Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 560 The Final Battle, Begins

Xiao Yan was not as polite to Wang Chen as he was to Nalan Yanran. He easily defeated Wang Chen with a powerful flaming hand technique personally taught by Yao Lao.

However, because the battle between the two beauties was so captivating, no one paid attention to Xiao Yan's side.

It wasn't until Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan's results were decided that everyone's attention shifted to them, and they suddenly realized that Wang Chen had already been defeated, while the young man not far away didn't even have a speck of dirt on his clothes. The huge difference in strength was obvious at a glance.

With this, the finalists have been determined: Feng Qing'er from Fenglei Pavilion versus Chen Yan from Xingyun Pavilion... It's like a replay of events from several years ago!
However, the two of them are now vastly different in strength compared to the past.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a violent spatial fluctuation engulfed the two of them, and the light screen reflecting the battlefield shone brightly, causing people to unconsciously close their eyes.

A moment later, the bright light finally dissipated, and everyone opened their eyes again.

Looking up, one could see that the two light screens had merged into one, and in the image reflected in it, Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan stood on opposite sides, the atmosphere heavy with tension.

"Little Phoenix, don't hold back. There's no need to worry about the Ancient Celestial Phoenix being exposed. Go all out!"

Lin Yuan's gentle voice, tinged with anticipation, echoed in Feng Qing'er's heart.

With her worries completely dispelled, Feng Qing'er raised her beautiful eyes, glanced at Xiao Yan in front of her, and curled her lips into a cold smile.

"Chen Yan, I have been waiting for this day of revenge for a long time!"

"Hehe, to defeat me... I don't think you have that kind of strength." Xiao Yan calmly looked at Feng Qing'er, and the vast battle qi in his body suddenly surged up like an erupting volcano, its powerful aura soaring into the sky.

"Then let me let my strength speak for itself." Feng Qing'er's face grew even colder, and her beautiful eyes slowly closed.

"Very good, come on!"

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, his soft voice containing an unyielding and confrontational tone.

As Xiao Yan landed, Feng Qing'er suddenly opened her eyes.

At this moment, his eyes, which were as lively as autumn water, had turned into an eerie blue-silver color, and a chilling aura swept through the air!

The phoenix girl touched the ground with her toes and her body soared into the air.

In an instant, a deep blue whirlwind of battle aura suddenly erupted from it.

This battle aura storm was dozens of feet in size, and the terrifying energy pressure emanating from it tore the space apart, with dazzling nine-colored lightning flashing within it, and the rumbling sounds making people tremble.

However, when Xiao Yan tried to penetrate and investigate with his soul power, he unexpectedly discovered that there was a strange force hidden in the storm, which made it difficult for him to investigate clearly in a short time.

Upon realizing this, Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he became more vigilant—Feng Qing'er had clearly come prepared this time!

"Her cultivation level is indeed at the peak of the Dou Zong realm!"

"Her wind and thunder battle aura seems much stronger than last time, and it even has the scent of nine-colored pill thunder... Has it mutated?"

He was no stranger to the Wind and Thunder Battle Qi; he had seen it when they clashed in the previous tournament.

The perfect fusion of the wind's sharpness and the thunder's fury creates a power far beyond that of ordinary battle qi, comparable to most mutated battle qi, making it a trump card for fighting beyond one's level.

During the last Four Directions Pavilion Tournament, Xiao Yan possessed a different kind of fighting spirit, which only slightly surpassed Feng Qing'er's wind and thunder fighting spirit.

However, with the blessing of the Nine-Colored Thunder, the power of the Wind and Thunder Battle Qi now far surpasses that of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame Battle Qi.

"So that's how it is. Your Dou Qi mutated with high-grade Dan Lei?" Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow, clenched his fist, and the jet-black Xuan Heavy Ruler appeared. His arrogant voice resounded, "Your progress is indeed considerable, but I am far from what I was four years ago..."

Before he finished speaking, a glint of fire flashed in his eyes, and brownish-yellow battle qi surged forth, making the entire world scorching hot.

The two powerful auras collided and eroded each other, tearing open the space with dark cracks!

"A second-stage mutated battle qi?" Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, guessing with interest, "This flavor, is it the result of a second-stage mutation achieved through elixirs?"

"Hehe, you have a sharp eye, kid!" The old doctor chuckled and shrugged, confirming Lin Yuan's guess.

"Do you remember? After I was resurrected, I went to the Dan Tower."

"When Xuan Kongzi led you to the Thunder Realm for the conference, I was competing with Old Monster Hou in alchemy. In the end, of course, I won... And the Flame Demon Purifying Pill that Old Monster Hou refined, as well as the formula for this pill, are the spoils of war that I won!"

"Xiao Yanzi's fighting spirit was able to undergo a second mutation thanks to the Flame Demon Purifying Pill that Old Monster Hou refined back then."

"Hehe, in terms of the quality of his battle qi alone, his battle qi is comparable to the top ten different fire battle qi."

