A piercing bird cry startled Xiao Fan. He looked up, and his pupils instantly contracted.
He saw that giant bird!
Its wings were over a hundred meters long, blotting out the sky and sun, with flames spreading across them!
A gentle flap was like the arrival of a storm. Beast Mountain fell into chaos as fierce winds raged!
Flames blazed across the giant bird's body, and an intense pressure bore down on him. Though it was still over ten thousand meters away, he could feel the breath of death.
What was that?
Wait, the beast history books had recorded it.
That appearance...
The Fire Sparrow King, a king-tier demonic beast!
King-tier!
Fuck, how could a demonic beast of that level be on Beast Mountain?
Judging by its appearance, could it be the father of the fire sparrow in his storage ring?
Shit!
If it caught him, he'd be going straight to meet Buddha!
Run!!
Suddenly, a familiar fiery aura reached him.
Xiao Fan turned to look and shouted angrily, "You again, woman!?"
"What are you doing!?"
Lin Xianhuo glared at him. "What do you think? Running for my life!"
"And give me back my fire sparrow!"
"Dream on!" Xiao Fan turned and ran.
But Lin Xianhuo had set her sights on Xiao Fan, and she was no slouch when it came to speed.
She knew the Dog King was good at running, so all she had to do was stick to his heels!
"Give me back my fire sparrow, or we'll both die here today!"
Xiao Fan cursed. "Young miss, your life is so precious. What a loss it'd be to die with me!"
"How did you know I was a young miss?" Lin Xianhuo was baffled.
"Obviously! Could an ordinary person afford to be Miss Equipment? Where's your brain?"
"Shit! Dog King, I'll kill you!"
"Catch me first!" Xiao Fan glared at her fiercely and accelerated again, moving like a greased streak of lightning.
In the sky, the Fire Sparrow King flew faster and faster, drawing closer and closer, towering fury burning in her bird's eyes.
"Roar!"
The fire sparrow roared, but she did more than frighten people. Fierce flames also gushed from her mouth, instantly engulfing over a thousand meters of forest ahead.
A sea of flames surrounded Lin Xianhuo and Xiao Fan. She had a god-tier flame talent and could barely withstand it.
Xiao Fan had the Ice Man Technique!
The technique's name might have sounded awful, but it worked well, coating the body in a layer of icy mist.
There had been no other techniques available for purchase at the time, and that damned blackhearted shopkeeper had sold it to him for three hundred thousand. He had gritted his teeth and bought it, only to be filled with regret.
He cursed it every day. What kind of piece of junk dared sell for three hundred thousand!?
Yet he hadn't expected it to come in handy at this critical moment!
The fire sparrow's flames were incredibly fierce. They were no ordinary fire, and their temperature was frighteningly high!
Although the flames were far away and couldn't reach him at all, he still felt as though all the blood in his body was about to evaporate.
Without the Ice Man Technique, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
But suddenly, his butt caught fire!
The strength of a seventh-tier beast was ridiculous!
Xiao Fan's expression grew uglier. He had been cautious all his life and had never ventured into the upper reaches of Beast Mountain. Who knew a monster like this was hiding there!?
Just then, the furious Fire Sparrow King roared again, and flames came sweeping toward them once more!
Xiao Fan cursed furiously, "Don't you know setting a mountain on fire will land you in prison for life!?"
With that, he snapped his head toward the woman beside him and said in a low voice, "Help me, or you won't get away either!"
Lin Xianhuo said sarcastically, "Heh, didn't you have plenty of tricks up your sleeve?"
"Idiot, is this the time to argue?" Xiao Fan bellowed.
"I can get away without you!" Lin Xianhuo snorted.
But no sooner had she spoken than her body trembled, and she fell.
Xiao Fan's expression shifted slightly. "How many shots of adrenaline have you taken?"
Lin Xianhuo didn't answer. Her eyes turned ruthless, and her storage ring flashed, producing another shot of adrenaline.
"Are you fucking crazy? Do you really want to die?" Xiao Fan snatched it away and glared at the woman before him. If she died, he really might not be able to escape!
Just then, flames swept toward them. He hurriedly crouched down, turning his back to the oncoming flames so they would burn only his back and not his front.
Xiao Fan instantly became a man on fire. He roared anxiously, "Hurry! Help me put out the fire! Then give me the Wind-Chasing Boots, and I'll take you with me!"
Sweat kept dripping from Lin Xianhuo's forehead. She shakily got to her feet and said, "Why should I believe someone with no moral bottom line like you?"
