Chapter 183: Dangerous Things

Xiao Yan's brow furrowed tightly. The white light just now, in the eyes of others, might have been something like an Elixir or Secret Technique, but within the perception of Xiao Yan, whose Soul Force was powerful, he had sensed something different.

"Life and Death Gate, Life and Death Gate—can the world really have such a coincidence? That's way too fake." Ten thousand alpacas were already galloping through Xiao Yan's heart. If it really was such a coincidence, then regarding the choice he had made three years ago, Xiao Yan's intestines would have turned green with regret.

Very quickly, the wounds on Nalan Yanran's body had actually healed, and the speed of it made Xiao Yan feel shocked.

"If you're thinking of defeating me by trading injury for injury, then you are bound to lose without a doubt." Nalan Yanran raised her head to look at Xiao Yan in mid-air, her gaze serious as she spoke.

Xiao Yan's brow furrowed tightly as he asked: "Did you obtain that power from the Life and Death Gate?"

As if she had long seen through that Xiao Yan would be interested in this power, Nalan Yanran smiled and said: "Want to know? If you can defeat me, I'll tell you."

Xiao Yan's face instantly changed, a dangerous glint flashing through his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Arousing my Battle Intention is a very dangerous thing."

"Then let life and death be as the heavens decree."

The moment the words fell, on the vast bluestone Guang Chang, tyrannical Dou Qi and sharp sword aura violently shot out from the field without stop, leaving clear, visible deep marks on the hard boards around.

Everyone present was holding their breath at this moment, their gazes moving along with the flickering shifts of those two faintly visible figures. The increasingly intense and white-hot Battle had many people's hearts lodged in their throats as they watched the fiery Battle between the two sides.

No one present could have predicted which direction the Battle would develop toward.

Those who had originally thought Xiao Yan would win were dumbfounded—they hadn't expected that Nalan Yanran had actually obtained Yun Potian's inheritance from the Life and Death Gate!

Those who had originally thought that such a Nalan Yanran would win were also dumbfounded—they hadn't expected that Xiao Yan, an Alchemist, would actually be this strong, able to use the Heavenly Flame and Soul Force to a miraculous degree, causing Nalan Yanran, who wielded the wind attribute, to suffer setback after setback in her attacks.

That Alchemist Xiao Yan, who in their impression should have collapsed at the slightest touch, possessed an even more terrifying physical strength. Relying on extremely fierce close-quarters Battle and the air superiority of EagleWings, he actually showed signs of faintly pressing Nalan Yanran down by a head in his offensive, which truly left the Yun Lan Sect Disciples who had originally thought victory was in their hands somewhat dumbstruck.

The attacks between the two in the field grew increasingly sharp and perilous. Xiao Yan, who had at first only intended to play around with Nalan Yanran, gradually became serious, and his attacks grew increasingly lethal.

When Nalan Yanran in the field consecutively unleashed several Mystic Rank Dou Ji, yet all of them were still secretly withstood by Xiao Yan using the Heavenly Flame, the expressions of the Yun Lan Sect Elders on the Stone Platform finally began to show a hint of unease.

The several Dou Techniques that Nalan Yanran had displayed belonged, within the Yun Lan Sect, to the type that was profound and quite difficult to Cultivate, and their power was also not small.

With Nalan Yanran's strength, even if her opponent were a high-level Dou Ling, it would be impossible for them to withstand the display of these several Dou Techniques so effortlessly.

"Yanran, who has obtained a Dou Zun's inheritance, has actually fallen into a disadvantage!" Yun Leng's heart was already shaken beyond measure.

Yun Potian was the Founder of the Yun Lan Sect, a Dou Zun powerhouse! Yun Leng had thought that the Yun Lan Sect, having obtained a Dou Zun's inheritance, would surely unify the entire northwest region, and even charge into Zhong Zhou to become a top-tier Faction, and even felt that Nalan Yanran had the ability to become a Dou Zun!

Yet now she was fighting Xiao Yan to a standstill!

