Chapter 294: The Death of Hun Tiandi
"Trying to escape?"
Seeing the black flames scattered across the sky, Xiao Tian knew that the Devouring Void Flame couldn't be killed so easily. He summoned the spirit of his Heavenly Flame and instructed, "Find the Devouring Void Flame and bring it back to me. Do not devour it yet; I still need it."
Having just absorbed three new Heavenly Flames, the spirit's strength had already grown to the level of an Eight-Star Dou Saint. Capturing a severely injured Devouring Void Flame would be easy.
"Yes, Master!" The spirit of the Heavenly Flame nodded and disappeared into the heavens.
Watching the spirit vanish, Xiao Tian turned his gaze to Hun Tiandi. "This is bad, retreat!" Hun Tiandi, facing both Xiao Tian and Zhu Kun, knew he was no match for them. Xiao Tian's terrifying attack earlier had made him feel an intense sense of life and death. If this continued, he knew he would die here. Desperate, he abandoned the other Soul Clan members and tried to tear through space to escape.
But Xiao Tian wouldn't let him leave so easily. "Heaven and Earth Ancient Array!" Xiao Tian shouted, and a mysterious light array rapidly expanded, covering the sky and earth, forming a massive formation. Countless rays of light spread out, intertwining and emitting a soul-shaking aura.
"This formation... it's on par with our Soul Clan's Emperor-Slaying Array!" Hun Tiandi's face changed drastically. The array before him was definitely created by a Dou Emperor.
Hun Tiandi pleaded, "Xiao Tian, I'll give you all the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jades. Spare me!"
"It's too late to beg for mercy now. I can get the jades after killing you!" Xiao Tian replied, determined to eliminate this threat.
Hun Tiandi's eyes turned mad as he shouted, "Xiao Tian, if you won't let me live, I'll sacrifice Central Plains in blood and use the Emperor-Slaying Array to kill you!"
He formed a seal with his hands, and a brilliant blood light shot into the ground. However, nothing happened. Hun Tiandi, puzzled, muttered, "How is this possible?"
Xiao Tian laughed, "Hun Tiandi, your Soul Clan's arrangements were already destroyed by me!"
"Damn it!" Hun Tiandi clenched his fists and roared, "I'll fight you to the death! Blood Demon Devouring Heart Thunder!"
He pointed to the sky, and blood-red clouds gathered, with blood-colored lightning churning within.
"Still not giving up?" Xiao Tian sneered and activated the array. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" At this moment, the three Ancestral Talismans—Devouring, Thunder, and Space—along with the Ancestral Stone, the Great Desolation Stele, and the Xuantian Hall, all flew out from Xiao Tian's body and merged into the Heaven and Earth Ancient Array, becoming the eyes of the formation.
Xiao Tian harnessed the power of the six divine artifacts to fully activate the Heaven and Earth Ancient Array for the first and most terrifying time.
"Boom!"
With the Heaven and Earth Ancient Array in motion, a terrifying disintegration force emerged, breaking apart the blood clouds and lightning. At the same time, the Soul Clan army within the array screamed as they were disintegrated into nothingness.
"What kind of array is this!" The Soul Clan members were horrified as they watched each other disintegrate. They launched a desperate attack, but their efforts were futile as their attacks were also disintegrated by the array.
Xiao Tian called out to Zhu Kun, "Father-in-law, help me strengthen the array!"
"Alright!" Zhu Kun replied, flashing to Xiao Tian's side and channeling all his energy into the array. With the combined power of two peak Nine-Star Dou Saints, the Soul Clan members were disintegrated in just a few breaths.
Meanwhile, under Xiao Tian's control, the quasi-emperor demon corpse fought against Hun Tiandi to speed up his disintegration.
"Good, good! If I can't survive, I'll take you with me!" Hun Tiandi's eyes filled with hatred as his body began to swell, clearly intending to self-destruct.
"Retreat!" Xiao Tian ordered the quasi-emperor demon corpse to shield himself and Zhu Kun while accelerating the array's reversal.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion shook the heavens as the vast destructive force swept in all directions. Fortunately, the disintegration power of the Heaven and Earth Ancient Array and the protection of the quasi-emperor demon corpse shielded Xiao Tian and Zhu Kun from harm. However, the explosion created a breach in the array.
"Hun Tiandi escaped! Let's chase him!" Xiao Tian retracted the array and divine artifacts, then pursued with Zhu Kun. At their level, even self-destruction wouldn't kill them. They knew Hun Tiandi's soul was still alive. Their souls—one at the Emperor level, the other half a step into the Divine Palace—were not weaker than Hun Tiandi's. It wasn't long before they caught up.
"Kill!"
With his physical body destroyed, Hun Tiandi was no match for the two. "I refuse to accept this!" he roared as Xiao Tian sealed his soul, intending to use the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to absorb it and elevate his soul to the Emperor level.
After defeating Hun Tiandi, Zhu Kun looked at Xiao Tian with a complex expression, "You are now stronger than me!"
"Haha, each generation produces new talent. The heavens won't let you always be the protagonist," Xiao Tian laughed.
"True," Zhu Kun nodded, asking, "Have you gathered all the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jades?"
"Father-in-law, take a look!" Xiao Tian took out all the jades, which combined into a circular jade disc. The complete jade revealed the location of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's mansion, something they already knew.
Zhu Kun asked, "What do we do now?"
Xiao Tian's eyes flashed, "We'll go to the Ancient Emperor's mansion first. As for the remaining Soul Clan members, we can deal with them after becoming emperors. They can't leave the Dou Qi Continent!"
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, the spirit of the Heavenly Flame returned from afar, "Master, mission accomplished!" The spirit opened its hand, revealing a colorful fireball containing a black flame.
Xiao Tian took the fireball and said, "Well done. You have earned a reward. I will help you become an emperor in the future."
"Thank you, Master!" The spirit rejoiced.
(Chapter End)