"The victor becomes king, the loser an outlaw. As long as I'm the last one alive, I'm the winner!" Long Nixian's expression turned somewhat savage. "So what if you know about this? As long as I kill every last one of you, no one will know what happened. I can still become a hero of the Great Thousand World, revered by countless people!"
"You're hardly in a position to say that now." Xiao Yan shook his head and smiled. "If you really still had your full strength, why would you go to all this trouble, possessing a body and setting bait to lure so many people here? You would probably have killed everyone present to silence them long ago, wouldn't you?"
"Even so, dealing with a greenhorn like you is more than easy enough!" Long Nixian sneered. His hand seal changed, and the Jade Ring on his hand once again shone with blood-red light. A blood-colored halo rapidly spread from the Jade Ring and hurtled toward Xiao Yan.
Seeing the blood-colored halo sweep toward them, the people near Xiao Yan hurriedly retreated to the side, terrified of being caught within it. After all, they had clearly witnessed the miserable fate of those swallowed by its light earlier. Xiao Yan, however, showed no alarm at the approaching blood-red radiance. He merely opened his hand slightly, and a transparent light screen appeared, blocking the ferocious rush of bloody light.
"What is that?" Everyone was momentarily stunned. They had not seen the seemingly mysterious stone talisman in Xiao Yan's palm. All they knew was that the Jade Ring on Zong Yang's hand seemed to be a treasure on the level of a Sacred Artifact. This mysterious fellow actually had a way to withstand a Sacred Artifact's attack?
"It seems your Jade Ring isn't