When All Lies Shrouded in Darkness, How Could My Radiance Shine for Miles as I Walk Alone in Splendid Robes?

Xiao Yan gazed at Oba Pa's remaining ashes, his eyes somewhat profound.

He had noticed a peculiar fluctuation in the feedback from the Samadhi True Fire just now.

That power was somewhat sinister and chilling. The reason Oba Pa's life essence had been so severely depleted in his perception was probably because of that thing.

His thoughts raced, but Xiao Yan showed no reaction on the surface. He merely flicked out a stream of Dou Qi, scattering Oba Pa's ashes completely.

"Who are you?!"

The moment he stepped out of Oba Pa's room, a servant patrolling with a lantern cried out in alarm. Seeing that the room was completely empty and that two conspicuously mysterious figures had appeared here, he sternly questioned Xiao Yan as he drew the long blade in his hand.

"The people who will kill you."

Xiao Yan looked up at the fine raindrops in the sky and chuckled. He recognized this man. A few years ago, he had always brought people around to cause trouble. After Xiao Yan had crippled him with a punch after opening the Eight Gates, he had not expected the man to switch careers and become a guard.

Xiao Yan merely gave the man an indifferent glance. A flicker of fire flashed through his eyes and vanished. He paid him no further attention, wrapped an arm around Xiao Xun'er's slender waist, and swaggered deeper into the Jia Lie Clan estate.

It was as though the servant's soul had been snatched away by Xiao Yan's glance. He stood there blankly, showing no reaction even as Xiao Yan passed right by him.

As they swept away, Xiao Xun'er glanced back slightly and saw a pure white flame somehow ignite upon the servant's body. It continued blazing fiercely despite the rain, reducing him to ashes in the blink of an eye.

The Samadhi True Fire rose, taking on countless mysterious forms as it circled Xiao Yan and Xun'er. Within three paces, everything was dry. Beyond three paces, rain poured down in torrents.

The flickering firelight made their luxurious clothes shine even more brilliantly. In the pitch-black rainy night, the only things visible with absolute clarity were the two dazzling figures that seized everyone's gaze.

"...This night outfit." Xiao Xun'er lowered her head to look at the incomparably luxurious, bright, and ostentatious golden gown she wore, the corner of her mouth twitching. This was truly looking down on everyone else.

Yet that very audacity gave her a strange sense of exhilaration.

Beneath the night sky, only the two of them stood in the light. All the vermin hidden in the darkness could only turn to ashes beneath their radiance!

"I can come whenever I want. Since they provoked us, they should be prepared to face our fury."

Xiao Yan drew Xiao Xun'er closer by her slender waist, a smile curling across his lips. Wherever they passed, lights blazed to life. The torches and lamps soaked by wind and rain gradually ignited after the two walked past.

Pure white, holy flames burned one after another in the rain, illuminating half the sky as brightly as day.

Looking down from above, it was like sparks setting the plains ablaze. Wherever Xiao Yan passed, there was nothing but light. Within the vast clan estate, darkness was gradually swallowed by brightness.

As for anyone who dared raise a blade against him, they were reduced inch by inch to ashes by the Samadhi True Fire before they could even scream, then washed clean by the rain.

"When returning home in glory, naturally one must walk at night in splendid robes beneath blazing lights. If the wilderness were not shrouded in darkness, how could our radiance shine for miles as we walked alone in splendid robes?

There was no need to hide their tracks. They would crush their way through openly and honestly. What they wanted was to be the center of attention in the night. What could they do? What would they dare do?"

Xiao Yan's tone was incomparably arrogant. The light in Xiao Xun'er's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and she could not help but smile as her body moved as well.

Streams of golden light flashed forth, unstoppable and indestructible. Those they encountered had no power to resist before being nailed to the spot, while the scent of blood rapidly spread.

The two sides formed a stark contrast. On Xiao Yan's side, the white flames were incomparably holy, as though they had purified everything. After the rain washed over the ground, it was spotless. On Xiao Xun'er's side, whether Dou Zhe or Dou Master, corpses littered the ground, and blood washed by the rain dyed the earth red.

