"The fifth one..."
After silently counting in his mind, Xiao Yan quickly put a fist-sized Spirit Stone into his Storage Ring before raising his gaze to the remaining five giant beasts.
In a short span of time, half of the ten giant beasts have already died at Xiao Yan's hands.
This scene left the surrounding Dou Di powerhouses speechless with astonishment. The strength of the human and beast before them was truly terrifying. With both attacking simultaneously, the colossal beast that had previously instilled such fear in the other Dou Di powerhouses appeared as ordinary magical beasts before these two, almost like...
Withdrawing his gaze, Xiao Yan looked up again at the remaining five giant beasts, a spark of excitement igniting in his dark eyes.
This behemoth, which others considered terrifyingly powerful and almost unmatched, appeared to Xiao Yan as nothing more than a...
Noticing Xiao Yan's gaze, the five giant beasts seemed to be frightened, letting out low roars and retreating backward.
Although they were arrays and lacked the intelligence of humans, they genuinely sensed a threat emanating from the black-robed figure before them—a threat capable of destroying them.
"Oh? You actually know fear? Ha, that's quite a strange thing, but..."
Seeing that the giant beast on the roof actually knew fear, Xiao Yan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly. Then he chuckled softly, glanced at the One-Horned Whale Serpent hovering in the void beside him, and was about to make another move.
However, at that very moment...
"Buzzing..."
Old Gu and powerful aura, like an invisible storm, suddenly swept through this space. The terrifying pressure descended upon everyone's heads, and under this aura, everyone present changed color. Even with Xiao Yan's strength, he also felt a considerable pressure under this aura.
Although the aura and pressure were quite terrifying, when the Dou Di experts present looked up at the source of this aura and pressure, a burning desire welled up in everyone's eyes.
Although this aura and pressure were terrifying, it also simultaneously foreshadowed the immense power of this force to all the Dou Di experts present.
If anyone were to obtain this power, everyone present today would likely be trampled underfoot!
"What terrifying power! What is this thing that can be so strong!"
On the stone platform, a group of Dou Di powerhouses looked up at the top of the platform with horror on their faces. Under the pressure of this aura, even the flow of Dou Qi in their bodies slowed down.
Then, driven by greed, many of the Dou Di experts present raised their Dou Qi, and a massive aura immediately soared into the sky above the stone platform, its momentum unstoppable.
With a swift movement, dozens of Dou Di powerhouses stepped onto the stone platform and rushed upwards.
But in the next moment, everyone's expression suddenly changed drastically. The instant their feet touched the stone platform, these Dou Di experts immediately felt that the pressure and aura pressing down on them had suddenly increased by a whole level!
The pressure from this stone platform actually increases with each step. The pressure becomes more and more terrifying with each step. It is truly unimaginable how terrifying the aura and pressure that the people of the Four Great Clans are currently enduring at the top of this stone platform must be!
Despite the oppressive force, no matter how strong the pressure was, none of the Dou Di experts present were willing to give up when faced with such benefits!
Having witnessed the strangeness of the stone platform, the group of Dou Di experts immediately set off again, their Dou Qi surging forth continuously. Under the immense pressure above their heads, they flew swiftly towards the top of the stone platform with unstoppable momentum.
After everyone else, Xiao Yan twisted his body again, and after using his black robe to dissipate some of the oppressive aura, he quickly flew towards the top of the stone platform.
Now that he was here, Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't miss such a good show. No matter what the final outcome was, how could he know if he could find any benefits in these ruins if he didn't give it his all?
Every time Xiao Yan stepped onto a stone platform, the pressure above him seemed to increase by a thousand pounds. In just a short while, the Dou Di experts who had been flying away were forced to stand helplessly on the stone platform, their faces flushed.
Apart from a very small number of Dou Di powerhouses who were still able to withstand the pressure and slowly ascend, the vast majority of people were trembling as they walked slowly on the stone platform, looking like elderly people in their twilight years, their movements slow and laborious.
Even worse, some lay on their backs, pale and exhausted, struggling but unable to support themselves. Despite their resentment, they had no choice but to give up.
Faced with this terrifying aura and oppressive force, even those present who were powerful Dou Di could only lament their plight.
"Haha, a bunch of good-for-nothings, all they know is how to cultivate Dou Qi, they don't take us body cultivators seriously at all. Now they finally know how to complain, don't they!"
On a slightly elevated part of the stone platform, several burly, bearded men, with sinister grins on their faces, looked mockingly at the group of Dou Di powerhouses below who were barely able to move.
Although their strength was only at the Mid One-Star Dou Di, compared to those below them, their hearts were filled with sneers at this moment.
Most Dou Di powerhouses have abandoned the practice of cultivating physical strength because they believe that what truly matters in battle is Dou Qi, not brute force. While brute force is domineering, it is ultimately powerless in the face of Dou Qi. At least, that's what these Dou Di powerhouses think.
Of course, this point was indeed demonstrated in ordinary cultivation practices.
The strength gained from solely cultivating Dou Qi is often greater than that gained from simultaneously cultivating the physical body. This allows most Dou Di powerhouses to suppress some body cultivators, except for Wu Jitian of the Battle Martial Sect.
The cultivation method practiced by Wu Jitian was primarily focused on strength. While cultivating Dou Qi, it also amplified physical strength, complementing each other. This allowed him to progress further on the path of body refinement. However, it was precisely because of this that he was destined to only cultivate his physical strength to the highest level of his cultivation method, and could not make any further progress.
When the sneers of the burly men rang out, the group of Dou Di experts below trembled with rage. However, the terrifying pressure at this moment caused them to lose most of their combat power. Even if they exerted all their Dou Qi, it was difficult for them to unleash even half of their usual strength.
"Hmm? Then... who is that guy?"
"Hey? Isn't that the guy from earlier? It looks like him, the one who teamed up with a giant snake to take down the five giant beasts!"
"But how come he's so fast..."
High on the stone platform, the burly men with bushy beards stared in astonishment at a black-robed figure rushing upwards at an undiminished speed. Words filled with surprise emanated from their mouths.
In the end, the expressions on the faces of the burly men all became incredulous, their eyes fixed blankly on the black-robed man below, until the latter had reached them, but the speed at which he was moving did not slow down in the slightest.
"This guy... is just too terrifying!"
In just a few minutes, he traversed a hundred steps, maintaining the same speed throughout, as if the terrifying pressure enveloping this space had no effect on him whatsoever.
The burly men exchanged bewildered glances, each with a deep look of horror in their eyes.
To be able to do this, the black-robed man before them must either be incredibly powerful, or...
His physical strength has reached a terrifying level, almost transcending its limits!
Upon realizing this, the expressions in the eyes of the burly men suddenly hardened. No matter which aspect of it was, it proved how terrifying the man in black robes before them was!
Beneath the black robe, flames flickered in Xiao Yan's dark eyes. His body, shrouded in black robes, was covered in purple-gold Long Lin. With each step Xiao Yan took, dust rose, forming a small hurricane, while his figure continued to rush forward without stopping.