As he gazed at Xiao Yan, who was wearing a mocking smile in the sky, Yao Sheng’s face turned ashen. He gripped his twin daggers tightly and said coldly, “Even without the Blackwater Realm, you will eventually be defeated. I don’t believe that your secret method of enhancing your strength can last long.”
“Enough to take care of you,” Xiao Yan chuckled lightly. With a shake of his arm, a surging blue-colored Dou Qi carrying a faint, almost imperceptible, blue flame shot up along his heavy saber. His gaze locked onto Yao Sheng, who was tensed below. Instantly, with a slight flap of his Purple Cloud Wings, a faint swooshing sound was heard in the air. A blurry black figure appeared behind Yao Sheng, wielding a heavy saber with tremendous force, cleaving down with a fierce gust of wind, as if it could tear the air apart.
The moment the fierce wind sounded, Yao Sheng sensed it. He stomped the ground hard, and a jet of pitch-black water vapor erupted from beneath his feet, colliding fiercely with the heavy saber.
*Pfft!*
The moment the two met, the heavy saber shattered the pitch-black liquid into a slightly dark water mist. But when it fell again, there was nothing but emptiness. Taking advantage of the brief delay caused by the water vapor, Yao Sheng had already retreated several meters away.
As soon as Xiao Yan’s heavy saber attack landed, Yao Sheng, with a ferocious expression, pounced again like lightning. The pitch-black twin daggers in his fingers spun rapidly, like two venomous snakes gleaming with a cold, deadly light.
Seeing Yao Sheng charging head-on, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow. His Dou Qi surged like a river, rushing through his meridians, bringing the most abundant and powerful energy to every part of his body. He gripped the heavy saber tightly, and a low roar echoed from his throat. With a mighty thrust, the heavy saber lunged forward.
Due to the overwhelming force, the air was completely sucked out of the path of the heavy saber, producing a series of low explosions, jarring the eardrums.
In such an assault, the distance between them was covered in a blink of an eye. But just as Yao Sheng’s twin daggers were about to clash with the heavy saber, his body twisted strangely, performing a bizarre spin along the surface of the heavy saber, and suddenly appeared where Xiao Yan held the saber. With a cold smirk, he slashed at Xiao Yan’s hand with his sharp daggers.
As Yao Sheng closed in on Xiao Yan, gasps of surprise echoed throughout the arena. At such close range, the power of the heavy saber was almost completely suppressed!
Under normal circumstances, Xiao Yan would likely be completely at a disadvantage, and if he were not careful, the sharp and vicious twin daggers would leave deep wounds on his body.
While the crowd was in an uproar, a few people merely frowned slightly. With Xiao Yan’s combat experience and speed, could he let the opponent enter his blind spot so easily?
Watching the perilous situation, Liu Fei’s face flushed with excitement, almost shouting for joy. But beside her, Liu Qing’s eyes were fixed on Xiao Yan’s face, which showed no hint of panic, but rather a faint sneer. This made his heart sink.
In the center of the arena, under the intense gazes of the crowd, Yao Sheng’s twin daggers approached Xiao Yan’s hand. The cold and sharp wind made the hairs on Xiao Yan’s arms stand on end.
As the daggers neared Xiao Yan’s hand, the smile on Yao Sheng’s lips widened.
Just as the daggers were extremely close to Xiao Yan, he finally moved. Instead of a surprising counterattack, he released the heavy saber, which fell heavily to the ground with a crisp sound, causing some to sigh. Could the battle continue without a weapon?
Of course, many others had different thoughts. They remembered the scene from the arena when Xiao Yan fought Bai Cheng. Without the heavy saber, Xiao Yan’s power became even more ferocious!
Xiao Yan abandoning his weapon brought a look of joy to Yao Sheng’s face. Without time to think, he enveloped his daggers in black Dou Qi, with tendrils of black gas coiling around them, releasing a strange, pungent stench!
“Annihilation Phantom Slash!” With a cold, menacing shout, the twin daggers quivered oddly. As they quivered, the tendrils of black gas, like sentient vipers, shot out in all directions, each thread possessing the force to pierce through rock.
