Chapter 213: Supreme, Supreme!
"Showing off spatial skills before this old man?"
Seeing Jiang Yun's attack, Hun Sha sneered coldly. With a raise of his hand, dense spatial fluctuations emanated from his palm, intending to erase Jiang Yun's attack with spatial force.
However, the result exceeded his expectations. The spatial light blades Jiang Yun launched were completely unaffected by his spatial manipulation, sweeping towards him with lightning speed.
"Swoosh—"
"What—"
Hun Sha was greatly alarmed. With no time to dodge, he could only raise a Dou Qi defense. Black-red Dou Qi condensed into a thick layer of Dou Qi armor on his body.
"Boom—"
The spatial light blades were incredibly swift. In the blink of an eye, they left dozens of wounds on Hun Sha's body.
"Pfft—"
"Hun Sha!" Seeing Hun Sha wounded in an instant, Hun Jing was also shocked. He rushed to Hun Sha's side, intending to check his condition.
But Jiang Yun wouldn't give them a moment to recover. His figure moved, appearing above the two. A hand, smooth and lustrous as jade, reached out. His hands clenched, and the space before him rapidly distorted. In the blink of an eye, from that patch of space, a giant flame blade a thousand zhang in size suddenly surged forth.
Carrying the terrifying might to incinerate the heavens and boil the seas, it slashed down fiercely upon the two.
"Don't be so rampant!" Hun Jing's pupils abruptly contracted as he sensed this. In the next instant, he roared, his palm flipped, and black mist surged. A ferociously fierce palm strike exploded forth.
"Bang!"
Jiang Yun's gaze swept indifferently, then his footsteps abruptly retreated a step. The space before him rippled. An aged figure flashed out, a palm wind carrying dense death aura brushing past his chest.
"Die!"
From behind, following closely after Hun Jing, Hun Sha's footsteps fiercely pushed forward. His form appeared almost instantly before Jiang Yun. The blood-red great blade in his hand tore through space with a slash, chopping towards Jiang Yun's neck at an extremely shocking speed.
The blood-red gleam rapidly magnified in his pupils. Jiang Yun clenched his palm. Vast Undying Sacred Flame condensed into a pure white longsword in his palm, directly clashing head-on with Hun Sha's great blade.
"Clang!"
Blade met sword. An exceptionally sharp and fierce shockwave spread outwards. A mountain peak below the two was directly caught in the sharp sword aura and blade glow, split from top to bottom into two halves. It collapsed with a thunderous rumble, making the entire mountain range tremble.
"Clang, clang, clang!"
In the sky, three figures intertwined. The weapons in their hands danced, creating afterimages. Within a mere few dozen breaths, they had exchanged over a dozen blows. Each attack was exceptionally fierce and ruthless, yet each was neutralized by the opponent. The intensity of the battle made those whose attention was drawn to it turn grave.
Hun Sha and Hun Jing were veteran experts, having dominated for over a thousand years. Yet Jiang Yun, a rising star, could actually fight one against two and hold the upper hand—it utterly exceeded everyone's expectations.
As the three combatants' battle drifted further away, Xiao Yan stared solemnly at Yun Yi ahead and spoke in a deep voice, "Do you still remember what you did to my teacher and me back in Wu Tan City?"
"The affairs of ants are not worth remembering, even if the ant has grown up," Yun Yi shook his head and replied calmly.
Xiao Yan nodded, not angered. Flames, merged from several flames within him, swept out like a tempest, transforming into a giant flame palm that blasted towards Yun Yi.
"Insignificant tricks!" Seeing this, Yun Yi sneered coldly. Black qi, like furious pythons, coiled around his entire body, emitting low roars that actually materialized into sound waves spreading outwards, shaking the space continuously.
Boom!
Yun Yi didn't dodge or evade. Black qi howled out, transforming into a dragon and phoenix coiling around his arm. The resonant cries of dragon and phoenix rang out brilliantly. Carrying the force capable of destroying mountains, he punched out at the giant flame palm.
The two collided. An exceptionally sharp and fierce shockwave spread outwards. Xiao Yan's figure was directly blasted back several hundred zhang. A sweetness surged up his throat, but he quickly suppressed it.
Without time to think, Yun Yi's figure flickered and appeared behind Xiao Yan. Death qi coiled around his finger, and he fiercely pressed down.
"Death God's Finger!"
"Destruction Flame Body!"
Sensing the sharp wind from behind, Xiao Yan let out a low shout. Within his pupils, a tiny eight-colored flame lotus spun madly. A near-destructive, heaven-surging aura, like a tempest, suddenly swept out from within his body!
"Boom!"
