The Protagonist's Trump Card Battle Skill; Both Sides Outsmart and Outfight Each Other!

Ten minutes later, Yang Shan successfully retreated after eliminating 300 players in Team Twenty-Seventh Team of the Outer Courtyard.

There was no way around it, there were just too many people.

Even if Yang Shan only uses his Dou Qi Transformation Wings and the sword stance of the Tyrant Blade, combined with the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, he still needs to consume three points of Dou Qi per second.

Yang Shan's total Dou Qi is less than 2,500 points.

They could only fight for less than fourteen minutes.

Taking Qi Return Pill continuously can extend combat time, but Yang Shan still needs to retain enough Dou Qi to deal with special situations.

After all, these players participating in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition are no pushovers.

On average, he can take down a player every two seconds, which is an absurdly high speed.

However, there were simply too many players participating in the competition.

Yang Shan sent a message to Xiao Aotian: "How's the situation on your end?"

Xiao Aotian: "It feels really good to fight against a thousand people, but it doesn't last long. I used a few powerful moves and eliminated about two hundred players. How many did you eliminate?"

Yang Shan: "About three hundred."

Xiao Aotian: "You didn't have much more than me. I thought you would crush me, after all, you have the strange lightning!"

Even if there is strange lightning, it still has to be cut down piece by piece! Yang Shan has always been diligent and steady, and his only regret is that he has not acquired any powerful wide-range attack Dou Technique.

Yang Shan made up his mind that he had to make up for this deficiency after this competition!

We can't just get Heavenly Flames and keep slowly hacking away with a knife until the Overload reappears, can we?

One-on-one fights are fine, but in group battles, it's really... even the blades get dulled! Yang Shan continued stuffing pills into his mouth.

Together with Xiao Aotian, they eliminated about five hundred players this time.

However, the number of players from Outer Courtyard is too large.

Compared to the number 30,000, 500 seems rather insignificant.

Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian both need to quickly recover their Dou Qi and launch more attacks! On the other side of the Outer Courtyard, the administrators of the competition management group are also in a state of panic.

The enemy is too rampant, daring to come alone and play guerrilla warfare. Do they really not consider Dou Ling a player? The management team quickly came up with a pretty good solution.

The new trainees, scattered across various locations, hurried to the assembly point.

Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian made five more attacks.

Together, the two of them eliminated approximately three thousand people!

The remaining 27,000 new students have all gathered.

Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian have also gathered together.

Xiao Aotian gritted his teeth. "Their operation is quite efficient. If we charge now, I'm afraid neither of us will come back."

Even Dou Wang cannot ignore the tactic of overwhelming numbers.

Don't let Yang Shan's current awesomeness fool you. If he dares to charge at these 27,000 people, he will be met with an overwhelming barrage of Dou Qi attacks.

Even if only half of the 27,000 players simultaneously launch their attacks, the "firepower coverage area" would still be large enough to encompass a dozen or so football fields.

Unless Yang Shan uses the "Strange Speed" effect of the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and activates "Three Thousand Thunder Movement" to increase his speed to a level comparable to the "Jian-50", he cannot ensure that he can withdraw from the coverage area in advance before each "firepower coverage" arrives.

However, the combination of "Strange Speed" and "Three Thousand Thunder Movement" is extremely Dou Qi- consuming.

This move is probably used to deliver Certain Kill or to escape.

The time gained from this move wasn't even enough for Yang Shan to eliminate fifty people.

Yang Shan: "No rush, there's still a long way to go. Do you have any powerful ranged Dou Technique?"

Xiao Aotian: "Me"

Yang Shan glanced at Xiao Aotian: "What, are you still planning to hide it and come after me during the Strong Ranking Competition?"

Xiao Aotian answered decisively:

"Yes."

Yang Shan: "Then you can decide for yourself. Anyway, I will never back down like this. If you try to hide your moves from me, unless your move is an instant-cast Dou Technique with tremendous power and speed, what kind of unexpected effect do you think it will have on me?"

Xiao Aotian paused:

"You're right, you're too fast, so hiding your moves is really useless against you."

Xiao Aotian took down his Giant Ruler: "What do you want to do? Tell me!"

Yang Shan: "The main force of new students is still quite a distance from the Inner Courtyard gate. We won't show ourselves. We'll activate our ranged Dou Technique and just go all out and smash as many as we can."

Yang Shan then added, "Your wide-range Dou Technique might not be able to kill Dou Ling instantly, right?"

Xiao Aotian scoffed. "What a joke! Even you wouldn't dare to withstand my Dou Technique head-on!"

Xiao Aotian had received intelligence that the advance force of the new recruits was less than 800 meters away from them.

