Chapter 452 Space Scroll

At this moment, Venerable Mu Gu's body instantly stiffened. The sudden severe pain penetrated Venerable Mu Gu's body like an electric current, instantly waking him up from Xiao Ling's soul control.

However, even if he regained consciousness, the outcome of all this could not be changed.

When he realized his situation, shock and disbelief were etched on his face.

In his eyes, the light of life quickly dimmed like a candle flame blown out by a strong wind, leaving only endless emptiness and despair.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Ling's face lit up with joy, and his figure instantly crossed the void and came to the body of Venerable Mu Gu. With a wave of his hand, he packed up Venerable Mu Gu's body, the soul that had not yet dissipated in his body, and the somewhat restless Void Devouring Flame, and instantly absorbed them into the system space.

This series of actions was clean and neat, without any drag.

At the same time, the three Heavenly Demon Puppets that had just completed their mission quickly adjusted their attack posture without stopping for a moment. Like a tiger descending from the mountain, they launched a fierce offensive towards the remaining three Soul Palace elders with murderous intent and no mercy.

Feeling the sudden changes here, the three Star-Picking Old Ghosts, who were already in a miserable situation, suddenly changed their expressions and looked terrified.

They had been beaten black and blue by the fierce attacks of the Heavenly Demon Puppets, and could not resist the three Heavenly Demon Puppets for long. If there was one more, they would probably follow in the footsteps of Venerable Mu Gu in an instant.

"Star-Picking Lord, why don't you use that thing quickly? If this continues, the three of us will probably die here!" At this time, the Soul Palace elder who was in the most tragic condition could not help but shout loudly with a tremor of despair in his voice.

Hearing this, Xiao Ling's expression changed slightly, and he thought to himself, could it be that these guys really have some powerful cards left in their hands?

After hearing the cry for help from the elder from the Soul Palace, the old ghost Zhaixing glanced at the four Heavenly Demon Puppets that had already joined the other three Heavenly Demon Puppets and were attacking him fiercely. A hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

"Xiao Ling, it's you who forced me to this point! Today, this place will become your burial place!"

The voice of the old ghost Zhaixing was as sharp and piercing as a night owl. He flipped his skinny palm suddenly, and a space scroll suddenly appeared in his palm.

Amid the various looks on everyone's faces, he squeezed hard without hesitation, and the scroll shattered, with fragments floating in the air.

As the scroll shattered, a violent spatial fluctuation burst out from the fragments, like rippling water, and quickly spread around.

This powerful spatial force burst out suddenly, and even those Heavenly Demon Puppets that were about to touch the bodies of Zhaixing Laogui and others were forcibly pushed back a distance.

This wave gradually condensed in mid-air, as if controlled by an invisible hand, and gathered into a mysterious silver-white halo. The center of the halo seemed to contain endless depths, like a door of time and space that was about to be opened.

After completing this series of actions, an expression of joy appeared on the faces of the old ghost Zhaixing and the other two elders of the Soul Palace.

At this moment, they seemed to have completely forgotten the current dangerous situation. Their minds and eyes were completely attracted by what was about to happen, full of anticipation.

By then, the top powerful men of the Soul Palace will be here in person, and all the difficulties they are currently facing will melt away instantly like ice and snow meeting the sun.

As for that abominable Xiao Ling, even though he controlled many strange puppets with extraordinary power, he was no match for the strong men of the Soul Palace, and was destined to die here today.

This space scroll was originally carefully prepared by the Soul Palace for a secret operation against the Three Thousand Flames.

However, the situation was pressing, and Zhaixing Old Ghost had no choice but to use it reluctantly. As a result, the Soul Palace's plan for the Three Thousand Flames was naturally declared bankrupt.

He knew clearly in his heart that he had not been able to complete the mission this time and had caused the Soul Palace to lose an eighth-grade alchemy master. Even if he could return to the Soul Palace safely afterwards, severe punishment would be waiting for him.

But at this critical moment of life and death, compared with the possible loss of life, those future punishments are no longer so important.

The old ghost Zhaixing knew in his heart that as long as he could survive, everything could be salvaged.

Therefore, he made up his mind to overcome the current crisis no matter how high the cost.

Seeing that the old ghost Zhaixing suddenly took out a space scroll, Xiao Ling couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, revealing a bit of surprise.

But soon, his face changed to an expression of interest. Obviously, their previous confidence was mostly derived from the blessing of this space scroll.

Xiao Ling thought to himself, no wonder they were so calm, it turned out they had already prepared this "trump card" and were ready to call on the big guys to save people at any time.

However, this time, their wishful thinking was doomed to fail. After all, Xiao Ling was not the only one here, there was also Zi Yan, who was far superior to Xiao Ling in the mastery of spatial power, lurking in the surrounding void.

These people from the Soul Palace had already been put on Xiao Ling's hunting list, so he had naturally made preparations in advance so that nothing would go wrong in this matter.

