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He was wearing the simple gray uniform from the trading firm. Though he was slim, like a model on a runway, the expression on his face displayed the brutality unique to Desert River men. This was especially true with a not-too conspicuous scar that ran down the corner of his eye, making him memorable. His skin was coarse and tanned, looking like he was in his thirties.

Xia Fan had barged into the scene with the signature oblique acceleration of the Skywings, sending a punch right into that leopard man going by the name of Xiao Wu, and sending him flying. At the same time, he used his other arm to grab a hold of Yu Jiang, supporting Yu Jiang in his arm.

The sounds of a furious jumble of people climbing up the stairs were loud. Upon hearing the news that Yu Jiang was in trouble, Xia Fan had used his speed to hurry on over as fast as he could, while the others followed behind as best as they could.

By the time the men of Desert River arrived on the third floor and had the seven youngsters surrounded, their lips were laden with curses. Most of them were carrying weapons, with traces of blood still left on their blades.

The seven youngsters from the Inner Territories looked on warily. They had strategically formed up in a corner of the room, yet they did not care about all the others acting arrogantly in front of them. Instead, their eyes were all trained on Xia Fan. In their eyes, it was almost as if he was the most frightening person to watch out for, no matter how many of the men from Desert River gathered around.

After all, he was a speedster, and given the speed he had barged into the room with before, he was at least close to Advanced Star Base rank. With Star Domain rank viewed as the limit for speedsters, Xia Fan’s current speed was already very powerful, and none of them could afford to underestimate him.

Xia Fan glanced at the youngsters, then expressionlessly turned around and handed the heavily-injured Yu Jiang to the person behind him.

“Send him to the hospital.”

Everyone hurried to help Yu Jiang at Xia Fan’s orders. They exited the room, along with the other people collapsed on the floor, as well as Miss Yu Cuicui and her fair-weather friends.

Yu Cuicui’s eyes were filled with shock and confusion, because she did not recognize Xia Fan. She could tell from his attire that he should be a nephew of her dad’s, but Yu Cuicui had never known there was someone as amazing as him around.

After everyone was brought out of the room, Xia Fan waved his hand to indicate that everyone else should leave as well.

Though Yu Jiang was heavily injured, the others of the Eight Burly King Kongs knew of Xia Fan’s identity. At their command, the men from Deserted River evacuated the room, leaving just Traveling Buddha, who just yawned and leaned against the wall, bored, while lazily staring at Xia Fan and the people from the Inner Territories.

Traveling Buddha currently appeared extremely sinister, due to the Faceless Clan’s magical skin implements. After using the disguise, Traveling Buddha now had a very sinister face. Added to his temperament that encouraged people to stay away from him, it was very easy for others to describe his indifference with words that described insidiousness.

Even more interesting was the fact that Xia Fan and Traveling Buddha were disguised in a way that made them appear related. They shared approximately ninety percent of a resemblance to one another, and Traveling Buddha even looked much younger. Others thought Traveling Buddha looked like a younger brother to Xia Fan.

The seven youngsters who had beaten up Yu Jiang appeared to be following the woman with the dagger stuck in her hair. The woman looked to be in her late twenties, and should have obtained a decent rank with her special ability. At the very least, when Xiao Wu had been sent flying by Xia Fan, the others were unable to react in time, while she had managed to leap to her feet and catch Xiao Wu, who otherwise would have been sent crashing into the streets below with one punch from Xia Fan.

Furthermore, she was the first among them to determine what Xia Fan’s special ability was. The others had a fright when they saw Xia Fan appear out of nowhere like a ghost.

The atmosphere was very tense. The seven were clustered together, evidently having undergone some form of team battle training. Xiao Wu was whimpering in pain, Xia Fan’s punch having broken three of his ribs, but the others were still perfectly fine. They were probably waiting for orders from the woman with the knife stuck in her hair.

Honestly speaking, the woman was rather pretty. It was just that she had quite the arrogant temperament, making her act quite aloof.

Xia Fan did not immediately speak, because his mind was racing.

A group of people clearly from the Inner Territories appearing in Hidden Mountain Outpost. They were ability users, and looked to have received decent training. Therefore, Xia Fan came to the conclusion that if they were not from the territories, then they must be from Murder Shrine.

In any case, they were definitely not from Starcloud Union, since Starcloud Union would be aware that Xia Fan was in the middle of a secret mission here, and they would not have sent their own people to stir up trouble.

With that thought in mind, Xia Fan was mentally at ease. No matter if they ended up to be from Murder Shrine or the other Federations, none of that mattered to him. They would either be his enemy, or a potential enemy!

*Whoosh!*

Xia Fan’s figure suddenly disappeared.

There was a subtlety to the timing that he had picked. The seven of them were feeling great pressure from the very start after Xia Fan suddenly appeared, but he had spent some time thinking, so he did not immediately make his move.

That was why those youngsters all felt that Xia Fan must have reservations, given the situation he was in. Since he was hesitating, then that meant there was still room to talk, and there was no need for them to tear at each other’s throats.

Still, they were thinking far too simply. Just in that moment when they were slightly relaxed, Xia Fan instead made his move.

He had eaten Grade Nine energy crystals since he was a baby, which gave Xia Fan a powerful body and an astonishing explosive strength.

If there was anything different about Xia Fan from his father and kin, it would be his physical constitution, which surpassed even his father Xia Fei. Even a Domain Lord as powerful as Xia Fei needed some time to accelerate, but Xia Fan could reach his peak speed with his first move!

A speed that was over five hundred meters a second!

