Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

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"That's... a coffin?"

Looking at the things shooting out from the black mist, Lei Ying and the others couldn't help but frown.

Such a commotion, and it was actually four black coffins? The sinister, chilling aura emanating from them gave him a bad feeling…

Chapter 531 Fire Spirit, Fire Spirit!

Four black coffins hung in the air.

Instantly, the temperature of the entire Soul Realm dropped slightly, and the next moment, the coffin lid was suddenly blown off...

Four gaunt, skeletal figures slowly emerged from the black coffin. In an instant, four terrifying auras, comparable to those of Lei Ying and Yan Jin, surged forth across the sky!

At this moment, the four allied forces on the battlefield all showed expressions of terror, looking up at the four demon-like figures, their hearts trembling...

"Soul Heaven? Soul Yao? How could these old ghosts still be alive?!"

Upon seeing the four figures, Lei Ying and Yan Jin's eyes narrowed sharply, their faces filled with shock.

"How is this possible?! How could they still be alive...?"

These four individuals held a higher seniority in the Soul Clan than even the Soul Emperor. They had long since perished and died back then, so how could they possibly reappear today?

In the sky, four figures, resembling skeletons, glanced down at the scene below, their four pairs of dark eyes devoid of any warmth.

“This state… be careful, these four people are probably not alive…” Old Hei also looked at this scene with suspicion, but he still keenly sensed the difference in the other party’s aura.

Upon hearing this reminder, Yan Jin and Lei Ying realized the problem immediately.

"These guys... seem to be... the living dead?" Yan Jin raised a fiery red eyebrow and couldn't help but ask.

Compared to normal Soul Clan members, the dense aura of death emanating from these four proved everything.

Living dead are rare on the Dou Qi Continent, but they do exist.

They were like puppets, but compared to puppets, even the three dragon kings with Ye Chen's special abilities were inferior.

Moreover, these living dead require a peculiar method to revive people who were already dead... but the conditions for such revival are extremely demanding.

"I never imagined that the Soul Clan would go so far as to desecrate the corpses of their own ancestors in order to increase their foundation..." Lei Ying's face was extremely ugly. He expressed his deep hatred for the Soul Clan, a race that had no concept of kinship.

It's important to know that the success rate of creating the living dead is extremely low. Many ancient forces know a little about this, but none of them have ever chosen to do it.

After all, when a true powerhouse dies, whether it's a family or a sect, they will choose to bury him and protect him properly. No one wants their ancestor's body to be desecrated after death.

"No matter what, this is the Soul Clan's trump card. With four Soul Clan experts at the Eight-Star Dou Sheng level joining us, we're really in danger in this battle..." Gu Lie, one of the four, couldn't help but speak with some worry.

He didn't know why his clan leader was so eager to send a telepathic message to them to evacuate, but now it seems that the clan leader had already discovered the Soul Clan's little trick.

Unfortunately, Gu Yuan is currently tied down by the Soul Emperor and has no time to attend to the battlefield below...

In the sky, Hun Yao, Hun Shengtian, Hun Yuantian, and the others didn't care what others thought. They stepped out of the coffin, occupied the four directions, and spat out a bit of light from their mouths.

Four beams of light shot out, eventually transforming into four colossal black gates, each a thousand feet tall. These gates stood between heaven and earth, with an endless aura of death churning within, ready to burst forth at any moment…

"Desolation in all directions, the realm of death!"

The black giant gates stood in the four directions of the sky. With the shouts of the four people, the aura of death surged out and enveloped the whole world!

Under the influence of that deathly aura, the allied forces' experts were horrified to discover that the life force within their bodies was gradually draining away...

These four gates formed a massive array, intended to encircle the entire allied forces!

"Oh no, you all need to retreat!"

Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the others' expressions changed drastically upon seeing this scene.

They recognized this formation; it was the Death Realm Formation, the strongest formation of the Soul Clan, which the Four Demon Saints and others had previously used!

However, compared to Hun Yan and the others before, the Death Realm array that Hun Yao and Hun Shengtian are currently using is the truly strongest version of the Death Realm array...

Especially with the suppression of four deathly gates containing endless death energy, even a nine-star Dou Sheng would not be able to break through this formation!

If they were to actually contain the entire allied forces within their formation, they might very well be worn down to death by these four old devils!

"Back off, back off!"

On the Danta Alliance side, Zi Yan and Cai Die led everyone in a frantic retreat.

However, for the Thunder Clan and the Ancient Clan, who were united as a great formation, their retreat speed would be much slower, unless they immediately disbanded the formation...

