Chapter 255: Chapter 255: Battle Against Zi Yan

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    The First Elder gently set Liu Qing down. The latter looked at Xiao Yan standing in the center of the square and sighed, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

    The First Elder glanced at the dejected Liu Qing and said softly, "What he surpasses you in is not just powerful Dou Techniques and Qi Methods, but also that desperate determination to risk his life in pursuit of great strength."

    "Such a divine object of heaven and earth as a Heavenly Flame is not something that can be obtained by mere luck. Xiao Yan couldn''t have possessed one without surviving countless life-and-death trials. The dangers involved are beyond what ordinary people can endure."

    Liu Qing''s body trembled upon hearing the First Elder''s words.

    Everyone was plunged into silence at this moment. A star of the Inner Academy, a once-in-a-generation genius, had been defeated just like that. Such an outcome left people sighing.

    Even the members of the Splitting Mountain and Liu Fei had nothing to say.

    Liu Qing had lost. There was no one else within Splitting Mountain, or even in the Inner Academy apart from Zi Yan, who could contend with Xiao Yan. Not even Lin Xiuya could.

    Yan Hao and the others looked at Lin Xiuya on another part of the spectator stands. They saw him sigh lightly, shake his head, and say, "I''m confident I can defeat Liu Qing, but it would still be a hard battle. Xiao Yan hasn''t even used that sonic-type Dou Technique yet. To be honest, I have no way to defend against his Di Class Dou Technique."

    Lin Xiuya candidly admitted that he currently had no way to defeat Xiao Yan. Unless he could break through to the Dou King realm, only then might he have a chance.

    The fact that Liu Qing had actually fallen into the loser''s bracket and was defeated by a freshman who had just entered the Inner Academy this year made many people feel as if the world had changed.

    However, after the arena was repaired, what plunged everyone into silence once again was the next match.@@@@

    Lin Xiuya versus Xiao Xun Er

    Throughout the entire match, there wasn''t a single cheer, no applause, not even any murmurs, because in their understanding, this battle couldn''t even be called a battle.

    Xun Er took only ten minutes, using her agile and ethereal movement techniques to evade all of Lin Xiuya''s attacks. Throughout the battle, Lin Xiuya didn''t even touch the hem of her garment, yet he was beaten black and blue by her counterattacks.

    Even his trump card attack was effortlessly dodged by Xun Er using an inexplicable movement technique, and with a light palm strike, she sent him flying out of the arena.

    Such an outcome rendered even the elders in the spectator seats deathly silent. Even these elders with Dou King strength couldn''t comprehend what they had just witnessed.

    "Sigh, people from that clan are still as terrifying as ever. I''m afraid even Zi Yan might not necessarily be able to defeat her," the First Elder murmured to himself as he watched Xun Er''s figure slowly walk off the square.

    Zi Yan gazed solemnly at Xun Er, who was descending the stage with a gentle smile. Her innate crisis sense as a magical beast told her that this woman''s strength was extremely frightening!

    Xun Er saw Zi Yan''s vigilant gaze and merely nodded slightly without saying anything. She walked up to Xiao Yan, bent slightly, and with a smile said, "Xiao Yan ge-ge, how is Xun Er''s strength?"

    Xiao Yan''s eyelids twitched violently. The movement technique Xun Er had just displayed was profound and unfathomable, surpassing the Three Thousand Lightning Movement by who knows how many times. Compared to Xun Er''s movement technique, the Three Thousand Lightning Movement was mere trash.

    And if he wasn''t mistaken, the palm imprint Dou Technique Xun Er used was the same Open Mountain Seal that Ling Ying had used when fighting Yun Shan back then.

    "How on earth are you able to cultivate so many profound Dou Techniques?" What puzzled Xiao Yan the most was that high-level Dou Techniques were extremely difficult to cultivate. Even reaching the entry level required several years or even a decade, let alone achieving minor or major mastery. Moreover, without sufficient cultivation level, one couldn''t cultivate them at all.

