At those words, the expressions of the many experts around him shifted slightly. They hurriedly scanned their surroundings, only to find no ambush waiting there.
"Heh, young man, I suggest you stop playing ghostly tricks."
A beautiful middle-aged woman looked at Xiao Yan with a smile, though a trace of wariness flashed through her eyes.
Everyone present was an expert who had made their name long ago, each with eight hundred schemes up their sleeve. They had already recognized how extraordinary this youth was.
Reaching such a realm at his age was simply unbelievable. Coupled with his seemingly endless secret arts and Dou Techniques, along with his terrifying soul power, he astonished even these old monsters who had lived for hundreds of years.
To achieve so much and possess such rich reserves at this age, the youth surely had a major power backing him. It would hardly be surprising if a faction capable of nurturing such a genius had a Dou Zun expert supporting it.
Yet even with their cultivation, they detected no experts hiding nearby.
"Enough of your nonsense. Let me make this clear today: if you want that treasure, you'll have to defeat me first."
Xiao Yan looked at the distant group with an expression that begged for a beating. His fighting spirit was at its peak, and he could hardly wait to have a proper fight with these fellows.
"Young man, don't be too arrogant." A middle-aged man stepped forward and glanced at Xiao Yan.
"No matter how heaven-defying you are, you're still only a Nine-Star Dou Emperor. I refuse to believe you can handle so many of us!"
"Hahaha! You bunch of mangy birds think you're strong?" Xiao Yan deliberately provoked them. "Come at me together!"
"Arrogant!"
Another hot-tempered Dou Zong expert was the first to