Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"I'm only five years older than him, so I can still pursue him!"

Hearing her younger sister's words, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but sigh and rub her forehead. She felt helpless. She really couldn't understand Shui Yue'er's infatuated personality. They were clearly sisters, so how could Shui Yue'er be so infatuated?

boom--

Xiao Yan's fair fist collided with Hu Yanluo's fist, which was the size of a casserole dish, once again. An invisible force spread rapidly outwards from them.

The next moment, the two colleagues jumped backward, creating distance between them.

“In close combat alone, I’m definitely no match for you,” Hu Yanluo said in a deep voice after landing. “But, I am, after all, a level 47 Soul Master. Next, I will use my fourth Soul Skill to defeat you head-on.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Yanluo's fourth spirit ring shone, and the granite arena beneath his feet suddenly shattered. Then, the broken stones adhered to his body one by one.

As the stones were gradually piled up, Hu Yanluo's height gradually increased from 2.5 meters to 5 meters. Except for his face, which was still exposed, the rest of his body was covered by granite.

"Earth Armor, that's the name I gave to my fourth soul skill," Hu Yanluo said calmly, opening his mouth. "Perhaps it's a mutation of the soul skill, or perhaps it's my own special nature, but the soul ring provided by the same soul beast has mutated on me. Although it's a bit frustrating that I can't show this soul skill in the Soul Master Competition, now seems to be a good opportunity."

Looking at the five-meter-tall stone man, Xiao Yan's eyes flashed slightly. Instantly, a giant fire rhinoceros took shape and charged towards Hu Yanluo. As it approached him, it exploded, scattering flames everywhere. Hu Yanluo was completely engulfed by the flames.

However, the flames quickly dissipated... or rather, went out, pressed to the ground by an invisible force of gravity, and then died out without a sound, just like the purple flames that had been extinguished at the beginning. Similarly, Hu Yanluo's face was covered by granite.

"Will your future fourth soul skill pierce through this rock armor?" Feng Xiaotian nudged Yu Tianxin from below the stage and asked.

Perhaps it should be called luck, but the first five or even the first six soul skills of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master are exactly the same. Once you have seen the skills of one Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master, you can deal with the soul skills of all Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters.

'...I think it's unlikely.'

Looking at the rock armor on the stage, which was completely unharmed in the explosion, Yu Tianxin responded in a low voice.

End of Chapter 82

'Its defensive power is approaching that of a Great Dou Master's Dou Qi armor,' Xiao Yan added in his mind, glancing at the rubble beneath Hu Yanluo's feet. 'It also seems to have the ability to infinitely repair itself before its soul power is exhausted.'

"The defensive power of your Earth Armor is already close to that of other defensive-type Soul Masters' fifth Soul Skill, right?"

"That's right, the defensive power of the fifth soul skill of my clan is only about the same as mine."

Faced with Xiao Yan's question, Hu Yanluo opened his mask and said in a deep voice, "After activating my fourth soul skill, in addition to my defense being close to that of a Soul King's fifth soul skill, my attack power and speed have also doubled. If you don't plan to give up now, you'd better tell your principal to pay attention to your physical condition."

Faced with Hu Yanluo's reminder, which was half threatening and half well-intentioned, Xiao Yan smiled brightly.

"It's alright. I'll just exchange one punch with you. If I can't break your defense, I'll just admit defeat."

"...Do you need some time to prepare?" Hu Yanluo felt that Xiao Yan was probably ready to admit defeat and that this was just a face-saving gesture, so after a brief silence, he asked.

“There’s no need for that,” Xiao Yan waved his hand and reminded, “This is my self-created soul skill, so you’d better be careful.”

Although he wanted to tell Hu Yanluo to be more fully prepared, seeing that all four of Hu Yanluo's spirit rings were lit up, clearly indicating that he had activated all his spirit skills, all he could say was "Be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan rushed towards Hu Yanluo.

Facing Xiao Yan rushing towards him, Hu Yanluo did not hesitate for a moment, and his right fist, which was filled with a boulder, suddenly attacked Xiao Yan.

Hu Yanluo wasn't lying. This fourth soul skill not only strengthened his defense but also increased his attack and speed. This punch even brought a strong wind pressure.

The wind blew down the stray hairs on Xiao Yan's forehead, revealing a pair of calm black eyes.

Without dodging, Xiao Yan clenched his right fist, his body slightly bent, like a beast poised to pounce. In a moment of silence, his right fist shot out like an arrow, smashing fiercely towards the giant rock fist.

Seeing that Xiao Yan seemed to be really prepared to go head-to-head with Hu Yanluo, who had activated his fourth soul skill, Huo Hao, the host and referee, twitched slightly. In an instant, his martial soul was activated, and he made up his mind that as soon as Xiao Yan showed a trace of pain, he would directly save Xiao Yan.

"Eight Extremes Collapse!"

