Chapter 51: Dou Technique producing a Dou Technique? What kind of joke is this!
"Senior Jia, how about we call it a day here?" Xiao Yan, carrying wings on his back and holding a fire bow in his hand, said with a smile.
Looking at Xiao Yan hovering in the air, Jia Tianyu gritted his teeth. As a Dou Ling of the Jia Ma Imperial Family, he had his own pride. Although this pride could be said to have been trampled underfoot by Xiao Yan, it was absolutely impossible for him to just surrender like this!
Taking a deep breath, he retracted the cyan bow and arrow in his hand and strengthened the Dou Qi energy in his legs, shouting through his teeth: "Xiao Yan! Don't get cocky! Your flight Dou Technique may be strong, but it consumes a lot of Dou Qi. As long as I can drag this out, it's not yet certain who will win and who will lose!"
"Damn it, how can this Imperial Family Dou Ling be so shameless? To actually use a war of attrition against a junior—has he no face at all?" The Great Elder, who was watching the battle from the side, said with some indignation.
"However, having said that, for Yan'er to be able to force a personage like Tianyu to the point of only being able to fight a war of attrition at his age already means that Tianyu acknowledges Xiao Yan as a powerhouse on the same level as himself. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to just finish him off?" Xiao Zhan did not feel any anger; on the contrary, he felt some sympathy for Jia Tianyu. To have cultivated for more than half a lifetime and be forced to this point by a boy not yet sixteen, even if he could win, it would not be a glorious matter—it would be enough to be laughed at for a lifetime!
In fact, this was indeed the case. Jia Tianyu himself guessed that this battle would likely become his own disgrace and a stepping stone for Xiao Yan's reputation to rise to another level, so the only thing he hoped for now was that he must not lose! As long as he hadn't lost yet, it wouldn't be too miserable.
Xiao Yan looked at Jia Tianyu below, whose eyes were flashing with a look of determination, and also sighed that he had encountered a tenacious man. He said: "Since that is the case, then Senior, take care!"
As the words fell, the cyan and red dual-colored arrow of flame pierced through the air like thunder, shooting straight toward Jia Tianyu below!
With this arrow, it could be said that Xiao Yan held nothing back. If Jia Tianyu did not defend himself, he would absolutely not even have his ashes left under this move!
Facing the giant flame arrow that was rushing toward him rapidly from above like a meteorite, carrying an unrivaled momentum, Jia Tianyu did not generate a Dou Qi defense; he only continuously strengthened the wind-attribute Dou Qi on his legs. The continuously accumulating gale gradually exceeded Jia Tianyu's range of control, to the point that the pant legs and socks below his calves were torn into shreds by the rolling wind. Immediately after, tiny bloodstains appeared on Jia Tianyu's legs; this was the powerful Dou Qi beginning to backlash.
But regarding this backlash, which should have caused excruciating pain, Jia Tianyu did not even blink an eye, staring tightly at the rocket continuously descending.
Not until the cyan-red rocket was only a hair's breadth away from him and about to strike did Jia Tianyu finally let out a roar. The violent gale, accompanied by the loud noise of breaking the sound barrier and the sound of the rocket exploding on the ground, rang out simultaneously. At that critical moment, Jia Tianyu seized the opportunity, dodged the arrow, and successfully escaped.
"He actually dodged it!" Looking at the figure not far from the explosion site, who was panting heavily and looking somewhat disheveled, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh. One had to know that his rocket had the ability to automatically track enemies; in fact, most arrow-type Dou Techniques had this function, which was also the reason why Jia Tianyu had to wait until the very last moment to dodge.
It was just that this method was extremely dangerous; one careless move and he could die inside! Now, it was Xiao Yan's turn to find it difficult to strike, because this was not a life-or-death battle, just a duel, and Xiao Yan did not really want to kill the other party.
"I say, Senior Jia, how about we call this duel a draw?" Xiao Yan decided to take a step back; in any case, as long as the matters in Wutan City were settled, it wasn't as if he couldn't take a trip to the Imperial Capital.
However, having already fought to this point, Jia Tianyu could not accept ending it like this. He had to obtain victory! Not only to complete the mission and take Xiao Yan back, but also to preserve as much of his remaining self-esteem as possible. In short, he could not accept the result of a draw!
"Hehe, what? Are you afraid? If you're afraid, then surrender and come back to the Imperial Capital with me!" Jia Tianyu chuckled, his words still carrying provocation toward Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan could naturally hear this, but he was still somewhat angry.
I'm doing this for your own good, damn it! Otherwise, you think you can draw with me? Do you really think I can't handle you? Like Jia Tianyu, Xiao Yan was also unwilling to accept the outcome of admitting defeat. If a draw wouldn't work either, then he could only keep fighting.
"Since that is the case, then Senior, take care!" Saying this, Xiao Yan continued to pull the bowstring in his hand, and arrows of flame were fired one after another like a repeating cannon, leaving trails of fire in the air.
Jia Tianyu, on his side, also repeated his previous measures, dodging at the very last moment every time. Whether it was good luck or the boldness of a master, he actually managed to dodge them, although the injuries on his legs became increasingly severe, to the point that they gradually began to affect Jia Tianyu's mobility.
But Xiao Yan was not having an easy time either. The constant attacks consumed a great deal of Xiao Yan's Dou Qi and soul power; if this continued, he really might be worn down by Jia Tianyu's war of attrition.
Thinking of this, a look of ferocity flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes. The bow in his hand also stopped.
"What, can't shoot anymore, kid?" Noticing Xiao Yan stop, Jia Tianyu also stopped and said with a hint of mockery.
Xiao Yan did not continue to be angry; he said in a low voice: "As you wish, if this continues, the one who loses will only be me. However, I am not without any options, it's just that for the next move, even I do not have the certainty of being able to fully control it. I will ask one more time, how about a draw?"
"Hehe, what a joke. You want a draw with just empty words; do you think that's possible?" Although he felt that Xiao Yan was not bluffing, Jia Tianyu still spoke stubbornly.
*Hoo*, exhaling a deep breath of turbid air, Xiao Yan said: "Since that is the case, then I wish you good luck, Senior!"
After speaking, Xiao Yan dissipated the fire bow in his hand, and the Flame Emperor Armor on his left arm also gradually changed color, from the initial cyan-red dual color to a pure red, composed entirely of pure Volcanic Stone Flame.
On the other side, a new cyan-red dual-colored fire bow formed again. Although it seemed no different from the original, even Jia Tianyu, who was far away, and the group of people including Xiao Zhan watching from even further away, could clearly feel a destructive aura completely different from before emanating from the flame bow.
The moment he felt this aura, the hairs on Jia Tianyu's body stood on end, and an unprecedented fear enveloped his heart. He could even clearly feel his heart thumping in his chest due to fear! But the changes did not stop there.
What—was that? Jia Tianyu and everyone else's eyes were drawn to Xiao Yan's left hand. There was no overly powerful aura there, yet something beyond common sense was happening.
It was seen that the Flame Emperor left arm armor originally attached to Xiao Yan suddenly separated from Xiao Yan's body. Not only that, it autonomously condensed a crimson flame giant bow, and drawing the bow and nocking the arrow happened in one smooth motion—it was exactly Xiao Yan's self-created Dou Technique, Crimson Flame Arrow!
But the problem was that the Flame Emperor Armor itself was a Dou Technique! One Dou Technique using another Dou Technique! What kind of joke is this! Jia Tianyu shouted silently in his heart.
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