Is He a Dou Wang?

"Otherwise—"

He waved the broadsword in his hand and sneered. "I'll butcher every one of your companions, one by one, right here today!"

"Then I'll take you back and teach you what it means to wish you were dead!"

The moment he finished speaking, the mercenaries around them burst into laughter, hurling one filthy remark after another.

The girl in white was none other than "Xiao Yi Xian." Her pretty face changed slightly, and a flash of anger crossed her eyes, but there was more helplessness than anything else.

She had some strength, but right now she was only at the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi.

Mu Li, standing before her, was a genuine Seven-Star Dou Zhe, far stronger than she was!

What was more, he had more than a dozen Dou Zhe-level mercenaries at his side.

She was no match for them. As for her friends in the mercenary group, Mu Li and his men had already badly wounded them.

"Mu Li, aren't you afraid you'll get what's coming to you?"

Xiao Yi Xian gritted her teeth, her voice cold, while wisps of purple energy began to shimmer deep in her eyes.

"Get what's coming to me?" Mu Li burst out laughing. "In the Monster Mountain Range, the biggest fist makes the rules! I'm the one who decides what's coming to you!"

"Since you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for being rough!"

"Brothers, get her! Grab this little slut. Tonight, I'm going to enjoy myself!"

"Yes!"

The mercenaries around them roared in agreement. They rubbed their hands together and closed in on Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian's face turned deathly pale, and she instinctively stepped back. But her wounded companions were behind her; she had nowhere left to retreat.

Could it be... that today I really have to...

She bit her lip, despair flashing through her eyes.

However—

At that critical moment—

"Oh? Xiao Yi Xian?"

A calm voice suddenly rang out from the sky, touched with amusement and curiosity.

The voice was not loud, yet it reached every ear as clearly as a thunderclap!

Everyone looked up at once.

There, in midair, stood a young man in black, hands behind his back as he gazed down at them.

He looked about fifteen or sixteen, with delicate features and an unruffled bearing. He simply floated in the air, red-gold light faintly circling his body, as though a heavenly god had descended to earth.

Mu Li's pupils contracted sharply, and his sneer froze on his face.

Standing in midair...

Th-this was a Dou... Dou Wang?!

No—

Anyone who could stand in midair had to be at least a Dou Wang!

Only a Dou Wang could transform Dou Qi into wings.

But how old was this boy before them?

Fifteen?

Sixteen?

A Dou Wang at fifteen or sixteen?

How was that possible?!

Mu Li's face went deathly pale, and his legs began to tremble.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his throat was dry. He could not get a single word out.

The mercenaries who had been swaggering about just moments ago were even more terrified. They stood rooted to the spot, afraid to so much as breathe.

A Dou Wang!

That was a legendary existence!

Crushing them would be no different from crushing an ant!

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes were wide, too, as she stared at the young man hovering in the air in disbelief.

She had spent so long in the Monster Mountain Range, yet she had never seen anyone who could fly through the air!

Much less someone so young!

"Who... who is he?"

Xiao Yi Xian was shaken, yet for some reason, the young man gave her a strange sense of... security.

Xiao Yan looked down at Mu Li and the others, his gaze sweeping over them indifferently before finally settling on Xiao Yi Xian.

The girl was dressed in white as pure as snow, her purple hair cascading like a waterfall. Though disheveled, she still could not hide her distinctive charm.

So this is Xiao Yi Xian...

Xiao Yan's lips curved slightly. He had finally seen her in person.

In the original story, Xiao Yi Xian was one of Xiao Yan's most important confidantes and one of his earliest and most important companions.

And now—

This opportunity would belong to him.

Now that he possessed the strength of a Dou Wang, he could clearly sense wisps of poison gas already escaping from around Xiao Yi Xian's body. Her Woe Poison Body, however, had not fully awakened. It could only release poison involuntarily when her emotions ran high, and its power was not particularly strong.

In midair—

Xiao Yan stood with his hands behind his back, his robes billowing in the wind as red-gold light circled his body. He looked like a heavenly god descended to earth.

Mu Li craned his neck, staring at the young man in black hovering above him. His legs would not stop trembling, and cold sweat poured down his forehead like rain.

A Dou Wang...

He was actually a Dou Wang!

After spending so many years in the Monster Mountain Range, the strongest person Mu Li had ever seen was no more than a peak Da Dou Shi. When had he ever encountered a Dou Wang who could fly through the air?

What was more—

How old was this boy?

Fifteen? Sixteen?

A Dou Wang at fifteen or sixteen...

Mu Li felt as though his mind could not keep up.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his throat was dry, and even his voice came out wrong.

"Th-this junior is Mu Li, the young master of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group..."

He stammered, his voice filled with undisguised terror, yet he forced a fawning smile onto his face.

"May I ask if... if Senior knows Xiao Yi Xian?"

As he spoke, Mu Li furtively studied Xiao Yan's expression.

He was arrogant, but he was no fool.

If this senior really had some connection to Xiao Yi Xian, then Mu Li would likely be doomed today.

In his desperation, he could only invoke the name of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

After all—

The Wolf Head Mercenary Group was the most powerful mercenary group in the region around the Monster Mountain Range. It had an extensive network, and even the factions in Green Mountain Town had to show it some respect.

Most powerful people would give them at least a little face when they heard the name of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

Unfortunately...

His thinking was far too naive.

Xiao Yan did not even look at him. His gaze remained fixed on the girl in white, a faint smile on his lips.

The Wolf Head Mercenary Group?

Forget being a Three-Star Dou Zong—even if he were merely a Dou Wang, he would not give some Wolf Head Mercenary Group the time of day.

On the Dou Qi Continent, strength was everything.

In his eyes, what difference was a tiny mercenary group from an ant?

Xiao Yan ignored Mu Li and looked at Xiao Yi Xian instead, his voice calm and gentle.

"Xiao Yi Xian, what would you like to do with them?"

"I can help you."

At those words, Mu Li's face turned deathly pale.

It's over...

This senior really did have a connection to Xiao Yi Xian!

He wanted to beg for mercy, but his legs were so weak he could barely stand. The stench of urine began to spread from his trousers.

The Wolf Head Mercenary Group's men were even more terrified. Their faces were ashen, and none dared to so much as breathe.

Xiao Yi Xian looked up at the young man in the air, staring at him in a daze.

He... knew her?

But she had never seen him before...

Still, there was no time to dwell on it.

She lowered her head and looked at the two cold corpses on the ground—

They were her friends.

Just now, they had been brutally killed by Mu Li while trying to protect her.

Old Zhang was a mercenary in his forties, a hearty man who always escorted her whenever she went into the mountains to gather herbs. He said his daughter was about her age, and that seeing Xiao Yi Xian reminded him of his own girl.

Little Li was only nineteen, a youngster who had joined the mercenary group not long ago. He always liked to follow her around, calling her "Big Sister Xiao Yi Xian" with a bright smile.

And now—

They were both dead.

They had died beneath Mu Li's blade.

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes reddened slightly, and a bone-deep hatred flashed through them.

She was a kind person by nature. Otherwise, she would not have treated these mercenaries' injuries and illnesses free of charge.

But kindness did not mean weakness.

She was kind, but she was no saint. When it came to scum who deserved to die, she would never let them go!

Kill!

Every one of these people deserved to die!

They were evil!

The wicked had to pay for their sins with their lives!