A deep, muffled shout echoed in his mind, and Xiao Yan's right fist, under Huo Hao's tense gaze, clashed fiercely with Hu Yanluo's rocky fist.

"boom!"

Two fists of vastly different proportions met in mid-air. After a brief silence, a crack appeared on the rock fist, which then gradually widened.

"Could it be?!" Huo Hao stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Xiao Yan remained calm, but with a sudden jerk of his arm, he pushed his fist forward slightly, and the massive granite armor instantly shattered. Then, Hu Yanluo's enormous body was sent flying like a leaf in a whirlwind, landing outside the arena amidst countless horrified gazes.

Upon seeing this, Huo Hao's pupils constricted, and he couldn't help but gasp.

Although he was mentally prepared when he saw the cracks on the Fist of Rock, he still found it hard to believe when he actually saw the more than five-meter-tall rock armor shatter completely and Hu Yanluo, who was more than two meters tall, being knocked away.

"You flatter me."

Seeing Hu Yanluo standing up with a blank expression on his face below the stage, Xiao Yan smiled slightly.

As the fighting technique that Xiao Yan is most familiar with, he can perfectly control the strength of the Eight Extremes Collapse. Just like this time, the burst of dark energy only stripped Hu Yanluo of his rock armor, without causing any damage to Hu Yanluo's body.

After confirming that he had no injuries, Hu Yanluo, like the others, turned his gaze, which had been that of someone looking at a monster, towards Xiao Yan on the arena.

Perhaps only Xiao Yan understood what had happened, but everyone else saw Hu Yanluo, who was as big as a giant, and heard Hu Yanluo's brief description of his fourth soul skill. At that time, everyone thought that the outcome of this battle was already obvious.

In fact, there was no need for much speculation. However, the winner was not Hu Yanluo, whose soul power level was close to that of a Soul King and who had used his fourth soul skill, as everyone thought. Instead, it was Xiao Yan, who seemed to have no chance of winning.

The most outrageous thing is that Hu Yanluo's confident fourth soul skill shattered completely after taking only one punch from Xiao Yan.

"You said before that your fourth soul skill might not be able to directly penetrate Hu Yanluo's soul skill?" Feng Xiaotian asked blankly.

"It seems so..." The shock that Xiao Yan's punch shattered Hu Yanluo's fourth soul skill was unimaginable to Yu Tianxin. When asked about Feng Xiaotian's subconscious question, he blankly responded with three words and then fell into confusion.

How did you do that?

As if sensing their confusion and bewilderment, Huyan Luo suddenly asked, "Soul Bone?"

"No, it's more like a special way of using soul power," Xiao Yan said after thinking for a second. He shrugged. "If you want to learn, I can teach you."

"what?"

Everyone stared in disbelief at Xiao Yan on the stage, who had just uttered a sentence that was hard to believe was true.

……

Blazing Fire Academy.

Ten days have passed since the Five Elements Academy Exchange Meeting began.

On this day, the weather was fine and the sun was shining brightly, a perfect day for reading or a leisurely nap. Carrying the last book he hadn't read in the Blazing Fire Academy's library, Xiao Yan went to the back mountain of the Blazing Fire Academy. After choosing a cool spot, he sat down comfortably, preparing to spend a day thoroughly studying the book.

"Xiao Yan! Where are you? Xiao Yan!"

"Xiao Yan, come out here and continue training with me!"

Not long after he sat down, a series of shouts suddenly came from afar, and the noise immediately dampened Xiao Yan's interest in reading.

"here."

When the two approached the tree where he was, Xiao Yan casually called out.

"Why did you get up in the tree?" Huo Wushuang looked up and saw Xiao Yan sitting on a branch. "You... never mind, we've both practiced enough, let's test our progress?"

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, as the top students of their respective grades, came to the back mountain of Blazing Fire Academy specifically to capture Xiao Yan and have him verify the success of their training. The training material was naturally the technique of igniting soul power that Xiao Yan had previously taught them.

"Please spare me, this is the last book, and I was hoping to finish reading it properly," Xiao Yan sighed helplessly.

Over the course of more than ten days, Xiao Yan taught the technique of detonating soul power to all students. Now, in the five academies, students who meet the physical requirements have basically mastered this technique. However, due to differences in their proficiency and understanding, the power they use varies greatly.

However, this was not the reason why Xiao Yan refused. The real reason Xiao Yan did not want to accept the results was—

Regardless of the attribute of each person's martial soul, whether it is fire, water, wind, or lightning, Xiao Yan was already tired of seeing the effects of their soul power after the "explosion".

He had initially thought that different martial souls would produce different effects, but now it seems that what ultimately matters is the attribute of each martial soul, just like his own fire attribute. In this way, Xiao Yan has basically determined the soul power characteristics of these five martial souls, so he naturally has no interest in testing them a thousand times.

"Alright, alright, this is the last time, hurry up and get down."

Having witnessed Xiao Yan's transformation from initial enthusiasm to confusion, and finally to disdain, Huo Wu naturally understood his thoughts: "After today, no one will come looking for you."

