Nalan Yanran's jade hand gripping the longsword did not tremble in the slightest, as though she had not just endured the full-force strike of an eight-star Da Dou Shi with considerable physical strength.
What tremendous strength, Xiao Yan thought.
His toes tapped the ground again, but this time, instead of attacking, he retreated. Before figuring out where Nalan Yanran's strange strength had come from, Xiao Yan intended to avoid close combat with her as much as possible.
At the same time, he felt somewhat stifled. With Eight Extremes Collapse, he had always been the one trying to close the distance with his enemies for close combat, yet now he had no choice but to avoid it.
Watching Xiao Yan's gloomy expression, Gu He found it quite amusing. Nalan Yanran possessed the strength of a Dou Wang, and during the Da Dou Shi stage, Earth Core Body Tempering Milk had strengthened her marrow and bones. Relying on her physical body alone, she could fight an ordinary newly advanced Dou Ling, let alone a mere eight-star Da Dou Shi. Of course, Gu He would not tell him any of this. He would let Xiao Yan discover it slowly himself. The more he discovered, the more despairing he would become.
Xiao Yan retreated to where he had originally been standing. Knowing that it would be difficult to defeat Nalan Yanran with his own Dou Qi and a few Mysterious Tier Dou Techniques, he acted decisively. He took a deep breath and slowly raised the enormous Mysterious Iron Heavy Ruler. The Dou Qi within his body surged into the massive ruler like floodwaters pouring through opened gates. As the Dou Qi flowed, the pitch-black ruler gradually turned fiery red, like a piece of red-hot iron.
As the Dou Qi within him poured continuously into