Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 48 : . Defeat

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yao Lao was first stunned, then coldly said, "You've only been fighting for about ten minutes. Why are you asking for my help so soon?"

Although Yao Lao hadn't taught Xiao Yan the Earth-rank battle skill for the Heavy Xuan Ruler due to his inner discontent, he had taught him many Xuan-rank battle skills. Yet now, this person was asking for his help after barely ten minutes of combat?

Xiao Yan, who was intently focused on Nalan Yanran, didn't notice the coldness in Yao Lao's voice. Hearing Yao Lao's question, he licked his lips and said sinisterly, "Of course, it's to end this quickly. Isn't that the best way to humiliate her?"

Yao Lao nearly choked on his own breath. He almost lost control and slapped this disciple to death. In all his long life, he had never seen anyone as thick-skinned and arrogant as Xiao Yan.

With an ashen face, he said, "Then why don't you do it yourself? Wouldn't it be better to defeat her with your own hands?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression twisted, "She's already a three-star Dou Great Master, while I'm only a nine-star Dou Master!"

Although as the chosen one, he was naturally expected to be able to challenge those above his level, there should be a limit to such challenges, right? Besides, other protagonists who challenge those above their level usually have some unique advantage that others don't. For him, wasn't Yao Lao his ace in the hole?

So wasn't it only natural to ask Yao Lao to act now?

Unaware of Xiao Yan's thoughts, Yao Lao sighed. He glanced at Nalan Yanran, who was gathering her strength, and felt a wave of fatigue suddenly spread through his limbs.

Was this the will of heaven? Was the disciple he chose destined to be such a person?

In his entire life, he had only taken two disciples, and neither of them were good people.

Forget it, he'd help this one last time. After this, they would have no further relationship.

He only felt sorry for the young Nalan Yanran.

Thinking this, Yao Lao was about to act when suddenly, he sensed an extremely powerful soul force locking onto his soul!

This soul force was incredibly strong, more powerful than any he had ever encountered!

Yao Lao was greatly shocked. At this moment, he heard a hoarse, deep voice.

"Let the younger generation resolve their own matters. It would be better for you not to interfere."

After a pause, the voice chuckled lightly and continued, "Otherwise, if things escalate, it won't look good for anyone."

Then the voice fell silent, but Yao Lao could clearly feel that the soul force was still locked onto him. If he made the slightest move, the owner of this power would likely crush him to pieces.

The other party was very strong, especially in terms of soul force, frighteningly so.

For a soul like Yao Lao, ordinary attacks didn't cause much actual harm. What they feared was powerful soul force.

Despite hearing such threatening words, Yao Lao, also a powerful being, should have been very angry. But for some reason, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Teacher?"

Seeing that Yao Lao remained silent and motionless for a long time, Xiao Yan felt a surge of unease.

Coming to his senses, Yao Lao pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I can't help you. There's an extremely powerful person here who has discovered my existence. If I act rashly, I fear we'll both be reduced to ashes in the next second."

Of course, this was somewhat of an exaggeration. With his strength, although he couldn't match the person who had threatened him, it would probably cost that person something to reduce him to ashes.

He said this to cut off Xiao Yan's thoughts. He didn't want to help Xiao Yan with such despicable means.

"Damn it!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan cursed under his breath, the distortion in his heart growing stronger.

What nonsense about a powerful person, he knew this was just an excuse. This person simply didn't want to help him!

He used to say that everyone below Dou Ancestor was an ant, clearly implying that he himself was a Dou Ancestor or even a Dou Venerate powerhouse. What nonsense about being reduced to ashes in the next second... To reduce a Dou Ancestor or Dou Venerate to ashes, wouldn't that require a Dou Saint or Dou God? Did he think he was too stupid? Where would a small Gamma Empire have a Dou Saint or Dou God? Even if there was one, they wouldn't appear at Cloud Mist Sect! And they certainly wouldn't help Nalan Yanran!

With these thoughts, Xiao Yan's expression twisted. He suddenly threw down the Heavy Xuan Ruler in his hand, then fumbled in his storage ring for a bottle of pills and poured them into his mouth.

Seeing Xiao Yan's behavior, an elder of Cloud Mist Sect in the stands immediately roared in anger, "Xiao Yan! The use of pills is forbidden in the competition! This is cheating!"

Xiao Yan coldly smiled, casually tossing away the porcelain bottle. He wiped his mouth and said, "I'm an alchemist. Isn't it natural for an alchemist to use pills they've refined themselves? How is this cheating?"

"You!" The stern and upright elder was so angry his mustache quivered, but he couldn't say anything.

After taking the pill, Xiao Yan's aura began to rise rapidly. A blood-red tinge appeared within the purple flames, and Xiao Yan's originally deep black eyes gradually took on a blood-red hue.

This blood-red color was different from the blood-red of Xiao Han's tribulation lightning. The blood-red of the tribulation lightning was a crystalline, transparent color, filled with an aura of majesty. The blood-red in Xiao Yan's eyes, however, was a very turbid red, like that of a beast.

His aura surged, finally stopping at the level of a four-star Dou Great Master.

Xiao Yan flexed his neck, then revealed a malicious smile at Nalan Yanran: "Nalan Yanran, did you think being a three-star Dou Great Master was so great?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan stomped the ground hard, his entire body shooting towards Nalan Yanran like a cannonball!

This time, his speed increased by nearly several times compared to before, almost instantaneously. The terrifying speed made him appear to be flickering, several illusory shadows appearing as he rapidly approached Nalan Yanran.

Sensing Xiao Yan's violent Dou Qi, Nalan Yanran's pupils contracted slightly.

"Eight Extremities Collapse!"