Xiao Aotian held his breath and gripped the Ruler Hilt handle tightly with both hands.

Yang Shan frowned and took a few steps back.

He could sense that the previously peaceful energy of heaven and earth within a radius of about 100 meters centered on Xiao Aotian had suddenly become extremely violent!

Yang Shan was somewhat surprised and suspicious:

"Earth-rank Dou Technique?"

Once you reach the Earth Rank, some high-intensity Dou Technique can generate energy waves from heaven and earth!

Yang Shan's "Three Thousand Thunder Movements" did not show fluctuations because the speed was too fast. Yang Shan had already changed places before the surrounding energy of heaven and earth had time to react.

Xiao Aotian's preparation for this move seemed to take a long time.

But the scale of the operation was truly impressive.

Clusters of blue flames had already risen all around, like green meadows on a plain.

"Condense!"

As Xiao Aotian spoke, the surrounding azure flames began to slowly gather on Xiao Aotian's Giant Ruler.

The terrifying pressure even caused the surrounding trees to rustle.

Only Yang Shan.

The Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning was far superior to Xiao Aotian's Beast Flame. Even with the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning present, this kind of pressure would still not have any effect on Yang Shan.

However, Yang Shan couldn't help but praise, "Good heavens, Xiao Aotian, you're really something! Those new students are going to broaden their horizons now. They'll get to personally experience the trump card-level Dou Technique that spanned Xiao Yan's early and middle stages in the original story!"

"Hey-hey!"

Xiao Aotian roared, the Giant Ruler in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and the veins on his arm bulged as he lifted Giant Ruler.

With a loud boom, the blue flames on the Giant Ruler blazed brightly.

Yang Shan thought for a moment, then drew his Thunderbolt Blade.

With five strokes, five large trees were cut down.

Yang Shan kicked the trunks of these big trees again.

The canopies of the five large trees piled up in front of Xiao Aotian.

In this way, even if the advance troops of the new trainees approached, they would not be able to see Xiao Aotian's situation due to the cover of the tree canopy.

Then, Yang Shan used the Thunderbolt Blade to draw a circle on the ground around Xiao Aotian.

Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, its red light shining on Xiao Aotian.

The terrifying fluctuations emanating from Xiao Aotian's Giant Ruler were immediately isolated.

While not completely isolated, it would be no easy task for a group of Dou Ling to investigate! The Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning isn't something you can only use on yourself!

Yang Shan warned, "Twenty meters is the limit. Once someone gets within twenty meters of you, you'll be able to detect the fluctuations."

Xiao Aotian, who was now fully focused on controlling the Giant Ruler, nodded silently.

The vanguard of the new recruits, 500 meters to go!

Four hundred meters! Three hundred meters! "Why are there several felled trees ahead?"

"Be careful, it might be a trap!"

"A trap? I don't believe Yang One-Blade is so brave as to challenge 27,000 of us!"

"Hurry up and get going! We'll settle this with Yang One-Blade at the Inner Courtyard gate!"

"And what about Xiao Aotian!"

"Xiao Aotian? He almost got himself killed in his last surprise attack! Although he is strong, he is still far from being as good as Yang One-Blade."

Xiao Aotian sneered inwardly.

Far from it? "I'll make you change your mind right away!"

The two were less than forty meters apart when Xiao Aotian took a step forward, and the ground cracked!

"Flame-Divide-Devouring-Wave-Ruler!"

With Xiao Aotian's roar, he swung the Giant Ruler in his hand horizontally.

The azure flames on the Giant Ruler spread, transforming into azure rays that expanded to over ten zhang in just three breaths! The tree canopy that concealed its form was incinerated into ashes by the intense heat before it could even truly touch the rays.

The ten-foot-long beam shot out with terrifying force, as if it could break through anything!

The dozens of players at the very front didn't even have time to utter a sound before they were smashed to dust by the cyan ruler beam!

The players behind them didn't have much time to react either.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack"

Wherever the blue ruler's rays passed, nothing grew; its power was terrifying, and its speed was extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, they passed through the vanguard and plunged into the main force.

The main force of 20,000 men rioted.

Exclamations and screams filled the air.

Yang Shan activated his Dou Qi Transformation Wings and flew alongside, witnessing the scene clearly.

It truly lives up to its reputation as Xiao Yan's trump card in the early and middle stages of the original novel.

"Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler" is rated as Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique with Golden Word Seal in the game.

However, if we only consider its power, the "Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler" can even rival the Earth Rank Middle-Level Dou Technique with Golden Word Seal!

