and simply entered directly into the spatial ring on Xiao Yan's finger.

And after confirming his teacher was safely hidden, Xiao Yan turned his head again toward the distant black mist, a hint of solemnity flashing across his face.

Immediately afterward, his hands moved like lightning, forming seals one after another, leaving afterimages that dazzled the eye.

And the surging battle qi within his body at that moment rushed forth like a flood, flowing along the meridians of his arms.

Mountain-Opening Seal!

Overturning Sea Seal!

Earth-Covering Seal!

Heaven-Obliterating Seal!

As the shout fell, the four seals overlapped, and Xiao Yan's complexion also quickly flushed red.

And as his fighting qi surged wildly toward his palm, four brilliant light seals rapidly formed in his palm.

Terrifying energy gathered on his palm as if it were free.

The fluctuations emitted by the light seals caused the space around Xiao Yan's arm to continually burst forth with dark cracks.