Chapter 406: You and I Are Both Youths!

  "Heh, leave room for retreat ihing!"

  Hearing Yun Leng's words, Xiao Yan sneered internally, showing no sign of agreement.

  The moment, Xiao Yan slowly gripped the handle of the bck ruler on his back. With a sudden pull, the Heavy Xuan Ruler was uhed, bringing a gust of pressurized wind that pointed diagonally to the ground. The gust swept up the dust from the stoiles, while faint Dou Qi enveloped his body. Fixing his gaze on Nan Yanran, he said passionately, "The three-year promise—I have arrived as agreed. Today, let us settle the grudges of the past. The humiliation yht to my Xiao , return it today!"

  Witnessing the aura erupting from Xiao Yan, Nan Yanran’s eyes revealed a trace of astonishment. This youth, once ridiculed and sed in the Xiao , truly seemed different now.

  Yet, despite Xiao Yan’s anger-den words, Nan Yanran remained calm. At this moment, she no longer wished to delve into who was right back then, nor did she feel the o expin.

  The moment, Nan Yanran uedly replied, "Are you so fident that you se the so-called disgrace of your today?"

  Hearing her unwillio even offer an expnation, Xiao Ya a renewed sense of beiled.

  "Heh, Nan Yanran, put away that lofty attitude of a Yu young mistress… I, Xiao Yan, have already said it before: Thirty years the east of the river, thirty years the west—never look down on a poor youth!" Xiao Yan sneered coldly.

  "Well said, 'never look down on a poor youth.' This Xiao boy exudes quite the spirit!"

  "Indeed, with such resolve and talent, he is bound freat achievements iure!"

  At Xiao Yan’s words, many spectators in the pza couldn’t help but praise him, impressed by his demeanor.

  Curiosity about how far this once "waste" of a youth had e burned brightly among the onlookers.

  As the crowd cheered for Xiao Yan, Xiao Yixian’s face grew icy. She bit her lip and muttered under her breath, "His strength may not be much, but his arrogance is immense. I hope Yanra hold bad gives him a proper lesson."

  The moment Xiao Yixian’s words fell, a fleeting chill spread among the nearby stos, causing several individuals to frown.

  Hearing Xiao Yixian’s murmur, Liu Ling g Xiao Yan with a trace of pity, thinking to himself, "Junior Sister Xian’er is now at the Dou Aor level, practically a liviy. If Xiao Yan has provoked her, he’s likely doomed."

  On Nan Yanran’s side, her expression remained unged. After a moment’s thought, she let out a cold ugh and said, "Never look down on a poor youth… Heh, Xiao Yan, don’t fet—you and I are both youths. Three years ago, I was strohan you. Today, I will only be stroill!"

  With that, a sharp longsword suddenly appeared in Nan Yanran’s hand, pointing diagonally to the ground. Though the sword carried no Dou Qi, it emanated an unmistakable air of killing i.

  Through a year of grinding battles, Nan Yanran had sin tless feroagical beasts. Her sword had been bathed in their blood, yet she hadn’t lost herself in the year-long sughter.

  "Isn’t she the esteemed Yu young mistress, blessed with tless cultivation resources? Why does she exude su aura?"

  The temperament radiating from Nan Yanran was one Xiao Yan knew well. Ba the day, under Yao Lao’s guidance, he too had gohrough a period of bloodthirsty fighting. But fearing he might lose himself, he had been forced to stop.

  "Begin!"

  "The three-year promise has e. Let today mark the end of your past grievances. I hope that after today, there will be no more entas between you two!"

  As Xiao Yan pondered, Yun Leng’s slightly aged voice suddenly rang out.

  Hearing this, Xiao Yan refocused his mind, putting aside all other thoughts. His hands gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler tightly, Dou Qi surging as his entire body transformed into a shadow, hurtling toward Nan Yanran in the ter of the pza.

  "Fight, Nan Yanran! Three years!" Xiao Yan’s suppressed roar echoed involuntarily from his throat as he charged forward.

  The shadow streaked across the pza like a furious beast. The Heavy Xuan Ruler, skimming just above the ground, carved a trail of sparks and deep grooves into the stone sbs.

  Nan Yanran’s eyes remained calm as she watched Xiao Yan’s rampage. His seemingly frenzied speed appeared slow in her eyes.

  The moment, the longsword in Nan Yanran’s hand rose steadily. Instantly, a massive vortex of Dou Qi, several meters wide, de the tip of her bde.

  As the vortex formed, gusts of wind whipped up around Nan Yanran, and an overwhelming pressure emanated from the swirling energy.

  "Xiao Yan, fall back!"

  Just as the vortex at the tip of Nan Yanran’s sword began to coalesce, a sharp and urgent voice from Yao Lao suddenly echoed in Xiao Yan’s mind.

  Hearing this voice, Xiao Yan, who had always obeyed Yao Lao’s guidahout question, immediately halted his charging steps. At that moment, he too sehe extraordinary power radiating from Nan Yanran’s vortex attack.

  “Her attack… its might is astonishing!” Xiao Yan gasped inwardly.

  “This is just an ordinary Dou Teique, isn’t it? How it possess such power? Could it be that Nan Yanran has already broken through to the Dou Spirit realm?”

  At this moment, not only Xiao Yan but also the high-ranking officials from the Jia Ma Empire seated oform were visibly shocked. This level of energy had already surpassed what a Da Dou Shi should be capable of trolling.

  While Xiao Yan and the crowd were still stuhe massive vortex, several meters wide, had already detached from the tip of Nan Yanran’s sword and was hurtling toward Xiao Yan at high speed.

  Feeling the oppressive energy emanating from the vortex, Xiao Yan barely had time to think. He swung his arm, wielding the Heavy Xuan Ruler with a fierce surge of Dou Qi, aiming to shatter the overwhelming vortex before it could reach him.

  As the vortex approached within two meters of Xiao Yan, the intense and razor-sharp energy emanating from it began to cut deep gashes into the hand gripping the Heavy Xuan Ruler. Blood streaked down his arm. In the moment, the Heavy Xuan Ruler itself was overpowered and swept into the vortex by the immense disparity in strength.

  Seeing this, the creator of the vortex, Nan Yanran, uedly felt a trace of tension. She had intended for this attack to be a mere probe, limiting its power to the early Dou Spirit stage. Yet, to her astonishment, even such a restraitack seemed as though it might tear Xiao Yan’s body apart entirely.

  “Sigh…”

  On Xiao Yan’s side, having lost his Heavy Xuan Ruler and with his arm in excruciating pain, despair began to fill him as he retreated. At that moment, Yao Lao’s sigh echoed softly in his mind.

  (End of Chapter)

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