Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

Looking at the changing scenery in front of him, Lei Dong's brows suddenly froze, and even Xiao Yan's face became extremely gloomy.

Under the dim light, everything around looked particularly dilapidated. The paint on the walls had peeled off, revealing the mottled bricks inside. Traces of corrosion were deposited in every inch of space, and the air was filled with a musty smell, which was the smell of a long lack of sunlight and ventilation.

Scattered pieces of rotten flesh and bones were piled up in the hall, and were pieced together to decorate various places, but it did not look messy. Instead, it presented a kind of carefully arranged beauty that was disgusting to the extreme.

In addition to this, there are lifelike statues one after another in the hall, both men and women, in various postures, some covering their throats in pain with bulging pupils, some kneeling on the ground as if begging for mercy, and some slumped on pillars piled with bones with broken eyes. On every statue's face you can see the despair that symbolizes that there is nowhere to escape. Just being in this hall is like being trapped in a vortex of despair, unable to extricate oneself.

Lei Dong was first frightened by the sudden disgusting scene and statues of various shapes, but then he came to his senses and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"I thought it was a person. It scared me."

Lei Dong said this, and it was also his true inner thought. To be precise, he was not afraid of ghosts. He was afraid of unexpected things that suddenly popped out in the dim scene. Therefore, even though these statues were not scary, their sudden appearance did startle him.

But at this moment, Ziyun's words made Lei Dong, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, instantly freeze in expression.

"No, you're right."

Ziyun walked to a statue, raised her hand and knocked it gently, and said calmly.

"These things are indeed human beings. To be more precise, they are ancient Taixu dragons transformed into human forms."

"Taixu Ancient Dragon?!" Lei Dong's pupils shrank slightly, and he rejected it harshly, "How is it possible?"

The moment after Lei Dong vetoed it, Xiao Yan slowly spoke.

"They drained all the fighting spirit of these ancient Taixu dragons, and then poured super-high temperature mercury into them to create the statues in front of us." Xiao Yan said coldly, with a slight flash of scarlet in his azure eyes. "They have done these things many times before."

Yes, this is why Xiao Yan absolutely cannot tolerate the existence of Venerable Joy.

The crime committed by Venerable Huanyu was not just the massacre of an entire city that had been made public before. In the past few years, after the establishment of the Tianhe Alliance, Xiao Yan also searched for the whereabouts of Venerable Huanyu in Zhongzhou. Although he did not find them, he found their former hiding place.

Xiao Yan saw quite a few similar statues in those hiding places.

And it's not just things like this, there are many others, such as pulling out a person's head along with the cervical vertebrae and displaying them on a shelf, using parts and organs from several different people to piece together a new person, and even bloody jigsaw puzzles made by peeling off the skin.

It can be said that Xiao Yan previously thought that the former Black Horn Region was already the worst and most chaotic area in the entire Dou Qi Continent. However, compared with the three people of Venerable Huan Yu, those evil people in the former Black Horn Region could actually be called human beings.

What Venerable Joy does is not for profit or anything else, but just for so-called fun.

They are just evil spirits who enjoy torturing and playing with human lives. There is not a single reason that can be used to defend them.

"Ziyun, step back."

After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Zi Yun moved away from the statue in front of her. Then, all the statues in the hall suddenly caught fire without any warning. The scorching Infernal Dark Heart Flame burned all the statues into nothingness in just an instant.

The bodies of these dead are already unsightly, and burying them like this would only make them even more pitiful.

"Tsk tsk tsk ~ This is a work of art that we have carefully prepared over the past few months. As a guest, you burned it without even telling the host. Isn't that too much?"

At this moment, Hun Yan's graceful voice rang out from all directions of the hall. Her voice was as alluring as ever, but it only made the coldness in Xiao Yan's eyes deepen.

"Hun Yan, if you want to do something, just tell me. I am almost out of patience."

Xiao Yan's words were bluntly polite. He now had no intention of negotiating with Hun Yan at all. Just hearing Hun Yan's voice made him feel so sick that he wanted to vomit.

"Hahaha~ You're running out of patience?"

Hun Yan once again gave a creepy seductive smile, and then a projection appeared in front of Xiao Yan and the other two. The picture presented made Xiao Yan's pupils shrink slightly.

