"Elder Huo Yi... you don't think I'm a fool, do you...?"
"Go to hell!"
At this moment, Huo Yi sensed something was wrong, but he still wanted to kill Huo Xuan. He didn't waste any more words with Huo Xuan. He was now regretting why he had killed Huo Xuan in the first place. Now he had to act immediately. Every second he wasted would reduce his chances of success.
Huo Yi's figure flashed by like a ghost, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Huo Xuan, his right hand bent into a claw shape, Huo Xuan's face.
"Huo Xuan, go to hell!"
"Huo Yi, sorry about that, but I'm protecting this brat!"
Just as Huo Yi was about to succeed, a figure suddenly appeared beside Huo Xuan. The figure raised his palm, which contained power that was much stronger than Huo Yi's attack. With one palm, he knocked Huo Yi back.
"Huo Ye! It's you!" Upon recognizing the figure, Huo Yi was somewhat terrified. Huo Ye's strength was no less than his own; both were Early-Stage Three-Star Dou Sheng. If Huo Ye got involved, it would be dangerous...
"Father-in-law, you've finally made your move. If you had been any later, I'd probably be a corpse by now." Huo Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Huo Ye make his move.
"It's such a pity. I was hoping something bad would happen to you, you brat, but I can't help it. You're my son-in-law, after all. If anything happens to you, my daughter won't let me off the hook after she comes out of seclusion."
"Anyway, thank you, father-in-law. Now, I'll trouble you to deal with that traitor." Huo Xuan pointed to Huo Yi not far away and said.
"Don't worry, this traitor won't live past tonight!"
"Damn it!" Huo Yi cursed inwardly.
He had already discussed with his son that they should leave the Yan World as soon as possible and try to seek refuge with the Hun Clan or the Gu Clan. They planned to leave the Yan World tonight, but just as they were about to leave, he remembered Huo Xuan. If it weren't for Huo Xuan, they wouldn't have ended up like this!
His original plan was to kill Huo Xuan quietly and then quickly leave the Yan World to reunite with his son. However, Huo Ye's appearance disrupted his plans, and now he was starting to regret his actions...
Why not put aside the matter of seeking revenge against Huo Xuan for now, leave the Yan World with your son, and wait until you become stronger before seeking revenge on Huo Xuan?
Hatred blinded him, robbing him of his basic judgment.
At this moment, Huo Yi wanted to retreat, but with Huo Ye, who was also Three-Star Dou Sheng, watching him, he had no chance to escape.
"Huo Ye, even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!"
"Pull me down with you? Do you have the ability?" As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Ye released a powerful pressure that swept towards Huo Yi like a storm.
Faced with this overwhelming pressure, Huo Yi showed no fear. He had given up hope of leaving the Yan World safely. Huo Ye didn't need to defeat him at all. He only needed to send out a message and stall him for a while. He was sure that more elders would come to Huo Ye's aid soon.
"Huo Ye, die!"
Huo Yi roared, and then a surge of boundless Dou Qi erupted from his body like a raging inferno, fiercely Huo Ye...
"Huo Yi, do you think you can be afraid of me!"
Seeing this, Huo Ye also gathered his Dou Qi. Then, in a flash, he collided fiercely with Huo Yi!
"Boom!"
A great battle was about to erupt; a deafening roar echoed throughout the land, lingering for a long time...
Huo Ye and Huo Yi's figures kept colliding in the sky. Each collision brought up a terrifying fluctuation of Dou Qi. When gods fight, mortals suffer. The terrifying fluctuations generated by their battles could easily kill Dou Zong or even Dou Zun. Therefore, when they first started fighting, Huo Xuan wisely kept his distance from them.
Huo Yi and Huo Ye possessed equal strength. Under normal circumstances, it would be uncertain who would win or lose. However, perhaps because Huo Yi did not want to die, he fought very hastily. Every move he made revealed some flaws. Although each move contained terrifying power, each move was also full of flaws. Huo Ye seized every opportunity, and after a while, the originally stalemate suddenly shifted.
"It seems I truly have no hope of surviving..." Huo Yi thought to himself as he barely managed to repel Huo Ye with a single palm Huo Ye. "However, at least Cheng'er should be able to leave safely. As long as Cheng'er is safe, that's all that matters. He will definitely avenge me in the future..."
