Turning Against Allies at the Critical Moment, Perfect Fire Lotus!

Under the crowd's shocked gazes, Xiao Yan grabbed the Flame Scale Python by its lower jaw, twisted his wrist, and smashed it heavily into the ground.

Bang!

Mu She reacted swiftly, drawing his broadsword and chopping off the Flame Scale Python's head.

Fei Lei and He Lian also unleashed their full potential, joining forces to kill the other one.

"Thanks. You saved me again."

Having calmed down, Xiao Yi Xian was not particularly surprised.

Back at the market, Jia Lieqing, whom Xiao Yan had killed in the street, had been far stronger than these two Flame Scale Pythons.

"Damn it! He stole the spotlight again!" Mu Li's eyes brimmed with venom.

Whoosh!

Sheathing his saber, Mu She clasped his fists gratefully. "Thank you for your help, little brother! We'll give you at least half of the Flame Marrow Flowers we pick!"

The others had no objections either. If not for Xiao Yan, the three leaders might have escaped.

But everyone else would have died!

"You're too kind."

Xiao Yan waved a hand, then his eyes suddenly narrowed as he walked toward the center of the Flame Marrow Flower field.

"Captain Mu She, lend me your blade."

Catching the saber Mu She tossed over, Xiao Yan drove it into the soil and gave it a gentle twist.

Crack!

The saber snapped.

"How is that possible?" Mu She's expression shifted slightly.

This blade had been forged from Heavenly Cold Iron and had cost him over ten thousand Gold Coins.

It had broken just like that?

"There's something strange in the soil!"

The three mercenary leaders hurried over and dug away the earth around the broken blade.

In an instant.

A scorching aura surged from the soil like rising fiery mist.

"This is..."

"Flame Crystal Marrow!"

The mercenaries went wild with joy, grabbing their weapons and digging throughout the sea of flowers.

"There's some here too!"

"Over here as well!"

Flame Crystal Marrow was far more valuable than Flame Marrow Flowers.

There was actually a Flame Crystal Marrow vein here!

"No wonder there are so many Flame Marrow Flowers here! We're rich! Rich!"

The mercenaries shouted excitedly, while the three leaders each wore very different expressions.

Whoosh!

A cold glint flashed through Mu She's eyes. He drew one of his subordinate's sabers and viciously stabbed it toward Xiao Yan.

He Lian did the same.

"Captain Mu She, Captain He Lian, you turn on people faster than flipping pages." Xiao Yan curled his lips into a faint smile.

A mere thousand Flame Marrow Flowers were not enough to make Mu She turn hostile.

But a Flame Crystal Marrow deposit was another matter entirely.

"Mu She, have you gone mad?!" Xiao Yi Xian shouted furiously.

The strength Xiao Yan had displayed was clearly above that of all three leaders!

Pfft!

Before Xiao Yi Xian had even finished speaking, a cloud of medicinal powder shot out from beside her and blasted toward Xiao Yan.

"Qi Sealing Powder!" Xiao Yi Xian cried out in alarm.

Qi Sealing Powder could seal battle qi. Even a Dou Wang would temporarily fall to the level of a Da Dou Shi after being hit by it.

Whoosh!

Xiao Yan flashed aside, avoiding the incoming powder, then kicked Mu She dozens of meters away.

The sound of shattering bones rang out sharply.

"Mu She!"

He Lian's face changed drastically. He roared at Fei Lei, "Fei Lei, why aren't you making a move? What are you waiting for?!"

Fei Lei stood where he was, his expression shifting.

In the end.

He took a step back and remained still.

"See? There are still smart people around." Xiao Yan raised a hand and lightly clapped.

Bang!

The ground beneath He Lian's feet instantly exploded into a deep pit, dirt flying everywhere.

"No... no! This guy is at least a Da Dou Shi!"

Mu She and He Lian's faces turned deathly pale.

Seeing that Xiao Yan was unharmed, Xiao Yi Xian inexplicably let out a breath of relief.

Just then.

Whoosh!

Several packets of white powder suddenly flew from Li Fei's sleeve, engulfing Xiao Yan.

