Xiao Yan knew that the strength of the person before him was anything but ordinary. Yet more frightening than a powerful opponent was the unknown. At the very least, he had to find out why this man had concealed himself among the crowd and why he had attacked Song Qing.
Seeing that Xiao Yan had not made way, the gray-robed man charged straight at him. With a thought from Xiao Yan, blood-red flames surrounded the gray-robed man.
The gray-robed man looked at the raging sea of flames, but his eyes were filled with curiosity. "Crimson Lotus Karma Flame?"
Then, Xiao Yan watched as the gray-robed man's figure flashed. In an instant, he passed through the barrier of flames Xiao Yan had released without suffering even the slightest injury, arriving beside Xiao Yan the next moment.
Xiao Yan was deeply shocked. The other man possessed such speed that, if he truly intended to leave, Xiao Yan likely would not be able to stop him at all.
The gray-robed man had already closed in on Xiao Yan, and a scorching aura shot toward him. Xiao Yan tried to block it, only to realize that the temperature of the blood within his body had suddenly risen considerably. Even his body had become abnormally hot.
A black vortex appeared in Xiao Yan's palm and swallowed that strange scorching aura. When Xiao Yan tried to restrain the gray-robed man again, the latter had already appeared far beyond his reach.
"Don't be in such a hurry. We'll have another chance to meet!"
With that, his figure became completely untraceable. Xiao Yan's eyes were filled with wariness. This man's methods were so bizarre that they sent a chill through Xiao Yan's heart. The Crimson Lotus Karma Flame seemed ineffective against him, while his movements were ghostlike, leaving