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"Bang bang bang!"
Collision after collision, passing each other again and again.
The two men used their fists, feet, and Dou Techniques to engage in a fierce confrontation. By the end of the intense battle, the mid-air was basically filled with the shadows of the two. After all, as practitioners of Wind Attribute Dou Qi, their speed was by no means slow.
When they traded blows, they even left afterimages in the air!
"Boom!"
After another heavy clash, the two suddenly stepped back as if they were treading on solid ground, "thud thud thud," each exploding backward by dozens of meters.
"Ugh~"
Yun Shan was about to cough up a mouthful of blood, but he forced himself to swallow it back, leaving only a trail of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
On the other side, Yan Luotian was equally uncomfortable. In that final exchange, his left shoulder had been pierced by Yun Shan's Wind Attribute Dou Qi. Within that bloody wound, a lingering force was still rampaging.
It wasn't hard to see that after fighting for so long, the situation was overall a fifty-fifty split. Yun Shan had suffered some internal injuries, while Yan Luotian's external injuries were quite severe.
It couldn't really be said that one side was worse off than the other.
"Yun Shan, you truly are the strongest opponent I've always acknowledged. You really are troublesome!"
Yan Luotian said through gritted teeth as he used his Dou Qi to expel the Wind Attribute power Yun Shan had driven into his left shoulder.
Originally, he thought that after breaking through to the Dou Zong realm, he could suppress Yun Shan in this Sect Grand Meeting. He hadn't expected Yun Shan to break through to the Dou Zong realm without any warning as well, which left him quite frustrated.
But immediately after, Yan Luotian developed the idea of defeating Yun Shan at the Dou Zong level. Looking at things now, however, that goal would likely be difficult to achieve.
"Yan Luotian, you have never been my goal. You weren't in the past, and you won't be in the future! I will only become stronger and stronger, until you can no longer even see my back!"
These words from Yun Shan immediately widened the gap in vision between him and Yan Luotian.
Yan Luotian's goal was to surpass Yun Shan and defeat him.
Yun Shan? He only lived to become stronger!
But this difference in mindset was actually understandable.
After all, in the early days, Yun Shan's strength originally suppressed Yan Luotian. It was only later, limited by the cultivation technique he practiced, that Yan Luotian gradually closed the gap, even nearly overtaking him at one point.
It could be said that all along, Yan Luotian was the challenger!
Naturally, this led to Yan Luotian always viewing Yun Shan as his rival, wanting to defeat him head-on!
But Yun Shan was different.
Earlier, limited by his cultivation technique, he might have valued Yan Luotian as a peer.
But now, he had reclaimed the Yun Lan Sect's long-lost techniques and Dou Techniques from Xiao Lin's hands. With that being the case, did he really need to take Yan Luotian so seriously? Clearly, the answer was no.
Just as Yun Shan said, he would only get stronger!
Under the same conditions, what did Yan Luotian have to compete with him?
However, Yun Shan's words undoubtedly enraged Yan Luotian.
"What? Yun Shan, don't be ungrateful when I'm being civil! Do you really think you've got me beat?"
"You want to make it so I can't see your back? Heh, I think you should wait until you've actually defeated me in this Sect Grand Meeting before talking! Aren't you afraid of choking on those big words?"
Yan Luotian was furious inside, but he scoffed at Yun Shan's claims.
After all, the exchange they just had was, at most, an even match.
No one held a definitive advantage!
It was no wonder Yan Luotian was unconvinced.
However, in the entire arena, only Xiao Lin knew that Yun Shan had not yet played his trump card. From beginning to end, the Dou Techniques Yun Shan had used were all ones he had mastered long ago.
That's right; which is to say, after the transaction between Xiao Lin and Yun Shan back then, Yun Shan had not used a single Earth Grade Dou Technique in this battle!
Yet, even so, he was able to fight Yan Luotian to a draw, which already proved everything. Xiao Lin didn't believe for a second that over the past two years, aside from breaking through to the Dou Zong realm, Yun Shan hadn't mastered even one Earth Grade Dou Technique!
"Then it shall be as you wish!"
With a light chuckle, Yun Shan did not get angry at Yan Luotian's disbelief.
After all, facts spoke louder than words. However, Yun Shan's relaxed attitude caused Yan Luotian, who was originally dismissive, to instantly become solemn.
Although he still didn't believe Yun Shan could instant-kill him in one move, he still raised his focus to the maximum, standing on guard against whatever Yun Shan's next move might be.
At that moment, Yun Shan suddenly opened both his hands.
In the next second, a streak of azure wind blade formed between his palms.
The moment Yan Luotian saw that wind blade form, goosebumps erupted all over his body.
Extreme danger!
This was the warning frantically flashing through Yan Luotian's mind the moment he laid eyes on that wind blade.
"Wind's Peak: Annihilation!"
As Yun Shan brought his hands together once more, that streak of azure wind blade directly tore through space.
In the blink of an eye, it had already appeared right in front of Yan Luotian. Back then, the Emperor of the Sky Serpent Empire had used Wind Attribute Dou Qi to transform sword intent into a strike that severed the void.
Although the power Yun Shan displayed now was not as terrifying as that used by the Sky Serpent Imperial Family, one must not forget that Yan Luotian was no old Dou Zun Mansion Master of the Sky Serpent Mansion either!
As such, this space-tearing strike left Yan Luotian unable to even mount a decent defense. When this sword-like wind blade strike reached him, the only thing Yan Luotian could do was condense his entire body's Dou Qi into a shield in front of him.
However, Yan Luotian's full-body Dou Qi of a Dou Zong realm was as fragile as paper before this wind strike, being torn apart instantly. Subsequently, the wind strike landed solidly on Yan Luotian's body.
"Slash—"
"Bang!"
Yan Luotian's figure plummeted from the high sky, smashing directly onto the ground outside the arena.
At this moment, the entire audience was dead silent!
No one expected that the two sides, who seemed evenly matched just moments ago, would decide the winner in a mere instant. For a while, they all wondered if their eyes were playing tricks on them.
However, Yan Luotian's figure lying on the ground, unable to move for a long time, proved that everything they saw was real!
Yan Luotian had lost!
"He won, Sect Master Yun Shan won!"
"What a terrifying strike!"
"Yan Luotian's defeat was way too sudden, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, who could have imagined it?"
"Compared to before, Yun Shan seems a bit different!"
"So strong!"
"It seems the Jia Ma Empire will be our final opponent!"
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At this moment, every faction was shocked by Yun Shan's final strike. It had to be said that the strength Yun Shan displayed exceeded the expectations of quite a few people.
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