Slaying Yun Shan

Under the Snake-People Tribe's long-range attacks, the Alliance Army suffered considerable losses.

Yun Shan felt that this could not continue. To reduce casualties, he decided to have all experts above the Dou Wang level form Dou Qi wings and fly with him onto the city walls to slaughter the Snake-People there.

After a brief discussion, Yun Shan stepped into the air and flew upward first. The other Dou Wang experts, along with the Nethersea Serpent-Beast, formed Dou Qi wings and followed close behind.

As they were about to reach the city walls, the group prepared to attack the Snake-People who were launching projectiles from above.

However, the Snake-People Tribe's experts naturally could not allow that to happen and rushed forward to meet them.

Jiang Xing, being a Dou Zong, naturally sought out Yun Shan. The Great Elder fought the Nethersea Serpent-Beast and another human Dou Wang, while the other Snake-People Dou Wangs each selected their targets and launched attacks.

After the Snake-People experts had chosen their opponents, the Alliance still had seven Dou Wang experts remaining, but the Snake-People Tribe no longer had any Dou Wang experts available.

Fortunately, they were currently atop the city walls. The Alliance Army's other experts could not come up, while the Snake-People Tribe's twenty Dou Lings could temporarily hold back those seven human Dou Wangs.

"Yun Shan, you old dog, do you know who killed Yun Yun?"

Hearing this, Yun Shan stared fixedly at Jiang Xing, his eyes filled with fury. "Was it you?"

"That's right. Not only did I kill Yun Yun, but today, I'll kill you too!"

"Yun'er, your master will avenge you right now!"

Upon learning that his disciple had been killed by the man before him, Yun Shan's rage flared. The killing intent around him nearly solidified into substance.

"You insolent brat, die!"

Yun Shan roared and charged at Jiang Xing. Without any probing, he immediately unleashed his strongest Dou Technique—Wind Fury: Annihilation.

Yun Shan had noticed Jiang Xing, this Dou Zong, earlier. He had been surprised that the Snake-People Tribe possessed a Dou Zong, and one who looked so young at that.

However, Yun Shan was not afraid. Breaking through to the Dou Zong realm at such a young age, he was certain Jiang Xing had merely swallowed pills all the way to his current cultivation.

After all, strength raised through pills was considered the weakest among those of the same realm. There was no way Jiang Xing could withstand his strongest attack.

Yet Yun Shan seemed to have forgotten how he himself had broken through to the Dou Zong realm.

Faced with Yun Shan's strongest attack, Jiang Xing was utterly calm. He even felt like laughing.

A mere Mystic Rank Dou Technique unleashed by a one-star Dou Zong—he could break it with a flick of his hand.

Still, despite looking down on Yun Shan, he did not lower his guard. Jiang Xing clearly understood that even a lion used its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

Dou Qi gathered in his palm, and before long, a hand covered in flames appeared before Jiang Xing.

With a light push from Jiang Xing, the flaming palm crashed toward the sword Qi Yun Shan had unleashed.

This Dou Technique was called Flame Refining Palm, an Earth Rank Middle Dou Technique. It was the most powerful Dou Technique Jiang Xing could currently master after breaking through to the Dou Zong realm.

That did not mean Jiang Xing lacked higher-ranked Dou Techniques. Rather, with his current strength, using higher-level techniques would consume enormous amounts of Dou Qi, and he would be unable to unleash their true power.

Thus, the rank of a Dou Technique was not necessarily better the higher it was. Only one suited to one's current realm could bring out its true power.

When the flaming palm collided with the sword Qi, it only paused briefly before directly shattering the azure sword Qi and continuing toward Yun Shan without losing any momentum.

Yun Shan was greatly alarmed. He had assumed that this little bastard had reached the Dou Zong realm at such a young age only by consuming pills.

Yet he had never expected the flaming palm Jiang Xing unleashed to be so powerful, easily shattering his strongest Dou Technique!

But seeing the flaming palm about to strike him, Yun Shan had no time to be shocked. As he retreated rapidly, he formed a transparent shield before himself and frantically poured Dou Qi into it.

When the shield reached its limit, Yun Shan's expression finally eased somewhat.

The defensive Dou Technique he had used, Wind Shield, had also been left behind by Yun Potian, the founding ancestor of their Misty Cloud Sect, just like Wind Fury: Annihilation. Its rank was even higher than Wind Fury: Annihilation, reaching Earth Rank Low, and its defensive power was extremely formidable.

The flaming palm had just been weakened once by his Wind Fury: Annihilation. This shield should have no trouble blocking it.

But when the flaming palm struck Yun Shan's shield, his expression changed drastically. Only upon coming into close contact with the flaming palm did Yun Shan understand its terror.

Not long after the flaming palm touched the shield, cracks appeared across it.

Terrified, Yun Shan continuously poured Dou Qi into the shield, attempting to repair it.

Unfortunately, the flaming palm gave him no time to repair it. After struggling against Yun Shan's shield for a moment, it directly shattered the shield and finally struck Yun Shan's body.

After being hit by the flaming palm, Yun Shan was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood as he flew.

However, the flaming palm had expended most of its energy through Yun Shan's two Dou Techniques. It did not kill Yun Shan in a single blow, nor could it even be considered a serious injury.

As Yun Shan flew backward, he used the force of the impact to flee into the distance.

That single attack had frightened him badly.

From that one clash alone, he already knew he was no match for Jiang Xing. If they continued fighting, he might truly die here.

Jiang Xing naturally could not let Yun Shan escape so easily and gave chase.

Jiang Xing possessed a movement Dou Technique, so his speed was naturally beyond Yun Shan's.

Before long, Jiang Xing caught up with Yun Shan.

When Yun Shan saw Jiang Xing catch up, he completely panicked and shouted, "Guardian Wu, save me!"

Jiang Xing smiled faintly. He had already discovered a Dou Zong hiding nearby and had sent Lin Shan to deal with him. That was presumably the Guardian Wu Yun Shan had mentioned.

Jiang Xing did not bother telling him. He was merely a man about to die—why waste so many words on him?

After locking onto Yun Shan's aura, Jiang Xing mobilized his Dou Qi and blasted a Blazing Inferno Strike toward Yun Shan.

Blazing Inferno Strike was a low-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique. Though slightly less powerful than Flame Refining Palm, its advantage lay in its speed—it was instantaneous and required no charging.

Seeing this, Yun Shan hurriedly deployed Wind Shield. Unfortunately, he did not have enough time to reinforce it this time, and the shield was clearly far more transparent than before.

Blazing Inferno Strike exploded the moment it touched Yun Shan's shield.

As the shield shattered, Yun Shan was struck hard by the Blazing Inferno Strike.

After being hit, Yun Shan's eyes filled with unwillingness and confusion, but the light in them quickly faded, and his body fell straight down.

Jiang Xing played it safe and checked Yun Shan's condition. Only after confirming that he was truly dead did Jiang Xing return to the battlefield.

Jiang Xing's killing of Yun Shan had happened in the blink of an eye. The Alliance Army had not even had time to cheer Yun Shan on before he was slain by Jiang Xing!

Watching Yun Shan's corpse fall from the sky and smash heavily into the ground, the human powerhouses still fighting the snake people in the air were utterly terrified.

What had they just seen? Yun Shan, a Dou Zong, had been killed by this young man in just two moves!