Ying Xiong could barely think at this point. Only the blurry silhouette and the nine colored flames seemed to exist in his vision.
Despite his ability to think essentially being gone, his instinct was not. As he saw the silhouette getting closer, he raised two fingers towards the being.
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Most of the people outside of the barrier watched in horror as Ying Xiong was being burned alive.
His mother was the worst, immediately trying to run up to her child. Zhou Fan had to knock her out to get her to stop.
Most people watched with neutral faces, but most were feeling a brief sense of horror inside. They were all extremely old and experienced. They knew the pain of being burned.
As everyone saw Bai Hun getting closer, they suddenly saw Ying Xiong raise two fingers and point towards Bai Hun.
Zhou Fan's eyes slightly widened and a smile appeared on his face.
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As Ying Xiong raised his two fingers, memories surfaced to his mind. One day, when he was a few years younger, the strongest member of the human race took him to a hidden cave deep below the ground.
There, he showed him records of times so long ago that they were nearly unknown to the galaxy.
Among them was a record of the first leader of the Huang Long academy. His name had been forgotten, along with many other things, but a single one of his ingenious techniques had lasted throughout the millions of years.
As Ying Xiong raised two fingers, a name graced his mind.
'The human race's secret supreme technique! Yellow piercing sword finger!'
From his two fingers, a small yellow light in the shape of a sword tip came out at a horrifying speed.
Before Bai Hun could even react, his brain was pierced and he appeared outside of the arena.
"Second round first battle winner! Ying Xiong!" The announcer said.
For the first time since the start of the tournament, clapping filled the arena. Even those at the lesser dao creation realm were clapping.
Bai Hun stared blankly at the stands. He didn't even know what had happened. In one second he was walking towards Ying Xiong, about to finish him off. In the next, he appeared outside of the arena and heard the announcement of Ying Xiong winning.
Meanwhile, Ying Xiong jumped up with his two hands high in the air. He turned around to hug his mom, only to see her passed out on the ground.
He confusedly looked at Zhou Fan and Zhou Fan explained what had happened. While he was explaining, Bai Hun went back to the stands and two more tokens flew up.
The number 5 token holder, Hong Yen, vs the number 7 token holder, Ao Wen.
They both hopped on the stage as the countdown began. As soon as the time ended, Ao Wen transformed into his dragon form.
He knew that the odds of him beating Hong Yen were low, so he went all out from the beginning in order to increase his chances.
He turned into a giant red dragon with two wings and scales covering his body.
He flew towards Hong Yen as fast as he could and released the dragon race's signature move. Dragon breath.
Hong Yen stood still as the dragon breath came towards her. The moment it reached within 30 feet of her, she raised her hand and a reddish translucent barrier was formed around her.
As the dragon's breath poured at the barrier, she calmly stood there. The flames from Ao Wen's dragon breath ended after 5 seconds.
Ao Wen remained flying in the air, while Hong Yen stood calmly. Despite her appearance of casualness, Ao Wen smirked.
He knew that she couldn't have blocked his attack so easily. It was simply an act.
Without hesitation, he flew straight down towards Hong Yen's barrier. It seemed he was going to drop onto the barrier with his body.
Seeing him coming down, Hong Yen finally moved. Covering her body with Fire Qi, she quickly dashed out of the barrier.
In the area she dashed away from, the barrier disappeared. The Qi from the barrier sprinkled down, and with her manipulation, formed multiple spikes.
She had changed from defense to offense while barely using any Qi.
Ao Wen clearly saw the spike, and he naturally didn't plan on falling on them. As he was about to reach the ground, he transformed back into his humanoid form and floated in the air.
While floating, he took in a deep breath. Just as he was about to release the dragon's breath, the spikes below him shot up.
Ao Wen's eyes widened as he hastily moved out of the way, barely evading the spikes. Just as he reached his destination and stopped moving, Hong Yen appeared behind him.
Ao Wen sensed her and flipped his body immediately, forming a fire sword and swung down.
Once his vision reached behind him, Hong Yen was no longer there. Unable to stop the momentum of the sword, Ao Wen hurriedly looked around as it fell.
Suddenly, he sensed an intense heat behind him. A punch from a fist covered in fire Qi directly hit his spine, sending him flying into the distance, only stopping when he hit the barrier.
He limply fell onto the ground, but the battle didn't stop.
Ao Wen's face was contorted in pain as he tried to sit up. Unfortunately, his spine was nearly destroyed. It was rapidly healing, but it would take an entire minute even if he poured all of his Qi into it and used the dragon race's secret techniques.
Like Bai Hun had in the last fight, Hong Yen slowly walked towards the paralyzed Ao Wen. Once she was ten feet away from him, she flicked her finger and a flame needle flew out, piercing Ao Wen's head and ending the battle.
They both appeared outside of the arena and the winner was announced.
"Second round, second fight winner! Hong Yen!" The voice said.
After Hong Yen shook Ao Wen's hand, he went back to the stands.
Hong Yen's first opponent sighed in relief that she had held back against him.