275: A trap!

“Willow God, are you truly acting out of joy at finding a worthy opponent and actively seeking a fight with This Lord, or is someone else deliberately targeting This Lord?”

In the sky, Xia Fan pondered, a thoughtful expression on his face, considering the meaning behind the Willow God's actions in guarding the Imperial Capital.

Among the strong, there has always been a sense of pride. Therefore, many times when two strong individuals meet, they will spar a bit. Only then can they understand each other's strength and clearly know what level the world's strong are at.

Xia Fan knew that the Willow God, guarding the Imperial Capital, was not the type to stir up trouble; on the contrary, it had always quietly done its own thing. Because of this, his impression of the Willow God was quite good.

This giant Willow God had always held only one belief: to protect the Great Xia Human Race, and it had always acted accordingly.

Without the Willow God's protection, the Great Xia Imperial Capital might have long since been breached by various powerful fierce beasts, becoming a paradise for them.

This was also the reason for Xia Fan's doubts about today's attack.

“What a pity!”

After pondering for a while, Xia Fan sighed softly and murmured, “In my previous life, I died too early and never witnessed how powerful the Willow God truly became in its later stages, so I naturally don't know its upper limit.”

“However…”

At this moment, the power and aura unleashed by the three willow branches just now flashed through his mind, and his expression gradually returned to normal. “Based solely on that single clash just now, if I were to confront the Willow God directly, under current circumstances, I would absolutely not be defeated.”

Xia Fan's confidence was not unfounded.

By now, he had already seen the seventh-rank ancient beings and understood which powerful individuals existed in this world and at what level their strength lay.

Although the Willow God displayed formidable strength in their remote confrontation just now, the fact that he could repel the opponent with heavenly lightning was enough to prove that his own strength was also considerable.

“Enough, enough, why think so much?”

After an internal struggle in his mind, Xia Fan shook his head, casting aside these complex thoughts.

As a powerful individual, how could he easily tolerate such an affront?

If it were any other fierce beast or plant that dared to provoke him in such a way, Xia Fan would have long since rushed over and fought them, not wasted time analyzing here.

At this moment, Xia Fan directed the Black Dragon King to leave the area, glancing towards the Imperial Capital and saying softly, “Willow God, This King will not bother with you this time. I hope our future meetings can be more amicable.”

“Little Black, let’s go somewhere else!”

Xia Fan stomped his foot lightly, signaling the Black Dragon King to change its flight direction, and said no more.

“Your Majesty, are we not continuing further into the Central Plains District?”

The Black Dragon King was somewhat puzzled. After all, with his temperament, if anyone dared to provoke him like that, he would definitely fight back and teach them a good lesson. But Xia Fan had simply let it go.

This made him a little confused.

“Do you still remember what This King's purpose was for coming here?”

Xia Fan smiled slightly, seeing the Black Dragon King's confusion, and sighed, “What This King is looking for is the Evil Soul. As for other matters, they can be temporarily set aside.”

Through the earlier probing, he had already understood that the Evil Soul should not be in the Central Plains District. Otherwise, the Willow God would not possibly stand by and watch it roam freely without doing anything.

That would not align with the Willow God's beliefs.

“Besides, that fellow is also looking for me!”

Xia Fan sighed with emotion, pondering how to find the Evil Soul.

Currently, although his clones were spread throughout Great Xia, the Evil Soul was very strong and skilled at hiding itself. Perhaps even if it walked boldly past a clone, his clone would find it difficult to detect.

Unless the opponent actively exposed itself.

“Heh heh, both of us want to find each other, so why should I keep searching blindly?”

At this thought, Xia Fan's eyes suddenly lit up. “The Evil Soul wants to find me but can't gauge my strength. Therefore, after revealing its tracks, it continues to hide, trying to determine my location.”

“With its sinister nature, it is capable of sneak attacks.”

“However, how can This King let you have your way?”

Xia Fan was not the Evil Soul, who would cower when facing an unknown enemy; he always maintained a spirit of exploration.

If he truly couldn't defeat the opponent, he would turn around and leave.

“It seems I need to do something to make it come to me!”

Thinking this, Xia Fan instructed the Black Dragon King to take him and the Magic Cat, and continue north towards Kunlun Mountain.

However, before truly leaving the Central Plains District, he unreservedly released his aura and instructed the Black Dragon King, “Little Black, you are a Dragon King! Why are you so low-key when traveling?”

“Come on, let all the surrounding beings sense your aura. Don't be afraid if powerful individuals come knocking, This King is still here…”

With Xia Fan's permission, the Black Dragon King's heart was at ease. As it flew, it fully released its aura, and even its expression became extremely arrogant.

This was exactly the effect Xia Fan wanted.

“Black… Black Dragon King, why has he come?”

Sure enough, not long after they proceeded, fierce beasts sensed the auras of Xia Fan and the Black Dragon King. Especially the Black Dragon King's imposing demeanor, which sent shivers down everyone's spines. “The Black Dragon King isn't scary, what's scary is the Tiger King on his back!”

“Didn’t you see how the Black Dragon King looks displeased with everyone?”

“They are clearly going to battle!”

“Oh my goodness…”

All the human and fierce beast powerhouses were terrified by this. The timid ones even moved out of their long-held territories overnight, not daring to stay.

There were also busybodies who wanted to follow and investigate, but due to Xia Fan's and the Black Dragon King's strength, they only followed for a short distance before giving up.

However, this also made everyone and the fierce beasts along the way aware of the matter.

“That fellow, he's finally back!”

Somewhere on the outskirts of Kunlun Mountain.

As a black mist swept through the mountains, it overheard the discussions of many fierce beasts passing by. In its crimson eyes, a chilling intent immediately emerged. “This Lord has waited for you for so long, I thought you wouldn't come.”

“Hehehe, heaven helps This Lord!”

“In This Lord's territory, let's see what you'll do!”

This black mist, naturally, was the transformed Evil Soul.

After learning of Xia Fan's high-profile arrival, he was overjoyed, even imagining the scene of his great victory. “If I can possess the body of that junior tiger demon, it would be more beneficial than possessing the Disciple of the True Lord.”

“Heh!”

“After This Lord possesses you, the people of the world will still remember This King, but they will be chanting This Lord's name!”

Whoosh—

However, just as the Evil Lord had prepared his plan, intending to settle things with Xia Fan and rush to the place where Xia Fan had appeared, a whistling sound suddenly flew by.

He abruptly turned his head and saw a flying sword descending from the sky, moving at an incredibly fast speed!

Behind the flying sword was a woman.

At this moment, Li Sisi and the Evil Soul met on a narrow path! (End of Chapter)