Fusion Successful

The encirclement meticulously set up by the three Ancient Clan members had failed in an utterly absurd fashion.

Gu Po's sudden cry of "Greetings, Clan Chief!" brought all movement to a halt, while Xiao Yan, as though he had anticipated this all along, calmly passed straight through from Gu Po's direction.

"Bastard, Gu Po, what are you doing?!" Gu Xing was furious. To ensure success in one stroke, they had used the safest method. Under those circumstances, even if Xiao Yan had used a Heavenly-tier movement Dou Technique, there should have been no way for him to escape directly. Yet it had ended in such an outrageous manner.

At Gu Xing's rebuke, Gu Po jolted awake. The Clan Chief had already vanished, and Xiao Yan had escaped their encirclement. His mind was still somewhat dazed, and he was utterly bewildered, but upon seeing the near-fire-spitting gazes of his two companions, he suddenly realized that he had fallen for Xiao Yan's trick at such a critical moment!

"I just now... saw the Clan Chief..." Gu Po's instinctive explanation grew quieter and quieter. Clearly, he knew he had thoroughly disgraced himself this time.

He was incomparably irritated. That sensation from that instant had been incredibly real, but he could hardly make the other two experience it for themselves.

Xiao Yan watched everything coldly. After all that time, the Fire Lotus in his hand had made another major advance. The power of the Flame Mantra circulated continuously within his body, and the four flames had basically fused together. In truth, Xiao Yan no longer felt any excessive burden from fusing the Fire Lotus.

This was the benefit of having his soul enter the Heavenly Realm. His powerful soul strength had increased his control over the fused Fire Lotus by an unknown amount. It