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Whoosh—
A streak of black flame shot through the air like a bolt of lightning, tearing through the skies at astonishing speed.
Wei Yang was utilizing the Flowing Fire Step, a Low-Level Earth Grade movement Dou Technique, at full power. Combined with his Dou Qi Wings and the continuous energy support from his Heaven Grade cultivation technique, even while holding Qing Lin in his arms, his speed remained as fast as lightning.
"Young Master, someone is coming for us—it's that Dou Zong!" Qing Lin suddenly warned.
"I see him." Wei Yang merely lifted his eyelids slightly and replied indifferently, "I'll leave him to you. Take care of it."
"Mm, leave it to me." Qing Lin nodded seriously, gently patting her sleeve.
Very soon, due to both parties rapidly approaching from opposite directions, the distance between them closed quickly.
When the distance narrowed to less than five hundred meters—
The Dou Zong, Di, didn't waste any words. He directly raised his hand and unleashed a palm strike.
Buzz—
The space in front twisted violently as a five-zhang-wide pitch-black palm imprint emerged, crashing down with tremendous pressure.
In response, Wei Yang simply waved his hand and tossed Qing Lin forward. "Go. Make it quick."
As for himself, he didn't slow down in the slightest. He merely shifted his trajectory slightly to evade the palm and continued charging forward.
This action caused Di to pause in confusion.
What the hell?
Tossing a little girl to block me? Sending her to her death?
Even the smile on the lips of the distant grey-robed young man stiffened slightly.
But they soon realized what was really happening.
Hiss—!
A dazzling burst of purple-black light flared up as an ear-splitting screech echoed through the sky.
A massive creature, over thirty meters long with a black horn atop its head, appeared out of thin air.
It twisted its body slightly, and with a casual flick of its tail—
Shriek—!
The thick serpent tail covered in violet scales whipped through the air with a shrill whistle and smashed straight into the incoming black palm imprint.
Boom!
It was like muffled thunder exploding. The terrifying force instantly shattered the black palm print into fragments, and even the surrounding space cracked apart, revealing web-like black fissures.
Immediately after, the behemoth's enormous head gently lifted, catching the descending Qing Lin with ease.
Its full appearance was finally revealed.
Qing Lin wrapped one arm around the towering black horn and pointed toward Di with the other. In a soft but cold voice, she said, "Du Jiao, eat him."
Hiss—
Du Jiao let out a gentle cry of submission, but its massive eyes locked coldly onto Di. In the next moment, its body coiled and then shot forward in a violent dive.
"..."
Di's pupils shrank as a chill ran down his spine.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh—
At that moment, Wei Yang's figure flashed by not far away, breezing past Di with ease and even sparing him a casual glance.
Di tried to raise his hand to intercept him, but it was already too late.
Du Jiao's ferocious attack had already arrived. If he didn't block it, he would be killed instantly!
That thick serpent tail, like the divine whip of judgment, lashed forward with a force strong enough to tear the very fabric of space.
"This is a mid-level Dou Zong? No… he's close to high-level Dou Zong!" Di barely managed to hold off the attack, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. He looked up and roared hoarsely via sound transmission, "Master! It's dangerous! I'll hold it off—run!"
"What?!"
The grey-robed young man shuddered violently, eyes wide with horror and his body trembling uncontrollably.
"Run!"
He didn't hesitate for a second. Turning around, he flapped his wings with all his might and fled at full speed.
"Run? It's already too late. Jie jie jie~"
Not far behind him, Wei Yang's laughter echoed chillingly. The distance between them had already closed to less than ten li.
"Run! Run! Run!!"
The grey-robed youth flapped his wings desperately, fleeing for his life.
He couldn't understand why a terrifying serpent-type magic beast, one close to high-level Dou Zong strength, would suddenly appear!
Fear and shock filled his heart.
A magic beast close to high-level Dou Zong?
How the hell are we supposed to fight that!?
Regret filled him.
He shouldn't have come.
He had painstakingly survived for over a hundred years and finally obtained a chance to be reborn. Instead of staying low and recovering, why had he chosen to wander around recklessly?
He had thought this small place would be safe… but he'd been too careless!
Whoosh—
The grey-robed youth kept flapping his wings madly, fleeing at all costs. He no longer cared about the massive consumption of soul force.
But behind him, Wei Yang was drawing closer and closer.
Nine li…
Eight li…
Five li…
Three li…
( TN : Li equals to 0.5KM )
Suddenly—
"Jie jie jie… Little rat, where do you think you're going?"
A voice boomed like thunder in the grey-robed youth's ears.
He instinctively turned around—and instantly shivered in fright, nearly crying out loud.
Because Wei Yang had somehow closed the distance without him realizing it.
Less than five hundred meters!
