Making a Move

In an instant, Yun Shan's figure vanished, transforming into a black shadow that flashed towards Xiao Yan. However, halfway through his attack, Yun Shan's figure immediately stopped.

In the instant he made that movement, Yun Shan felt an aura locking onto him. And during this rush, this aura not only did not dissipate, but also emitted a strong energy fluctuation.

Yun Shan, who had stopped, immediately looked toward the source of the energy that had locked onto him. He saw another young man holding a sword, resembling a horse- Zhanmadao saber, with a dark blade and Dragon Pattern adorned with dragon patterns, above his head. At this moment, a red light was emanating from the sword, and the energy of heaven and earth was frantically converging toward it.

"Hey! Sect Master Yun Shan, why aren't you chasing after Xiao Yan? Why are you stopping to look at me?" Lin Ming asked Yun Shan, who was looking at him, with a hint of doubt.

Seeing Lin Ming lock onto him first and unleash Earth Tier Dou Technique, and now Lin Ming asking him why he was looking at him, Yun Shan immediately started swearing.

"Small.."

However, Yun Shan abruptly stopped himself after only uttering one word.

With Xiao Yan in front and Lin Ming behind, if they both launched an attack on him, he wouldn't be able to withstand it.

"Sect Master Yun, were you about to curse? I heard you say something like 'little something,' why didn't you finish your sentence?" Seeing Yun Shan stop speaking before finishing, Lin Ming asked him with a mocking smile.

"Lin Ming, stop beating around the bush. If you want to fight, this sect is ready to oblige!" Faced with Lin Ming's question again, at this point, no one could afford to be polite, so Yun Shan immediately spoke to Lin Ming in a stern tone.

As Xiao Yan spoke with Yun Shan, his energy surged dramatically. Lin Ming, who had been watching closely, knew his mission was complete upon seeing this. So he immediately stopped channeling his Dou Qi, allowing the energy gathered on the Star Dragon Saber to slowly dissipate into the world.

"Sorry! I haven't used this knife in a long time, and I just noticed it was starting to rust, so I used some battle qi to remove the Dou Qi! Look, the rust removal effect is quite good. Now it's completely black, and you can't see any trace of rust at all." After dissipating the energy on the Star Dragon Saber, Lin Ming said with a serious expression, and as if he were showing it to Yun Shan, he held the Star Dragon Saber by the hilt and extended it forward, while nodding slightly to himself, appearing quite satisfied.

Seeing Lin Ming's actions, Yun Shan immediately wished he could spit blood and kill Lin Ming.

After all, you said you haven't used it in ages! And that it's rusty! If you're going to lie, at least make it sound somewhat believable. You just used it to severely injure my Misty Cloud Sect's Great Elder, Yun Leng, and now you're telling me you haven't used it in ages and that it's rusty... (omitting ten thousand words of Yun Shan Civilization's words here)

"Not going to watch? Fine, then. You're really ungrateful." Seeing Yun Shan's bewildered expression, as if he'd suffered a stroke, he immediately sheathed the Star Dragon Saber. Then he added calmly, "Then I'll walk away a bit, so as not to disturb your fight with Xiao Yan."

Before Lin Ming's words had even finished fading, his figure was already a hundred feet away, and was still rapidly moving further away.

Lin Ming's words infuriated Yun Shan and the Sect Master Yun, but they were powerless to do anything about Lin Ming. After all, the blow their Great Elder had suffered was still fresh in their minds. So, all they could do was curse Lin Ming in their hearts, even his ancestors for countless generations.

Of course, besides those who silently cursed him, some were stunned by Lin Ming's actions and then burst into laughter. However, they knew what time it was, so after a couple of laughs, they covered their mouths to stop themselves from laughing out loud.

With Lin Ming's meddling and delaying Yun Shan, Xiao Yan, now undisturbed, hovered in mid-air. However, his face was extremely pale, and his aura was exceptionally weak. But if you think that he was completely at the mercy of others, you would be sorely mistaken.

Although Xiao Yan was in extremely poor condition at this moment, an unprecedentedly powerful energy radiated and rippled around him. Tracing the source of this rippled energy, one could see a Three-Colored Flame Lotus, about the size of a normal lotus leaf, floating on the palm of Xiao Yan's weak figure.

Seeing Xiao Yan's completed Dou Technique, the Fire Lotus, Yun Shan's face turned ashen. Even he felt an extraordinary pressure from the energy contained within that seemingly magnificent Fire Lotus.

"How could this little beast possibly unleash such a powerful attack?" With a furious roar in his heart, Yun Shan immediately retreated, trying to escape at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, as Yun Shan fled, powerful Dou Qi surged rapidly around him as if it were free. In just a moment, the surging and mighty Dou Qi even stirred up a huge dark blue tornado above him.

The dark blue tornado grew larger and larger, and in no time, the shape of Yun Shan could no longer be seen. Only a huge dark blue tornado, more than ten feet long, was traveling in the distance in the sky.

As the wind howled and the air currents surged, countless weaker individuals were swept away. Only then did they realize the true terror of a Dou Zong expert.

But this terrifying Dou Zong actually began to defend himself like this even before the Fire Lotus Dou Technique could attack him. At this moment, they could only describe it as terrifying, because this was the first time in their lives they had ever witnessed such a battle.

Looking at the Fire Lotus taking shape in his hand, Xiao Yan felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, Lin Ming held off Yun Shan while he was condensing the Fire Lotus, preventing him from disturbing him; fortunately, although there was a slight accident during the condensation, he managed to resolve it and complete the condensation of the Fire Lotus instead of it exploding due to the flame conflict; fortunately, he still had a little bit of Dou Qi left, which should be enough to control it to attack Yun Shan.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan glanced at Old Yao and saw that Old Yao was also gaining the upper hand. A smile immediately appeared on Yao Lao's pale face.

Turning his gaze back, Xiao Yan immediately changed his hand seals. As a result of this change, the suspended Three-Colored Fire Lotus burst forth with intense three-colored light.

"Trying to run? Too late. You old dog, die!"

With a loud shout, Xiao Yan flicked his fingers, and the suspended Three-Colored Fire Lotus instantly transformed into a colorful ray of light, shooting out rapidly.