Chapter 290: The Guardians!

  "Leader!"

  Seeing Liu Ling appear in front of them, Cassida said with great emotion, "Leader, your Dou Qi has not yet recovered, let your brothers take the front for you."

  The other meraries also unanimously shouted, "Yes, leader, you go rest in the back, let us buy you some time!"

  On Xiao Yan's side, the Eldest Brother's Merary Group's meraries, who exhibited a readio die for their leader, he felt quite moved.

  Being able to inspire such loyalty from so many meraries suggested that Liu Ling was a det person. However, sihey were now enemies, Xiao Yan knew he could not afford to be le.

  With a silent sigh, Xiao Yan's aura surged, and the bck ruler in his hand once again took on a fiery red hue.

  "My words don't matter anymore, is that it? Everyoand down!" After a moment of silence, Liu Ling suddenly ordered the meraries behind him.

  Under normal circumstances, Liu Ling would have already ordered them to charge, but with the battle nearing Dou King level, sending them would be a death sentence.

  Hearing Liu Ling's and, Cassida struggled with his emotions for a moment but eventually led the meraries to retreat acc to Liu Ling's wishes.

  "I must admit, you are not only a formidable oppo but also one deserving of respect!" Xiao Yan said with a smile, genuinely admiring Liu Ling's as.

  "Is that so?" Liu Ling responded with a slight smile, "But you, who rely on someone else's soul power, are still not worthy to be my oppo."

  Liu Ling was sure that the power Xiao Yan had shown was not his own but augmented by some external force. Additionally, possessing unique soul power teiques and teags from Gu He, Liu Ling had sensed an unusual soul fluctuation in Xiao Yan that did not seem to belong to him.

  Therefore, Liu Ling specuted that Xiao Yan might have temporarily enhanced his cultivation to Dou King level by leveraging someone else's soul power.

  Xiao Yan, hearing this, felt a twinge of embarrassment, his face reddening slightly.

  Being openly mocked by an enemy and having one's secrets id bare would ule anyone.

  "I've long noticed this young maraordinary soul power, but I didn't expect him to dis so much!" Yao Lao expressed surprise as Xiao Yaled with his thoughts.

  "Teacher, what should we do now?" Xiao Yan asked, somewhat flustered.

  "Don't worry, he might have sensed something unusual about your soul, but he's only guessing about my presence. Just ignore whatever he says ," Yao Lao advised.

  "Alright, teacher, Xiao Yan knows what to do!" Xiao Yaally nodded.

  ...

  "Ha, say what you will!"

  "Now that you are in such a state, stop wasting your effort. Just agree to stop opposing the Mo Tie Merary Group, and I promise not to kill you."

  Xiao Yan knew Liu Ling looked down on him, but still, he tio approach Liu Ling with the demeanor of a victor.

  "Do you think you've got me ered?"

  As Xiao Yan approached, Liu Ling showed no sign of panistead, he quietly pulled out a jade talisman and crushed it without hesitation.

  "Xiao Yan, he's sending a message to others!" Yao Laently informed him before Xiao Yan noticed.

  Yao Lao was very familiar with suunication talismans, though he did not expect them to be used in such a remote part of the Jia Ma Empire.

  "A unication talisman, is he calling for that powerful mentor of his?" Hearing Yao Lao's warning, Xiao Yan's ay increased.

  "Sigh... Let's hope the person ing isn't too powerful," Yao Lao sighed, then quickly added, "Xiao Yan, trol this young man before anyone arrives."

  "Teacher, I uand!" Xiao Yan nodded.

  The moment, Xiao Yan's steps quied as he moved closer to Liu Ling.

  At the same time, not far from the outskirts of Sto City, atop a sand dune, a barefoot blonde-haired little boy walking in the sand suddenly turned pale. Swiftly, his figure fshed as he shot toward Sto City. Within just a few breaths, he had arrived above the city.

  Instantly, an overwhelming presence filled the hearts of everyone iy.

  People looked up in utter astonishment to see a barefoot blonde-haired little boy h in the sky above the Mo Tie Merary Group. He seemed to walk in the sky, as if he had no wings or simir aids.

  "Seventh level demo!" excimed Yao Lao, thrilled, as soon as the little boy appeared.

  He had never expected that in such a remote pce, they could attract a beast parable to a Dou Zong powerhouse at the seventh level.

  "Teacher, are you saying this little boy is a seventh level demo? That's terrifying," someone said.

  Overwhelmed by the boy's aura, Xiao Yan's steps halted.

  ...

  The moment, the blonde-haired boy who had suddenly appeared in the sky quickly moved to Liu Ling's side.

  "Brother Liu, what's wrong?" asked the little boy in his childlike voice as soon as he reached Liu Ling.

  "Xiao Jin, you got here quite fast, huh!" said Liu Ling as he reached out to pat the boy's head, smiling awkwardly.

  More than a month ago, during a veo the desert, Liu Ling had entered a powerful member of the Serpent Tribe. He had been pletely overpowered by the Serpent Tribesman until Xiao Jin appeared and swiftly defeated the attacker.

  Sihen, Liu Ling had mao learn a few things from Xiao Jin. He discovered that his master had assighree powerful beasts to secretly protect each of them.

  Knowing that Xiao Jin had to secretly guard him all day, Liu Li it was too dull for the boy.

  Thus, Liu Ling suggested that Xiao Jin could have more freedom to roam closer to him instead of watg him all day.

  Xiao Jin happily accepted Liu Ling's suggestion and soon gave him a unication jade token so he could be summoned in critical moments.

  "This is already the sed time Xiao Jin has e to help me. I wonder if my fellow disciples Yan Ran and Xian Er have experienced something simir," Liu Ling mused to himself.

  (End of Chapter)

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