Three days later, at the border between the Jia Ma Empire and the Chuyun Empire.
In a small town outside the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
Within a quiet house, faint sandalwood incense lingered in the air, bringing a slight sense of comfort and intoxication. On the bed in the corner of the room, Xiao Yan lay with his eyes tightly shut. His weak breaths came only after long intervals, making one unable to help worrying that his next breath might suddenly fail to come.
No one knew how long had passed when Xiao Yan, lying on the bed like a corpse, suddenly twitched his fingers lightly and slowly woke up.
Soft lamplight entered his eyes. Xiao Yan's palm suddenly clenched as he struggled to shift his gaze. Only after thoroughly surveying the somewhat familiar room did he let out a heavy sigh of relief. He lay weakly against the soft bed, without the slightest strength to move.
As he panted softly, memories rapidly surged forth from the depths of his mind once his head had fully cleared, allowing Xiao Yan to recall everything that had happened.
"Completely overloaded..."
Xiao Yan gave a bitter laugh. In order to flee Desert City as quickly as possible, Hai Bodong and he had raced all the way to the border of the Jia Ma Empire.
Yet through one careless mistake, they had unexpectedly entered the territory of a Sixth-tier Monster Beast within the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
Xiao Yan had been seriously injured through a moment of carelessness. Fortunately, Hai Bodong had been there. Otherwise, he might already have been buried in a beast's jaws.
As his mind sank into his body, the condition of his internal organs appeared before his senses—a state so ruined that it nearly left Xiao Yan dumbfounded.
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