Encircled and Pursued, Escaping Alive

Xiao Yan was stamping his feet in anxiety while Xiao Xian laughed heartlessly.

"Uncle Xiao Xian!"

Seeing Xiao Xian gloating there, Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly lit up.

What an idiot I am. The man before me is an incredible expert. A Dou Huang Expert may be an invincible existence to me, but before Xiao Xian, she probably wouldn't even have the chance to resist.

"Don't even think about it. Medusa is far too weak. I have no interest in dealing with her. Do you think it's possible to make an elephant fight an ant?" Xiao Xian naturally knew what Xiao Yan meant, but he refused without hesitation.

What a joke. Lord Xiao wasn't his hired thug. Bullying the weak was beneath a true expert. No way! He had completely forgotten that he had just bullied Hai Bo Dong.

And if he really stepped in, wouldn't he be strangling Xiao Yan's future main wife in the cradle? He had already taken Yun Yun and Little Fairy Doctor, so Xiao Xian decided to spare Medusa.

Fine, judging by Xiao Xian's attitude, Xiao Yan knew he could not count on him.

"Although I can't make a move, I can give you some information for free," Xiao Xian said.

"Medusa's cultivation has already reached the Dou Huang Peak, and she may enter the Dou Zong realm at any time. The reason she took the Azure Lotus Core Flame is to use the power of the Heavenly Flame to burn her body and help herself break through the barrier of her realm. You can quietly sneak into the Imperial City, then strike when Medusa begins evolving and catch her off guard to seize the Heavenly Flame. At that time, Medusa will be at the weakest point of her life and won't have the strength to stop you. This is your best chance to obtain the Heavenly Flame." Xiao Xian spoke in an irresistibly tempting tone.

There was such a thing?

Xiao Yan had never known that Heavenly Flames could do more than refine pills and forge weapons. They could even help Magical Beasts advance in rank. He had truly learned something new.

"So work hard, kid. I have faith in you. I'll give this to you—make good use of it." Xiao Xian patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and stuffed a jade bottle into his arms.

Without waiting for Xiao Yan to refuse, Xiao Xian walked into the crowd and vanished in just a few breaths.

"What's with him? Why leave so fast?" Xiao Yan muttered, then casually pulled out the stopper of the jade bottle.

Boom!

Crimson flames shot into the sky. Blistering heat swept across all of Mo City, turning everything within several hundred meters into a towering sea of fire. Caught completely unprepared, Mo City suffered heavy casualties. Countless people were vaporized before they could even feel pain.

"Fallen Heart Flame!" Yao Lao cried out in disbelief. "Quick! Put the stopper back in!"

Yao Lao's voice jolted the dumbfounded Xiao Yan awake. He hurriedly fumbled the stopper back into the jade bottle, and the flames soaring into the sky immediately lost their source.

In just a few breaths, everything within several hundred meters had been burned into a barren white expanse. Every tangible object had vanished. Even the earth had been scorched into crystals, radiating rolling waves of heat.

He had caused trouble!

That was Xiao Yan's first reaction.

What a damn trap!

Seeing Xiao Xian's indifferent attitude earlier, Xiao Yan had assumed the thing he gave him could not be anything special. After all, Xiao Xian had given him a stone before, so giving him a bottle this time was not hard to understand.

Who could have imagined that this unremarkable-looking bottle contained a Heavenly Flame, and one ranked fourteenth at that—the Fallen Heart Flame?

That guy had actually given him a Heavenly Flame, something others would fight bloody battles over. Did he not know how precious Heavenly Flames were?

That was obviously impossible. Anyone who lived on the Dou Qi Continent knew the value of Heavenly Flames. They were the supreme treasures of alchemists, things countless alchemists had craved for their entire lives without ever obtaining.

Xiao Yan was deeply moved and silently remembered this favor from Xiao Xian.

"This is incredible. Who exactly is this uncle of yours? He casually gives away even a Heavenly Flame. Tsk, tsk, what generosity," Yao Lao said in amazement.

This was the Fallen Heart Flame, a Heavenly Flame ranked fourteenth. Judging from the intensity of those flames just now, it had clearly matured considerably. Even in his prime, Yao Lao had not been completely confident that he could fuse with it. This brat Xiao Yan was truly unbelievably lucky.

"I don't know either. Father never told me anything about Uncle Xiao Xian. But it seems he isn't from our clan. He was an outsider who only settled in the Xiao Clan more than ten years ago," Xiao Yan said with a frown.

Xiao Xian had kept a low profile over the past decade or so. Ever since joining the Xiao Clan, he had never revealed his abilities, and the Xiao Clan had practically forgotten about him. If Xiao Yan had not happened to meet him by chance, he probably would not even have known that such a person existed in the Xiao Clan.

"Never mind that. I can tell Uncle Xiao Xian bears me no ill will. Otherwise, I couldn't possibly have lived until now." Xiao Yan did not believe Xiao Xian had any designs on him. It was not that he could not, but that there was simply no need.

"Perhaps you're right. If an expert like him wanted to kill you, you wouldn't be able to escape even if you ran to the ends of the earth." Yao Lao agreed completely.

"Quick, there seems to be someone over here. Go ask what happened." The commotion earlier had been too great and the temperature too high, so the experts in the city had not dared approach at first. Now that the flames had gone out, they immediately came to investigate.

Xiao Yan came to his senses and hurriedly fled. He did not dare let those people surround him, or there would likely be a brutal fight.

There were hardly any good people in Mo City. Everyone lived with their lives on the line, and killing others for treasure was as commonplace to them as eating and drinking. They felt no psychological burden whatsoever.

With a flash of his body, Xiao Yan vanished before those people could react.

"Whew, I finally shook those guys off." Xiao Yan panted heavily. Only when he saw that there were no pursuers behind him did he stop, gasping for breath.

He had originally thought that once he left Mo City and slipped into the vast desert, no one would be able to find him even if they wanted to. But he had underestimated the people of this world and had nearly been cornered by them.

Fortunately, he had Yao Lao's cheat-like assistance. With Yao Chen's powerful spiritual strength, Xiao Yan could always spot his pursuers from far away and calmly throw them off.

However, as more and more people joined the pursuit, Xiao Yan began to feel some pressure. Sometimes, when he truly could not avoid them, he could only kill them all.

Fortunately, Mo City had only a limited number of experts. Ninety percent of them were merely Dou Zhes or Dou Shis, while only ten percent had reached the Da Dou Shi realm. Dou Ling experts were almost nonexistent. Otherwise, he might really have suffered a disaster in an unexpected place.

After two or three hours of bitter fighting, Xiao Yan finally forced his way out of Mo City and successfully entered the Tagor Desert. After running for another hour, he finally threw off his pursuers completely.

"These people are completely insane. They attacked me without even asking what happened. That was far too dangerous." Thinking back to that perilous scene, Xiao Yan immediately ground his teeth in hatred.