During Xiao Yan's Dou Ling stage, the power of the "Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler" was even comparable to the "Dual Color Buddha Fury Fire Lotus," which was a fusion of the "Green Lotus Core Flame" and the "Bone Spirit Cold Flame"! This azure ruler light was like a maddened giant elephant, galloping all the way through the main force of the new students.

"What on earth is this thing?"

"Azure flames! Could it be Xiao Aotian's Dou Technique?"

"What kind of Dou Technique is this outrageous? Even if Xiao Yan used the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, it wouldn't be this impressive, right?"

"A Gou! A Gou! You usually hide really well, why didn't you hide well this time? Damn, this ruler beam attack is too powerful! A Gou even activated his Dou Qi Armor, and he was burned to ashes in a second!"

"You still have the mind to chat? Hurry up and deal with this awn!"

Players outside the range of the cyan ruler's attack quickly reacted, using various ranged Dou Technique to bombard the ruler and accelerate its energy depletion.

Yang Shan had been waiting for this opportunity!

Taking advantage of the fact that the new students' attention was entirely focused on the cyan ruler light of the "Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler", Yang Shan soared into the sky.

A full two thousand points of Dou Qi were poured into the Naling storage in his dantian.

"Boom!"

A thunderclap resounded from the clouds in the sky.

But the lightning made the clouds look like blood.

"Get out of here!"

Under Yang Shan's control, two thousand points of Dou Qi condensed into two hundred Scarlet Lightning Serpent.

Even with Yang Shan's Spirit Realm Early Stage Soul Strength, controlling so many Scarlet Lightning Serpent would be extremely difficult.

It's simply impossible to achieve any precise control.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Yang Shan needs to do is condense the snake shape and then smash these Scarlet Lightning Serpent onto the ground!

The rest.

Hand it over to the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning!

The Scarlet Lightning Serpent's destructive power was only average for Dou Huang expert like Hai Bodong.

But for players at the Dou Ling level, that's an instant kill!

Yang Shan didn't use this tactic before because the new player group hadn't yet gathered together, and even if he had, the effect wouldn't have been very good.

Another point is that this move really consumes too much Dou Qi.

The price-performance ratio is actually very low.

Yang Shan originally only planned to mobilize 1,000 points of Dou Qi to condense 100 Scarlet Lightning Serpent.

But when Xiao Aotian used the "Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler", Yang Shan felt he needed to increase his stakes.

Fire broke out on the ground, and thunder roared in the sky.

This is truly a combination of heavenly thunder and earthly fire!

Just as the azure light was being suppressed and about to dissipate, two hundred Scarlet Lightning Serpent fell from the sky.

One of the Scarlet Lightning Serpent was the fastest.

Upon impact with the ground, the crimson lightning instantly killed all five players standing within a ten-foot radius of the impact point!

This startled a player who was far away. "Damn! What kind of scumbag is making such a big oath? It's one thing to get struck by lightning, but he's also ruining the lives of his brothers."

"Are you fucking an idiot? Can't you see the color of this lightning? It's Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning! Yang Shan made his move!"

"Damn! We haven't even seen a shadow of Yang Shan, all we see are Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, how are we supposed to fight this?"

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

"The Dou Qi Transformation Wings are too difficult to handle. Don't we have two Dou Wang players in our new team? Where are they? Where are they?"

Seeing his Fire Energy Points and experience points steadily increasing, Yang Shan immediately chose to flee.

I only have about 300 points of Dou Qi left. I need to take advantage of this obstacle to the new students' progress and recover my Dou Qi as soon as possible.

Let's try to come back a few more times before the new students reach the Inner Courtyard gate! Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian huddled together, took pills, and meditated to recover their Dou Qi.

Xiao Aotian asked, "How many did you kill?"

Yang Shan: "Less than nine hundred, how about you?"

Xiao Aotian immediately became arrogant:

"One thousand four hundred!"

Yang Shan praised:

"Awesome!"

Hearing Yang Shan praise him made Xiao Aotian even happier than if a beautiful woman had confessed her love to him.

This is recognition from the number one player of Battle Through the Heavens! The two of them eliminated nearly 2,300 new students this time, which is definitely their biggest achievement so far.

Once the two had recovered their Dou Qi, they wanted to follow the same method and continue to reduce the number of new students.

However, this time, their plan completely failed.

The new trainees have already devised a strategy to counter the two's surprise attack.

Firstly, the new trainees are more spread out in their positions.

Then the group administrators specially arranged a "reconnaissance team" of a thousand people, who were dispersed to conduct surveillance and reconnaissance over a wider area.

Xiao Aotian and Yang Shan's wide-range attacks were no longer able to kill as many players as before.

