Chapter 263: About to Break Through

"It's just that I may have to wrong the two of you by having you lie low for a while!" Yi Huang said, turning the conversation.

Although she was confident that she would not bring about her own destruction because of this, who would want to spend their days fighting and killing, braving the wind and rain, if they could live a peaceful life?

Judging by the current situation, it is better for Jingtian Lin Jing and that member of the Ling Clan to remain hidden.

Jingtian Lin Jing nodded in deep agreement; she also did not wish for such a suitable force for shelter to be reduced to ashes once again.

"I am actually quite curious where you get the confidence to protect us from those people," Jingtian Lin Jing said, squinting her eyes.

"You will naturally understand when the time comes," Yunlei Jingling said with a hint of mystery, deliberately keeping her in suspense.

The subsequent events went exceptionally smoothly, and both Jingtian Lin Jing and Ling Yi entered Langya Pavilion one after another at an appropriate time.

Other forces only knew that another powerhouse had joined Langya Pavilion; after feeling a slight bit of envy, they ignored it, and it did not cause much of a stir in the Central Plains.

Time flew by, and a year passed.

………

Langya Pavilion, cultivation secret chamber.

Xiao Han sat cross-legged with his eyes closed in the center of the secret chamber, surrounded by various ice-attribute rare treasures collected by Langya Pavilion from across the entire Dou Qi Continent.

Under the reinforcement of the array, the icy cold energy of all the ice-attribute treasures gathered entirely within a three-zhang radius around Xiao Han; if anyone else were to accidentally enter Xiao Han's vicinity at this moment, the only result would be to be frozen instantly by this terrifying low temperature.

Rays of light circulated on the surrounding walls, emitting a blood-colored glow, ensuring that the cold air would not leak to the outside.

The Dou Qi within Xiao Han's body gradually surged; that was a sign that he was about to break through. Xiao Han's attention was currently entirely focused within his own body, with endless Cold Ice Dou Qi circulating through his meridians and permeating his flesh and blood; a powerful force formed a northern snowy kingdom within him.

His skin faintly revealed a crystalline blue color, and white mist rose from his pores, subsequently turning into frost and falling powerlessly to the ground.

Feeling the surging power within his body like a river or sea, Xiao Han did not think of anything else and immediately set about charging at the solid barrier standing across his body.

In the outside world, the strange phenomenon of Xiao Han's impending breakthrough also attracted the attention of the high-level members.

Feeling the terrifying energy fluctuations emanating from the center of the distant mountain peak, Yi Huang and the others all wore expressions of pleasant surprise.

Ye Jianxin said with quite a bit of melancholy: "To think this guy would get a step ahead!"

That wave of secret realm opportunities Xiao Han had back then had truly put him a large step ahead of the others; Ye Jianxin's talent was not bad, either.

But according to his own estimation, unless he encountered some heaven-sent opportunity, it would be impossible to advance from the peak of Four-Star to Nine-Star Dou Saint in less than a hundred years.

Yi Huang, however, comforted him with a face full of pleasant surprise: "With that guy's strength increased, isn't it a huge benefit for our Langya Pavilion? Stop being so sour!"

"Hehe!" Ye Jianxin was only complaining; he didn't have any other thoughts.

Frowning as he looked at the storm about to form above the secret chamber, Ye Jianxin said in a deep voice: "The array should be ready, right!"

Yi Huang nodded with equal gravity, "A total of eight Locking Spirit Arrays; they should be enough to cover up the aftermath of this guy's breakthrough."

"Have those two arrived?" The ones Ye Jianxin was referring to were naturally Yunlei Jingling and Jingtian Lin Jing.

Including Ye Jianxin and Yi Huang and the others, they were all the final insurance for when all eight Locking Spirit Arrays were broken through.

A Locking Spirit Array set up by the joint efforts of four Mid-Stage Dou Sheng could fully unleash a portion of the power of a Great Ancient Array.

The reason for making such arrangements was entirely out of caution.

After all, no one in Langya Pavilion knew what kind of momentum a Nine-Star Dou Saint breakthrough would cause, and the matter of Xiao Han's breakthrough was also top secret; for the sake of secrecy, the place where he was in seclusion had long been designated as a forbidden area of Langya Pavilion.

