Starting from Douluo to Capture Goddesses

Xiao Yan was filled with resentment at this moment.

If he had been stronger, could he not have protected his family?

At the same time, he was full of guilt.

If it really had been Xu Ran who was responsible, did that not mean he had dragged his family into this? Xu Ran was only fond of targeting him, and to trample on his dignity and honor, Xu Ran would stop at nothing.

But his eldest brother and second brother had never even met Xu Ran, let alone offended him. And with their temperaments, even if Xu Ran were indeed shameless, they would have stepped back, they surely wouldn't provoke such a powerful person.

Yet now, they had still ended up like this.

So, Xu Ran's actions were all directed at him.

"Eldest brother, second brother. I'll get you down right away, just wait for me." Xiao Yan leapt up, ready to untie Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

"Don't, Little Flame. Don't waste your strength, it's useless. We are well aware of the state our bodies are in, we won't last long." Xiao Ding said, now it seemed to take all his strength just to speak.

"Little Flame, don't act rashly. Their bodies can't withstand any disturbance. If you move them now, they might lose their lives immediately." Yao Lao also hurriedly said.

Seeing the wounds on Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, a storm of shock surged in Yao Lao's heart.

He couldn't even count the number of wounds on their bodies, wounds that were enough to send them straight to death's door. Yet, it was the intricate method that kept them clinging to life.

But if they made too large a movement, they would touch their wounds and die instantly.

Now they could only stay there quietly.

Yao Lao told all of this to Xiao Yan, whose heart ached unbearably, his entire body filled with resentment.

How could his brothers have suffered such inhumane torture, why, why?

Why wasn't everything directed at him?

If Xu Ran really wanted to strike at him, why not inflict all the pain and torture on him instead?

Why did Xu Ran have to do this?

"Little Flame, all of this is Xu Ran's doing."

"Xiao Li and I won't live much longer. I just hope you can bring the news of our deaths back, and you must expose Xu Ran's true face, don't let him cause any more harm to our Xiao Family."

"I know that after the clan banished you, you must hold some grudges. But still, that is our family. And your eldest brother and second brother have always believed in you, we believe you are innocent. Little Flame, you're not that kind of person."

Xiao Ding's words hit Xiao Yan right in the heart.

Especially the trust from Xiao Ding and Xiao Li made him cry.

The whole clan did not believe in him, even his father had his doubts.

But his eldest brother and second brother, even though they were not with the clan, still believed in him unconditionally.

This made him feel as if his heart had been touched. As long as someone believed in him, he would be happy.

This bond thicker than water made Xiao Yan feel both fortunate and tormented. Fortunate that there were still people in this world who believed in and understood him, and tormented that his two blood brothers had undergone such terrible suffering and now couldn't even save their own lives.

"Why in this world do good people not live long, while the bad can live freely and unrestrained? This world is unfair, the heavens are unjust."

Xiao Yan roared.

"Is this the hatred the Son of Destiny must bear?" He knew that many protagonists in fantasy novels slowly rose to power after being burdened with deep-seated hatred.

But why did it have to be the same for him?

He clearly already had a grandfather, so why was his rise to power scripted like this?

Why must he suffer so miserably? What on earth had Xiao Yan done wrong?

"Little Flame, don't be sad. It's hard to predict what life brings, and you've been talented from a young age. Although your talent vanished before, now that you have made a kingly comeback, your future is boundless. You should be able to avenge us. You must kill Xu Ran and lead our Xiao Family to rise again! You are now the only hope for our Xiao Family's future."

"That's right. And that demoness Qing Lin — if you can't kill Xu Ran, you must kill that demoness. It's also her fault that we ended up like this," Xiao Li added from the side.

He didn't hate Xu Ran at all now. That kind of a powerful enemy incited fear in them, not hatred. They only hated Qing Lin — someone so despicable should not live better than they did.

"I understand, I'll remember"

Xiao Yan's eyes were red with tears as he looked at his two brothers, feeling utterly drained.

"Also, don't worry about us now. You must run, run as far as you can. You need to survive and take revenge for us," Xiao Ding and Xiao Li said with all the strength they mustered, and then the next moment, they were both dead.

It was a miracle they had managed to hold on until now, and those last words had exhausted their remaining strength.

They were dead.

"Big Brother, Second Brother!"

"Ahhhhhh!"

"It's me, Xiao Yan, who failed you! It's because I provoked Xu Ran that I brought this fatal disaster upon you! It's all my fault, I'm to blame for everything!"

Xiao Yan knelt on the ground and yelled with all his might.

Rage, despair, agony, anger, guilt... Xiao Yan himself didn't know how he was feeling now. He was in extreme pain.

He felt that all of this was his fault.

All of it, he was the culprit.

If he had known things would turn out this way, he would have endured when Xu Ran took Xun Er away, resisted when Nalan Yanran was taken, and held back when he was kicked out of his clan by Xu Ran.

He had thought his feud with Xu Ran was just between the two of them. He was wrong; he had oversimplified it.

How could Xu Ran, a man who stops at nothing, only target him?

Now it was just his Big Brother and Second Brother — might Xu Ran eventually exterminate Xiao Yan entirely? Was there anything Xu Ran didn't dare to do?

The Elders of the Xiao Family and his father all saw Xu Ran as the hope for the Xiao Family's rise. Little did they know that the Xiao Family's future would be destroyed by Xu Ran. Xu Ran only wanted to take away the girls from the Xiao Family; once he accomplished all his objectives, he would surely not treat the Xiao Family well.

"Xiao Yan, have you come?" Xu Ran slowly walked over to Xiao Yan, holding Qing Lin's hand, watching the bitterly crying Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li — which one of them was a good person?

There are no good people in this world. Good and bad are relative; only power is eternal.

"Xu Ran, I'll kill you!" An enraged Xiao Yan stood up, grasping the Xuan Zhong Ruler in his hand and fiercely smashed it down toward Xu Ran. At this moment, all he wanted to do was to vent his inner fury.