Faced with the overwhelming, pungent black gas, Xiao Yan knew that these gases were not only powerful but also highly toxic…
His hands formed seals in a flash, and with a light shout, clusters of blue flames surged from within the Spirit Core!
As the flames surged within him, Xiao Yan’s body was once again enveloped in flames, and within moments, a set of blue flame armor condensed around him.
*Hiss, hiss…*
The countless black threads collided with the flame armor, like ice meeting boiling oil, producing hissing sounds. The force, which could pierce through rocks, merely dented the flame armor.
Amid the torrent of black threads, two cold, gleaming lights flashed, and with lightning speed, they pierced the flame armor, producing a clear, metallic clashing sound.
Despite the immense force of the black daggers, the blue flame armor was extremely strong, allowing them to penetrate only half a finger deep. But this was the limit. The extreme heat of the armor instantly made the black daggers turn red, and Yao Sheng’s hand, which held the daggers, started steaming, forcing him to quickly wrap it in Dou Qi. Despite this, he still felt a growing burning pain.
He tried to push back, but the dagger was immovable. Left with no choice, Yao Sheng hastily retreated, keeping his eyes fixed on Xiao Yan, who was entirely encased in the flame armor. He thought he saw a mocking glance beneath the helmet.
The blue fire Dou Qi suddenly flared, and the flame helmet atop Xiao Yan’s head vanished, revealing his face. At that moment, his mouth was puffed out like a frog, and he was forming seals rapidly.
“Bad!” Seeing Xiao Yan like this, Yao Sheng’s heart sank as he swiftly retreated.
But just as this thought flashed through his mind, Xiao Yan’s hand seals stopped, and his mouth opened wide. Suddenly…
A loud, thunderous tiger roar erupted, deafening the entire arena!
“Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Roar!”
The tiger roar burst from Xiao Yan’s mouth, sending a nearly tangible sound wave rippling out like ripples on a pond. It instantly caught up with Yao Sheng, causing his head to spin, his chest to tighten, and blood to well up in his throat, spilling from the corners of his mouth.
Caught off guard by the sudden sound wave, Yao Sheng suffered significant injuries and a fatal dizziness.
In such a confrontation, the dizziness would undoubtedly decide the victor. Knowing Xiao Yan, he would never pass up such an opportunity. The moment Yao Sheng’s mind was clouded with dizziness, he acted!
A silver glow flashed beneath his feet, accompanied by a soft rumble of thunder. In an instant, Xiao Yan’s figure appeared before Yao Sheng like a ghost.
Seeing this, everyone’s hearts were in their throats, knowing that the outcome would be decided in this moment.
The dizziness lasted only a few breaths, but as Yao Sheng regained his senses, a dark shadow appeared before him. A sense of dread filled his heart, and a formidable gust of wind, with a low sonic boom, resonated across the square.
“Eight Extremes Collapse!”
At such close range, Yao Sheng had no chance to evade. His face was covered with shock and despair.
At that moment, gasps of awe filled the arena. Under such a fierce attack, Yao Sheng’s defeat seemed inevitable!
“Yao Sheng lost!”
This calm statement came simultaneously from Liu Qing and Lin Xiu Ya, though the former’s face was grim, and the latter wore a look of astonishment and a smile.
Hearing Liu Qing’s words, Liu Fei, who had been eagerly anticipating Yao Sheng’s victory, turned pale, muttering in disbelief, “How could this be?”
*Boom!*
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a fist enveloped in powerful Dou Qi pierced through the air, striking Yao Sheng’s chest with a mighty force. The fist spun, unleashing a massive surge of energy.
*Pfff!*
Pain erupted from Yao Sheng’s chest, and his face turned an abnormal shade of red. Moments later, he couldn’t hold it in and spat a mouthful of fresh blood, flying backward and crashing heavily to the ground outside the arena.
The floor where he landed cracked and shattered instantly. The blood, which was spraying towards Xiao Yan, evaporated in the heat of the flames. The blue fire armor on Xiao Yan’s body rippled and then dissipated.
Stepping slowly, Xiao Yan looked indifferently at Yao Sheng, whose face was pale. His calm voice echoed in the arena.
“You have lost…”
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