Peak Tournament

Just as Hai Bodong used his Dou Qi and soul power to observe the surrounding situation,

he suddenly sensed a familiar aura.

"Heh heh, that old fellow actually came too!"

Hai Bodong muttered to himself.

After giving Ya Fei a few more instructions to take good care of Xiao Yi Xian,

he flashed over to Jia Xing Tian, who was hiding near the Nalan Family estate.

"Old monster, long time no see!"

"You are... Ice Emperor Hai Bodong!"

"Heh heh! You make it sound like you only learned I'd returned today!"

"What are you here for?"

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?"

"What are you skulking around here for?"

"Hmph! Enough nonsense!"

"Hai Bodong, it's been so long since us two old fellows last met. Want to have a fight?"

"Sure. Today, I'd like to see!"

"After all these years, whether you old fellow can still take a beating!"

Before Jia Xing Tian, who stood atop the roof of a building hidden not far from the Nalan Family estate,

Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian rapidly exchanged a few barbs.

Then, they both activated their Dou Qi Wings and swiftly flew into the skies beyond the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

With the Dou Qi cultivation of two Dou Emperors,

it took only a few breaths

for them to arrive at a desolate, uninhabited expanse tens of thousands of meters from the gates of the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.

Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian

had already been old friends decades ago.

Moreover, in their daily lives,

they often sparred in Dou Techniques together.

Thus, the two of them had a deep understanding of each other's fighting habits and Dou Technique abilities.

The moment the battle began,

the two men, who already knew each other well, exchanged no more words.

They immediately began a fierce clash of fists against spear.

Seeing that ordinary Dou Techniques

could not inflict decisive damage on Jia Xing Tian, a Peak Dou Emperor,

"Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar, go!"

Hai Bodong immediately stopped hesitating and expended Dou Qi to condense a gigantic mysterious ice dragon from the void.

Then, with a casual wave of his hand,

he controlled the mysterious ice dragon and sent it charging straight at Jia Xing Tian in the distance.

After sensing the immense power

of the Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar unleashed by Hai Bodong,

"Solidify!"

Jia Xing Tian did not dare to be careless either.

He immediately clenched his hand.

Then, the space surrounding the mysterious ice dragon condensed by Hai Bodong instantly solidified

and rapidly compressed inward.

In the blink of an eye,

Hai Bodong's Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar

vanished without a trace.

Hai Bodong was not surprised in the slightest.

After all, Jia Xing Tian's technique

of briefly solidifying space

was basically

a special method that every Dou Qi cultivator who reached the Peak Dou Emperor level could use.

Of course,

for certain extraordinarily talented people,

this relatively special technique

was not an exclusive hallmark

possessed only by Peak Dou Emperor experts.

However, for a Peak Dou Emperor like Jia Xing Tian,

when facing

some ordinary low-star Dou Emperors he might occasionally encounter,

merely this ability

to briefly solidify space

allowed him to subdue them easily

within a single exchange.

Of course, this move

held almost no deterrence

against a veteran Dou Emperor like Hai Bodong.

Jia Xing Tian, who had long understood Hai Bodong,

would not be arrogant enough

to believe that this technique alone

could easily suppress Hai Bodong as he was now.

"Hmph! Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar, go...!"

Seeing that one Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar was not enough,

Hai Bodong seized the opening while Jia Xing Tian was dealing with it.

In one burst of effort, he used most of the Dou Qi within his body

to consecutively condense thirty Mysterious Ice Dragon Soars.

He then rapidly controlled them to charge straight at Jia Xing Tian.

Seeing such an exaggerated scene,

Jia Xing Tian, who had already learned of Hai Bodong's current strength from Pill King Gu He,

finally truly understood

that this old fellow Hai Bodong had likely encountered some new fortuitous opportunity recently!

Otherwise, in less than a year,

given this old fellow Hai Bodong's cultivation,

if he cultivated normally,

it would have been impossible for him to rise three stars in a row.

Furthermore,

his current Dou Qi cultivation was so solid!

"Looks like... this time, I really need to deal with that old fellow Hai Bodong properly!"

Jia Xing Tian muttered inwardly upon seeing this.

He swiftly formed hand seals and shouted:

"Earth Control Art, Shield!"

"Space Solidification, Force!"

In an instant, Jia Xing Tian brought his palms together.

The muddy yellow earth-attributed Dou Qi around his body

surged forth rapidly

and quickly resonated with the energy of heaven and earth around him.

Then, a dazzling earthen-yellow radiance

centered on Jia Xing Tian

and drew in the yellow earth across an area of nearly a hundred zhang around him,

sweeping it inward at high speed!

"Rumble!"

In less than a moment, the building rubble on the ground beneath Jia Xing Tian seemed to be drawn by some force.

It all rapidly floated upward

and rushed toward Jia Xing Tian's body.

Moments later, this building rubble

together with the yellow earth filling the sky,

was compressed into four earthen-yellow shields.

These earthen-yellow shields

were likewise wrapped in solidified Spatial Power!

"Clang...!"

The clash between the thirty mysterious ice dragons unleashed by Hai Bodong

and Jia Xing Tian's four shields

vanished in an instant.

"Boom...!"

Then, accompanied by a tremendous roar,

the thirty mysterious ice dragons unleashed by Hai Bodong

and Jia Xing Tian's four earthen-yellow shields

rapidly shattered one after another

before the two men.

As the exploding clods of earth

came into contact with the shattered ice,

for a time,

dust and ice fragments mixed together,

making it difficult

for either man

to clearly see what was happening within with the naked eye.

Of course, this insignificant inconvenience

would not affect their ensuing battle.

After all, both Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian

possessed the ability to probe with soul power

and energy vision under the coverage of Dou Qi!

"Earth Control Art, Sword!"

Suddenly, Jia Xing Tian's furious roar sounded from amid the dust and ice fragments filling the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the exploded chunks of earth throughout the sky

once again condensed

under the pull of Jia Xing Tian's Dou Qi.

Moments later, around his body,

ten thousand earthen swords, each about a zhang long, formed.

They surrounded Hai Bodong on all sides.

"Slash...!"

Another furious roar rang out.

Then, ten thousand earthen swords gleaming with earthen-yellow Dou Qi

and Spatial Power

shot forth together

like a rain of arrows filling the sky,

toward the direction where Hai Bodong stood...!

"Old monster! You're not done yet, are you?"

Hai Bodong muttered inwardly when he saw this.

He swiftly formed hand seals and shouted:

"Myriad Flowers Ice Mirror, condense!"

"Clang...!"

The Myriad Flowers Ice Mirror unleashed by Hai Bodong.

The clash of Jia Xing Tian's ten thousand earth swords.

It vanished in an instant.

Then, the Myriad Flowers Ice Mirror that had blocked Jia Xing Tian's attack swiftly transformed into nearly ten thousand Mysterious Ice Long Spears.

All of them shot toward Jia Xing Tian.

They streaked through the air...!

"Earth Control Art, armor!"

Seeing this, Jia Xing Tian formed seals with his hands once more.

Immediately, an earthy yellow suit of armor covered in Spatial Power rapidly condensed around him.