Chapter 329: Nalan Yanran, the Times Have Changed!
Originally, Jiang Lin had his own way of entering the scene, but as he was falling, a large hand suddenly grabbed him. Looking back, he realized it was an old familiar face.
"You are indeed the most talented refiner I have ever seen," the white-haired elder released Jiang Lin, who was a large figure, and looked up at the aerial battle between the Dou Shis in the sky. His deep, cloudy eyes flickered with a touch of gloom.
Jiang Lin chuckled lightly, then stood up from the ground. He glanced at the old sect leader of the Yunlan Sect beside him and then looked up again at Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran battling in the sky.
"What, old senior, do you have any objections?" Jiang Lin asked.
"No objections," the old Yunlan Sect leader, who was rumored to have fallen, said as he stared at Xiao Yan in the sky, his cloudy and deep eyes constantly shifting, gradually darkening with a shadow. "You have the backing of the Refiner's Guild, so I can't touch you, but your friend, who so openly challenges the Yunlan Sect's face, won't get away lightly."
"Hm?" Jiang Lin was slightly startled. He didn't understand what the old man was planning, then heard Yun Shan continue, "The death of Mo Cheng from the Mo family… it should have been him, right?"
"If it was just him, perhaps we wouldn't have noticed, but based on your movements, I can tell that the person you saved in the explosion back then must have been him."
"Eh?" Jiang Lin froze upon hearing this, not expecting that Xiao Yan had been exposed. But wait, how did this old man suddenly become so smart?
"Ah, you've reached the peak of your powers, and yet you're still worrying about such trivial matters?" Jiang Lin almost wanted to say, "Mo Cheng didn't die; he just turned into Pei Xuan's appearance to continue silently protecting you."
"You're right," Yun Shan replied, "I don't care about Mo Cheng's death, and I don't care who killed him."
Boom! From a distance, there was a loud cheer as Xiao Yan, with a consecutive axis shift spinning strike, directly knocked Nalan Yanran down from the air. The glow of her Qinglan Wings dimmed slightly, indicating that her Feathershell Wings had taken some damage. At this moment, Jiang Lin asked, "So what is the old senior planning to do?"
"It's simple. We can make a bet. If that kid loses, the Yunlan Sect will not lose face and allow him to leave. How about it?" Yun Shan didn't care too much about Mo Cheng's death. In fact, he considered it just a cover. He didn't believe that Xiao Yan was the one who killed Mo Cheng, but he thought Xiao Yan must have some unclear relationship with that Dou Huang.
Upon realizing this, Yun Shan didn't want to make things more complicated. Although he had just broken through to Dou Zong, his heart was troubled, and he didn't want to cause more trouble. He also didn't want to expose his true power to other forces. Currently, only three people knew his true strength: Yun Yun, and the one who secretly tampered with the Yunlan Sect's protective formation—Jiang Lin.
The Yunlan Sect's protective formation contained some spatial power. Previously, Yun Shan couldn't sense it, so Jiang Lin managed to secretly tamper with it. However, now that he had just become a Dou Zong, with the formation being the focal point of his closed-door practice, Yun Shan could detect even the slightest movement. That night, Jiang Lin learned what it meant to respect his elders.
This was entirely because Jiang Lin hadn't learned any systematic array techniques. Not knowing the correct way to break the formation, he triggered the internal alert system of the formation, causing chaotic energy flow, and Yun Shan caught him in the act.
However, because Jiang Lin had already encountered Yun Shan, he became much bolder in his actions afterward. At least Jiang Lin knew that Yun Shan didn't have any ill intentions toward him. Of course, Yun Shan didn't have much ill will toward Xiao Yan either, but he certainly had other objectives.
"…What if you win?" Jiang Lin subconsciously swallowed. He glanced at the sky where Xiao Yan, after knocking Nalan Yanran to the ground, was holding the Strange Fire Heavy Ruler with one hand and supporting the handle with the other. His eyelids twitched. It was bad—Xiao Yan had too many tricks up his sleeve. Despite Nalan Yanran giving her all, she was only able to suppress Xiao Yan's usual state.
"If you win," Yun Shan's eyes locked onto the Strange Fire Heavy Ruler in Xiao Yan's hands, "then it will be a blow to the Yunlan Sect's secular influence, and it will disgrace our face. We can't let something like this go without paying a price, can we?"
Boom!
Xiao Yan, with the Strange Fire Heavy Ruler, immediately split the weapon in two, and the massive ruler turned into two mechanical wings. The mechanical feathers seemed to breathe in sync with the energy fluctuations.
In an instant, the second form of the Strange Fire Heavy Ruler appeared in Xiao Yan's hands—the Strange Fire Heavy Cannon!
The blue Dou Qi rapidly gathered within the Strange Fire Heavy Cannon, then fired a green light cannon directly at Nalan Yanran, whose face showed a hint of shock!
Boom!
The Strange Fire Heavy Cannon, a permanent Dou Technique—Xuan Heavy Cannon!
Nalan Yanran reacted quickly. As the energy of the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire spiraled through the energy trajectory of the Strange Fire Heavy Cannon, her Qinglan Wings erupted with a powerful aura. Nalan Yanran's footwork became illusory, and she leaped forward, narrowly dodging the incoming green cannon light!
Boom!
The cannonlight roared past, instantly piercing the afterimage left by Nalan Yanran, exploding into a fireball that shattered the ground's stone tiles and left a small crater about one or two meters deep! Its power seemed to rival some long-range Xuan-level Dou Techniques!
"Nalan Yanran, times have changed!"
Holding the Strange Fire Heavy Cannon, which was over two meters long after unfolding, Xiao Yan looked at the people on the ground around him with shocked expressions, his heart swelling with unmatched pride. He laughed loudly at Nalan Yanran, who had just dodged the cannon attack.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of modified rapid-fire Strange Fire Heavy Cannons bombarded Nalan Yanran! Xiao Yan continued to fire the light cannons at Nalan Yanran while raising his flight altitude. Since Nalan Yanran had been injured by Xiao Yan's Eight Extremes Collapse earlier, her Qinglan Wings had temporarily been damaged, and her flying ability had been affected. She needed to adjust before she could recover, so she clenched her brows instinctively, unable to stop Xiao Yan's constant barrage of cannon fire in the air.
However, Xiao Yan gave her no opportunity. Thanks to his fire-type crystal cores providing him with continuous energy, he kept gathering the Heavy Cannons and firing at Nalan Yanran below!
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