Within the chaotic passage, Xiao Yan gazed at the opposite side. Not far from him, Sun Hanxi stood gracefully, her eyes filled with overwhelming killing intent. Yet, despite this, Sun Hanxi dared not make a move, not for any other reason than the Northern King standing right beside Xiao Yan.
The purplish-gold light flowed like liquid around the Northern King's body, its subtle metallic luster commanding respect. The heavy, bloody aura emanating from Northern King was particularly chilling.
It's hard to imagine what kind of terrifying battles this towering body must have endured. Such a strong aura of blood could only have been formed and remained after countless battles!
At this moment, Sun Hanxi stared intently at the Northern King with a solemn expression. At the same time, she carefully raised her left hand and gently stroked the left side of her face with slight trembling. With each touch, the other half of Sun Hanxi's face would involuntarily twist violently.
The left side of his face, which had been struck by the Northern King's heavy punch, had turned a purplish-black color. In fact, it was somewhat asymmetrical with the right side of his face; it wasn't swollen, but rather sunken in.
" Xiao Yan..."
Sun Hanxi's heart was filled with murderous intent. After a long while, he finally uttered two words in a hoarse voice. As he spoke, Sun Hanxi body trembled violently.
Xiao Yan gave a cold smile. With a thought, the Northern King in front of him immediately took a step forward, and instantly, an invisible aura of pressure swept towards Sun Hanxi.
Previously, this guy had suppressed him repeatedly with his strength at the Dou Di level. Now that the Northern King has completely broken through and reached the level of One-Star Dou Di, he also wants to see what Sun Hanxi looks like when he is suppressed.
Upon seeing the Northern King depart, Sun Hanxi's gloomy expression instantly changed, and the right half of his face twitched violently.
Although he still didn't understand what had happened, judging from the purple-gold light flowing around the Northern King, his strength seemed to have increased significantly. This vague feeling made Sun Hanxi feel uneasy.
Earlier, during his clash with the Northern King, he had already realized that the puppet before him was actually on par with himself. If he hadn't used his Ice Dou Qi to freeze the puppet, his situation would probably be even worse than it is now.
However, at this moment, the Northern King's strength has clearly improved, and it is probably even more impossible for him to defeat him.
However, just as Sun Hanxi was thinking this, Xiao Yan opposite her waved his hand, pointing directly at Sun Hanxi, and said in a deep, cold voice:
"Superior!"
As the shout fell, the body of the Northern King in front of Xiao Yan shot out like a cannonball. The ground beneath his feet shattered the instant the Northern King's body arrived not far from Sun Hanxi. At the same time, the Northern King clenched his iron fist and tore through the void with a punch, smashing it down hard on Sun Hanxi's head!
"You bastard! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?!"
With a furious roar, Sun Hanxi's face was contorted with rage. His body trembled violently in defiance, and boundless aura and pressure erupted from Sun Hanxi body, spreading outwards in all directions.
The moment his inner energy erupted, Sun Hanxi clenched his right fist tightly. Ice-blue Dou Qi quickly covered his palm, instantly condensing into a layer of solid ice that enveloped his entire arm.
Despite his unwavering demeanor, Sun Hanxi was deeply troubled by the current situation.
Facing a puppet whose strength is in no way inferior to his own, he has no chance of winning no matter what. After all, compared to a human, the puppet does not feel the slightest fatigue, while he will eventually lose his fighting power due to the depletion of his Dou Qi. Fighting against it is no different from courting death!
The arm, covered in solid ice, swung out fiercely, colliding violently with the iron fist that the Northern King was charging towards him.
However, as their fists collided, the Northern King's forward momentum remained completely still, while Sun Hanxi's expression froze the instant their fists touched. Then, a crisp cracking sound emanated from between them.
The next moment, as Sun Hanxi's wide eyes slowly moved down, she clearly saw that the solid ice covering her arm was actually encased in a dense network of cracks.
"This... this is impossible!"
