The Battle Through Heaven
Solving Hidden Dangers Before Going
A sudden explosion resounded throughout the training ground. The rumbling explosion caused everyone to involuntarily close their ears. Moments later, they ended up looking at each other with some heart palpitations before turning their eyes to the training ground where dust blocked their view.
Inside the training ground, Xiao Yan slowly calmed his quick breath. His face is a bit pale. The impersonation of the previous ‘Angry Buddha Lotus Flame’ had the requirement of Dou Qi and Spiritual Strength that should not be underestimated even though this time required less and was not as frightening as before.
"With the required amount of Dou Qi, it seems like I can only use it three times before the Dou Qi in my body is completely depleted." Xiao Yan muttered softly as he sensed the Dou Qi and Spiritual Strength in his body had dropped sharply. He immediately raised his head and looked at the opposite side that was enveloped by dust. As he waved his sleeve, a gentle breeze appeared and surged out, blowing the covering yellow dust.
As the cloud of dust settled down, a large, deep eye-piercing hole immediately appeared before everyone. Instantly, the corners of everyone's eyes on the training ground were unwilling to move.
The deep hole was about four to five meters. The area is also quite large. Many lines of thick and deep cracks were repeatedly spread out like a cobweb and nearly covered half of the open area.
"Where is he?" Xiao Yan swept his gaze around him. However, he did not see Luo Bu's figure. At that moment, he blinked his eyes and said in a stunned manner.
" Cough, cough ..." Just as Xiao Yan was feeling stunned, an intense cough suddenly burst out from the deep hole. Immediately, a hand began to slowly rise from the hole and support itself on the ground. Finally a black charred human figure came out with great difficulty. Looking at its size, it seemed like Luo Bu from before.
Right now, other than Luo Bu's charred body, many lines of cracks the size of a thumb also covered the Dou Qi armor he summoned on his body. His body trembled a little. The Dou Qi armor on him had already reached its limit, and finally let out a muffled crack sound. The seemingly mighty Dou Qi Armor immediately began to slowly detach from Luo Bu's body, revealing a pale white and frightened face underneath.
Observing the human figure that seemed to have just rolled around on top of the black charcoal, Xiao Yan asked, "Master Luo Bu? Are you okay?"
Hearing Xiao Yan's question, Luo Bu slowly raised his head. He glanced at the gentle and handsome face of the young man and his body shivered. An extremely ugly smile appeared on his pale white face. "Company Leader Xiao Yan. If the attack was a little closer, my current self would not seem to be left with a corpse at the moment. "
Xiao Yan stared at Luo Bu, whose Dou Qi around him had fallen to its lowest point. He understood clearly in his heart that Luo Bu knew that the defense of his Dou Qi armor was not enough to withstand the explosion, yet he did not choose to dodge. Instead, he simply stood on the spot like a wooden pillar, letting the lotus flame streak and finally burst out in front of him. This somewhat foolish-looking action would undoubtedly make him have to withstand the immense force of the explosion. Therefore, even though Xiao Yan's strength was only that of a six star Dou Shi, Luo Bu, who was a four star Da Dou Shi, was, it still ended up with a serious injury that caused him to lose his ability to continue fighting from the explosion.
Looking from the corner of his eyes, Xiao Yan saw bright red fresh blood flowing from Luo Bu's hand. Xiao Yan's eyes gradually became slightly softer without him noticing. He slowly stepped forward and patted Luo Bu on the shoulder as he said with a smile, "Sorry. This is my first time modifying this thing so I cannot control its power. "
"Haha, stop. It should be fine after a break for a few days. "
After being the leader of the mercenary company for over ten years, Luo Bu was extremely sensitive as she felt the gentleness that Xiao Yan showed. Immediately, excitement and excitement vaguely surfaced in his heart. He knew in his heart that since ‘Sand Mercenary Company’ almost destroyed ‘Desert Metal Mercenary Company’ last time, in the heart of this friendly-looking young man, there was always hostility and even … killing intent towards him.
At the same time, Luo Bu's heart also knew that if Xiao Yan wanted to expand the power of ‘Desert’ Sand Mercenary Company in a short time, it would be a very difficult time, it is difficult for ‘Sand’ Mercenary Company to avoid the fate to be destroyed. Luo Bu, who had watched Xiao Yan turn a living person into an ice sculpture without any expression, had no doubt that this young man of quite a young age had a cruel heart.
Although the current ‘Sand’ Mercenary Company had been merged into ‘Desert’ Sand Mercenary Company, Luo Bu could feel that the doubts and guards Xiao Yan held towards her were not diminished. Regarding this, Luo Bu could only bitterly laugh. During this one month he was at the ‘Galand’ Desert Mercenary Company, he had gained a clearer understanding of Xiao Yan's abilities. Under the pressure from Xiao Yan's nearly terrifying strength, the somewhat rebellious mind that he had originally held in his heart had been completely extinguished. It could be said that the current Luo Bu had already started to gradually consider himself as a member of ‘Gurun’ Metal Mercenary Company in his heart instead of the Company Leader of ‘Sand’ Mercenary Company …
However, even though Luo Bu's heart was thinking like this, Xiao Yan remained wary of him. This caused Luo Bu to feel a helpless bitterness in his heart. Naturally, he also knew clearly that this was human nature and he could not blame anyone.
Just as he thought that this kind of prejudice from Xiao Yan would persist, however, Xiao Yan's gaze, which suddenly became gentle, caused Luo Bu to be startled. At the same time, he was somewhat excited to realize that his actions that were willing to risk his life to become a target actually inadvertently resulted in a huge reduction in the guards that Xiao Yan held against him.
