Chapter Thirteen: Giant Finger

  The desolate ancient battlefield, the sealed town's repair and refinement, the sealed town's spiritual world, has a similar yet different connotation with the Qing Lian's Lock Heaven Fist. Before entering this ancient battlefield, Xiao Yi was already prepared, but with his current mental state, it is impossible for him to reach the level of understanding the intent. Even if he had a future self that would evolve into the Lock Heaven Fist, and even if it were imprinted in his consciousness through life and death, he still wouldn't be able to grasp this spiritual power that surpasses momentum. It's not that he hasn't honed himself enough, but rather that he lacks the underlying foundation, and his mental essence is unable to carry such a power.

  This is the realm of law, using the power of the military to defend the law, close to the Tao. In the level of military strategy, it is fundamentally impossible to touch, unless it is a coincidence, and one has personally realized this realm. This is extremely difficult, and such people are mostly creators of military laws.

  After entering this ancient battlefield, Xiao Yi carefully observed the sky and earth, feeling the sealing power within. Although the spiritual world was sealed, the Locking Heaven Fist Seal was constantly shaking, colliding with the power of the ancient battlefield. This was also the fundamental reason why Xiao Yi finally arrived at the Shacheng Stele Forest.

  Although Xiao Yi couldn't comprehend the sealing power of this ancient battlefield, these two similar powers crushed each other. One wanted to seal his spiritual world, and the other was invaded, wanting to break free from its shackles. In front of these nine soul-sealing stele, after several days of quiet meditation, he finally obtained a hint of the broken Lock Heaven Fist intent. This Lock Heaven Fist intent was peeled off from the Lock Heaven Fist Seal, constantly colliding with the sealing power of the ancient battlefield, allowing Xiao Yi to gain an advantage. However, this hint of Lock Heaven Fist intent wasn't truly comprehended by him; his current will and realm couldn't comprehend it either. He could only barely control this hint of Lock Heaven Fist intent, and its application was still very shallow because he couldn't delve into the essence. It was like a young boy from the human tribe who had just come into contact with war, knowing that the blade's edge could harm people but not understanding any techniques, relying solely on the sharpness of the blade itself.

  Despite this, after mastering the Lock Heaven Fist Intent, Xiao Yi was unable to break free from the ancient battlefield's seal on himself. However, he could utilize the Lock Heaven Fist Intent without being restricted by the ancient battlefield, allowing him to suppress the Blood Clan's Wan Fu Chang. Otherwise, even with his robust physique and vigorous blood energy, it would be absolutely impossible for him to transcend a major boundary and easily defeat a strong Blood Bone Realm Small Perfection cultivator.

  Next to the Soul Calming Monument.

  Purple sword light like a thunderbolt, the sword's vitality and blood are like a rainbow. The purple clouds and thunderous sword had reached its peak. At the moment when Xiao Yi just made his move, his heart was shaken. In that instant, he seemed to have sensed a familiar power, but this power flashed by and couldn't be caught. Nevertheless, one punch sent a Blood Clan's Wan Fu Zhang flying, still leaving him suspicious in his heart. He didn't believe that was Xiao Yi's power.

  Gritting his teeth, in front of the tombstone, the Blood Clan's Wan Fu Chang hesitated to make a move, not daring to act rashly again. Watching Xiao Yi approach step by step, he felt an enormous pressure, making his breathing almost stagnant.

  But immediately, the patriarch of the blood clan laughed, and a mocking color appeared in his dark red eyes: "You can't stop it, my ancestors' spirits, wake up!"

  He suddenly turned around, his whole body bursting into a dark red essence, rushing into the countless cracks in the stele. In an instant, the blood that was gushing out of the cracks on the stele suddenly stopped.

  No good!

  Jian Qing was shocked in his heart and suddenly retreated, Xiao Yi also retreated backwards, knowing that things could not be done, the Town Soul Tablet shattered, it was already unstoppable.

  Rumble!

  The next moment, the hundred-zhang-tall Blood-colored Soul-suppressing Stele completely shattered, and the blood-colored stele exploded like blocks of flesh and blood. The meridians on the stele's body were all severed, and dark red blood plasma gushed out, emitting an astonishingly evil aura. At the same time, a stock of ancient, belonging to the Blood Clan's astonishing air machine rose up.

  In the midst of blood splashing everywhere, Xiao Yi vaguely saw a tomb emitting a bloody glow, and a heart-pounding aura emanated from it. Everyone felt a chill that reached their souls, without any warning signs, their physical bodies showed signs of freezing, and the chill in the desert city intensified, to the point where tiny ice crystals condensed in the air around them.

  But at this time, a loud noise was heard, the ground shook violently, and the entrance to the tomb that had been exposed was actually sealed by a three-meter-long round black stone.

  "What?!"

  That patriarch of the blood clan almost bit his tongue off, they had been plotting for so many years, how many patriarchs were lurking in the four major blood departments, came to this ancient battlefield, to offer sacrifices to the fallen ancestors' spirits, and at this last juncture, was actually blocked by a stone blocking the entrance of the tomb, this is simply a joke of heaven.

  "Give me change!"

