Liu Yan stood in the sky with a huge corpse of a mutated beast lying on the ground. Fresh blood flowed as the stench of blood spread out. However, he only looked at Mu Chen with indifference, as if he was looking at an ant under his palm.
Mu Chen also looked at Liu Yan as he knitted his brows. He never thought that he would encounter this fellow at his first stop. Was there such a coincidence?
"Of course there's no such coincidence."
Liu Yan seemed to have seen through the doubt in Mu Chen's heart as he lightly smiled. "When I fought with you in the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion, I left a special spiritual imprint on you. So I can roughly sense your location."
Mu Chen was stunned, before his face slightly sank. Suddenly, purple flames blazed on his body. In the end, there was a trace of an unusual fluctuation coming from his hair.
Poof.
As the purple flames swept over, a strand of Mu Chen's hair was reduced to ashes. Only then did the unusual fluctuation completely disappear.
Mu Chen's gaze was cold as he stared at Liu Yan. He never thought that someone as cautious as him would have such a trick up his sleeves. Furthermore, he did not feel anything from it. Looks like Liu Yan did have some unique means.
But fortunately, he had dealt with this hidden danger. Otherwise, when he and Cai Xiao went to search for the other Dragon-Phoenix Pools, that fellow might be able to sense their tracks. Who knows, it might even cause trouble for their plans.
"Looks like you're confident that you can take me down?" Mu Chen stared at Liu Yan as he spoke.
"Rest assured, I will not underestimate you. So, to ensure that you can stay in the Dragon-Phoenix Haven forever, I even put down my face and invited a helper." Liu Yan smiled as he gently clapped his hand.
Boom!
As he clapped, another beam of Spiritual Energy shot towards the top of the White Bones Mountain. As the light dissipated, a figure was revealed. That figure had a head full of blood-red hair and a pair of scarlet-red snake eyes that were filled with a ferocious aura.
As this person appeared, a thick bloodthirsty aura immediately filled the air above the mountain peak.
Mu Chen's eyes involuntarily narrowed as he stared at the red-haired man. Clearly, he had sensed a dangerous fluctuation from the red-haired man's body. This fellow was not simple.
"Hiss … Liu Yan, you're actually willing to use a favour to invite me over for a Third Grade Sovereign. The current you is actually so cowardly?" The red-haired man's vertical snake pupils stared at Mu Chen as a weird hissing laughter came from his mouth.
"Even a lion will use its full strength to catch a rabbit. I like to do things in a watertight manner."
Liu Yan smiled at Mu Chen and said, "He's Chi Xue of the Snake God Palace, ranked ninth on the Dragon-Phoenix Record … Two people in the top ten of the Dragon-Phoenix Record are here to send you on your way. I believe I'm regarding you very highly."
"Chi Xue of Snake God Temple?"
Mu Chen's heart lightly jolted as he stared at the red-haired man with his brows tightly knitted. No wonder there's such a dense stench of blood. So it's that infamous person that had once massacred hundreds of cities.
The appearance of that fellow had clearly exceeded Mu Chen's expectations. He clearly did not expect that Liu Yan would actually invite a helper despite having such a huge advantage on the surface. That fellow's cautiousness was much stronger than his brother, Liu Ming.
"Then it's my honour."
Mu Chen looked at the two handsome faces that were sandwiched between him and smiled. Although there was astonishment on his face, there wasn't any fear or panic like Liu Yan had imagined.
"Looks like you still haven't seen your outcome clearly."
Liu Yan did not see the fear on Mu Chen's face as his expression turned a little indifferent. However, before he could finish his words, his pupils suddenly contracted. That's because he saw a slender figure that had unknowingly appeared on the Demonic Ape's corpse that Mu Chen had thrown out.
The young girl possessed a bewitching appearance as her fine black hair fluttered in the wind. She sat quietly on the Demonic Ape's corpse with her small hand supporting her snow-white chin. Her pair of beautiful eyes contained a trace of laziness as she looked at them.
The eyes of Liu Yan and Chi Xue slightly trembled at this moment. That's because they did not sense how this young girl had appeared, causing them to raise their vigilance.
"I'm sorry, I also have a helper." Mu Chen gave a faint smile towards Liu Yan at this moment.
Liu Yan coldly stared at Mu Chen, before looking at Cai Xiao. He did not feel that this young girl was very powerful back in the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion. However, when she appeared earlier, he had felt a trace of danger from the bottom of his heart.
That feeling of danger did not go unnoticed by him. Being cautious, he knew that it wasn't his misconception. This was something that he had relied on to defeat his opponents time and time again over the years. Always think of the worst case scenario.
It was just like how he had dealt with Mu Chen this time. Even if his strength was sufficient to kill Mu Chen, he had still brought along a heavyweight helper. That was because he wanted to eliminate any uncertain factors.
However, he never imagined that even with such thorough preparations, the situation would still go out of his control.
"Miss, this is a grudge between us and him. I hope that you can stand by the side and watch. My Sky Profound Palace will remember this favour." Liu Yan took a deep breath as he cupped his fists and spoke in a solemn voice. His tone was rather courteous.
