Women Were Strange Creatures

"At the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, I have the right to challenge anyone. Lei Qi, are you refusing?" Huo Zhi paid no attention to Yan Ting's gaze and instead looked toward Lei Qi.

She clearly meant that she was determined to fight him.

Whoosh!

With a single leap, Lei Qi arrived in the arena.

Seeing this, Yan Ting merely said, "Stop at the right time."

Then Yan Ting left, though he did not go far from the arena. After all, neither of them could afford to be injured.

"Why did you want to challenge me?" Lei Qi looked at Huo Zhi, somewhat puzzled.

"Because I want to!" Huo Zhi fixed her gaze on Lei Qi, her voice filled with an indescribable grievance.

As soon as she spoke, Huo Zhi suddenly stepped forward. Vast Dou Qi surged from within her like a tidal wave, and the powerful pressure of her Dou Qi made some of the people her age nearby feel faintly oppressed.

As her Dou Qi surged, her slender hand clenched sharply, forming a fierce gust in her palm. She stomped on the ground, and her figure flashed before Lei Qi like lightning.

Sizzle!

Yet the powerful force around Huo Zhi was directly vaporized the instant it approached Lei Qi.

"Heavenly Flames?"

Huo Zhi herself liked Heavenly Flames. Though she had yet to obtain the Flame Clan's Heavenly Flames, the moment her own force was melted away, she immediately understood.

The flaming mark on her forehead erupted. In an instant, Huo Zhi's aura soared—it was the power of the Rainbow-Gold Clan Pattern.

In a single instant, Huo Zhi's aura surged to the level of a Three-Star Dou Venerate.

A Clan Pattern was a kind of secret technique, but this surge in strength was only temporary.

Unfortunately, even so, there remained an enormous