    Just possessing a high-level Di Class Dou Technique didn''t mean one could cultivate and master it. Not to mention that Xun Er had cultivated them to minor or even major levels of mastery. That should have been impossible.

    Otherwise, with so many Di Class Dou Techniques in the mysterious storage ring, Xiao Yan would have long cultivated a body of divine skills, rather than selectively choosing only the Octane Blast and Flame Splitting Tsunami after careful consideration.

    Only these two Dou Techniques had cultivation thresholds that didn''t require too high a cultivation level.

    Xun Er smiled gently and said, "That''s a woman''s secret."

    "What kind of Dou Technique is this?!"

    "This isn''t a Dou Technique! It''s simply that Senior Sister Zi Yan''s strength is too overwhelming!"

    Zi Yan''s all-out strike shocked the entire audience. Even the various elders were startled. That stomp was caused purely by raw strength.

    "Break!" Xiao Yan''s eyes narrowed. He also stomped his foot down to counter. The stage shattered with a thunderous boom. The domineering force was like a storm, threatening to overturn everything.

    The two forces collided, and the floor tiles at the center of the square were simultaneously sent flying into the sky like scattered petals.

    Xiao Yan took a step forward. His body flickered with lightning; his speed was so fast that it was hard to discern with the naked eye, as if he had vanished.

    Roar!! A furious dragon''s roar resounded. At this moment, it seemed as if a thunder dragon surging forward with unstoppable momentum appeared behind Zi Yan.

    Upon closer look, they realized it was actually Xiao Yan kicking out. Just a single kick produced a sonic boom.

    "Bring it on!" Zi Yan''s battle intent soared. She laughed loudly, met the attack head-on with her small hands, and instantly caught Xiao Yan''s ankle. No matter how fast Xiao Yan was, he was still grabbed by Zi Yan and then flung away.

    It was hard to imagine that such terrifying strength was contained within her petite body. With one hand, she lifted and flung Xiao Yan away.

    As he was thrown, Xiao Yan immediately unfolded his Eagle Wings to adjust himself in midair. Zi Yan stomped the ground barehanded and chased after Xiao Yan whom she had just thrown. At this moment, Zi Yan was like a rampaging dragon, not using any Dou Techniques, just relentlessly pursuing Xiao Yan to pummel him.

    She chased after Xiao Yan, who was using the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, relying purely on her raw strength and speed.

    "Xiao Yan''s speed is incredibly fast!" Liu Qing''s gaze was solemn. It turned out that his battle with Xiao Yan was really just a warm-up; Xiao Yan hadn''t been serious at all.

    "But even such a Xiao Yan is being chased and beaten by Senior Sister Zi Yan." Lin Xiuya''s expression was uneasy, even somewhat reluctant to watch. Perhaps he had experienced this himself.

    Finally, Xiao Yan used the afterimages created by Lightning Flash to put some distance between them. In that split second, Dou Qi wings appeared behind Zi Yan. She transformed into a streak of purple light and leaped forward at an astonishing speed.

    She threw a punch straight toward Xiao Yan''s face in midair. He didn''t even think and also sent a punch.

    The two fists instantly collided in the air. It was fist against fist. The force of their punches collided and exploded with a loud boom.

    Because Xiao Yan was forced into defense, he suffered a loss with this punch and was sent flying. He flipped in midair before stabilizing himself.

    "How is this possible!" The freshmen led by Xiao Yan couldn''t help but exclaim in disbelief at the scene before them.

    In their hearts, Xiao Yan was invincible.

    Xiao Yu was so nervous that her face had turned somewhat pale, her hands tightly clenched into fists.

    "Believe in Xiao Yan ge-ge," Xun Er said softly as she watched that familiar figure.

    At this moment, Xiao Yan steadied himself, looked up at the slightly proud Zi Yan in the sky, and slowly said, "Impressive. Zi Yan, you truly are strong!"

    A rumbling sound emerged as soon as he finished speaking. The illusory figure of an Eight-Winged Flame Demon Tiger appeared behind him. The Ten Thousand Beast Flame was activated, causing his muscles to bulge, further enhancing his physical strength by another notch.