In the picture, a woman was trapped in a bone cage and unconscious. This woman was none other than Xiao Yan's cousin, Xiao Yu!

"I know why you are here, Xiao Yan."

At this time, a charming jade hand appeared in the picture, gently stroking Xiao Yu's sleeping face, and then Hun Yan's charming face also appeared in the picture, and the annoying voice sounded again.

"You've been chasing us for so long, don't you just want to take her back?" The jade hand gently pinched Xiao Yu's chin, and then Hun Yan's voice turned cold, "How can it be that easy."

"If you had not interfered with the affairs of Ancient Dragon Island, and let the three of us sisters live happily here, maybe one day when we were in a good mood, we would have returned her to you."

"But now it seems that it is beyond our control~"

As the words fell, Hun Yan's voice suddenly became extremely gloomy.

"You guys have been ruining our plans from the beginning to the end."

"Want us to let her go? Sure."

"Cut off one of your hands first."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zi Yun's expression changed. Before she could open her mouth to curse, Lei Dong, who had always been unhappy with Xiao Yan, spoke first.

"You disgusting woman, you haven't said anything for a long time. Do you think I'm dumb?"

Lei Dong crossed his arms, his eyes full of disgust.

Perhaps Lei Dong himself cannot be called kind, he only cares about the people he cares about. However, any normal person would be disgusted by the anti-human behavior of the three Venerable Huanyu.

He knew that Xiao Yu was Xiao Yan's cousin. After all, Xiao Yan had already said before they came that coming to Ancient Dragon Island to eliminate Venerable Huanyu was only the first reason. The second reason was to bring Xiao Yu back.

But Hun Yan directly asked Xiao Yan to cripple one of his arms? Are you kidding?
"Although I don't like this guy, you don't really think he will listen to you."

puff!

A voice sounded from the side, causing Lei Dong to stop talking abruptly. He turned around in shock and saw Xiao Yan holding the Lihuo Blade in one hand, while the other arm had fallen to the ground, with blood gushing out of the broken arm. Xiao Yan also frowned slightly because of the severe pain.

This was also the reason why Zi Yun's expression changed drastically after hearing Hun Yan's order. She knew Xiao Yan's character too well, so she was not at all surprised by the scene before her.

But Lei Dong, who didn't know Xiao Yan, suddenly lost his mind when he saw this scene. Then his face suddenly became ferocious and he stared at Xiao Yan angrily.

"Hey! Are you really an idiot?"

"What else do you want me to do? Tell me." Xiao Yan ignored Lei Dong and said coldly, "As long as I can accept it, I won't hesitate at all."

As soon as these words came out, Lei Dong was struck by lightning. He stood there in a daze, staring blankly at Xiao Yan's resolute profile. There was no hesitation in his eyes. Xiao Yan was not just talking, he would really do what he said.

As long as it is something he can accept, he will not hesitate even if it means cutting off one of his arms.

Not only Lei Dong was shocked by Xiao Yan's decisiveness, but even Hun Yan who was behind the screen seemed stunned.

Based on her understanding of Xiao Yan, she had thought that Xiao Yan would follow her order and cut off his arm. After all, judging from Xiao Yan's past deeds, he was indeed capable of doing this.

But what shocked her was that Xiao Yan really didn't hesitate at all.

Soon Hun Yan came back to her senses, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, a flash of joy from the bottom of her heart flashed across her eyes, and then she returned to that charming look again.

"You are much more decisive than I thought. In that case, can I make some other unreasonable requests?" Hun Yan stroked her chin lightly, and her eyes turned to Lei Dong in the picture, "For example, kill the person next to you."

Hearing Hun Yan's words, Lei Dong's body tensed up instantly, and he was startled in his heart.

He couldn't help but be shocked. Just looking at the decisiveness of Xiao Yan when he cut his arm just now, not to mention his own character, it was enough to see how much Xiao Yan valued Xiao Yu.

And I was just a person who followed Xiao Yan here and had nothing to do with him. He was so cruel to me, let alone a stranger. What's more, I had always been tit-for-tat with him before, and my attitude was definitely not good.

There is indeed nothing wrong with Lei Dong's idea, it is really normal logic.

However, the next moment, he was stunned again.

"impossible."

Just like he had chopped off his arm without hesitation just now, Xiao Yan also decisively and coldly refused after hearing Hun Yan's second order.

