Wu Shattered Star River

“Ah—”

His hesitation proved disastrous for the four Saint Sovereigns inside, as they were engulfed by the thunder. The Little Vermilion Bird continued to shriek, and the four Saint Sovereigns were assaulted by divine lightning and heavenly fire, their physical bodies unable to withstand the onslaught.

The main problem was that the space confined by the formation was too small. They had woven their own cocoons, leaving them nowhere to escape.

“Ah—”

The Saint Sovereigns screamed in agony as their physical bodies were rapidly incinerated. The others outside, including Yin Jie, were even more afraid to enter. If the four Saint Sovereigns couldn't withstand it, would they be courting death by entering?

They had constructed a one-way teleportation formation outside, allowing them to easily teleport in, but none dared to move.

Yin Jie could only roar in fury, "Jiang Han, if you dare to kill my clan's elders, there will be no one in heaven or earth who can save you!"

"Jiang Han, stop! It's not too late to turn back now!"

"That's right! Jiang Han, as long as you stop, everything can be negotiated!"

"Jiang Han, don't make a mistake you can't undo!"

Several Saint Sovereigns echoed, their voices carrying penetrative power, resonating for tens of thousands of miles.

Jiang Han, however, treated their words as mere farts. His hands moved continuously, unleashing more lightning and heavenly fire, leaving the four Saint Sovereigns unable to retaliate.

The physical bodies of the four Saint Sovereigns were rapidly incinerated, eventually being burned to ashes.

There was no other way. Back in the Heavenly Fire Mountain, even several Saint Sovereigns didn't dare approach the heavenly fire. The Little Vermilion Bird's flames were even stronger than heavenly fire; how could these Saint Sovereigns withstand it?

“咻!”

Each of the four Saint Sovereigns' souls possessed a treasure. Four treasures shot out, protecting their souls as they fled forward.

However…

A powerful confinement formation had been set up here, creating a inescapable net.

The formations here were terrifyingly strong. Even if they were pure soul bodies, let alone souls within treasures, they wouldn't be able to escape through the formations.

“嗡~”

Jiang Han condensed a large hand, about to shatter one of the treasures with a palm strike, dispersing the soul within.

At that moment, a thought occurred to him. He released another technique, the large hand transforming into a claw, grabbing one of the treasures and storing it in his spatial ring.

“咻咻咻!”

He released three more claws in succession, grabbing all four treasures and storing them in his spatial ring.

It wasn't that he didn't dare to kill the Saint Sovereigns of the Heavenly Yin Clan, nor that he was afraid of escalating the situation.

Rather, he had realized that keeping the souls of these four Saint Sovereigns would allow him to blackmail the Heavenly Yin Clan and exchange them for the Gale Wind Heart.

Completely destroying the souls of these four experts would serve no purpose other than to enrage the Heavenly Yin Clan.

Having captured the residual souls of the four Saint Sovereigns, Jiang Han looked towards the north. Through the formations, he vaguely saw several Saint Sovereigns. He sneered, said nothing, and directly used Star Flash Teleportation.

“呃……”

To his dismay, he flashed, only to find that he was still in the same place. The Star Flash had failed!

“The formations here are so strong?”

Jiang Han's expression turned somewhat unsightly. Had the formations here imprisoned the space? Otherwise, how could his teleportation have failed?

He used Star Flash again, but the result was the same. His body appeared in the same spot, not moving at all.

His eyes flickered, and he took out the four soul treasures, holding them in his hand. He roared, "Open the formations, or I will crush the souls of these four Saint Sovereigns, obliterating them completely!"

Yin Jie's eyes narrowed slightly, and the other Saint Sovereigns all looked at him.

Yin Jie was the Fifth Elder of the Heavenly Yin Clan, and his status was the highest among the Saint Sovereigns here. He was also the leader of this operation.

Yin Jie pondered for a moment and said, "Jiang Han, we don't have the authority to do that. We need to report this to our clan's Grand Elder. If he agrees to open the formations and let you leave, only then will we dare to do so!"

Jiang Han asked, "Where is your clan's Grand Elder?"

Yin Jie said, "He's in the clan. I'll send a message to him immediately! Wait for me for a moment!"

Jiang Han asked, "How long will it take?"

Yin Jie replied, "Half a day, at most half a day, and we'll have a reply."

"I can't wait that long!"

Jiang Han wasn't stupid. Yin Jie clearly wanted to go back and call for reinforcements. If a Dao Ancestor Realm expert was brought in, he would be in big trouble.

He couldn't be sure if a Dao Ancestor Realm expert could enter the Other Shore Space or shake him out of it.

So, he said firmly, "One incense stick's time. I'll give you one incense stick's time. After one incense stick, I'll crush the soul of one Saint Sovereign. If there's still no news after half an hour, then I'm sorry, I'll make all four Saint Sovereigns disappear completely."

"One incense stick's time?"

Yin Jie and the other Saint Sovereigns exchanged glances. Yin Jie said, "How about two hours? Within two hours, our clan's Grand Elder will definitely reply!"

"No, at most two incense sticks' time, no negotiation!"

Jiang Han's tone was unquestionable. After he finished speaking, he walked to the cave where the four Saint Sovereigns had been hiding earlier.

He investigated and found no teleportation formation leading out. He closed his eyes and sensed the situation inside the formations.

Outside, Yin Jie and several Saint Sovereigns exchanged messages. Yin Jie instructed one of the Saint Sovereigns, and that Saint Sovereign transformed into lightning, rapidly flying towards the north.

There was no communication formation here. If he wanted to send a message back to the clan, he could only go to the communication formation in the city outside.

Jiang Han only gave them two incense sticks' time, which was too short. It was impossible for the experts in the clan to teleport over.

So, the Saint Sovereign's message was only to buy time. Whether or not to open the formations here was up to Yin Jie…

Yin Jie's expression turned somewhat unsightly. He felt like he had tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice he used as bait.

Although the Heavenly Yin Clan was a super clan in the Northern Region with many experts, four Saint Sovereigns were still a significant force for the Heavenly Yin Clan.

If these four Saint Sovereigns were truly obliterated, Yin Jie would definitely be severely punished by the clan.

So…

Yin Jie actually had no choice. He had to open the formations and let Jiang Han escape.

The reason he wanted to delay was to report this matter to the Heavenly Yin Clan's Clan King and see if he could ask the Second Ancestor to personally come and capture or kill Jiang Han.

Even if the Second Ancestor didn't move, sending more powerful Saint Sovereigns from the clan would also be possible.

Time passed bit by bit. More than one incense stick's time quickly passed. Jiang Han walked out of the cave, holding four treasures in his hand, ready to crush one of them at any time.

After a while, the seal stone in Yin Jie's hand lit up, indicating that the clan had sent a message?

Of course, this was fake. Yin Jie hadn't received a message at all. He pretended to investigate and then loudly shouted, "Jiang Han, our clan's Grand Elder has sent a message—he said that he can open the formations and let you leave, and even… our clan can pretend that today's events didn't happen."

"But there's a condition. Before you leave, you must return the souls of our clan's four Saint Sovereigns."

"You wish!"

Jiang Han sneered and said, "Stop talking nonsense and open the formations to let me leave first. As for the matter of returning the souls, we'll talk about it slowly later, or we'll fight to the death!"

With the lives of the four Saint Sovereigns in his hands, how could Jiang Han compromise so easily? He was still hoping to use the souls of these four Saint Sovereigns to exchange for the Gale Wind Heart.