"This boy really is young and hotheaded. If he had chosen us, his defeat might not have been quite so ugly, but he just had to choose He Lao.
You should know that although He Lao is only a Seven-Star Dou Ling, he has spent decades at that level. He even devoted twenty years to creating his own Black Tier, Intermediate Level cultivation technique.
In anyone else's hands, that self-created cultivation technique would only be Black Tier, Intermediate Level. In his hands, though, it can unleash power comparable to xuan tier, advanced level."
Throughout history, creating cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques had never been especially difficult, but all of them required a great deal of time spent gaining insight.
And anyone capable of creating a cultivation technique was no mediocrity.
Or rather, if the old man before them had not spent so much time developing his cultivation technique, he would probably have reached Peak Dou Ling long ago, perhaps even taken that step into Dou Wang.
Every gain came with a loss, but among Dou Lings, even a Nine-Star Dou Ling would not dare claim a sure victory over He Lao.
"All right, boy. Master Gu He is pressed for time, so let's not waste any. We'll draw a boundary right here.
Ten moves. If I can't knock you down or drive you out of this boundary within ten moves, I lose."
"In that case, we'll do as you say, sir."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly and formed another enormous green sword with a turn of his hand. In front of Gu He, he dared not coat it in heavenly flames, afraid that the man's spiritual power would detect them.
Still, even a heavenly flame greatsword created from the Green Lotus Flame was enough to deal with a Seven-Star Dou Ling