As Sun Hanxi uttered his incredulous voice, the solid ice covering his arm shattered instantly, turning into fragments that slowly dissipated...
"Bang!"
Immediately afterwards, the Northern King's arm suddenly trembled, and a terrifying force poured out, rapidly flowing into Sun Hanxi's body along the Northern King's arm.
The terrifying force instantly shattered Sun Hanxi's right arm bones. Immediately afterward, as Sun Hanxi let out a sharp scream, his entire body was blasted away by this immense force, finally crashing heavily to the ground, shattering the hard ground into a pile of dust.
"Pfft!"
The moment Sun Hanxi's thoughts returned, she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Her flushed face quickly turned deathly pale, but her eyes still held an expression of disbelief.
Immediately afterward, the moment Sun Hanxi looked up, the Northern King's figure flashed and appeared in front of Sun Hanxi in the next instant. His iron fist swung fiercely, and in the instant the latter regained his senses, the powerful iron fist had already slammed into Sun Hanxi's chest.
"Bang!"
With a single punch, a sound like a balloon bursting rang out, and Sun Hanxi's body flew backward once again, blood splattering everywhere. Sun Hanxi's body crashed heavily to the ground like a tattered sack, and his aura quickly weakened.
"Cough cough..."
After coughing violently a few times, Sun Hanxi slowly got up from the ground in a disheveled state, looking at the Northern King in the distance, who stood like an iron tower, with fear in his eyes. Crimson blood was still spilling from his mouth.
Even with Sun Hanxi's strength, he couldn't withstand being struck twice by the Northern King in succession.
Seeing Xiao Yan standing behind the Northern King, under these circumstances, let alone his current serious injuries, even in his prime, he would probably find it difficult to overcome the hurdle of the Northern King.
Thinking of this, Sun Hanxi was filled with rage. Despite the waves of pain emanating from her body, she glared at Xiao Yan behind the Northern King with a ferocious expression and roared hoarsely.
"Cough cough... You bastard, is this all you can do? If you're so capable, show me your true strength and fight me head-on!"
Sun Hanxi was furious. If it weren't for the power of the puppet, Xiao Yan would never have been his match. A Half-Emperor, no matter what tricks he had up his sleeve, would never be a match for a Dou Di expert!
However...
"Hehe."
Sun Hanxi's words only elicited a mocking sneer from Xiao Yan. While refining the pill within his body, Xiao Yan, mindful of his internal condition, slowly approached the Northern King, his gaze fixed coldly on Sun Hanxi, and sneered:
"True strength? You, a powerful Dou Di, actually expect me, a Half-Emperor, to fight you with my true strength? Do you think I'm stupid, or are you just plain dumb?"
"You..."
Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Sun Hanxi's face turned ashen with anger, and she fell silent.
"Furthermore, this puppet is an integral part of my overall strength, so how can it be considered a heretical method? If that's the case, wouldn't your strength as Dou Di expert, accumulated through your family, also be considered a crooked path!"
Immediately afterward, Xiao Yan uttered a cold, merciless sound. At the same time, with a thought, the Northern King stomped his foot on the ground, sending pebbles flying. His body shot out instantly, arriving in front of Sun Hanxi in a flash. He clenched his iron fist and slammed it down hard on Sun Hanxi's head!
"Hateful!"
With a furious roar of resentment, Sun Hanxi could only retreat hastily, enduring the excruciating pain throughout her body. All the Dou Qi within her surged from her body, condensing into a Dou Qi shield around her, enveloping her entirely. At the same time, the Northern King's fist landed heavily on the newly formed shield.
"Boom!"
As soon as the attack landed, clear cracks immediately appeared on the light barrier. However, as Sun Hanxi frantically poured his Dou Qi into it, the cracks quickly disappeared, and at the same time, Sun Hanxi's figure was rapidly pushed backward.
Then, the Northern King pressed forward again, moving like a ghost. Even Sun Hanxi was terrified by his speed.