The two figures, flashing and interweaving, touched and retreated once again. Accompanied by the sound of energy exploding, the two figures each skidded back over ten meters across the ground.

When the dust settled, the figures of Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran finally appeared clearly under everyone's gaze. Looking at the state of the two, everyone was stunned.

Xiao Yan's expensive robe was already in tatters, and crisscrossing sword scars had appeared all over his body. Beneath those deep sword scars, many of the wounds had already scabbed over. Clearly, in that nearly frenzied close-quarters Battle earlier, facing Nalan Yanran's sword moves, he had not been completely suppressing her either.

Looking at Nalan Yanran in contrast, she was similarly somewhat out of sorts. Her originally neat moon-white robe and skirt now had quite a few places that had been scorched, with many parts of her body burned to the point of flesh splitting open. At her lower abdomen, a clear flame fist-print was distinctly visible, and some of her tied-up hair had actually been burned off!

Xiao Yan could truly be said to have shown no tenderness for the fairer sex whatsoever, going all out!

Nalan Yanran's gaze hardened. With a ripping sound, she tore off a piece of torn cloth from her skirt and re-tied her loose hair into a single ponytail.

"Nalan Yanran is about to use a killing move!" Hai Bodong's brow furrowed, for he could tell from Nalan Yanran's Spiritual Pressure.

In the center of the Guang Chang, Nalan Yanran suddenly opened her eyes. Her dress and skirt suddenly began to billow without wind, and as her black hair danced, the wind-attribute energy around her also began to surge at this moment like boiling water.

The Yun Lan Sect was situated above the clouds, and the wind-attribute energy here was naturally the most abundant. Rings of pale cyan, substantial ripples continuously spread out from within her body.

The black longsword slowly rose, aiming at Xiao Yan in the Sky. The longsword trembled slightly, and the sunlight in the Sky above suddenly condensed toward the direction of the longsword. In merely an instant, the light on the longsword surged dramatically, the dazzling brilliance resembling a second sun in the Sky.

"Xiao Yan, let's decide the victor."

Xiao Yan merely smiled faintly and said: "Then let's see what you've got."

Seeing the frenzied surging of the surrounding Heavenly Energy, Xiao Yan knew that Nalan Yanran was about to use an Earth-Rank Dou Technique. And Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong had also told him that the Yun Lan Sect possessed a great killing move, the Wind's Extreme sword technique, which was an Earth-Rank Dou Technique in name and reality, and the move that made all the surrounding empires wary of the Yun Lan Sect.

However, Xiao Yan was not wary, because it was only that the others did not have an Earth-Rank Dou Technique—he did.

"Wind's Extreme: Setting Sun Shine!"

As the crisp shout fell, the terrifying energy fluctuation finally erupted violently. A sharp sword Qi shot violently toward Xiao Yan, and under the pressure of that sharp sword Qi, the hard floor actually cracked open with fissures that stretched all the way to the end of the Guang Chang.

"Heavens, Yanran has actually Cultivated Setting Sun Shine to Minor Accomplishment!!" Ge Ye, watching from the side, exclaimed in shock.

"Then let me show you something too—Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler!"

The Xuan Zhong Ruler suddenly pointed toward Nalan Yanran opposite, whose Spiritual Pressure was as sharp as a sword. As Xiao Yan's clear voice rang out, the Heavenly Energy between the field instantly became extremely violent. A terrifying Fire Attribute Energy erupted at this moment, causing the expressions of the Elders on the referee's stand—even Dou Huang powerhouses like Yun Yun—to change drastically in an instant!

"It triggered a Spiritual Energy Fluctuation!! Is this an Earth-Rank Dou Technique?!!"

"And this fluctuation seems even higher in grade than Setting Sun Shine!!"

Wind's Extreme has two forms. The first form, Setting Sun Shine, can only be said to barely reach Earth-Rank, and cannot yet be considered an Earth-Rank Low-Level Dou Technique. The second form, Falling Kill, is the true Earth-Rank Dou Technique, so naturally Setting Sun Shine cannot compare to Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler.

(End of this chapter)