Chapter 36: Nalan Yanran Defeated

Nalan Yanran stabbed at Xiao Yan with her sword again. Facing the incoming precious sword, Xiao Yan was unhurried, repeating the move just now, wanting to knock Nalan Yanran away. But when Xiao Yan slashed at Nalan Yanran, it was like slashing at air; Nalan Yanran's figure touched and dissipated. It turned out to be an afterimage.

"Flying Willow Body Technique: Xuan-tier Intermediate Dou Technique. Moving with an elegant body technique produces afterimages!"

Nalan Yanran tapped her feet lightly on the ground, and her body danced in the air like a willow catkin. The precious sword in her hand danced constantly in the air, attacking Xiao Yan, her speed getting faster and faster.

Xiao Yan had no body technique Dou Technique. Facing Nalan Yanran's storm-like attacks, he only had the ability to parry and no power to counterattack.

Seeing Nalan Yanran occupy the upper hand, Ge Ye on the platform felt his heart gradually settle. Although Xiao Yan's defense was airtight, long-term defense would eventually lead to a mistake, and defeat was only a matter of time.

Would Xiao Yan really be defeated? Of course not! Although Nalan Yanran's attacks were airtight, Xiao Yan parried them with ease. Even if Nalan Yanran attacked for a whole day, she wouldn't be able to hurt him in the slightest. However, Xiao Yan didn't want to be beaten passively all the time. After blocking one of Nalan Yanran's attacks again, Xiao Yan stomped his feet fiercely on the ground, instantly opening the distance between the two. He swung a palm at Nalan Yanran with his left hand, and a fierce gale emerged from his palm, attacking Nalan Yanran fiercely.

"Hmph! I haven't lost yet. I, Nalan Yanran, will not lose!" Nalan Yanran wiped the blood from her mouth, her entire body wrapped in cyan Dou Qi, energy surging around her, and circles of light cyan ripples emitted from her body. She moved her sword upward, aiming at Xiao Yan. Sunlight gathered on the long sword, and the blade shone with light like the sun. The energy reached its peak state, the sunlight on the sword increased again, the sword aura obscured the sunlight, and the energy erupted, as if descending from the sky. A strong sword aura swept toward Xiao Yan.

The strong light produced by "Wind Extreme: Sunset Shine" made Xiao Yan's eyes unable to open, but he didn't take it to heart.

Ge Ye on the high platform to the left sighed deeply, his face looking extremely ugly.

"Hahaha! You were the ones who came to the Xiao Family to cancel the engagement with me, and now that you've lost, you want to walk away. And you say I'm too much! Who is the one being too much!" Xiao Yan said with a cold smile.

"What? How could Yanran force the use of this move? This is too reckless! The Sect Master is also... why teach this move to Yanran so early? This is a Dou Technique that requires at least the Dou Shi level to barely perform! Forcibly performing such a high-level Dou Technique will cause serious internal injuries to the body, and if it's not handled well, it will affect her future potential!" Seeing Nalan Yanran actually use the Yunlan Sect's signature Dou Technique, Ge Ye felt worried. Losing was just losing face, but if the body was injured, it would affect her future potential.

Hearing the Great Elder's shout, the crowd quickly dispersed outward. Watching the excitement was one thing, but if they lost their lives, who would watch?

Xiao Yan's hands also lifted slowly and unconsciously, palms facing each other, forming a circle, with the height level with his navel. His left palm faced down, his right palm faced up, and his hands crossed each other, forming a Taiji fish shape. His hands slowly separated to the left and right, like drawing a flat circle arc.

As Xiao Yan's movements continued, a huge, slowly rotating Taiji pattern finally formed before him. As the Taiji pattern rotated, the energy of heaven and earth frantically gathered toward it.

"Forget it! If Yan'er has no way to block it, I will have to discard this old face to stop this fight."

"We lost this fight!" Ge Ye said with difficulty, speaking words that were hard to say. After all, he had taken the initiative to help Nalan Yanran; if he didn't admit defeat, it wouldn't be right.

Xiao Yan only used the ordinary version of Dou Zhuan Xing Yi; he was afraid that using the strengthened version would directly beat Nalan Yanran to death.

