Hearing Lin Ran's words, everyone nodded.
The threat of the Soul Clan was fully revealed in this battle. If they do not unite, they will definitely be defeated once the Soul Clan attacks in the future, so maintaining unity is a must.
"If Emperor Hun Tian wants to open the ancient emperor's cave in Tuoshe, he needs the ancient jade in my hand. We also need to make two preparations. One is to protect the ancient jade, and the other is to search for the ancient emperor's cave to avoid accidents." Gu Yuan said with a serious face.
Everyone nodded in unison. They also understood that if the Soul Clan succeeded, their fate would be the same as that of the Spirit Clan.
In order to preserve the bloodline of the race, no matter how much it costs, we must fight to the death!
If we win, we survive; if we lose, we die!
"We can take advantage of this period of time to eliminate all the strongholds of the Soul Clan in Zhongzhou." Lin Ran said in a deep voice.
"Soul Palace, it's time to completely eliminate this cancer." Upon hearing this, there was a fierce light flashing in the eyes of everyone present.
Over the years, the Soul Palace has been collecting souls everywhere. Originally, they were not clear about the purpose of these guys, but now it seems that the comeback of the older generation of Soul Clan strongmen such as Hun Yuantian, who should have died long ago, should also have a lot to do with this.
"In that case, the army will stay in the Holy Sect for the time being to monitor the situation in Zhongzhou and to eliminate the remnants of the Soul Palace." Gu Yuan did not object. Staying in Zhongzhou would make it much easier to monitor the situation of the Soul Clan.
As the leader of the Holy Sect, Lin Ran would naturally not refuse.
Everyone discussed it for a while, and then evacuated separately.
Although the Soul Clan was driven away in this battle, the Alliance also suffered heavy losses. All post-war matters needed to be handled by the clan leaders of each clan.
And Lin Ran also went into seclusion.
In this battle, he relied on the power of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder and the Pure World Saint Heart Flame to fight against the Void Devouring Flame, but the two forces were not completely integrated together, and the swallowing and absorption of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder was not yet completely stable, which required Lin Ran to calm down for a while.
As the coalition forces retreated to the Holy Sect, the entire Zhongzhou was undoubtedly shaken by it.
There are four ancient races, plus a Holy Sect that has become the overlord of Zhongzhou, and they are assisted by three major magic beast families.
This kind of strength is so powerful that it is almost impossible to describe it in any words. Under the iron hoof of such a coalition force, any force will be annihilated.
However, the Soul Clan fought them to a 70-30 draw and finally escaped. This inevitably gave the world a clear understanding of the power of the Soul Clan and the coalition forces.
Similarly, Lin Ran's name once again spread throughout Zhongzhou.
The battle in the Burial Sky Mountains was so earth-shattering, especially the fight between Lin Ran and Void Devouring Flame in the later period, which even wiped out the entire Burial Sky Mountains. It was hard not to attract attention.
Therefore, when the war just ended, Lin Ran's reputation spread to every corner of Zhongzhou along with the war.
While everyone was shocked by Lin Ran's terrifying strength, they also felt that a storm was about to come.
Although the Soul Clan has fled, it is inevitable that they will come back. By that time, I am afraid it will be a real decisive battle!
Under this impending storm, many forces are also somewhat uneasy.
The clash between such terrifying beings would cause extremely terrible destruction even to Zhongzhou.
This is obviously a huge crisis for the forces living in Zhongzhou. If a war breaks out at that level, even if they are pushed back to a corner, they will probably end up with the destruction of their clans and the loss of people. Therefore, many Zhongzhou forces have migrated their clans and moved away, heading for other regions.
The Four Clans Alliance and the Holy Sect did not care much about this situation, but were happy to see it.
The energy of Zhongzhou is abundant. These sects left on their own accord and are willing to vacate their space, so the Holy Sect is happy to take over.
It just so happened that the Holy Sect grew so rapidly during this period that there was no place to put the people.
In addition to the movements of various forces in Zhongzhou, the Alliance also took action and began a nearly carpet-style search for those hidden branches of the Soul Palace.
Faced with such a thorough search, those hidden branches of the Soul Palace were exposed one by one, and then they were directly cleared out by the power of the alliance. However, there were not many souls left, so Lin Ran's idea of consuming a wave of souls to improve his soul realm was shattered.
Under the terrifying power of the alliance, Soul Palace, once the number one force on the continent, was eliminated from Zhongzhou, which caused countless people to sigh with emotion for a while.