He never imagined that a mere puppet could possess power greater than that of a human.
"Bang bang bang!"
The iron fist, covered in a purple-gold light, slammed into the Dou Qi shield surrounding Sun Hanxi's body. The deafening booms echoed like thunder throughout the passage, and the invisible force shattered the walls on both sides, with cracks spreading rapidly like a spider web within the passage.
Under the constant bombardment of the Northern King, Sun Hanxi was almost powerless to fight back. He was on the defensive from beginning to end. On several occasions, the Northern King punched through the Dou Qi shield, and then a blood-stained fist mark would appear on Sun Hanxi's body.
"Damn it! I'll fight!"
Finally, Sun Hanxi could no longer suppress the rage in her heart, and of course, even more so, she was filled with fear.
Sun Che had already died at the hands of this guy in front of him, and he was unwilling to repeat the same mistake. He had finally managed to break through to the Dou Di level, and he hadn't even truly suppressed the other three families yet. How could he be willing to die like this? No matter what, he would never die here today!
Upon realizing this, a crimson light surged in Sun Hanxi's eyes. With a thought, the Dou Qi within his body rapidly circulated along his meridians. At the same time, the aura emanating from Sun Hanxi suddenly became violent.
"Oh, a secret technique?"
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan murmured something softly, and then a smile gradually appeared on his lips.
"Very well, we still don't know where the Northern King's current limit is, so let's use you as this testing ground."
With a cold laugh, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on a relatively intact floor tile. With a thought, he began to circulate the Flame Mantra Technique within his body to refine the pill he had just swallowed.
"Drink!"
Suddenly, Sun Hanxi let out a fierce shout to the sky. At the same time, the aura within his body surged instantly, and in the blink of an eye, he had recovered to his peak. In fact, when his aura was completely stabilized, his strength had reached the Mid One-Star Dou Di, and he was not far from the late stage.
This time, after using the secret technique, Sun Hanxi seemed quite confident. Facing the charging Northern King, he didn't dodge or avoid it. Instead, he twisted his body and kicked the Northern King's punch head-on.
"Bang!"
With a single strike, Sun Hanxi staggered back two steps, while the Northern King retreated dozens of steps.
"Haha, again!"
Upon seeing this, Sun Hanxi let out a cold laugh and beckoned to the Northern King with a disdainful finger.
Immediately afterwards, the Northern King's body trembled, and he stomped his foot hard on the ground, his figure shooting out like a cannonball, charging towards Sun Hanxi once again.
"Hmph."
Sun Hanxi sneered, twisted his body in mid-air, and unleashed a powerful whip kick, which collided fiercely with the charging body of the Northern King.
"Boom!"
As the blow landed, Sun Hanxi's body trembled, and he forcefully dissipated the immense force on his body. On the other hand, the Northern King was sent flying backward uncontrollably, and was eventually forced to stop in mid-air.
"Hmph, a puppet is just a puppet; it can never compare to a real living person!"
Sun Hanxi let out a disdainful sneer. At the same time, his body suddenly flashed and appeared in front of the Northern King in the blink of an eye. His body twisted violently in mid-air, and his Dou Qi surged. Just as the Northern King was about to make a move, a whip kick slammed into the Northern King's chest again.
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar, the Northern King's upright chest caved in deeply, and upon closer inspection, tiny cracks could be seen. Although these cracks were so small that they were not easily noticeable to the naked eye, Sun Hanxi, with the keen senses of Dou Di expert, still noticed them clearly.
"Haha, weren't you so cocky just now? Now, you'd better get lost!"
With a disdainful sneer, Sun Hanxi's powerful Dou Qi suddenly erupted from his calves. Brilliant Dou Qi light shot out like sharp arrows, its immense power piercing through even the entire body of the Northern King. The blinding light penetrated from the Northern King's chest to his back, the sheer force sending a chill down anyone who witnessed it.
