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Mo Yun bent his legs, then suddenly sprang upward, raising his arm and crashing fiercely into Mo Bas.

Bang!

After a low sonic boom, an invisible blast wave swept outward, and both men were forced apart as they retreated.

When Mo Yun landed, his feet sank heavily into the ground, while his right arm, which had taken the collision, went numb from the immense force.

Mo Bas, on the other hand, had only retreated a single step.

Mo Bas looked astonished. He had already noticed during their earlier exchange that Mo Yun possessed unusually great strength, but this collision had revealed him to be far stronger than expected.

Mo Bas might have been angry, but he would not truly try to kill Mo Yun. His previous strike had used less than half his strength; he had not gone all out.

Yet a mere Dou Ling had actually managed to take it head-on?

What kind of joke was this?!

The onlookers, Hua She Er included, were even more shocked.

In Hua She Er's eyes, Mo Yun had only just stepped into the Dou Ling realm. His talent might have been decent, but it should not have been enough for him to clash head-on with Mo Bas like this.

Judging from the force of that collision, although Mo Bas had held back, he had clearly intended to cripple Mo Yun in a single blow.

He would not take your life, but he would cripple you with one punch!

Mo Yun clenched and relaxed his right fist, easing the numbness in his muscles. He realized he could not win in a contest of raw strength.

He might be able to hold out for a while in a direct clash with Hua She Er, but Mo Bas was also an eight-star Dou Wang specializing in strength. Fighting him head-on put Mo Yun at a disadvantage.

Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!

Mo Yun raised his still-numb right hand and struck fiercely. His arm instantly transformed into more than a dozen white snakes that lunged at Mo Bas.

Mo Bas curled his lips and said viciously, "All flash, no substance, kid. It's useless!"

Mo Bas charged straight into the dozen white snakes, taking Mo Yun's attack with his body. Once he closed in, he decisively threw a punch!

Caught off guard, Mo Yun swiftly crossed his arms and barely blocked the blow. His body slid backward uncontrollably, only stopping after more than ten meters.

Mo Bas pressed his advantage and attacked again in an instant.

Mo Yun knew he could not keep taking the blows head-on. That punch had not merely numbed his arms; even his internal organs had been violently shaken.

Moreover, Mo Bas's rapid attacks came one punch after another. At this pace, Mo Yun would soon be unable to endure and would be beaten into a punching bag.

Damn it, exposure it is!

Cursing inwardly, Mo Yun directed the Dou Qi throughout his body along his meridians toward his back. A pair of enormous, eye-catching purple-black Dou Qi Wings suddenly appeared.

With a flap of those wings, Mo Yun shot into the air, evading Mo Bas's strike.

"Dou Qi Wings?!"

The leaders of the Snake-People Tribe present all widened their eyes, their faces filled with shock.

Dou Qi Wings were the mark of a Dou Wang expert!

They also represented the strength of their level.

In the Central Plains, Dou Huangs were the openly recognized powerhouses. But in the northwest, especially within the Jia Ma Empire, Dou Wangs were among the strongest openly known experts.

For a faction to gain one more Dou Wang expert meant gaining another high-level combatant. It was a matter of considerable influence.

Yue Mei slightly parted her red lips. "Sister Hua She Er, this young man is already a Dou Wang at such a young age?"

However, seeing the same undisguised shock on Hua She Er's face, Yue Mei understood that she had not known beforehand either.

"This kid..." Hua She Er murmured. Mo Yun had given her far too many surprises.

"A Dou Wang expert... No, your aura is still at the Dou Ling level. Could this be an extremely rare flying Dou Technique?!" Mo Bas was naturally shocked when he saw Mo Yun summon Dou Qi Wings to evade his attack, but he quickly noticed something unusual.

With Mo Bas's reminder, the others came to their senses as well.

Those wings were simply too startling, making it far too easy to associate them with a Dou Wang expert.

Yet even after realizing that Mo Yun's strength had not reached the Dou Wang realm, they gradually began taking him seriously. A flying Dou Technique was no ordinary thing either.

"You're a lucky kid, but that changes nothing. A flying Dou Technique is just a flying Dou Technique. I'll show you what real Dou Qi Wings are!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bang rang out. A powerful gust erupted behind Mo Bas, and a pair of black Dou Qi Wings spread open.

He then shot toward Mo Yun in the air.

Mo Yun's Dou Qi Wings could only last for one minute. After failing to gain any advantage through several clashes, he had no intention of continuing to confront Mo Bas head-on. With the boost of flight, he immediately began dodging.

The most obvious trait of Dou Qi Wings was the ability to soar through the skies. Beyond that, their foremost advantage was speed.

Mo Bas discovered that Mo Yun's speed was no weaker than that of genuine Dou Qi Wings beneath the Dou Wang level.

Mo Bas slightly turned his head, already sensing several powerful auras rushing in this direction. They belonged to the Snake-People Tribe's Four Great Elders.

Knowing that the Four Great Elders would stop this fight once they arrived, Mo Bas stopped wasting time. He directly erupted with his full strength, his Dou Qi Wings flapping as both fists, each wrapped in a mass of pitch-black Dou Qi, rushed toward Mo Yun.

Seeing this, everyone knew that Mo Bas intended to end this little game. After all, they had sensed the Four Great Elders approaching as well.

Mo Yun also noticed the Four Great Elders on their way. Against Mo Bas, he only needed to hold out a little longer.

Feeling the Dou Qi in his body rapidly draining from maintaining his Dou Qi Wings, Mo Yun slightly opened his lips, and a powerful suction force immediately appeared.

Devouring Sky B+ Rank!
Active Skill: During battle, rapidly absorb large amounts of Dou Qi to replenish oneself.

The principle behind Devouring Sky was vastly different from the Devouring of the Soaring Serpent Method, except Devouring Sky could be used in battle.

Under that suction force, a Dou Qi vortex directly formed in the sky before being drawn into Mo Yun's mouth.

The massive amount of Dou Qi instantly swelled Mo Yun's body, making him look abnormally bloated.

Although the Dou Qi within him was swiftly replenished and even overflowed, its quality was naturally far more impure than the Dou Qi he had absorbed and refined himself.

Even so, at a critical moment, it was enough to change the course of battle!

Relying on that Dou Qi, Mo Yun attacked fiercely once more.

Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!

Compared to before, bolstered by the enormous amount of Dou Qi, Mo Yun's right arm directly split into thirty or forty white snakes that lunged at Mo Bas.

"Kid, I told you, this level is still far from enough!"

Mo Bas roared. He immediately chose to meet the attack head-on, interlocking his fingers and clasping his hands together. Dense black Dou Qi surged from them as he prepared to hammer Mo Yun with a crushing blow.

But the next second, he found himself frozen in midair.

Startled, Mo Bas looked down and saw that, at some unknown point, a giant Dou Qi python had wrapped itself around his body.

It rapidly coiled around him, binding Mo Bas tightly. Then its snake head bit into him and began wildly draining his Dou Qi.

"To use that move together with the Hidden Shadow Snake Hand... Good kid, that's quite a clever way to confuse your opponent!" Hua She Er praised.