With a bang, a mass of flaming spikes collided with ice blades in midair. The ice blades were clearly no match for the fierce assault of the flaming spikes. After annihilating the ice blades, the fiery spikes continued onward with undiminished momentum, shooting fiercely toward the shadows from which the attack had come.
"Mystic Ice Shield!"
The mysterious figure had clearly not expected Xiao Yan to so sharply break through his attack and even counterattack. Slightly flustered, he hurriedly unleashed a defensive Dou Technique.
Ice-attributed energy rippled violently through the air. Frigid air gathered with a speed that made one's heart tremble, finally solidifying before him into an ice shield nearly thirty feet wide, completely enclosing him within it.
"Boom!" The dense blue-gold flaming spikes slammed viciously into the hastily formed ice shield. The powers of ice and fire clashed and intertwined fiercely.
"Crack! Crack!"
A moment later, the seemingly impregnable ice shield quietly shattered before the mysterious figure's stunned gaze. Fortunately, the flaming spikes had exhausted their power in the fierce collision. They finally dissolved unwillingly into wisps of smoke a dozen feet away from him and vanished into the air.
"Cough, cough."
An elderly man with graying hair emerged from the shadows deep within the hall. His aged face, usually somewhat stern and faintly imposing, was now filled with embarrassment and disarray.
"Hehe, young friend, I am Mittel Tengshan. Young friend, impressive skills."
Mittel Tengshan looked at Xiao Yan with some embarrassment as he spoke.
"I never expected a Dou Wang expert to bully a child, and even launch a sneak attack. Times truly have changed," Xiao Yan remarked in a strange tone.
"Cough, cough!"
Just as Mittel Tengshan was feeling awkward, another incredibly powerful icy aura rapidly approached within Xiao Yan's perception. This aura was purer and