The power of Dou Di expert is truly terrifying. Once this power is fully unleashed, even if the opponent is a Dou Di- level puppet, it will be utterly vulnerable!
"Bang!"
With a dull thud, the Northern King's body was suddenly and uncontrollably shot towards Xiao Yan behind him.
Sensing the oncoming gust of wind, Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly beneath his black robe. He quickly shifted his body, barely managing to dodge the incoming Northern King.
However, immediately afterward, Sun Hanxi's figure suddenly appeared in the void in front of Xiao Yan, and with a wave of her hand, she fiercely clawed down at Xiao Yan's head.
"Die!"
The sudden appearance of Sun Hanxi caused Xiao Yan's expression to change drastically. Before he could react, a black curtain instantly appeared behind him. At the same time, Xiao Yan Xiao Yan out with his palm, colliding fiercely with Sun Hanxi's oncoming attack.
With a single strike, Sun Hanxi's hand trembled violently, unleashing a torrent of powerful Dou Qi that sent Xiao Yan flying backward. As blood splattered, Xiao Yan's body disappeared into the tent behind him.
Xiao Yan's disappearance left Sun Hanxi momentarily without a target. When he came to his senses, he was shocked to find that the aura Xiao Yan had left in this space was rapidly dissipating.
"What's going on... his aura... how...?"
Upon realizing this, Sun Hanxi's pupils suddenly contracted. He never expected that Xiao Yan's aura would disappear from his detection so abruptly. Even a Dou Di expert probably couldn't do such a thing!
However, Sun Hanxi quickly came to his senses. He remembered that Sun Shuo had told him that Xiao Yan seemed to have comprehended the Power of the Great Dao, and that it was the Great Dao of the Void, which ranked first among all the Power of the Great Dao. The first characteristic of the Great Dao of the Void was that it could help people hide all their aura. From this moment on, it seemed that Xiao Yan must have used the Power of the Great Dao to be able to do this.
"Hmph, so what if you possess the Power of the Great Dao? Without understanding and mastering it, it's just an empty shell. Since you've concealed yourself, I'll force you out. I refuse to believe you can escape!"
With the Northern King present, Sun Hanxi didn't believe that Xiao Yan could easily give up such a powerful trump card. After all, this was a puppet with strength comparable to Dou Di expert. Not to mention the four great Four Great Clans, even the Four Great Sects would be tempted by such a puppet, let alone Xiao Yan, a mere Half-Emperor.
"Drink!"
With a thunderous shout, powerful Dou Qi surged from Sun Hanxi's body like a Raging Sea Waves, transforming into a formidable energy storm centered on his body. Within the passage, it swept outwards in all directions like a hurricane.
" Xiao Yan, you better come out and face your death!"
Sun Hanxi wore a ferocious smile on one half of her face, her left hand gently stroking the left side of her cheek, seemingly imagining the gruesome death of Xiao Yan in a moment.
As expected, Sun Hanxi's method, when used against Xiao Yan at this moment, left him nowhere to hide. Just as Sun Hanxi thought, Xiao Yan could not abandon the Northern King, and in this storm of Dou Qi spirit, Xiao Yan had no way to avoid it.
"Bang!"
In a seemingly invisible space, a figure materialized the instant the storm struck. Despite being protected by a black robe, Xiao Yan was unharmed, but his figure was completely exposed to Sun Hanxi.
"Hmph, die!"
Sun Hanxi, who had been waiting for this moment, appeared in front of Xiao Yan like a ghost the instant Xiao Yan's figure was exposed. With a wave of his hand, he slammed a palm down hard on Xiao Yan's chest.
However, at this moment, Xiao Yan, who was in front of Sun Hanxi, had a thought, and the Northern King in the distance instantly raised his head. Terrifying black lightning surged out from his body, and he stomped his foot hard on the void. Then, the void in front of Sun Hanxi suddenly twisted violently, and at the same time, the figure of the Northern King also appeared.