novelraw Chapter 580: One Against Six
Chapter 580: One Against Six
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Yellow Spring Palm—one palm suppresses the Nine Serenities.
These were the three legendary forms created by the Yellow Spring Demon Saint. Rumor had it that after their creation, no opponent of equal realm had ever withstood all three in succession. Once the third form fell, there would be no survivors.
A thunderous boom erupted as the Yellow Spring Palm materialized, instantly unleashing a boundless tidal surge of power. The giant hand came crashing down, smashing straight into the titanic Demon Phoenix Bell.
A rapid series of cracking sounds rang out. Like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, the enormous Demon Phoenix Bell fractured again and again under the might of Xiao Yan’s Intermediate Tian Class Dou Technique. It simply couldn’t withstand the impact of that giant palm.
A deafening boom followed. The giant palm shattered the Demon Phoenix Bell completely before slamming down onto the body of the Demon Phoenix Holy Statue, crushing the Three Phoenix Saints beneath its massive weight. In an instant, all three were flattened under the descending hand.
The Yellow Spring Palm hammered into the void, the collision stamping a colossal palm print into the empty space!
The Three Phoenix Saints, working together within their formation, should have been able to contend with a 3-star Dou Saint! Yet Xiao Yan, merely at the late stage of 2-star Dou Saint, had casually pinned them into the void with a single palm?!
"He beat the Three Phoenix Saints... in just three moves?!"
"Holy crap, Grandmaster Xiao Yan’s combat strength is terrifying! The Three Phoenix Saints together don’t even come close to matching him!"
An ordinary late-stage 2-star Dou Saint could never defeat a 3-star Dou Saint. Xiao Yan, however, had swatted the Three Phoenix Saints as casually as one would swat flies.
Xiao Yan rose slowly into the air, drifting toward the void battlefield where Zi Yan and the three Dragon Kings clashed. The three Dragon Kings’ eyes turned ice-cold the moment he arrived.
This was the outcome he had least expected. He had plotted for so long and calculated so carefully, yet had completely overlooked Xiao Yan of the Yan Alliance!
A resounding crash echoed through the void as Zi Yan’s long spear swept out like a roaring fury dragon. The weapon carved a dazzling arc through the darkness before smashing apart the Dou Techniques of the Southern and Western Dragon Kings. She used the momentum to pull back and widen the distance, her beautiful eyes turning toward Xiao Yan with surprise glimmering in their depths.
Under normal circumstances, the gap between a late-stage 2-star Dou Saint and a 3-star Dou Saint was as vast as a heavenly chasm, impossible to bridge. After all, a 2-star Dou Saint typically cultivated only Low Tian Class Qi Methods and Dou Techniques.
The Dragon King bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe was roughly equivalent to an Intermediate Tian Class Qi Method. Within the same realm, that alone made them incomparably strong. It just so happened that Xiao Yan cultivated the High Tian Class Flame Mantra, which stood a full tier above!
Among magical beast tribes, bloodline reigned supreme. Beast Techniques required not only Dou Qi but also bloodline strength, and bloodline strength was everything. Xiao Yan refused to believe Zi Yan had no ultimate trump card.
She paused, then continued, "Even though my Dragon Phoenix bloodline is stronger than a normal Dragon Emperor’s, I still need ten minutes to accumulate enough power."
Three sharp booms rang out as the Yellow Spring Palm suppressing the void shattered apart. The Three Phoenix Saints burst free and rose to take their positions beside the three Dragon Kings. Kun Huang and Ying Huang, both only 1-star Dou Saints, had blood trickling from the corners of their lips. They glared at Xiao Yan with fury burning in their eyes.
Feng Huang’s brows were locked together tightly. The image of Feng Qing Er kept replaying in her mind, along with the warning she had once given:
At the time, Feng Huang had dismissed it. In her eyes, Feng Qing Er simply didn’t understand the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe’s situation. A mere Yan Alliance could never threaten their race. The Ancient Void Dragon Tribe was the real problem.
Feng Qing Er had feared this man more than she feared the new Dragon Emperor, and with good reason! This person was a great terror!
It felt as if they had done something that could never be undone!
...!!?
With that single line, Xiao Yan had offended all six of them at once!
A cold light flared in the three Dragon Kings’ gazes. The crown-wearing Southern Dragon King let out a frigid laugh. "A mere human boy who’s mastered a single Intermediate Tian Class Dou Technique actually dares speak so brazenly?!"
