Xiao Yan truly did not know why the devouring power within his right arm was surging so violently, but this was clearly not the time to dwell on it. With matters so urgent, he had no time to study it either. While trying to suppress those devouring fluctuations, he leaped several times, struggling to widen the distance from Mu Gu as he burrowed deeper into the mist.
To Mu Gu, however, all this plainly meant that Xiao Yan feared him. Even after his whereabouts had been exposed, he was still preparing to use the clouds and mist as cover to retreat.
"You little brat really can run, but you're already in such a sorry state before we've even fought. You're truly disgracing that fellow Yao Chen!" Mu Gu's soul power surged as he charged straight toward Xiao Yan, shouting at the same time, "Xiao Yan, last time this Venerable was besieged by the four of you. Today, we'll settle both old grudges and new debts together!"
Xiao Yan was not slow, but the soul power Mu Gu unleashed arrived even faster! As his black robes billowed, chains upon chains of black burst from the ground, coiling toward Xiao Yan like venomous black pythons. The ground beneath Xiao Yan's feet would be smashed apart by the chains in the next instant. Amid flying dirt and stone, the chains clung to him like maggots on bone, relentlessly pursuing him.
Xiao Yan was no stranger to Mu Gu's techniques. The people of Soul Hall were especially skilled in this kind of chain-like soul attack. Soul Hall Protectors were entirely composed of soul bodies, so they all knew how to use such techniques. Mu Gu, before him, was a Dou Zun of a higher rank than a Protector; his use of them was more