  With a loud roar, the Blood Clan Patriarch transformed into a dark shadow, his fingernails sharp enough to tear through metal. However, when he struck the stone, countless sparks flew out. The next moment, the Blood Clan Patriarch let out a muffled groan and retreated violently. Xiaoyi and the others gasped in shock as they saw that the Blood Clan Patriarch's hands were covered in blood, his ten fingernails completely shattered. Yet, on the black stone, there wasn't even half a scratch.

  "What kind of stone is this!" Shui Qianliu exclaimed, "Wait a minute, the Town Soul Stele was broken and there's nothing left by our ancestors, could it be this stone?"

  Jian Qing's eyes shone like a sword as he measured the black stone, three zhang high and ancient, round as a ball without any seams, as black as ink. It looked ordinary and unremarkable, seemingly no different from the material of the Town Soul Stele. However, Jian Qing didn't believe this stone was just an ordinary object. Something that could be collected by the nine largest Town Soul Steles must be a treasure left behind by his ancestors.

  Rumble!

  The grave shook, and a hoarse voice came from the bottom of the earth, this sound directly transmitted into the depths of everyone's soul. Even Xiang Qing was pale, while Gu Feng and others were originally injured in their internal organs, at this moment they were even more precarious, opening their mouths to spit out another mouthful of blood.

  Shi Taiyi and the other three were also coughing up blood. Their cultivation was too shallow, their spiritual will had not yet broken through to the ordinary realm's peak, and they could not withstand this spiritual shockwave that manifested as a scream.

  Xiao Yi's body slightly shook, a thread of Lock Heaven Fist intent flowed outside the spiritual world, dissipating that spiritual impact. However, also because of this, the fist intent that had barely managed to peel off from the Lock Heaven Fist imprint was shattered by that powerful evil spirit, turning into nothingness.

  However, no matter how much it howled in the tomb, the black stone blocking the entrance of the tomb didn't move a single thread, as if it had taken root.

  This made the Blood Clan's Patriarch almost spit out blood, and at this critical moment, he suffered a setback. The revived elder's spirit was suppressed back into his grave, and when his strength was exhausted, he would fall into eternal slumber.

  Boom!

  Suddenly, in the sky above the sand city, a silver lightning bolt exploded, instantly illuminating the entire sky. The sudden change shocked everyone, and they saw that hundreds of feet above the sand city, a piece of empty space suddenly twisted. Then, a terrifying evil aura seeped out from this twisted space. In an instant, Xiao Yi felt his body sink, and this evil aura, as soon as it appeared, pressed down on everyone, making it hard for him to breathe.

  Rumble!

  Silver lightning flashed, emerging from the twisted void space around, slashing at that twisted space, as if to stop something. At this moment, Xiao Yi clearly felt that the sealing power of this ancient battlefield was boiling up, more than a hundred times more violent than when he resisted the Lock Heaven Fist Seal, yet still unable to suppress that evil blood energy back.

  Buzz!

  Suddenly, the distorted range of that void space surged violently, covering a full ten zhang of empty space. Immediately following, a massive dark red finger slowly extended out from the swirling vortex of distorted space. This finger was incredibly coarse, with a thickness rivaling that of a water bucket, and its fingerprint resembled dry tree bark. A shocking black energy flowed across it, while its dark green fingernail stretched for several zhang, resembling a sharp long knife. Wherever it passed, all was reduced to true vacuum, even the True Vacuum World itself slightly distorting as if unable to withstand this shocking evil power.

  As the dark red giant finger emerged, countless silver lightning bolts entwined around it, as if to prevent its descent. The lightning flashed, but was unable to penetrate into that dark blood power, and was directly scattered.

  "General Town-Queller!"

  Eyes shining with wild joy, the patriarch of the Blood Clan gazed up at the sky, kneeling on one knee.

  "Not good!"

  Jian Qing's face changed color, and he was in the Lei Jianbing Department. He clearly knew what kind of divine power a strong Zhen Bing had, because his clan leader was a strong Zhen Bing, an existence above the Rong Hun realm. Every move they made had vast divine power, could destroy mountains and rivers, and destroy rivers.

  Jian Qing Sheng couldn't have imagined that this desolate ancient battlefield would actually attract such a powerful being to descend, breaking through the void from the Heavenly Soldier Road and descending upon this ancient battlefield. It must have taken an enormous amount of power to do so, even for a strong being at the level of a Town Guardian it wouldn't be easy to make a move, but now it seems that this ancient battlefield is extremely unusual. The Lei Jian Bing Department has been too careless over the years, handing it over to the four lower-ranking Blood Departments to plunder as they pleased. There must be an irresistible temptation here for the alien tribes.

  After the count, the dark red giant finger finally descended completely, wrapping the silver lightning in a thorough collapse, appearing on this ancient battlefield, the evil blood gas covered the sky and earth, the vault of the soul-stealing forest above was instantly dyed with blood color, the suffocating bloody smell spread throughout the forest, Xiao Yi and others retreated hastily, that dark red giant finger had clearly locked onto this place, if they lingered for another moment, even Xiang Qing Sheng would be crushed into powder under the pressure of the evil energy. The wonderful story will continue!