Xiao Yan's Cloud-Parting Palm had already reached the threshold of an Earth-tier Dou Technique, while the Dou Technique Nalan Yanran used was only Xuan-tier Intermediate, naturally incomparable to Xiao Yan's.

Just when everyone thought it was about to end, the Taiji pattern flared with light, and an even sharper sword aura swept toward Nalan Yanran.

Ge Ye on the platform could no longer sit still. At this moment, Nalan Yanran was at the end of her rope; how could she block this terrifying attack? Ge Ye flashed rapidly, reaching Nalan Yanran in an instant. His eagle-claw-like hands curled together fiercely, and cyan Dou Qi gathered in his eagle claws. A small sword aura formed; although this sword aura was small, its power was not to be underestimated.

"Young man! It is better to forgive when you can; don't go too far!" Ge Ye said.

"Wind Extreme: Sunset Shine!"

"Did Miss Nalan forget the bet? You want to let it go after insulting someone? Where in the world is there such a cheap thing!" Seeing Ge Ye wanting to take Nalan Yanran away, Xiao Yan said.

"I'll be damned! How is this move of Nalan Yanran's so similar to the scene where Di Guihai Yidao uses the Tyrant Blade in 'The World's Number One'! Pfft pfft pfft! If he is a blade, then wouldn't I be Eunuch Cao! But this Cloud-Parting Palm of mine is really like Eunuch Cao's! It doesn't seem like it, it's exactly the same! Should I step back? Restore the scene?" Seeing the Dou Technique Nalan Yanran used, it was quite beautiful, and Xiao Yan couldn't help but think to himself.

"Cloud-Parting Palm!"

"What kind of Dou Technique is this again? How are these two more terrifying than the other! Is this still a Dou Zhe? Even if you said they were Great Dou Masters, people would believe it!"

"Wind Spirit Split-Form Sword!"

However, Xiao Yan did not retreat, but Nalan Yanran was shaken back several steps, blood spilled from the corner of her mouth again, and she knelt on one knee on the ground, supporting herself with her sword, with a painful expression on her face.

Under the gaze of everyone, the sword light in the sky began to come into contact with the Taiji before Xiao Yan, and the sword aura was swallowed by the Taiji pattern without any accident.

Xiao Zhan and Ge Ye looked at the two people below the platform, feeling incomparably nervous, both ready to rescue the two at any time.

"Dou Zhuan Xing Yi!"

Nalan Yanran felt that this strike of Xiao Yan's was extraordinary. The long sword in her hand suddenly trembled rapidly, and then moved slowly. Every time the long sword moved a bit, it would leave behind a sword-shaped afterimage that looked like substance.

At this moment, Xiao Zhan on the high platform felt the power of Nalan Yanran's move and his face changed drastically, his heart beginning to worry about Xiao Yan.

"Sigh! How am I going to explain this to the Sect Master when I go back!" Ge Ye sighed deeply. He had felt that Xiao Yan was not simple just now, but he didn't expect him to be truly this powerful.

"Hurry and disperse!" The Great Elder shouted on the high platform. He also didn't expect that two people who were only Dou Zhe could cause such momentum. There were quite a few people below the platform who hadn't even reached Dou Zhe! If they were affected by the aftermath, wouldn't they be smashed to pieces?

The two sword auras collided, instantly producing huge energy, causing the surrounding air to fluctuate violently. The huge blue stone ground was instantly hit with a huge pit by these two sword auras, and the soil in the pit was shattered.

Ge Ye helped Nalan Yanran up. At this moment, Nalan Yanran had exhausted all her strength and couldn't even stand up.

"You lost!" Xiao Yan said indifferently, seeing Nalan Yanran not getting up for a long time.

Xiao Zhan jumped in front of Xiao Yan in a flash, blocking the aftermath for Xiao Yan.

"Is your Xiao Family determined to go against our Yunlan Sect?" Seeing Xiao Yan being relentless, Ge Ye directly brought up the Yunlan Sect, but these words were mainly directed at Xiao Zhan.

Sure enough, Xiao Zhan sighed deeply when he heard the three words "Yunlan Sect" and said helplessly to Xiao Yan: "Forget it! Yan'er!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 37 =====