Under Hei Mu's watchful gaze, the fire mark between Xiao Yan's brows flickered slightly. Then, a faint, pale white light slowly drifted out and gradually transformed beside Xiao Yan's body, becoming an old man in white robes, none other than Gu You.
As the Gu You left Xiao Yan's body, the unconscious Xiao Yan's body went limp, and he was about to fall into the void...
Gu You seemed to have anticipated this. With a thought, an invisible force swept out as his sleeves billowed, supporting Xiao Yan's body lying flat in the void.
The instant Gu You appeared, Hei Mu, who had been keeping a close eye on Gu You, instantly flashed forward, leaving an afterimage in his original position, and rushed towards Xiao Yan, who was lying flat in the void.
In Hei Mu's view, since the old man next to him was hiding in Xiao Yan's body without harming him, it meant that the relationship between the two was definitely not simple. As long as he could control Xiao Yan, he could definitely make Gu You hesitate to act rashly.
Although it seems that Hei Mu's strength is clearly inferior to Gu You's at this moment, Hei Mu is confident that he can take down Xiao Yan the instant Gu You leaves Xiao Yan's body.
Although several hundred feet is not a short distance, it is only a matter of a moment for these Half-Emperor level experts.
As Hei Mu's figure disappeared, the space on one side of Xiao Yan's body in the void suddenly twisted violently, and Hei Mu's figure instantly reappeared.
As Hei Mu appeared, his movements did not pause at all; his withered hands curved into claws and swiftly clawed down at Xiao Yan's neck.
All of this sounds like a long story, but it happened in the blink of an eye.
Only then did Gu You, who was on the other side, reveal himself...
Hei Mu's claws were already less than an inch from Xiao Yan's neck...
Given this distance, coupled with Hei Mu's speed, even a Dou Di expert standing to the side would be absolutely unable to react in time...
At this moment, it seems inevitable that Xiao Yan will fall into Hei Mu's hands...
Even at this point, Gu You, who had already reacted, remained unmoved, standing rooted to the spot as if filled with despair...
When Hei Mu noticed out of the corner of his eye that Gu You hadn't made any move, his brow furrowed slightly, and he felt quite strange.
Given Gu You's strength, he should have reacted to Hei Mu's actions long ago. Even if he knew that Xiao Yan would still fall into his hands, he shouldn't have just sat there waiting to die. But the current situation left Hei Mu somewhat puzzled.
However, the next moment, just as Hei Mu's fingertips touched Xiao Yan's collar, Xiao Yan's body, which was being supported in the void, suddenly went limp and fell into the Endless Void below.
"Um?!"
Upon seeing this, Hei Mu's pupils suddenly narrowed slightly. As his expression changed, he quickly realized what was happening. He forcefully twisted his body in the void and slammed a palm down into the void behind him.
"Bang!"
The moment the palm struck out, the void in front of it exploded violently, and a withered hand reached out out of thin air, colliding fiercely with Hei Mu's palm.
The two palms clashed, but the expected evenly matched contest did not materialize. Instead, the moment the Hei Mu's palms was forcefully destroyed by an even more domineering power.
As blood gushed from his mouth, Hei Mu's figure plummeted rapidly into the void below, and directly below him, Xiao Yan fell at the same time...
The blood that Hei Mu spat out transformed into a blood arrow in the void, shooting fiercely towards the opposite void.
But just as the blood arrow formed, a ball of Heavenly Flames appeared out of thin air with a "poof," instantly incinerating it into nothingness.
But at that very moment, the falling Hei Mu reappeared above Xiao Yan's head...
A wicked smile played on Hei Mu's lips as he stared at the unconscious Xiao Yan with eyes that seemed to devour him. His hand reached out and landed on Xiao Yan 'Xiao Yan face, as if to take him under his control.
However, the instant Hei Mu's hand grasped Xiao Yan, a patch of eerie white Heavenly Flames suddenly erupted from Xiao Yan's body, enveloping his entire body. Hei Mu's hand then pressed firmly into the Heavenly Flames.
"Hiss..."
Suddenly, a sizzling sound, like that of barbecue, came from within, accompanied by a faint smell of burnt meat...
The face of Hei Mu, which had been wearing a sinister smile just a second ago, suddenly twisted into a grimace the next second, his entire face contorted as if it had been brutally ravaged, looking quite horrifying.
After a series of grimacing and painful groans, Hei Mu forcefully pulled his hand out, his Dou Qi surging wildly out of his body. After several violent impacts, he finally extinguished the Bone Spirit Cold Flame that was still sticking to his palm.
Upon closer inspection, the already emaciated hand was now a bloody mess, and the white bone beneath the skin was clearly visible...
In the palm of his hand were several blood holes the size of a thumb, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.
Suppressing the excruciating pain in his palm, Hei Mu's eyes flashed with a chilling, furious killing intent. His gaze shifted, instantly fixing on Gu You, who had now materialized in the void. He roared in fury:
"Hmph! What a cowardly coward! I never imagined that a dignified Dou Di would act so despicably!"
Upon hearing Gu You, Gu You's pair of pale white eyes flashed with a cold light, and he let out a disdainful sneer, saying:
"Heh... If we're talking about being despicable, I'm not even a fraction as bad as you. A mere Half-Emperor dares to speak so shamelessly in front of me. Do I even need any tricks to deal with you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu You waved his sleeve, and instantly, a large ball of Bone Spirit Cold Flame rapidly spread out from the void beneath his feet, filling a vast area of space.
Upon witnessing this move, Hei Mu's expression instantly changed drastically. His figure, standing in the void, suddenly retreated a thousand miles, until he was out of the range of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Only then did he look at Gu You with a face full of fear, his eyes filled with extreme solemnity. After a long while, he finally managed to utter a slightly labored sentence:
"You... you are the master of that Bone Spirit Cold Flame?!"
Only now did Hei Mu fully realize that the old man in front of him was probably the owner of the faint aura he had sensed earlier!
Doesn't that mean that the old guy who is now inside Xiao Yan's body is at least a powerful expert at the Origin Ancestor Great Realm?
When Gu You heard Hei Mu's words, he smiled coldly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. He slowly raised his withered hand, extended his index finger, and then lightly tapped the air in front of him, saying:
"Ban!"
At his command, within the entire space, within a hundred feet of Hei Mu, beams of pale white flame appeared out of thin air.
Hundreds of beams of light connected with each other, forming a cage of Heavenly Flames within just a few breaths, trapping Hei Mu inside.