Douluo: Son of the Stars

Chapter 215: Thrilling Stealing Fire, Confrontation

After that, Tong Rui also helped the Motie Mercenary Group to make medicine to familiarize himself with the newly acquired Yin-Yang Wansheng Ding.

The sub-fire of the Yin and Yang flames that Xiao Yan swallowed was also suppressed by Tong Rui using the same method, allowing Xiao Yan to absorb it smoothly.

In a flash, another half a month had passed. Xiao Yan was not only completely familiar with the Burning Art that had advanced to the advanced Profound Stage, but he had also reached the realm of an eight-star fighter.

After Xiao Yan completely transformed his realm into strength, he entrusted Tong Rui to take charge of the Motie Mercenary Group, while he took Qing Lin to find the Qinglian Earth Core Fire.

But within two days, Xiao Yan and Qing Lin returned to the mercenary group with the giant snake with the strength of a Dou Ling.

Because the strange fire was suspected to have fallen into the hands of the Snake Queen, Medusa, Xiao Yan planned to take Tong Rui with him to look for it.

Deep in the desert, above the clear sky, a huge scorching sun hangs high in the sky, like a huge fireball that constantly releases flames. The scorching sun is sprinkled on the golden desert, roasting the tiny grains of sand like red-hot iron particles.

In the desert, due to the blazing temperature, wisps of hot air seeped out from the yellow sand, eventually evaporating the space into something distorted and illusory.

Xiao Yan walked with heavy steps, gradually climbing up a tall sand dune, looking around, then taking out a sheepskin map from his ring and carefully checking the most accurate route.

"Looking at the route above, we seem to be gradually approaching the depths of the Tagor Desert..."

His fingers moved slowly along a route. Xiao Yan licked his dry lips and spoke in a slightly low voice, as if asking Tong Rui a question.

"Is it so hot here? I don't feel it, but we have indeed walked a long way." Tong Rui said as he took out ice water from his ring.

"Give me some ice water, too. Alas, this damn Tagor Desert is really too big. It took half a month to get here from Stone Desert City. It would have been fun if there weren't precise desert supply stations on the map."

Xiao Yan sighed, and smiled helplessly, trying to find the best humor in his situation.

After Xiao Yan and the others left Shimo City, they followed the route on the map and headed deep into the Tagor Desert.

Since the weather in the desert was extremely unpredictable, Xiao Yan could only try to choose some safe time periods and then spread his Purple Cloud Wings to fly. Most of the rest of the time, he chose to walk.

In the Tagor Desert, in addition to some magical beasts hidden in the sand that need to be paid attention to, the most feared thing is the snake people in the desert.

In the desert, few people are willing to be their enemies. After all, their trick of controlling poisonous snakes to launch sneak attacks is really hard to guard against.

However, these snake people, which were a big trouble for ordinary people, did not cause any trouble to Xiao Yan and his companion, who had an accurate map and the help of Yao Lao's powerful soul perception.

Before every danger came, Xiao Yan could easily avoid the snake tribe and some patrol teams in advance.

Of course, if he encountered the snake man due to an accidental and unavoidable accident, Xiao Yan did not intend to hold back. He would directly use thunder and lightning to kill the opponent before he could sound the alarm.

He knew very well what a miserable end it would be if he was surrounded and killed by a large number of snake people in the Tagor Desert.

However, even with the help of Ziyunyi and the map, it still took the two of them a full half month to travel from the outskirts of the Tagor Desert to here.

The finger moved along the route and finally slowly stopped on a red dot representing danger.

There are eight of these small red dots on the entire map, distributed in several different directions of the desert.

Among the snake people in the Tagor Desert, in addition to some small and medium-sized tribes, there are eight huge guys, which are the eight red dots on the map.

They are the most powerful tribe among the snake people and have a very high status in the desert. Except for Queen Medusa, they even don't respect each other.

Eight huge monsters dominated several directions of the Tagor Desert, and deep in the desert, a main road drawn on the map was intercepted by the red dot pointed by Xiao Yan.

"What bad luck." Frowning and looking at the somewhat scarlet red spot, Xiao Yan sighed helplessly.

In these large tribes, there are usually Dou Ling or even Dou Wang-level snakemen guarding them, so it is obviously impossible for him to slip away without being noticed.