"Then let's die together!" Xiao Fan cursed.
"Pinky swear." Lin Xianhuo laboriously raised a hand.
Xiao Fan really wanted to curse. A pinky swear? Had she just come out of kindergarten?
"Fine, fine, fine! Pinky swear, pinky swear! Put the fire out! My butt's about to burn off!"
Lin Xianhuo also knew how urgent the situation was. With a soft huff, she kicked her little feet and slipped off the Wind-Chasing Boots.
Then she flicked a finger toward Xiao Fan's butt. "Flame Absorption!"
In just one second, Lin Xianhuo absorbed the flames on Xiao Fan's body!
He was finally back to normal!
Xiao Fan hurriedly put on the Wind-Chasing Boots.
Just then, Lin Xianhuo's little hand suddenly grabbed his clothes. "Don't you dare leave me behind!" she said fiercely.
He nearly rolled his eyes. "Am I the kind of person who breaks his promises?"
"You are!"
"I can't be bothered with you!"
Once his boots were on, Xiao Fan hoisted Lin Xianhuo over his shoulder and fled at once.
Behind them, the Fire Sparrow King was already close, her enormous shadow covering the ground beneath Xiao Fan's feet, as though the god of death were in pursuit!
Just then, the Fire Sparrow King roared again, sending a wave of scorching air howling toward them.
On his shoulder, Lin Xianhuo struggled to raise her head. After meeting the Fire Sparrow King's eyes, she murmured, "We're done for."
She couldn't possibly withstand flames of that magnitude another time, much less the Dog King, who would be reduced to ashes on the spot.
Life and death hung by a thread.
Xiao Fan was perfectly calm!
He stared intently at the stream three hundred meters away. As long as he got into it and used the Turtle Breathing Technique and Earth Escape Art, he would surely have a chance to escape. After all, the giant bird flew in the sky; surely she couldn't swim too, could she?
He took a deep breath, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes!
"Drive all amplification techniques to their limits!"
"Enter peak condition!"
At that moment, Xiao Fan's strength and speed soared once more!
The muscles in his arms suddenly bulged. Then he bent both knees and sprang up with all his might, leaping into the air!
"Go!! Fly!!" Xiao Fan roared, spinning once before hurling Lin Xianhuo away with all his strength!
"Bang!"
The powerful momentum and force sent Lin Xianhuo shooting toward the surface of the lake like a cannonball, carrying her over two hundred meters!
Just then, the blast from the Fire Sparrow King's roar swept toward him!
If the flames engulfed him, Xiao Fan would surely die!
Yet a mocking smile appeared on his lips!
"Third-tier technique, Weightlessness, activate!"
Floating in midair, the Dog King seemed to become as light as a sheet of paper! The instant the fierce wind touched him, he was blown away!
"Whoosh!"
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Fan was blown to Lin Xianhuo's side.
Immediately afterward.
Third-tier technique, Weightlessness, deactivated.
In midair.
Xiao Fan gathered Lin Xianhuo into his arms again. After a graceful turn, he grinned and raised a middle finger at the Fire Sparrow King, his gaze full of provocation.
The next second.
"Splash!"
A perfect landing in the water.
Underwater, Xiao Fan activated the Turtle Breathing Technique and immediately headed along a familiar route!
But Lin Xianhuo, on her shoulder, was utterly stunned, goosebumps breaking out all over her body.
We actually survived?
What was that move at the end!?
The Dog King's target had been the river from the start!
But at the time, it had still been over two hundred meters away. If the flames had engulfed them, they would have died for sure!
So he had thrown her, using pure strength to make up that distance of three hundred meters.
But the question was, how had he thrown a hundred-and-twenty-jin object nearly three hundred meters!?
Just how terrifying was his strength?
At least 2,000 kg!
He was at the same realm as her, yet his combat power really did seem stronger than hers!
What was outrageous was!
He could actually make himself weightless and let the force from the Fire Sparrow King blow him away!
How many strange and wondrous techniques did this guy have?
He had even chosen the final angle so perfectly that he landed right beside her, then fell into the river! They were safe again!
Earlier, she had thought it was over! Finished!
Yet he had saved the situation at the very last moment, turning those three hundred meters that couldn't possibly be crossed into something possible!
"Fucking amazing..." Lin Xianhuo murmured.
But soon, she was puzzled again.
How could someone with such powerful combat awareness exist in this little place?
And why did someone like him insist on making a living through robbery?
With combat power like his, plenty of minor factions would be scrambling to recruit him, wouldn't they?