As the destructive aura swept out from Xiao Yan's body, his body also became transparent at this moment. His black hair actually began to ignite, with eight different flames coiling upon it.
"Withered Death Finger!"
"Great Tablet Smashing Hand!"
Once the Destruction Flame Body was activated, Xiao Yan's aura became violent and fierce. His large hand swung, a palm smashing down towards Yun Yi. As his palm descended, his fingers also flicked repeatedly!
"Hmph—"
Seeing Xiao Yan successively execute powerful Dou Techniques, Yun Yi also snorted coldly. His palms pressed together, a circle of black hole rapidly expanding before him. Terrifying devouring power swept out in all directions.
"Devouring Black Hole!"
The black hole formed. Yun Yi pushed it forward with a palm, instantly swallowing all the incoming Dou Techniques completely.
The instant the Dou Techniques were entirely devoured, Yun Yi's figure also violently shot out. Unbeknownst to when, a massive halberd burning with pitch-black demonic flames had appeared in his palm.
The halberd's shaft contained extremely violent and fierce force, enveloping all of Xiao Yan's vital points.
"Roar—"
Feeling the sharp wind transmitted from the halberd, a cold gleam flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes. He roared, flames coalescing in his palm into a heavy ruler. Without any finesse, he simply hacked down fiercely at Yun Yi with the most brutish posture, one strike after another.
In the past, he had only heard hearsay about how formidable Yun Yi was. Now, experiencing it firsthand, Xiao Yan truly felt that suffocating sense of oppression.
From the start of the exchange until now, he had been at a disadvantage from the very beginning, without the slightest ability to retaliate. Had the Destruction Flame Body not boosted his cultivation, he wouldn't have been able to last until now.
Moreover, in his current state, he didn't know how much longer he could hold on.
"Is this all you've got?"
"Clang!"
Another forceful cleave, heavy as Mount Tai. Xiao Yan's arm became numb. His figure retreated explosively a thousand zhang, pulverizing several mountain peaks along the way. His expression grew increasingly unsightly.
"If this is all you've got, what will you use for revenge? Your mouth?"
"Xiao Yan, with only this level of ability, you still delude yourself into stopping my clan from opening the Ancient Emperor's Mansion? You are just like your ancestor—destined to be a failure, witnessing my Hun Clan's continuing glory..."
"When our Clan Head advances to Dou Di, you lot will no longer be able to stir any waves. By then, every one of you will be prisoners."
"I won't allow it!" Hearing Yun Yi's words by his ear, Xiao Yan, his hair disheveled, his entire body aching and numb, abruptly raised his head. His pitch-black eyes stared fixedly at Yun Yi. He roared furiously, "I will not allow such an outcome!"
"Boom—"
An intangible energy storm surged around Xiao Yan, actually forming rivers of energy. Within them, countless glittering crystals could be clearly seen, dazzling like diamonds.
These rivers of energy converged into an extremely ancient and abstruse array. The array emitted a fluctuation that perfectly harmonized with the surrounding heaven and earth. The power of heaven and earth ceaselessly poured from the void, finally converging into the ancient array in mid-air.
"Buzz—"
Beneath Xiao Yan's feet, tangible Dou Qi condensed into a multicolored fire lotus. Xiao Yan sat quietly cross-legged at its center. At this moment, his hands formed an extraordinarily exquisite posture. His fingertips touched lightly; between his palms, they formed an extremely magical arc, as if encompassing the entire world.
An indescribable fluctuation quietly emanated.
Above his head, a glow suddenly appeared. That glow was extremely blurry, seeming to span merely a half-zhang area. Yet within that tiny half-zhang region, an ancient fluctuation to the extreme was emitted—so hazy, it was like primal chaos.
The sudden change instantly drew the gazes of Yun Yi and Jiang Yun. Both murmured inwardly at the same time, "Finally here—the Supreme Power, or rather, the Plane's Power!"
"Boom!"
In mid-air, the vast, boundless power of heaven and earth howled down, pouring entirely into Xiao Yan's slender body. This energy, sufficient to burst even a high-level Dou Sheng, was perfectly absorbed by Xiao Yan without harm.
"Swoosh—"
The moment the power of heaven and earth finished pouring into Xiao Yan's body, his tightly shut eyes abruptly opened. Those eyes were like the deep sea—clear and vast. Moreover, at this moment, they actually possessed a peculiar fluctuation, a fluctuation as if transcending the world.
His gaze swept over Yun Yi. Xiao Yan's eyes were calm as water. Calm words came from his mouth.
"Round two... begins!"