"Bringing Sister Xiao Yu back is my own private matter. I will never let others sacrifice for my private matter."

Xiao Yan has always been very clear about his self-awareness.

If he wanted to save Xiao Yu, it would be his own private matter, and he would never let an outsider like Lei Dong bear the cost.

Hun Yan was silent for a while, and immediately understood something in her heart.

Even though he was restrained by Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan was still very clear-headed and insisted on his bottom line. The reason why he was able to cut off his arm so decisively was that in his eyes, he could afford to sacrifice an arm in exchange for Xiao Yu's safety. However, this price was quite heavy in the eyes of others.

As expected, he is worthy of being the man that the woman likes. They have the same brains and are not normal people.

"It seems that my request is too much. I have roughly figured out your bottom line." Hun Yan gently stroked her beautiful chin with her jade hand and narrowed her eyes slightly. "Even if I asked you to die, you wouldn't do it, right?"

"If I were a fool, I think I would say yes."

Xiao Yan responded bluntly in a cold voice.

He was willing to sacrifice his life for Xiao Yu, but the prerequisite was that sacrificing his life would really be useful.

Xiao Yan's purpose was to rescue Xiao Yu, and the reason why he could cut off an arm so easily was because even without an arm, Xiao Yan still had the means to flip the table.

Xiao Yan accepted being controlled by others, but he would never accept giving all his choices to the enemy.

"Hmph~~~ That's it." Hun Yan curled her lips and narrowed her eyes slightly. "If you want her to live, then come find us quickly. Hun Mei and Hun Shu can't help but turn her into a work of art."

As she spoke, Hun Yan gently stroked Xiao Yu's legs and smiled charmingly.

"Especially these legs. Even we women are jealous. If they can be turned into a work of art, they will definitely be outstanding."

These words seemed to be intended to provoke Xiao Yan, but unfortunately, Hun Yan did not see any anger on Xiao Yan's face, which made her curl her lips in boredom. When she was about to turn off the projection, Xiao Yan suddenly spoke.

"Hun Yan, I know what your purpose is." Xiao Yan said, his eyes revealing murderous intent, "But no matter what the result is, don't expect me to let you go."

"I will use your lives to bring justice to those you have harmed."

"You guys, damn it!"

Xiao Yan’s words were deafening, causing Hun Yan’s heart to tremble violently. The seductive smile on her face gradually disappeared, and after a long time she murmured in a low voice.

"hope so."

As the words fell, the picture disappeared, and the hall returned to peace again.

Lei Dong finally came to his senses and suddenly turned to look at Xiao Yan.

"Hey! Are you crazy?! He said to cut off an arm and you really cut it off?!"

"If I could get Sister Xiao Yu in exchange for this arm, it would be worth it, but it's really not that simple."

Xiao Yan glanced sideways at his broken arm, which he had already used his Dou Qi to stop the bleeding. There was no trace of grief for losing an arm in his eyes, which made Lei Dong's mind confused.

Is this man really mentally ill? !
Just because that woman said something that even a child knew not to believe, he cut off his own arm?
"Xiao Yan, are you okay?"

Zi Yun came to Xiao Yan and picked up the broken arm on the ground, looked at him and asked in a deep voice, to which the latter answered with a chuckle.

"Don't worry, it won't affect the battle. As for the arm, we can find a way to reconnect it." Xiao Yan reached out and took the broken arm from Zi Yun's hand and put it back into the storage ring, and then continued: "In addition, I have also found their location. Although I am trying my best to conceal it, this kind of real-time projection cannot completely disconnect the link. In this way, it is not a loss for me to break this arm."

After saying that, Xiao Yan turned around and walked out. Now that he had found the location of Venerable Huan Yu, there was no point in staying here.

"Let's go, hurry up."

"Ah."

Zi Yun nodded and followed him, while Lei Dong looked at Xiao Yan's tall and majestic back, his eyes flickering slightly with flowing light.

He still couldn't understand Xiao Yan's brain, and he still felt that there was something wrong with Xiao Yan's brain.

However, although there is a problem with the brain,
Lei Dong pursed his lips, raised his feet and followed, his hostility towards Xiao Yan also unconsciously slowly fading away.

I seem to understand why Xun'er must be with him. (End of this chapter)