As Xiao Yan’s feet landed, the countless Golden Devouring Mice around the stone stairs suddenly opened their eyes, their fur standing on end once more. A powerful sound wave quietly emerged, causing the energy in this world to fluctuate swiftly. Seeing Xiao Yan enter the stone stairs, Nalan Yanran bit her silver teeth and, reluctantly, followed by lifting her foot and stepping up as well.
“Follow me!” Xiao Yan’s gaze remained fixed on the Golden Devouring Mice around the stone stairs. After a brief moment, a low roar erupted from his throat. With the roar, he stomped fiercely on the ground, transforming into a streak of light and dashing towards the peak of the mountain at lightning speed. Behind him, Nalan Yanran also pushed her Dou Qi to the limit, desperately trying to keep up with Xiao Yan.
Seeing that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran were accelerating, the people on the platform and the peak of the mountain shifted their focus over. From the very beginning until now, there had never been a precedent of more than one person successfully passing through the formation. They understood that the power of the sound wave formation increased with the number of people involved. With both Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran attempting to pass, the power of the sound waves would naturally be doubled. Under such a sonic attack, even Feng Qing-er and others would find it difficult to pass through.
Thus, many did not hold much hope for Xiao Yan’s attempt. If it were just him alone, he might have a chance, but with an additional burden, the outcome seemed grim.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!!” On the stone stairs, after Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran dashed nearly a hundred meters in an instant, the sharp sound waves that had been rapidly gathering around them finally descended like a storm, penetrating every nook and cranny of their bodies.
As the sound waves attacked, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s bodies momentarily froze, though Xiao Yan managed to withstand it better. Relying on his formidable Dou Qi, he somehow managed to endure, though his speed slowed slightly. In contrast, Nalan Yanran’s face paled, her speed dropping rapidly. The piercing sound waves caused her soul to ache, and her Dou Qi began to fluctuate chaotically.
Grinding her teeth, Nalan Yanran gazed at Xiao Yan’s back, barely visible in the distance, and endured the soul-piercing pain. She poured out all her Dou Qi to form defensive barriers around herself, desperately resisting the sound waves.
On the long stone stairs, two figures darted forward and backward at breakneck speed. The overwhelming sound waves, almost tangible, filled every inch of space around the stone stairs. Each step forward required a significant amount of Dou Qi to succeed.
From the sidelines, it had looked like only a few minutes had passed, but when they tried it themselves, they realized how challenging and perilous it truly was.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!!” Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran finally reached the midpoint of the stone stairs. But by then, Nalan Yanran’s face was exceptionally pale, and she could only persist through sheer willpower. With her current strength, it was already too difficult for her to pass through the Golden Devouring Mouse Sound Wave Formation.
Her vision gradually blurring, Nalan Yanran gazed at the silhouette ahead, thin yet steady in the midst of the sound waves, and a bitter smile appeared on her lips. She recalled the time when, as a proud young woman, she had forcefully broken off the engagement with the Xiao family. Though she had been young and arrogant, she knew that her decision was partly due to Xiao Yan’s reputation as a failure.
Back then, she had joined the Cloud Mist Sect, deemed highly promising by many, while Xiao Yan was merely the son of a small, insignificant family. The gap between them was vast, and her pride could not bear it. Yet, it was that impulsive decision that left her with endless regret. All her pride and achievements were destroyed step by step as the young man grew stronger. Even her most important support, the Cloud Mist Sect, was ultimately lost under his cold, indifferent command.
She had thought that leaving the Jia Ma Empire would separate her completely from this indelible memory, but she had never expected that he would be the one to save her in her time of crisis…
When they met again, his strength had far surpassed hers, and now, she could hardly keep up with his pace. Biting her red lips, a thread of blood seeped out. Originally, their relationship could have been intimate, but alas…
A deep, lingering regret, like a venomous snake, spread throughout her, making her heart heavy. Her Dou Qi, thick and dense, thinned out rapidly under the sound wave assault.
