With a single command, the heavens and earth shifted, thunderclouds churned, and the three people in the city below were suddenly terrified. Although Xiao Yan's punch hadn't seriously injured them, it was enough to break their bones. When the three regained their senses and saw the thunderclouds suddenly rolling in the sky, they were even more shocked. A single word could change the color of the heavens and earth; such power was truly astonishing. Recalling the terrifying strength Xiao Yan had just displayed, the anger in their hearts instantly subsided. Without thinking twice, they suppressed the surging blood and qi within them and prepared to leave.
"Stop!"
However, at that moment, Xiao Yan, high in the sky, suddenly called out to the three of them.
The three men froze simultaneously, a wave of fear washing over them. Could this guy suddenly change his mind and be going to kill them on the spot?
"You've damaged my city's facilities, and now you think you can just walk away like that?"
His tone turned serious, and the expressions on the three men's faces froze for a moment. Then, the muscles at the corners of their eyes twitched violently. The destruction of the city's buildings was not due to the former, but the one who had injured them was now blaming them. Did he expect them to pay compensation?
"You..."
However, just as one of the three was about to speak, an extremely powerful aura suddenly descended from heaven and earth. A chilling killing intent instantly enveloped the hearts of the three, and the words that were about to be uttered were abruptly blocked between their lips.
After a long while, the three of them finally couldn't withstand the intimidating aura emanating from Xiao Yan in the sky. In the end, they gritted their teeth unwillingly, each waved their hands and threw down more than a hundred Spirit Stone, and then hurriedly left.
Seeing the three experts at the Origin Transformation Realm forced to flee by Xiao Yan alone, and even more embarrassingly leaving behind compensation money, cheers immediately rang out in the city below. Most of the people who had been unfamiliar with this sect leader in the sky couldn't help but show a fiery look on their faces, and all the admiring gazes fell on Xiao Yan.
To single-handedly repel three experts at the Origin Transformation Realm —such a feat is rare indeed in the Northern Wasteland.
Even today, some people who were not entirely convinced of the Xiao Gate have finally come to understand this emerging force and hold their young leader in high esteem.
Who doesn't want to be young and accomplished, who doesn't want to be arrogant and unrestrained? But how many people in this world can truly achieve that? Being young and accomplished requires resources, and being arrogant and unrestrained requires even more. Everyone present knew they didn't have that ability. Yet, even so, now that they had joined the Xiao Gate and become members of the Xiao Gate, they could proudly say, even if they couldn't boast about themselves, that they were members of the Xiao Gate, and that within the Xiao Gate, there was a Xiao Yan, their sect leader!
Looking down at the cheering crowd in the city, Xiao Yi Xian and Liu Jin and the others behind her couldn't help but show surprise. Then, glancing at Xiao Yan, they seemed to understand something.
After the three left, Xiao Yan turned around. Without time for idle chatter, he flashed and appeared above the stone chamber, directly above the center of the thundercloud.
This thundercloud wasn't something Xiao Yan just shouted out; it was Pill Lightning Pill Lightning, drawn by a fifth-grade pill Origin Gathering Pill.
After three months and several failures, Xiao Yan finally completed the refining of the Origin Gathering Pill, and he even produced a total of five pills.
Five Origin Gathering Pill are equivalent to creating five Origin Transformation Realm experts. It's not hard to imagine how powerful such a team would be.
Facing the increasingly dense Pill Lightning in the sky, Xiao Yan had a thought, and the Northern King immediately flew out from his Storage Ring. His figure, like an iron tower, stood proudly in the void. Amidst the puzzled gazes of the people in the city, he charged straight at Pill Lightning without any hesitation.
At the same time, thunderclouds rolled, Pill Lightning descended, roaring like an angry dragon, charging fiercely towards the Northern King.
"Boom!"
Immediately afterward, the two collided, and a terrifying thunderbolt exploded in an instant. The Northern King, with his body of steel, actually shattered the thunderbolt!
"Whoosh!"
Instantly, cries of alarm rang out once again from the city below. At the same time, the Northern King's body once more soared into the sky, disappearing into the thunderclouds.
Below, Xiao Yan gazed at the Northern King, whose body had disappeared into the thunderclouds, a hint of surprise in his eyes. He wondered whether the Northern King's strength would be able to improve after he had absorbed all the Pill Lightning.
If the Northern King could break through to the Origin Return Realm with his current cultivation level, it would be a tremendous help to Xiao Yan. When he returns to the Western Region and faces Ye Luotian, Xiao Yan would have a greater chance of defeating him. As for the people from the Ghost Hall, even with Xiao Yan's understanding of them, we'll have to wait and see.
"These past few months, I've been so grateful to you."
The group stood in the void. Xiao Yan glanced at the churning thunderclouds high above, then turned to look at Xiao Yi Xian and smiled.
Upon hearing this, the latter smiled wryly and sighed helplessly:
"I know you're not good at handling these matters, and with my current cultivation level, I really can't help you much, so I can only do what I can to help you."
"Actually, this isn't so bad. Before, when we walked together, you were always the one shielding me. Now, I can protect you from the wind and rain. If anyone dares to touch you, I'll kill them."
Xiao Yan smiled, his words seemingly casual, yet the chilling intent they carried was still terrifying, sending a shiver down the spines of Liu Jin and the other two behind him.
In response, Xiao Yi Xian grinned, revealing two adorable dimples, her beautiful eyes filled with a strange warmth and happiness.
As time passed, half an hour later, the Northern King, who had rushed into the thunderclouds, finally emerged again. Soon after, the originally menacing Pill Lightning dissipated, and the Northern King returned to Xiao Yan in high spirits.
Looking at the almost unchanged Northern King, Xiao Yan couldn't help but frown. It seemed that with the improvement of his strength, the fifth-order Pill Lightning no longer had much effect on the Northern King's strength. If he wanted the Northern King's cultivation to advance to the Origin Return Realm, Xiao Yan would probably have to find another way.