Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

"Did this guy plan this from the beginning?"

Yao Tianhuo gritted his teeth and dispersed the Lihuo Blade in his hand. Xiao Yan quickly calmed down and spoke in a deep voice.

"Perhaps he never intended to get along well with us. It is probably because he was too shocked by the scene of Senior Tianhuo clearing out the ferocious beasts. So even though he knew that there was a huge gap between your strength and his, he did not choose to confront us head-on, but instead adopted this method."

Xiao Yan frowned, looking around constantly, thinking in his heart.

Just now I heard Yao Xiaotian say that this is an illusion created by the ancient Bodhi tree? Does that mean the ancient Bodhi tree is not here?
Thinking of the illusion of Yao Chen's death that he had seen before, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel palpitations. He stepped into the void and came to a tree trunk. He reached out and touched the trunk, and the touch was like that of an ordinary tree. This made Xiao Yan frown even tighter.

To call it an illusion is too real.

"Senior Tianhuo, please take me up."

Xiao Yan looked at Yao Tianhuo and said so. Yao Tianhuo nodded slightly, flashed to Xiao Yan's side, grabbed his arm, and his body rose rapidly with flames burning.

Then something very horrifying happened. Yao Tianhuo carried Xiao Yan up for more than several minutes, but there was still no sign of breaking out of the jungle. This made Xiao Yan even more certain.

Is this really an illusion?
Although this jungle does appear to be several times taller than an ordinary jungle from the outside, it is impossible for it to be so tall that a Fighting Saint would be unable to get out even after ascending for several minutes.

"Senior Tianhuo, please stop for now. I'm afraid we won't be able to get out like this."

After hearing this, Yao Tianhuo stopped and let go of Xiao Yan, who crossed his arms and began to think again.

If you can't go up, you may not reach the end if you move forward.

"There's no other way, I can only try this."

Xiao Yan's eyes were stern. He stretched out one hand, and the Infinite Dark Heart Flame ignited in his palm, which he threw towards the endless jungle in front of him.

boom!
The power of the strange fire was fully demonstrated at this moment. The moment it touched the trees, it immediately ignited. In an instant, the forest in front of Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo turned into a sea of ​​fire.

However, after just a few breaths, the strange fire that ignited the trees gradually faded away, and soon disappeared without a trace, revealing the woods that were originally shrouded in the strange fire, but now had no signs of burning at all.

Although Xiao Yan was shocked by the result, he was not surprised.

“This illusion is really troublesome.” Xiao Yan scratched his hair in distress and said helplessly: “Senior Yao and the others are outside. When they notice something is wrong, they will find a way to rescue us. Before that, we should just wait here obediently.”

"Xiao Yan, although I agree with your idea, it may not be possible as you wish."

Yao Tianhuo suddenly blurted out this sentence, which made Xiao Yan stunned. Before he opened his mouth to ask, he suddenly found that several powerful fighting spirits appeared around him.

Is anyone else here?
Xiao Yan glanced around with a stern look, but did not notice anyone else around. However, his vigilance remained undiminished, because Xiao Yan could indeed sense a lot of powerful auras around him.

At this time, Yao Tianhuo patted Xiao Yan's shoulder lightly.

"Xiao Yan, over there."

As he spoke, Yao Tianhuo pointed forward. Xiao Yan followed the direction of Yao Tianhuo's finger and saw a huge tree trunk hundreds of meters away from them.

Xiao Yan stared intently, watching as the huge tree trunk began to twist and change. A dark, dry figure separated from the trunk, causing Xiao Yan's pupils to shrink suddenly.

It was a humanoid monster made entirely of wood, with a similar color to the surrounding tree trunks. It was easy to overlook its existence if one did not look carefully. Its eyes emitted a strange green glow that inexplicably made people feel chilly and palpitating.

Feeling the strength of this humanoid tree demon, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel awe in his heart.

One-star Dou Sheng late stage!
"I see. No wonder people trapped in this illusion cannot escape all day long. Their emotions become like this." Yao Tianhuo grinned and said softly, "I've heard before that many spiritual creatures born in the world will refine those powerful invaders into their own puppets for their own use. It seems that the guy in front of me belongs to this kind of situation."

"And it looks like it has quite a few companions."

As he spoke, Yao Tianhuo looked around with his fiery red eyes and his brows slightly furrowed.

As Yao Tianhuo finished his words, Xiao Yan was horrified to find that puppets identical to the humanoid tree monster had appeared on several tree trunks around him. Without exception, they all stared at Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo with dim eyes.

