The three beside him were all tempted. Shi Han already had a conflict with Xiao Yan, while Lu Zhi and Shi Meng had also crossed paths with Xiao Yan and knew of his unsettling talent. As for Wan Qing, although he had no grudge against Xiao Yan, he found it unpleasant to watch a young man whose alchemy was even stronger than his own continue to exist in the Northwest Region.
Seeing the looks in the others' eyes, Lu Zhi immediately said to Lu Mingzhe, "Mingzhe, take the others and withdraw at once. For now, you will command everyone."
He then said to the other three, "Gentlemen, although we do not know what Xiao Yan did to provoke the pursuit of an eighth-tier magical beast, it seems this will be where he is buried."
With that, he took the lead and darted toward Xiao Yan. The other three quickly followed. Although an eighth-tier magical beast was powerful, it was not something they absolutely had to avoid.
Xiao Yan had long noticed Lu Zhi and the others' movements through his powerful soul perception. Looking at the menacing Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros behind him, he removed the storage ring from his finger. He put an expensive storage ring on his right hand instead, one filled with a mishmash of miscellaneous items. Naturally, Xiao Yan had also placed the most important Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower inside it.
Sensing the auras rushing toward him from ahead, Xiao Yan smiled faintly. Whether he could break this deadlock today would depend on whether they were greedy enough.
Since they were rushing toward each other, Xiao Yan soon spotted Lu Zhi and the other four.
Looking at Xiao Yan, whose aura was weak as he fled and whose eyes held a trace of despair, Lu Zhi smiled. "Xiao Yan,