No matter how magnificent a skyscraper is, it will eventually collapse; no matter how powerful a force is, it will eventually be destroyed.
This is Zhongzhou, this is reality!
...
When the entire Douqi Continent was in turmoil, the Soul Realm in the chaotic void was barely able to stabilize.
In the soul world, there is a magnificent mountain top.
A figure looked at the Void Devouring Flame in front of him with an indifferent expression, feeling the aura emanating from it, and nodded: "Not bad, after so much trouble, I finally let you reach the Emperor Realm Soul."
"It's a pity that the strength loss is too great."
Void Devouring Flame clenched his fists, feeling the power of his own soul, a hint of joy appeared on his face, but then this joy turned into anger.
For beings like him, generally speaking, it is extremely difficult to cultivate their souls to the emperor level.
Fortunately, the Soul Palace has refined a lot of soul essence over the years, and then used the enormous power of the essence to lift him up.
However, the price of this improvement was really high. Most of the soul essence that the Soul Palace had worked hard to gather over the years was swallowed up by him.
Moreover, although his soul realm was elevated to the Emperor Realm, his cultivation level did not increase but decreased instead, falling directly to the peak level of the eight-star Douluo. This was undoubtedly a major blow to Void Devouring Flame.
But there was no other way around it. His battle with Lin Ran was too brutal, and it even hurt his essence. Being able to maintain his cultivation at the peak of an eight-star Douluo was already the best result.
"Damn Lin Ran, if it weren't for him, I would definitely be able to stop Gu Yuan with my current strength. If you and I join forces, even if we defeat him, it will be a piece of cake!"
When he thought of Lin Ran, Xuwu Tunyan became furious.
If it weren't for that guy, even if it was an alliance of four clans, even with the so-called Holy Sect and the three major magic beast families, the final winner would only be their Soul Clan.
But because of Lin Ran, all efforts were wasted!
"What are you going to do next?" Xuwu Tunyan took a deep breath and looked at Emperor Huntian: "With our current strength, it will be difficult to counterattack."
"Of course I know this, but I have more doubts in my heart."
Emperor Hun Tian shook his head and said, "There are seven pieces of ancient jade. We now have five pieces in our hands, and we are still missing two pieces. Even if we count the piece in Gu Yuan's hand, there are only six pieces."
"Only the ancient jade of the Xiao clan has no trace."
"The ancient jade of the Xiao clan?" Xuwu Tunyan was stunned: "Wasn't the ancient jade taken away by the Gu clan?"
"Humph, Gu Yuan's expression that day couldn't be faked. The ancient jade of the Xiao clan is definitely not in Gu Yuan's possession."
Emperor Hun Tian waved his sleeves, and five ancient jades slowly flew out from his sleeves.
The ancient jade was suspended above Emperor Hun Tian's head, releasing a faint light. The five pieces of ancient jade reflected each other, which looked gorgeous. Indistinctly, there seemed to be strange waves rippling out, but there was a missing corner in the lower left corner, which made the energy always flawed.
Looking at these ancient jades, Emperor Hun Tian's expression became increasingly fiery, and finally all of them merged into his eyes.
"If I'm not mistaken, that ancient jade should be in Lin Ran's hands!"
"What?!"
Xuwu Tunyan frowned, "This is impossible. Even if Lin Ran was involved with Gu Xun'er, Gu Yuan would never give the ancient jade to Lin Ran."
"It's not Gu Yuan." Emperor Hun Tian shook his head: "What I mean is that the ancient jade was in Lin Ran's hands from the beginning."
"The specific circumstances of the Xiao family's demise are nowhere to be found. The reason why I came to this conclusion is that there is actually a very weak connection between the ancient jades."
"That day, Gu Yuan, Lin Ran, and I took action at the same time. I could clearly feel the special energy emitted by these five ancient jades. There is no doubt that the ancient jades are in Lin Ran's hands!"
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"I see..."
Void Swallowing Flame frowned, "In this case, our opponent is not just Gu Yuan. Now Lin Ran and Gu Yuan have joined forces, relying on our strength, to seize the ancient jade. The difficulty is probably rising sharply."
"However, if my cultivation can be restored, it won't be a problem."
Emperor Hun Tian is as powerful as Gu Yuan. Although he has an emperor soul, his cultivation has declined. However, as long as his cultivation can return to the level of a nine-star Dou Sheng, he has absolute confidence in killing Lin Ran with his emperor soul!
Emperor Hun Tian nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Xuwu Tunyan's words.
But after a moment, he suddenly said: "Actually, there is another way."
"What should I do...huh?!"
