Facing a Half-Saint

"Wild Desolation Ruler, Shaking the Cosmos!"

Facing an opponent of Xuan Leizi's caliber, Xiao Yan's first choice was still to seize the initiative and attack.

Xiao Yan's reasoning was simple. Since he was already at a disadvantage in strength, he had to take the initiative. Otherwise, he would only be suppressed.

At Xiao Yan's current realm, a Di-class Dou Technique was practically effortless. As he swung horizontally, space itself began to crack apart. The ruler slashed craftily toward Xuan Leizi's neck. With his full strength behind it, even a Six-Star Dou Zun would have struggled to deal with this strike.

But Xiao Yan's opponent was a Half-Saint.

"Hehe..." Xuan Leizi merely extended the middle and index fingers of his right hand, and Xiao Yan's full-force ruler strike was caught between those two fingers.

"Not bad strength," Xuan Leizi said calmly. "But against a Half-Saint, you are merely an ant trying to shake a tree."

After easily catching Xiao Yan's attack, ripples spread across Xuan Leizi's brow at the same time. Soul power from above the Spiritual State Soul, the Heavenly State Soul, surged out like a tidal wave. The simple, direct soul attack brutally crushed Xiao Yan head-on. A Heavenly State Soul had already become almost tangible, and Xiao Yan felt as though his entire body had suffered a heavy blow as he was sent flying.

With that strike, Xiao Yan fully understood Xuan Leizi's terror. In the past, soul power had always been one of his greatest weapons in battle, but Xuan Leizi was also an alchemist, and his soul had even reached the Heavenly State. At this moment, Xiao Yan lagged behind Xuan Leizi in every possible aspect.

Xiao Yan could not help feeling fortunate that, with the power of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire, he