"This injury was not in vain .." Luo Bu muttered in his heart. A somewhat excited redness appeared on his pale white face.
Xiao Yan patted Luo Bu on the shoulder, took out a high-grade healing medicine from within the storage ring and passed it to him. He said with a smile, "Take care of your wounds first. After your wound heals, you will become the true core in the upper echelon of ‘Gal Desert’ Mercenary Company. With your power, the responsibilities you have to take on will not be small. ‘Gurun’ Metal Company is currently in expansion. In the future, you may have to work harder. "
These words of Xiao Yan undoubtedly meant that he had actually started to trust Luo Bu.
Therefore, when Luo Bu heard these words, even the hand he used to receive the healing medicine shook. He might not care too much about the trust of others but the trust of strong people, especially very strong people like Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong, he said, it was enough to make Luo Bu feel happy and honored.
"As long as you can put your thoughts on ‘Desert Metal’ Mercenary Company, believe me, the benefits you receive in the future will be something you find hard to believe." Observing Luo Bu who excitedly revealed his loyalty, Xiao Yan smiled and spoke in a profound way.
Hearing those joking and somewhat mysterious words, Luo Bu was stunned for a moment before he immediately responded politely.
"Haha, your wounds should heal soon. Tomorrow, Old Hai and I will leave the Desert Stone City. Your strength is the strongest in ‘Desuran’ Metal Company, therefore, during the time period I went this, I might need you to further guard ‘Durun’ Metal Company. " Xiao Yan said softly.
"Leaving?" Hearing this, Luo Bu asked in a somewhat strange voice.
"I'm going to the capital. There were a few things there waiting for me to finish. " Xiao Yan smiled carelessly and once again patted Luo Bu on the shoulder. Immediately, he turned around and slowly walked out of the training ground.
Seeing the steady back of the black-clothed youth, Luo Bu let out a few coughs. He calmed his excited heart before nodding heavily.
At the edge of the open ground, where many respectful gazes were watching him, Xiao Yan came to the side of Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. He faced the two of them, both of them still put on faces full of astonishment and he smiled then asked, "Are you not going back to yourself?"
” Little Fellow, I originally thought that you had chosen Luo Bu randomly to be your target. It is completely unexpected that you actually used this action to properly resolve this greatest potential threat within the mercenary company. " Xiao Ding swept his gaze at Luo Bu who was at the training ground and spoke softly to Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan smiled slightly, but remained noncommittal about his own intentions. Raising his head to the eyes of Hai Bo Dong who was slowly descending from the sky, Xiao Yan softly said, "I have no choice. Tomorrow, Old Hai and I will have to leave the Desert Stone City. If I hadn't thought of some method to eliminate some potential threat, I wouldn't have been able to leave quietly. "
"You're leaving tomorrow? So soon?" Hearing this, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were perplexed as they clenched their eyebrows and asked.
"That's fine. Originally, I had prepared to leave for the capital a month ago. However, due to my injury, I ended up procrastinating for a long time. Now, I can't keep delaying. " Xiao Yan smiled and said.
"Do you really intend to go to the Misty Cloud Sect a month later?" Looking at the smiling face of Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding's voice suddenly became low and gentle as he asked.
"Yes. I have to go there! " Xiao Yan pursed his lips and nodded slightly. His voice was slow but firm, without the slightest hesitation.
"Misty Cloud Sect is a huge creature. It won't be easy to deal with them .. Besides, the First Elder of the Mo clan, Mo Cheng died in your hands. Although you have hidden your identity, it might have been known if you appeared in the Misty Cloud Sect again. When the time comes, even if you manage to defeat Nalan Yanran, I am afraid that the foolish old man of the Misty Cloud Sect will not easily let you leave the mountain unscathed. " Xiao Ding said anxiously.
"If they really intend to act like this when the time comes, then they should be prepared to go through the struggle of life and death.." Xiao Yan chuckled. He lifted his head and looked at Hai Bo Dong who had descended on the huge rock beside them. He shrugged and laughed, "Hi, do you agree?"
"Your brother's right. Misty Cloud Sect is not so easy to deal with .. "Seeing Xiao Yan look up, Hai Bo Dong smiled bitterly," Hah, whatever you want. Who asked me to be hugged by you. One year of being a bodyguard, ah, from the looks of it now, it seems like you have started conspiring against me a long time ago. "
"Haha, Dou Huang who has been sent to my doorstep. If I let Old Hai go easily, wouldn't it be a waste? " Watching Hai Bo Dong's helpless face, Xiao Yan joked.
Hearing this, Hai Bo Dong could only bitterly smile and shake his head.
Xiao Yan poked his head into the tree branch at the side to pluck the leaves. He then placed it in his mouth and chewed a little, letting a faint bitter taste spread in his mouth as he turned his head towards the far north. In that direction sat an enormous being from the Ma Ma Empire, the Misty Cloud Sect.
"Let's look at the situation when the time comes. If they really gave us no way out, even if I had to force myself until I was seriously injured, I would throw the actual ‘Angry Buddha Lotus Flame’ into the Misty Cloud Sect. "
The calm muttering voice of the young man caused helplessness to appear on Hai Bo Dong's face. He smiled bitterly, shook his head and sighed, "Really crazy .. Misty Cloud Sect will have trouble bearing the consequences by provoking you, even with its strength."