Blood Axe Xiao Chen

As a rune emerged on the gaunt figure's forehead, his aura suddenly soared.

"That is...!"

Xiao Yan's gaze immediately fixed on the strange rune. Then, as if struck by lightning, his face went blank.

"This is... this is the Xiao Clan's Clan Mark!"

The rune on the blood-axe wielder's forehead was unmistakably the Xiao Clan's unique Clan Mark.

Xiao Yan stared blankly at the Clan Mark, waves of shock surging through his heart.

Under normal circumstances, the present-day Xiao Clan should have had only him capable of possessing such a Clan Mark. Why had it suddenly appeared on this mysterious man?

"The Xiao Clan's Clan Mark?"

Gu Xun'er and the others noticed it as well, their astonished gazes immediately turning toward Xiao Yan.

They all recognized the Xiao Clan's Clan Mark and had seen Xiao Yan use it, so it had left a deep impression on them.

"Could he be one of your Xiao Clan's elders?" Gu Xun'er guessed.

Xiao Yan's heart jolted at those words.

No one knew how many years the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had existed. If it had captured and enslaved a Xiao Clan expert in some distant era and kept him until now, it was not impossible.

At that thought, a surge of delight rose in Xiao Yan's heart.

But that delight had barely surfaced before sinking away again, because the gaunt man was already a Fire Slave.

As thoughts raced through Xiao Yan's mind—

Boom!

After his aura surged, the gaunt man's strength had entered the five-star level. He swung his axe violently, and the terrifying blood-red axe light nearly tore apart space before directly sending Gu Nanhai and Elder Yao flying backward.

Thud, thud, thud!

Gu Nanhai and Elder Yao seemed to have suffered a heavy blow. With muffled groans and slightly pale