In order to prevent the people from the Soul Palace from escaping, Xiao Ling asked Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan to set up a space barrier here before fighting with them.

Therefore, this space scroll that was regarded as the last hope of escape by the old ghost Zhaixing was nothing more than a trivial trick in the eyes of Zi Yan, the eighth-level Taixu ancient dragon. It could not stir up any waves at all, let alone play the role as expected.

Hidden in the void, Zi Yan had been watching the battle in a bored manner. When she saw the old ghost Zhaixing nervously crushing the space scroll in an attempt to summon reinforcements, a glow of excitement instantly bloomed on her face.

"Hehe, it seems like there's finally some fun, it's my turn to take action." She whispered to herself, her eyes gleaming with anticipation. "It's so boring to watch from the sidelines, now I can finally feel a sense of participation."

With this in mind, Zi Yan gently waved her slender hand, as if plucking some invisible strings, and a force of space spread silently without anyone noticing.

The space crack that was about to collapse, under the gaze of everyone, actually began to heal rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally became as stable as before, as if it had never appeared.

The violent spatial energy also began to merge with the surrounding heaven and earth, leaving no trace.

From the perspective of other people, they basically thought that there was something wrong with the space scroll, which caused the space crack to fail to be successfully opened.

This was what the old man Zhaixing and the other two elders from the Soul Palace were speculating in their minds at this time.

However, Xiao Ling knew very well that all this was undoubtedly the result of Zi Yan's secret manipulation. With Zi Yan's ability, it would be a simple matter to directly break up the space crack before it was fully formed.

Fortunately, this girl accompanied him this time. Otherwise, facing the current dilemma, although Xiao Ling's life would not be in danger, it would undoubtedly take a lot of effort and time to solve it, and it would inevitably be difficult and full of twists and turns.

"Haha, you actually brought a space scroll to protect yourself. It seems that the Soul Palace attaches great importance to your operation this time." Xiao Ling sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice, "But it seems that this scroll is just a piece of waste paper at the moment and can't play any role."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Ling lightly hooked his finger, and the twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets seemed to have received a silent command and instantly took action again.

There was a bloodthirsty light flashing in their eyes, like twelve golden lightning bolts, cutting through the air. With a fierce murderous intent, they once again launched a violent attack towards the Star-Picking Old Ghost and his two companions.

At this moment, the three members of the Soul Hall, who had suffered a series of attacks, had completely collapsed mentally. Under the siege of the twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets, they were like trapped beasts, losing all their power to fight back.

The Soul Palace's special and strange methods, which were usually feared by everyone, could not be used at all at this moment, and even the last chance of choosing to self-destruct was not taken advantage of.

The three Soul Palace Elders could only struggle in despair, but they could not escape the judgment of fate. The Heavenly Demon Puppets carried out Xiao Ling's orders ruthlessly, and each attack made the Soul Palace trio's condition worse. Finally, when they were unable to resist, the Heavenly Demon Puppet's metal palm accurately pierced the chests of the Elders.

Blood splattered everywhere, lives faded away quietly, and the three Soul Palace elders were pierced through the heart one by one in this siege. It was truly sad.

Who could have expected that the Soul Palace, which was so powerful that no one dared to challenge it, and was known for its weird and ruthless behavior, would lose four elders in succession in this alchemy world, including a top alchemist who had reached the level of an eighth-grade alchemy master.

Even though the Soul Palace has a strong foundation, this loss is undoubtedly a heavy blow.

I watched as the bodies of the three Soul Palace elders fell from the sky, hitting the ground heavily, raising a cloud of dust, and then there was no sound at all.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ling couldn't help but gently shook his head, showing a trace of helplessness, and whispered to himself: "Tsk tsk, this is the outcome you asked for. Who told you to provoke me? You ended up like this, it's really your own fault, you can't blame me..."

After he finished speaking, Xiao Ling did not linger for long. He first properly collected the twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets, then his figure flashed and he was the first to come to the bodies of the three Soul Palace elders.

These three Dou Zun bodies and three Dou Zun-level soul bodies are indeed good things and must be cleaned up and dealt with as soon as possible.

Xiao Ling did not give the souls of the three people any chance to resist. He just reached out and pulled the souls of the three people out of their bodies.

Then, he skillfully sealed these souls into three porcelain bottles, and then used strange fire to carefully seal the bottle mouths.

After completing this series of operations, Xiao Ling felt that everything was safe, so he put away the porcelain bottle containing the three soul bodies properly.

Afterwards, Xiao Ling methodically took off the storage rings from the three Dou Zun bodies, intending to check the spoils inside later. Afterwards, he put the three bodies into a storage ring that he carried with him specifically for storing various bodies.

At this moment, Zi Yan's figure gradually condensed from the void like a phantom, and appeared silently beside Xiao Ling.

Xiong Zhan has been guarding the entrance of the valley from beginning to end, ensuring that no other alchemists or magical beasts from the Wanyao Mountains can break into the valley.

