Gu Yao and Xiao Yan simultaneously faced the powerful attacks unleashed by the other. Aside from remaining ready to intervene at any moment, everyone watching shared the same curiosity: between Xiao Yan and Gu Yao, who was stronger and who was weaker?
Gu Yao was a prodigy nurtured by the Ancient Clan, the renowned Asura Commander of the Black Void Army, someone destined to become a pillar of the Ancient Clan! Xiao Yan was the absolute dark horse from the Northwest Region. Not long ago, he had personally slain Venerable Lei of the Wind Lightning Pavilion, and his performance had won over many elders of the Heavenly Luan Clan. Behind Xiao Yan now stood Starfall Pavilion and the entire Heavenly Luan Clan. No one could judge who was stronger without seeing the outcome of their battle.
At first, many had felt that Gu Yao, a four-star Dou Venerable, could claim the final victory over Xiao Yan, who was merely a nine-star Dou Zong, given the gap in their raw strength. But once Xiao Yan unleashed the Four-Colored Fire Lotus, no one rashly believed that Xiao Yan would lose to Gu Yao anymore.
At this moment, the vortex before Xiao Yan seemed poised to completely devour Gu Yao's finger strike. The black radiance representing annihilation seemed utterly unable to escape the pull of Xiao Yan's devouring power. Yet Gu Yao's finger strike contained more than energy—it also carried simple, direct, overwhelming force! Though the four-colored pillar of flame blazed with intense heat, mist continuously rose when it collided with the blue-black turtle-shell Dou Qi armor Gu Yao had unleashed.
Neither side could gain the upper hand?
A trace of resolve flashed through Xiao Yan's eyes. Golden flames surged fiercely within the four-colored pillar, and the seemingly impregnable blue-black Dou Qi turtle-shell