"No, we must act to buy them time!" Lei Ying shouted as he watched the surging, spreading aura of death. He then chose a direction and transformed into a thunder dragon, charging forward furiously.

Behind him, Yan Jin, Hei Lao, and Gu Lie also did not hesitate at all, and immediately each chose a direction and sped away.

Seeing that the four powerful figures were buying time for them, Lei Jiutian of the Lei Clan and the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan finally dared not delay any longer. They immediately ordered the formation to be dispelled and retreated to the outside of this realm of death as quickly as possible...

However, without the support of the grand formation, the allied forces' advantage vanished instantly when facing the surging Soul Clan army led by Soul Flame and Soul Mirror.

What followed was nothing but a bloody, life-or-death struggle...

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Lei Ying and the other three were trapped in the Realm of Death, while the remaining four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan were also engaged in a fierce battle with the allied forces led by Lei Jiutian and the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan.

On the other side of the battlefield, standing alongside the Realm of Death and occupying a vast area of ​​the Soul Realm, was the Ancient Refining Heaven Array, shrouded in endless milky-white flames...

Inside the Ancient Formation

Encased in purple-gold scale armor, with nine lightning patterns flashing on his forehead, Ye Chen transformed into a rapid-fire cannon, continuously unleashing powerful True Dragon Handprints at the Void Devouring Flame.

Su Lingyin unleashed the full power of her Devouring Spirit Clan bloodline, continuously devouring and transforming the Devouring Spirit Clan bloodline power that shared the same origin as hers amidst the endless black flames.

As for the remaining Pure Lotus Demon Flame Spirit, it was currently exerting its utmost control over the Heaven and Earth Formations of the Refining Heaven Ancient Array, desperately suppressing the black flames that filled the entire array space...

"Damn it, damn it!"

"You bastard, how dare you scheme against me!"

The black figure, whose body had been shattered countless times by Ye Chen's machine-gun-like attacks, roared in fury.

Unfortunately, he was met only with a relentless barrage of handprint attacks...

Originally, when Ye Chen used the Refining Heaven Ancient Array to shroud the Void Devouring Flame in the array space, the latter mocked him for overestimating his abilities.

You, a mere Seven-Star Dou Sheng, actually dare to think of swallowing a Nine-Star Dou Sheng whole? You really have the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard!

Moreover, the Void Devouring Flame is no ordinary nine-star Dou Sheng; its...

His abilities are terrifying, especially for those whose cultivation is inferior to his; they are like food delivered right to his mouth.

Unfortunately, the food this time didn't seem to be very delicious, and it was even a bit hard to chew... After taking a bite, Void Devouring Flame suddenly realized that not only had it failed to swallow the other party, but it had also knocked out a few front teeth!

This infuriated the self-proclaimed extraordinary Void Devouring Flame.

However, faced with the combined attack from within and without the Flame Clan's grand formation and the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, the Void Devouring Flame quickly realized that it seemed to have been somewhat overconfident...

When Ye Chen revealed his complete form, especially after he successfully condensed the Nine-Patterned Thunder Body by using the power left over from the previous Nine Profound Golden Thunder's rampage, his strength increased by a whole major realm after activating the Thunder God Body, reaching the early stage of the Eight-Star Dou Sheng.

At that moment, Void Devouring Flame immediately realized the danger!

"The Devouring Spirit Clan... I devoured all the members of the Devouring Spirit Clan back then, how could the Devouring Spirit Clan still exist in this world!"

A pair of dark eyes stared intently at Su Lingyin, who was desperately devouring him. Suddenly, the Void Devouring Flame felt a chill run down its spine...

"It was you! You planned all of this?!"

His gaze returned to Ye Chen, and the Void Devouring Flame's entire face twisted in pain.

"Oh ho, looks like you're pretty smart... But what's the use of saying all this now? Do you think I'd give you a chance to get away after all this effort?"

Ye Chen paused his attack, giving himself a breather, and then looked at the Void Devouring Flame with a mocking tone.

"Hahaha, you think you can keep me here? You're dreaming!"

"Since you're so eager to keep me here, then merge with me!"

Amidst the Void Devouring Flame's rampant laughter, its originally pitch-black figure instantly exploded, transforming into a black flame storm that swept towards Ye Chen...

"Master, be careful!"

Seeing this, Jinglian, who was trying his best to control the two formations of heaven and earth, hurriedly shouted a reminder. As a spirit of strange fire, he could clearly sense the power and strangeness of the Void Devouring Flame in this state!

Seeing this, Ye Chen frowned and then slapped his palm towards the dark fire storm.

