Chapter 171: The Ancient Tree

  "What a terrifying great technique!" Qing Tao pursed his somewhat dry lips. To unleash such a terrifying great technique using an array formation required an extremely powerful and skillful manipulation of the formation.

  "That old ghost Li Ying is going to be in trouble," Xing Shan nodded. Such a great killing technique was extremely terrifying, and even he wasn't confident in dealing with it.

  Roar! The dragon exhaled, spewing out terrifying black light as the aura of extinction burst forth completely, directly striking towards Li Ying's body.

  Li Ying's face was cold. He fully activated the qi and blood within his body, with golden blood qi swirling in the void. The fighting spirit within him surged out, pulling the surrounding void along. He was executing a great killing technique.

  "Golden Battle Fist!" Li Ying roared angrily. Golden battle qi surged forth like crashing waves against the shore. With one punch, he unleashed a matching fighting spirit that shattered the sky. The golden battle qi roared out like a falling star, descending towards the black light.

  "The Li family's clan-defining great technique," those around them clicked their tongues upon seeing the martial skill Li Ying was using. This was the signature martial skill of the Li family, extremely difficult to cultivate and requiring bloodline compatibility.

  "Sizzle..." The super strong energy collision caused the entire void to collapse, stirring up a huge energy storm that swept across the entire sky, a terrifying sight.

  "Roar!" The dragon roared, shattering the sky and unleashing an overwhelming divine might. The terrifying black light spewed continuously, like an inverted long river cutting through the void!

  The black light was infinitely terrifying, crushing the Golden Battle Fist. The void emitted a whistling sound. Li Ying's pupils suddenly constricted, but it was already too late. The terrifying black light directly struck into Li Ying's body.

  Boom boom! The aura of extinguishing life force surged on Li Ying's body. The golden battle armor on his body twisted, then cracked, and finally exploded with a "boom," scattering down from the void.

  Li Ying howled, but to no avail. The black light pierced through his chest, and he was directly struck into the ground, not knowing how far it had gone, leaving behind a deep ravine, tens of thousands of feet in size!

  At that moment when several people were stunned in the void, Yang Tian and Yuan Xia's bodies suddenly disappeared from before them. The entire world instantly cleared up, with rays of sunlight casting down, dispersing much of the smoke.

  Everywhere in the world was full of broken mountains, destroyed beyond recognition. The bodies of Gu Yun and the other three appeared beside the tens of thousands of feet deep ravine.

  Gu Yun waved his palm, and a gust of wind swept down. After a while, Li Ying's body appeared before everyone's eyes. Looking at the hole in his chest still emitting black light, they clicked their tongues.

  "Not only is he severely injured, but he has also lost two layers of heaven!" Qing Tao and the others clicked their tongues, feeling a chill rise in their hearts. Their figures directly flickered and disappeared from this world.

  Gu Yun and the others also felt a chill in their hearts, somewhat relieved that it wasn't them who had made the move just now, otherwise, they would have met the same fate as Li Ying.

  "It's extremely difficult to recover from this kind of injury!" Gu Yun shook his head and sighed. It would take a great medicine to recover, and the required age was extremely high.

  Tens of thousands of miles away, in a dark cave, there was a stone bed. Yang Tian lay horizontally on the stone bed, with his shattered body slowly recovering, but at a very slow speed.

  The qi and blood force unleashed by Li Ying could extinguish life. Yang Tian's injuries would need a lot of rest to recover.

  Yuan Xia sat cross-legged beside him, her internal injuries already a little better. She opened her eyes, feeling that her injuries had improved a lot, and let out a sigh in her heart, slowly standing up.

  Her beautiful eyes fell on the middle-aged man with a faint body in front of her. Yuan Xia moved gracefully, walked over, and bowed, saying, "Thank you, sir, for saving me. I am extremely grateful."

  "Hehe, you don't have to thank me. This is what I should do. After all, you did this for Xiao Tian. I should be thanking you," Yang Xiao smiled as he looked back at Yuan Xia.

  Hearing this, Yuan Xia's cheeks felt a bit uncomfortable, and her gaze hesitated for a moment before she said, "Sir is too polite. May I ask if sir is an elder of the Yang Tian clan?"

  "Yes, I am an elder of Xiao Tian. What can the young lady do for you?" Yang Xiao nodded.

  "May I ask which clan sir belongs to? If I have the honor in the future, I would like to visit your clan," Yuan Xia asked after a pause, biting her red lips tightly.

  "Visit?" Seeing Yuan Xia's appearance, Yang Xiao shook his head slightly and said indifferently, "Sorry, the matters of my clan are not convenient to disclose. You will understand later. Knowing too much is not good for you or him."

  Seeing Yang Xiao's solemn face, Yuan Xia frowned slightly, pouted her lips angrily, and finally didn't ask any more questions. Then, her somewhat puzzled gaze fell on Yang Xiao.

