The waves raised by the Red Scaled Giant Snake condensed into fire crystals in midair, burning with scarlet light.
They tore through the air in an instant and engulfed Xiao Yan!
Xiao Yan's four wings suddenly folded inward:
"Boom!"
The Heavy Black Ruler spun a wheel of fire in his palm, melting the incoming fire crystals into vapor!
On the other side, the Azure Snake Body swept down with a massive wave, shrouding him from above as bone-piercing cold spread through the air!
Frost flowers actually formed upon his Fire Wings.
"Seven to the left, three to the right!"
Old Yao's warning exploded in his mind as Xiao Yan kicked off the air.
The light behind his four wings flared brilliantly, and his body twisted like a bending willow to evade the crisscrossing breaths of ice and fire.
The two giant snakes linked head to tail, weaving a tide of ice and fire through the sky.
The opposing currents of ice and fire tore at the youth's robes.
"Wave Splitting Flame Ruler—Heavenly Waterfall!"
The Heavy Black Ruler shook the air as blazing flames surged forth!
Nine waterfalls of flame charged upward into the clouds.
The demonic marking on the red snake's forehead lit up, and it spat out a mouthful of dark red blood, instantly dyeing the flaming waterfalls black and crimson.
The waterfalls of flame exploded into scattered motes of light in midair!
Xiao Yan's tiger's mouth split open, and the recoil transmitted through the ruler even condensed icy slag within his meridians.
Yet the Heavenly Flames burned it away in an instant, though he still suffered some injuries.
Old Yao suddenly roared:
"Look at the reflection on the water!"
Xiao Yan abruptly lowered his head.
The lake reflected the crystalline scales between the two snakes' brows, glowing with strange red and blue light!
That was clearly the sign of Dou Qi energy gathering and compressing!
"Boom!"
One red and one blue beam of light, each several meters thick, suddenly erupted!
They dyed the entire space in alternating red and blue, their power surging and violent.
The two beams blasted forth at the same time!
Fortunately, with Old Yao's warning, Xiao Yan had already flapped his wings and flown several hundred meters away!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"
The beams instantly pierced through the entire space and bombarded the stone walls at its edges!
The thunderous blasts were like exploding missiles, gouging enormous craters over a hundred meters wide into the vast stone walls.
But just as Xiao Yan let out a sigh of relief!
The red snake's massive tail swept over the lake, detonating thousands of tons of water. Countless flames condensed into densely packed Blood-colored Spears.
Xiao Yan spread his wings to retreat, only to discover that the blue-scaled giant snake's cold aura had frozen his four wings in midair.
"Sshk!"
The instant the spear tip pierced through his shoulder blade, he clearly heard the crisp crack of his collarbone shattering.
"Pfft."
Xiao Yan coughed up blood as he fell, yet a bone-deep chill gleamed in his eyes:
Damn it, I gave you two face, didn't I?
No matter how monstrous a Da Dou Shi was, he truly could not defeat a Dou Wang.
But I still had Old Yao as my trump card!
As he fell, Xiao Yan suddenly roared:
"Teacher!"
The instant the words fell!
Old Yao's soul phantom suddenly swelled:
"Boom!"
Forest White Flame engulfed an area several hundred meters wide.
A terrifying pressure descended upon this space in an instant!
The scales of the two hundred-meter giant snakes instantly stood on end, and they stopped their prepared attacks.
Their enormous forked tongues flicked out as they stared fixedly at Xiao Yan's figure, swallowed by the flames:
They sensed an immense threat!
The flames swirled and contracted!
Xiao Yan's fall abruptly stopped, and he stood quietly in the void!
His hair moved without wind, tinged with frost.
When his eyes opened again, Bone Spirit Cold Flame danced in his left eye, while Kirin Devouring Heaven Flame flowed through his right!
Blue and red pupils radiated a dangerous aura:
"Kid, you've already done well enough."
"Leave the rest to your teacher."
"Watch carefully. This is the true Wave Splitting Flame Ruler."
The Heavy Black Ruler swept horizontally with casual ease, and black cracks actually appeared in space wherever its edge passed!
A streak woven from icy blue and scarlet shot across the air!
"Boom, sshk!"
The vortex of flames spat out by the red snake was cleaved in half!
The aftershock plowed a ravine a thousand zhang long across the lake's surface.
