"Huh?"
The instant Xiao Yan changed his ruler technique, Tang Hao let out a startled exclamation, his face filling with surprise.
There was a reason for his reaction. If Xiao Yan's previous attacks had relied on sweeping, forceful movements to crush ten tricks with a single stroke of brute strength, then his current ruler technique carried genuine finesse.
And it was an exceptionally profound, mysterious kind of finesse.
The Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler had three stages: Raging Flame, Wandering Body Flame, and Six Harmonies Flame. The differences in power between them were immense. Ever since he began practicing this ruler technique, Xiao Yan had placed particular importance on its defensive method, Wandering Body Flame.
Of course, that did not mean the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler lacked worthwhile offensive methods. As a mid Earth-tier Dou Technique, its power would naturally surpass the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler if pushed to its utmost limits!
The reason Xiao Yan valued the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler's defensive method more was that, with his Soul King strength, he could at most execute Raging Flame. Even Wandering Body Flame was something of a stretch, while Six Harmonies Flame remained far beyond his reach.
Now, however, after relying on the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to forcibly raise his strength to the Soul Saint level, the energy inside Xiao Yan surged explosively, allowing his Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler to leap straight to the Six Harmonies Flame stage.
For a Soul Saint to fight a Titled Douluo across such a gap in rank, he needed truly formidable trump cards. Otherwise, his fate would undoubtedly be miserable. After all, the gulf between the two was simply too vast...
A gray-tinged Azure Flame drifted lightly into existence at the tip of the Black Ruler in Xiao Yan's