Battle Against Zi Yan

Great Elder slowly set Liu Qing down, who sighed softly as he looked at Xiao Yan standing in the center of the plaza, a mix of emotions in his heart.

The Great Elder looked at the dispirited Liu Qing and said softly, "He has more than just powerful Dou Techniques and Cultivation Methods; he has a life-risking determination to pursue power."

"Strange Flames, these treasures of heaven and earth, aren't something you can get just by luck. Without experiencing near-death situations, Xiao Yan couldn't have obtained them. The dangers involved are probably unacceptable to ordinary people."

Liu Qing's body trembled upon hearing the Great Elder's words.

At this moment, the world was silent. The star of the Inner Academy, a proud son of heaven, had been defeated just like that. Such an ending was lamentable.

Even the people from the Mountain Splitting Gang and Liu Fei were speechless.

Liu Qing had lost. Apart from Zi Yan, no one in their Mountain Splitting Gang, or even the Inner Academy, could compete with Xiao Yan. Not even Lin Xiuya! On the other side of the spectator stands, Yan Hao and the others looked at Lin Xiuya, who sighed slightly and shook his head, saying, "I'm confident I can defeat Liu Qing, but it would be a hard fight. Xiao Yan hasn't even used that sonic Dou Technique yet. To be honest, I can't withstand his Earth Rank Dou Technique."

Lin Xiuya frankly admitted that he couldn't defeat Xiao Yan in his current state, unless he could break through to Dou Wang.

Liu Qing had actually fallen into the loser's bracket, and he was defeated by a freshman who had only entered the Inner Academy this year. This made many people feel like the world had changed.

However, after the arena was repaired, what silenced everyone again was the next match.

Lin Xiuya versus Xiao Xun'er.

There wasn't a single cheer, no applause, not even any discussion throughout the entire match, because in their minds, this battle couldn't even be called a battle.

Xun Er only used ten minutes, using her nimble and ethereal movements and Dou Techniques to evade all of Lin Xiuya's attacks. Throughout the entire fight, Lin Xiuya didn't even touch Xun Er once, but he was beaten black and blue by Xun Er's counterattacks.

Even his trump card attack was avoided by Xun Er using some mysterious movement technique, and she sent him flying off the stage with a light palm strike.

Such a result left even the elders in the spectator stands in dead silence. Even elders with the strength of Dou Wang couldn't understand it.

"Alas, that family's people are still so terrifying. I'm afraid even Zi Yan might not be able to defeat her," the Great Elder muttered to himself as he watched Xun Er slowly walk off the plaza.

Zi Yan looked at Xun Er, who was walking off the stage with a smile, with a solemn expression. Her innate sense of danger as a Magical Beast told her that this woman's strength was extremely terrifying! Seeing Zi Yan's wary gaze, Xun Er simply nodded slightly without saying anything, walked up to Xiao Yan, and bowed slightly with a smile, "Xiao Yan gege, how was my performance?"

Xiao Yan's eyelids twitched violently. The movement technique Xun Er had just used was profound and unpredictable, many times more advanced than the Three Thousand Lightning Movement. Compared to the movement technique Xun Er used, the Three Thousand Lightning Movement was just trash.

And if Xiao Yan wasn't mistaken, the palm print Dou Technique Xun Er used should be the Mountain Splitting Seal that Ling Ying used when he fought Yun Shan.

"How are you able to cultivate so many advanced Dou Techniques?" What Xiao Yan couldn't understand the most was that many high-level Dou Techniques were very difficult to cultivate. Not to mention Lesser Mastery, even just entering the door required several years or even a decade, and you couldn't cultivate them if your cultivation wasn't high enough.

It wasn't like you could cultivate and master a high-level Earth Rank Dou Technique just because you had one, let alone cultivate it to Lesser Mastery or even Greater Mastery like Xun Er. That was impossible.

Otherwise, Xiao Yan would have cultivated a body of divine skills long ago with the many Earth Rank Dou Techniques in the mysterious Storage Ring, instead of only being able to pick and choose the Eight Extremities Collapse and Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.

Only these two Dou Techniques didn't require too high of a cultivation level to start cultivating.

Xun Er smiled gently, "A woman's secret."

The remaining matches of the Strong Ranking Tournament were relatively simple. The first match on the second day was the battle for the remaining three spots in the top ten, with the six losers from yesterday engaging in a grand melee.

Unsurprisingly, Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing stood out. What was more surprising was that even Han Yue won the grand melee, barely making it to tenth place.

The top seven were even simpler. The Inner Academy's elders and the Great Elder ranked them based on their performance in the previous three rounds. If they were dissatisfied with their ranking, they could challenge the person ranked above them on the spot. If the challenge was successful, they would take the other person's place.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Zi Yan was ranked first, and Xiao Yan was ranked second.

"I have an objection." As soon as the Great Elder announced the rankings, Xiao Yan slowly raised his hand.

The entire audience gasped in shock upon hearing Xiao Yan's words. If the person ranked second had an objection, then there was only one answer!

A fight for the top spot!

Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and the others looked at Xiao Yan in disbelief, as if they were looking at an idiot.

Because everyone knew, including himself, that Zi Yan was a Dou Wang! And she was already a Dou Wang during last year's Strong Ranking Tournament.

Her true strength was even more unfathomable, and even some high-level Dou Wang elders were very wary of Zi Yan.

Xiao Yan, an eight-star Dou Ling, wanted to challenge Zi Yan. There was no way he could win! The Great Elder revealed a smile, looked around, and asked, "Does anyone else have any objections to their ranking?"

Everyone shook their heads. The top three were all monsters. Who would dare to challenge them!

