Chapter 182: Black Flame Change

"Di Class!!!"

Just the utterance of these two simple words filled even the peak Dou Emperor Jia Xing Tian with shock and disbelief. Although the difference between a High Xuan Class and a Di Class was merely one rank, the gap between them was as vast as the difference between heaven and earth.

Most Xuan Class Dou Techniques relied largely on the user's own strength to exert their power. However, Di Class Dou Techniques could harness the energy of the world to achieve destructive power capable of annihilation. One was merely a person, while the other wielded the power of the world itself. The two were simply incomparable!

The current Jia Ma Imperial Family had been able to overthrow the previous dynasty not just by relying on the two elite Dou Emperors, the Serene Sea Scaly Beast and Jia Xing Tian, but also because of a Di Class Dou Technique they had obtained by chance, allowing them to completely seize power.

Moreover, Di Class Dou Techniques were not only incredibly rare but also extremely difficult to cultivate. Even with Yun Yun's personal guidance, Nalan Yanran had to endure great hardships to cultivate just the prerequisite sword technique, Dazzling Sunset.

As such, the fact that Xiao Yan had also mastered a Di Class Dou Technique was truly astonishing!

An all-encompassing, brilliant golden light, accompanied by an ear-piercing sonic boom, tore through space like lightning and shot straight toward Xiao Yan in the distance.

The massive stones in the arena were shattered wherever this sun-like, powerful sword energy passed!

Xiao Yan merely smiled faintly in the face of Nalan Yanran's overwhelming offensive. Any attack would dissipate before his Flame Splitting Tsunami!

He raised the Heavy Xuan Ruler high above his head, his arm bulging with veins that looked like wriggling little snakes!

All the spectators around the arena held their breath at this moment, their faces flushed with excitement, eager to witness what Xiao Yan's Di Class Dou Technique would be like.

Under countless intently fixed gazes, Xiao Yan's arm trembled, and the Heavy Xuan Ruler in his hand came crashing down with a thunderous boom!

A massive fiery-red blade of light shot out. In the already ruined square, a half-meter-wide fissure rapidly spread under the horrified gazes of the onlookers!

Boom!!! Amidst the golden and dark red lights reflected in countless eyes, the two terrifying attacks collided like meteors crashing into each other with a thunderous impact!

Blinding, intense light poured down from the sky. As the energy of the world went berserk, the colliding energy spheres instantly exploded with a thunderous bang, unleashing an extremely terrifying storm that swept out from the air. The ground shattered wherever the storm passed, and the entire square seemed to be upheaved.

"Strengthen the defensive barrier!" Yun Leng hurriedly shouted to the Misty Cloud Sect disciples, whose faces were pale with fear from the energy shockwaves.

"Understood!" The nearly one thousand Misty Cloud Sect disciples present responded in unison. Their orderly shouts actually suppressed the thunderous roars in the sky for a moment.

The terrifying energy impact was confined within the square. Thick smoke billowed everywhere, completely obscuring the situation inside. No one knew who had won or lost.

"Is it a tie?"

"Hard to say. But Nalan Yanran possesses that mysterious recovery ability, while Xiao Yan's physique is as robust as a magical beast. It's really hard to predict who will emerge victorious."

The first to notice something amiss was Gu He, whose Spiritual Strength was the strongest.

"No! It's not over yet!"

Following his solemn words, an anomaly suddenly occurred in the thick smoke within the square. A tornado abruptly rose from the center! At its heart, Nalan Yanran's body emitted specks of white light, and at that moment, her aura suddenly surged!

From an 8-star Dou Grandmaster to 9-star, and finally breaking through to the Dou Spirit realm!

'A Secret Technique! When did Yanran learn such a Secret Technique?' Yun Yun's beautiful eyes were filled with shock. She didn't even know that the Misty Cloud Sect had such a technique! She had also entered the Gate of Life and Death before but hadn't obtained anything like this!

"Look at the sky! Xiao Yan is unharmed too!!"