Although the Western Dragon King’s words displeased the Heaven Demon Phoenix members, none of them refuted him. For magical beasts, bloodline was equivalent to the Qi Methods that humans cultivated. In that regard, the three Dragon Kings stood far above the Three Phoenix Saints.
"A Dou God? Of course I’m not." Xiao Yan’s voice was indifferent. "But as for a Dou God Bloodline... that, I do have."
A seven-colored divine radiance suddenly flared. A seven-colored Clan Mark surfaced upon Xiao Yan’s forehead. Hei Qing in the distance couldn’t hold back a cry. "That...!! That’s identical to Xiao Xuan’s! That’s the Xiao Clan’s Clan Mark!"
But that made no sense. Hadn’t the Xiao Clan long since been destroyed? Where had a Divine Grade Mark come from?!
"3-star Dou Saint... early 3-star... intermediate 3-star!!" Under the stunned gazes of the surrounding experts, Xiao Yan’s cultivation had shot up by a full star in a single breath after activating the Clan Mark!
But he was not done. One must remember: Xiao Yan possessed two Clan Marks!
His Spiritual Strength rocketed upward, slamming straight into its absolute limit. Perfected Heavenly State!!
Xiao Yan’s hand seals flickered like lightning. The Spiritual Strength at his brow surged outward in a violent torrent. In an instant, a towering three-faced Asura Soul Silhouette materialized and wrapped his body completely within it.
All of this took long to describe, but in reality it unfolded in a single heartbeat.
Mou—
Strike first. Seize the initiative!
The moment that strange syllable boomed outward from the Asura Soul giant, the entire world seemed to freeze. A heartbeat later, the faces of the three Dragon Kings and the Three Phoenix Saints turned stark white!
"It’s a soul attack Dou Technique! Careful!"
Even the Northern Dragon King’s face was flooded with terror and disbelief. He could never have imagined that Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Strength could reach the Perfected Heavenly State, let alone that he would possess Yellow Spring Divine Anger!
BOOM!
The void that the three Dragon Islands had sealed was shattered completely. Not just the seal. Space itself was fractured and blown apart.
Another thunderous boom erupted as space cracked open under the impact, blossoming outward like dazzling fireworks in the depths of night!
The three Dragon Kings reverted instantly to their true forms. Dragon King bloodlines boiled as they summoned Ancestral Dragon Strength, pushing their bodies into their most powerful states. Pride was no longer a luxury they could afford. Ancestral Dragon Strength erupted as they exiled themselves into the depths of the void, hoping to dodge Yellow Spring Divine Anger by hiding within space itself.
Pu! Pu! Pu!!
If even the three Dragon Kings couldn’t withstand the full might of Xiao Yan’s Yellow Spring Divine Anger, there was no need to even mention the Three Phoenix Saints.
Kun Huang and Ying Huang, mere 1-star Dou Saints, had no chance at all. A thunderous blast rang out, and they were blown apart into twin clouds of blood mist. Their very souls were annihilated so thoroughly that not even a Tier 9 Golden Pill could have saved them.
Feng Huang, the strongest of the three, relied entirely on her late-stage 2-star Dou Saint cultivation and fierce Dou Qi to take the blow head-on. Even so, Yellow Spring Divine Anger sent her tumbling backward, coughing blood. Blood vessels ruptured across her body as she was beaten back into her original phoenix form.
The Western Dragon King and Southern Dragon King’s faces had gone ghost-white. A constant, sawing pain tore through their minds as if blades were grinding against bone, filling them with the maddening urge to rip their own skulls open. Their bodies were raked with wounds, blood pouring freely, and they found themselves utterly unable to mobilize their Dou Qi.
"Little bastard, I’ll tear you apart alive!"
But after fully activating both Clan Marks and unleashing Yellow Spring Divine Anger, Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Strength and Dou Qi reserves were both heavily depleted. His base cultivation was still what it was: only 2-star Dou Saint. The cost of that single strike had been enormous.
Three enormous dragons coiled within the shattered void, each stretching thousands of feet long. An oppressively dense dragon might suffused the space. Venomous roars rolled like thunder through the fractured expanse, echoing far into the distance.
"Let me see for myself just how strong the Ancestral Dragon Strength of the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe’s Dragon Kings really is!"
"Human, you’re courting death!"
But a claw swipe from the Western Dragon King sent Xiao Yan reeling, forcing him back step after step. Had it not been for the Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor and the Vajra Glass Body, that single blow would have inflicted no light injuries.
"Vajra Glass Fist!"