Hua She'er: My Saint King Is Far Too Cautious

"He's still just a teenager?!"

"What a scheming bastard!"

"You really can't judge a book by its cover..."

The sudden turn of events left even the two Dou Wang experts in the sky somewhat stunned. They found Yan Lin increasingly unfathomable and grew more wary of him.

Even Qi Yunxiao, that old fox who had escaped their hands several times, had been tricked. This junior was even more ruthless and vicious than they had imagined. More importantly, he was... ridiculously cautious!

He looked harmless, like a hot-blooded young man, yet he was exceedingly practiced at sneak attacks. Clearly, he had plotted against plenty of people before.

Lacking in martial virtue!

But as Poison Masters, morality was something they had never possessed, so naturally they would not condemn Yan Lin for it.

On the contrary, they rather admired this junior, feeling that he truly had the bearing of a Poison Master.

"Now, it's your turn!"

After seeing Qi Yunxiao finally breathe his last, Yan Lin condensed two flaming swords with his Dou Qi. Then he raised his right hand, pointed his swords at the two old men, and calmly provoked them.

Seeing his arrogance, killing intent flashed through the old eyes of the two Dou Wang experts in the sky, yet neither rashly charged in.

The two exchanged a tacit glance. Then the old man in green tightly gripped his Toad Crutch and said in a cold but probing tone, "You killed Qi Yunxiao. Aren't you afraid the two of us will join forces and kill you? Or do you think that, as a peak Dou Ling, you can stand against two Poison Dou Wangs?"

Yan Lin had dared to directly ambush Qi Yunxiao. How could he possibly not know that killing Qi Yunxiao meant facing the two Poison Dou Wangs alone?

They feared that Yan Lin still had another trick up his sleeve and did not dare act rashly.

Yan Lin was no three-year-old child, so he naturally understood their concerns. With a half-smile, he said, "Old fox, keep probing, and the Snake People Clan's experts will be here soon."

The uncertain old man in green and his companion exchanged another look. The next moment, both decisively chose to attack.

They simultaneously flapped the Dou Qi wings on their backs. With a thunderous explosion of Dou Qi, the two Dou Wang experts charged Yan Lin from opposite sides.

Faced with such a terrifying attack, Yan Lin's lips curled imperceptibly. They finally took the bait!

Snake Skill: Berserk!

Hua She'er, who had been secretly protecting Yan Lin, seized the moment and directly entered Berserk mode. In an instant, her strength surged from that of a Six-Star Dou King to the peak of the Nine-Star Dou King realm, while her body swelled to more than ten feet in size.

There's another Dou King?!

The two Poison Dou Wangs, who were about to reach Yan Lin, sensed Hua She'er's Dou Qi fluctuations and their aged faces changed drastically.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. Yan Lin was not far from Hua She'er.

With a swing of her snake tail, she flashed before Yan Lin in an instant. The two Poison Dou Wangs could barely follow Hua She'er's movements with their eyes, but they could not keep up with the speed of her attacks.

One was sent flying by a punch, while the other was wrapped up by her snake tail and smashed heavily into the ground.

The two Poison Dou Wangs suffered heavy blows and each spat out a mouthful of foul-smelling poisonous blood. Before they could catch their breath, Yan Lin, who had long been poised to strike, made his move.

Dual Sword Style, Asura Hundred Slashes!

Yan Lin gripped both swords tightly as his aura rose to its peak. His body moved with his sword technique, and as his blades slashed out, every strike unleashed a blazing, terrifying stream of flame.

He delivered all hundred slashes in no more than a few breaths.

The fiery streams formed a dense sword net that swept toward the two Poison Dou Wangs from all directions.

Yan Lin's Dou technique was unleashed so swiftly that it gave the two Poison Master Dou Wangs no time to react. But they were Dou Wang experts after all. With their speed fully unleashed, they could barely dodge the fiery streams one after another.

However, their injuries worsened as they forcibly suppressed them and circulated their Dou Qi. They could not help but cough up more bloody foam.

More fatally, once Yan Lin finished, Hua She'er followed up. The two took turns attacking, giving the old man in black and his companion no chance to catch their breath. The two renowned Poison Dou Wangs were forced back step by step, gaining many new wounds.

A Poison Master Dou Wang's combat power far surpassed that of ordinary experts at the same level. Though the old man in black was only a Two-Star Dou Wang and the other only a Three-Star Dou Wang, either could contend with a Four- or Five-Star Dou Wang in battle.

If they joined forces, they could even fight a high-level Dou Wang.

