Twenty-Five: Give Me Fire!

Looking at Xiao Dongchen standing with his hands behind his back, Xiao Yan's expression turned cold again. He clenched his fists, Dou Qi surging as a growing sense of power filled his heart.

"Here I come!"

A moment later, he stepped forward. His body shot toward Xiao Dongchen several meters away like an arrow leaving the bow. Pale purple Dou Qi wrapped around his fist, and when he came within arm's reach, he threw an uppercut straight at Xiao Dongchen's face.

"Huang Rank High-Level Dou Technique—Mountain-Splitting Fist!"

"His Dou Qi has fused with Beast Fire. So he still chose the Flame Mantra path. Interesting."

Xiao Dongchen calmly watched the incoming fist. Without any hurry, he raised his left palm, and bright yellow Dou Qi instantly surged forth.

Thud!

The instant fist and palm collided, Xiao Yan's expression changed. He quickly staggered back two steps, cold sweat immediately breaking out across his forehead.

Heavenly Flames!

That bright yellow Dou Qi had fused with Heavenly Flames. No wonder it was so domineering. His own purple Beast Fire instinctively bowed before it, and merely drawing close gave him the urge to melt.

"Haa."

He let out a long breath, his eyes flickering. His teacher had told him that Xiao Dongchen had taken the fire seed of the Bone Chilling Flame, but this color...

"Young Master Chen has actually fused no fewer than two top-ranked Heavenly Flames? What a monster!"

At that moment, Yao Lao's consciousness transmission rang out in astonishment. He had not expected the Flame Mantra to truly work, and it looked unprecedentedly powerful!

"Two Heavenly Flames..."

Xiao Yan's mouth twitched hard. He had not even gotten his hands on so much as a strand of Heavenly Flame, while the other had already reached this level. Was the gap really this huge?!

Damn it!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Xiao Yan's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth before charging in again. As Dou Qi surged through him, he changed his fist into a palm and suddenly clenched it.

"Attraction Palm!"

Watching that gesture, which resembled some star-sucking technique, Xiao Dongchen could not help but smile. He made no move, allowing the force to pull him forward.

He took a couple of steps, just to give Xiao Yan some face!

Seeing that Xiao Dongchen had actually been pulled toward him, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment before the corners of his mouth rose. His palm turned, secretly shifting from a claw back into a palm.

"Fire-Blowing Palm!"

Sure enough, once Xiao Dongchen came within a foot of him, an excited roar erupted. The circulation route of Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body abruptly changed!

With that shout, a fierce force blasted straight out from before his palm.

"Good!"

Having anticipated this move long ago, Xiao Dongchen shouted low. He stomped his foot and stopped himself, then raised his palm and clenched it.

"Give me... fire!"

The moment those words fell, the space around Xiao Dongchen's right palm trembled. Then, a bright yellow flame, wild and tyrannical, burst forth in an instant and swiftly wrapped around his entire body, blazing fiercely.

The stone platform beneath his feet cracked inch by inch. Upon it stood the young man, his entire body enveloped in bright yellow flames. Fire danced at his fingertips, and the surrounding space faintly warped. The sight was incomparably noble, as though he were a god!

Fire-Blowing Palm? Go on, try blowing it!

Sure enough, that seemingly fierce pushing force was burned away before it could even approach the flames. The bright yellow fire did not so much as flicker.

What a freak!

How was he supposed to fight this?!

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Dongchen, who resembled a god of fire, and could not help licking his dry lips. His dark eyes were filled with admiration, yearning, and deep conviction.

Cool. He was seriously too cool!

No, that was cheating!

Coming back to his senses, he remembered that Xiao Dongchen had said he would fight using only the realm of a Dou Zhe. Once Heavenly Flames came out, even a Dou Emperor would have to back off. Wasn't that just bullying?!

