(15) Don't Let the Battle Stop

Ling Quan was furious.

Xiao Yan, who clearly had a face even younger than his own, was now pointing and gesturing like a senior, completely disregarding Ling Quan.

What Ling Quan found even more unacceptable was that Xiao Yan really had the right to do that!

If Xiao Yan were not as strong as Ling Quan, Ling Quan would naturally laugh it off and not take him seriously at all, regarding him as nothing more than a clown; but now Xiao Yan's mere pressure is enough to make Ling Quan unable to bear it—now Ling Quan has become the clown.

"You only have two and a half years of cultivation time because you have three years in the Heavenly Tomb and half a year in the outside world! If I had two and a half years, I would have broken through to the Dou Zong long ago!" Ling Quan said through gritted teeth, his eyes bloodshot.

"With your talent, if you put in a little more effort..."

"Asshole!"

Ling Quan could no longer bear it. At this moment, the anger that had been suppressed to the extreme caused Ling Quan to unleash tremendous power, breaking through Xiao Yan's pressure and allowing him to attack Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised. His Dou Qi surged out, transforming into a Flame Great Hand, which slapped down Ling Quan, who was trying to rush over.

They buried it in the ground.

This looks much better.

Xiao Yan turned his gaze to Yang Hao, who had been drawn there by the oppressive aura, and the Dou Wang squad behind him, feeling that the scene was extremely familiar.

In Xiao Yan's perception, Yang Hao was also at the level of One-Star Dou Emperor, but compared to Ling Quan, his aura was more solid and more stable, indicating that he had broken through to the Dou Emperor level some time ago.

"You're here to gather herbs again?" Xiao Yan said, pursing his lips.

Yang Hao, with a gloomy face, pondered for a moment and felt that he would be no different from Ling Quan if he went up. So he gave up on standing up for Ling Quan and decided to act as a messenger, saying, "The commander is willing to give you a chance to challenge him, and he didn't even break through to the Dou Zong."

"The commander knows you are Alchemist and your combat strength is relatively weak, so he promised that as long as you can last for a hundred moves, he will not bother you anymore."

Xiao Yan touched his chin, his expression somewhat subtle.

To withstand a hundred moves from a Peak Dou Emperor... what need is there to practice Movement Dou Skill?

"It would be my honor," Xiao Yan said with a smile.

The Black Annihilation Army's training grounds are located in another area.

Yang Hao Ling Quan's team was sent to this mountain range to search for Xiao Yan because they had previously "fought" with him.

Of course, there was also a hint of testing Xiao Yan's strength. If Xiao Yan couldn't even defeat Yang Hao, One-Star Dou Emperor, then he wouldn't have a chance to challenge the Commander Gu Yao.

Now that Xiao Yan had instantly killed Ling Quan, Yang Hao didn't want to humiliate himself and simply acted as a messenger.

Having buried Ling Quan in the ground, his bones broken and his face covered in dust, Yang Hao gained a further understanding of Xiao Yan's fighting prowess...

The Ancient Realm covers a vast area.

Those continuous mountain ranges are only a small part of the landscape. In addition to mountains, there are deserts, oceans, ice fields, volcanoes, and many other different landforms, which can provide corresponding cultivation environments for people of each attribute.

Countless towns are inhabited by hundreds of millions of Ancient Clan Descendants, who, after a little cultivation, can basically become Dou Wang upon reaching adulthood.

The Black Annihilation Army consists of strong individuals selected from these descendants through a rigorous process—all of them are younger and have stronger combat talents.

Yang Hao led Xiao Yan to a training ground located in the center of the Ancient Realm.

Looking around, one could see Four-Winged Unicorn carrying small teams through the sky, making the white Unicorn beneath Xiao Yan's feet particularly conspicuous and attracting everyone's attention.

Xiao Yan ignored the gazes of the crowd and quickly locked onto a lone, unconventional figure standing in the center of a training field—a man with long, two-tone spiral hair.

The training ground is very large, about 10,000 square meters in diameter, and the ground is made of special rock that can withstand the bombardment of Dou Wang without damage.

This unconventional individual was located in the center of the training ground, exuding a cold and aloof aura. The surrounding space was slightly distorted, indicating that he had already touched the threshold of the Dou Zong.

He sensed Xiao Yan's arrival the moment he appeared, first glancing at Yang Hao Ling Quan before meeting Xiao Yan's gaze.

Xiong Zhan spirit suddenly ignited in his icy eyes.

Xiao Yan flipped over and leaped off the Unicorn's back. With a flap of his Dou Qi Wings, he landed steadily in front of this unconventional creature.

"You're Xiao Yan?"

"Ah, it's me." Xiao Yan nodded nonchalantly, sizing up this extremely vain nonconformist.

The fact that someone can so brazenly claim to have "survived a hundred moves" without being considered arrogant only shows that they are one of the strongest in the Black Annihilation Army —at least among the top of their peers.

"My name is Gu Yao." The Dou Qi within his body circulated continuously, quickly forming a set of lightweight armor on his body surface, providing defense without significantly affecting his agility.

After constructing the Dou Qi Armor, the Gu Yao reached out and grasped, and Dou Qi surged out, forming a Long Spear in his palm. The spiral spearhead left no doubt about its power.

Even the space itself showed streaks of dark cracks as the Long Spear swept through.

The Gu Yao held Long Spear, pointing it diagonally at Xiao Yan. The sharpness of the spear tip seemed to span hundreds of meters and pierce into his chest.

Xiao Yan looked at Gu Yao and read a message in his eyes: he was waiting for Xiao Yan to make the first move.

How could I possibly accept that?

Xiao Yan raised his hand and slapped down, and a lotus flower about ten feet in size appeared out of thin air. He then slapped it down at the Gu Yao's spiral hair.

The Gu Yao frowned, and swept his Long Spear upwards, scattering frost along the way to block the lotus flower.

Flames and frost intertwined, extreme heat and extreme cold canceled each other out, and billowing mist surged out from the boundary between the two, blocking the Gu Yao's vision.

Gu Yao frowned even more deeply. After losing sight of Xiao Yan, he instantly lost all sense of Xiao Yan's location, and could not even detect the intense heat of the Heavenly Flames.

"Ice Sky Snow Land!"

Without any hesitation, Gu Yao immediately abandoned the Long Spear in his hand, and his powerful Dou Qi surged forth, bursting forth with waves of coldness. The fog that had been obscuring his vision was instantly frozen, frost covered the ground, and endless snowflakes fell from the sky.

Within this range, anything that enters, even arrows that are not imbued with Dou Qi, will trigger the Gu Yao's senses.

But Xiao Yan didn't rush over; he just stood there quietly.

The only change was the presence of three Fire Beasts in front of him— Azure Turtle, a green tortoise, and Azure-Green Turtle.

Xiao Yan stood behind the three-headed Fire Beast, completely concealing his figure. It was foreseeable that if anyone wanted to harm Xiao Yan, they would first have to eliminate the three-headed Fire Beast.

For a moment, the Gu Yao fell silent.