Chapter 73: Rescue

"What?"

Not to mention Mu She, even Boss Yao was stunned when he heard this news, and the two of them abruptly sat up. Mu She grabbed the mercenary and demanded: "How many people did he bring?"

"Just him alone!" the mercenary replied with a strange expression.

"One?"

Their faces twitching, Mu She and Boss Yao exchanged a glance, as if they thought they had misheard.

He blurted out in astonishment: "Is he crazy or stupid! The entire estate has gathered not only all the members of our Wolf Head Mercenary Corps, but also mercenaries from the Wan Yao Zhai. Are you telling me he charged in alone?"

The mercenary hurriedly nodded, then shook his head and said: "To be precise, he didn't charge in. He's right now at the gate of the Wan Yao Zhai, knocked down a few gate guards, and says he wants Boss Yao and the Corps Leader to come out and meet him."

"So that's how it is." Boss Yao laughed with a look of sudden understanding.

"Boss Yao, what do you know?" Mu She asked in confusion.

Boss Yao looked at Xiao Yixian with a smile and said: "That kid probably came to rescue Xiao Yixian, and was forced to show himself because he had no choice."

"Forced?"

"Based on our speculation, that Xiao Yan was able to kill the Six Star Dou Zhe Mu Li and twenty mercenaries back then, so his cultivation at the time was at least Eight Star Dou Zhe, or even Nine Star."

Mu She nodded in agreement. His son Mu Li had mastered a Xuan Jie Low Grade Dou Ji, and although he had only just begun, he was not afraid even when facing a Seven-Star Dou Zhe.

"That Xiao Yan must have obtained a powerful Profound Class Cultivation Method and Dou Technique from the Cave. Even if he hasn't broken through to Dou Master, his strength must be no less than that of a Dou Master, which is why he dares to come rescue someone."

Hearing these words, Mu She's face grew even darker. The Profound Class Cultivation Method and Dou Technique in the Cave should have belonged to their Wolf Head Mercenary Corps! Now not only had they been taken by someone else, even his own son had died an unnatural death!

"Take Xiao Yixian away. If that kid is willing to exchange the things from the Cave, I suppose I could spare the lives of you two little lovebirds." Mu She said coldly, but the look in his eyes revealed that he had never intended to let the murderer of his son go.

With a dark expression, Mu She strode toward the outside of the Hall and said coldly: "Mu Li, have people block the estate's main gate. I want him to know that my Wolf Head Mercenary Corps is not a place he can come and go as he pleases!"

"Yes!" A vicious grin also appeared on Mu Li's face, and he quickly turned to relay the order.

Only Xiao Yixian remained perfectly calm. Because only she knew what had happened in the Cave that night.

It couldn't even be called a Battle; it was completely a one-sided slaughter. Xiao Yan's strength at that time definitely surpassed Mu She's, let alone Xiao Yan's after half a year.

A group of people quickly passed through the front hall and arrived at the front courtyard. At the gate, a young man in a black robe stood with a smile. At his feet lay more than ten Wolf Head Mercenary Corps members rolling on the ground in pain.

It was also the first time Mu She and Boss Yao had seen Xiao Yan. A few months ago, they had only learned about him through the descriptions of those who had registered back then.

"It's been a few months, how did you end up in such a sorry state?" Xiao Yan looked at the bound Xiao Yixian and said with a playful smile.

Hearing Xiao Yan's teasing Hua Yan, Xiao Yixian felt not the slightest anger for some reason, but instead a warm current that warmed her heart.

"Today you will pay with blood for blood!!"

Looking at the messy courtyard, Mu She took a deep breath, pointed at Xiao Yan, and the expression on his face instantly became incomparably vicious and venomous.

Xiao Yan looked at the venomous Mu She and said thoughtfully: "So you're Mu Li's father? You really do look alike, especially that expression of impotent rage—it's exactly the same."

!!!!

With a sharp ring, Mu She drew out a spear and was about to fight Xiao Yan to the death. Boss Yao hurriedly held him back and whispered: "Get the Treasure Vault from the Cave first, then you can do as you please."