"Since that's the case, then everyone else return to the spectator stands. Zi Yan and Xiao Yan, stay behind," the Great Elder said in a deep voice, waving his hand.

"Xiao Yan gege, good luck," Xun Er said before leaving.

"Mm."

Zi Yan faced Xiao Yan, and the collision of her two small pink fists actually produced a metallic sound. She revealed her cute little tiger teeth and dimples, and smiled, "Little Yan Zi, you're quite bold."

Xiao Yan smiled, gently shook his head, and said, "My courage has always been quite big, but this time it has nothing to do with courage. I've been beaten by you for half a year; now, you have to let me beat you back once, right?"

Xiao Yan had known Zi Yan for half a year. Although he could cultivate his Dou Techniques so quickly thanks to Zi Yan's sparring, it was always Xiao Yan who got beaten. Today, he had to turn the tables and be the master for once!

At this moment, all the Inner Academy students present held their breath, staring intently at the scene before them, because these two were undoubtedly existences beyond the norm in the Inner Academy. Their battle was definitely a classic.

If they could witness the limits of everything these two had learned and see their most profound combat, it would be the best lesson for the younger generation, and they might even gain some insights.

The moment Great Elder's voice fell, Xiao Yan didn't hold back at all. He instantly unleashed a secret technique and shouted inwardly, "Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations—Beast Spirit Transformation!"

In an instant, the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame within Xiao Yan's body erupted along his meridians, his aura like a volcanic eruption, soaring from an eight-star Dou Ling (Fighting Spirit) all the way to a two-star Dou Wang (Fighting King)!

"Dou Wang (Fighting King)!"

"That's the aura of a Dou Wang (Fighting King)! Xiao Yan's secret technique is so strong!"

"That seems to be a secret technique that uses a Strange Flame (Yihuo). No wonder it can break through the limits of levels. Ordinary secret techniques can't break through major levels."

Seeing that Xiao Yan didn't hold back and unleashed a secret technique, Zi Yan giggled, and with a *boom*, she stomped down, causing cracks to appear on the entire Duel Plaza (Juedou Guangchang) ground. An invisible shockwave erupted from the ground.

"What Dou Technique (Douji) is this?!"

"This isn't a Dou Technique (Douji); this is simply because Senior Zi Yan's strength is too great!"

Zi Yan's full-force attack shocked everyone present. Even the elders were startled. This stomp was purely caused by her strength.

"Break!" Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed, and he also stomped down in a head-on collision. With a *boom*, the arena shattered, and the domineering force was like a storm, threatening to overturn everything.

As the two forces collided, the floor tiles in the middle of the plaza were simultaneously blown into the sky, like a scattering of flowers by a celestial maiden.

Xiao Yan took a step forward, his body flashing with lightning, his figure moving so fast that it was difficult to discern with the naked eye, as if he had disappeared.

*Roar!!* A furious dragon roared. At this moment, it was as if a lightning dragon appeared behind Zi Yan, its aura like a rainbow, unstoppable, charging straight ahead.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Xiao Yan had kicked out. Just one kick had caused a Sonic Boom (Yinbao).

"Good!" Zi Yan's fighting spirit also soared. She laughed loudly and met the attack with her small hands, instantly grabbing Xiao Yan's ankle. No matter how fast Xiao Yan was, he was still caught by Zi Yan in an instant and flung away.

It was hard to imagine that Zi Yan's small body contained such terrifying power, overturning and flinging Xiao Yan away with one hand.

The flung-away Xiao Yan immediately unfolded his Eagle's Wings (Ying Zhi Yi) to adjust his body. Zi Yan stepped on the ground and chased after Xiao Yan, who had been flung away, with her bare hands. At this moment, Zi Yan was like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, chasing after Xiao Yan to beat him without using any Dou Technique (Douji).

She was using pure strength and speed to chase after Xiao Yan, who was using Three Thousand Lightning Movement (Sanqian Leidong), to hammer him.

"Xiao Yan's speed is so fast!" Liu Qing's eyes were solemn. It turned out that Xiao Yan's battle with him was just a warm-up. He hadn't been serious at all.

"But even Xiao Yan like this is being chased and beaten by Senior Zi Yan." Lin Xiuya's expression was a little strange, even a little unbearable to watch. Perhaps he had tried it before.

Finally, Xiao Yan relied on the clones created by Lightning Flash (Leishan) to create some distance. In this flash of lightning, Dou Qi (Douqi) wings materialized behind Zi Yan, turning into a purple light that leaped up at an incredible speed.

She smashed a punch towards Xiao Yan's face in mid-air. Without even thinking, Xiao Yan also threw a punch.

The two fists instantly collided in the air, fist against fist. At this moment, with a *boom*, the force of the fists collided and then exploded.

Because Xiao Yan was forced to defend, he suffered a loss in this punch and was blasted away, doing a somersault in the air before stabilizing his body.

"How is that possible!" Seeing Xiao Yan being blasted away by Zi Yan's punch, the new students led by Xiao Yan couldn't help but exclaim, disbelieving what they were seeing.

In their hearts, Xiao Yan was invincible.

Xiao Yu's face was even a little pale with nervousness, her hands clenched tightly into fists.

"Believe in Xiao Yan (Xiaoyanzi) gege." Xun Er (Xun'er) looked at the familiar figure and said softly.

At this time, Xiao Yan stabilized himself, looked up at the slightly proud Zi Yan in the sky, and slowly said, "Amazing, Zi Yan, you are truly powerful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a roar sounded. At this moment, an illusory image of an eight-winged Magical Beast (Moshou) tiger appeared behind Xiao Yan. The Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame (Wanshou Linghuo) was activated, and Xiao Yan's body muscles bulged, further enhancing the strength of Xiao Yan's physical body.

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