“Pu Chi!” At a certain moment, the Dou Qi finally dissipated. Nalan Yanran’s body stiffened, her face turning as white as snow. A mouthful of blood spewed forth, and her vision darkened. Her body, like a kite with its string cut, flew backward.
“I’m sorry, I’ve done my best…” Feeling the exhaustion of her Dou Qi, Nalan Yanran closed her eyes and whispered in her heart.
Seeing Nalan Yanran retreat, many on the platform shook their heads, some even resenting Xiao Yan for bringing her into the sound wave formation without protecting her, which seemed unmanly to many.
“Showing off, hurting yourself and others.” On the mountain peak, Feng Qing-er also shook her head, a hint of mockery in her voice.
“This person is not weak. He hasn’t shown his true strength yet.” Tang Ying hesitated before speaking slowly.
“Hmph, you’re giving this brat too much credit,” Wang Chen said with a cold sneer.
“That’s not necessarily true. He’s not old, and I can’t see through him. Plus, he escaped from Chief Fei Tian of the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion. Even with external help, without real skills, no one would believe it,” Mu Qing Luan said, smiling sweetly.
“Boom!” As the four conversed, a muffled thunderous sound echoed from the stone stairs. Everyone then saw Xiao Yan’s body seemingly shatter amid the sound waves, only to reappear behind Nalan Yanran, his arm wrapping around her slender waist.
“Eh? Three Thousand Thunderbolts? Heh heh, as the rumors say, this person really does know Three Thousand Thunderbolts from the Wind Thunder Pavilion. It seems it’s true,” Mu Qing Luan exclaimed in surprise.
“A petty thief,” Feng Qing-er glanced coldly at Mu Qing Luan.
“A petty thief wouldn’t escape Chief Fei Tian,” Mu Qing Luan retorted, smiling lightly.
Facing Mu Qing Luan’s sharp challenge, Feng Qing-er’s brows furrowed. Given her status, she could only flick her sleeve and turn her icy gaze to Xiao Yan on the stone stairs. “I’ll see how he manages to bring that girl through the Golden Devouring Mouse Sound Wave Formation!”
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiao Yan, holding Nalan Yanran, hovered in mid-air. His gaze was fixed on the countless Golden Devouring Mice below, a glint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
“Go alone. I can’t pass this formation,” Nalan Yanran’s pale cheeks flushed as she spoke softly, held by Xiao Yan.
“Use your remaining Dou Qi to cover your ears. I said I’d take you through, and I will,” Xiao Yan replied calmly.
Seeing Xiao Yan’s determination, Nalan Yanran hesitated before nodding, quickly using her remaining Dou Qi to cover her ears.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!” The countless mice below, pausing for a moment, suddenly raised their heads, their gazes locking onto Xiao Yan in the sky. Their sharp-toothed mouths opened wide, and a more terrifying sound wave, like a tsunami, surged forth.
Feeling the strength of the sound wave, everyone’s faces changed color.
In mid-air, Xiao Yan watched the approaching sound wave, his mouth slowly puffing up, his face becoming slightly red. After a moment, his mouth suddenly opened!
“Roar!” A lion’s roar, like a thunderclap, suddenly filled the air. The massive sound wave enveloped the entire Tianmu Mountain, carrying the eerie sound of a dragon’s roar, stunning the listeners and weakening their legs.
“Dragon Roar?” Jin Shi, usually calm, suddenly paled, exclaiming in shock. The sound waves themselves were not frightening, but the hidden dragon’s roar was. Such a roar could only be produced by a creature with genuine dragon blood. But Xiao Yan was human…
The enormous sound wave swept down under everyone’s astonished gazes, colliding with the mouse sound wave. What followed was a complete annihilation, and the vanishing waves were those of the mice!
Xiao Yan, with his single power, had shattered the combined sound waves of the countless Golden Devouring Mice!
This scene left the onlookers on the platform and the peak of the mountain utterly speechless…
“This… How is this possible?”
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