As his words fell, his figure violently transformed into afterimages, shooting forth explosively. In the next instant, he appeared directly before Yun Yi. A punch blasted out. On his arm, dark red flame patterns erupted with dazzling light. The power of this single punch caused even space to shatter into countless fragments.
"His strength has increased by so much!"
Xiao Yan's fist rapidly magnified in Yun Yi's pupils. Feeling the scorching, fierce punch wind, Yun Yi thought to himself.
However, his face showed no trace of urgency. Deep within his pupils, pitch-black demonic flames blazed. The Saint Demon Flame within him rapidly condensed into a black palm print in his palm. He fiercely slapped out with a palm.
"Boom!"
In the next instant, the fist and palm of the two viciously collided head-on. Immediately, a visible ripple shockwave swept outwards. The sky around the two instantly tore open thousands of spatial rifts in a single moment.
Sensing the purifying power transmitted from the point of collision, a trace of surprise flashed in Yun Yi's eyes. This purifying power—to say it was extremely similar to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would be inaccurate; it was exactly identical.
The devouring power that had always been unstoppable before actually failed at this moment. What's more, it even felt suppressed.
As if the opponent wasn't Xiao Yan, wasn't a person, but an entire world.
"Interesting. Let me see what heights you can reach!" Yun Yi spoke indifferently. Light also shot from his eyes. The sound of fierce wind seemed to wail across heaven and earth.
"Nine Heavens Grasping Moon Hand!"
Yun Yi's palm slowly raised. An icy voice, carrying dense murderous intent, resounded across heaven and earth.
In his palm, endless energy converged. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a sky-covering giant hand. Upon the giant hand, sky-high black flames gathered, as if a demon god's hand were descending from the heavens.
The energy of the entire world boiled at this moment, actually coalescing into an energy tide with no visible end. The whoosh of the tide's waves rang out continuously.
The Dou Technique Yun Yi had executed had actually reached a degree capable of triggering energy tides—something only nine-star Dou Shengs were supposed to achieve.
"What level of Dou Technique is that..."
"I can actually feel something from it that only the Clan Head can give me?!"
"That's an energy tide! Even a high-grade Heaven Class Dou Technique shouldn't let a six-star Dou Sheng touch the threshold of a nine-star Dou Sheng..."
No matter how intense the other engagements were, the commotion caused by Yun Yi and Xiao Yan drew the attention of most on the battlefield. Seeing the Dou Technique Yun Yi had cast, even high-level Dou Shengs felt their scalps go numb.
Even more people looked at Yun Yi and Xiao Yan in disbelief. Had these two already grown to such a level?!
Yet, facing Yun Yi's terrifying attack, Xiao Yan's eyes remained calm. He gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler, stepped out slowly, and fiercely slashed diagonally.
Buzz!
The moment he slashed with the ruler, the energy of this stretch of heaven and earth suddenly seethed. A ray of void light pierced through the void at an indescribable speed. In that instant, it seemed as though even space itself was cleaved apart.
Swish!
Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, the supremely sharp attack directly bisected the enormous demonic hand. The cut surface was smooth as a mirror.
Yun Yi's pupils abruptly contracted. Not caring about the shock in his heart, Xiao Yan was already charging at him again.
Xiao Yan formed hand seals. The surrounding sea of fire suddenly erupted with ten-thousand-zhang radiance. In the next instant, one battle spear after another, seemingly tangible, condensed within the sea of fire.
The aura emanating from each and every battle spear was enough to tear apart a Dou Sheng. Stacked together in such numbers, even a seven-star Dou Sheng would find it hard to escape calamity.
With a flick of Yun Yi's finger, the countless battle spears howled forth like a torrential downpour, directly blanketing towards Xiao Yan like a black cloud. The piercing sound of sonic booms continuously echoed through the sky.
Xiao Yan watched the shadow blanketing towards him like a pouring rainstorm. His gaze focused slightly. Immediately, his hands rapidly formed seals, and a mysterious chaotic light erupted from his body.
"Light of Primal Chaos!"
The light of primal chaos rippled around him, looking like a layer of thin gauze clothing, tightly protecting Xiao Yan within.
"Ding, ding, ding..."
From afar, Xiao Yan at this moment was enveloped by densely packed battle spears, looking like a hedgehog...
"Kill—"
As Xiao Yan's eyes opened and closed, he fiercely stomped his foot and let out a long roar towards the sky. Materialized sound waves carried vast and mighty soul pressure, sweeping out horizontally towards Yun Yi.
Just as Yun Yi and Xiao Yan were fiercely locked in battle, on the battlefield of Jiang Yun, Hun Sha, and Hun Jing... a one-sided, merciless beating was unfolding...