Chapter 66: The Vice Hall Master of the Hall of Souls

"Great Heavenly Venerable, you dare to be distracted while fighting me?"

Xiao Han keenly sensed the Great Heavenly Venerable's distraction and naturally seized the opportunity to launch a fierce assault. For a time, the Great Heavenly Venerable was left with nothing but the ability to parry.

"Damn it, why is your soul completely unaffected by my Emperor Bone Blade?"

In his exasperation, the Great Heavenly Venerable could not help but blurt out a question.

One must know that his Emperor Bone Blade was capable of inflicting soul damage; basically, every strike was imbued with a soul attack.

Yet, from the very beginning of the battle, the Great Heavenly Venerable had discovered that his hidden tricks had absolutely no effect on the Langya Pavilion Master before him.

It was simply absurd!

"Hmm, you call that a soul attack? I thought you were just scratching an itch for me." Regarding the Great Heavenly Venerable's indignation, Xiao Han had no intention of explaining, only continuing to make the Great Heavenly Venerable jump with rage.

Xiao Han had sensed from the very start that the strange fluctuations radiating from the bone blade could cause damage to the soul.

If the two were of the same rank, it might have been a bit troublesome.

But unfortunately, not to mention that Xiao Han's soul realm had already stepped into the Heaven Realm Great Perfection, his own true cultivation also completely crushed the Great Heavenly Venerable.

Under such circumstances, that so-called soul attack was nothing but a joke; being injured by that kind of attack—are you kidding me?

"I *****"

The Great Heavenly Venerable's expression was extremely ugly; no one would be in a good mood when their proudest asset was disparaged like this.

It was too infuriating!

The Great Heavenly Venerable only felt that the handsome face before him was truly detestable.

"Little brat, do you think this Heavenly Venerable is someone to be trifled with?"

Driven by shame and anger, he intended to use the ultimate technique he had spent hundreds of years perfecting, and the aura on his body rose abruptly.

This caused Guyou Shengzhe and Tianyin Laoren, who were fighting in the distance, to cast their gazes over repeatedly.

"Hehehe, Big Brother has used his ultimate technique; that Ice Saint fellow is finished."

Guyou Shengzhe was overjoyed and immediately began to flatter him with great excitement. He had naturally heard of this technique that the Great Heavenly Venerable practiced long ago.

Back then, in order to master this technique, the Great Heavenly Venerable had slaughtered who knows how many cities.

Ignoring Guyou Shengzhe's behavior, Tianyin Laoren frowned deeply; he felt a fatal threat emanating from the Great Heavenly Venerable.

It was as if he would easily die from the move the other was about to unleash.

He looked worriedly at Xiao Han, who was still watching the scene with a calm expression, and muttered to himself, "This kid should be able to handle it, right?"

However, the Great Heavenly Venerable was not his mission, so he immediately turned his gaze toward Guyou Shengzhe, his expression turning fierce, "I might as well finish off this old ghost first! I don't believe I can't win two against one."

He immediately plucked the strings of his instrument in succession, and the rhythm of his attacks suddenly accelerated, causing Guyou Shengzhe, the target of the assault, to find that the surrounding atmosphere had suddenly become murderous, as if he were placed on a bloody, violent battlefield.

"Golden Spears and Iron Horses!"

"Damn it, old immortal Tianyin, you have no martial ethics!"

Facing this sudden attack, Guyou Shengzhe was caught off guard for a moment.

At this moment, the Great Heavenly Venerable suddenly flashed and stood upon his massive bone blade, which was over a hundred feet long, the blade's surface rippling with waves of energy.

Under Xiao Han's somewhat curious gaze, the Great Heavenly Venerable bared his teeth in a grim smile, and then his entire body slowly merged into the Emperor Bone Blade.

"So this is the Human-Blade Fusion?"

Xiao Han stroked his chin, commenting unhurriedly.

"Hmph, I want to see how you, a little brat who has practiced for only a hundred years or so, can block this move of mine."

Seemingly annoyed by Xiao Han's contempt, the Great Heavenly Venerable said in an exasperated tone.

"Take this strike!"

