Nalan Yanran

"Ding!"

"Mission: A villain has been randomly generated, with the strength of a Dou Grandmaster Nine Stars and a Dou Spirit One Star. The host must gain Nalan Yanran's favor and successfully show off. Mission reward: 3,000 experience, 10,000 gold coins, and one lottery draw." The system chimed.

"This mission..."

"The system understands me!"

A smile suddenly curled across Xiao Huo's lips. Ge Ye was only a Dou Grandmaster Seven Stars. Once he was surrounded by the villains generated by the system, he would undoubtedly die, and Nalan Yanran would be in danger as well. That would be the perfect moment for Xiao Huo to make his dazzling entrance!

Saving the beauty, then winning her hand in marriage!

He wondered how Yanran's little bunnies had developed by now. Xiao Huo chuckled lewdly.

Nalan Yanran was probably still somewhat unhappy. She was a proud daughter of heaven with a bright future ahead of her, yet she was supposed to marry Xiao Yan, a useless good-for-nothing of three years. How could she accept that? Naturally, she had to go to the Xiao Clan to break off the engagement.

Of course, due to the system's influence, Nalan Yanran no longer knew Xiao Yan. In the entire Battle Through the Heavens, Xiao Yan had become a mere passerby, and everyone's memories of him had been transferred to Xiao Huo.

At that moment, Nalan Yanran lifted her snow-white chin. Her slender waist was exquisitely curved, and she stood there with graceful poise, carrying the fragrant aura of a young maiden. She was breathtakingly beautiful.

"Uncle Ge Ye, would it be inappropriate for us to break off the engagement?" Nalan Yanran asked softly. She had learned three years ago that Xiao Huo had become useless. She had given him three years, yet he had made no progress at all.

"Inappropriate?"

"Yanran, you must understand. That useless Xiao Clan boy is not worthy of you. Now, you are the Sect Leader's disciple, with limitless prospects ahead. The Misty Cloud Sect's abundant resources are more than enough to turn you into a true genius," Ge Ye said.

"Mm..."

"I already gave him three years. Even if I break off the engagement, Uncle Xiao cannot blame me. We can also compensate the Xiao Clan with Qi Gathering Powder." Nalan Yanran's tall, slender figure relaxed slightly.

From the moment she was born, she had been betrothed to Xiao Huo. Three years ago, Xiao Huo had become a useless Dou Qi level three, and she had waited for him for three years, but he had not improved in the slightest.

Now, it was time for her to fight for her own happiness!

"Rest assured, Yanran. If the Xiao Clan dares to—"

Before Ge Ye could finish, a flicker of terror appeared in his eyes!

An extremely dangerous aura filled the surroundings!

This aura made even Ge Ye's scalp tingle. He was already a powerful Dou Grandmaster Seven Stars, yet he could sense horrifying killing intent all around them, completely encircling them!

In an instant, Three Shadow Assassins rushed before Ge Ye.

Ge Ye felt chills run down his spine, and even his voice began to tremble.

"Dou Grandmaster... Nine Stars?!"

"Which faction are you people from? We are from the Misty Cloud Sect!" Ge Ye shouted in terror. His whole body trembled, his eyes dimmed, and he inwardly cried out in alarm. His body could not move at all.

"The Misty Cloud Sect? It's nothing but shit!" a Shadow Assassin said flatly.

"A... a Dou Ling expert?!"

Ge Ye's mind went blank as he felt his last shred of hope utterly shatter.

They were doomed!

When had they ever offended people like this? These people did not even fear the Misty Cloud Sect!

Nalan Yanran was trembling as well. The expert before her was simply not someone she could contend against!

Xiao Huo, hidden in the shadows, was waiting for an opportunity...

Boom!

A Shadow Assassin threw a punch at Ge Ye.

Ge Ye's body flew backward. He spat blood and crashed heavily onto the ground, cracking the earth beneath him!

"Miss Yanran! Run!" Ge Ye cried out in terror, despair in his eyes.

"Uncle Ge Ye..."

Nalan Yanran's small hands trembled. The Shadow Assassins before her kept closing in, and she realized that she could not move at all!

A Dou Ling expert was terrifying indeed!

The Shadow Assassin shot forward and charged directly at Nalan Yanran!

Nalan Yanran slowly closed her beautiful eyes. What a pity—she had been regarded as a genius of the Misty Cloud Sect, only to die here.

"Stop!"

A young man's voice entered Nalan Yanran's ears. She felt her delicate body being swept into a young man's embrace. Nalan Yanran slowly opened her beautiful eyes and looked at the young man before her. He was handsome and dashing, standing proudly against the wind...

"Run..."

"The other side is a Dou Ling expert. You can't defeat him..."

Nalan Yanran said softly, her lovely face pale. Though she did not know who this young man was, she felt an inexplicable worry for him.

"Silly girl."

"With me here, no one can bully you." Xiao Huo held Nalan Yanran's delicate body and looked down at the girl in his arms, revealing a faint smile. "Miss, your beauty could topple a city at a glance. You truly are a proud daughter of heaven."

"Thank you..."

"Watch out!" Nalan Yanran's pretty face flushed slightly as she hurriedly warned him. The Dou Ling expert had already appeared behind Xiao Huo.

"They're not enough to hurt me." Xiao Huo smiled faintly. He slowly turned around and raised his palm.

Slap!

A crisp slap rang out.

A shrill scream followed. The Dou Ling expert's body spun seven hundred and twenty degrees through the air, blood spraying from his mouth. He carved a savage trench a thousand zhang long across the ground, shattering every piece of rubble along the way and scorching the earth black.

"So weak, yet you dare challenge me?"

Xiao Huo spoke indifferently, his cold gaze falling on the other two Shadow Assassins. The arm around Nalan Yanran's waist tightened a little more.

"Are you alright?" Xiao Huo smiled.

"I-I'm fine."

Nalan Yanran replied softly. Her beautiful eyes had gone completely blank as she stared dumbly at the scene before her, disbelief still lingering within them. The young man before her had sent a Dou Ling expert flying with a single slap?

This...

This was a Dou Ling expert!

Defeated in an instant?

Ge Ye, standing in the distance, also revealed a look of shock. Everyone around them looked at Xiao Huo with deep reverence, their faces lighting up with excitement. What kind of expert was he, to instantly defeat a Dou Ling? Could he be a Dou Wang?

But... when had someone so young ever appeared on the Dou Qi Continent as a Dou Wang?

Impossible!

Ge Ye's mind was filled with countless questions. He could never have imagined that the Dou Ling who had casually crushed him would be so effortlessly defeated by Xiao Huo.

The two Dou Grandmaster Nine Stars experts immediately turned and fled.

Xiao Huo casually raised his hand.

A strand of terrifying, unfathomable pressure spread forth.

In an instant, the two Dou Grandmaster Nine Stars were frozen in place, unable to move.

"Trying to run?"

"Can you even escape?"

Xiao Huo chuckled lightly and waved his hand again. A surge of powerful dou qi burst forth, followed by the screams of the two Dou Grandmaster Nine Stars. Those two terrifying experts ignited from head to toe, turning into ashes.

Nalan Yanran was completely stunned.

It was far too unbelievable...

Who exactly was this young man before her?

There was actually a young genius in this world whose talent surpassed even hers!

And he was so handsome too...

For a moment, Nalan Yanran became somewhat entranced, blankly allowing Xiao Huo to hold her in his arms. It felt so warm...