Three high-level semi-saints, two one-star early-stage Douluo Saints, one one-star late-stage Douluo Saint, two two-star middle-stage Douluo Saints, and the most powerful puppet has the strength of a two-star late-stage Douluo Saint!
"Oh my~ This is really~" Yao Tianhuo stretched out his arms, flames in his hands suddenly appeared, and the Lihuo Blade appeared again in his hand, "I was just looking for someone to have a good fight, and it really is what I want."

Yao Tianhuo held the Lihuo Blade horizontally in front of his eyes, and a cold voice slowly flowed out of his mouth.

"Xiao Yan, take care of yourself. I may not have the time to take care of you."

“Yes!” Xiao Yan leaned against Yao Tianhuo, took out the Wujian Purgatory Ruler, and said in a concentrated voice: “Senior Tianhuo, let me handle all those below the two-star Dou Sheng. You only need to concentrate on dealing with those two-star Dou Sheng.”

"Can you hold on?"

Yao Tianhuo frowned and raised the question in a deep voice. Six clan patterns instantly appeared on Xiao Yan's forehead. His realm rose dramatically. At the same time, he activated the sixth level of the Eight Extremes Collapse without hesitation.

After doing all this, Xiao Yan replied in a serious voice.

"Do your best!"

"Damn it! Where are Xiao Yan and the others?!"

At this moment, Cai Lin and others were standing in the air above the wasteland. Cai Lin, with a ferocious look on his face, spread out waves of Dou Qi, but he did not sense any trace of Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo's aura.

Just now, they clearly saw Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo follow Yao Xiaotian and his group into the dense forest. When they were about to follow them in, such a large area of ​​dense forest suddenly disappeared!

"There is no breath of space flow, which means Xiao Yan and the others are still here."

Patriarch Huoyun came to this conclusion very calmly. Yao Chen frowned and pinched his chin lightly with his jade fingers. After a while, Xiao Yan's previous experience suddenly emerged in his mind, and he spoke in surprise.

"Is this an illusion?"

"That should be it. If I'm not mistaken, this illusion was created by the ancient Bodhi tree. It's hard for ordinary people to tell the difference."

Ancestor Huoyun said so, but Jiufeng walked forward with a look of disbelief.

"No way? Illusions are illusions, how can they make people disappear?" The others said nothing, staring at Jiufeng approaching the location of the previous dense forest, then lowered their heads to think about what to do next.

And just then.
"Hot, hot, hot, hot! Where does this fire come from?!"

Jiufeng's scream attracted everyone's attention. Seeing that Jiufeng, who was fine just now, suddenly ignited with strange flames, Fenghuang reacted instantly. He appeared behind Jiufeng and grabbed his neck away from that place. Then, he suddenly released his fighting spirit, extinguishing all the flames attached to Jiufeng.

"That flame just now."

Cai Lin's golden snake pupils narrowed, and Yao Chen answered softly.

"Ah, it's Xiao Yanzi's Wujian Mingxinyan. Although we can't see them, they are indeed there."

Yao Chen's affirmation made Cai Lin inevitably anxious. Xiao Yan even released the Infinite Dark Heart Flame, proving that he had encountered a battle, and it might be an extremely dangerous situation!

"Damn it! I don't believe this illusion can't be broken!"

Cai Lin's face was ferocious. He raised his fist, gathered his fighting spirit and was about to smash it into the void in front of him, but Yao Chen raised his hand to stop him.

"Stop! You don't know where Xiao Yan and the others are. It will be disastrous if this punch hits them!"

With Cai Lin's current strength as a mid-stage four-star Dou Sheng, not to mention Xiao Yan, even Yao Tianhuo would not be able to withstand a punch from her full force!
"Humph!"

Cai Lin raised his fist for a long time but ultimately failed to strike down. He angrily put his fist away, clenching his teeth. Yao Chen spoke to comfort him again.

"Calm down first. With the protection of Yaotian Fire and Xiao Yanzi's own cultivation of Fire without Form, it will be no problem to hold on for a while." Yao Chen said in a calm tone: "During this period, we will find a way to break this illusion. Hmm?"

Suddenly Yao Chen raised his eyebrows, and the others also noticed something. They all looked towards the open space in the wasteland in the distance. A group of people suddenly emerged from the void.

Upon closer inspection, they saw that it was Yao Xiaotian and his group that Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo had followed before!

"Haha~ I really met two suckers who helped me a lot."

Yao Xiaotian patted his clothes with great pride. His original plan was to abandon one of his men to break the illusion, but with the appearance of Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo, he was able to save himself a cannon fodder.