Unfortunately, they could handle Hua She'er alone, but with Yan Lin added to the mix, they were clearly at a disadvantage.

Snake Skill, Spirit Control!

Ten Thousand Snake Spirit Explosion!

Hua She'er used a secret snake technique, waving her hand to control two enormous energy pythons dozens of feet long as they lunged at the two Poison Dou Wangs.

Yan Lin, rapidly forming hand seals, was not to be outdone. He unleashed his strongest Dou technique, condensing hundreds upon hundreds of spirit snakes that followed close behind.

Faced with such an offensive, the old man in green and his companion did not dare hold anything back and went all out.

Toad Skill!

Myriad Snake Array!

The old man in green condensed a giant poisonous toad with his surging Dou Qi, while the old man in black once again summoned countless venomous snakes. They clashed head-on with Yan Lin and Hua She'er's attacks.

For a time, explosions of Dou Qi rang out incessantly. Violent winds rose, and rolling yellow sand was blasted high into the air...

After a fierce battle, the two Poison Dou Wangs ultimately fell into a disadvantage and successively spat out another mouthful of blood they could no longer suppress.

They had already expended considerable energy and Dou Qi fighting Qi Yunxiao. Now they were clashing with Yan Lin and Hua She'er, and they had also been ambushed. Naturally, they had fallen into the inferior position.

"Retreat!"

The two injured Poison Dou Wangs exchanged a look across the distance and instantly chose to flee in tacit understanding.

They no longer wished to reclaim the Heavenly Flames map from Qi Yunxiao's body. Staying alive was what mattered now.

Most importantly, they sensed that quite a few experts from the distant Snake People Clan were already rushing over. If they did not leave now, they truly would not be able to escape.

What use was the finest treasure if one had no life to claim it?

The two Dou Wangs used every means at their disposal. Even with Yan Lin blocking them and Hua She'er pursuing them, they still managed to escape.

Yan Lin's inability to fly except briefly at low altitude was his weakness.

Though Hua She'er was immensely powerful, she alone found it difficult to stop two Dou Wangs determined to flee.

"What a pity. They still got away."

Letting tigers return to the mountains would bring endless trouble. Yan Lin had intended to leave both Poison Dou Wangs, along with Qi Yunxiao, in the desert.

He had not wanted news of the Heavenly Flames to spread, but things did not go as he wished.

Watching the two Poison Dou Wangs flee the Tagor Desert, Yan Lin felt somewhat regretful. I'm still too weak.

If he broke through to the Dou Wang realm, he and Hua She'er could each have taken one and kept both Dou Wangs in the Tagor Desert.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs.

"Poison Masters use insidious methods, and they worked together seamlessly. With their hearts set on fleeing, it would have been difficult to keep them."

Hua She'er withdrew from her Berserk state and returned to Yan Lin's side. He also knew that it would be difficult for Hua She'er alone to keep two Poison Dou Wangs determined to escape, so he said nothing more.

Fortunately, this operation had not been entirely fruitless.

Yan Lin swayed his snake tail and slithered toward Qi Yunxiao's corpse, stopping ten meters away.

"Come!"

Dou Qi burst from his palm as Yan Lin drew Qi Yunxiao's alchemist robe and Ring into his hand.

Then he condensed numerous flaming swords around the area with his Dou Qi. With a point of his finger, the flaming swords shot into different parts of Qi Yunxiao's body.

Hua She'er did not understand Yan Lin's actions. The man was already dead, so why mutilate the corpse?

"Saint King, what are you doing?"

"Making sure he's dead," Yan Lin said as if it were only natural. "Who knows whether Qi Yunxiao faked his death on purpose? Maybe he took some special pill that could bring him back from the dead. Maybe his heart is on the left side, or in his butt. It could be somewhere else, too."

"Giving him a few extra stabs is necessary."

Hua She'er: "..."

A few extra stabs?

You turned him into a porcupine!

Hua She'er truly could not understand her Saint King's thought process. Speechless, she complained, "Saint King, if you're making sure he's dead, why not just burn him to ashes? Wouldn't that be easier?"

Yan Lin stopped his stabbing. He turned to Hua She'er and nodded in complete agreement. "That makes sense!"

With a whoosh, a ball of incomparably scorching crimson flame appeared in Yan Lin's palm. With a light flick of his hand, the fireball flew out and landed precisely on Qi Yunxiao's body, directly burning him into ashes.

He even scattered the ashes. That way, no one could revive through the corpse.

Yan Lin's actions truly made Hua She'er see him in a new light.

Watching him, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, and she did not know whether to laugh or cry.

He really burned him?

Saint King is far too cautious!