Xuwu Tunyan's words suddenly stopped and he looked at the Soul Emperor in front of him in disbelief.
Although Emperor Hun Tian had a smile on his face at this moment, he stood with Xuwu Tunyan, one on his left and one on his right, as if they were brothers.
But at this moment, Emperor Hun Tian's palm was inserted into the body of Void Devouring Flame, and he was tightly grasping a ball of black flames.
That was the origin of the Void Devouring Flame!
"Emperor Soul, you!" Void Devouring Flame stared at Emperor Soul with horror, not daring to make any rash moves.
His origin is now held in the hands of Emperor Hun Tian. With the power of Emperor Hun Tian, it only takes a thought for his origin to shatter directly. At that time, even if he is an emperor soul, at the peak of the eight-star Douluo, he will be in danger of death!
But what Xuwu Tunyan was most puzzled about was how Emperor Hun Tian knew the location of his origin, and how he was able to launch such an instant sneak attack... and so on.
"Is it those soul essences?! Is there something wrong with the soul essences you gave me?!"
"Emperor Hun, you and I have cooperated for thousands of years. Without me, the Hun Clan's bloodline would have long since declined. How dare you cross the river and destroy the bridge today!"
"Destroy the bridge after crossing it?"
Emperor Hun Tian sneered: "Xu Wu, do you think I don't know about your plans among the Hun Clan?"
"Emperor Soul!"
Xuwu Tunyan's voice was extremely sharp and piercing. He had been plotting against others all his life, but in the end, he was plotted against by Emperor Hun Tian. How could he tolerate such a thing?
"Haha, since you and I are not on the same page, why don't you fulfill my wish today and let me take a step forward!"
"Emperor Hun Tian, you forced me to do this!"
A fierce light flashed in Xuwu Tunyan's eyes: "Even if it means death today, I will never let you succeed! Attack!"
Following a sharp roar from Void Devouring Flame, the space around Emperor Hun Tian surged.
Dozens of figures flashed out, hesitated for a moment, and then opened their mouths to spit out a ball of thick black flames!
These black flames quickly condensed and finally turned into a strange formation on the sea of blood, covering Emperor Hun Tian head-on.
"There are so many elders? It seems that you have already had second thoughts, Void Devouring Flame." Upon seeing this, Emperor Hun Tian's eyes turned cold and he sneered several times.
In fact, he didn't know about Void Devouring Flame's little trick at first. After all, he was in the late Nine-Star Fighting Saint stage and had an Emperor Realm soul. He had absolute confidence in himself.
But in the battle of the Burial Heaven Mountains, the guy Xuwu Tunyan actually devoured the children of the Soul Clan. Even Emperor Hun Tian did not understand that kind of method. Therefore, when the Soul Realm was stabilized in the chaotic void, Emperor Hun Tian had already investigated in secret.
As a result, he actually found out what the traitor Xuwu Tunyan had done, which led to what happened today.
"Hmph, let alone these elders, seven out of ten Soul Clan members have the blood mark I set in their bodies. Soul Emperor, do you really think I haven't prepared anything? As long as I have a thought, your Soul Clan will be seriously injured!"
Void Swallowing Flame sneered: "I didn't want to do this, but you actually wanted to kill me, so you can't blame me for destroying you along with you!"
"Destroy everything?"
Emperor Hun Tian laughed loudly: "Since I have taken action against you, it means that I have been prepared for it. If you want to perish together with me, then give it a try."
Emperor Hun Tian slowly grasped the origin of Void Devouring Flame and was about to take the next step. Void Devouring Flame's face turned ruthless and he gave the order decisively, but at this moment, he was shocked to find that his body was completely out of control, as if he was completely blocked by an extremely powerful force.
It was his soul!
His soul was binding everything he had!
"Nothingness, oh nothingness, I don't want this to happen." Emperor Hun Tian slowly grabbed the source of the Nothingness Devouring Flame and shook his head, saying, "Originally, you and I worked together, two nine-star Dou Shengs with emperor-level souls. Even if Lin Ran was there, the victory would definitely be on our side."
"What a pity."
"Soul Emperor!!!"
Amid the roar of the Void Devouring Flame, Emperor Hun Tian smiled slightly and swallowed the origin of the Void Devouring Flame into his stomach.
"Tools must have the awareness of being tools, nothingness."
"If I swallow you, even if I can't break through to the Dou Di level, I will definitely be able to reach the peak of the Dou Sheng level. What does a mere Gu Yuan Lin Ran mean to me?"
(End of this chapter)