Pure Yang Palm, Evil-Repelling Blazing Sun

Terrifying force burst forth. With a bang, the two mercenaries seemed to have been struck by a sharp saber and split in half on the spot.

Amid the spreading blood mist, the remaining force blasted toward the mercenaries behind them without losing any momentum.

The instant the scent of blood appeared, the four mercenaries sensed a deadly crisis. They yanked hard on their reins, making their horned horses leap high into the air to block the terrifying attack.

The horses neighed miserably as the bodies of all four horned horses were instantly split in half.

The four mercenaries rolled off onto the grass, staring in shock at their comrades, who seemed to have died beneath their own Dou Techniques.

The four exchanged glances. Two mercenaries retreated side by side, while the other two tightened their grips on their sabers.

"Pay for our brothers' lives!"

The bloody scene made the two men seem like crazed wolves. They split up and charged fiercely at Xiao Yan, their eyes filled with killing intent and resolve.

"Reincarnation Tribulation!" Xiao Yan drew circles with both hands again, grabbed one mercenary by the arm, and yanked hard.

Stellar Transformation and Reincarnation Tribulation were not simply Dou Techniques. They were more like theories or cultivation methods. Wolf Fang Skybreaker and Heaven-and-Earth Breaker were the actual moves.

Against two mercenaries who had already lost their minds, he could easily deal with them even without using any specific techniques.

Seeing their comrades die once more under the Dou Techniques they had unleashed themselves, the last two mercenaries who wanted to flee trembled uncontrollably.

Even when facing the most terrifying second-tier magical beasts, they had never been afraid.

How could he use Dou Techniques one after another like that?!

"Using other people's Dou Techniques to kill with a borrowed blade—what kind of skill is that?!"

"If you have the guts, defeat us with your own strength!"

Xiao Yan smiled faintly at the shouting mercenaries.

[Using your own experience with Dou Techniques and your experience wielding fire-attribute Dou Qi as a foundation for deduction, you attained an insight and comprehended the Pure Yang Palm.]

[Pure Yang Palm: An extremely yang and unyielding palm technique with powerful restraining effects against sinister attributes.]

[Move: Evil-Repelling Blazing Sun!]

"Then I'll satisfy you!"

Xiao Yan shouted in a deep voice. The Dou Qi vortex within him spun rapidly, and pure Dou Qi was transformed through his meridians. By the time it flowed out, a layer of supremely rigid, supremely yang force had spread across Xiao Yan's palms, almost tangible.

"Evil-Repelling Blazing Sun!"

As Xiao Yan pushed both hands forward, a powerful palm force shot toward the two mercenaries standing close together.

The Pure Yang palm force shone like the blazing sun. Its scorching heat instantly created an enormous burst of flame in the forest, which exploded with a thunderous roar.

Had they known they would end up like this, those mercenaries would probably rather have fought their brothers to the death.

The once-arrogant Wolf Head Mercenary Group had been completely wiped out in just a few breaths.

Especially since the one who had acted was merely a black-robed youth, this unbelievable scene left Ka Gang and the others dumbfounded.

"Only a few magic cores? What a bunch of paupers."

After collecting his spoils, Xiao Yan's complaint broke the deathly silence.

Ka Gang and the others finally snapped out of their shock and looked at the mess strewn across the distance.

Especially the scorched ground. Two elite mercenaries had simply turned to ashes.

"Ah, it seems we all misjudged him," Ka Gang said with a bitter smile, shaking his head.

It now seemed that this youth possessed terrifying talent beyond ordinary imagination.

Such heaven-defying talent had given him horrifying strength that did not match his age.

Qing Ling, hiding behind Ka Gang, still had not recovered.

Gan Mu was an opponent even her father could not defeat, yet Xiao Yan had effortlessly defeated a mercenary squad from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

The shock was beyond words.

She had never imagined that this youth, only a few years older than herself, possessed such strength!

Remembering how she had boldly invited him to join the Blood Battle Mercenary Group, Qing Ling's proud little face revealed a self-mocking smile for the first time.

His strength alone could probably match more than half of the Blood Battle Mercenary Group.

Not only Ka Gang and the others—even Yao Lao was stunned by Xiao Yan's display.

After just a few days of cultivation, Xiao Yan seemed to have used his alchemy techniques in the form of an entirely new Dou Technique.

Driven by Heavenly Flame Dou Qi at the level of Mystic Yellow Flame, those two mercenaries had not died unjustly at all.

"Looks like we'll have to change locations for the time being." Xiao Yan smiled harmlessly.

Ka Gang would no longer be fooled by that harmless smile. After an awkward smile, he ordered the others to pack up.

The Magical Beast Forest was already extremely dangerous at night, and the scent of blood would continuously draw magical beasts over, multiplying the danger.

A moment later, after they had packed everything away and were preparing to leave this patch of forest, Xiao Yan's expression suddenly turned grave.

"So many presences. It's the Wolf Head Mercenary Group again, and there's also a Dou Master!"

"What?!" Ka Gang froze, his face turning pale. "If it's a Dou Master, then it must be Mu She of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He broke through recently!"

"Uncle Ka Gang, let's hurry and escape before they get here!" Qing Ling said nervously.

"It's too late," Xiao Yan said calmly.

Just as Xiao Yan finished speaking, a large number of mercenaries surged in from all directions.

Figures crowded together in layers, numbering roughly a hundred.

Mu She rode out slowly from among the mercenaries on a horned horse. The explosion from earlier had come from this place.

His gaze swept across the area. When he sharply spotted the source of the bloody scent, Mu She's face immediately darkened.

"Gan Mu!"

"You people from the Blood Battle Mercenary Group actually dared to kill my second regiment commander!" Mu She's sharp eyes, like those of a venomous snake, fixed on Ka Gang and the others wearing mercenary badges.

Xiao Yan stepped forward. "No need for nonsense. Your third regiment commander and second regiment commander were both killed by me. If you want to rob someone, you should first weigh your own strength."

"You!" Seeing the black-robed youth, who was several years younger than his own son, Mu She's pupils suddenly contracted.

If Gan Mu's corpse had not been lying there with its head still attached, Mu She would never have believed that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's two squads had been wiped out by a youth.

After calming down, Mu She looked at Xiao Yan with wild joy, as though he were staring at a moving mountain of gold.

"Looks like you've obtained quite a fortunate encounter. A Xuan-rank cultivation method and Xuan-rank Dou Techniques must be only the beginning. Hand them over."

As a mercenary who had risen from nothing, even after reaching his current position, cultivation methods and Dou Techniques remained his fatal weakness.

If he could obtain high-grade cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, then with his talent, he definitely would not remain the leader of some tiny mercenary group in Qing Mountain Town.