"Li Fei, you..." Xiao Yi Xian's eyes widened.

Clap! Clap!

Mu Li clapped excitedly and wrapped an arm around Li Fei's shoulders. "Well done!"

Li Fei remained expressionless. "Miss, Mu Li gave me thirty thousand Gold Coins. People die for wealth just as birds die for food. You should understand that."

"Xiao Yan, run!" Xiao Yi Xian shouted urgently.

"Run?"

Mu Li laughed viciously. "Once you've been hit by my Qi Sealing Powder, you're nothing but a lamb waiting for slaughter! Xiao Yan, was it? You dared to trample me underfoot? I'll make you die!"

"Li'er, splendidly done!" Mu She laughed sinisterly.

With a flick of his wrist, Mu Li let a dagger slide from his sleeve and walked toward Xiao Yan with a sinister smile.

As he walked, he casually tossed the dagger in the air.

"Kid, be sharper-eyed in your next life! I'll turn your skull into a piss pot and put it to good use!"

Mu Li grinned wickedly, raised the dagger high, and viciously stabbed it down at Xiao Yan.

Clang!

A crisp ring echoed out.

Mu Li's wrist went numb, and he staggered back repeatedly.

"Fei Lei, what are you doing?!" Mu She and He Lian roared in fury.

"Don't like the look of it."

Holding his long staff at an angle, Fei Lei coolly nodded toward Xiao Yan. "You saved the Blood Battle Mercenary Group just now. I'm repaying that debt! Leave Green Mountain Town immediately, and never set foot here again!"

Xiao Yan's expression turned strange as he looked at Fei Lei's indifferent face.

What was this supposed to be?

Sigh!

Xiao Yan shook his head. As his battle qi circulated, it transformed into wisps of smoke.

The Qi Sealing Powder was rapidly forced out of his body.

"Did no one ever tell you not to use a pharmacist's tricks on an alchemist?"

Whoosh!

Scorching flames rose from Xiao Yan's hand, and Mu She's group was seized by terror.

An alchemist?

Whoosh!

Xiao Yan flashed forward. Amid the blazing flames, he kicked Li Fei more than ten meters away.

She died on the spot.

Xiao Yan cast Xiao Yi Xian a calm glance. "You're too soft-hearted. I'll handle this kind of thing for you."

Then.

His emotionless gaze turned toward Mu She, He Lian, and the others.

"Y-you, don't come any closer!" Mu She shouted, forcing himself to sound brave, but his trembling hands had already betrayed him.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes as scorching flames surged over his palm.

Suddenly.

He turned and looked at the ground.

"Finally coming out?"

After a brief silence.

Boom!

A huge, elongated figure violently burst from the earth. Its hard overlapping scales resembled a river of flowing flames.

"The Flame Scale Python King!"

Looking at the creature, more than ten times larger than the two Flame Scale Pythons, everyone present turned pale with horror.

Whoosh!

The Flame Scale Python King coiled its body, and its roaring flames burned the soil into crystal.

"A... a Tier 5 Magical Beast!" Fei Lei's body went limp.

A Tier 5 Magical Beast was equivalent to a human Dou Wang!

"It's over!"

That thought rose in everyone's mind.

"Haha!"

Mu She, He Lian, and the others instead laughed wildly.

They stared at Xiao Yan with crazed expressions. "Kid, we were doomed to die anyway. Having a freak like you buried with us makes it worth it!"

Mu She, He Lian, and the rest had already gone mad. Mu Li in particular was terrified yet exhilarated.

"It's hard for me to understand the thoughts of ants. Even when I was a cripple, I was never as pathetic as you."

Flames blazed from Xiao Yan's hands. As they intertwined, Fire Wings unfurled behind his back.

Whoosh!

Before the crowd's stunned eyes, Xiao Yan shot into the sky. Red and yellow flames intertwined and condensed, crackling explosively.

"Condense!"

With Xiao Yan's furious roar, strands of battle qi wove together like needle and thread, perfectly fusing the inherently incompatible Mysterious Yellow Flame and Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.

In an instant.

An exquisite miniature fire lotus floated above Xiao Yan's palm.

Slowly spinning!