However, hearing his words, the corner of Cai Xiao's lips uncontrollably rose as she said with a smile-yet-not-a-smile tone, "Is the favour of the Sky Profound Palace very big?"
Liu Yan's gaze sank.
Cai Xiao no longer paid any attention to Liu Yan. She raised her head and looked at Mu Chen, "What do you intend to do?"
"Can you help me obstruct that snake?"
Mu Chen pointed in the direction of Chi Xue as he lightly smiled. With his current strength, if Chi Xue and Liu Yan, who were ranked in the top ten of the Dragon-Phoenix Record, joined hands to deal with him, he might not have any chance of winning. Although he was confident, he wasn't arrogant.
After all, he was only a Third Grade Sovereign right now, while Liu Yan and Chi Xue were genuine Fourth Grade Sovereigns!
"You're not going to consider letting me deal with them?" Cai Xiao slightly tilted her head as she chuckled.
"There are some things that you have to deal with by yourself. Although I'm not against sponging off a woman, especially when it's such a beautiful one." Mu Chen smiled.
"You're pretty courageous. Since that's the case, leave that snake to me."
Cai Xiao raised her thumb as she spoke with a teasing tone. However, there was a smear of admiration flashing across her eyes. She admired the trace of confidence in the depths of Mu Chen's words. That confidence didn't come from anything, nor did it come from her standing beside him. It came from himself.
A Third Grade Sovereign could still be confident when facing Liu Yan, an opponent that even ordinary Fourth Grade Sovereigns would be fearful of. That spirit wasn't something that everyone could possess.
"Boasting shamelessly."
When Liu Yan heard her words, he coldly sneered as a smear of coldness flashed across the depths of his eyes. He was fearful of the mysterious Cai Xiao, but he didn't feel the same towards Mu Chen. Initially, he was still having a headache on how to deal with the elusive Cai Xiao. But who could have expected that a fool like Mu Chen would actually come knocking on his door?
On the other side of the sky, Chi Xue's scarlet eyes were locked onto Cai Xiao. His original form was a Scarlet Blood Divine Python, which could be considered as a Divine Beast's bloodline. Therefore, his battle prowess was much more ferocious than experts of the same level. But right now, when he looked at the petite Cai Xiao, he felt a chill seeping out from his blood.
Chi Xue's face changed as the ferociousness in his bones gushed out. He gave Cai Xiao a ferocious smile, revealing his white teeth that looked extremely eerie as he gave a weird smile. "Little girl, you're still young, but your tone isn't small. I'll capture you later, I'm afraid that your tender skin won't be able to withstand my torture!"
As Chi Xue spoke, his eyes constantly swept across Cai Xiao's exquisite figure as a lustful light flickered in his eyes. His bloodline had always been lascivious. Now that he saw Cai Xiao's stunning figure, if it wasn't for the fact that he was a little afraid of her mysteriousness, he would have long since seized her.
Facing his filthy words, Cai Xiao had only lightly smiled, which made Chi Xue's heart itch even more as a tyrannical flame surged in his eyes.
"The bloodline in this rotten snake's body is somewhat useful. Although it's incomparable to the True Dragon's Blood Essence, it's still pretty good for Little Cai to have a change of taste."
Cai Xiao gave Mu Chen a sweet smile. Shortly after, she lightly tapped her feet and her figure appeared before Chi Xue. Thereafter, she pointed her slender jade-like finger at him.
Along with her finger pointing down, space fluctuated for a moment.
When Cai Xiao's finger pointed down, Chi Xue's skin suddenly tensed up and his figure burst in retreat, leaving behind afterimages in the sky.
Poof!
However, no matter how fast he was, he couldn't outrun Cai Xiao's attack. As the space fluctuated, afterimages were instantly shattered. Within those afterimages, a figure was miserably sent flying. That scarlet blood hand held onto his shoulder, where a bloody hole had appeared. Fresh blood gushed out from it. All of his defences weren't effective at all.
Furthermore, no matter how he tried to stop the bleeding with his Spiritual Energy, he couldn't stop the bleeding. There seemed to be a mysterious power that was corroding his Spiritual Energy.
"How is this possible?!"
Chi Xue's face was filled with shock. He couldn't imagine that he would be injured in the hands of this unbelievably beautiful girl in a single move.
While he was still in shock, Cai Xiao slowly flew over. But at this moment, when he faced her, the lust in Chi Xue's eyes was replaced with shock.
Only at this moment did he understand what a terrifying opponent he had encountered.
While Chi Xue was indescribably shocked, Mu Chen's figure had already flown out and appeared before Liu Yan. The Great Meru Demonic Pillar in his hand slowly pointed towards the latter as a smear of a smile appeared on his handsome face.
"Young Palace Master Liu Yan, it's your turn."
(The third chapter will be after 12 p.m., so it might be a little late. I suggest that everyone don't wait and read it tomorrow.)
(To be continued)