"So you're finally willing to help me get rid of Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Yu Tianxin, and Feng Xiaotian?" Upon hearing Huo Wu's words, Xiao Yan perked up again, jumped down from the tree, and asked with shining eyes.

"The exchange meeting doesn't end for another three days, how can we possibly kick them out now?" Huo Wushuang smiled helplessly. "Come on, take a look at mine first."

Before Xiao Yan could say, "If I don't drive them away, how can you guarantee no one will come looking for me after today?" Huo Wushuang punched the tree where Xiao Yan had been sitting.

Bang!

With a muffled thud, the fist struck the tree trunk, leaving a crater and several cracks spreading out from the small pit created by the fist.

Boom!

No sooner had the first muffled thud ended than another, somewhat peculiar muffled thud came from the tree trunk.

Then, the tree trunk suddenly split open from the middle, and tiny flames began to spread from the broken part of the trunk.

"Isn't this exactly the same?" Xiao Yan sighed. "Don't subconsciously bring out the characteristics of your martial soul. The key to the technique of detonating soul power is not the detonation itself, but the ability to control and conceal that wisp of soul power!"

Huo Wushuang's martial soul is similar to that of Liu Erlong, one of the women in the Golden Iron Triangle; it is a fire dragon. However, in addition to flames, Huo Wushuang's fire dragon martial soul also has the characteristic of 'explosion,' a characteristic that allows him to make his own flames explode at any time.

Because of this characteristic, Huo Wushuang is exceptionally gifted in detonating soul power, and the power of his soul power explosion is almost comparable to Xiao Yan's. However, he is quite bad at concealing his abilities, and can even be described as having no talent at all. It is unknown whether his martial soul affects his soul power or his soul power affects his martial soul.

"Just tell me how powerful it is!" Huo Wushuang ignored Xiao Yan's criticism and said with a hint of pride.

"?"

Xiao Yan sensed something was wrong. Although Huo Wushuang was quite stubborn, she had been listening carefully to his criticisms these past few days and learning from them—though it hadn't been very helpful. But this proud demeanor was unlike anything Huo Wushuang would have shown.

“Huyan Luo and the others haven’t been paying attention to this side, so we can talk now.” Before Xiao Yan could release his spiritual power, Huo Wu suddenly spoke up.

"Huyan Luo... are they still keeping an eye on the two of you?" Xiao Yan sighed helplessly.

"I reckon they'll be keeping an eye on us until the conference ends, or even until they know you've left," Huo Wushuang said, shrugging as he dropped his arrogant demeanor.

"So... why did you do it in the first place?"

Nine days ago, when Xiao Yan defeated Hu Yanluo and achieved a sixteen-game winning streak, the principals of various academies went up to the arena to present Xiao Yan with prizes: a spirit fruit from Thunder Academy, a piece of Xuanbing from Tianshui Academy, a piece of exotic wood from Shenfeng Academy, a spirit stone from Blazing Fire Academy, and a soul bone from Elephant Armor Academy, one of which was a skull soul bone!

When Huyan Zhen handed him the soul bone, Xiao Yan clearly felt the breathing around him suddenly become heavier, and the eyes of the people around him became more intense. Although Xiao Yan had no interest in a head soul bone that was less than ten thousand years old, he could understand that the others did not think the same way, so he spoke up at that moment:

"How about... Principal Huyan, you change the prize?"

"Are you looking down on me, Huyan Zhen?" Huyan Zhen, who was much taller than Huyan Luo and estimated to be close to four meters tall, was immediately displeased and said in a low voice, "Do you think that my Elephant Armor Sect is a sect that is not even willing to pay the stakes?"

“But…” Xiao Yan was extremely embarrassed.

"Alright, take it now. I, Huyan Zhen, am a man who accepts his losses!" Huyan Zhen appeared quite magnanimous, but his dark face made it impossible to tell whether he was genuinely indifferent or heartbroken.

Even though he felt incredibly disgusted, Xiao Yan could only force a smile and accept the soul bone that Hu Yanzhen had handed him, since Hu Yanzhen had already said so.

However, thinking about Hu Yanluo's behavior during this period and recalling the situation at that time, Xiao Yan wondered if he had made a few more excuses back then, and Hu Yanzhen would have gone along with it and taken back the soul bone.

"People from the Elephant Armor Sect are all like this. On the surface, they are incredibly generous, as if they can lose anything but face. But everyone knows that they are stingy to the extreme," Huo Wu said, pursing her lips. "They keep accounts for everything, even grains, oils, rice, and flour, for fear of missing even half a pound or ounce. Not to mention treasures like soul bones."

Xiao Yan smiled helplessly and did not join Huo Wu in cursing the Elephant Armor Sect. Although he disliked the thousand-year-old soul bone, he had accepted it after all. If he joined in the cursing, it would seem like he was being hypocritical.