The Great Heavenly Venerable's hoarse voice came from the massive blade, and then, Xiao Han discovered that the giant bone blade was slashing toward him at an extremely rapid speed.

Xiao Han gave a cold, sharp smile, his figure turning into a flash of light as he held his ice spear and charged straight to meet it; the size comparison between the two was entirely that of an ant against an elephant.

However, the moment they made contact, hundreds of continuous bursts of force erupted from Xiao Han's spear.

"Boom—"

The space around the point where the spear and blade met was torn into a massive black rift, which then slowly healed.

That incomparably massive Emperor Bone Blade was shaken back hundreds of feet by Xiao Han just like that.

"Hmm... not bad!" Xiao Han felt the force transmitted from the Emperor Bone Blade and nodded with some satisfaction.

After the Human-Blade Fusion, the Emperor Bone Blade's speed and attack power had increased significantly, and its soul-attacking intensity was also much greater; it even had the strength to fight against an average late-stage Two-Star Dou Sheng.

It was just that this was completely insufficient in his eyes. Compared to Xiao Han's breezy indifference, the Great Heavenly Venerable was struggling to keep his composure.

"Kid, what kind of Dou Technique are you using?"

The Great Heavenly Venerable's incredulous voice rang out once more from the massive Emperor Bone Blade; he was numb now.

The moment the Emperor Bone Blade he controlled made contact with Xiao Han's spear, he only felt a massive force erupt from the spear, and then... he had just been sent flying like that?

The powerful Dou Technique he had painstakingly practiced for hundreds of years, preparing to make a name for himself, had actually been neutralized by a junior just like that?

Then what exactly had he been practicing?

"Dou Technique?" Xiao Han shook his head, "You haven't been eroded in your sanity by the baleful aura on this bone blade, have you?"

"I told you long ago that these crooked paths are not to be taken! Look at you now, your intelligence has been forcibly lowered, hasn't it?"

He wore a look of genuine regret.

In fact, this was indeed just Xiao Han's basic application of hidden force techniques; one could only blame the fact that the weakness of this Human-Blade Fusion was too obvious.

"Damn it." The Great Heavenly Venerable was furious, seemingly losing his sanity, his aura fluctuating unsteadily.

"Good!" Xiao Han was somewhat excited; is he finally going to use his ultimate move? I am ready.

However...

"Vice Hall Master, your subordinate requests that you execute this scoundrel!"

However, the ultimate move Xiao Han had been full of anticipation for did not appear; these Soul Hall fellows had actually learned to call for backup!

"WTF!" Xiao Han's mouth twitched uncontrollably as he cursed in his heart.

It was like that with Tianming Laoyao back then, and it was still like that with the Heavenly Venerable now.

Sigh! The world is truly going downhill, and people's hearts are not what they used to be!

As expected, what was written in those novels in the past was all a lie; where could there be any "experience babies"?

As the Heavenly Venerable's cry for help fell, a spatial vortex suddenly appeared before Xiao Han, and a being with the appearance of a youth stepped out from it.

"Ice Saint?"

However, his hoarse and aged voice clearly indicated that this person was likewise an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years.

"Vice Hall Master of the Soul Hall?" Xiao Han asked back in return.

"I had thought all the fellows from the Soul Hall looked as hideous as these two losers."

"You bastard!"

At this moment, the Heavenly Venerable, having ended his state of unity with the blade, was furious and glared at Xiao Han, the ghost fire in his eyes flickering violently.

This mission had clearly failed, and he did not know what kind of punishment he would suffer for his incompetence.

The punishment for failure was certainly terrifying, but in the Heavenly Venerable's heart, Xiao Han had now become his inner demon, and all his pride had been shattered at Xiao Han's hands.

"Oh? Then that truly disappoints Pavilion Master Su, doesn't it?"

Regarding Xiao Han's sarcasm-filled mockery, the Vice Hall Master was not angry; instead, he stopped the Heavenly Venerable from continuing his rage.

"However, Pavilion Master Su, I wonder if you can make it back to Langya Pavilion in time now?"

"What are you planning to do?"

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Han did not show the panic or anger the Soul Hall had expected, but rather confusion.