145: Chapter 145 Recapturing Yan Xing, A desperate encirclement and annihilation

"You little stubborn donkey... why won't you listen to reason?"

Miss Xiao Yuer stomped her foot in frustration, her beautiful eyes filled with anxiety as she gazed in the direction where Hun Tiandi had disappeared.

Swoosh...

Suddenly, several figures appeared in the sky and descended beside Miss Xiao Yuer, reporting respectfully, "Miss, we have found no trace of Yun Tian..."

Miss Xiao Yuer remained silent for a moment, lost in thought, before saying coldly, "Search. You must find him for me..."

"Yes, Miss." The experts took to the air and continued their search.

"Little guy, this is all I can do to help you..." Miss Xiao Yuer murmured softly.

"Teacher, retract your power. Maintaining it for too long consumes too much energy. We are temporarily out of danger..."

Hun Tiandi whispered as he dashed forward.

Beside him, the Human Puppet carried the dying Old Monster Yan, shielding Hun Tiandi as they evaded the search parties within the dense forest.

"It's fine. Although my current strength is not at its peak, escaping is certainly not a problem."

"For now, we cannot fight them head-on. We must escape first. Once surrounded, it will become much more troublesome. We must not take any more risks..."

Elder Dan's aged laughter carried absolute confidence.

"Very well. We will find an opportunity to leave today and stop entangling with them. In the future, I will surely make them pay the price..."

"Once I leave today, it may be a long time before I return. When that time comes, I will handle them personally..." Hun Tiandi's tone was calm, yet filled with unyielding determination.

"Hahaha, well said! My disciple truly possesses a magnificent spirit."

Elder Dan spoke with gratification. For a powerhouse to grow from weakness, talent was merely the starting point; the most important factor was an indomitable will, which served as the catalyst for reaching the peak.

Subsequently, Hun Tiandi used the dense mountain forest to evade the search. Half a day later, they arrived at a place where a waterfall cascaded down like a silver silk ribbon, forming a pool at the bottom with crystalline droplets leaping about.

"Let's heal for a bit..." A cave was carved out behind the waterfall's flow.

With a flicker of his body, he hid inside and concealed the entrance. With a wave of his sleeve, moonlight stones were scattered around.

Swoosh...

After Hun Tiandi entered the cave, a middle-aged figure appeared in the sky. His sharp gaze scanned the surroundings, not even sparing the bottom of the pool.

After a few breaths, having found no trace, his figure flickered as he sped off into the distance.

Unfortunately, he had overlooked the area behind the waterfall...

Inside the cave.

"Save me..." The dying Old Monster Yan pleaded. Hun Tiandi watched coldly; the youth before him was his only hope for survival.

"I can save you, but you must open your soul and submit to me..." Hun Tiandi spoke indifferently, looking down at Old Monster Yan.

"Fine, I submit." Old Monster Yan had no choice. Miss Xiao Yuer's Five-Colored Fire Lotus from before had been too terrifying; it had not only torn through his energy shield but even allowed traces of Heavenly Fire to invade his body.

It was burning his internal organs and limbs, causing immense agony.

Furthermore, he was heavily injured and could hardly heal himself.

"Open your soul and do not resist." Hun Tiandi spoke again. Only after planting the Blood Spirit Mark on Old Monster Yan did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

To have actually subdued a Dou Zong level expert... this life-and-death ordeal had been worth it.

He flipped his hand to take out a healing pill and gave it to Old Monster Yan. The next moment, the old man spat out a mouthful of blood; his injuries had not healed but had instead worsened.

"Huh? What's going on?" Hun Tiandi asked in doubt. Just as he was about to take out a higher-grade healing pill, Elder Dan emerged from the purple ring.

"If he takes the pill in your hand, he will surely die," Elder Dan warned.

"Why?" Hun Tiandi was puzzled. These healing pills came from the Starfall Pavilion and were high-grade goods; how could they kill someone?

Elder Dan gave a mysterious smile and flicked his finger. A wisp of purple flame surged out and entered Old Monster Yan's body.