"Looks like I have to take a detour." He shook his head with a wry smile. Even with Yao Lao as his trump card, Xiao Yan couldn't just rush around recklessly in the Tagor Desert.

The snake people were able to fight against the behemoth of the Gama Empire for so many years without being destroyed, so they naturally had their strengths. Therefore, messing around in the snake people's territory alone was undoubtedly extremely stupid.

"It doesn't matter. I have enough water resources. If it doesn't work, I can also use my fighting spirit to create water. Let's hurry up and get on the road. This journey is too boring."

Tong Rui really didn't want to look at the scenery full of sand any longer. If he looked at it any longer, Tong Rui felt like he would explode.

The two of them continued walking for a while, when suddenly Tong Rui turned his head to look at the sky. Two shadows suddenly emerged from the eastern sky. Not far behind the two shadows, a relatively large black dot was also faintly visible.

"BOOM!" A loud bang sounded from behind, and countless green snake shadows split and dispersed.

"Boom!" Above the sky, two figures flashing rapidly suddenly stopped, and the sharp wind-breaking energy sounded like a thunder in mid-air.

Looking up in astonishment, Xiao Yan looked at the two figures that appeared above his head. His pupils suddenly constricted. After a while, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with his throat rolling.

"Two powerful warriors?"

Soon after the two appeared, a loud roar was heard, and the black spot in the distance gradually grew larger. A moment later, a huge monster with a completely green body gradually appeared in the sky above the desert.

But when they passed by the two people, they seemed to just pay attention to them for a moment, then quickly passed by them and continued flying forward.

Xiao Yan's eyes quickly swept over the six shadows passing by, and his pupils, which had already shrunk, now almost became the size of a pinhole, because he found that among these six people, five were Dou Ling-level masters, and the middle-aged man who was leading them was actually also a Dou Wang master.

What shocked Xiao Yan the most was the man in black robe standing next to a middle-aged man.

Xiao Yan could vaguely guess the strength of other people, but this black-robed man gave him a mysterious feeling of seeing flowers in the fog. "Dou Huang?" There was a shock on his face. Xiao Yan's heart was like a raging sea at this moment. There were five Dou Ling masters, three Dou Wang masters, and a super master who might be a Dou Huang.

What is the purpose of such a terrifying lineup appearing in this desert?
After the group had gone far away, Yao Lao slowly floated out. He first glanced at the place where the group had disappeared before turning to Xiao Yan and said, "It looks like something big is going to happen in this desert."

"What are they doing in the Tagor Desert? Does the Gama Empire want to go to war with the Snake People again?" Xiao Yan asked with a frown, slightly puzzled.

Tong Rui suddenly said, "There is a person inside. His mental strength is stronger than others. He should be an alchemist. He is a Dou Wang-level alchemist."

"Alchemist?" Hearing this, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then he lost his voice in astonishment: "An alchemist at the Dou Wang level? How is this possible?"

Seeing Xiao Yan's incredible expression, Yao Lao shook his head slightly and said seriously: "I also sensed that he is indeed an alchemist."

Looking at Yao Lao's faint smile, Xiao Yan gradually calmed down. He frowned and whispered, "If he is really an alchemist, then with his Dou Wang strength, he must be at least a sixth-grade alchemist. But in the Jia Ma Empire, there is only one sixth-grade alchemist!"

At the end of his words, Xiao Yan's eyes gradually narrowed and he let out a long breath, as if he wanted to let out all the shock in his heart. After a long while, he whispered, "Could that middle-aged man from before be the Pill King Gu He?"

"If that person is really Gu He, then it is no wonder that he can gather so many powerful people." Yao Lao said. He knew very well what kind of appeal a sixth-grade alchemist had.

"Hey. I really didn't expect that." Xiao Yan laughed and shook his head. The expression on his face was somewhat inexplicably strange. He remembered the Qi Gathering Powder that Nalan Yanran took out that year. It seemed to be from his hand.

"An alchemist suddenly gathered so many powerful people to this shabby place. Could he be planning to get the strange fire?" Tong Rui asked.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly and he clenched his fists fiercely. He put a lot of effort into the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire.

He would regard anyone who tried to stop him from getting it as an enemy, even if that enemy might be King Gu He of Dan, who had great appeal in the Gama Empire.

