Chapter -2.
"Ding!"
"Task: A random villain has appeared, possessing the strength of a Ninth-stage Dou Grand Master and a first-stage Dou Spirit."
"You've earned Nalan Yanran's favor, showing off successfully! Task reward: 3000 experience points, 10,000 gold coins, and one lottery draw!" the system chimed in.
"This task..."
"The system gets me!"
Xiao Huo couldn't help but smile. Ge Ye was only a Seventh-stage Dou Grand Master. If the villain generated by the system surrounded him, he would be doomed. Plus, Nalan Yanran would be at risk too. This was his moment to step up!
Time for the hero to rescue the beauty and show his dedication!
Nalan Yanran was likely still feeling upset. As a proud daughter of her generation, with a bright future ahead, how could she accept being married to the useless Xiao Yan after three years? Naturally, she was considering going to the Xiao family to annul the engagement.
Thanks to the system's influence, Nalan Yanran didn't recognize Xiao Yan anymore. In the story of "Battle Through the Heavens," Xiao Yan had become an irrelevant character, and everyone's memories of him were now focused on Xiao Huo.
At that moment, Nalan Yanran raised her delicate chin, her slender waist exuding grace, standing elegantly with a youthful aura and breathtaking beauty.
"Uncle Ge Ye, do you think it's a bit inappropriate for us to annul the engagement?" Nalan Yanran asked softly. She had been aware for three years that Xiao Huo had become ineffective, and despite waiting for him, he had shown no improvement.
"Inappropriate?"
"Yanran, you must realize that the waste of the Xiao family isn't worthy of you. You're now a disciple of the sect leader with endless potential. The rich resources of the Yunlan Sect can make you a true genius," Ge Ye assured her.
"Mm."
"I've given him three years. Even if we call off the engagement, Uncle Xiao can't hold it against me. We can also offer some compensation to the Xiao family," Nalan Yanran said confidently, standing tall and feeling reassured.
She was betrothed to Xiao Huo from birth. Three years ago, when Xiao Huo had fallen to a waste with barely any strength, she waited for him, but he remained stagnant.
Now, it was time to fight for her own happiness!
"Yanran, don't worry. If the Xiao family dares..."
Before Ge Ye could finish his thought, a wave of terror washed over him as he sensed an extremely dangerous aura closing in!
This chilling feeling made Ge Ye's spine tingle. Even as a Dou Grand Master, he felt a terrifying killing intent enveloping them!
In an instant,
Three shadowy assassins lunged towards Ge Ye.
Fear coursed through him as he quivered, his voice faltering.
"Ninth-stage Dou Grand Master?!"
"Who are you? We're from the Yunlan Sect!" Ge Ye shouted in panic, his body shaking, and his gaze dimming as he silently lamented his frozen predicament.
"Yunlan Sect? What does that matter?" the shadowy assassin replied casually.
"A Dou Spirit powerhouse?!"
Ge Ye's heart raced, shattering his last glimmers of hope.
He realized there was no escape!
When had they offended these individuals? They weren't even intimidated by the Yunlan Sect!
Nalan Yanran trembled too. The foes before her were beyond her capabilities!
Meanwhile, Xiao Huo was stealthily searching for an opening.
Boom!
One of the shadowy assassins struck Ge Ye,
and his body hurtled backward, spitting blood and smashing hard into the ground, causing it to crack!
"Miss Yanran! Flee!" Ge Ye cried out, horror in his eyes.
"Uncle Ge Ye..."
Nalan Yanran's small hands shook, the looming assassins closing in as she felt completely paralyzed!
Dou Spirit powerhouses were genuinely terrifying!
The shadowy assassin targeted Nalan Yanran directly!
Nalan Yanran gently closed her beautiful eyes, regretting that as a genius of the Yunlan Sect, she might perish here.
"Stop!"
A boy's voice pierced through to Nalan Yanran. She felt herself embraced by a boy, and when she opened her eyes, she took in the sight of him—handsome and captivating, standing against the wind.
"Run."
"The enemy is a Dou Spirit powerhouse; you can't fight him."
Nalan Yanran whispered, her fair face turning pale. Although she didn't know who this boy was, an unexplainable worry gripped her heart.
"Fool."
"As long as I'm here, no one can harm you." Xiao Huo held Nalan Yanran close, looking at her and smiling slightly, "You're incredibly beautiful, truly a daughter of heaven."
"Thank you."
"Watch out!" Nalan Yanran's cheeks flushed as she anxiously reminded him; a Dou Spirit expert was already behind Xiao Huo.
"With this power, they can't hurt me." Xiao Huo smiled, slowly turning his gaze back, extending his palm.
Clap!
A sharp sound echoed,
accompanied by a screech. The Dou Spirit expert was sent spinning through the air for seven hundred and twenty degrees, blood spilling as he crashed, leaving a terrifying mark on the ground, creating a blast of rubble and turning the earth black.
"So weak, and yet you dare to challenge me?"
Xiao Huo stated calmly, his cold gaze shifting to the other two shadowy assassins, tightening his hold on Nalan Yanran just a bit more.
"Are you alright?" Xiao Huo asked with a smile.
"I'm fine,"
Nalan Yanran softly replied, her beautiful eyes wide in shock, staring in disbelief at what transpired. The boy before her had just sent a Dou Spirit expert flying with one slap?
This...
This was a Dou Spirit Master!
Killed in an instant?
In the distance, Ge Ye was equally stunned, and the crowd surrounding them gazed at Xiao Huo with intense admiration, their faces filling with joy. What sort of master could defeat a Dou Spirit expert so quickly? Could he possibly be a Dou King?
But when has such a young Dou King emerged in the Douqi Continent?
Impossible!
Ge Ye was filled with bewilderment; he could never have fathomed that the Dou Spirit expert who bullied him so casually could be defeated effortlessly by Xiao Huo.
The two Ninth-stage Dou Grand Masters fled in a panic.
Xiao Huo lightly extended his hand,
unleashing a formidable aura of pressure, deep and inscrutable.
In an instant,
the fleeing Dou Grand Masters came to a halt, frozen in place, unable to escape.
"Do you want to flee?"
"Can you?"
Xiao Huo smirked softly, waving his hand once more, and an imposing surge of Dou Qi erupted forth, followed by the agonizing screams of the two masters as they ignited in flames, turning to ashes.
Nalan Yanran was utterly speechless.
It was far too unreal.
Who exactly was this boy before her?
In this world, there existed a genius boy with even greater talent than hers!
And he was so handsome. For a fleeting moment, Nalan Yanran felt enchanted, finding herself dazed in Xiao Huo's embrace, enveloped in warmth.
Tl/N : Add to library and throw some power stones..