At their level, this distance might as well have been nothing at all. A casual strike could easily reach the target.
"You… you…" Cold sweat dripped down the forehead of the grey-robed youth, his voice trembling.
Wei Yang, however, looked at ease, like a cat toying with a mouse, smiling as he said, "Heh heh heh… Little thing, you're a bit slow. Come on, a bit faster."
"Little thing?" The grey-robed youth nearly couldn't hold it in and almost turned around to fight with all his might.
Too much… This is too much!
I—this Venerable—have lived for hundreds of years! When I roamed the continent freely, you were still who knows where!
At this moment, the distance between the two had shortened again.
Four hundred meters.
"Don't be so arrogant. You're just at the Dou Huang level. If you push me too far—push this old man too far—I'll fight you with everything I've got. You won't get off easy either," the grey-robed youth shouted angrily.
"Oh? Really?" Wei Yang raised an eyebrow, teasing, "Why aren't you calling yourself 'Venerable' anymore? Switched to 'old man' now? Don't wimp out. I liked your cocky attitude better."
"You—!" The grey-robed youth's face flushed red. After taking several deep breaths, he barely managed to suppress his rage and tried to reason, "Young man, though I'm weak now, if I truly fight to the death, it'll end in mutual destruction at best. Why go that far?"
"Is that so?" Wei Yang frowned slightly.
Indeed, some caution was necessary.
After all, with these old monsters, who knew what trump cards they might have hidden?
Seeing hope, the grey-robed youth quickly added, "There's no real grudge between us, is there?"
Wei Yang simply smiled without answering.
The grey-robed youth continued, "We can talk this out. I admit I was in the wrong before. I can apologize, compensate you, pay any price. And that pill formula—I can return it to you right now. How about that?"
At this point, the distance had narrowed to just two hundred meters.
"Do you still think this is about a pill formula?" Wei Yang sneered.
"I swear! No matter who's right or wrong today, I'll let it go. In the future, I'll never seek revenge. If you let this go, I'll leave the Jia Ma Empire immediately and swear never to step foot here again," the grey-robed youth said urgently.
"Compensation? Not impossible," Wei Yang nodded.
"Name it!" the youth said, pleasantly surprised.
"A Low-Level Heaven Grade Dou Technique will do," Wei Yang said.
"Uh…" The grey-robed youth was momentarily stunned before responding in irritation, "Are you joking with me? Are you messing around?"
"Who has time to joke with you? So, we're done talking then?" Wei Yang shrugged indifferently and glanced at the distance between them.
One hundred and fifty meters.
He slowly raised his hand, and in his palm, a blazing black sun began to radiate an intense and blinding light.
The grey-robed youth turned his head to look, squinting from the stinging pain in his eyes. Tears welled up.
What kind of move is that?
Looks… kind of powerful…
"Wait!" he shouted hastily. "I really don't have a Heaven Grade technique. But anything else—let's talk it over. How about an High-Level Earth Grade Dou Technique?"
"High-Level Earth Grade? Nah, I'm not interested. No Heaven Grade Dou Technique? Then a Heaven Grade Cultivation Technique will do," Wei Yang said casually.
The grey-robed youth was dumbfounded.
What kind of guy is this?!
Asking for Heaven Grade techniques so casually! Even High-Level Earth Grade Dou Techniques aren't good enough?!
You bumpkin, do you even know what a High-Level Earth Grade Dou Technique means? Have you ever even seen one?!
Lies, all lies!
"You—!" Now completely enraged, he could no longer contain the fire in his chest. He roared, "Brat! You never intended to negotiate in the first place, did you?!"
"Figured it out? Not bad," Wei Yang admitted calmly. "I'll be honest—this has nothing to do with the pill formula or pride."
"Then why?!" The grey-robed youth was stunned.
If it's not those… why chase me for over a thousand miles?!
"Because I simply don't like you. You're on the path to death."
Wei Yang grinned. "Heh heh heh… Today, I just feel like killing you. That's all. And once you're dead, everything you own becomes mine. Sounds like a reasonable explanation, right?"
"BASTARD!" the grey-robed youth bellowed, suddenly turning around and striking out with both palms. "You think I'm really afraid of you?! DIE!"
He had gone all out.
Two enormous jet-black palm prints, each nearly five zhang (about 16 meters) across, blasted forth.
"Hahaha, that's more like it!" Wei Yang laughed loudly, and the black sun in his hand was thrust forward.
BOOM!
The fist-sized black sun suddenly swelled, instantly expanding into a blazing black orb five meters in diameter, crashing downward.
The void twisted. The air itself seemed to burn.
This was a weakened version of a paired Heaven Grade Dou Technique:
Little Black Sun: Burning Heaven Palm!
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