Speaking of Xiao Yan, is his brain sick? He even said he was planning to let the Nine Nether Earth Python join the Tianhe Alliance. Who do you think you are?
As the patriarch of one of the three major demon beast families, Yao Xiaotian naturally despised ordinary humans like Xiao Yan. What's more, Xiao Yan indirectly destroyed his alliance with the Tianming Sect. Yao Xiaotian hated him to death.

If Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran hadn't interfered, he would have obtained the perfect method of creating a Douluo Saint long ago, and there would be no problem even annexing the other two major demon beast families!

Never mind, let’s talk about this later.

Yao Xiaotian thought so in his heart and raised one hand. He found something similar to a seed lying in the palm of his hand. It was the treasure that countless people dreamed of, the Bodhi seed.

There was a faint glow on the Bodhi seeds, and the light seemed to gather together and point in one direction. Yao Xiaotian was overjoyed when he saw this.

Sure enough, as long as someone triggered the illusion, the Bodhi seed would point out the location of the ancient Bodhi tree.

"There is no time to lose, let's go now!"

Yao Xiaotian shouted loudly to his men behind him. When he was about to leave, a very pleasant voice came into his ears.

"Sorry, I may have to trouble you to stay here for a while."

"Who?!"

The sudden voice made Yao Xiaotian nervous. The next moment, a beautiful woman appeared in mid-air, looking down at him. Seeing this unforgettable beautiful face, Yao Xiaotian recognized the other person's identity at the first time.

The continent’s number one alchemist, Yao Chen!

Before Yao Xiaotian's suspicion and wonder could be dispelled, several figures appeared in the air and surrounded Yao Xiaotian and his group. Although Yao Xiaotian had no impression of these people, the strength displayed by Fenghuang, Cai Lin and Huoyun Patriarch made Yao Xiaotian tremble in his heart.

One is a four-star early-stage Douluo, two are four-star middle-stage Douluo, and they definitely have bad intentions!
escape!!!!!
The vicious character developed from many years of experience also brought Yao Xiaotian the decisiveness that ordinary people can achieve. Without any hesitation, Yao Xiaotian grabbed a one-star late-stage Dou Sheng subordinate and injected Dou Qi into his body without waiting for Yao Chen to say the next sentence. In the horrified gaze of the subordinate, he threw him towards Yao Chen and others, without giving them a chance to react.

Feeling the surging fighting spirit in this subordinate's body, Yao Chen and the others' expressions changed drastically.

This guy? !

boom! ! ! ! !
The sound of explosions that resounded through the sky spread across the wasteland. Cai Lin, who was protecting Yao Chen, had an expression full of anger and deep contempt in his eyes.

This man was so determined! He used his men as human bombs without hesitation!

However, it's not over yet!
Yao Xiaotian did not stop for a moment and threw all his terrified subordinates out one by one. Although these subordinates wanted to escape, none of them could escape.

After Yao Xiaotian took office, he selected these confidants and placed restrictions on each of them. No matter what Yao Xiaotian did, they could not disobey!

Continuous roars frequently exploded in the wasteland. Although the subordinates who committed self-destruction were at most mid-stage two-star Douluo, it was still a Douluo-level self-destruction. Although Cai Lin and the other three four-star Douluo could basically ignore it, it was not so easy for the others. Even Zi Yun, who was in the early stage of three-star Douluo, had to retreat a little.

"Mr. Phoenix! Don't let the explosion spread to where the dense forest disappears!"

Yao Chen, who was protected by Cai Lin behind him, thought of Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo who were still trapped in the illusion, and shouted to Fenghuang in shock.

You know, because of the illusion, Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo have no idea what is happening outside. If they are affected, they will have no protection at all!

The moment Yao Chen finished speaking, Phoenix immediately gave orders to Eagle Phoenix and Kun Phoenix.

"Protect Jiufeng!"

Then Phoenix flashed to the open space where the dense forest had disappeared. He suddenly clasped his hands together, and a huge transparent wall stood up in front of him, firmly blocking the wave after wave of self-destructive energy that was sweeping in.

Buzz! ! ! ! !
The continuous explosions made the air in the wasteland seem to be sucked dry. The explosions gradually stopped after about a minute. Upon closer inspection, it was found that a huge, bottomless abyss had been blown out in the wasteland. Even the surrounding space was riddled with holes, which only slowly healed after the explosion subsided.

Fortunately, there were many strong people in the team, so no one was injured in this feast of Dou Sheng's self-explosion, but the instigator of all this, Yao Xiaotian, disappeared without a trace. (End of this chapter)