"Enough nonsense! Get out of the way if you know what's good for you!" Zi Yan clenched her fists until her knuckles turned white, but her voice was grave.
The woman before her was not only immensely powerful, but could also see through her true form at a glance. She was no ordinary person.
"Heh, no one can protect someone I intend to kill. Not even an Ancient Void Dragon like you." Gu Xun'er's expression was cold, her golden eyes utterly unruffled.
According to the Gu Clan's ancient records, the Ancient Void Dragons had indeed been powerful and mysterious in antiquity, the undisputed, peerless overlords of the Beast Region.
But times had changed. The Dou Qi Continent now belonged to the Ancient Eight Clans, and her father, Gu Yuan, was a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint. Those who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him across the entire Dou Qi Continent could be counted on one hand. Though she was not entirely sure how powerful the Ancient Void Dragons were now, she did not take them seriously at all.
Clutching the Bone Spirit Ring where Yao Chen hid, Zi Yan retreated at tremendous speed. Though she was still in the Dou Huang Realm, her mastery of spatial power already surpassed that of ordinary Dou Huang experts.
Hai Bodong bellowed at the same time, ice Dou Qi surging wildly as he stood beside Zi Yan. The Heavenly Mansion's three Dou Wangs also gritted their teeth and formed a formation, their three streams of Dou Qi weaving into a thick shield of light.
Zi Yan swiftly pulled a jade pendant from her robes and crushed it. A strange soul fluctuation instantly streaked toward the depths of the vast desert.
Meanwhile, Fan Tian, who lay in bed with a snake cradled against his chest,