"You're Xiao Yan?"
"To deal with a greenhorn like you, the Deputy Hall Master actually sent me here personally."
"Surrender, and you can spare yourself some suffering."
The Hall Master's expression was indifferent, his words making it clear that he thought nothing of Xiao Yan.
"Ha ha ha ha!" Xiao Yan laughed loudly, giving the Hall Master of the Hall of Souls a mocking look.
Just how little does the Hall of Souls think of me? They think a single peak one-star Dou Sheng can capture me?
Nihility Devouring Flame: No clue. I clearly told Hun Xuzi to handle it.
Hun Xuzi: No clue either. I clearly told Hun Miesheng to handle it.
Hun Miesheng: No clue either. I clearly told the Deputy Hall Master to handle it.
Deputy Hall Master: Fine, I was the one who told the Great Heavenly Venerate to capture Xiao Yan. Three one-star Dou Sheng should be enough to take down Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, right?
Xiao Yan spread his hands, his expression brazen and unrestrained.
"Come on, I'm right here."
"If you can take me away, then you've got some skill."
"Keh keh keh!" The Hall Master let out a hoarse, sinister laugh at those words.
"Xiao Yan, you truly are arrogant."
"I'm even starting to admire you."
"But since you're determined to invite suffering, I'm happy to oblige."
As his words fell, a withered hand beneath the Great Heavenly Venerate's long black sleeve abruptly formed a hand seal.
Hiss!
The next instant, countless spatial ripples appeared around Xiao Yan, and thousands of pitch-black chains shot out of them from every direction.
The tips of the black chains were incomparably sharp. They stabbed at Xiao Yan from all sides, seemingly intent on riddling his body with holes.
Yet faced with this terrifying assault,