Chapter 58: Ancient Emperor Falls

Meanwhile, the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong transformed by Sun Xuan slammed a claw directly into that small yellow umbrella.

"Thud!"

A sound resembling beating leather suddenly rang out.

The protective Qi currents cascading down from the small yellow umbrella instantly shattered inch by inch.

Immediately after, the surface of the small yellow umbrella became covered in cracks before shattering apart with a bang.

The purple-golden sharp claw flashed with a bone-chilling cold light, its power unabated.

It slammed once more into the transparent shield condensed by the eight restriction flags.

"Boom!"

The eight restriction flags surrounding the Ancient Emperor shook throughout their entire bodies.

As for the transparent shield, it paused slightly under the bombardment of the sharp claw.

Then, countless Restriction patterns upon it continuously flickered, and five-colored light flowed at extreme speed.

Next, the Restriction runes on the transparent shield rapidly vanished as if they had suffered a fatal blow.

After a mere blink of an eye, the transparent shield directly vanished like bubbles.

"Fellow Daoist, show mercy!

This old man has a secret treasure hidden in…"

Gu Lan wore a look of utter disbelief; never had he imagined that his strongest defensive means

would completely collapse and shatter under Sun Xuan's single strike after persisting for only a brief moment.

One must know that, not to mention that small shield formed by Restrictions, even that small yellow umbrella

was capable of persisting for several breaths without collapsing under the attacks of a Soul Transformation Great Perfection Cultivator.

Right now, deep in Gu Lan's heart, he thoroughly regretted provoking Sun Xuan.

Before Gu Lan could finish speaking, the sharp claw of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong transformed by Sun Xuan violently thrust straight into Gu Lan's head.

"Bang!"

Gu Lan's voice abruptly cut off as his head directly exploded like a rotten watermelon.

Immediately following this, Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit rapidly escaped from within his body.

Then, casting a vicious look at Sun Xuan, without saying another word, it turned and tried to flee.

At that very moment, a black-red shadow abruptly elongated from within the giant dragon's body.

In the blink of an eye, it arrived before Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit.

The hands of the black-red shadow rapidly grabbed onto the shoulders of Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit.

The instant the demonic shadow's hands seized its shoulders, Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit body violently trembled as if struck by lightning.

It was actually immobilized as if restricted, unable to move even a fraction of an inch.

Following that, the demonic shadow's huge mouth widened to the size of a water vat.

Inside its mouth, a pitch-black vortex rotated at extreme speed, resembling the gates of Hell.

Then, with a pull of the demonic shadow's hands, it fiercely shoved Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit right into the vortex.

In a mere split second, Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit was churned into fragments by the vortex and completely swallowed into its belly.

Immediately afterward, the demonic shadow that had devoured Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit shrank back into the body of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong.

Sun Xuan instantly felt a wave of extremely pure Divine Soul magic power surge into his body.

This caused Sun Xuan, whose magic power had been heavily depleted previously, to instantly perk up in spirit.

The Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong transformed by Sun Xuan let out a long roar toward the sky.

Then, guiding his magic power, Sun Xuan put away the Storage Pouch and the eight restriction flags left behind after Gu Lan's death.

Afterwards, the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong flapped its wings and charged fiercely into the encirclement formed by the horde of Yao Beasts.

No sooner said than done.

Sun Xuan killing Gu Lan and devouring his Primordial Spirit was merely a matter of the blink of an eye.

In the span of a leaping hare and a falling falcon, the horde of Yao Beasts surrounding the two failed to react in time to what had just happened.

Yet a split second later, seeing that Sun Xuan had slain and devoured their surrounded prey right before their eyes,

every single one of the Yao Beasts instantly became even more berserk.

Letting out a frantic roar, this flock of Yao Beasts threw caution to the wind and charged collectively toward the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong transformed by Sun Xuan.

Countless scorching fireballs and highly toxic spider silk rained down upon Sun Xuan's body like raindrops.

The metal-melting and gold-scorching fireballs landed on the scales of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong, instantly splashing out patches of fiery starlight.

But aside from making the scales of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong appear a bit brighter, they failed to cause even the slightest bit of damage.

As for the large patches of toxic spider silk and webs, when they landed on the scales of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong, they couldn't adhere at all.

They simply slid off in patches, completely unable to pose any effective obstruction to the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong.

With a wave of the extremely sharp wings of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong, a venomous spider that rushed forward was instantly slashed in half by the wings.

Green, foul-smelling blood spewed across the air, resembling a light drizzle.

Following closely, the sharp claws of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong slashed and waved, continuously slapping fiery strange birds into blossoms of blood.

Moving against the beast horde with an invincible posture, the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong rapidly charged toward the outside.

Right at this moment, the crown of the ancient tree emitting gorgeous colors suddenly swayed gently as if stirred by a breeze.

After a brief moment, a branch on the tree crown rapidly elongated.

Then, like a flexible vine long whip, it violently lashed across the air toward the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong transformed by Sun Xuan.

As the vine whip swept across the Void Realm, a pitch-black spatial rift flashed rapidly within the Void Realm.

In the span of a fleeting instant, the vine whip arrived above the head of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong.

Then it fiercely lashed down onto the body of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong.

Seeing this vine whip resembling a divine whip of heavenly punishment lash over, Sun Xuan's gaze instantly shifted.

His figure flickered slightly, and then his wings slashed horizontally with all their might against the incoming vine whip.

"Clang!"

Hearing a sound of metal clashing ringing out, right at the point of intersection between the vine and the wings,

a violent wave of energy instantly erupted.

A small patch of the Void Realm where the two collided directly shattered.

Countless spatial rifts rapidly dispersed in all directions.

A large number of Nascent Soul Stage fiery strange birds burst apart one after another under the erupted energy aftermath and spatial rifts.

Giant spiders of the Soul Transformation realm were also knocked over by this energy fluctuation.

The Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong transformed by Sun Xuan paused abruptly as if struck by lightning, and then its body uncontrollably flew backwards into the distance.

That giant vine didn't have it easy either; the spot where it intersected and slashed with the sharp wings of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong was directly split open by more than half.

Only a tiny bit of tree bark was still faintly connected across it.

Green tree sap splattered across the skies, and waves of refreshing fragrance rapidly spread from the tree sap.

Upon smelling this fragrance, the group of Yao Beasts surrounding the giant tree immediately grew restless.

Then, ignoring the task of besieging and killing Sun Xuan, they directly began scrambling for the tree sap in the air like an internal conflict.

After this blow, protected by the hard scales of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong, although it wasn't really injured,

the magic power within its body had flowed away in large amounts.

If it hadn't just swallowed Gu Lan's Primordial Spirit earlier,

under this strike, Sun Xuan probably wouldn't even have had the magic power to maintain the Yinglong Transformation.

Yet at this moment, the group of Yao Beasts that had surrounded him were actually scrambling for the sap scattered by the ancient tree.

Seizing this opportunity, Sun Xuan flapped the wings of the Heaven-Patrolling Yinglong and rapidly fled into the distance.

The moment Sun Xuan escaped, the crown of the ancient tree swayed slightly.

Several thick branches inserted themselves like vines into the Void Realm before it.

Then, pulling fiercely in all directions, it actually pulled open a gigantic spatial passage.

Following that, the ancient tree's figure moved slightly, and it completely plunged into the gigantic spatial passage.