Chapter 472: Breakthrough Failure

Hun Diao wanted to make a move himself at this moment, but Xun Er clearly wouldn't give him this opportunity. He could only count on Hun Li now.

Hun Li also knew the seriousness of the situation. A look of brutality flashed in his eyes, then his hands formed seals rapidly, and the clan tattoo on his forehead began to emit light.

Following the opening of the clan tattoo, the aura on Hun Li's body also climbed step by step.

Among the Eight Ancient Clans, there are secret techniques that can improve strength, and the Hun Clan naturally has them too. After Hun Li used the secret technique, not only did his strength improve, but his body size also became incomparably tall. The only bad thing was that he looked too ugly, like a monster.

After Hun Li's strength improved, the Heavenly Demon Puppet at the cave entrance was clearly no match. He rushed into the mountain cave after destroying everything in his path and saw Xiao Yan who was cultivating cross-legged.

"Jie jie! You want to break through to Dou Sheng? That is truly wishful thinking!" Hun Li's mouth curled into a ferocious smile, and then he flicked his sleeve. A black iron chain shot out from his cuff, streaking toward Xiao Yan.

"Clang!" Hearing a sound of metal clashing, the black iron chain couldn't advance any further after reaching three feet from Xiao Yan, as if blocked by something.

"I didn't expect there to be defense. However, my purpose is to stop you from breaking through. As long as you fail to break through to Dou Sheng and suffer a backlash... hehe." A cold smile appeared at the corner of Hun Li's mouth, then he looked at Xiao Yan and said, "You are at ease here, but Miss Xun Er has burned her bloodline for you. If you don't make a move again, her bloodline grade will return to Nine-grade or even lower. Once this result appears, you know how the Gu Clan will treat her. She will become a sinner of the entire Gu Clan."

Hun Li's words were like a sharp sword, stabbing directly into Xiao Yan's heart. Although she knew there was fighting outside, she didn't know it was Xun Er burning her bloodline.

Xiao Yan's heart was in chaos, and his aura also began to become incomparably chaotic.

Seeing that his words were effective, a smile of conspiracy succeeded appeared on Hun Li's face. He knew that Xiao Yan's breakthrough to Dou Sheng this time was a complete failure.

"Pfft!" Xiao Yan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The breakthrough failure caused damage to his entire body's meridians, and his whole body felt as stinging as being pricked by millions of needles.

"How do you want to die!" Xiao Yan opened his eyes violently, his eyes bright red, looking at Hun Li, killing intent shooting everywhere.

Hearing this, Hun Li laughed and said, "Haha! As long as I can stop you from entering Dou Sheng, my life is worth it."

Hun Li also knew that he was bound to die. After all, Xiao Yan, even if the breakthrough failed, was still an existence comparable to Dou Sheng, and he was no match at all.

"Die!" Xiao Yan gripped his hand violently, and a long blade appeared in his hand. He gripped the blade handle with both hands and directly used a move of Forcefully Splitting Mount Hua, slashing toward Hun Li.

The terrifying blade Qi directly condensed into a long blade a thousand zhang in size, falling onto Hun Li. Hun Li didn't have any power to fight back and was directly smashed into pieces.

After Xiao Yan killed Hun Li, he flashed out of the mountain cave. Seeing Xun Er being beaten back steadily by an old man from the Soul Hall, he was furious.

Hun Diao noticed someone appearing behind him. After some investigation, he discovered that Xiao Yan hadn't broken through to Dou Sheng, and the aura on his body was somewhat chaotic. This was clearly a breakthrough failure, and he breathed a sigh of relief. If Xiao Yan had really succeeded in his breakthrough, they would all have become ghosts under Xiao Yan's blade. "Brother Xiao Yan!" Seeing Xiao Yan forced out of retreat, and clearly the breakthrough had failed, Xun Er felt a burst of self-blame.

Seeing blood overflowing from Xun Er's mouth constantly, and the aura on her body also fluctuating, and the God-grade bloodline becoming somewhat unstable, Xiao Yan also felt a burst of heartache, then looked at Hun Diao and asked coldly, "Did you beat her like this?"

"So what if I did? If you had broken through to Dou Sheng, I would fear you by three points, but you are just a Half-Saint with a failed breakthrough and chaotic aura now." Hun Diao naturally wouldn't put Xiao Yan, who was at the Half-Saint level, in his eyes, but he didn't know that Xiao Yan's physical body was the most terrifying.

"Killing you is enough." Xiao Yan was too lazy to talk nonsense, raised the large blade in his hands with both hands, and slashed toward Hun Diao with a move of Forcefully Splitting Mount Hua. The terrifying blade Qi swept out, about a thousand zhang long, slashing directly toward Hun Diao.

Seeing Xiao Yan still so powerful after the breakthrough failed, Hun Diao was shocked. Looking at the large blade about to fall, he blasted upward with both hands, and terrifying black Qi surged out, sweeping toward the large blade.

"Clang!" The black mist condensed into a huge shield in the air. The large blade of nearly a thousand zhang fell onto the shield, emitting a crisp sound. However, after persisting for only a moment, tiny cracks appeared on the shield.

"Drink!" Xiao Yan shouted violently and slashed toward the shield again. The terrifying blade light swept out.

"Bang!" After the large blade fell onto the shield, the shield was directly split into two, and the blade light of nearly a thousand zhang slashed directly onto Hun Diao, directly splitting him into two.

Hun Diao didn't understand until he died how he died so casually. Xiao Yan only used two moves, and he was gone just like that.

Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't care about Hun Diao's dying thoughts, and hurriedly ran to Xun Er's side, asking worriedly, "How is it? Are you seriously injured?"

"Brother Xiao Yan, I didn't guard you well, causing your breakthrough to fail. I... I'm not even as good as Medusa! She could even... pay with her life for you." Seeing Xiao Yan's breakthrough fail, Xun Er said self-blameingly.

"Silly girl, what are you saying! It's just a breakthrough failure, it's not a big deal. Besides, I wasn't prepared for this accidental breakthrough at all, so failure is failure, it's nothing. Instead, it's you, you silly girl, how could you even burn your bloodline? Do you know how important this thing is to you?" Xiao Yan hurriedly comforted her.

"But didn't Medusa also burn her soul origin for you, and later, when you were in retreat, she was almost beaten to death. I'm really useless... causing your breakthrough to fail." Xun Er said self-blameingly.

Seeing Xun Er couldn't leave Medusa in every sentence, and was clearly very concerned about this failure, Xiao Yan also sighed.

Xun Er and Medusa were both very strong-willed women. Not to mention the two of them, Little Doctor Fairy was also a strong-willed woman, but she deliberately hid it in front of Xiao Yan.

"Actually, I could have succeeded in the breakthrough, but I gave it up later, because breaking through to Dou Sheng so quickly is not a good thing for me. I have come all the way, and my strength has improved too fast, so fast that my foundation is somewhat unstable. I also told you that coming to this Heavenly Tomb this time is mainly to settle myself. Whether my strength improves or not doesn't matter to me. The previous breakthrough made me somewhat unable to resist the temptation. After all, Dou Sheng is too tempting, but I also know that once this breakthrough succeeds, it will be difficult to improve in the future. My final goal is Dou Di. So after hearing that you were injured, I just gave it up directly. After all, I didn't want to break through in the first place, I just couldn't find a reason." Seeing Xun Er blaming herself, Xiao Yan knew that if this continued, a nightmare could form in Xun Er's heart. Once this situation appeared, her strength would stop moving forward.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 473 =====