"Huo Yi, what are you thinking? Do you really think your son can leave the Yan World safely?" Huo Ye seemed to see through Huo Yi's thoughts and bluntly shattered his illusions with his words.
"Huo Ye! What do you mean by this?!"
"This was all that brat's idea; your son has probably already been arrested..."
"What! You despicable little beast, Huo Xuan, how dare you play tricks on this old man!"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yi roared angrily, then glared fiercely at Huo Xuan in the distance. He wanted to kill this little beast. He gathered his Dou Qi and attacked Huo Xuan Huo Yi fiercely.
"Huo Yi, you want to kill my son, did you ask for my opinion?" A voice that Huo Yi found very familiar suddenly rang out from the sky. Before Huo Yi could react, a familiar figure stood in front of Huo Xuan and punched him away.
"Huo Zhen... you actually came too!" Huo Yi said in a somewhat frightened manner.
"I'll come as soon as I finish what I'm doing," Huo Zhen said casually.
"This is truly the end for me..."
Upon seeing Huo Zhen appear, Huo Yi was utterly despondent. Huo Zhen's strength was roughly equal to his own, and with Huo Ye joining the Huo Ye, two Three-Star Dou Sheng against one Three-Star Dou Sheng —the battle was already decided...
At this moment, in that remote area, it was still that small courtyard.
There were four figures in the courtyard: Huo Yun, Yan Ling, Yan Liao, and Huo Cheng, who was bound hand and foot with an iron chain.
The courtyard was quiet and still; no one spoke a word. The three of them simply looked at Huo Cheng, who was bound hand and foot, lost in thought.
"Sigh, Huo Cheng, in this final period of your life, don't you have anything to say?" Yan Liao broke the silence by asking.
"Yan Liao! Don't you fucking go too far!" Huo Cheng was furious upon hearing Yan Liao's words.
In the Dou Qi Continent, betrayal is absolutely intolerable among all forces, large and small, Huo Cheng knew that he was unlikely to escape this calamity.
His life was already counting down, and he was now silently waiting to die. Under such torment, he was filled with fear and anger. Yan Liao's words were tantamount to asking for his last words.
At the same time, he felt that Yan Liao was mocking him, so he got angry. He twisted his body, which had become somewhat stiff from being bound by iron, and tried his best to break free. He was already a Nine Star Dou Zong, but under the power of Nine Star Dou Zong, the iron chains did not show any signs of breaking.
"Huo Cheng, don't struggle anymore. To tell you the truth, this iron chain was made by Elder Huo Zhen using special materials. You are only Nine Star Dou Zong now. If you were a Dou Zun, you could break free." Yan Ling, who was watching Huo Cheng's "performance" from the side, said.
"You! I'll kill you all!"
Huo Cheng fierce and menacing, charged towards them with great difficulty, but because his hands and feet were bound and he was unable to move easily, he was quickly subdued.
"Huo Cheng, if you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Of all things to do, why did you have to become a traitor? If you had been more obedient and hadn't provoked Brother Huo Xuan, you wouldn't be in this situation..."
"You were the leader of the Yan Clan's Four Heroes. Great Elder had high hopes for you back then, but why did you jeopardize your future for something that didn't belong to you..."
The title of "Four Heroes of the Flame Clan Yan Clan's Four Heroes" is awarded to the four most promising and talented individuals selected from the younger generation of the Flame Clan through a competition held periodically.
In the competition back then, the title of the Yan Clan's Four Heroes was won by these four people, and the reason they became the focus of attention in the clan was because they won the title of the Yan Clan's Four Heroes.
However, that competition was somewhat unfair. When vying for the title of the Yan Clan's Four Heroes, Huo Xuan as the number one among the younger generation of the Flame Clan, had just left the clan and did not participate. Huo Zhi, the second-ranked, also withdrew from the competition. Since the first and second-ranked individuals did not participate, the participants had an easier time, at least they didn't have to face them directly...
That competition was Huo Cheng's highlight moment. He was able to overcome all obstacles and from the first competition to the last, almost no one could defeat him. At that time, the elders also gave Huo Cheng very high praise. They all said that Huo Cheng was a rising star of the Flame Clan.
But now this rising star has met such a tragic end because of the position of Young Clan Leader; they understand that this rising star is about to fall...