"Underworld Palm!"

Boundless energy gathered in the sky, forming a gigantic fiery hand, which then slammed heavily into the firestorm...

next moment……

Like a mud ox sinking into the sea, this palm strike, which could destroy the world in the outside world, was directly swallowed up by the black flame storm without even causing the slightest ripple...

This scene instantly startled Ye Chen.

The Void Devouring Flame can devour all energy. Ordinary combat techniques are useless against it. Even the top-tier Heaven-rank combat techniques on the continent can be easily devoured by it.

Previously, under Ye Chen's relentless, saturation-style attacks, if it weren't for its ability to quickly absorb energy, this Void Devouring Flame might actually have been killed by Ye Chen's barrage of punches...

"If fighting techniques don't work, then let's switch to soul attacks!"

Immediately, Ye Chen thought of a way to restrain the Void Devouring Flame.

The main reason is that back in the Medicine Realm, Ye Chen had personally witnessed the remnant image of the Medicine Emperor severely injure the Void Devouring Flame using its soul power.

Now that Ye Chen has advanced to the Emperor Realm Soul, his soul attacks should be an absolute nemesis to the Void Devouring Flame!

But just as Ye Chen was about to take action, the raging firestorm suddenly collapsed halfway through...

boom!

A massive explosion erupted from within the Void Devouring Flame, followed by a violent burst of energy that shattered the dark fire curtain, even causing numerous massive cracks to appear on the outermost Refining Heaven Ancient Array.

"Holy crap! What's going on...?"

Ye Chen was startled and blurted out the answer.

Rewinding to a quarter of an hour earlier, within the Flame Clan's Heaven-Burning Array, which had been swallowed by the Void Devouring Flame, jet-black flames, as dark as ink, flowed into the array like water. After landing on a member of the Flame Clan, they immediately erupted into terrifying flames, completely engulfing this Nine-Star Dou Zun...

"Not good! The Heaven-Burning Flame!"

Upon discovering this, the Fire Spirit Fairy was shocked and quickly manipulated the great formation to condense terrifying blazing flames, instantly burning the black flame creature that had been devoured and transformed by the black flames to death...

However, the Yan Clan member who was devoured also died completely, and even his fighting spirit, flesh and blood and even soul became nourishment for the Void Devouring Flame.

And this is just the beginning!

Over the next few minutes, black flames continuously seeped into the great formation, causing panic among the Flame Clan members and ultimately leading to their deaths.

If this situation continues, the number of Yan Clan members supporting the great formation will only decrease, and they will become weaker and weaker...

Conversely, the Void Devouring Flame that has consumed the lives of the Flame Clan will be restored...

With their fortunes shifting, it's only a matter of time before they are completely devoured by the Void Devouring Flame!

"This can't go on like this!"

As the only powerful member of the Yan Clan besides Clan Chief Yan Jin, Fairy Fire Spirit quickly made her own decision...

"Fire and Metal, Fire and Wood, Fire and Earth..."

"Listen up, you three. You'll be in charge of maintaining the great formation while I break through the seal of this Void Devouring Flame!"

As soon as Fairy Fire Spirit finished speaking, the three five-star Dou Sheng elders of the Fire Clan who had been named by her were immediately shocked.

"Elder Huo Ling, you mustn't! Without the protection of the great formation, you have no way to withstand the devouring power of this Void Devouring Flame!" Huo Jin, the strongest among them, earnestly advised.

"Shut up, you bastard!" The Fire Spirit Fairy had completely lost her usual charm and elegance, and her beautiful eyes were now completely stained with blood.

"You guys are in charge of controlling the formation to cover me. Even if I have to self-destruct, I'll drag this damn Void Devouring Flame down with me!"

Of course, this was just said in anger. Fairy Fire Spirit knew very well that even if she self-destructed, she would not be able to kill the Void Devouring Flame. If she could break through its blockade and give the Flame Clan a chance to survive, that would be a success!

"All you need to remember is to get all your people out of here safely!"

"Especially Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi, they are the future of our Yan Clan. Even if it costs you your lives, you must not allow anything to happen to them!"

"Hear my command, Flame Dragon Breaks the Sky, charge!"

Amidst the Fire Spirit's furious curses, the Flame Clan members had no choice but to once again exert all their power to control the great formation, condensing a ten-thousand-foot-long fire dragon that instantly blasted a black hole into the sky of black flames outside the formation...

The next moment, the Fire Spirit Fairy transformed into a streak of fire and burst out of the great formation, plunging into the dark, deep abyss...

Then...