Flame Splitting Wave Ruler

"This brat really is strange." After Xiao Yan drove him back, She Mo abandoned his earlier contempt and began treating him as a genuine opponent. Fortunately, the brat's own strength was still too weak. Even with a secret technique, he had yet to reach the Dou Ling level. As long as he was no Dou Ling, She Mo had nothing to fear!

She Mo exhaled deeply, and dark blue Dou Qi surged over his great saber. Powerful energy fluctuations spread from the blade, and a phantom python seemed to coil faintly around its hilt. After being driven back by Xiao Yan, he clearly intended to unleash a Dou Technique!

Seeing this, Xiao Yi Xian, whose face had lit up with joy when Xiao Yan repelled She Mo, turned pale. Though her strength was meager, even she could tell that he was preparing a Dou Technique. Given his status, the technique he practiced was unlikely to be low-ranked. If they truly clashed head-on, Xiao Yan would have no chance of winning.

Naturally, Xiao Yan also sensed the energy fluctuations surging from She Mo. He retreated several steps, widening the distance between them, then lightly brushed his Storage Ring and tossed several pills into his mouth. Most were Qi Recovery Pills for replenishing Dou Qi, while just one was a Power Accumulation Pill that could briefly boost his strength. Xiao Yan had personally refined all these pills during this period.

Feeling power surge through his body, Xiao Yan grinned. He raised the Xuan Heavy Ruler high, and pitch-black flames suddenly erupted, enveloping it. As he poured his Dou Qi into the heavy ruler, the surrounding heaven and earth energy instantly ran wild, and the strange patterns along the ruler blazed with dazzling light.

"An Earth Tier Dou Technique? How is that possible?!" Sensing the surrounding energy erupt into turmoil, She Mo was utterly shocked. Only an Earth Tier Dou Technique, stronger than a Black Tier Dou Technique, could cause such a disturbance!

At that thought, She Mo threw all other concerns aside. He swung his great saber and released his Dou Technique before it had finished gathering power. Although he had never witnessed the might of an Earth Tier Dou Technique, he knew it was more than ten times stronger than a Black Tier technique and could even allow someone to challenge an opponent of a higher rank. If he let this brat unleash it, he would suffer severe injuries at the very least. His only choice was to strike first and interrupt the brat's buildup.

"Frenzied Snake Slash!" She Mo slashed downward, and the dark blue energy actually condensed in midair into an enormous water serpent more than ten meters long. It lunged at Xiao Yan, who was still gathering power, its sharp teeth formed from blades gleaming with cold light. Although the technique had not been fully charged, the power it unleashed was enough to easily inflict severe injuries on a peak Da Dou Shi!

The water serpent moved incredibly fast, reaching Xiao Yan in mere seconds. Just as it was about to strike him, a pair of purple-black wings suddenly spread from his back. With a beat of those wings, he flew straight into the air, evading She Mo's all-out attack.

These purple-black wings were not wings formed from Dou Qi, but a Flying Dou Technique Xiao Yan had obtained in the Magical Beast Mountain Range-the Purple Cloud Wings. In his previous life, Xiao Yan had obtained the first fragment of the purifying lotus demon flame's map there, so this time he had naturally gone to retrieve that fragment at the earliest opportunity.

The difference was that, in his previous life, he had stumbled upon the cave only after accidentally falling off a cliff while being pursued. When he entered, there had been nothing but a skeleton, and the other three boxes had already been opened. He had been so desperately hungry that he planned to use the skeleton to make soup, only to discover the Demonic Flame Remnant Map hidden inside it instead.

This time, however, none of the three boxes had been opened when Xiao Yan entered the cave. The cave also contained many rare medicinal ingredients, including some he needed. Of the three boxes, the first held a Flying Dou Technique. After mastering it, Xiao Yan had rarely used it; today was the first time he had employed it in actual combat.

Xiao Yan had originally been standing very close to the door. Because he took flight with the Purple Cloud Wings, the terrifying attack struck the door that was supposed to seal off the entire room instead. The sturdy door, capable of withstanding a Da Dou Shi's attacks, was blasted apart by She Mo's strike. This, however, was not the outcome She Mo wanted.

"Old dog! Have a taste of this!" As Xiao Yan rose into the air, the energy he had gathered reached its peak. With a furious shout, he brought the heavy ruler wreathed in black flames crashing down toward She Mo below, who had just finished unleashing his Dou Technique. A wave of astonishing heat rolled from the weapon. "Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"

Having just released a Dou Technique, She Mo had no time to muster another attack. He could only hastily mobilize his Dou Qi in an attempt to withstand Xiao Yan's terrifying strike. He could also tell that, with Xiao Yan's current strength, he could use a move this powerful only once at most. As long as he blocked it, Xiao Yan would be doomed!

Yet he had still underestimated the might of an Earth Tier Dou Technique. Even though Xiao Yan could not yet bring out its full power, it was more than sufficient to deal with someone at the Dou Ling level.

The dark red arc of ruler energy tore effortlessly through She Mo's defenses. Then, beneath his terrified gaze, it cleaved his entire body in two from top to bottom.

Everything happened in a flash of lightning. Before the other three Da Dou Shi present could come to his aid, they witnessed She Mo's gruesome death. They had never imagined that their commander, a Dou Ling who had clearly held the upper hand moments earlier, would be killed so easily by a boy with merely the strength of a Dou Shi.

"Kill him! Avenge the commander!" After a brief moment of terror, the three remaining Da Dou Shi immediately reacted. They, too, had realized how frightening Xiao Yan was. Since unleashing the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler had consumed a vast amount of his Dou Qi, he was now far weaker than before. This was their best chance to kill him!

Although these three Da Dou Shi were weaker than She Mo, their overall strength was still far greater than Xiao Yan's. Even at his peak, dealing with all three would have been no easy task, let alone now.

"Teacher, please act." Looking at the three mercenaries' savage faces, Xiao Yan sighed softly. He gently raised his palm, and a wisp of eerie white flame suddenly appeared above it. In the next instant, the three men, who had been about to swing their sabers at Xiao Yan, abruptly froze. They turned into ice statues and crashed heavily to the ground.