Xun'er was baffled. She knew Brother Tian's height, but the black-robed figure's build clearly looked nothing like his. Yet the figure gave her an extremely familiar feeling. It had to be someone she knew.
"How strange. Could it be some kind of transformation and disguise Dou Technique?"
Hidden in the shadows, Xiao Tian fretted and toiled like an old father. Only after watching Xun'er and his little brother Er Huo return safely to the Xiao Clan did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Yao Lao, it's not too late to go after him now, is it?"
Yao Lao said, "Not at all. I left a Soul Imprint on that man. A junior of his caliber couldn't detect it. For that brat Xiao Yan's sake, let's hurry. I'll be trying my hand at robbery too! The thought is actually rather thrilling."
Xiao Tian: "..."
On a small hillside five li outside Wutan City, Xiao Tian arrived to find the Qingshan Town merchant who had purchased the Beast Flame already under heavy protection from a group of guards. Several Dou Shi experts and two Da Dou Shi were fighting off enemies.
"It seems this little Beast Flame has attracted quite a crowd." Yao Lao chuckled. "How interesting. If that young man doesn't hand over the Beast Flame, he won't get out of here alive today."
"Yao Lao, there are several Da Dou Shi here. Why am I feeling a little shaky?" Shaky? That was a lie! Mainly, Xiao Tian didn't really want to expose his ability to resurrect infinitely.
"Hmph! Brat, don't embarrass me. They're only a few Da Dou Shi. It's not as if I can't handle them! As long as you find me heavenly treasures that can restore Soul Power in the future, I can stop even a Dou Wang or Dou Emperor for you, pin them down, and beat them to death!"
"Good grief!" Xiao Tian muttered, "Yao Lao, you're incredible. You're truly a little heifer coming down the mountain-udderly badass, all the way to the heavens."
Yao Lao laughed and scolded, "You little imp, you have no idea how vast the world of Dou Qi is. I won't stoop to arguing with you."
Ten minutes later, the Qingshan Town merchant's guards could hold out no longer, leaving him no choice but to surrender the Frenzied Flame Fire Wolf's Beast Flame. For a time, that Beast Flame sat all alone on the hillside. None of the various factions went to seize it. Instead, they watched one another warily, seemingly intent on settling who would win and who would lose.
"Hehe! Interesting! Xiao Tian, step out there! If they won't take it, we will!"
Xiao Tian naturally knew what Yao Lao was capable of. Coupled with his own Infinite Resurrection Ability in this world, he sauntered brazenly into everyone's sight.
With the system concealing his cultivation aura, the several Da Dou Shi wore grave expressions, not daring to be careless around this newly arrived black-robed figure.
"Everyone, since we all wish to compete for this Frenzied Flame Fire Wolf's Beast Flame, let each side send out one person to settle the contest! The winner takes it!"
"Agreed!" Every faction consented, and all eyes turned toward Xiao Tian.
"Sir! What about you?"
They looked ready to surround and attack Xiao Tian together if he refused!
Yao Lao said, "Brat, relax your mind. With my Soul Power supporting you, I'll show you how easily I can crush these Da Dou Shi!"
"Good grief! Yao Lao, I'm rooting for you."
As Xiao Tian relaxed his mind, Yao Lao's Soul Power bolstered him as though a ghost had possessed his body. Watching from a god's-eye view, Xiao Tian saw his body move at high speed, sweeping forward like a gust of wind to appear amid the Da Dou Shi and the others.
"Come at me together! I haven't got all day!"
The Da Dou Shi's eyes instantly turned savage, their faces livid.
"Arrogant fool!"
"Attack! Kill this old bastard first!"
As a Two-Star Great Dou Master charged up to him, Xiao Tian saw two masses of Bone Spirit Cold Flame appear between his body's hands. They instantly engulfed that Da Dou Shi, and a wretched scream soared into the sky!