At this point, Yao Lao's calm voice couldn't help but reveal a hint of pride—Hou Laoguai was his old rival, someone he had always clashed with, and whose words were often unpleasant to hear. The first person he taught a lesson after his resurrection was Hou Laoguai, which was quite a satisfying thing.

"That did indeed happen." A look of realization dawned on Lin Yuan's face. "So that's how it is, it was the Flame Demon Purifying Pill!"

The Flame Demon Purifying Pill is an eighth-grade, nine-colored elixir of extremely high value. Fire-attribute cultivators who consume this pill have a certain chance of experiencing a mutation in their battle qi, thereby significantly increasing their combat power.

The mutation achieved with this level of elixir is naturally no ordinary item.

Xiao Yan's Wind Fury Dragon Flame Dou Qi was already quite impressive, ranking eighteenth among the different types of Dou Qi. On this basis, he underwent a second mutation using the Flame Demon Purifying Pill, making it comparable to the Wind and Thunder Dou Qi mutated by the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. This is not surprising.

"This pill is quite effective. We can refine a few when we get back... Little Fairy Doctor and I can leave aside for now, but Dan Chen and Xin Lan will definitely need it, as will Venerable Heavenly Fire."

Watching the two fighting, Lin Yuan stroked his chin and thought to himself.

While the two were exchanging words, Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan also ended their probing phase and began a continuous and intense exchange.

Within the massive storm, a colorful ribbon shot out, accompanied by a dazzling nine-colored lightning bolt. It then pierced through space, resembling a nine-colored thunderbolt, and struck down fiercely towards Xiao Yan's location.

The colorful silk ribbon, carrying lightning, moved at an incredibly fast speed, appearing in front of Xiao Yan in the blink of an eye!
Xiao Yan neither dodged nor evaded. He held the ruler horizontally in front of him with his right hand, and with his left hand he swiped the Xuanzhong Ruler. The scorching strange fire swirled around it, and the wide black ruler flickered with brownish-yellow flames.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the giant black ruler and the colorful silk suddenly collided.

"Keng——"

With a resounding clang, a metallic clang echoed across the vast expanse of heaven and earth.

The flames on the giant black ruler and the lightning on the colorful silk intertwined and eroded each other, producing a series of "bang bang bang" sounds, before finally canceling each other out.

"This power... is indeed remarkable, worthy of being a top-tier magical beast; her battle qi is also quite pure, quite pure, not inferior to mine in the slightest... It seems that her cultivation technique is also no less than the quasi-heavenly level Heavenly Capital Fire Scripture."

Having determined what he wanted to know, Xiao Yan no longer hesitated. With a swift movement of his foot, a shift of his body, and a twist of his hand, he channeled the fierce force of the colorful silk ribbon to the ground.

Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the ground from him.

At the same time, with a thought, several brownish-yellow fireballs instantly condensed and, with a wave of his hand, blasted towards the massive battle aura storm. However, the fireballs, only a few feet in size, were shattered the moment they came into contact with the battle aura whirlwind, which was dozens of feet in size.

"The Colorful Phoenix Pays Homage to the Origin!"

At the same time, Feng Qing'er's cold voice suddenly rang in Xiao Yan's ears.

With a series of whooshing sounds, streaks of colorful ribbons shot out from within the storm, sweeping towards Xiao Yan in an overwhelming manner.

"Fire Wind Steps!"

Gazing at the overwhelming colorful curtain, Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he unleashed his fully mastered mid-level Earth Rank movement technique.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, he used mysterious footwork and commanded the wind and fire elements of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame. He transformed into a brownish-yellow flame and flew out. Just as the many colorful ribbons were about to close in, he suddenly broke through the encirclement.

Upon seeing this, a cold snort also came from within the azure battle aura storm.

Immediately, the colorful silk ribbons trembled slightly, and like sentient colorful snakes, they quickly turned around and shot straight towards Xiao Yan's back.

Sensing the sound of wind breaking behind him, Xiao Yan moved and appeared dozens of feet away.

"laugh--"

However, the colorful silk ribbon flicked and flashed out again, shooting straight at Xiao Yan like a leech!
Xiao Yan constantly changed his form in the air, dodging the colorful ribbon attacks. At the same time, the vast Dou Qi within his body continuously gathered towards the Xuan Heavy Ruler and his palm.

Feng Qing'er optimized her battle tactics, dividing the colorful silk ribbons into waves that relentlessly attacked Xiao Yan.

As time went on, Feng Qing'er gradually figured out Xiao Yan's footwork patterns, and her attacks became increasingly fierce. As a result, Xiao Yan's situation became more and more dangerous, and the colorful silk containing fierce energy narrowly missed him several times.

However, the glint in Xiao Yan's dark eyes grew even brighter.

The power of counterattack has now been gathered!

Having narrowly avoided the colorful ribbons one last time, Xiao Yan stomped his foot on the void, his figure flashing to the front of the battle qi storm.

