Chapter 704: On Fire

Chapter 704: Chapter 703: On Fire

“Yang Xiao, run!”

Seeing Qin Tianlong’s Demigod Level guards surrounding Yang Xiao, Nangong Yin immediately rushed forward and pushed him away. At the same time, she shouted to Qin Tianlong in the distance, “Qin Tianlong, I’m the one you’re after! Don’t drag an innocent person into this! Let him go!”

“An innocent person?”

Qin Tianlong’s expression…

…turned exceptionally grim.

Before, his killing intent toward Yang Xiao was simple. He just wanted to silence a witness.

As for the whole “lover” accusation, that was merely an excuse.

But now…

…seeing Nangong Yin protect Yang Xiao like this, he was actually starting to believe it.

Instantly,

he was seething with rage.

‘This bitch rejected me, but she comes to the middle of nowhere with such an ordinary-looking punk. Damn it! This is infuriating!’

he roared in his heart.

And of all times,

Nangong Yin, completely oblivious to what was wrong, became even more protective of Yang Xiao. She said to Qin Tianlong, “This is between you and me. Let’s settle our own score. He’s not involved. Let him go! As long as you let him go, you can do whatever you want to me!”

The original intention of her words…

…was that she, Nangong Yin, would face whatever he threw at her.

But Qin Tianlong misunderstood.

He mistakenly thought that Nangong Yin was willing to do *anything* for this man.

The rage in his heart intensified.

“Good. Just great. You’re willing to give up everything for a worthless little punk. Wonderful! But the more you act like this, the more I, Qin Tianlong, will make sure he dies! Let’s see what you can do about it then!”

With a roar,

Qin Tianlong shot a look at his guards.

Instantly,

killing intent surged from the five Demigod Peak guards.

One of them…

…raised his hand and attacked Yang Xiao.

His killing intent was focused.

He struck with his full power.

If he were truly just an ordinary cultivator at the Great Divine Power Realm Sixth Stage Peak, this single blow would have undoubtedly been fatal.

Unfortunately,

Yang Xiao was not.

He hadn’t said anything before simply because he didn’t want to get involved in their personal grudge. But now, this man—Qin Tianlong, or whatever his name was—dared to attack him.

‘Well, that leaves me no choice.’

And so,

Yang Xiao gently raised a hand and pointed.

The unremarkable-looking finger seemed to contain not a shred of power.

He aimed it at the Qin Family’s Demigod Peak guard.

“No! Don’t! Yang Xiao, dodge!”

Only then did Nangong Yin finally react. Seeing Yang Xiao actually try to clash head-on with a Demigod Peak guard from the Qin Family, her heart seized, and she screamed in desperation.

But…

…her reaction was too slow.

The Demigod Peak guard had been too fast—so fast that even an elite student like her, at the Peak of Great Divine Power Realm, couldn’t react in time.

After all,

geniuses who could fight above their level were, in the end, a minority in this world.

People like Nangong Tianling and Nangong Yin were merely ordinary. The chance to ascend to the True God Realm in the future would already be a monumental stroke of luck for them.

Therefore, facing an assassination attempt from a Demigod Peak guard, Nangong Yin was utterly powerless to fight back.

Even her reaction was a step behind.

There was no way she could have blocked the Demigod Peak Qin Family guard’s attack for Yang Xiao.

Even though…

…she and Yang Xiao were standing right next to each other.

Seeing her so frantic and nervous,

Qin Tianlong, who was also at the Peak of Great Divine Power Realm, burst out laughing. “It’s useless. That overconfident fool actually thinks he can fight my family’s guard. What a reckless, arrogant moron. Nangong Yin, your taste in men is certainly… unique.”

After speaking,

he turned his cold gaze away from Yang Xiao, his eyes fixed only on Nangong Yin’s body.

He was already thinking about how he would toy with this woman in a little while.

As for Yang Xiao…

…in his eyes,

he was already a dead man.

Not even worth paying attention to.

But at that very moment,

Yang Xiao’s finger made contact with the Qin Family guard’s palm.

However,

the result was very strange.

Yang Xiao’s finger poke was completely unassuming, like a casual gesture from a Mortal.

The Qin Family’s Demigod Peak guard, on the other hand, was aggressive and overflowing with killing intent, bent on putting Yang Xiao to death.

When the two attacks met,

it should have been an earth-shattering collision. At the very least, flesh and blood should have gone flying.

But now,

Yang Xiao simply poked the Qin Family guard’s palm and then drew his hand back.

He looked…

…rather composed.

The Demigod Peak guard from the Qin Family, however, seemed to freeze in place.

He stopped moving forward.

The aura around him, however, grew increasingly terrifying and powerful.

So powerful, in fact, that it seemed about to exceed the limits of a Demigod Peak.

“What’s going on? Why did the guard stop moving?”

Nangong Yin was confused.

Then, as if realizing something, her expression changed drastically.

‘Something’s wrong! Something must be wrong! This guy is just too reckless! That’s a Demigod Peak existence! Even among the Tutors, he’d be one of the best. How could he dare to clash with him so carelessly? This is bad, this is really bad. If he dies, how am I going to explain this to my cousin?’

Nangong Yin’s expression shifted dramatically.

She rushed anxiously toward Yang Xiao.

In her mind,

‘The kid must have suffered a devastating injury during the clash. Otherwise, why would the Demigod Peak guard have stopped in his tracks?’

And the moment she thought that Yang Xiao might have been hurt,

the anxious Nangong Yin was at his side.

She threw her arms around him.

Without a second thought, she tried to send her own aura into Yang Xiao’s body, intending to inspect him for injuries.

But before her aura could even enter his body,

it was repelled.

At the same time, a cold voice fell on her ears.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Nangong Yin froze, stammering, “Y-you’re okay?”

“Of course I’m okay. Were you hoping something was wrong with me?”

Yang Xiao rolled his eyes.

‘This woman…’

‘…is really something else.’

However, seeing how she had repeatedly tried to protect him, Yang Xiao’s opinion of her had improved slightly.

Otherwise,

he wouldn’t have spoken to her like that just now.

But Nangong Yin was too shocked to speak.

In her mind,

Yang Xiao had to be injured. Otherwise, why would the Demigod Peak guard stop moving after just one strike?

But what was happening now?

What was this situation?

Could it be…

…that it was the other way around? That in the clash just now, it wasn’t this guy who got hurt, but the Demigod Peak guard from the Qin Family?

Is that why this was happening?

The moment this thought arose,

Nangong Yin found it utterly absurd.

‘It’s absolutely impossible.’

In the distance, Qin Tianlong had originally thought the same as Nangong Yin—that Yang Xiao had overestimated himself and was a dead man.

This was especially true when his own guard didn’t press the attack.

It only reinforced his belief.

But just now,

Yang Xiao had spoken.

This made Qin Tianlong’s expression turn very ugly.

He felt like he was being made a fool of.

He roared at the motionless Demigod Peak guard, whose aura was still intensifying, “You can’t even take care of a mere Great Divine Power Realm brat? Get back in there and finish him!”

However,

just as the words left his mouth,

something happened that left everyone present completely dumbfounded.

The Demigod guard, whose aura had been growing stronger and stronger…

…suddenly…

…burst into flames.