"Teacher, Ah Xing, let's leave as soon as possible. Regardless of whether their goal is the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire or not, we must rush to the depths of the desert as soon as possible. If Gu He really has this plan, then let them fight each other for now."

"Haha. Okay, let's be fishermen for once." After a slight hesitation, Yao Lao smiled and nodded, then his body trembled, and turned into a stream of light and flew into the ring.

In this way, the two figures flew violently for nearly half an hour, and a huge tribal fortress slowly appeared on the distant horizon.

In the fortress, the lights were bright, but the flickering fire revealed something uneasy.

As they flew closer, Xiao Yan could even hear some commotion coming from the wind. He was slightly delighted and thought to himself, "It seems like they really rushed over from here."

A thought flashed through his mind, and Xiao Yan finally arrived above the fortress. He took a quick glance at the super large tribe that seemed to have no end in sight, and felt a little shocked.

On the huge city wall that is tens of meters high, there are countless arrow towers densely covered with lavender arrow tips. The arrow towers reveal a cold luster under the moonlight.

Looking at the tight defense that was like a dragnet, Xiao Yan couldn't help but wipe off a cold sweat. With this level of defense, even a great Dou Shi or even a Dou Ling would be shot into a hornet's nest in a moment if he was not careful.

Although the fortress's defense was extremely strict, Xiao Yan was fortunate that a huge passage had been forcibly destroyed in this strict defense circle, and all the arrow towers near the passage were smashed into pieces by the powerful force. Obviously, these remains were the masterpieces of Gu He's group of people.

Perhaps due to the sudden destruction, this huge fortress has now fallen into panic.

Taking advantage of this panic, Xiao Yan luckily passed through the strict defense, flew in from high altitude, and finally shot towards another direction of the fortress with all his might.

As for Tong Rui, he has recently become proficient in using the huge amount of mental power in his body. Combined with the Dou Ling level of Dou Qi in his body, if he had not had to keep an eye on Xiao Yan, he would have rushed to Medusa's palace within the past half month.

In this way, the two of them arrived at a desert area safely.

When there was no one else around, Yao Lao floated out and said, "Based on the information we have collected in the past few days, we should speed up our journey and reach the Medusa Temple as soon as possible."

"If Gu He and the others start fighting with Queen Medusa, we can sneak into the temple to look for the strange fire. Although my strength has been greatly reduced due to my soul state, if I want to hide my aura, at least Queen Medusa will find it difficult to detect it. But Xiaoxing..."

"Then I'll wait nearby. When they are fighting, they won't have time to pay attention to my slight fluctuations. Once you take out the strange fire, I'll take you and run away quickly."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded slightly, took off the Dixuan Heavy Ruler from his back, put it into his storage ring, and let out a light breath.

According to the plan, the purple fighting spirit gauze dress gradually covered the body. He stomped his feet hard on the ground, his body almost sticking to the ground, turning into a purple shadow and quickly rushed towards the route drawn on the map.

Tong Rui was waiting along the agreed retreat route. When he saw Xiao Yan chasing after him with one Dou Huang and three Dou Wang, he stood up with a serious expression and looked at everyone.

"Axing, what should I do?"

When Xiao Yan rushed to Tong Rui, he didn't have much Dou Qi left. In addition, he had to resist the pursuit of four people, so Yao Lao's strength also declined rapidly.

"I'll stop them, you go first."

Hearing Tong Rui's words, Xiao Yan's face was solemn: "How can this be possible? I will stay and help you face it. I can at least help you stop a Dou Wang."

Tong Rui shook his head and looked at the four people in the sky: "It's meaningless, hurry up and run away. I know my physical strength best, they can't kill me, you go first, I will be there soon."

Yao Lao's voice was heard from inside the ring: "Xiao Yanzi, listen to Xiao Xing first. You will only be a burden if you stay here."

Xiao Yan looked at the four people in the sky, then looked at Tong Rui, nodded and said: "I'll wait for you."

In the sky, Gu He saw Xiao Yan trying to run, so he planned to continue chasing him, but he was blocked by a purple-black flame halfway.

"Strange fire!" Gu He looked at Tong Rui in surprise.

"I'll protect him." The Dou Qi in his body surged rapidly. Although he was only at the three-star Dou Ling level, his momentum was close to that of the Dou Huang in the black robe.

(End of this chapter)