Xiao Yan frowned slightly at his words. He had no desire to stir up trouble, but this trouble had truly come looking for him for no reason.
"I only came to the Pill Tower to request an audience with President Xuan Yi. Please make way!"
As a colossal force in the Central Plains, the Pill Tower was not someone Xiao Yan wished to come into conflict with at this time.
The people surrounding Xiao Yan eased up somewhat upon hearing his explanation. After all, they were all alchemists. The moment Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flame, everyone understood that he was no ordinary person.
"Whoever you are, you dare behave so recklessly in the Pill Tower? On my teacher's behalf, I'll capture you first and hold you accountable!" The man in black condemned Xiao Yan without another word.
With that, the man flashed forward and appeared before Xiao Yan, launching a fierce attack.
However, Xiao Yan could tell that the man in black was only around a six-star Dou Zong. Moreover, with a single glance, he saw through the man's unstable and shallow Dou Qi. He had likely consumed no small number of pills throughout his cultivation.
It was not uncommon for alchemists to neglect cultivation and rely on pills to force their way through breakthroughs. However, this greatly weakened their combat strength compared to opponents of the same rank—let alone when he was facing Xiao Yan, who treated fighting above his level as commonplace!
The man in black threw a punch at Xiao Yan, but in Xiao Yan's eyes, it was riddled with openings. Xiao Yan shifted two steps diagonally backward to the right, narrowly evading the strike. Then, he casually sent a palm toward Song Qing's back with his right hand.
Xiao Yan's lightning-fast move was naturally beyond