Chapter 289: The Fight Intensifies!

  The immense crest of red light unleashed by Xiao Yan astohe thirty-odd meraries of the Eldest Brother's Merary Group, their eyes wide with shock at the sheer power of the attack, which surpassed their imaginations.

  Cassida and the two maids brought by Liu Ling, standing in front of the meraries, showed deep . They had seen Liu Ling in aultiple times and had a general uanding of his strength, but they had never entered such a formidable attack before.

  Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, standing not far behind Xiao Yan, shared simir feelings. They had already retreated a dozen steps before Xiao Yan had even begun his attack, yet the intense heat of the energy still reached them.

  "Did little bro too far? This level of attack could...," Xiao Ding muttered, watg the terrifying red glow. Although they had some flicts with Liu Ling, the in of their dispute was their own plotting against him, making them teically at fault.

  In such a ruthless merary world, moral arguments often gave way to the rule of the stro fist.

  Knowing this, even though Xiao Ding realized Liu Ling might be gravely injured or worse from Xiao Yan's strike, he didn't call out to stop it.

  As everyone's focus was on the powerful crest of red light, Liu Ling seemed unfazed and pushed his palm forward in a seemingly slow and ordinary motion. This a drew nearly y pert of the Dou Qi from his body in an instant.

  The crimson seal he unleashed then suddenly expanded, engulfing several meters in an instant, vaporizing the thick stone sbs on the ground as it passed. A faint red phoenix phantom quickly emerged at the ter of the seal, exuding a destructive aura.

  "Danger!"

  Just as Liu Ling fully released the seal, a panicked shout from Yao Lao echoed suddenly in Xiao Yan's mind.

  Instantly, Xiao Yan's aura surged again, incredibly reag the level of a Dou King in mere moments, startling everyone once more.

  The moment, the giant crest of red light collided with the phoenix seal, triggering a massive explosion of energy that rippled outward.

  Uedly, Xiao Yan's powerful red crest was pletely annihited, while the phoenix phantom within the seal remained undissipated, its vivid wings fpping as it charged towards Xiao Yan at an unimaginable speed.

  With no time to react after just releasing his ground-level Dou Teique, Xiao Yan could only brace himself by pg the giant bck ruler in front of him.

  "Boom!"

  A muffled sound followed as Xiao Yan and his bck ruler were sent flying backward for over teers before ing to a stop, his feet nearly buried in the ground.

  "Little brother, are you alright?"

  "Master Xiao Yan!"

  Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the alluring woman, Xue Lan, who had just appeared at the entrance, hurried forward to che Xiao Yan.

  "Spurt!"

  Stabilizing himself, Xiao Yan suddenly spat out a mouthful of crimson blood.

  "Little brother!"

  Seeing Xiao Yan spit blood, Xiao Ding and the rew even more anxious.

  Fshing a grin at Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, Xiao Yan wiped the blood from his mouth and said in a somewhat weak voice, "Haha, big brother, sed brother, your little brother is tough; I'm not dying just yet!"

  After making this remark, Xiao Yan's gaze slowly shifted back towards Liu Ling.

  As Liu Ling sat exhausted on the ground after unleashing the powerful Earth-tier Vermillion Bird Seal, his Dou Qi nearly depleted, the iy of the battle became apparent. His two delicate maids were beside him, anxiously wiping sweat from his body, while Cassida and the other meraries stood guard with ons drawn, vigint and protective.

  "Such a terrifying Dou Teique!" Xiao Yan uttered with a wary look as he observed Liu Ling, who was seated and trying to recover his strength.

  Xiao Yan was acutely aware that had Yao Lao not enhanced his cultivation to the level of a Dou King just in time, he might well have been dead by now.

  "That move he used was likely ah-tier advanced Dou Teique. For someoh his peak Dou Grandmaster's strength to unleash such a powerful teique is truly monstrous," Yao Lao's voice, filled with surprise and admiration, suddenly echoed in Xiao Yan's mind as he watched Liu Ling.

  "So, eveeacher agrees he's a monster!" Xiao Yan sighed inwardly upon hearing Yao Lao's words.

  "You really know how to find trouble, kid. This young man is formidable, possessing ah-tier Dou Teique, a beast fme, and he's a third-grade alchemist. It's likely he has a powerful mentor bag him!" Yao Lao's perspective was always broader than Xiao Yan's, and he quickly pointed out the serious implications.

  "A powerful mentor!"

  Hearing Yao Lao's analysis, Xiao Yan gave a wry smile. "I didn't want to provoke him either, but I couldn't just watch as my brothers' years of effort went to waste."

  "Alright, now that he's likely drained of Dou Qi from using that Earth-tier teique, it's a good time to iate. He's uo refuse," Yao Lao stated gravely.

  "Right."

  Nodding at Yao Lao's advice, Xiao Yan theed some effort to free his feet from the ground where they were embedded and began to slowly walk towards Liu Ling.

  Notig Xiao Yan's movements, Cassida and the meraries behind him were visibly intimidated yet none backed down.

  As Xiao Yan approached, their hearts raced faster with each step he took.

  "Brothers, do not let this mahe leader!" Suddenly, Cassida roared, raising his on and preparing to charge at Xiao Yan.

  "Cassida, fall back!"

  Before he could move far, a chilling voice called out from behind, halting Cassida and the others iracks.

  Then, a figure swiftly leaped over their heads and nded firmly in front of them.

  Reizing the silhouette, Cassida and the others found it all too familiar.

  "Leader!"

  (End of the chapter)

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