"Flame Devouring Wave Ruler!"

With a sharp shout, Xiao Yan swung down the giant ruler in his hand, which was overflowing with fiery light.

In an instant, a crimson beam shot out, expanding to tens of feet in size in a flash, and slashed at the huge blue battle aura storm.

The battle qi storm was instantly torn apart by this attack, and Feng Qing'er's figure reappeared in Xiao Yan's sight.

However, the confident smile on her lips made Xiao Yan's pupils shrink suddenly.

At this moment, Feng Qing'er used two fingers of her left hand as a bow, gathering the power of wind and thunder as an arrow, and a terrifying killing power had already been condensed. Obviously, one of her purposes in using the storm to cover her figure was to conceal her movements and wait for the best time to unleash a fatal blow.

That storm of fighting spirit was both a defense and a trap, and the continuous colorful ribbons were just a feint; the light arrow was the real killing move!
"Wind and Thunder Finger - Heavenly Punishment!"

The girl floated in the sky, her colorful dress fluttering, noble and proud. With a cold shout, she released the light arrow in her hand.

The nine-colored light arrow pierced the sky and shot towards Xiao Yan. The space in its path twisted and cracked, eventually collapsing into nothingness.

"Wind and Thunder Finger, the strongest killing technique of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, it is said to be even more powerful than the Wind Killing Finger." Seeing this scene, the crowd around the plaza outside gasped in astonishment, clearly having heard of this magnificent attack.

The speed of the nine-colored light arrow was terrifying, as if it pierced through space. In the blink of an eye, it appeared not far from Xiao Yan, and its aura locked onto Xiao Yan firmly.

However, Xiao Yan remained calm and extended his left palm from his sleeve.

In that instant, a surge of soul power quietly dissipated, and the light imprint that concealed the energy fluctuations within it reverberated with violent energy fluctuations.

Feng Qing'er wasn't the only one who wanted to attack when the battle qi whirlwind dissipated!
"Three Lights Seal Technique - Sun Seal!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yan's eyes sharpened, and with a flick of his wrist, he released the light and shadow on his left palm, directing it directly towards the seven-colored arrow of light.

"boom--"

Two high-level Earth-rank combat techniques collided violently in mid-air, unleashing a deafening roar.

The next instant, two crisp "crack" sounds rang out, and the light seal and light arrow that had collided violently shattered at the same time. Then, a terrifying energy storm swept out and engulfed the two figures under the tense gaze of everyone.

However, the terrifying energy storm was strangely trembling, and faint sounds of fists and feet clashing could be heard.

At the edge of the battlefield, the four Venerable Ones had finished discussing the basic matters of the annexation and were watching the decisive battle with great interest.

"They fought directly in the energy storm; these two juniors are quite extraordinary in physique."

Sword Venerable stroked his beard, watching the energy storm sweeping across the sky, sensing the movements emanating from it, his eyes flashing with undisguised surprise, clicking his tongue in amazement.

The others nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Fighting directly in the energy storm, even for several Dou Zun, would likely be difficult if they didn't protect their bodies with their Dou Qi!

On the other side, Lin Yuan and Yao Lao were able to clearly see the close-quarters combat amidst the storm.

"Body-refining fighting technique?" Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, looking amused. "No wonder you have so much confidence in Xiao Yan, senior. It turns out he has this kind of trump card... He can directly engage in hand-to-hand combat with Qing'er. His body-refining fighting technique must be at least at the mid-level of the Earth rank."

"Hehe, it's a high-level Earth-rank body-refining combat technique, Fire Element Golden Body." Old Yao smiled slightly and frankly told him.

"As expected of a senior, you actually managed to get your hands on this fighting technique."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, a hint of emotion in his eyes—this was a lost body-refining fighting technique, which, according to legend, could refine the body with strange fire and beast fire, and conversely enhance one's affinity for the fire element.

Overall, although this body-refining combat technique is difficult to cultivate and consumes a lot of resources, it is very suitable for alchemists with strong fire control abilities.

"It wasn't me who obtained it, but rather Xiao Yanzi who got it by chance." Yao Lao waved his hand, his voice filled with pride. "All I did was help him cultivate the Fire Element Golden Body to its peak after he returned to the Starfall Pavilion."

Using Lin Yuan as a perfect model, Yao Lao has significantly revised his plan for cultivating Xiao Yan in recent years, and naturally he would not leave out the crucial element of body tempering and fighting techniques.

Even if Xiao Yan didn't obtain the Fire Element Golden Body, he had already prepared another one.

Although it was difficult for Yao Lao, who had not yet been promoted to the ninth-rank Grandmaster, to obtain Heaven-level combat techniques and cultivation methods, obtaining techniques and combat methods below the Heaven-rank was not difficult for him.

In fact, during Xiao Yan's training trip, Yao Lao had already collected three high-level Earth-rank body-refining fighting techniques...

(End of this chapter)