Limitless Wind-Thunder Storm

Fortunately, Lei Yan also practiced a body-tempering art that used lightning to strengthen his flesh.

And while taking that beating, he had protected his vital areas, so he had suffered only superficial wounds, with no real damage.

But even so, this was no solution. His opponent was twice as fast as he was, and the relentless barrage left him no chance to find an opening and counterattack.

He might look as though he was holding up well now, but in another three minutes, even he probably would not be able to endure it.

Since that was the case, he might as well gamble. Lei Yan drew a deep breath while defending, intending to unleash a large-scale area attack.

It might have some side effects on him as the user, but that was still better than remaining so helpless.

Yet just then, something unexpected happened. A crack suddenly appeared on the clone that had been attacking so fiercely.

The crack instantly spread across its entire body, and the clone finally dissipated completely in midair.

What was going on? Was his opponent holding back? Lei Yan could not figure out what medicine Qin Yun was selling in his gourd.

He was not the only one. The other elders and Fei Tian were equally bewildered.

In the end, Qin Yun explained the reason. "Sorry, I stacked too many buffs on the clone just now.

"It got a little overloaded, and the body condensed from spiritual power couldn't take it. So it blew up."

"..."

If things ended here, then according to the rules, Qin Yun had lost.

But Lei Yan did not see it that way. From their exchange just now, he still felt that Qin Yun had gone easy on him, and that this was not his true strength.

So he stepped forward to challenge him again, this time asking to fight his real body.

"That wouldn't be quite right, would it? Judging by what just happened, I did lose..." To be honest, Qin Yun did not want to go up and keep fighting.

After all, the last time he had failed to control himself, he had nearly shattered Feng Qing'er's Dao Heart.

This man had decent strength and good character. Qin Yun did not want to leave him with an inner demon so casually and affect his future breakthroughs.

"I know you haven't used your full strength, Brother Qin, but I really want to see what a true genius is like.

"So please grant my request. Whatever the outcome, you have my thanks."

Lei Yan made his appeal with such conviction and sound reasoning that it left little room for refusal.

"All right. Since you want to see it, I'll exchange a couple of moves with you." Seeing that he could not refuse, Qin Yun could only fly up onto the arena platform.

But Qin Yun did not intend to decide the winner through a normal fight. Instead, he wanted a Hollywood-style duel.

Yes, the turn-based kind: you punched me, I punched you, and whoever fell first lost.

Qin Yun explained his idea, and Lei Yan nodded in agreement after hearing it.

Although this was the first time he had heard of such a way to duel, he honestly did want to try this new style of fighting.

"Come on. You go first. Hit me with everything you've got." Qin Yun beckoned to him, generously letting him take the first turn.

After all, some things could not be said outright. If Qin Yun struck first, his opponent would probably never get a turn.

"Then be careful." Lei Yan did not stand on ceremony and unleashed his strongest killing move, Limitless Wind-Thunder Storm.

Rampaging lightning energy instantly spread around him, and even the surrounding air seemed to surge with ripples.

Above his head, thunder seemed to rumble. Such a phenomenon of heaven and earth only appeared when experts exchanged blows, showing just how lethal this move was.

"This is my strongest offensive Dou Technique, but its drawback is that even I might not be able to control its power. If you think you can take it, I'll attack." All sorts of violent energies had already gathered in Lei Yan's hands, and he compressed them into a massive sphere.

"Quite a spectacle. It's fine. I should be able to take it, so go ahead."

Qin Yun briefly assessed how much damage the attack would deal. After considering it for a while, he decided that he could withstand it.

Still, it might be a little difficult without using Dou Qi. In that case, I'll let them see the real Threefold Reversal.

This time, the one using Threefold Reversal was not a clone, but a genuine body of flesh and blood.

Qin Yun's short hair immediately began growing at a tremendous speed, becoming waist-length, silken white hair in the blink of an eye.

Apart from his clothes, his entire body turned as pure white as the finest mutton-fat jade, giving him an air of sacred solemnity.

It was that state again. Naturally, Lei Yan sensed that his opponent had entered a mysterious state.

It was entirely different from the clone's earlier transformation. If the clone using Threefold Reversal had felt like a monster with absurd stats...

Then the Qin Yun before him now felt like three enormous question marks, an abyss whose depths he could not fathom.

Feng Qing'er, who was watching from the sidelines, also rose excitedly to her feet. This was the true Threefold Reversal, not that half-baked version from before.

Ever since his slap had nearly left her with an inner demon, Feng Qing'er had seemed to stop caring much about the gap between them.

But although she appeared unconcerned, deep down, she still wanted to know just what level he had reached.

Now that she had finally glimpsed the tip of the iceberg, Feng Qing'er privately calculated how many moves she might last against Qin Yun in this state.

Although Lei Yan could not fathom his depths at all, the arrow was already on the string and had to be loosed. The wind-and-lightning energy sphere in his hands had reached its limit.

In the next instant, he thrust both hands forward, and the violent energy erupted into a fan-shaped shock wave that swallowed everything within a hundred meters ahead.

Thick smoke also filled the arena. Through it, they could vaguely make out ripples spreading across the defensive barrier on the far side as it flickered in and out of view. Clearly, the violent energy had shaken it as well.

"That fellow Lei Yan really did keep something up his sleeve. The destructive power of this move must exceed that of some one- or two-star Dou Emperors."

Watching the lightning energy rampage before him, Su Qian stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

As expected of the man who represented Jia Nan Academy's strength, his attack was anything but ordinary.

*Oh no, did I take this too far? Little Yun hasn't really gotten hurt, has he? I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead. If he's seriously injured, that old Pavilion Master will definitely beat me up first.

But with all this smoke, I can't tell how badly he's hurt. If it affects his future cultivation, we're finished.

Seeing the considerable destruction Lei Yan had caused, even Fei Tian, a five-star Dou Zong, felt his heart give a twinge.