"Xiao Ling, why is it that every time I see you take down someone, you always like to pick up their body and soul? It was okay before, but why are you still like this now?"

Zi Yan casually took out a Narcissus Jade Fruit from her sleeve and bit the flesh gently, while asking curiously,

"With your current strength, it seems that there is no need to deliberately collect these materials to refine puppets that can only reach the Dou Zun level at most."

"Haha, I collect these for my own reasons and purposes, but you just don't understand them." Xiao Ling turned his gaze to Zi Yan, raised a faint smile, and answered casually.

Zi Yan's words were not without basis. With Xiao Ling's current strength, he no longer needed to rely on collecting these materials to refine the Heavenly Demon Puppet to enhance his own protection.

Unless he could refine a puppet that was powerful enough to rival a Dou Sheng-level warrior, puppets of other levels would not be of much use to Xiao Ling at this stage.

However, the main target of Xiao Ling's behavior was naturally those soul bodies. But since he had already collected the soul bodies, he would also take away those bodies that could still be used.

Anyway, it’s just a matter of raising your hand, and it won’t take much time and energy, so why not do it?

Zi Yan heard this and shook her head slightly. Although there was a hint of confusion in her eyes, she did not continue to ask. Since Xiao Ling insisted that these collections had their own uses, then let him do it.

Anyway, to her, these trivial matters are just a little waste of time and are actually no big deal.

As a Warcraft, she lacked deep empathy for these human behaviors. The death of these people had nothing to do with her, and they were not close to her.

Therefore, she just accepted this fact calmly, continued to enjoy the Narcissus Jade Fruit in her hand, and let Xiao Ling busy himself with his collection.

In this devastated valley, Xiao Ling walked slowly, performing the soul-capturing technique he had snatched from the Soul Palace.

With a slight wave of his hand, he absorbed all the souls in the barrier, as if it were an invisible net, capturing the souls floating in the air one by one.

These soul bodies are undoubtedly the best supplements for nourishing the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. At the same time, they can also create many powerful banner slaves for Xiao Ling.

A gleam of satisfaction flashed in Xiao Ling's eyes. It turned out that he had made the right choice this time. The rich harvest was beyond his imagination before, which made him secretly happy.

Looking back, even the previous operation to destroy Huangquan Valley had yielded less than half of what we gained this time.

Although Huangquan Pavilion is a huge force with a large number of people, the quality of the souls of its members is mediocre. The most outstanding one is Huangquan Zun, who has reached the Dou Zun level.

However, Xiao Ling's spoils this time were extremely rich. Not only did he obtain the souls of four Soul Palace Dou Zun-level souls, but he also obtained the soul of Master Mu Gu, an eighth-grade alchemist, which was extremely precious.

Those contestants who had previously fallen at the hands of the Soul Palace were all outstanding alchemists who were capable of participating in this alchemy conference. Each of them had an alchemy skill no lower than the sixth level.

Those who are qualified to gather in Cao Ying's small circle are all elites among the elites.

Therefore, the soul bodies of these alchemists naturally have very excellent quality. The quality of each strand of soul is enough to be superimposed on the soul bodies of practitioners of the same level, several times or even dozens of times. This shows how valuable they are.

It is precisely because of this that the people of the Soul Palace are so keen on hunting down alchemists and seizing their souls. It is also because of this that the Soul Palace and Danta have been in a state of hostility for so many years.

After a period of busy work, Xiao Ling finally collected all the valuable items here. As for those items that he disdained, he naturally did not waste energy to pay attention to them, leaving them scattered in the place and covered with dust.

"Xiao Ling, where are we going next? Are we going to leave this Dan world directly? Or do you have other arrangements?" After eating the Narcissus Jade Muscle Fruit that she had taken out earlier, Zi Yan saw that Xiao Ling had packed up, so she came to his side, naturally took Xiao Ling's right hand, and asked.

"No hurry, there is still plenty of time. There are still a few days before the end of this round of Danjie assessment. We don't have to rush to leave. After all, if we go out, we will just be waiting in boredom..."

As Xiao Ling spoke, he gently picked up Zi Yan, smiled gently, and said.

I accidentally found a treasure before, and I was planning to find a quiet place to absorb and refine it. I think Xiong Zhan's cave is a perfect place."

"Then let's get going quickly. That big stupid bear should still be guarding the valley entrance. Let's just call him and then go back to the cave together. I promised that guy before that when I leave this Dan world, I will take him with me."

As Zi Yan spoke, she twisted gently in Xiao Ling's arms, found a more comfortable position, and then snuggled into Xiao Ling's chest.

"Also, I haven't had time to collect all the precious medicinal herbs in that square yet. I'll go back again and take this opportunity to pack them up and take them away."

"Haha, that's true. We can't just leave those herbs there and ignore them."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ling chuckled and without further ado, he hugged Zi Yan tightly, leaped lightly, and turned into a stream of light, flying towards the exit of the valley.

(End of this chapter)