Boss Yao walked forward with a smile and said: "Little friend Xiao Yan, I know you and Xiao Yixian share a deep bond. But Xiao Yixian has poisoned the residents of Qingshan Town, and we must obtain the Spirit Stone Formula from the Cave to save them."

Xiao Yan smiled slightly. He naturally understood what Boss Yao meant. With a flip of his hand, a Scroll and an ancient prescription appeared in Xiao Yan's hand.

The moment the Scroll and ancient prescription appeared, Mu She and the others' breathing noticeably grew heavier.

"Arcane-Rank High-Level Flying Dou Technique—EagleWings, and an ancient Spirit Stone Formula. Are you after these things?" The four large characters "Arcane-Rank High-Level" on the cover were especially conspicuous. Xiao Yan waved the EagleWings Dou Technique Scroll and the Spirit Stone Formula and said with a smile.

"Give it to me now!" Mu She and Boss Yao roared at the same time.

Xiao Yan took out a fire starter and said: "Don't shout so loud. If you startle me and my hand trembles, I won't be responsible if the things get burned."

"What exactly do you want!" Mu She said through gritted teeth, wishing he could stab this kid to death with his spear right now.

"Very simple. One hand exchanges the person, the other exchanges the goods. Let Xiao Yixian walk over, and I'll hand the things to you."

Mu She and Boss Yao exchanged a glance, and the two secretly nodded.

"Go over."

Xiao Yixian walked step by step through the crowd of mercenaries toward Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan also walked toward Xiao Yixian with a smile, walking into the crowd as if walking into a trap of his own accord.

"Xiao Lan!" Xiao Yan suddenly shouted, and at the same time tossed the Dou Technique Scroll into the Sky to draw everyone's attention.

Screech screech!! Xiao Lan dove down from the Sky. Xiao Yan exerted his strength suddenly, flashed to Xiao Yixian in a single bound, grabbed her, and threw her straight up into the Sky.

Screech screech! Xiao Lan transformed into a streak of blue light and steadily caught Xiao Yixian.

"You guys wait up there for a while. I'll finish things up here and then you can come down." Xiao Yan even had the leisure to wave at Xiao Yixian in the Sky.

Mu She grabbed the Dou Technique Xiao Yan had thrown, opened it, and upon seeing that it really was a Dou Technique, the smile on his face could no longer be hidden.

"Please remember, this Dou Technique can only be cultivated by one person."

The moment Mu She saw the last line of text on the Dou Technique Scroll, his gaze instantly went blank. Then a surge of wild rage erupted from within him, and a terrifying Dou Qi burst forth.

"Aaaah!!!"

"Kill him for me!!"

More and more Wolf Head members poured out from the courtyard, finally surrounding Xiao Yan with murderous looks on their faces. The gleaming weapons in their hands reflected a cold, sinister sheen under the sunlight.

Adding the guards from the Wan Yao Zhai itself, a full hundred Dou Zhe surrounded Xiao Yan tightly. Xiao Yan seemed to shake his head somewhat helplessly.

"I, Xiao Yan, am not an unreasonable person. I'm giving you a chance to escape now. Anyone who leaves the estate within ten seconds, I won't bother with."

But unfortunately, honest words fall on deaf ears, and people rarely listen.

Watching the mercenaries pounce like wolves and tigers, their eyes filled with greed, a ruthless glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes.

"Furious Lion's Roar."

Roar!! A lion's roar came from within Xiao Yan's body, and a blood-red, ferocious lion phantom enveloped Xiao Yan.

His five fingers formed a claw, and Xiao Yan's right hand clawed fiercely forward. The Furious Lion phantom behind him likewise swung out a blood claw, and five bloodstains tore apart everything before them.

Over a dozen mercenaries' bodies instantly split apart section by section. With just one claw swing, it was like chopping vegetables.

If it had been half a year ago, Xiao Yan would have had to expend great effort to deal with over a hundred Dou Zhe, plus several Nine Star Dou Zhe and a Second-Star Dou Master.

But things were different now. Furious Lion's Roar gave Xiao Yan a wide-area killing Dou Technique. If he had to use Eight Extremes Collapse punch by punch, he wouldn't know how long it would take.

"Blood Fury Mad Lion!"