On the other side, the azure giant snake swiftly swam into the distance.
After putting some distance between them, it reared upright and flicked out its tongue.
The azure scale on its forehead grew brighter and brighter!
The thirty-three Crystal Pillars in the center of the lake also lit up at once.
Vast water-element energy condensed and poured madly into its body.
An incomparably frigid beam of light suddenly erupted from its forehead and shot toward Old Yao!
Old Yao sneered as his fingertip swept through the void:
"Even if you drain all the energy from these Crystal Pillars, you are still nothing but an ant!"
Bone Spirit Cold Flame turned into chains that crossed the entire space in the blink of an eye.
They tore apart the beam and pierced through the blue snake's forehead!
Forest white fire patterns spread backward along the veins of its scales.
In mere moments, the backlash lifted its scales one by one, scattering all life from its body!
"Boom!"
Its enormous body crashed onto the lake's surface!
Meanwhile, the red snake that had dived beneath the water and escaped disaster.
Sensing the blue snake's life force vanish, it suddenly burst from the lake and let out a shrill hiss!
The scales on its body shone with blazing red light!
However, before it could make another move:
"Flame Wings—Shatter Stars!"
Forest white cold flames ignited across the four wings as Old Yao transformed into a streak of light.
In an instant, he crossed the void and pierced through the red snake's forehead!
Time seemed to freeze at that moment. The snake's body remained stiff in its upright posture above the water.
The scales on its forehead shattered piece by piece like broken porcelain, and its body toppled over:
When Xiao Yan regained consciousness, he was floating upon the boiling lake:
A faint layer of Bone Spirit Cold Flame wrapped around his body.
Two fist-sized masses of essence danced in his palms:
The scarlet one bore lava-like patterns, while the blue one condensed icy crystalline snowflakes.
Ignoring the two masses of energy, Xiao Yan's first concern was Old Yao's condition:
"Teacher... how are you now?"
"Nothing serious. The expenditure was minimal."
"This is also thanks to your unusual body. You actually endured so much of your teacher's power without injury."
Old Yao's voice sounded in his mind, without the slightest trace of weakness:
"This is the essence condensed by those two Peak Fifth-Tier Magical Beasts after absorbing the energy of Heavenly Flames!"
"They were likely preparing to advance their bloodlines and use it to break through to the sixth tier."
"Your teacher has already refined them. Hurry and consume them while you can."
Learning that his Teacher was unharmed, Xiao Yan finally relaxed:
He swallowed both masses of essence at once, and the violent energy instantly exploded:
"Hey! Kid, don't eat them together!?"
"Aren't you afraid your meridians will burst?"
However, what Old Yao feared did not happen.
A Kirin Phantom suddenly emerged behind Xiao Yan, raising its head and roaring toward the sky!
The incomparably violent energy within his body was instantly suppressed.
The Kirin Sky Burning Art, comparable to an Earth Tier Low-grade technique, began circulating madly!
The scarlet essence turned into magma and surged through his Eight Extraordinary meridians, coating his bones with scarlet-gold patterns wherever it passed.
The blue essence followed close behind, condensing tunnels of ice crystals within his scorching meridians.
When the two energies met at the Tanzhong acupoint.
Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly flew open, bursting with radiant light woven from ice and fire:
"Boom!"
Xiao Yan had never possessed a barrier between major realms to begin with. With so much pure energy entering his body.
His cultivation abruptly broke through into the Dou Ling realm, and his aura surged wildly!
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the aura of a Three-star Dou Ling suddenly spread out!
It shook the lake until chains of water pillars erupted from its surface.
Xiao Yan stood up, red and blue radiance flowing beneath his skin.
Most of the essence from the two snakes had tempered his physique!
Now, his body alone was comparable to a Fifth-Tier Magical Beast!
As for the increase in cultivation, that was merely incidental.
Xiao Yan dispersed the pressure around him and flapped his wings toward the crystal platform.
Looking into the distance, he saw two intertwined flames, scarlet and blue, blooming with dazzling radiance within the largest cylinder at the center of the crystal platform.
Fire Cloud Water Flame intertwined as it entered the youth's pupils.
The stirring in his heart grew stronger and stronger as he approached the crystal pillar.
Just as he raised his hand to touch it.
Old Yao's furious roar sounded in his mind:
"Stop..."
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