The Power of the Spirit? Xiao Yu's Shock

Xiao Yan was well aware that although his cultivation had progressed rapidly of late, defeating Xiao Yu would be no easy task.

"Cousin Xiao Yu." Just as Xiao Yan was about to speak, he found his body suddenly slipping out of his control.

Then, a powerful force surged forth, pinning him down instantly.

Following this, Yao Chen's soul body possessed Xiao Yan, taking his place, and looked at the Xiao Yu before him. "Very well, I accept."

"Good, you've got guts, kid. I thought you wouldn't dare to accept my challenge."

Xiao Yu spoke, then drew her weapon, preparing to unleash a Dou Technique to engage Xiao Yan.

But upon reflection, Xiao Yan was currently only at the third stage of Dou Qi; using a Dou Technique against him would clearly be making a mountain out of a molehill.

To deal with him, she didn't need a Dou Technique at all.

Surely he wouldn't even be able to withstand a few ordinary attacks, would he?

However, at that very moment, Xiao Yu was astonished to find that the power radiating from Xiao Yan's body had surged violently—a level of intensity that clearly surpassed her own.

Even the Xiao Clan's patriarch, Xiao Zhan, with his strength as a Great Dou Master, could not compare.

Only a powerhouse at the level of a Dou Spirit, at the very least, could possess such formidable strength.

A Dou Spirit? Xiao Yan? How could this be possible?

Shocked, Xiao Yu immediately felt it was inconceivable and refused to believe it.

As it turned out, it didn't even take half a round for the Xiao Yu before him to be instantly defeated.

She collapsed to the ground, bruised and battered, her pretty face covered in wounds that made one's heart ache.

"Xiao Yan, how do you have such immense strength? What on earth did you do to become this powerful!" Xiao Yu asked, utterly stunned.

The Xiao Yan standing there was also quite surprised; he hadn't expected that when his teacher took control, he would unleash the power of a Dou Spirit-level expert.

At the same time, Xiao Yan was filled with curiosity: was his teacher's true strength that of a Dou Spirit?

Or was the power of a Dou Spirit merely the tip of the iceberg of his teacher's full capabilities?

Was his teacher's true strength even higher and more formidable than this?

For a moment, Xiao Yan's heart was filled with endless speculation.

Having defeated Xiao Yu, Yao Chen was impatient to claim his rewards.

He had just obtained three blind boxes, which were now stored in the system's inventory.

He opened the system inventory and then opened the three white blind boxes he had just acquired.

[You have opened three white blind boxes and drawn from them, obtaining the following rewards.]

[You have obtained 20 points, 15 soul power, and 1 Resurrection Coin x1.]

[Upon obtaining 100 Resurrection Coins, the host may reshape their physical body, shed the soul-body state, and restore their flesh.]

[Currently, the host has 100 points, unlocking the Point Mall.]

Yao Chen's expression was slightly surprised; he hadn't expected to obtain a Resurrection Coin just now, and according to the system's introduction, he only needed 99 more to reshape and restore his physical body.

Yet he knew clearly that the rarity of these Resurrection Coins went without saying; they would not be easily obtained.

As for the system's Point Mall, it had also been successfully unlocked.

Yao Chen couldn't wait to open the system's mall.

He saw a dazzling array of goods; beyond medicinal pills, Dou Techniques, cultivation methods, weapons, and other treasures, there were even Heavenly Flames that could be exchanged using points.

However, the prices were shockingly and absurdly high.

Green Lotus Core Flame: 10,000 points.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame: 1,000,000 points.

Good heavens.

It seemed the number of points required to exchange for rare treasures like Heavenly Flames was truly staggering.

But Yao Chen believed that as long as he completed more missions, the point rewards he received would continue to increase.

If the grade of the blind boxes he obtained was higher, the probability of drawing point rewards would also increase significantly.

Yao Chen's focus shifted away from the system panel and back to reality.

He had already exited the state of possessing the body, withdrawing from Xiao Yan and returning to the Storage Ring.

Once Yao Chen's soul departed, Xiao Yan felt as if his body had been instantly hollowed out.

Given his current physical strength and cultivation realm, having Yao Chen's soul body exert Dou Spirit-level power through him had already been an immense strain.

With Yao Chen's soul gone, the aura on Xiao Yan's body dropped instantly.

This left Xiao Yu feeling very confused.

What was going on?

Why had Xiao Yan's aura plummeted so suddenly after defeating her?

What kind of method had he used just now to allow his mere third-stage Qi Practitioner strength to suddenly skyrocket to the power of a Dou Ling?

Xiao Yu was no fool; regardless of anything else, she had spent quite a long time at Jianan Academy.

She had seen her fair share of the world, more or less.

Therefore, she was very clear that the power Xiao Yan had displayed just now was absolutely not his own!

Over half an hour later.

Inside the inner courtyard of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Ning had just returned to the residence of the Grand Elder.

The Grand Elder was looking at Xiao Ning, engaged in conversation with him.

Just then, he saw his granddaughter, Xiao Yu, return to the courtyard with a bruised and swollen face.

"What happened, Sister? How did you get hurt like this? Who beat you up?"

Xiao Ning asked, his face full of shock.

The Grand Elder was also puzzled. His granddaughter, Xiao Yu, was currently a student at Jianan Academy.

Her Dou Qi strength was far beyond what others could compare to.

What on earth could have happened?

Xiao Yu did not know how to describe the scene that had just unfolded.

If she were to say that she had just been defeated by Xiao Yan, and by the strength of a Dou Ling at that, she reckoned that neither her grandfather nor her brother, Xiao Ning, would believe it.

Xiao Yu's intuition told her something.

Although she had indeed been defeated by the power of a Dou Ling just now, that was absolutely not Xiao Yan's own power.

Xiao Yu desperately wanted to figure out what exactly was hidden behind Xiao Yan that she did not know about.

Could there be some mysterious powerhouse behind Xiao Yan?

If that were truly the case, it would not be hard to explain why Xiao Yan dared to set the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.

He was not even afraid of the Cloud Mist Sect, a super-sect of the Jia Ma Empire.

Could there really be some mysterious powerhouse behind Xiao Yan?

What was the other party's background? To actually possess such formidable strength!

In the entire Xiao Clan, the strongest was Xiao Zhan, who possessed the strength of a five-star Dou Shi.

A Dou Ling powerhouse was an existence one wouldn't even dare to imagine!

In the back mountains of the clan.

Xiao Yan felt as if his body had been instantly hollowed out; it took a long while of resting before he finally recovered.

He then said, "Teacher, was that power you just used the strength possessed by a powerhouse at the Dou Ling level?"

"It is indeed strong!"

Yao Chen's soul form drifted out from the Storage Ring, looking at the Xiao Yan before him.

His attention was on the system panel.

It displayed a few lines of text.

[Current Task: Auction a fourth-grade medicinal pill and gain Ya Fei's attention.]

[Reward: One red treasure chest.]