Xiao Aotian was quite unwilling:

"Their response was too quick. These tactics only work once and then they won't work the second time. It's tricky."

Yang Shan: "We are all players. Although the individual strength of the opponents is much weaker than ours, we are not necessarily much stronger than them in terms of strategy and courage."

Xiao Aotian wholeheartedly agreed, "But that's what makes it interesting. I love things that are challenging!"

Yang Shan sighed, "It's a pity. The competition rules state that those who don't specialize in poison cannot use poison, otherwise..."

Xiao Aotian: "Shall we head back home? The senior students are almost all gathered here."

The circumstances of this competition were too special, so Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian also tried their best to rescue the senior students who were being chased during the operation.

They also informed these senior students to notify the other senior students to gather together at the Inner Courtyard gate.

In times like these, uniting our forces increases our chances of winning.

Then we can get more Fire Energy Points and experience points! Yang Shan rubbed his temples and then said, "It's too difficult to stop them from going to the Inner Courtyard gate. Let's find an opportunity to kill more of them."

As he spoke, Yang Shan took out two Human Skin Mask from his Storage Ring and tossed one to Xiao Aotian.

Xiao Aotian was taken aback. "You have this thing?"

Yang Shan: "I'll change my appearance and blend in to continue fighting as a guerrilla. As long as I don't make a move, they won't be able to recognize me!"

Xiao Aotian was greatly shocked. "Good heavens, you, the number one player in Battle Through the Heavens, are playing such underhanded tricks?"

Yang Shan: "Nonsense, if we don't resort to underhanded tactics, how are we supposed to hold off so many players?"

Xiao Aotian quickly put on the Human Skin Mask and then changed into a blue robe.

Although the blue robe's attributes are somewhat lacking, it's still usable.

No need to change weapons; there are quite a few players using the Giant Ruler right now.

Yang Shan also took off his Flame Refining Garment and changed into a low-key white robe.

Yang Shan instructed, "Remember to make your move in a crowded place. Once you start, you have to be quick and decisive. Don't get caught! We still need you at the final checkpoint at the Inner Courtyard gate."

Xiao Aotian said confidently, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

The two immediately split up and began to act separately.

Yang Shan didn't even bother with the outermost scouts, and kept charging into the main force.

Finally, we saw a team that was positioned fairly closely together.

Adhering to the principle of a swift victory, Yang Shan no longer worried about the consumption of his Dou Qi and went all out.

He wielded a knife in his right hand and slashed fiercely, while his left hand conjured Scarlet Lightning Serpent.

Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning strike can eliminate four or five players at once!

"Damn! Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Why is Yang Shan here? Have all the spies been looking at screenshots of beautiful women on the forum?"

"Damn, that's fast!"

"My life is over!"

Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian changed their appearances and infiltrated the group of new players, wreaking havoc, and their attacks never lasted more than a minute.

Their Dou Qi Transformation Wings, allowing them to escape easily.

This went on for several times, but the group administrators couldn't come up with any better solutions.

This is the tricky situation that arises when an individual's combat power is too Exceeding the Standard.

Using this underhanded tactic, unless new players come up with some Dou Technique that can reliably control Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian, and then blast them to death within the control period, it's hopeless.

However, the prerequisite for this plan is that there must be enough players at the battle location; otherwise, even if you're just hitting a training dummy, you won't be able to achieve an instant kill.

However, if we want to bring the players back together...

Then Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian can choose to use the previous "Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler" + "Scarlet Lightning Serpent" fighting style again.

In that case, we will lose even more manpower.

The group admins had already started cursing in the group.

Xiao Aotian has achieved another milestone: in the hearts of these 30,000 new students, his status is now equal to Yang Shan's.

They must die! The group admins finally decided to go all in, trying their best to deal with the two ambushes while advancing as quickly as possible!

An hour later, Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian, who had already returned to the main gate of the Inner Courtyard, had just fully recovered their Dou Qi.

Ahead, there was a dense crowd of people!

Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian tried every possible method, and consumed over a hundred Recovery Pill from their Storage Ring.

They only managed to weed out nearly 10,000 new students.

The dense crowd in front of us numbered over 20,000!

Their eyes were filled with rage, and the weapons in their hands seemed ready to draw blood immediately.

Clearly, they were determined to kill Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian for their previous actions! Now, there was no longer any room for guerrilla tactics, delaying, or attrition warfare.

The five-person team of Black White Gatekeepers, along with the 147 veteran students who have not yet been eliminated, are about to face a frenzied onslaught from 20,000 new students!

Behind you is the Inner Courtyard gate.

For Yang Shan and his group, only a head-on confrontation remained.

There is no retreat!