Not only was that fast, his action was also completely overwhelming. The defensive formation that the seven had adopted was forcibly blown away with Xia Fan’s body, his left fist striking the woman with the knife stuck in her hair while his right hand snatched Xiao Wu from her clutches!

*Rumble*

What chaos Xia Fan sowed! When Xia Fan charged in at his top speed, those youngsters who were originally no match for him in the first place were sent flying away. On top of that, the woman who possessed the greatest combat capability among them had been specifically targeted by Xia Fan, receiving a solid punch from him that ended up shattering their defensive formation instantly.

By the time those youngsters even came back to their senses, Xiao Wu was already in Xia Fan’s hands.

Xia Fan stood behind Xiao Wu, and with his hands, grabbed him by his head. His left and right arms were staggered in such a way that all he needed to do was exert some strength, and Xiao Wu’s neck would be twisted completely around.

Color drained from the faces of the six. The woman widened her eyes and yelled loudly, “STOP!”

Xia Fan did not give her a reply. His weather-worn face of a Desert River man was expressionless.

“As long as you let Xiao Wu go, everything is open for discussion!”

She was completely panicking, pulling out a golden badge and raised it up high! “We are investigators from the Special Bureau Headquarters of the Sacred Federation! I order you to let Xiao Wu go, or you will surely regret it!”

‘Oh, so they are men from the Sacred Federation. They must be here in the Outer Frontier because of the special ability Tyrant Battle,’ Xia Fan noted mentally.

The six special ability users from the Sacred Federation thought Xia Fan was afraid, so the strange woman maintained her loud and forceful tone, “Trust me, someone like you from the Outer Frontier cannot afford to antagonize the Sacred Federation! As long as you let Xiao Wu go, we’ll bring you to our territory, where you can enjoy glory and fortune!

“I won’t lie to you, but our trip here to the Outer Frontier this time is so we could recruit special ability users from the Outer Frontier! With how fast you are, you are precisely the kind of talent that the Sacred Federation is looking for!

“What’s so good about the Outer Frontier, anyway? The Sacred Federation is where your future lies! You must think things through clearly. We can really help you!”

Xia Fan nearly wanted to break out in tears, laughing. There was no telling who could help whom in this situation, since he was actually someone from the three Federations!

Given the present circumstance, it was clear that the Starcloud Union had chosen to mingle their way into the special ability Tyrant Battle, while the Sacred Federation had opted to undermine it. They were offering rewards to recruit the Outer Frontier special ability users before the competition was even held!

If these special ability users from the Outer Frontier were to be recruited to the Sacred Federation, then there was of course no way that the Murder Shrine could still go ahead with the so-called special ability Tyrant Battle, right?

“Let Xiao Wu go!

“Slowly, slowly let him go. He’s already injured, and you mustn’t harm him any further!” they shouted at Xia Fan.

They watched as the muscles in Xia Fan’s arms tensed up. While he held Xiao Wu’s head firmly, he unemotionally rasped out, “What have the Sacred Federation’s matters got to do with me!?”

In the next second, Xia Fan exerted some strength and twisted.

*Crack!*

Dead!

Xia Fan had actually slain Xiao Wu right in front of the eyes of the Sacred Federation special ability users!

This was a grudge! The Sacred Federation was definitely not going to let Xia Fan off!

Xiao Wu’s neck had been wrung by Xia Fan, and was promptly tossed away like a dead dog. Without any fanfare, he dropped Xiao Wu’s dead body on the ground and kicked it away toward the people from the Sacred Federation.

“Xiao Wu!”

“G*DD*MM*T! I’LL TAKE YOU DOWN!”

Several of the special ability users from the Sacred Federation howled, eager to pounce at Xia Fan. If this was really how it went down, though Xia Fan was not afraid, it would still take some time for him to deal with them all in one go. Xia Fan did not care about these attackers, except for that strange woman with the knife in her hair.

‘There must be something afoot if things are going awry.’ That was what the scoundrels had taught Xia Fan since he was young. That was why Xia Fan felt that there must be something strange about the golden snake knife that was stuck in her hair.

Unfortunately, nothing happened, because that strange woman actually held back her comrades.

Though she was livid, and her entire body was shaking, she nevertheless maintained her calm, realizing that if they continued this confrontation, not only had Xiao Wu died here, the others would also die, because they were definitely no match for Xia Fan!

That was why despite her extreme grief, she had to stop her comrades. “Listen to my order, retreat!” the woman commanded them shrilly.

“Sister Hua!”

“Just what are you saying?! Xiao Wu’s dead!”

“I SAID RETREAT!” As she shouted that final statement, her pretty face had already contorted uglily, and she was staring at Xia Fan with eyes filled with absolute malice and hatred.

She picked up Xiao Wu’s body, and ignoring the indignant agony that her comrades were feeling, she leapt out the window.

Without the most powerful member in their team, the other special ability-users had no choice but to give up, despite being very unwilling to do so. All they could do was curse under their breath as they followed that strange woman and jumped out from the window.

Xia Fan walked to the window and looked down, only to find that the group of Sacred Federation people had already disappeared from the end of the street.

Traveling Buddha shrugged and thought there was nothing remarkable about it. He followed behind Xia Fan as they made their way to exit the teahouse while maintaining their expressionless faces.

Everyone, be they Old Yu’s nephews or the staff of the teahouse, quickly made way for them, their expressions very respectful.

However, upon reaching the exit, Xia Fan suddenly came to a halt.

This was because someone, a stranger that Xia Fan did not recognize, had actually blocked Xia Fan from leaving with his own body!