198: The wind blows, the setting sun shines

From the VIP seats, Jia Xingtian nodded slightly: “Nalan Family’s girl has indeed made significant progress in three years. The mastery of her sword has reached its essence.”

Facing this swift, fierce, and cunning attack, Xiao Yan’s eyes were solemn, yet he showed no trace of panic.

His footwork seemed heavy and clumsy, but it actually contained a strange rhythm. With every step, his figure swayed slightly like Gui Mei, narrowly avoiding the deadly sword tip!

“Oh? This movement technique…” A hint of surprise flashed in Fa Ma’s eyes, “It seems to contain a hint of lightning intent? Not simple!”

Just as Nalan Yanran’s sword momentum ran out, and her old strength had just faded while new strength had yet to form, a sharp glint burst forth in Xiao Yan’s eyes.

He suddenly sank his waist and hips, clenching his right fist, and a fierce, scorching aura abruptly rose.

Above his fist, the fiery attribute Dou Qi frantically gathered and compressed, faintly forming a solid keratin layer, emitting a heart-pounding, violent fluctuation.

“Eight Extremities Collapse!”

With a low roar, Xiao Yan’s fist, like a cannonball, smashed fiercely towards Nalan Yanran’s slightly exposed side ribs, accompanied by a terrifying sonic boom that tore through the air.

Where the fist wind passed, even the air twisted, and scorching heat waves swept towards her.

“Hmph!” Nalan Yanran snorted coldly, her reaction also extremely fast. She knew well the ferocity of Xiao Yan’s close-quarters combat, and his strange hidden strength was even more unpredictable.

She saw her graceful waist twist forcibly in mid-air, and pale green Dou Qi rapidly circulated on her body, forming a tough wind barrier.

At the same time, her left hand spread its five fingers, palm facing down, and slammed it towards the ground.

“Wind Push!”

Boom!

A powerful counter-force erupted from the ground. Nalan Yanran, using this force, drifted backward by a hair’s breadth like willow catkins lifted by a strong wind, narrowly avoiding Xiao Yan’s fierce punch, which was strong enough to split stone tablets.

The scorching fist wind brushed past the skirt at her waist, leaving faint scorch marks.

“Too close!”

“Young Sect Master’s control over wind is too strong!”

“This Xiao Yan, his strength is so domineering!”

Their first exchange was as fast as lightning, yet it already displayed combat experience and Dou Skills foundation far exceeding their peers.

One was agile and swift like wind, the other was fierce and domineering like fire! The tens of thousands of people in the square watched with bated breath, their hearts pounding.

Nalan Yanran stabilized her figure, her beautiful eyes filled with even stronger fighting intent, and a hint of solemnity.

Xiao Yan’s strength was stronger than described in the intelligence! Her hands quickly formed abstruse seals in front of her, and the pale green Dou Qi around her surged wildly, converging towards her hands.

“Splitting Wind Whirlwind Dance!”

With a clear shout, she suddenly pushed her palms forward.

In an instant, countless huge tornadoes composed of highly compressed green wind blades appeared out of thin air, emitting piercing screams, like roaring wind pythons, sweeping towards Xiao Yan from all directions with terrifying power that could crush everything.

The wind blades cut through the air, making a grating “hissing” sound, and the hard bluestone on the ground was scraped with deep marks by the escaping wind.

This was an area-of-effect Dou Skills, blocking all of Xiao Yan’s dodging space.

“Profound-tier High-grade Dou Skills! Splitting Wind Whirlwind Dance!”

A knowledgeable Elder exclaimed, “Young Sect Master can already use it so proficiently!”

Facing this overwhelming and unavoidable wind blade storm, Xiao Yan’s pupils constricted slightly.

He suddenly unfastened the huge xuan heavy ruler from his back, gripping the dark ruler handle tightly with both hands, and the Dou Qi in his body surged into it like a bursting flood.

On the xuan heavy ruler, the seemingly unadorned patterns seemed to come alive, emitting a heavy dark glow.

“Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!”

Xiao Yan roared, his arm muscles bulging, and with all his strength, he swung the xuan heavy ruler diagonally upwards from below.

A crimson energy fire wave, about a zhang in size and condensed to an almost solid state, surged out from the ruler like a volcanic eruption!

The fire wave rolled and roared, carrying the scorching heat that could incinerate everything and an unstoppable immense power, smashing fiercely into the sweeping wind blade storm!

Boom—!!!

The crimson fire wave and the green storm collided violently!

Like a head-on battle between two ancient giant beasts, deafening explosions echoed through the sky.

The violent energy shockwave spread wildly in all directions like a tsunami, crashing against the energy shield at the edge of the square, emitting a dull, thunderous roar. The shield fluctuated violently, with ripples spreading.

Scorching airflow and sharp wind mixed together, sweeping across the entire square. The Yunlan Sect disciples who were closer were blown off balance, their faces pale.

At the center of the energy, red and green lights frantically intertwined, devoured, and annihilated! After a few seconds of stalemate, the crimson fire wave was ultimately slightly inferior in magnitude, gradually being torn and shredded by the violent wind blades.

However, the storm formed by Splitting Wind Whirlwind Dance was also greatly offset by this domineering ruler strike. Although the remaining wind blades were still sharp, they could no longer pose a fatal threat to the well-prepared Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan wielded the xuan heavy ruler, its shadows overlapping, blocking and shattering all the remaining incoming wind blades.

The ruler and the wind blades collided, emitting dense “clanging” sounds like rain, and sparks flew!

The hard ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch during the force dissipation.

“Blocked… blocked it?”

“What a powerful Dou Skills! What kind of weapon is that black ruler?”

“The power of both their Dou Skills far exceeds that of ordinary Great Dou Shi!”

The spectators were all astonished.

Nalan Yanran’s brows furrowed when she saw Splitting Wind Whirlwind Dance broken. Xiao Yan’s tenacity and explosive power far exceeded her expectations.

She no longer hesitated, biting her red lips lightly, her hand seals suddenly becoming intricate and rapid.

An aura far more vast and sharper than before, like a sleeping giant dragon, slowly awakened within her body.

The pale green Dou Qi around her rapidly deepened in color, instantly turning into a deep blue, and frantically converged towards the tips of her joined index and middle fingers.

As the Dou Qi frantically poured in, those two jade-like fingers became as translucent as blue crystal. At the fingertips, a point of dazzling blue light, too bright to look at directly, rapidly condensed and compressed.

A sharp aura capable of tearing souls apart permeated the air! The ground beneath her feet silently caved in, and fine cracks spread like a spiderweb. The surrounding air seemed to be sucked dry, forming a vacuum zone.

In the VIP seats, Elder Yun Leng’s eyes flashed with a glint of pride.

Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, and others also looked extremely solemn.

Even Mo Yuhan, who had been calmly watching the battle, had a hint of seriousness flash in his eyes.

He clearly sensed that the power condensed at Nalan Yanran’s fingertips was infinitely close to the Dou Ling level! This should be her ultimate trump card!

“Wind Extremity—Setting Sun Radiance!”

A cold voice, devoid of any emotion, came from Nalan Yanran’s mouth. The next moment, her two fingers, which had condensed all her Dou Qi, essence, and spirit, pointed lightly towards Xiao Yan in the distance, like divine swords piercing the sky.