Overlord Dragon Snake

Su Yan slipped into the courtyard and made his way toward the building. With a light flip through the window, he entered the room.

The woman who had been sobbing had fallen silent. Rustling sounds came from inside.

Su Yan climbed onto a roof beam and spotted the woman below, her collar wide open as she struggled inside a sack.

Her hands were tied behind her back, so she could only inch her way out of the sack with her body.

Su Yan slid down a pillar and landed on the floor. In almost an instant, he rushed to the woman's side and covered her mouth with his palm. "Shh. I'm here to rescue you."

Her eyes suddenly lit up, hope shining in their clear depths.

"I'm going to move my hand. Don't scream."

The woman nodded.

"My name is Su Yan. What's yours?"

Su Yan asked as he helped her out of the sack, then went around behind her to untie her hands.

The woman rubbed her swollen, reddened arms and said, "My name is Ye Tangtang. Thank you, little friend."

"Were you captured too?" Su Yan asked. The sight of her gaping collar had brought some unpleasant possibilities to mind.

Ye Tangtang shuddered, still shaken. She pulled her collar tightly closed and said bitterly, "Those filthy lechers! I let my guard down for a moment, and they got the better of me."

"Can you walk?" Su Yan asked.

"The poison hasn't worn off, so I can't use my Martial Soul, but I can walk." Ye Tangtang moved her limbs a little, then asked, "Were you captured too, little one?"

"You know?" Su Yan was surprised, but then he thought about it. The people who kidnapped children and the people who kidnapped women might well be the same group.

"My daughter, Ranran, was captured with me. Do you know where she is?"

Su Yan nodded. The last group of children thrown in had still been unconscious.

He told her what he knew. "There are a lot of children locked up farther in. I was going to find a way out and get help from Spirit Hall."

"There's no need. I have a signal flare on me. Once I fire it into the sky, my in-laws will come. With their strength, they can easily flatten this little City Lord's Mansion."

"That's wonderful!" Su Yan said excitedly.

"Come on. I'll fire the signal flare." Ye Tangtang straightened up and began to move slowly. The lingering poison had left her weak.

Su Yan supported her and asked, "How long will it take them to get here?"

"Fifteen minutes at the earliest, an hour at the latest. They'll definitely come."

"That's too long. What if the people from the City Lord's Mansion move the children away? Then no one will be able to save them."

"What should we do, then?" Ye Tangtang swung a fist angrily. "If only the poison had worn off. I could at least hold them off."

"I'll go," Su Yan said.

"You?" Ye Tangtang looked down at Su Yan, who barely reached her chest, unable to believe it. "You're not even a Soul Master, are you?"

Su Yan shook his head and held up one finger. "Not yet. But as long as there isn't a Soul King, I can hold them off for up to an hour."

Then he explained his entire plan to Ye Tangtang.

Ye Tangtang nodded. "All right. I'll wait for your signal."

She sat in the courtyard with the signal flare in her hand, watching Su Yan's departing figure slowly disappear into the darkness. This child is clever, quick-witted, and meticulous. I should ask which family he belongs to later. I'll have my in-laws visit to propose a marriage, so Ranran will have someone to rely on.

Beneath the moonlight, a child's figure darted across the rooftops.

Thanks to the soft paw pads granted by the Blazing Spirit Cat Martial Soul, which muffled almost every footstep, Su Yan could move about without a care.

He spotted the grandest main hall in the distance, its oil lamps still glowing.

Before long, he landed on its roof.

Inside, Lord Xiao was fawning over a man in white robes.

"Master, there's a slight problem with this batch of Soul Master materials," Lord Xiao said, bowing slightly. "One of them might be a disciple of the Spirit Hall Saintess."

"Impossible. Absolutely impossible." The white-robed man took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Bibi Dong, the Spirit Hall Saintess, isn't even allowed to take disciples by the Pope. How could she have one in some backwater place like this?"

"The Pope won't even let her..." Lord Xiao froze, then cursed furiously. "That damned Ma Xiunuo! He was bluffing me after all!"

He cursed for a full half-minute before turning back to the white-robed man and bowing and scraping again. "Master, there are more than twenty Soul Master materials this time. What about Chenyu's Strength Pills...?"

"Don't worry, Lord Xiao. We've always kept our word." The white-robed man smiled and flicked his sleeve, then took a white porcelain bottle from it. "These are Divine Strength Pills. They work better than Strength Pills. There are forty-nine in all. Have your son take one every day. Once he's finished them all, he'll surely reach the Soul Grandmaster realm."

"Thank you, Master." Lord Xiao accepted the porcelain bottle with both hands and put it away. Then he took out a bag of Gold Soul Coins. "Master, please accept this small token of my appreciation."

The white-robed man raised a hand and pushed the bag away.

When Lord Xiao offered it again, the white-robed man took it. "In that case, I won't refuse."

Lord Xiao continued, "Master, I've arranged a song-and-dance banquet in the back courtyard. Please do us the honor."

"No." The white-robed man waved a hand. "Tonight, we must take all the Soul Master materials back with us. I can eat next time I come to teach your son."

With that, he stood and walked outside.

Lord Xiao finally straightened his back. Someone came out from the side and whispered in his ear, "My lord, the seven of them were prepared. They've escaped."

"Useless! You're all useless!" Lord Xiao's face darkened, and he struck the man so hard that he flew dozens of meters. It seemed he'd poured all his pent-up frustration into that one slap.

He took a deep breath and went outside.

Suddenly, a streak of red light cut across the sky, and a fireball came plunging down.

"Fire Wolf, possess me!" Su Yan shouted as his massive form slammed down toward the white-robed man.

The white-robed man was startled. He raised both hands and flung the fireball aside, shouting, "Who goes there?"

Su Yan said nothing. He flipped back to his feet, his wolf eyes fixed on the man.

At the same time, a firework burst in the sky.

The white-robed man's pupils contracted. "The Overlord Dragon Snake's signal flare! Tell me, who are you?"

Lord Xiao was stunned.

The Overlord Dragon Snake—an illustrious name in the Soul Master World. How had they appeared here?

Su Yan was equally stunned, then overjoyed.

It was the Overlord Dragon Snake! Dragon Lord Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang were both incredibly powerful, and they had a formidable Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Not just the City Lord's Mansion—there was no one in all of Notting City who could match them.

"Lord Xiao, leave this man to me! Move all the Soul Master materials somewhere else!" the white-robed man shouted. Light flared around him. "Giant Lizard, possess me!"

Four Soul Rings rose into the air. The white-robed man was actually a Soul Ancestor!

Dark green scales covered his body. His face jutted forward, his hands turned into claws, and his thick lizard tail slapped the ground.

"Not a chance!"

A bud of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had appeared in Su Yan's hand. He poured Soul Power into it, and the flower slowly opened.

Before long, the outermost golden petals began to fall. Each glimmering petal clung to Su Yan's flame-covered body, glowing red as it burned.

Su Yan leaped in front of Lord Xiao and struck him with a single palm, sending him flying dozens of meters.

The white-robed man sprang into action and lunged at Su Yan. They collided, and a flash of golden light burst between them. Both men staggered back ten steps.

"How is this possible?" The white-robed man was aghast. He hadn't sensed even a trace of Soul Ring energy from Su Yan, yet his strength was no less than his own.

How could someone with zero rings stand up to someone with four?

Su Yan took a deep breath, feeling the immense power surging through him.

The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had become armor, clinging to his body.

For the next hour, he would be the strongest below the Soul King realm!

Su Yan leaped onto the roof and looked down at the two men. "From this moment on, no one gets past me."