During this period, Yi Huang and the others had already killed several dark agents sent by other forces; for spies, even Langya Pavilion could not avoid them.

And while Yi Huang and the other were talking, two streams of light, one white and one yellow, also entered their field of vision, and immediately landed in front of Yi Huang and the others.

Observing the movement in the distance, Jingtian Lin Jing curled her lips in annoyance:

"No wonder you are so bold; so it turns out you have an extra Nine-Star Dou Saint!"

The others just smiled silently, while Yunlei Jingling said boastfully: "How about it, my judgment is pretty good, right?"

"Pfft!"

Jingtian Lin Jing retorted: "That's the judgment of the Imperial and the Extreme Cold Crystal; what is there for a slacker like you to be proud of?"

"At least I'm better than some old maid!" Yunlei Jingling began to make personal attacks.

"Bastard!"

It's on, it's on!

Jingtian Lin Jing could guarantee that if it weren't for the fact that now was not the time, she would definitely fight that bastard for three hundred rounds!

Just because he hooked up with a young girl, that bastard who robs the cradle dares to mock her? The people chasing her could circle the Central Plains twelve times; she just didn't fancy them.

Shaking off the person who suddenly popped into her mind, Jingtian Lin Jing snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin watched this scene helplessly, feeling that these two big shots who had lived for tens of thousands of years seemed even more naive and innocent than twenty or thirty-year-old youngsters.

They had also heard about the bickering between Yunlei Jingling and the other; they could only say that the lord who created the Heavenly Ice had such heaven-defying strength that these two were almost no different from humans after taking human form.

Especially the fact that someone actually had the mood and ability to hook that Ling Clan girl; upon learning of this, Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin were both stunned on the spot, speechless for a long time.

However, this relaxed atmosphere did not last long, as they heard a few loud "Boom" sounds.

Yi Huang and her group witnessed the Locking Spirit Array, which had consumed a massive amount of Langya Pavilion's resources, being destroyed by four layers in an instant with overwhelming force.

"Lao Ye, prepare to call over the seven Deputy Commanders of the Langya Guard." Yi Huang said gravely.

"Mm!" Ye Jianxin also gave a soft 'mm', then crushed a wolf-head Jade Pendant.

After years of development, the Langya Guard was no longer what it was back then, consisting of only a few dozen Dou Zun.

With no fewer than three hundred Dou Zun, seven Deputy Commanders whose cultivation was at the Half-Saint level, plus the Commander Ye Jianxin, whose strength had reached Four-Star Dou Saint.

The Langya Guard at this time could be called the true trump card for external affairs, belonging to the strongest combat force of Langya Pavilion, excluding the Elders directly under Xiao Han's jurisdiction.

And the purpose of calling these seven Half-Saints was very simple: to add another layer of seal; otherwise, Yi Huang was truly worried that these few layers of locking arrays would not be enough.

Watching the storm that was temporarily restrained in the distance, a grave expression appeared on Yi Huang's face, and at this moment...

"Vice Pavilion Master, Commander!" The seven Deputy Commanders arrived and bowed respectfully.

"Mm." The two nodded, and then Ye Jianxin gave the group detailed instructions.

And the Langya Guard did not disappoint Ye Jianxin and the others; the seven of them reached the edge of the sixth layer of the seal in an instant, looked at each other, and then formed a strange hand seal,

"Seal of the Boundary!" x7

As the voice fell, an incomparably pitch-black protective barrier slowly unfolded, shrouding the entire storm region the moment before the seventh layer was destroyed.

"Boom!"

With a muffled thud, the Langya Guard revealed expressions of pain, their complexions rapidly turning pale, and those with slightly weaker strength had blood silently hanging from the corners of their mouths.

In the distance, Yi Huang and the others watched the scene afar with nervous expressions, yet they could only wait quietly.

Finally...

Nearly two hours later, "The time is about right!" Yi Huang nodded.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jianxin immediately vanished from where he stood; the Langya Guard, who were struggling to maintain the Seal of the Boundary, only felt their bodies lighten before being lifted by a gentle force, after which they were tossed away from the spot and landed slowly on the ground.

"Next is our mission!" Yi Huang and the others looked at each other in silence, then immediately arrived outside the eighth layer that was about to be breached.