He then spoke, "He has the power of an invasive Heavenly Fire within him. Before the pill you gave him could even dissolve, it was incinerated. If you keep giving him pills like this, he'll definitely die."

Hearing this, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Hun Tiandi's handsome face.

If he were to die from taking healing pills, Old Monster Yan would become the first person in the Central Plains to do so.

Buzz!

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Elder Dan used the power of the Ziwei Heavenly Fire to clear out the Heavenly Fire energy within Old Monster Yan's body, causing a hint of color to return to the old man's face.

"Take the medicine now," Elder Dan said softly. With a casual flick, a wisp of five-colored flame wrapped in purple fire was shot toward the stone wall, sizzling and burning a two-meter-deep pit.

Old Monster Yan took the pill, and his injuries gradually began to recover while his aura grew stronger.

Hun Tiandi sat cross-legged and took a healing pill to recover from his own injuries, nourished by the abundant energy.

Half a day later, Old Monster Yan woke up. His injuries were about sixty percent healed. He looked around and found himself in a cave.

A youth in green was cultivating with closed eyes. Beside him stood a black-robed figure with an obscure aura that was difficult to probe.

"If I strike now to capture Yun Tian, I have a fifty percent chance..."

Old Monster Yan suddenly clenched his hand into a claw, sharp light erupting from his fingertips. If his claws fell, Hun Tiandi's skull would be crushed.

At the critical moment, Hun Tiandi abruptly opened his eyes. A cold light flashed as he activated the Blood Spirit Mark. When Old Monster Yan's hand was only three inches from his head...

Ahhh!

Old Monster Yan clutched his head and wailed in agony. The pain surging from the depths of his soul was like a tide, causing him to collapse to the ground like a wild beast.

His wails filled the area as he frantically smashed his head against the rocks.

"Master, I won't dare do it again! Spare me this once..." Old Monster Yan pleaded for mercy, but Hun Tiandi remained unmoved and continued to activate the Blood Spirit Mark.

Once the Blood Spirit Mark was planted as a slave seal, it instantly merged into the most fundamental origin mark in the depths of the soul, permeating the entire soul body. Once the Blood Spirit Mark was activated, the slave seal would turn into flames that scorched the soul.

Perhaps some could withstand physical pain, but absolutely no one could endure the pain of the soul.

"If there is a next time, you die." Fifteen minutes later, Hun Tiandi's chilling voice, like that of a Netherworld Shura stepping out of the Nine Serenities, sounded in front of Old Monster Yan.

He stopped activating the Blood Spirit Seal and transmitted a piece of information through the slave seal. Old Monster Yan was drenched in sweat, and his bloodless face was filled with terror as he looked at the youth in the green robe.

"Your name?" Hun Tiandi asked coldly.

"Old Monster Yan... no, it's Yan Xing. This servant is called Yan Xing."

"Heal well. We cannot stay here for long," Hun Tiandi said indifferently, closing his eyes to continue his cultivation.

Whew!

Yan Xing exhaled, screaming in his heart, "Too terrifying."

He then took out a pill and closed his eyes to cultivate and heal, wondering if there would be an opportunity to break this slave seal in the future.

A day later, Hun Tiandi and the other man opened their eyes, their injuries fully healed.

"Let's leave this place..." Hun Tiandi shattered the boulder at the cave entrance with a palm strike. With a boom, the shattered rocks fell into the pool.

Hun Tiandi made a grasping motion, and the moonlight stones flew into his hand before being placed into his storage ring.

He took the lead, with Yan Xing and the black-robed Human Puppet following on either side as they slowly walked out of the cave.

Hahaha!

"As expected, you were here. My soul perception wasn't wrong earlier; hiding behind the waterfall—you really are quite cunning."

"Yun Tian, let's see where you can run now!"

As the three of them appeared, a middle-aged man in black robes appeared before the waterfall, looking at Hun Tiandi with excitement, as if he already had him cornered.

"Come back to the Xiao Family with me to atone for your crimes. You had quite the nerve to kill the young lord Xiao Tian..."

The middle-aged man said excitedly.