Faced with the two's utterly undisguised rampage, the Jia Lie Clan quickly reacted.

After sending large numbers of Dou Zhe and Dou Qi-level cannon fodder to test them, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er fell into an encirclement.

This was an encirclement formed by more than a dozen mid-level Dou Masters. Dou Qi garments of every color lit up, yet they were dim and lackluster before Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er.

"They've surrounded us." Xiao Yan raised a brow as he stared at the several Da Dou Shi hidden in the darkness.

"Everyone seems to have gone mad." Xiao Xun'er blinked, confusion in her voice. One could not tell at all that she had casually killed so many enemies moments ago.

"Hehe, it seems our methods still weren't ruthless enough." Xiao Yan became interested and began loosening his limbs where he stood.

He still had to use thunderous methods and give the other side a thunderous slap across the face.

Xiao Yan smiled at Xiao Xun'er's somewhat excited expression.

This girl had completely stopped pretending. Setting aside the fact that she had broken through in the midst of battle, raising her Dou Qi to a level only one star below his, she fought above her level as easily as eating and drinking. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

He hoped this battle would let him have some fun.

Xiao Yan's gaze settled once more on the several Da Dou Shi in the distance, and he licked his lips.

Especially after noticing that every person present had a wisp of black Qi hidden within their souls, the amusement in Xiao Yan's eyes deepened.

Unfortunately, he could not find where the black Qi was pointing.

"Kill! Kill those two, and my Jia Lie Clan will offer one fourth-grade medicinal pill and one Xuan-rank Dou technique!" Jia Lie Bi's eyes were bloodshot. With his command, the crowd surged forward, Dou Qi of every color erupting as dazzling Dou techniques swept toward Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er.

Golden light shone around Xiao Xun'er's entire body. Her hair lengthened in an instant, and her aura surged rapidly until it reached the Da Dou Shi level. Every movement she made was accompanied by streams of golden light.

Boom!!!

A middle-aged man wrapped in crimson Dou Qi charged toward Xiao Xun'er with a roar. His fists clenched tightly around the spear in his hand, which tore through the air with a sharp explosive shriek. Flames gathered at the spearpoint. As he approached, he leaped high into the air, and his savage downward strike tore through the night as it stabbed toward Xiao Xun'er's head.

[High Huang-rank, Flame Thrust!]

Leaning lightly against Xiao Yan's back, Xiao Xun'er merely smiled in the face of that overwhelming strike. Her fair little hand traced a small semicircle before her. Pale golden light suddenly burst from her palm as her hand curled into a strange semicircular arc.

[High Xuan-rank, Swallow Return Strike!]

The two forces collided. The middle-aged man's expression changed drastically despite his certainty of victory. The flaming spear aura actually traced a bizarre arc, reversing in an instant and accelerating back toward him, three times fiercer than before.

The man's strike had been launched without reservation. His old force had faded while his new force had yet to form, leaving him unable to alter his move. He had no time to react as the spear aura, like a fire dragon, pierced through his Dou Qi garment as easily as tearing thin silk.

Bang!!

Blood splattered everywhere as the man's corpse flew backward.

Sharp breaths rang out one after another, and the charging figures immediately stalled. Yet Xiao Xun'er gave them no chance to retreat.

"Guardian Trigram Palm!"

Her pretty face was cold. Golden light surged within Xun'er as her feet actually lifted half an inch off the ground. Her waist-length hair moved without wind behind her, and golden light erupted from her palms. Then she launched eight palms in succession. Eight palm afterimages remained suspended in the air, each carrying a golden stream of energy as they shot forth like lightning and slammed heavily into the chests of eight enemies.

With one strike, eight more corpses were added.

Though they had lost most of their reason for various reasons, the instinct of life to seek fortune and avoid disaster made the tide of people hesitate slightly.

As they looked at the dazzling pair who resembled a golden boy and jade maiden, the initial fervor in their eyes gradually gave way to thread after thread of terror!

Were these even human?!!!

A Dou Di was here—this wasn't Dou Qi at all!!!