radicalducati 133. The Uninvited Guest
133. The Uninvited Guest
Queen Medusa chuckled upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes: "Mr. Xiao Yan, you're sorely mistaken if you think I'd hold back because of your strength and talent!"
The moment the words left his mouth, the powerful aura unique to a Dou Zong expert was revealed!
Xiao Yan retreated from the dragon-armored vulture because of this aura, and the next moment he activated his fighting spirit and held down Zi Yan, who was eager to try.
He bowed to Queen Medusa and said, "I apologize, Your Majesty, for my rudeness."
Yunshan's eyes widened at the scene he had just witnessed. He had had some contact with Queen Medusa when he was young, and naturally knew the coldness that was ingrained in her blood. If the two had really fought each other just now, it seemed that his side had a great advantage, but who knew if Xiao Yan had some mysterious powerful figure backing him?
So seeing that Xiao Yan was willing to back down, he took the initiative to act as a peacemaker and pulled Xiao Yan into the Black Mountain Fortress.
Xiao Yan felt a strange sensation in his heart. He thought about it repeatedly and realized that he had never actually seen Queen Medusa before, but he had a strange feeling of familiarity about her.
……
Five hundred miles from Black Mountain Fortress, in a mountain range, a woman dressed in a pale red dress stood, her face veiled, yet even so, the features revealed through the veil were breathtakingly beautiful. However, her eyes held a cold indifference that kept everyone at a distance. Above the girl's head was a flame-shaped mark, so lifelike it seemed as if a real flame was rising, slightly raising the temperature of the surrounding area.
The girl looked to be around eighteen or nineteen years old, but her cultivation level was astonishingly high, reaching the Dou Zong realm! She was already considered a formidable opponent in the entire Northwest Region, let alone in the remote Jia Ma Empire and Chu Yun Empire.
The girl gently closed her eyes, and a flame suddenly leaped out from her body. The flame was blood-red, and the high temperature caused the surrounding objects to begin to deform.
Three breaths later, the girl opened her eyes. Staring in the direction of Black Mountain Fortress, she said, "That's right, I can feel the aura of the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire getting closer and closer."
Suddenly, the space around the girl fluctuated, and a voice came from it: "Xiao Zhi, you are a peerless genius whom our clan has been afraid to cultivate since childhood to absorb and use the Crimson Lotus Karmic Flame. This time, several clan elders have quite a few opinions about your appearance."
The girl, who had maintained a calm expression, now showed a hint of helplessness: "Uncle Di, it's not that I'm being reckless, but I can clearly feel the aura of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire. It's become increasingly intense over the past few months, and I have to find out what's going on!"
Uncle Di's voice rang out: "I've watched you grow up, and I believe what you say. This is just a remote area in the Northwest Region. Whatever you want to do, Uncle Di will protect you... Hmm?"
Before Uncle Di could finish speaking, a gasp of surprise rang out.
The girl asked, "What happened to Uncle Di?"
"If my intuition is correct, there are some uninvited guests here besides us!"
"Which companies discovered us when we traveled?"
"Impossible! My abilities are best suited for concealment, not to mention I have the clan leader's assistance. Besides, they're not from those families; they must be from the Soul Hall!"
Hearing this, the girl in the red dress showed a hint of disgust on her face: "Aren't those people from the Soul Palace just filthy rats of the Soul Clan?"
"Their arrival proves this place is no ordinary place. Coupled with that poisonous fog, which I've never seen before, the situation has become even more complicated."
The voice in the void seemed to remember something: "Xiao Zhi, although you are a Dou Zong, in order to ensure that you can absorb the Red Lotus Karmic Flame smoothly, you have not yet had any blood on your hands. If anything happens, remember not to leave my area."
The girl in the red dress nodded upon hearing this, and smiled slightly, saying, "This isn't the first time Uncle Di has said that."
"If anything happens to you, I won't need to go back to the clan. Let's go see if the records in the ancient books are accurate, and whether there is more than one of the same kind of strange fire in this world."
……
Before the Black Mountain Fortress, the two flew straight to the gray-purple poisonous fog.
It was Xiao Yan and Zi Yan who came out of Black Mountain Fortress.
Xiao Yan looked at the gray-purple poisonous mist in front of him, which covered the sky and continued to spread slowly.
Xiao Yan suddenly remembered Yao Lao. The biggest impact Yao Lao had on him by staying in the Ten Thousand Beasts Space was not the decline in his combat power, but the lack of perspective.
If the old apothecary were here, even if he didn't fully understand this poisonous fog, he could still make some judgments based on the clues.
But now that it's just him and Zi Yan, he's completely at a loss.
Zi Yan, seemingly unfazed by the poisonous fog, said, "Xiao Yan, what do you think? Shall we just charge in?"
"Don't rush."
Xiao Yan put his palm into the poisonous fog, and he felt the fog breaking through the Dou Qi protection on his palm at a considerable speed.
Then, the other hand was extended, its palm enveloped in crimson flames. The poisonous mist melted and disappeared like snow under the burning of the strange fire.
After placing his palm in the poisonous fog for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Yan withdrew his hand. In that short time, Xiao Yan could already feel that the poisonous fog was a little closer to him. No wonder the experts of the Jia Ma Empire were so afraid of this poisonous fog.
"It's said that even a Great Battle Master would rot and die if they got caught in this poisonous fog. Although we both have extraordinary physiques, we still need to be careful of this thing. I have a feeling that this poisonous fog is not as simple as it seems."
Zi Yan nodded, then asked, "So how do we get in?"
"I just tried it out. With our battle qi, we can easily stay inside for an hour or two. Strange fire is very effective against this thing, but I'm not sure if there's anything inside that we shouldn't disturb. So let's try going in and defend ourselves with our battle qi first."
With that, Xiao Yan sat down cross-legged and said, "I need to make some preparations. You will protect me."
For some reason, Xiao Yan had a feeling that this poisonous fog was not simple and that he had to go in and take a look. However, to be on the safe side, he had to make sure that his combat power was at its strongest. He began to use the Soul Transformation Secret Technique to convert his fighting spirit into soul power.
Although the soul's perception was greatly weakened in the poisonous fog, Xiao Yan did not underestimate it in order to be prepared for any eventuality.
After converting all his fighting spirit into soul power, which boosted his strength and restored his fighting spirit, Xiao Yan tossed two more pills to Zi Yan.
Zi Yan immediately popped the pills into her mouth, and Xiao Yan also swallowed two.
For Xiao Yan now, sixth-grade pills are not considered particularly precious.
The two slowly walked into the poisonous fog.