Although Xiao Yan's attack had already been equivalent to a Dou Wang's full-force strike, this full-force strike referred to one without using a Dou Technique, or one using a Dou Technique below the Mysterious Tier. Once a Mysterious Tier Dou Technique was used, a Dou Wang's attack would rise another level. The Flame Splitting Wave Ruler Xiao Yan had unleashed was at most equivalent to a one-star Dou Wang using a high-grade Yellow Tier Dou Technique. Against a two-star Dou Wang's High-grade Profound Dou Technique, defeat was naturally inevitable.
As Xiao Yan watched the sword energy radiating dazzling light shoot toward him, he did not feel the slightest warmth. Instead, his heart was filled with despair. For three years, whenever he had nearly been unable to endure any longer, the thought of coming here to wash away his humiliation had supported him and kept him moving forward. Through countless days and nights, he had endured loneliness and pain, all to utterly defeat the girl who had trampled his dignity at will. But now, he had lost—lost completely. He had used every trump card and brought out his greatest strength, yet he had not even managed to leave an injury on his opponent.
The exhaustion brought by the Dragon Power Pill's effects fading, the emptiness from having consumed most of the Dou Qi within his body, and the despondency of defeat caused Xiao Yan to kneel on one knee, propped up by the Heavy Xuan Ruler. He paid no heed to the Sun-Shining Longsword flying toward him.
Since they had already agreed to stop at the right point, and Gu He truly did not dare let the plot run wild now, he could only flick out a burst of force, shattering Nalan Yanran's Sun-Shining Longsword and dispersing it in midair.
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