"Don't you dare run!" Magma roared in fury. The instant Yang Kai made his move, he threw a vicious punch to cut off the direction Yang Kai was heading.
A flash of purple light appeared as Yang Kai brought out his purple shield, easily blocking the blow. His steps didn't slow—he hurried toward the source with burning urgency.
He had a bad feeling, and he had no intention of wasting time here.
With a flicker of his body, fluctuations of spatial power rippled from within him, and in the blink of an eye he vanished without a trace.
Magma and Mitian stood frozen on the spot!
They hadn't even seen how Yang Kai had left. Both their eyes and divine sense had been locked onto the human, yet he had slipped free with effortless ease.
The two demon beast powerhouses exchanged grave looks, then both headed toward the source of the energy fluctuations.
They were just as curious about what was happening over there—why such strange energy ripples were being emitted.
Huiyue City. In front of a certain inn, a crowd of warriors had already gathered. Drawn by the strangeness unfolding here, they filled the street—both humans and demon beasts among them—pointing in that direction and whispering in small clusters.
When Yang Kai arrived, he looked up at the sky and his face fell into a helpless, bitter smile.
His premonition had indeed come true.
The innkeeper stood before his establishment as well, hunched over with his hands tucked inside his sleeves. Like most of the others, he gazed upward, his expression complicated and his eyes flickering, as though trying to discern something.
The moment Yang Kai appeared, the old man spotted him and hurriedly beckoned. "Young man, over here!"
Yang Kai glanced at him, darting to his side, and said with a touch of apology, "Old sir, I'm afraid I'm going to cause you some trouble."
The old man chuckled and shook his head. "This old fellow's troubles are nothing. Yours, I suspect, are much bigger."
As he spoke, he cast a faint glance at City Lord Magma and Mitian, the two demon beast powerhouses who had arrived shortly after, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. He added, "It seems your troubles aren't limited to just the one inside the inn."
"Heh..." Yang Kai laughed dryly, not sure what to say.
If it were only Magma and Mitian targeting him, Yang Kai wouldn't have feared them in the slightest. At worst, he could deploy his Space Secret Technique, grab Little Senior Sister, and vanish. The Beast Star Di Chen was vast—surely there was somewhere for them to hide?
Moreover, below the Void King Realm, he feared no one. If a real fight broke out, Yang Kai would dare to overturn all of Huiyue City.
But the strange phenomenon before him was giving him a splitting headache.
The moment he arrived, he could tell at a glance that it was caused by Little Senior Sister.
Xia Ningshang had been staying at the inn these past few days, keeping to herself and using various materials to refine spirit pills to advance her cultivation.
Yang Kai hadn't gone to disturb her.
Who could have imagined that, in a place like this, Little Senior Sister would manage to refine a pill of such extraordinary quality?
Yang Kai had experience with this kind of thing, so he recognized it at once. This phenomenon was unmistakably the precursor to Pill Cloud formation!
Back on Rain Waterfall Star, when he had refined a fire-attributed spirit pill that developed a Pill Cloud to heal Xue Yue's injuries from the Dark Yin Sun Water, he had witnessed a scene very similar to this.
Of all the pills Yang Kai had ever refined, only that single one had produced a Pill Cloud. He knew that Pill Clouds were something truly rare and serendipitous—unlike Pill Veins, which he could somewhat influence with his alchemy skills.
But how to make a pill produce a Pill Cloud? He hadn't the faintest clue.
Little Senior Sister possessed an extraordinary physique and heaven-defying talent. Reaching this stage was only natural for her.
But this was the Beast Star Di Chen—Huiyue City! Once the pill emerged, it would inevitably attract the attention of countless powerful figures. Especially Magma and Mitian, who had just clashed with Yang Kai—they would certainly not let that pill go.
They might not even let Xia Ningshang go!
An alchemist capable of producing Pill Clouds had clearly reached the pinnacle of the art and was worthy of the title of Grandmaster! Such a heaven-defying talent—the demon beast race would never let them walk away.
Yang Kai's expression shifted as thoughts raced through his mind, weighing every angle.
He couldn't go in and stop Xia Ningshang now. Pill refinement depended on inspiration and serendipity. Little Senior Sister reaching this step was enormously beneficial to her growth. Stopping her now would be tantamount to destroying this moment of enlightenment and might even affect her future achievements.
He could only let her finish refining the pill.
It seemed... the trouble ahead was going to be very real.