Starting from Douluo to Capture Goddesses

"Xiao Yan, all this time has passed, and you still haven't made any progress. You're still so impulsive, this behavior won't lead you to great achievements," with a casual wave of his hand, Xiao Yan was sent flying ten meters away before he even touched Xu Ran.

"You can't even touch me, how do you expect to fight me?" Xu Ran said indifferently.

"Why? Xu Ran, why are you doing this? My brothers never offended you, why did you kill them?" Xiao Yan's voice broke as he spoke, tears streaming down continuously; at this moment, he was completely drained.

They were his brothers, the ones he respected most in his heart. Aside from his father, no one else was closer to him than his brothers.

But now, they had all died at Xu Ran's hands, inexplicably, how could his heart not explode with rage?

Xiao Yan hated Xu Ran to the core.

His greatest wish was to grow strong enough to crush Xu Ran beneath his feet, then chop off Xu Ran's head to make him pay for his blood debts!

As long as he worked hard, it would certainly be possible, for there is always a way out.

Even the heavens would rage at Xu Ran's actions.

"You're wrong. They were nothing to me, why can't I kill them? Even though they were members of the Xiao Family, they made the wrong choices and had to pay the price."

"They're all adults, and everyone must pay the price for their own choices."

"Both of them even dared to bully a little girl, they were not upright and honorable, why can't I kill them?" Xu Ran spoke leisurely.

"Bullshit, it's impossible, they couldn't have been such people. Xu Ran, it's clearly you who wanted to kill them, you devil," Xiao Yan roared, unable to believe his brothers could be the men Xu Ran described, no matter what.

But Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were merely two among the multitudes.

In that situation, most people would perhaps have made the same choices as Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

If they hadn't made that choice, the Mercenary Group's morale could have scattered, and facing Rob's threat, it indeed would have been a difficult decision.

But in the end, they still compromised their consciences.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's difficulties weren't Xu Ran's concern. Now that Qing Lin was his person, if Xiao Ding and Xiao Li wanted to punish Qing Lin, he would naturally deal with them.

Although Xu Ran wasn't fond of Xiao Yan, he really hadn't come this time intending to kill Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.

However...

"No, it's impossible. Xu Ran, stop making excuses. Today you've killed my kinsmen, I will not let you go. I will repay today's enmity tenfold, a hundredfold in the future."

"Xu Ran, with your strength so immense and your talent so high, coming to our Xiao Family must mean that you're coveting the treasured heirloom of my family. My Xiao Family was once among the Dou Di Families, and although we've declined, our family's heritage is not something any Tom, Dick, or Harry can compare with. You must be lurking in the Xiao Family just for our treasure, waiting to find that thing you want, then you'll massacre the Xiao Family, won't you?"

"The reason you haven't killed me isn't out of pity, but because you want to find that treasure through me, right?" Xiao Yan continued, looking at Xu Ran with a very logical demeanor.

At this moment, combining many of Yao Lao's conjectures, he had analyzed a great deal.

"Oh?" Xu Ran was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that Xiao Yan would actually guess a lot of things correctly by accident.

However, his interest in that piece of jade really wasn't great.

As for Dou Di Yuan Qi, he certainly didn't lack it.

"You're not wrong, you've guessed a lot. The Xiao Family of Utan City is indeed not that simple."

"In the ancient times, there were eight clans with powerful Dou Di Bloodlines and immense strength: the Xiao Clan, Gu Clan, Hun Clan, Yao Clan, Yan Clan, Shi Clan, Lei Clan, and Spiritual Clan. The Xiao Clan was once the leader of the Eight Ancient Clans, the strongest of the ancient races on the Continent, and the only one that could suppress the Hun Clan. Xiao Xuan had reached the Nine-Star Dou Sheng Peak in his 'Cultivation Level' and was only one step away from becoming a Dou Di. Therefore, he made a decision to collect the Emperor Blood from all the members of the Xiao Family and use these Dou Di Bloodlines to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Di. However, Xiao Xuan exhausted the Dou Di Bloodlines without breaking through to Dou Di, leading to a complete depletion of the bloodline in the descendants of the Xiao Clan, eventually falling into decline as the Xiao Family we see today."

"Back in the day, the Xiao Family was immensely powerful and had a tremendously strong influence across the entire Continent; even the Hun Clan could not compare," said Xu Ran.

After all, it wouldn't hurt to tell Xiao Yan these things.

He didn't want to crush Xiao Yan to the point of despair and loss of interest.

He just wanted to mold Xiao Yan into an obedient dog.

"So, my Xiao Family had such a glorious past, the Eight Ancient Clans!" Xiao Yan was deeply shocked, listening to these ancient tales made his blood boil.

And the fact that the Xiao Family's ancestor reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng Peak!

That's just terrifying!

Such strength could suppress the entire Continent!

The strongest person in the Jia Ma Empire now only has Douhuang 'Cultivation Level.' But in the eyes of a Dou Sheng, a Douhuang is probably as weak as an ant.

Douhuang, Douzong, Dou Zun, Dou Sheng.

It's feared that the Xiao Family's ancestor could crush the current strongest in the Jia Ma Empire with just a breath.

This is what true strength is!

At this moment, Xiao Yan couldn't help feeling a deep sense of honor, proud of the Xiao Family's past.

"The future of the Xiao Family will be protected by me." At this moment, Xiao Yan suddenly felt a sense of responsibility. What did Xu Ran amount to in front of the Xiao Family at its peak?

Perhaps the Xiao Family's ancestor could have blown Xu Ran to death with a mere breath!

This is the power that the Xiao Family should have!

Although the Xiao Family has completely fallen now, as long as he, Xiao Yan, is alive, the Xiao Family can return to its pinnacle in the future!

"So that's it. Is this the reason for the Xiao Family's downfall?" Listening to these most hidden secrets of the Continent, Yao Lao was also profoundly shaken. He had heard of how strong the Xiao Family was. After their decline, the Hun Clan became the most powerful among the seven clans. There were even rumors that the strongest of the Hun Clan was powerful enough to crush the strong ones of the other clans.

Having his conjectures confirmed, Yao Lao was extremely excited.

He had never expected that he would, by chance, take in a member of the Xiao Clan. Moreover, there must be other secrets about him unknown to others, maybe even related to Dou Di!

Only a secret of this level could attract the attention of a peerless genius like Xu Ran.

"If that's the case, it's possible that Xiao Yan could defeat Xu Ran in the future. He just needs to find that secret, and perhaps Xiao Yan could rise to prominence on the back of it," Yao Lao felt confident at this point.

Xiao Yan was so moved that he cried tears of joy, even becoming a bit hysterical.

Now he even believed he was the Son of Destiny; the once mighty family he belonged to was the strongest on the Continent—what else could he be if not the Son of Destiny?