Jiang Li raised his head and glanced at Lin Yi. With a slightly strange expression, he let out a soft sigh, then extended his unusually long, withered palms.
"Since that's the case... don't blame me for being ruthless..."
Jiang Li murmured softly. In the next instant, several fingers shot through the air like blades, as fast as lightning, streaking straight toward Lin Yi's throat!
On those unusually long fingers, dense Yuan Power surged with extreme concentration. Tiny whirlwinds rapidly gathered at the fingertips. The force of this strike was enough to pierce even refined iron.
"What sharp finger wind!"
Seeing Jiang Li's attack, the spectators could not help but feel surprised.
As the target of the attack, Lin Yi remained calm. His right palm shot out like lightning, sliding past Jiang Li's fingers under the cover of Yuan Power. Then his palm slammed downward, striking the back of Jiang Li's hand heavily.
"Smack!"
A crisp sound rang out across the arena.
In the next instant, Jiang Li's expression changed slightly. He felt a violent surge of Yuan Power spread upward from the back of his hand along his arm, disrupting the flow of his Yuan Power. His fingers immediately lost their attacking strength.
Jiang Li reacted decisively. He stomped on the ground, his body abruptly retreating and opening up a distance from Lin Yi. At the same time, he mobilized the Yuan Power within his body to expel the violent Yuan Power that had invaded his arm.
Seeing this, Lin Yi quickly strode forward several steps in pursuit. At the same time, he bent two fingers together, and an exceptionally sharp surge of Yuan Power took shape at his fingertips like a sword edge. He fiercely jabbed it toward Jiang Li!
Seeing this, Jiang Li immediately stopped concealing his strength. A dense surge of Yuan Power, as if it had been suppressed for a long time, erupted from his body almost instantaneously.
"Late Heaven Origin Realm!"
Seeing Jiang Li's sudden surge in strength, many people on the Wanjin Merchant Guild's side cried out in alarm.
Before this, Jiang Li had disguised himself as being in the Mid Heaven Origin Realm. Only now did they learn his true strength.
Jiang Li ignored the astonishment of those around him. Facing Lin Yi's attack, he did not yield in the slightest. His unusually long fingers shot out rapidly, meeting Lin Yi's sharp finger wind head-on.
The four fingers collided, and powerful Yuan Power erupted almost instantly.
"Shish!"
The moment their fingers touched, both sides simultaneously increased their output of Yuan Power. The four fingers seemed to transform into four short swords!
"Crack!"
After a brief stalemate, a crisp sound rang in everyone's ears.
In the next instant, everyone saw that Jiang Li's two fingers had actually been snapped!
Immediately afterward, force burst from Lin Yi's fingertips, directly sending Jiang Li flying backward until he slammed heavily into a huge boulder.
"We won!"
Seeing this, the Wanjin Merchant Guild's side immediately erupted in delighted cheers. Xia Zhilan and the others also wore smiles across their faces.
However, at that moment, Jiang Li, who had been sent flying, climbed to his feet once more. A dense, blood-colored mist sprayed from his pores like blood, carrying a pungent, bloody odor.
"To force me to this point, you really do have some ability. However, this should end here..."
Jiang Li rose and stared darkly at Lin Yi in the distance, his voice hoarse.
"Hiss, hiss!"
Streams of blood-colored mist continued to spray from Jiang Li's body. Finally, the blood mist slowly contracted, condensing into a thin layer of blood scabs across the surface of his body.
These changes were completed in just a few breaths. Jiang Li's aura, however, continued to rise once more under the many shocked gazes!
"Blood Dissipation Returning Origin Technique!"
Nearby, Xia Wanjin's expression changed instantly when he saw the changes in Jiang Li's body, and he spoke in a low voice.
"Blood Dissipation Returning Origin Technique?" Xia Zhilan and the others were stunned. They had never heard of this martial art.
"It's an extremely ruthless secret technique. After it's activated, it can evaporate the blood within the body, greatly increasing one's strength for a short time. However, the aftereffects are severe. After using it this time, Jiang Li will probably need at least half a year of recuperation to recover."
Xia Wanjin slowly explained.
"Then how far will Jiang Li's strength rise?" Xia Zhilan hurriedly asked.
"He should reach the Lesser Yuan Dan Stage." Xia Wanjin gave a bitter laugh, already having lost hope in his heart.
Hearing Xia Wanjin's words, Xia Zhilan and the others' faces turned pale. Lin Yi was only in the Late Heaven Origin Realm, and there was an enormous gap between that and the Lesser Yuan Dan Stage. He probably had no chance of winning.
Xuan Su also knitted her brows, but she secretly felt a trace of anticipation toward Lin Yi.
Lin Yi was already a Two-Seal Symbol Master, and the strength corresponding to a Two-Seal Symbol Master was precisely the Lesser Yuan Dan Stage!
"So this man still has such a method. Father really is brilliant!" On the Blood Wolf Gang's side, Yue Feng was immediately overjoyed when he saw this scene.
"Jiang Li has now reached the Lesser Yuan Dan Stage. Among your younger generation, he can be called invincible. This Danxian Pool belongs to our Blood Wolf Gang..." Yue Shan smiled faintly, looking completely calm and composed.
"The Lesser Yuan Dan Stage may not necessarily win..."
Lin Yi chuckled softly. Within his Mud Pill Palace, the two Life Spirit Runes trembled violently, and powerful waves of Spiritual Energy rapidly gathered before him.
The invisible Spiritual Energy rapidly condensed. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into the shape of a tangible, whirlwind-like pointed cone!
It was precisely the Spiritual Energy secret technique Lin Yi had recently learned—the Jianluo Wave!
"What powerful Spiritual Energy!"
Seeing Lin Yi manipulate his Spiritual Energy to such a degree, everyone around him was deeply shocked.
Jiang Li also felt waves of pressure. A grave expression flashed through his crimson eyes, and he suddenly struck his chest with his backhand.
Then, the blood scabs covering his body began to slowly melt. As they melted, traces of blood began gathering in Jiang Li's palm. In an instant, that arm became like an Asura Blood Arm!
After condensing the blood arm, Jiang Li did not hesitate. He slightly bent his knees and shot toward Lin Yi like a starving wolf pouncing on its prey.
"Blood Dissipation Hand!"
A furious shout rang out. Blood light erupted across the mountaintop, and immediately afterward, a blood-colored light seal over a zhang in size appeared in Jiang Li's palm!
"Jianluo Wave!"
A sharp glint also flashed through Lin Yi's eyes. With a low shout, the whirlwind-shaped pointed cone of Spiritual Energy before him suddenly began to spin. Finally, it shot forth with a howl like a venomous dragon boring into the earth!
Under the many shocked gazes, the blood light and whirlwind-like Spiritual Energy wave collided violently in midair!
"Boom!"
A thunderous sound reverberated across the mountaintop. The fierce shockwave of wind shook the nearby trees loose from the earth and sent them flying!
Everyone resisted the force of the wind, their eyes fixed unblinkingly on the sky. There, the blood light and Spiritual Energy wave exploded simultaneously after a brief moment!
"Boom!"
Amid the explosion, a figure was sent flying backward. A muffled groan escaped his mouth. His face was pale and bloodless, and his body uncontrollably smashed through several large trees in succession before rolling across the ground. His eyes rolled back, and he lay motionless, as if dead!
Looking at the battered figure lying on the ground, everyone's gaze shot toward him in an instant!
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