Chapter 470: Breaking Through to Dou Sheng

Xiao Yan was also somewhat surprised by his sudden breakthrough, but such things as breakthroughs, once they arrive, cannot be sloppy. If one fails, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Brother Xiao Yan, hurry and find a place to retreat. I'll help you guard it." Seeing Xiao Yan break through at this moment, Xun Er was both happy and worried.

What she was happy about was that once Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Sheng, his status and status would be completely different.

But what worried Xun Er was that the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb was full of crises, and Dou Sheng level energy bodies appeared frequently. Once disturbed, the consequences would be fatal.

Because the movement of Xiao Yan's breakthrough was too great, he had to find a large and hidden mountain range to retreat. However, such mountain ranges were common in the first and second layers of the Heavenly Tomb, but very rare in the third layer.

However, heaven rewards the diligent. After a period of searching, he finally found a place for retreat in a huge canyon.

This canyon was like a pagoda, with a small space above and a large space below. One only needed to close the canyon entrance, and it would be difficult for outsiders to discover it.

But for such a hidden place, to say that no experts lived there was impossible.

This Heavenly Tomb was like a large arena. Because energy bodies can devour each other, the struggle has been continuous.

To not be devoured by others, it's not just about being fierce, but also about being good at hiding.

"Get out!" Xiao Yan and Xun Er had just stepped into the canyon when the owner of the canyon directly let out an angry roar.

Hearing this angry roar, Xiao Yan and Xun Er looked at each other and didn't leave. After all, this place was a retreat place they had found with great difficulty, so how could they give it up so easily?

Moreover, in Xiao Yan's perception, the owner of the canyon's strength was only at the Half-Saint level. This level of strength was far from reaching the point where Xiao Yan would be wary.

Besides, in order to break through as soon as possible, Xiao Yan would fight even if it were a Dou Sheng, let alone a Half-Saint.

Seeing that Xiao Yan and Xun Er didn't retreat, the owner of the canyon appeared directly on a giant rock not far from the two, glaring at them.

Xiao Yan looked up and saw that the person who came was an old man wearing a dark red robe, holding a ghost-head large blade, and full of fierce aura.

"We have taken a fancy to this canyon, please go out." Although Xiao Yan very much wanted to kill the energy body in front of him and absorb his energy, if this person were sensible, Xiao Yan wouldn't mind sparing his life.

This energy body clearly possessed memories from before he died. Seeing Xiao Yan wanting him to leave this place, he was immediately furious.

Although the energy body possessed memories from before he died, he was abnormally violent and would explode at a single point.

"You hateful intruders actually want to forcibly occupy my territory. Take a slash from me first!" After being angered by Xiao Yan's words, the red figure directly raised the ghost-head large blade in his hand, used a move of Forcefully Splitting Mount Hua, and slashed toward Xiao Yan.

"Truly refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!" Seeing this person so insensible, Xiao Yan immediately took back the kindness in his heart. After all, opportunities are only given once. If he doesn't accept, he can only die.

Xiao Yan looked at the ghost-head large blade about to fall, his eyes narrowed slightly, then his right hand grabbed violently, directly grabbing the blade edge firmly.

Seeing Xiao Yan block his large blade with just his flesh and blood, the red figure was incomparably shocked. He suddenly discovered that leaving wasn't an unacceptable thing.

"Want to leave now? It's too late! Just be a stepping stone for me to break through to Dou Sheng! This won't disgrace you!" Xiao Yan snorted coldly, gripped his hand violently, directly splitting the ghost-head large blade into two, then gripped the blade edge and slashed toward the red figure. "I surrender..." The red figure was truly afraid. He hadn't expected himself to be so unable to withstand a single blow in front of Xiao Yan, but before he could finish speaking, he directly lost consciousness.

"Boom!" The red figure directly exploded. After the explosion, a deep red crystal emitting dazzling light floated in mid-air.

Xiao Yan gripped his hand violently, directly taking this energy core into his hand, and said with a faint smile, "With this Half-Saint level energy core, the time for breakthrough should be a bit earlier."

"Hmm! Brother Xiao Yan, hurry and retreat. I'll guard the canyon entrance." Seeing that the obstacles in the canyon had been cleared, Xun Er said with a faint smile.

"Then you be careful!" Xiao Yan also knew the principle that time was urgent. The earlier he broke through, the smaller the danger. Then he directly found the mountain cave where the canyon owner was and retreated.

Seeing Xiao Yan go to retreat, Xun Er went directly to the canyon entrance. After condensing a seal at the canyon entrance, she carefully guarded it on the side.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, two months passed. Gu Qingyang and his group also arrived at the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb.

However, this group didn't enter smoothly, and it could be said to be a narrow escape. The energy crystal layer that originally only needed some cultivation methods to break through, for some reason, healed very quickly.

During this period, those Ancient Devouring Insects targeted them as if they had gone crazy. If it weren't for the few of them working together, they would have really died inside.

Actually, those Ancient Devouring Insects saw that they couldn't do anything to Xiao Yan, so they vented their anger directly on Gu Qingyang and his group.

In order to rush out of the energy crystal layer, Gu Qingyang and the others used up almost all the energy cores they had obtained from the Heavenly Tomb, and even then, they were seriously injured before coming out.

"Where are Hun Ya and Hun Li?" After Gu Qingyang rushed out of the energy crystal layer and had just recovered some Dou Qi, he discovered that these two were missing.

"Hehe, they ran away long ago!" Huo Zhi, who came in together, said disdainfully.

"Since we have already entered the third layer, let's each find a safe place to retreat and cultivate!" After the people from the Lei Clan rested, they said.

Hearing this, people from the other clans also nodded one after another. After all, the relationship between the Eight Ancient Clans wasn't that good. Working together to break the energy crystal layer was a last resort. Now that they were safe, they must be wary of each other.

Gu Qingyang had no intention of keeping these people. After all, the four of them came with a mission.

"You all also received the mission from the elders, right?" Gu Qingyang looked at the three people beside him and asked.

Hearing this, Gu Hua and the others nodded. For them to enter this Heavenly Tomb, cultivation was secondary; the main mission was still to protect Xun Er.

"I think Miss Xun Er and Xiao Yan arrived at the third layer long ago. Now let's follow the position on the instrument and go find them!" Gu Qingyang took out something similar to a compass. This thing was specially given to them by the elders, just to make it convenient to find Xun Er.

Gu Qingyang and the others followed the direction indicated by the instrument and soon found Xun Er. Seeing Xun Er sitting at the entrance of a canyon, clearly guarding something, they hurriedly stepped forward to greet her: "Miss Xun Er!"

"You're here." Xun Er naturally also knew that these people were here to protect her. Although she didn't care before, now that Xiao Yan was in retreat, one more force meant one more layer of protection.

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