Xiao Yan roared, the force contained in his fist surging again. Finally, under everyone's horrified gaze, he fiercely punched towards Nalan Yanran.

"This is... a fifth-grade Berserk Spirit Pill?" Xiao Han narrowed her eyes slightly, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

The Berserk Spirit Pill was a type of pill that could cause the user's Dou Qi to surge for a short time, somewhat similar to Xiao Yan's later-stage Heaven Fire Triple Mysterious Change in the original story. However, this pill was very potent and harmful to the human body.

She hadn't expected Yao Lao to give Xiao Yan a Berserk Spirit Pill. She wondered if it was intentional or not.

Yao Lao felt truly wronged. The Berserk Spirit Pill was too harmful to the body, and he didn't even like to refine it. This was just something he had casually refined before and then tossed into his storage ring to gather dust. When he was teaching Xiao Yan about alchemy, he had only briefly mentioned it. At that time, Xiao Yan hadn't revealed his true nature, and Yao Lao still regarded him as an important direct disciple. Seeing his interest, he had casually given him one pill. He never expected this person to use it at such a time.

In the arena, sensing the violent Dou Qi, Nalan Yanran's face changed. She immediately stopped hesitating, her sword trembling slightly, and the green wind vortex around her suddenly expanded.

"Wind Rending Spiral Dance!"

Nalan Yanran called out lightly, and several deep green wind blades almost instantly condensed. Although Nalan Yanran's Wind Rending Spiral Dance wasn't as powerful as Yun Yun's, compared to her peers, she was still far superior.

The wind blades suddenly collided with Xiao Yan's fist. With a loud "boom," a huge wave of air instantly spread out, and the wind blades shattered almost in the blink of an eye.

"Bang!"

Finally, Xiao Yan's fist heavily struck Nalan Yanran's sword.

Clearly, the powerful wind blades had caused damage to Xiao Yan. The force of his punch on the sword was now less than a tenth of its original power.

"Crack—Bang!"

The terrifying force instantly rippled out, and both of them were forced to retreat uncontrollably.

As she stopped her retreat, Nalan Yanran felt a sweetness in her throat, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Seeing Nalan Yanran injured, Xiao Yi Xian in the stands clenched her fists tightly, her expression worried and tense.

Xiao Yan wasn't faring well either. Having taken a Xuan-rank battle skill head-on, even though he was in a berserk state, he couldn't be unscathed. His legs weakened, and he fell to one knee, his chest burning with pain.

Wiping the blood from the corner of her lips, Nalan Yanran charged towards Xiao Yan without hesitation.

At the tip of her sword, a green sword energy pulsed slightly. In an instant, a fierce wind appeared out of nowhere.

Xiao Yan's palm suddenly pressed against the ground, and his entire body exploded upwards, advancing instead of retreating!

The Berserk Spirit Pill only had a quarter-hour effect. If he couldn't end this quickly, the pill's backlash alone would be enough to give him a hard time.

"Thousand Wind Rampart!"

Nalan Yanran's jade hands rotated rapidly, and five spiraling sword energies formed of wind-attribute Dou Qi took shape at her fingertips in the blink of an eye. The five sharp sword energies shot out from her fingers, intertwining with each other to form a thin green line. With a sharp wind-breaking sound, it shot towards Xiao Yan like lightning.

Xiao Yan sneered, reaching out to grab the Heavy Xuan Ruler, its clumsy body suddenly blocking in front of him.

On the plaza, as the battle between the two gradually entered a white-hot stage, powerful Dou Qi gushed out from their bodies at an almost erupting speed. In the collision of Dou Qi, intense energy explosions constantly resounded throughout the plaza.

As time passed minute by minute, beads of cold sweat began to form on Xiao Yan's forehead. He could feel the violent Dou Qi in his body disappearing at a terrifying rate.

It seems time is running out...

Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly sharpened. He let out a roar, his fist heavily striking Nalan Yanran's sword, the violent force suddenly exploding.

Nalan Yanran hadn't expected Xiao Yan to suddenly attack so fiercely. She retreated two steps, and in the next second, her vision blurred as a shadow wrapped in purple fire suddenly crashed towards her.

Nalan Yanran's pupils contracted slightly. She pressed her lips together, first shifting her body to dodge, then raising her eyes to look at the stands. In one glance, she saw Xiao Yi Xian biting her lip nervously.

In the next second, she stopped her dodging movement, allowing the fist carrying the violent force to strike her shoulder.

Nalan Yanran was sent flying like a kite with its string cut, blood instantly gushing out!

"Yanran!"

Xiao Yi Xian suddenly stood up, her breath catching.

Seeing Nalan Yanran sent flying, Xiao Yan revealed a victorious smile. However, this smile didn't last long, freezing almost in the blink of an eye.

An extremely thin green line had appeared in front of him at some unknown time. At this moment, Xiao Yan had just used Eight Extremities Collapse and was in the state where his old force was gone and new force hadn't yet generated. Combined with inertia, he had no way to dodge!

"Boom!"

When it hit Xiao Yan, that extremely thin green line suddenly exploded. The huge force instantly sent him flying. Not only that, due to timing, the effect of the Berserk Spirit Pill had almost worn off. At this moment, he had almost no resistance, and his internal Dou Qi was minimal. Under this terrifying energy, it felt as if his internal organs were being shredded!

"Bang—"

Although Nalan Yanran was severely injured, she hadn't lost her mobility. She nimbly flipped once in the air, finally landing lightly.

Xiao Yan wasn't so lucky. Under this violent explosion, he had almost lost consciousness. His entire body slammed heavily outside the arena, sliding for a long distance before finally coming to a stop, leaving a trail of blood.

The entire plaza almost instantly fell into dead silence.