The moment the three of them followed Gu Xun'er off the warship, they sensed no fewer than ten gazes emerging from the void to sweep over them.
Those gazes carried waves of powerful pressure, as though they meant to freeze space itself.
Sensing the abnormality in the surrounding space, Xiao Yan understood what was happening, and his expression darkened slightly.
"Hmph!"
Perhaps anger had gotten the better of him. Xiao Yan gave a heavy snort, and a terrifying pressure, mingled with scorching fluctuations, shattered all the frozen space around them!
Muffled grunts rang out simultaneously from several places in the mountain range, as though someone had struck them.
As far as Xiao Yu was concerned, if they hadn't courted death, they wouldn't have come to grief.
Where had a few old fellows who weren't even Nine-Star Dou Zuns found the courage to try putting Little Yanzi in his place? Wasn't that like lighting a lamp in a latrine-looking for death?
Most of the people aboard the warship understood what had happened and couldn't help looking at Xiao Yan in astonishment.
Gu Xun'er also doubled back, staring into those distant recesses of the mountains with an icy gaze.
"Brother Xiao Yan, are you all right?"
After seemingly warning those who had dared to attack Xiao Yan outright, Gu Xun'er turned and asked softly.
Xiao Yan smiled and shook his head. "I'm fine. With that little strength, they can't hurt me."
Hearing this, Gu Xun'er sighed softly. "Brother Xiao Yan, do you understand now why I kept putting off your visit to the Gu Clan?"
Even Gu Xun'er probably hadn't expected those hidebound old fellows in her clan to attack Xiao Yan so brazenly when he was their guest.
"Hehe, let's go. Before coming here, I already knew what I'd have to