The Tagor Desert.
Two terrifying currents of Dou Qi surged through the sky, one behind the other, drawing ever closer.
"So fast!"
Jia Xingtian's expression grew grave as he flew at full speed. He had never expected Queen Medusa to be so fast.
In just a short while, she had nearly caught up to him.
Just as Jia Xingtian reeled in shock, a black sphere of energy surged through the air at tremendous speed, arriving directly behind him.
Not good!
Jia Xingtian's expression tightened, his face frighteningly grim.
Rumble!
Terrifying Dou Qi exploded in midair, sending violent shock waves through hundreds of meters of surrounding space. Jia Xingtian's figure vanished from that stretch of sky.
Whoosh!
At that same instant, Jia Xingtian reappeared elsewhere in the sky, looking somewhat disheveled. He stared grimly at Queen Medusa above him.
Even her casual strike rivaled an attack from a Peak Dou Emperor!
Swish!
Seeing Jia Xingtian's disheveled state, Chen Xuan smiled faintly. With a slight movement of his hand, the Fangtian Painted Halberd appeared in his grasp. "Jia Xingtian, let me see the strength of a Peak Dou Emperor!"
"Heh! Since Queen wishes to witness my strength, I must oblige."
"But... try not to die!"
Jia Xingtian looked at Chen Xuan with a mocking expression.
Chen Xuan smiled and shook his head before replying, "If you can manage it!"
Rumble!
The instant his words fell, terrifying black Dou Qi surged through the sky. With a casual sweep of the Fangtian Painted Halberd, a streak of black light flashed out, then transformed into a massive black dragon soaring through the air.
At the sight, Jia Xingtian's expression tightened. He reached out and clawed at the air, and yellow-brown Dou Qi coiled out from his arm, forming several rings of energy.
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Countless streams of yellow-brown Dou Qi gathered in the sky.
Screech!
In the blink of an eye, a gigantic phoenix spread its wings and soared through the air.
An instant later, the black dragon collided with the Phoenix Phantom Image!
Rumble!
The two terrifying masses of Dou Qi collided with a deafening roar. Violent shock waves rippled outward in every direction.
In an instant, a sand dune as large as a building vanished from the desert, leaving an enormous crater.
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Countless grains of yellow sand were swept into the heavens, shrouding the sky in a haze.
"A casual strike actually has this much power!"
Jia Xingtian stared at Medusa in the sky in disbelief, his heart overwhelmed with shock.
Even Medusa's casual strike now rivaled a powerful attack from a Peak Dou Emperor.
She seemed like an entirely different person from the Queen Medusa he had known before.
"Black Dou Qi, and that strange weapon?!"
Jia Xingtian looked at the Fangtian Painted Halberd in Chen Xuan's hand and the black Dou Qi surging around his body, utterly bewildered.
A person's Dou Qi was practically their lifelong signature. It almost never changed.
Queen Medusa's Dou Qi had clearly been red before, and she had never used a weapon!
"Your strength is still rising!!!"
Suddenly, sensing Chen Xuan's strength slowly increasing, Jia Xingtian cried out in alarm.
Chen Xuan's strength rose straight from the early stage of a Nine-Star Dou Emperor to the late stage, leaving him just one step away from becoming a Peak Dou Emperor.
"It's that weapon!"
"That weapon can actually feed Dou Qi back to you!"
Jia Xingtian spotted the clue in an instant. The Fangtian Painted Halberd was continuously feeding Dou Qi back into Chen Xuan's body.
Such a weapon was simply unheard of!
"Jia Xingtian, enough of your nonsense!"
"Even if you know everything, you cannot change the fact that you will ultimately lose!"
Looking at Jia Xingtian, Chen Xuan offered no answer. Instead, he lifted the Fang Tian Painted Halberd slightly, holding it upright in the air.
"Heavenly Dao Halberd Technique-Heaven devourer!"
The instant Chen Xuan's words fell, boundless black energy poured out of his body.
Then heaven and earth began to change. The formerly scorching Tagor Desert was now blanketed by dark clouds.
"This is..."
"A phenomenon! This is actually a phenomenon of heaven and earth!"
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
Jia Xingtian stared at the dense black clouds overhead and roared in disbelief.
Only one rank of Dou Technique could cause a phenomenon in heaven and earth.
A Heaven-Rank Dou Technique!
In other words, Queen Medusa was actually unleashing a Heaven-Rank Dou Technique right now.
In all his life, Jia Xingtian had never seen a Heaven-Rank Dou Technique, much less heard of anyone who possessed one.
Yet now, he was experiencing one firsthand.
"Even so, I will not submit!"
"Even if I die, I'll take half your life with me!"
A ruthless look crossed Jia Xingtian's face. He raised both hands, and yellow-brown Dou Qi surged forth.
"Phoenix dances through the nine heavens!"
An Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique!
Screech!
In an instant, boundless Dou Qi began gathering from the sky and earth. Within moments, it transformed into a phoenix dozens of meters long, and the Phoenix Phantom Image continued to grow.
Pfft!
Jia Xingtian suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, but he paid it no heed. His terrifying Dou Qi continued to gather.
Soon, a Phoenix Phantom Image nearly fifty meters long appeared in the sky, making even the surrounding space tremble slightly.
Yet Chen Xuan showed none of the expected triumph. His expression was downright ugly.
The Heavenly Dao Halberd Technique was a Heaven-Rank Dou Technique gifted by the system. Chen Xuan had only just begun practicing it, and his control was extremely unstable.
Now, Chen Xuan could already feel that he was unable to control the energy within his body. If this continued, his body might even disintegrate.
"Pfft!"
"As expected... it's still too soon!"
Suddenly, Chen Xuan's expression changed, and a mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.
The Fang Tian Painted Halberd slipped straight out of his hand, and the terrifying black energy broke free of his control.
Space twisted at that moment, and black energy instantly swelled in the air.
Rumble!
In the next instant, a terrifying explosion thundered through heaven and earth.
A devastating shock wave swept in all directions, and Jia Xingtian's expression changed as he faced it from the opposite side.
The surging energy slammed directly into the Phoenix Phantom Image.
In an instant, the Phoenix Phantom Image vanished into thin air.
Jia Xingtian was also struck by the energy at that very moment and sent flying backward into the desert.
The terrifying explosion did not stop. Boundless black energy continued to expand, swallowing everything the ripples touched.
At the sight, even Chen Xuan's expression changed. He shot away, flying into the boundless sky.
Boom!!!
The terrifying shock waves continued erupting, finally subsiding only after dozens of breaths.
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