Huo Xiaochेन used his astral energy, and jeers swept over him from below the arena.
"Weren't you going to kill me with your body-tempering cultivation? What, can't keep up the act anymore?" Xu Yang shouted.
A trace of shame flashed across Huo Xiaochेन's face. Astral energy surged around him, radiating heat that could burn mountains and boil seas.
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The purple astral energy burned so fiercely that the air warped.
"I admit I underestimated you. There's no need to goad me. No matter what you say, you're going to die today." Huo Xiaochेन's gaze was icy, his chilling killing intent almost tangible.
He was no hidebound fool. He would not let his own words constrain him, much less abandon a chance to kill Xu Yang over a single remark. Boom!
His astral energy exploded, and his figure vanished instantly. His speed rose another notch, leaving trails of afterimages across the Life-and-Death Arena. Before he arrived, terrifying heat enveloped Xu Yang, and mighty astral energy surged across the arena like a tide.
"Die!"
Huo Xiaochेन bellowed like muffled thunder. Purple astral energy gathered in his palm as he struck out like a mountainous crashing wave.
He had changed martial techniques. Instead of his earlier fist technique, he used a palm technique Xu Yang had never seen. If Xu Yang's guess was correct, it belonged to the Xiao Family.
Sounds of collapsing mountains and roaring tsunamis erupted inside him. His astral energy poured into his palm like a raging flash flood. The expanding palm imprint radiated waves of heat, growing over a meter across, so solid it seemed real.
This palm strike was far more powerful than his earlier attacks.
"Even using astral energy won't change today's outcome."
Flecks of gold appeared on Xu Yang's body and instantly spread everywhere. In a