The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 93 Feint to the East, Attack in the West

"That kid's aura has actually disappeared. It seems he used some kind of enhancement pill to speed up again," Ling Yun exclaimed.

"Haha, no matter what pills he takes, it's useless. Could he possibly be faster than us Grand Masters?" Raman laughed loudly, his body suddenly accelerating as he rushed forward, leaving only a blur in his wake.

"That's right, we can't fall behind!" Seeing Raman speed up, the other Great Dou Masters also quickened their pace. They had previously slowed down because they were worried that some Dou Masters behind them would be too slow to keep up, but now that Xiao Yan was right in front of them, they couldn't hold back any longer.

But as they were desperately chasing after them, they didn't notice a pair of eyes watching them from the dark night sky. The owner of these eyes had two wings, one black and one white, on his back. The wings looked somewhat ethereal, as if they might disappear at any moment, making him appear very eerie.

"Luckily, that Windwalking Pill just now temporarily brought my Wind God Legs to the tenth level, otherwise you guys would have really caught up with me." Xiao Yan flew in the sky.

Although Xiao Yan's wings were very illusory due to his weak strength, he was still able to maintain flight because his Dou Qi recovered very quickly.

"Windwalking Pill, a third-grade pill. Effect: It makes the user highly sensitive to wind-attribute energy in the world for a short period of time, thereby increasing movement speed."

The Wind-Riding Pill was a pill that Xiao Yan used to practice his skills some time ago, but unexpectedly, it saved his life at a critical moment.

"You guys keep chasing! I'll give some warmth to the mercenaries behind you. After all, it's autumn and the weather is quite chilly." A sinister smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.

Xiao Yan flapped the wings on his back and flew in the opposite direction. When he reached the area where the remaining mercenaries had gathered, he touched his chin and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

"Ace pilot requests deployment!"

"Enemy spotted at 12 o'clock!"

"Begin bombing!"

"Just wait to be blown to bits, you idiot!"

As Xiao Yan threw down one sphere after another, his smile deepened. He only stopped when he had thrown down all thirty pills in his hand.

Although the pills made a sound when they landed, it wasn't enough to attract his attention. The mercenaries were all gathered together in a large circle, with a campfire in the center, chatting amongst themselves in small groups.

The mercenaries, who were originally gathered together chatting and laughing, turned into killing machines after being affected by the pills thrown by Xiao Yan.

"Don't blame me! Just stay away from me in your next life." Xiao Yan looked at the mercenaries below who had begun to kill each other in a frenzy, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, but it was gone in an instant, and then Xiao Yan's figure disappeared from the spot.

The killing was going to continue for a while, and Xiao Yan wasn't so bored as to keep watching from above. He found a tree, sat down on it, and rested while waiting for the battle to end.

An hour later, the sounds of killing gradually subsided. Xiao Yan looked towards the place where the killing had just taken place and saw that the mountains and fields were covered with corpses. A few people were still standing there, but they were all injured and could not even stand steadily.

Xiao Yan knew it was time for him to clean up the battlefield again, so he jumped down from the tree and killed all the mercenaries who were still alive. In order to be efficient, Xiao Yan directly used his strange fire. With the help of the strange fire, none of the seriously injured mercenaries were a match for Xiao Yan.

After killing all the surviving mercenaries, Xiao Yan began collecting the pills he had just discarded. These pills were far too powerful; if others found out he possessed them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, Xiao Yan only found twenty-nine of them after searching for a long time, and he couldn't find the last one no matter how hard he looked.

Just as Xiao Yan was about to continue searching for the last pill, he suddenly sensed several powerful auras rapidly approaching him.

"I didn't expect them to return so quickly!" Xiao Yan cursed under his breath. He couldn't care less about continuing to search for pills and dispose of the corpses. He quickly used his Wind God Leg to escape the scene.

Xiao Yan did not fly this time because he needed to take a Wind Travel Pill to fly, but he only had three Wind Travel Pills on him. He had already taken one, and he was also out of the medicinal materials needed to make the pill. Therefore, Xiao Yan would not use the Wind Travel Pill unless it was an emergency.

The newcomers were none other than the leaders of the three major mercenary groups and Ling Yun. They had been constantly speeding up their pursuit of Xiao Yan, but after a long time, they still hadn't seen a single hair of him.

At this moment, Ling Yun suddenly awoke, realizing that this was Xiao Yan's ploy to lure the enemy away, but he couldn't be sure if that was the case. So he sent the deputy leaders of the group to continue the pursuit, while the four of them returned to check on the safety of the mercenaries.

But upon their return, the sight before them sent chills down their spines. A shocking scene unfolded before them: the once green hillside was now covered with the corpses of mercenaries, densely packed and stretching as far as the eye could see. The air was thick with the suffocating stench of blood.

As they approached, they realized the corpses were their former comrades. Their faces bore a variety of expressions: some were writhing in agony, some were expressionless, and some even wore smiles, creating an eerie and sinister atmosphere. Some of the corpses had obvious wounds and claw marks, suggesting they had been attacked by some ferocious beast.

They felt waves of palpitations and fear, unable to imagine what had happened here.

"Who...who did this? More than a thousand mercenaries, all dead in less than half a day!" Raman roared angrily. At this moment, he was truly all alone; all of his more than a thousand brothers were now dead.

"Heh, you're quite the actor! I never thought you'd do something like this just to get the royal family's benefits all to yourself." Gire looked at Raman with a sinister gaze and sneered.

"What did you say? You think I did this?" Raman was already in a bad mood, and after being wrongly accused by Gire, he became even angrier and made a move to attack.

"Who else could it be but you? Look here." Gilley pointed to the two corpses on the ground. The two corpses were members of the Azure Wolf Mercenary Group, and weapons bearing the mark of the Mad Lion Mercenary Group were clearly stuck in their chests.

"Damn it! It really was you! What good would it do you to do this?!" Dali saw weapons bearing the mark of the Mad Lion Mercenary Group stuck in the corpses of his mercenary members. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he gathered his fighting spirit in his hands, ready to strike.

"Wait! Look over there!" Ling Yun shouted when he saw that the three commanders were about to make their move.

The three suppressed their anger for the time being and looked in the direction Ling Yun was pointing. They saw more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground. These people were all from the Mad Lion Mercenary Group.

"If we were the ones who started it, would our mercenary group kill each other? And look in that direction, it seems like that's full of your mercenary group members. Does that mean your mercenary group also kills each other?" Ling Yun explained.

"But... who did this?" Unable to find the cause of death for these mercenaries, Captain Dali grew even angrier, his eyes gradually turning bloodshot.

"Your eyes! There's something wrong with them! There's poison here! Quickly summon your battle aura armor!" Ling Yun saw that Captain Dali's eyes were gradually turning red, showing signs of losing his mind.

The other two regimental commanders weren't much better off; their eyes were gradually turning red, and they seemed to be getting increasingly irritable.

(End of this chapter)