Crippled

Not only the Hong Family members, but even Han Fei, the patriarch of the Han Family, was somewhat shocked. He had just come here after emerging from seclusion, so he naturally did not know Xiao Yan's strength. He had been a little worried before, but now it seemed that it was completely unnecessary.

Elder Yun of the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion, who was sitting to the side, was also slightly taken aback, his eyes filled with shock. "This person actually has such talent?"

Hong Tianxiao and Hong Li's expressions turned extremely ugly. Hong Chen was hailed as the number one genius in North Sky City, yet he couldn't compare to this upstart who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. Wasn't this a slap in the face to the Hong Family?

That's not the main issue. The most important thing is, if the Hong Family Han Family the Hong family this time, will the Hong Family really give up the southern part of North Sky City and not take action against the Han Family?

A sinister glint flashed in Hong Chen's eyes, and he coldly said, "Dou Zong? Today, I will kill you to prove that even if you are Dou Zong, I will still kill you!"

Roar!

A roar drew everyone's attention.

On the Heavenly Stone Platform, Hong Chen held the Thunder Hammer and casually swung it twice, causing a terrifying sonic boom to resound all around. With a slight movement, he transformed into a phantom and rushed towards Xiao Yan!

The next moment, a pale blue, water-like flame surged from Xiao Yan's body, extremely similar in color to the Sea Heart Flame, yet with some differences. More importantly, at the very moment this flame appeared, Hong Chen, wielding the Thunder Hammer, suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, followed by a sharp pain, and the electric snakes on his body also faded somewhat this time.

Elder Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "Something seems amiss. That flame seems to be Heavenly Flames?"

Hong Tianxiao said in disbelief, "Heavenly Flames? How is that possible?"

Elder Shen Yun said, "Didn't you say before that the Han Family seemed to have Sixth Grade Alchemist helping Han Family? Now it seems that it should be him!"

Hong Tianxiao said in disbelief, "This is impossible! How could he become Sixth Grade Alchemist and break through to the Dou Zong at the same time? Even in the Central Plains, you couldn't find many people with such talent!"

That's true. No matter how much energy a person has, they can only focus on one thing at a time. Or rather, even if God gives you a talent, He will only give you one. People like Xiao Yan, who are both Yao Tian and a genius at cultivation, are extremely rare!

Elder Shen Yun pondered to himself, "I'm afraid I should discuss this with the Pavilion Master. Even if we don't want to befriend such a person, we absolutely cannot make him our enemy!"

Hong Tianxiao naturally had no idea what Elder Shen Yun was thinking. He quietly stared at the two figures constantly intersecting on the Heavenly Stone Platform. Streaks of silver lightning and wisps of pale blue flames collided in the air, tearing open dark spatial rifts around them.

Those Xuan Yi standing in a circle below the stage let out a soft exclamation when they saw the peculiar Heavenly Flames emanating from Xiao Yan's body. They then looked at Xiao Yu and said, "This flame seems to be Heavenly Flames?"

Xiao Yu chuckled and said, "Does Elder Xuan Yi not understand?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, Xuan Yi was already more than convinced that Yao Chen was truly alive. After all, she knew that Yao Chen had once obtained a strange cultivation technique called the Flame Mantra. However, the cultivation method of the Flame Mantra was indeed too bizarre, and there was only half a scroll available, so Xuan Yi had only heard of it.

Upon seeing the flame in Xiao Yan's hand, Xuan Yi understood that Xiao Yan must be Yao Chen's newly accepted disciple, and someone Yao Chen valued highly. Otherwise, he wouldn't have entrusted him with the Flame Mantra. Moreover, judging from this, Xiao Yan had already mastered the Flame Mantra, and at least this peculiar flame must have been condensed from two Heavenly Flames.

On the Heavenly Stone Platform, sonic booms rang out continuously. Hong Chen was extremely fast, while Xiao Yan's flames made Hong Chen hesitant to get close. After a series of exchanges, neither seemed to have gained an advantage. However, after fighting for so long, Hong Chen's breathing became somewhat disordered, while Xiao Yan remained as calm as ever!

Hong Chen thought to himself, "This guy has entered the Dou Zong. The energy in the world is being absorbed into his body endlessly. If this continues, I will surely lose. I need to finish this quickly!"

Thinking of this, Hong Chen roared, "Thunder God Descent!"

The silver electric snakes on Hong Chen's body became even denser, and Hong Chen's physique also became much stronger at this moment, looking like a silver iron tower from a distance.

Han Xue, from the Han Family's side, said with a hint of disgust in her eyes, "How did this guy suddenly become so ugly!"

Han Yue chuckled and looked at Han Xue, saying, "This is probably a secret technique of the Wind Thunder Pavilion. Judging from Hong Chen's aura, it seems even stronger; he should only be a hair's breadth away from becoming Dou Zong!"

Han Xue didn't care about any of that. She wrapped her arms around Han Yue's and pouted, saying, "So what if he's strong? Isn't Xiao Yan even stronger? I find him much more pleasing to the eye than Hong Chen. And even if Hong Chen hadn't used that secret technique, I still think he's ugly!"

Han Yue shook her head without saying much, but she did agree somewhat with Han Xue's words, and she also had no good feelings towards Hong Chen.

Xiao Yan's gaze slowly swept over Hong Chen, and he sneered, "This is your Wind Thunder Pavilion's secret technique? It doesn't look very impressive!"

Hong Chen's face was gloomy. He stomped his foot hard on the ground, creating a crater in the hard ground of the Heavenly Stone Platform. With a loud bang, Hong Chen's figure turned into a series of afterimages and rushed towards Xiao Yan's direction.

The trajectory of this figure, however, was extremely slow in Xiao Yan's eyes, because Xiao Yan was quite familiar with this movement technique. It was the Three Thousand Lightning Movement. Back in the Black Corner Region, when Xiao Yan went to the Magic Flame Valley with the people of the Mittel Family, he found the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll that had originally been taken away by the Black Skull Tomb for a sky-high price of ten million Gold Coins.

Driven by his itch, Xiao Yan greeted Ya Fei with the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and then went to cultivate them. Now, Xiao Yan had basically mastered the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, so even when Hong Chen used Three Thousand Lightning Movement at a very fast speed, he could not escape Xiao Yan's perception.

A burst of flame erupted from the Mysterious Black Ruler in Xiao Yan's hand. The Heavenly Flames surrounding the Mysterious Black Ruler made it appear extremely mysterious and heavy. Xiao Yan softly shouted, "Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"

A sword aura shimmering with pale blue light shot towards Hong Chen. A hint of relief appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes, while Xiao Yu below the stage chuckled, "It's over!"

Boom!

The pale blue sword energy gradually enlarged before Hong Chen's eyes. He wanted to dodge but couldn't, and could only watch helplessly as he collided with the sword energy.

A deafening explosion rang out, dust billowed, and everyone's vision was obscured by the swirling dust. As time passed, everyone gradually saw the situation on the field. Xiao Yan was still standing steadily on the Heavenly Stone Platform, while Hong Chen was lying in a large crater on the other side, his body charred black and his breath weak!