By now, the smoke in the square had been swept away by Nalan Yanran's tornado, revealing Xiao Yan in the air. He had already reverted to his original form from his beast transformation, and his aura had weakened considerably.

Even with the support of a Di Class Qi Method and a Heavenly Flame, unleashing a Di Class Dou Technique was still difficult to endure.

"Xiao Yan! This time you've lost!"

As gusts of wild wind gathered around Nalan Yanran, the silver dragon engraved at the center of her black sword began to glow with an increasingly dazzling light, eventually becoming blindingly bright.

"That's Wind's Peak: Killer Meteorite!! Yanran has gone mad! Forcibly using two Di Class Dou Techniques in succession!!" Nearby, Nalan Su's expression changed drastically. Di Class Dou Techniques were all trump cards. Not only were they immensely powerful, but they also consumed an enormous amount of energy.

Back then, Yun Yun wouldn't even use 'Killer Meteorite' against the Amethyst Winged Lion King until the very end because once she used it, the Dou Qi within her body would enter a vacuum state, leaving her unable to continue fighting.

At a certain moment, the air around Nalan Yanran instantly solidified. Gripping the black sword, she pointed it at Xiao Yan with a piercing thrust and let out a sharp cry. A blinding white light flashed in a violent manner as the silver dragon on the black sword seemed to awaken. After which, a long silver dragon shot out from the sword with staggering speed.

The dragon moved so swiftly that it was frightening. Space trembled wherever it passed, leaving a pitch-black trail that stood out starkly against the azure sky.

"Wind's Peak: Killer Meteorite!" Nalan Yanran seemed deaf to her father's shouts. Her eyes were fixed on that blurry black figure in the sky as she spoke in a deep voice.

The moment Wind's Peak was unleashed, the expressions of Jia Xing Tian and the others outside the square changed slightly, almost simultaneously. It seemed they were already aware of the terror of this Dou Technique and might have even personally experienced it.

Only Xiao Yan remained calm.

"That remains to be seen."

It was at this moment that everyone noticed a black cat had somehow appeared perched on Xiao Yan's shoulder!

Chuckling lightly, he said, "I also have a Secret Technique."

Skyfire Three Mysterious Change: Black Flame Change!

A wisp of black flame gushed out from the Acceptance Soul at the center of Xiao Yan's Qi cyclone like an erupting volcano. It then followed a mysterious route to circulate rapidly within his body.

As the Nihility Devouring Flame circulated in a strange manner, Xiao Yan abruptly felt a surge of majestic, raging energy rapidly seeping out from various parts of his body amidst the circulating flames!

A powerful aura no weaker than that of a Dou Spirit suddenly burst forth from his body.

Secret Technique? Who doesn't know one or two!

At this moment, all the fur of the cat on his shoulder stood on end, and endless black flames appeared behind him like a sea of fire.

Facing the silver dragon charging toward him, Xiao Yan smiled and gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler tightly.

This time, the Heavy Xuan Ruler did not turn red. Instead, it grew increasingly dark—so dark that even light couldn't illuminate it.

Flame Splitting Tsunami—Nihility Wave!

It may sound slow when described, but in reality, all of this happened almost simultaneously.

'This kid has too many trump cards!' Hai Bodong's eyes widened. Not only did Xiao Yan have a Secret Technique, but it could actually elevate him from a 7-star Dou Grandmaster to a Dou Spirit! This was too outrageous—an increase of an entire major realm!

Boom!!! The black flames transformed into a black dragon, descending from the sky with bared fangs and brandished claws. After which, the two mighty dragons collided with each other in a ferocious display.

An explosive impact several times stronger than before erupted in the air.

"It's over! We can't hold it this time!" The faces of the thousand Misty Cloud Sect disciples maintaining the protective barrier below turned ashen. None of them could understand. Wasn't this supposed to be a battle between two Dou Grandmasters?

How did their attacks reach the full-strength strikes of low-star Dou Kings? And they both used Di Class Dou Techniques? Is this even reasonable!