Chapter 779

Even his palm, in this constant collision, began to go numb.

"A five-star peak Battle Venerable expert, his strength is indeed terrifying!"

After this brief exchange, Xiao Yan also clearly felt the strength of Zhaixing Lao Gu.

His heart sank at once, after glancing at the Mugu Lao Ren waiting at the side, ready to ambush at any moment.

The former couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "Looks like if we want to escape smoothly today, we have to rely on the master to find Feng Lao and them for support!"

If he were to face either Zhaixing Lao Gu or Mugu Lao Ren alone, he would still have some confidence.

But now being besieged by the two, even though he has many tricks, he is still powerless to kill both of them.

"I have to say, you really do have a trace of Xiao Xuan from back then. Let you grow, not to mention reviving the Xiao Family again, but having the Xiao Family re-enter the top forces of the continent is not without hope. But unfortunately, you have encountered us today."

Zhaixing Lao Gu looked at Xiao Yan with a solemn expression, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and praised him indifferently.

"Hehe, although I cannot compare to Ancestor Xiao Xuan, but dealing with you, I think I still have more than enough. Moreover, you, a mere five-star Battle Venerable, are not qualified to judge how Ancestor Xiao Xuan was!"

Hearing the name mentioned by the former, Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and said disdainfully.

As for that Xiao Family ancestor who once nearly succeeded in breaking through the Dou Emperor realm, he had also heard about it from Xiao Xun'er before.

And thinking of how the Soul Clan took advantage of Ancestor Xiao Xuan's breakthrough to sneak attack the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan couldn't help but become even more furious.

If it weren't for these riffraff, he might now be a young master of the Xiao Clan, living carefree days with Xiao Xun'er, and wouldn't have to suffer so much.

And his father and two brothers are even less likely to have their fate unknown.

"Hehe, I may not be qualified to judge him, but killing you here is still more than enough. Besides, I still need to go out later to help the three elders outside maintain the formation and kill those nine Battle Venerables; I don't have time to waste with you."

Upon hearing that, Zhaixing Lao Gu smiled slightly, stepped forward lightly, and as the space before him quickly writhed, his body vanished on the spot.

"Oh no, from the opponent's tone, it seems Feng Lao's side is also encountering some difficulty!"

As soon as the former's words fell, Xiao Yan immediately extracted a few clues from it.

From the opponent's extremely confident expression, he knew that Feng Lao's situation would certainly not be good.

Even now, they might not be able to come to his aid.

However, just as he was thinking, he suddenly noticed a withered hand piercing out from the void beside him.

Then, without hesitation, it grabbed at his throat.

"Oh no, danger!"

Facing this soundless, seemingly Battle Qi‑uncovered withered hand, Xiao Yan's heart suddenly tightened.

Through his powerful soul power, he could perceive that wherever that hand passed, space was directly carved out with a pitch‑black spatial trace.

One can imagine what fate would befall him if he were struck.

Thinking this, Xiao Yan's expression grew solemn and he hastily retreated.

At the same time, he lifted the heavy ruler in his hand, and his Battle Qi surged rapidly through his meridians.

"Flame-Splitting Devouring-Wave Ruler!"

With a furious shout from his heart, a blade of light over ten zhang tall instantly formed above Xiao Yan's head.

Then, under his control, it burst forth from the ruler and heavily slashed onto that withered hand.

"Clang~"

At the instant the withered hand lightly landed on the heavy ruler, a clear sound rang out throughout the hall.

However, while Xiao Yan was blocking Zhaixing Lao Gu's attack, Mugu Lao Ren beside him immediately moved, arriving at his left side in an instant.

"Netherworld Demonic Fire Arm!"

Accompanied by a cold shout filled with killing intent, it burst from Mugu Lao Ren's mouth.

The black Beast Fire within his body surged out like a volcanic eruption, then poured completely into that crystalline arm of his.

"Oh no!"

Sensing the Battle Qi disturbance behind him, Xiao Yan's heart sank sharply and he quickly turned his head toward the other side from which Mugu Lao Ren was attacking.

He wanted to see if there was anything inside the hall that could help him block the attack.

After all, he is currently being held back by Zhaixing Lao Gu and lacks the ability to condense another Battle Technique to block it.

However, the instant he turned his head, he saw that the exit of this hall lay to his right.

"Damn, give it my all—whether I can escape this time depends on whether Mugu Lao Ren comes through!"

Xiao Yan's mind raced through a series of thoughts; finally gritting his teeth, he resolved fiercely.

Because he knows he definitely doesn't have time to dodge now, so rather than waste effort, he might as well give it his all!

Immediately, Xiao Yan gave up dodging, fully mobilizing his inner Strange Fire to condense a flame barrier at his side.

After all, even if he cannot dodge, he certainly wants to reduce the remaining impact of this attack as much as possible.

At the instant the flame barrier formed at his side, a huge black flame arm smashed heavily onto it.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the terrifying air wave generated by their collision suddenly mixed with a large amount of brown Strange Fire, sweeping in all directions.

The terrifying heat caused the soul bodies around the fighters to turn to ashes and vanish completely from this world.

However, Xiao Yan's hastily condensed flame barrier, after briefly slowing Old Man Mugu's attack, suddenly shattered.

Immediately after, the somewhat dim black giant arm slammed heavily into Xiao Yan's left kidney!

「Puchi~」

The waist suddenly suffered a heavy blow, and he immediately spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Following that, his figure, under the bombardment of the flame giant arm, turned into a black shadow and rushed rapidly to the right!

Seeing that he had successfully inflicted heavy damage on Xiao Yan, Old Man Mugu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth upward.

He simply didn't believe that, after suffering such heavy injuries, the opponent could still continue fighting against the two of them.

As for Xiao Yan at this moment, he knew that his success or failure hinged on this single move.

He had no time to check his injuries, quickly borrowing the speed from Mu Gu Lao Ren's attack to activate his body technique martial skill.

He burst forward at full speed toward the hall's exit in front of him.

Seeing Xiao Yan sent flying by the former, he immediately used that speed to rush outward; Zhai Xing Lao Gui's anger flared, and his vision instantly blackened.

Afterward, he pointed shakily at Mu Gu Lao Ren and shouted at this pig teammate: "Mu Gu, you brainless fool, where are you aiming? Holy shit, if that kid runs away today, I won't let this rest with you!"

He had no doubt that, if his strength weren't still decent, he would have been pissed to death here today.

He had seen troublesome teammates before, but he had never seen one this disastrous.

Clearly this was an encirclement and annihilation campaign, and only the final step remained to complete it.

But such good conditions were stubbornly turned into a mobile battle by Mu Gu, that brainless idiot.

Thinking of this, Zhai Xing Lao Gui wished he could drag Mu Gu out and whip him.

But seeing Xiao Yan running farther and farther away, he couldn't continue cursing the former; he hurriedly activated his body and gave chase in full force toward where Xiao Yan fled.

After all, they had finally managed to lure Xiao Yan, this brat, here and corner him.

If Xiao Yan and Yao Chen get away, forget about merit—they might even get beaten into a pig's head by the Hall Master!