His pitch-black eyes were fixed on the figure in the green robe before him, brimming with deep affection. A warm smile unconsciously spread across his face, making people feel as if they were basking in a spring breeze.
Seeing the black-robed figure she had longed for, the green-robed girl's pretty face lit up with a smile that could charm a city, stunning the heavens and the earth.
"Brother Xiao Yan!" She parted her red lips, and a pleasant cry echoed. Then she directly spread her arms and threw herself into the embrace of the young man in the black robe.
"Xun'er!" The familiar call instantly stirred a flood of longing in Xiao Yan's heart for the young girl.
Then he tightly embraced Xun'er, burying his head in her hair, savoring the fragrance. Xiao Yan's heart calmed, and it seemed that in front of this green-robed girl, all his troubles could vanish into thin air.
"Brother Xiao Yan, Xun'er misses you so much!" Xun'er nestled in Xiao Yan's arms, then lifted her head, her teeth biting her red lips, her lively and beautiful eyes staring at Xiao Yan. Her eyes were slightly red, seemingly harboring a hint of grievance, a pitiful and touching sight.
Seeing Xun'er in this state and hearing her slightly aggrieved voice, an indescribable surge of emotion welled up in Xiao Yan's heart, making him hold Xun'er even tighter, as if he wanted to merge her into his body. At this moment, no words could describe Xiao Yan's complex feelings.
"Xun'er, I won't leave you again. This time, I've come to take you back." Xiao Yan gently pulled Xun'er out of his embrace, wiped the tears from her eyes with his fingers, and then smiled.
Upon hearing this, Xun'er's face instantly bloomed with a smile, and she nodded obediently. She knew that Xiao Yan was no longer the same as before; his fame now resounded throughout the vast world, just as it did on the Dou Qi continent back then!
"Who are you?"
At this moment, the leader of the Night Soul Pavilion, a Celestial Supreme, asked in a deep voice. Although Xiao Yan's appearance had surprised him greatly, seeing how young the latter was, he put his mind at ease, thinking that the young man must have been putting on a show.
Xun'er glanced at the Celestial Supreme of the Night Soul Pavilion and whispered the reason to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan nodded slightly, but his expression turned cold. The leader of the Night Soul Pavilion had actually dared to make a move on Xun'er, which was tantamount to courting death!
"I am her husband!"
At this, Xiao Yan's gaze finally turned to the Celestial Supreme, his eyes cold, and he said calmly.
When Xiao Yan's words fell, everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to him with curiosity. Xun'er had mentioned that her husband was the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan. Could this young man in the black robe be the Flame Emperor who was renowned throughout the vast world?
But he is too young, making it hard to believe!
The sword spirit beside him also shook his head helplessly. He suspected that even if Xiao Yan was here today, it wouldn't change anything. Although he couldn't gauge Xiao Yan's strength, he still didn't believe that this Xiao Yan was the Flame Emperor.
Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for Xiao Yan to resist the dozens of Celestial Supremes before him, let alone the even more powerful leader of the Night Soul Pavilion, who was rumored to have stepped onto the path of the Sacred Realm!
It seemed that today, Xiao Yan couldn't change the fate of Xun'er being taken away unless he really was the Flame Emperor!
"So, you are the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan?" The Celestial Supreme sneered, naturally not believing that such a young man could be the Flame Emperor!
"What if I am, and what if I am not?" Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and said indifferently.
"Whoever you are, since you are her husband, your fate today is only one: death!"
Seeing that Xiao Yan was still talking nonsense on the brink of death, the super-strong Celestial Supreme coldly snorted and waved his hand at the two Celestial Supremes beside him. Their leader would never allow Xun'er's husband to live.
The two Celestial Supremes understood and were about to attack Xiao Yan, but the next moment, their pupils suddenly constricted, and they were shocked to find that they couldn't move at all!
"Still not moving!" Seeing that the two Celestial Supremes beside him remained motionless, the leading Celestial Supreme frowned and shouted.
"Can you really kill me?" Before the leading Celestial Supreme could finish his sentence, a cold voice sounded in his ear. The space before him rippled, and a slender hand slowly extended, then tightly grabbed his throat.
Held by the slender hand, the Celestial Supreme felt unable to break free. The hand seemed to contain boundless power, making him as fragile as an ant. With just a slight force, his life would end.
The slender hand slowly lifted the Celestial Supreme, and then the figure of a young man in a black robe appeared amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd.
"Are you really the Flame Emperor?!"
The Celestial Supreme stared at the young man in the black robe, his pupils constricting, and his voice trembling in fear. To be subdued without anyone noticing, there were few in the vast world who could do this.
Based on the various speculations, this young man in the black robe might really be the Flame Emperor renowned throughout the vast world!
"Dead men don't need to know so much!"
As he spoke, Xiao Yan's eyes turned cold, and the Imperial Flame surged from his palm, spreading a terrifying heat that instantly reduced the super-strong Celestial Supreme to ashes.
Seeing this, everyone's eyes were filled with shock. A Celestial Supreme was killed so easily?
Is he really the Flame Emperor?
Seeing the young man in the black robe casually dispose of a Celestial Supreme, everyone was filled with shock!
Recalling Xun'er's words earlier, they seemed to realize something. This young man in the black robe was indeed the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, renowned throughout the vast world, without a doubt!
The Flame Emperor actually descended upon the Eastern Continent?
If this news spreads, it will surely cause a great stir on the Eastern Continent. Moreover, the Flame Emperor came for his wife, and just happened to encounter the leader of the Night Soul Pavilion trying to take the Flame Emperor's woman. This news will likely spread quickly across the entire Eastern Continent.
"Is he really the Flame Emperor?!" The sword spirit was also shocked, finding it hard to believe. Others might not have seen Xiao Yan and didn't know his previous strength, but he was very clear about it.
Back then, Xiao Yan was just a young Supreme, but in just a few decades, he had reached such a level. The contrast was so great that the shock in his heart couldn't subside.
The head of the Sword Sect, Jian Wuyi, and others were also amazed. Although the Flame Emperor came from a lower plane, he still created a heart-stirring legend in the vast world, truly earning their admiration!
At the same time, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, Jian Wuyi was thinking that if the Night Soul Pavilion really bloodied their Sword Sect, he would send a signal to the super-strong peak force, the Sword Domain, behind him. But now, with the Flame Emperor's personal arrival, today's matter could be resolved!
The many male disciples of the Sword Sect, while shocked, also felt a myriad of emotions. They finally understood why Xun'er had shown no interest in them for so many years.
Although they were considered prodigies in the Sword Sect, compared to the Flame Emperor, they were like fireflies to the moon, incomparable. They were the pride of the Sword Sect, but the Flame Emperor was a super-strong ruler of the vast, boundless world!
Even the Hundred Battles Emperor of the Western Heaven Hall, the Green Robe Sword Saint of the Sword Domain, and the Undying Master of the Ten Thousand Tombs, these super-strong peak forces of the vast world, would likely be helpless against the Flame Emperor!
In the vast world today, the only one who could truly compare to the Flame Emperor was the Ancestor of the Martial Realm!