  A faint spiritual body, was the killing formation just now activated by him? Yuan Xia didn't believe it in her heart. As for Yang Xiao's words just now, she didn't take them too seriously. There weren't many people on this continent who could keep her.

  The aura here had just calmed down for a while when Yang Tian's eyelids began to twitch slightly, showing signs of waking up.

  Seeing this, Yuan Xia's cheeks struggled for a moment. Her gaze fell on Yang Tian, and she sighed in her heart. She immediately said to Yang Xiao, "I will take my leave first. By the way, don't continue cultivating Yang Tian's technique in the future. When he breaks through to the realm of being free from the mortal realm in the future, it will trigger the Extinction Divine Thunder."

  "Extinction Divine Thunder?!" Hearing this, Yang Xiao's eyebrows furrowed slightly. This kind of thunder tribulation was very terrifying and was also famous in ancient times with extremely strong power.

  "That's right. If I'm not mistaken, Yang Tian is practicing a divine technique. When he wakes up, you'd better persuade him. No one cultivates this kind of technique anymore, all died under the thunder tribulation."

  "No one cultivates the divine technique? What's going on?" Yang Xiao looked thoughtful. This kind of technique was the top technique in the world, but now it couldn't be cultivated successfully.

  "Sir, I will take my leave first," Yuan Xia's body suddenly disappeared in the cave.

  "This little girl..." Looking at Yuan Xia's departing figure, Yang Xiao shook his head slightly and didn't take Yuan Xia's words too seriously. Yang Tian had obtained the inheritance of the old clan leader. How could he easily die under the thunder tribulation?

  My head hurts...

  Yang Tian had been in a coma all the time. When a cool feeling circulated in his heart, he felt a sense of comfort throughout his body.

  Yang Tian's eyelids struggled for a while, and a narrow crack opened. What entered his eyes was a faint body, and Yang Tian let out a deep sigh of relief.

  His somewhat dazed gaze looked around. It was a dark cave. Just as Yang Tian was stunned, Yang Xiao suddenly smiled and waved his hand in the air.

  Like the rotation of the stars, the entire cave underwent a tremendous change. Compared with before, it was simply heaven and earth.

  The ancient aura in the void was like a tide, surging and thick. The aura spread all over the sky in the void.

  He felt as if he was soaking in a hot spring, with an incredibly comfortable feeling circulating in his heart. Yang Tian felt as if he had eaten a ginseng fruit, and his physical injuries were healed a little.

  This was a light red cave mansion, about tens of thousands of feet in size, with an ancient aura everywhere. Around it were some stone tables and stone chairs, and the cave mansion was extremely simple.

  In the most eye-catching position of the entire cave mansion were three hundred-foot-tall red ancient trees. There were strange patterns extending on the branches, and the ancient trees emitted a weird red light on the branches and leaves.

  Above the ancient trees was a tens of feet energy vortex. The surrounding ancient aura was almost condensed into liquid, emitting an extremely vast energy fluctuation.

  The ancient trees spewed out ancient aura, attracting Yang Tian's attention. If he guessed correctly, this should be the ancient tree! It could give birth to ancient aura, and this kind of tree had become extinct and could not grow in the outside world.

  Yang Tian lay horizontally on the stone bed, breathing for a while, and felt that his body had recovered a little. He immediately opened his eyes.

  "Uncle Xiao, where is Yuan Xia?" As if remembering something, Yang Tian hurriedly asked. She was seriously injured to save Yang Tian. If anything happened, Yang Tian would regret it for half his life.

  "She just left," Yang Xiao smiled when he heard this, with a hint of teasing on his face.

  "Gone." Looking at Yang Xiao's face, Yang Tian pouted. She left without even saying goodbye? After all, they had experienced life and death together.

  "Uncle Xiao, what exactly is the relationship between our clan and Yuan Xia's clan? Why did my bloodline resonate with hers once?" After a while, Yang Tian asked.

  "I'm not quite sure either. Since I was trapped in the land of falling demons, I don't know anything about the outside world," Yang Xiao shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't understand.

  "Uh..." Seeing Yang Xiao's expression, Yang Tian didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart. Yang Xiao must be hiding something from him.

  "By the way, Uncle Xiao, is Li Ying dead?" Yang Tian asked, with a glimmer of expectation in his eyes.

  "Nonsense." Looking at Yang Tian's appearance, Yang Xiao scolded with a smile: "Do you think it's so easy to kill a powerful strong man? Just now, when I fully activated the killing formation, I almost exhausted the heritage I left behind."

  "Oh." Shaking his head, Yang Tian smiled and felt a little regretful in his heart. Li Ying's status in the Li family was very high. There were probably no more than three such strong men in the Li family. If he died, it would definitely cause a sensation in the Eastern Continent.