Xiao Yan laughed instead of growing angry. "You've said you'd kill me many times already. Unfortunately, you've never made good on it."
Lu Zhi did not spread his Dou Qi wings, instead walking through the air directly. The fluctuations of his aura made him seem like a peerless ferocious beast lying in wait.
"Ever since I advanced to a Dou Zhe at the age of twelve, I have never lost to an opponent of the same level. There are many geniuses, people like Xu Yingwu and the others who are as famous as I am, but I never cared about them."
Lu Zhi stood in the air with his hands behind his back, his loose robes drifting casually in the wind. If not for the tense situation, Xiao Yan would certainly have admired the bearing of a peerless expert that Lu Zhi now possessed.
"Because although they are geniuses as well, they do not even have the courage to formally challenge me." Lu Zhi slowly voiced his innermost thoughts, and Xiao Yan could not help nodding. There were many geniuses in the Northwest Region, but in everyone's eyes, Lu Zhi had always been number one.
"Not until I met you did I sense that you would become a worthy opponent. But I truly still underestimated you. The second time we met, you managed to escape."
Lu Zhi looked at Xiao Yan seriously. "To keep from being surpassed by you, I trained hard in the Thunder Mist Method. I never expected you to break through it the moment we met. That fire lotus you released just now... I truly felt the threat of death from it."
Then, Lu Zhi's expression turned somewhat dejected. "I used the means my sect had prepared in advance. It was the first time I relied on