As he pondered, Mu She suddenly heard a whistle from below the cliff. Then an enormous azure eagle swooped down from the sky.
"Damn it, Li and the others are in danger!"
Mu She snapped out of his thoughts. A possibility occurred to him, and his expression changed drastically.
He Meng's death would not matter, but Mu Li was his only son!
Just then, the azure eagle flew up from below the cliff. A young man stood tall on its back, crimson blood still staining his robes.
At that sight, how could Mu She fail to realize that Mu Li and the others had met their end beneath the cliff?
"Aaargh!"
Mu She stared fixedly at Xiao Yan on the eagle's back and let out a roar of grief and fury, his eyes bloodshot and their corners nearly splitting.
Bang!
In an instant, vast amounts of pale green Dou Qi erupted from Mu She's body, forming a gauze-like Dou Qi garment.
A terrifying aura spread outward from him, making the members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group behind him blanch as an oppressive pressure left them struggling to breathe.
"Little bastard, get down here and die!"
"Otherwise, once I catch you, I'll slice you a thousand times and hack your corpse into ten thousand pieces!"
Mu She gripped his broadsword, pointing its blade up at Xiao Yan.
"Hahahaha! As you wish!"
Xiao Yan laughed heartily and leaped from Little Lan's back, landing firmly on the ground.
The tremendous force of his descent smashed a large crater into the earth.
Yet Xiao Yan himself remained completely unscathed.
A trace of wariness appeared in Mu She's eyes.
Clearly, anger had not clouded his mind.
With a sweep of his hand, Mu She commanded the members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group behind him.
"All of you, attack!"
He chose to have this band of cannon fodder test Xiao Yan's strength.
Know yourself and your enemy, and you could win a hundred battles!
The members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group exchanged glances, fear flickering in their eyes.
Seeing this, Mu She's gaze turned as cold as a venomous snake's. He glared viciously at them and barked, "What are you waiting for? Attack!"
They shuddered inwardly, but under the weight of the authority Mu She had built over the years, they finally mustered their courage and charged at Xiao Yan with a shout.
"Gan Mu, you too!"
Mu She looked at the lean man beside him, who still showed no intention of moving, and spoke coldly.
Gan Mu, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's second commander, was a Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
Gan Mu swallowed, inwardly lamenting his plight.
That brat ahead had dealt with He Meng and his men in such a short time. How could someone of his strength possibly challenge him?
Had Mu She not been right beside him, he would have fled already. How could he dare attack?
But now, he had no choice!
Otherwise, Mu She would send him straight to the afterlife with a single palm strike before Xiao Yan even lifted a finger.
"Just what I wanted!"
Watching the armed members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group charge toward him, Xiao Yan grinned, revealing gleaming white teeth.
Bang!
The next instant, the Heavy Xuan Ruler appeared in his hand. Its plain, edgeless body tilted, and its tip slammed into the ground.
Shattered stones flew, revealing the Heavy Xuan Ruler's terrifying weight.
Mu She's gaze sharpened once more.
An instant later, Xiao Yan moved. His speed was so great that even Mu She, a two-star Dou Shi, could barely follow him.
He's so young. How could he have the strength of a Dou Shi?
And why does the energy coming off him seem like Dou Qi at the initial stage?
Could it be some kind of disguise?
Seeing Xiao Yan's speed, Mu She, who had intended to fight him to the death, suddenly regained much of his clarity.
But Xiao Yan knew nothing of Mu She's thoughts. At that moment, he was nothing short of a god of slaughter.
Bright yellow Dou Qi enveloped his body. Every strike claimed several lives, and every victim was severed at the waist.
Even the members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, long accustomed to seeing death, could not stop their stomachs from churning.
It was too brutal!
He was like a demon who killed without batting an eye!
In mere moments, Xiao Yan's brutality shattered the mercenaries' mental defenses.
"Run! Run!"
"If we don't run now, we'll all die here!"
Someone broke down completely and spun around to flee like a madman.
But a streak of yellow light flashed past. Warm blood spurted, and his body split in two.
Gan Mu, who had somehow survived among the crowd, cursed eighteen generations of He Meng's and Mu She's ancestors, especially He Meng's.
Had he not noticed the commotion here, they would never have provoked this harbinger of doom.
Now, he no longer cared about Mu She. Staying alive mattered more.
But as a sound sliced through the air, his thoughts stopped forever at that very instant.
"Heh, I'm surprised you didn't run."
Xiao Yan walked toward Mu She step by step, his expression bemused.
Mu She fixed a dark stare on Xiao Yan and snorted. "Could I have escaped just because I wanted to?"
It was not that Mu She had never considered fleeing, but Xiao Yan had slaughtered them too quickly.
In barely a dozen breaths, he had massacred dozens of Dou Zhe members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, including the nine-star Gan Mu.
As a two-star Dou Shi, Mu She still had a discerning eye.
With the speed Xiao Yan had displayed, there was no way he could escape his pursuit.
Since that was the case, he might as well fight to the death.
Mu She had never considered begging for mercy. The corpses strewn everywhere and the rivers of blood all proclaimed that this outrageously young fellow was anything but softhearted.
After hearing him out, Xiao Yan offered a word of praise.
"Perceptive!"
"So... are you ready to meet your death?"
Mu She gripped his broadsword tightly, his face twisting savagely as he threw back his head and laughed.
"Taking my life won't be so easy.
"Even if I die, I'll tear a chunk of flesh off you!"
Ignoring Mu She's final frenzy, Xiao Yan raised the hand holding the Heavy Xuan Ruler slightly. The Dou Qi inside him surged like galloping wild horses.
The next instant, the temperature around him began to soar, as though even the air were warping in the searing heat.
The energy between heaven and earth gathered above Xiao Yan's head, pouring into the Heavy Xuan Ruler like a waterfall plunging straight down.
Facing Mu She, Xiao Yan paid him the utmost respect.
Without another word, he opened with an Earth-tier technique!
Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!
Xiao Yan shouted inwardly and swung the Heavy Xuan Ruler fiercely.
In a flash, a crescent of red light shot from the ruler, turning everything in its path into scorched earth crisscrossed with deep furrows.
Mu She's expression grew utterly grave. The red light had yet to reach him, but the scorching heat carried through the air already made his heart pound with dread.
He had no doubt that this strike would turn him into a dried corpse charred black as coal.
Killing me won't be that easy!
Mu She roared inwardly, frantically pouring the Dou Qi inside him into his broadsword. He unleashed a blade of light several dozen feet long, which crashed into Xiao Yan's red crescent.
Yet the instant the sword's light met the red crescent, it was crushed as effortlessly as rotten wood swept aside.
Mu She himself was engulfed by the advancing red light, falling silent in an instant.
He did not even have time to scream.
With that, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group was utterly annihilated!
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