In the plaza, when the aura rising from Nalan Yanran's body reached the level of a Grand Dou Master, it finally stopped climbing. With a flick of the slender sword in her hand, a clear, crisp sword cry rang lightly across the plaza.
At the tip of her sword, green sword aura flickered in and out, pointing from afar at Xiao Yan. In an instant, a fierce wind arose from nowhere.
Watching Nalan Yanran opposite him as her aura ceased to rise, Xiao Yan pursed his lips slightly and murmured, "Around a two-star Grand Dou Master!"
He snorted inwardly. After taking the Four-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill, he too was a two-star Grand Dou Master.
He had originally thought his own strength would be greater, yet they had ended up exactly the same.
Still, it did not matter. Even if their strengths were equal—or even if he were only a one-star Grand Dou Master—the difference of a single star would not be decisive.
"Time to get ready."
Rolling his neck, Xiao Yan slowly exhaled. He gripped the handle of the Black Heavy Ruler before him, then drove it forcefully into the stone floor. Green Dou Qi surged violently from his body like flames. After a moment, the Dou Qi dispersed, and a set of green Dou Qi armor appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Dou Qi armor... This fellow is actually a Grand Dou Master too?"
Looking at that nearly tangible suit of armor, gasps rang out across the plaza.
"This is getting interesting." Feeling the plaza suddenly fall silent, Elder Jia looked at the Dou Qi armor faintly emitting green light from Xiao Yan's body, his face bearing both astonishment and surprise.
Although this armor had only just taken shape, it appeared more solid than that of an ordinary newly advanced Grand