Seemingly seeing through Xiao Yan's thoughts, Xiao Dongchen snapped his fingers and withdrew the Heavenly Flames. All traces of that divine spectacle vanished in the blink of an eye.

To be honest, he had simply felt like showing off for a moment. That feeling of standing there invincible beneath the heavens really was addictive.

"Don't worry. From here on, I won't use Heavenly Flames against you."

Xiao Dongchen flicked his sleeve, a smile playing on his lips. He remained as calm and composed as ever.

On the elevated platform, the Xiao Household members and Xiao Zhan were no longer surprised by this miraculous sight. After all, Xiao Dongchen had never been someone they could see through.

Ya Fei, however, widened her beautiful eyes in an instant. The white jade teacup in her delicate hand shattered at once, while her lovely, seductive face was already overcome with indescribable shock.

Heavenly Flames. Those were definitely Heavenly Flames!

Oh my heavens, a fourteen-year-old wielding Heavenly Flames and beating up Dou Lings with his fists—this Xiao Dongchen truly was mysterious... and terrifying!

If Xiao Dongchen had known what Ya Fei was thinking at that moment, he definitely would have complained that she was knowledgeable, but not knowledgeable enough.

Those bright yellow flames did not belong to any of the twenty-three Heavenly Flames of the Dou Qi Continent. They were the fusion of two ultimate flames!

Besides, his cultivation had already broken through to seven-star Dou Ling. Let alone an ordinary Dou Ling, even a Dou Wang would have to step aside!

"Hehe, you said it!"

Hearing Xiao Dongchen's promise, Xiao Yan could not help grinning broadly. He bared his snow-white teeth, his eyes glinting as he made up his mind.

What bad intentions could I, Xiao Yan, possibly have? I just want to knock you down!

Next, he would let Xiao Dongchen witness the Dou Technique he had truly honed through three months of bitter cultivation!

On the stone platform, Xiao Yan clenched his right fist. His body leaned slightly forward, his waist twisting as streams of purple Dou Qi continuously gathered over that fist. Then, he roared like an enraged lion, his body darting out like lightning as his fist blasted toward Xiao Dongchen's chest like a cannonball.

"Eight Extremes Collapse!"

This punch carried an unstoppable momentum as it exploded forward!

Facing the high-speed punch filled with surging Dou Qi, Xiao Dongchen found it difficult to receive it head-on while using only the strength of a Dou Zhe. Smiling faintly, he chose to deal with it using the Dou Technique he had just drawn after helping Xiao Yan show off.

Xiao Yan, I've been wanting to test this move's defensive capabilities. Lucky you!

"Heaven and Earth, the Mysterious Sect, the root of all qi."

"Cultivated through countless calamities, proving my divine powers!"

"Earth Rank Perfected Dou Technique—Golden Light Mantra!"

A streak of golden light appeared in Xiao Dongchen's eyes. It swiftly spread across his entire body, as if an invisible golden membrane had wrapped around him, looking utterly indestructible.

Clang!

Just as the Golden Light Mantra was fully activated, Xiao Yan's heavy punch slammed into it, instantly producing the sound of metal striking metal!

Yet that immensely powerful fist, capable of splitting a tree with one blow, only sent faint ripples across the golden light before becoming completely ineffective.

"Ah?"

Xiao Yan was forced back a step by the recoil. He looked at his fist, then at the golden light around Xiao Dongchen, his heart filled with indescribable shock.

We're both Dou Zhes, yet my full-force punch can't even break his defense. How am I supposed to fight this?

Brother Chen truly was Brother Chen. Heavenly Flames were already outrageous enough, but he also had countless high-level Dou Techniques. This was seriously giving him a headache!

Seeing Xiao Yan's life-questioning expression, Xiao Dongchen merely smiled softly. This was nothing. He was only standing there and letting Xiao Yan hit him. If he threw out a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, how shocked would Xiao Yan be then?

Besides, wasn't this how things were supposed to go when an older brother fought a younger brother?