Chapter 462: One Against Four

When Gu Qingyang and the four stopped their figures, it was clear that a few deep footprints had been added to the ground.

"What a great strength!" Gu Qingyang and the four also practiced body-tempering Dou Techniques. In the past, when fighting with others, they had taken quite a few advantages because of their physical strength, but today they actually suffered a loss in this regard.

The people in the square saw Xiao Yan actually repel Gu Qingyang and the four in one blow, and were suddenly shocked. These were four Half-Saint-level experts! Their joint efforts in strength were actually not as good as Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan wouldn't be from the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, right! But even if it were a Void Ancient Dragon, it wouldn't have such great strength, right!

At this time, there was a lot of discussion in the square. After all, they had only heard about it before, but now they saw Xiao Yan's strength with their own eyes.

Gu Qingyang and the four looked at each other, then waved the long spears in their hands toward Xiao Yan again. However, this time the attack angle was extremely tricky, and every place was a dead point.

However, they clearly underestimated Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan seemed to have eyes all over his body. No matter how tricky the attack angle was, it would be easily pushed away by him.

Xiao Yan was like a stubborn stone, no matter what kind of wind and rain he experienced, he just stood still.

Gu Qingyang and the four saw that they couldn't take down Xiao Yan for a long time, and their speed became even faster. The long spears danced like dragons, creating streaks of afterimages.

At this time, the figures of Gu Qingyang and the four could no longer be seen in the field, because their speed had reached the extreme.

However, they were fast, but Xiao Yan was faster. The shield in his hand blocked all attacks, without revealing a single gap. Looking at it, Xiao Yan seemed to be covered by a golden round cover.

Gu Qingyang and the four saw that they couldn't take down Xiao Yan, and withdrew the long spears in their hands. They also understood that Xiao Yan's physical body was extremely terrifying, and fighting Xiao Yan in close quarters was looking for trouble.

Plus Xiao Yan's soul perception was extremely keen, no matter how tricky the attack angle was, he could detect it in the first time. Therefore, even if Gu Qingyang and the four besieged Xiao Yan for a lifetime, it would be very difficult to break his defense.

The first round of fighting could be considered a draw. Gu Qingyang and the four didn't break Xiao Yan's defense, and Xiao Yan didn't cause any harm to Gu Qingyang and the four.

However, this was only what the Gu Clan elders and Gu Qingyang and the four thought. Others wouldn't see it this way.

Because at this time, Xiao Yan was not red-faced and breathless, still standing in the center of the square without moving. On the contrary, Gu Qingyang and the others shed quite a lot of sweat. Therefore, in this round, Gu Qingyang and the four actually lost.

"Damn! Is this Xiao Yan still human?" Soul Cliff saw Xiao Yan was so powerful, and four Half-Saint-level experts couldn't take down Xiao Yan even with a siege, and directly exploded with foul language. His cultivation talent in the Soul Clan was already not low, how could he be nothing compared to Xiao Yan! At this time, many young people of the Eight Ancient Clans began to feel inferior and became somewhat unconfident. After all, a person born in a barren place in the Northwest Continent, with no resources and no cultivation methods, could practice to this extent. What did they have that they practiced to this extent?

Because it was not just one person who thought so, they all began to look at each other, feeling that they couldn't go out in the future. Embarrassing! What kind of shitty genius were they in front of Xiao Yan!

However, some people with firm will adjusted their mentality immediately. As for those with poor will, it would probably be very difficult to make progress in the future. After all, at the Dou Zun level, mentality was very important. If even they doubted themselves, how could they improve?

Gu Qingyang and the four saw that they didn't take down Xiao Yan, and didn't feel discouraged. The four looked at each other, nodded, withdrew their long spears, and began to quickly pinch the seals.

As the four people's movements continued, they quickly condensed energy handprints in front of them, then quickly superimposed them.

"The Emperor Seal Art?" Seeing the four of them begin to execute their Dou Technique, Xiao Yan took a brief look and knew exactly what they were using.

The Emperor Seal Art is an Earth-Tier Advanced Dou Technique created by an ancient Dou Di of the Gu Clan. It consists of five forms: the Mountain Opening Seal, the Sea Turning Seal, the Earth Covering Seal, the Heaven Annihilating Seal, and the Ancient Emperor Seal. Each seal is interconnected and can be stacked upon one another. Once successfully executed, it possesses the power to overturn rivers and seas, to swallow the heavens and devour the earth, with a might approaching that of a Heaven-Tier Dou Technique. "Brother Xiao Yan, be careful! This isn't just a simple stacking of the five seals!" Seeing Gu Qingyang and the other three begin to use the Emperor Seal Art, Xun Er felt worried once again.

Xiao Yan naturally sensed the anomaly. Under normal circumstances, it was estimated that only Gu Qingyang could manage a five-seal stack, but now Gu Xing, Gu Hua, and even Gu Yao were using it, which was somewhat unbelievable.

Four palm-sized energy handprints rapidly condensed in front of Gu Qingyang and the others. Each energy handprint possessed an aura capable of destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth.

The space surrounding the energy handprints shattered completely, revealing pitch-black spatial cracks, and the adamantine stones on the square were cracked directly by this terrifying pressure.

The onlookers on the square were also left breathless by the pressure emitted by these four energy handprints.

"Xiao Yan, take this!" After condensing his energy handprint, Gu Qingyang's face turned deathly pale, showing that the five-seal stack was no small burden for him.

As Gu Qingyang's voice fell, Gu Xing and the other two also slammed their condensed energy handprints toward Xiao Yan.

In an instant, four energy handprints struck toward Xiao Yan from four directions simultaneously. Xiao Yan had no choice but to take them head-on; there was no way to dodge.

Facing the energy handprints flying across space, Xiao Yan moved his hands rapidly up and down. A golden ball of light condensed swiftly between his palms, with four golden dragons darting rapidly inside.

"Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms!"

Xiao Yan slammed his hands out, and the four golden giant dragons flew directly out of the golden ball of light, each flying toward one of the four energy handprints.

"Boom!" The energy handprints collided with the golden giant dragons, instantly stirring up ripples of force. The ripples expanded rapidly, and upon contacting the ground, they carved a deep trench into it.

"Activate the defensive array!" The elders watching the battle saw that it was becoming increasingly intense; if this continued, the square would likely be gone.

Accompanied by the activation of the array, a golden light barrier formed rapidly, firmly enclosing the entire square. When the terrifying ripples of force touched the barrier, they caused ripples to spread before vanishing.

This array was left behind by a Dou Di and was usually used to defend the Ancient Saint City. However, since this was the Gu Clan's martial arts arena, it would be opened when battles were particularly intense.

Of course, the array could not be opened casually; at the very least, the attack intensity had to reach the Dou Sheng level.

The four golden giant dragons and the four golden handprints were seen stalemated in mid-air, neither able to overcome the other.

Seeing this, Gu Qingyang and the others were somewhat shocked. Four Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques executed simultaneously could not overcome Xiao Yan; this was truly unbelievable.

However, since it had reached this point, for the sake of the Gu Clan's reputation, they could not afford to lose. Gu Qingyang and the others poured their Dou Qi into the energy handprints one after another to increase their power.

(End of chapter)