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  "The's begin!"

  Liu Qing heard Xiao Yan's words and his expression turned icy cold. A powerful whirlwind of Dou Qi formed around him as soon as he finished speaking. The terrifying aura caused the audieo momentarily hold their breath.

  "S!"

  "A peak Dou Spirit? No, this has already reached the half-step Dou King!"

  "He already possesses the might of a Dou King! Although there's still some distao being a true Dou King, with such profound Dou Qi and imposing presence, even actual Dou Kings might find themselves g in parison." The elders on the judges' ptform couldn't help but be moved as they murmured among themselves, seeing Liu Qing's astonishing Dou Qi and aura.

  Xiao Yan smiled slightly and asked, "You're not using your on?"

  "The Mountain Splitting Spear is only used against oppos who are worthy. I hope you'll qualify for that soon," Liu Qing replied coldly.

  Xiao Yan merely smiled. Whatever you say.

  The First Elder saw that both sides were ready and shouted, "Both sides, prepare. The match begins!"

  The voice of the First Elder had just faded away when Liu Qing swung his hand violently toward Xiao Yan. His five fingers formed into a cw, and a massive golden energy cw materialized out of thin air. Wherever the energy cw passed, cracks appeared on the ground.

  "That's Liu Qing's signature Dou Teique, the Intermediate Xuan Css 'Golden Demon Cw'!"

  "So powerful! As expected of a Dou Teique cultivated to the major level!"

  Xiao Yan's expression remained as calm as still water when faced with this terrifying golden cw several meters high, but inwardly, he couldn't help but give some praise. From this Dou Teique alone, one could see that Liu Qing had put intense effort into cultivating his teiques.

  "If that's the case, then I should give you appropriate respect."

  The Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body circuted wildly. A blood-red fme instantly enveloped his entire body as he shouted in his heart, 'Mad Lion t!'

  A thunderous b out as Liu Qing's Golden Demon Cw collided with a crimson lion's head. With a furious roar, the blood-colored lion shattered the golden giant cw with a single swipe.

  Xiao Yan slowly raised his gaze, looking at Liu Qing, whose body was covered in golden Dou Qi. Suddenly, he shot toward Liu Qing with an unstoppable and feroomentum amidst tless heated gazes!

  The distance of several dozeers was crossed in the blink of an eye. Oage, the two instantly closed in on each other. Their eyes met, and the suppressed battle i finally erupted and boiled over.

  Xiao Yan did not use any Dou Teiques. His fist, enveloped in Heavenly Fme, smashed toward Liu Qing. Liu Qing sidestepped to dodge and tered with a punch. Xiao Yan tilted his head to avoid it, relying on his powerful Spiritual Strength. He then grabbed Liu Qing's arm with both hands, twisted his body suddenly, stomped one foot on the ground causing rubble to fly, and used his strength to throw the sturdy Liu Qing away.

  Liu Qing spun in midair, his feet skidding across the ground with a hissing sound, carving two deep marks before ing to a stop.

  But how could Xiao Yan give Liu Qing a ce to catch his breath? His right foot stomped on the ground, and with a terrifying burst of physical strength, he transformed into a crimson shadow charging toward Liu Qing.

  Although Liu Qing had studied close bat and uood it better than Xiao Yan, the tter's Spiritual Strength far surpassed the former's, his perception was more outstanding, and coupled with the fact that he had used the genuine Core Queng Body Milk, his physical strength was terrifyingly powerful.

  "Am I seeing things? Liu Qing is actually being suppressed in close bat!" Yan Hao rubbed his eyes. Being in the same cohort as Liu Qing, he khat Liu Qing's burly physique wasn't just for show.

  Liu Qing's physical body was sed only to Zi Yan's. Back when he lost to Lin Xiuya, it was only in Dou Teiques and on skills. Even Lin Xiuya didn't dare to front him head-on in close bat.

  Otherwise, Lin Xiuya wouldn't have wao obtain the Core Queng Body Milk to enhance his physique.

  Lin Xiuya's expression was solemn as he said, "Why do I feel like the Core Queng Body Milk that Xiao Yan used isn't the same as ours? His physical body has beuch stronger."

  A strange light fshed in Han Yue's beautiful eyes as she softly said, "Perhaps it's because he's an alchemist and added medial properties to enhahe potency of the Core Queng Body Milk."

  Oage, the two were extremely in syneither chose to use Dou Teiques or ons.

  Xiao Yan's fist smashed down but barely grazed past Liu Qing's shoulder without effect. At the moment his attack missed, Liu Qing's left cw suddenly bent slightly, then swiftly spped toward the left side.

  This seemingly casual swipe was actually extremely precise, hitting an acupoint on Xiao Yan's arm just as his fist missed.

  A smile appeared at the er of Xiao Yan's mouth. He transformed his fist into a cw, grabbed Liu Qing's shoulder with a bad, and abruptly pressed down, f Liu Qing's feet into the ground.

  Liu Qing adapted on the spot. Seeing his cw miss, he ged it into a palm a a burst of forto Xiao Yan's chest, causing him to retreat several steps.

  Liu Qing pursued, his palm fag downward, curling into a slight arc like aremely sharp beast cw. His arm trembled, and the sharp cw brought forth a chilling gust as it smashed heavily toward Xiao Yan's chest once more.

  Xiao Yaed instantly. His five fingers ched tightly, his left foot braced against the ground, and he fiercely punched out, colliding head-on with the poung cw.

  Bang!

  Fist and cw collided violently. A low soni suddenly rang out at the point of tact. A ripple of energy causing space to tremble surged out before rapidly expanding in all dires.

  Liu Qing's Dou Qi faltered as Xiao Yan's terrifying physical strength forced him to stagger back several steps. The ground shattered and rocks flew with each step, showing how terrifyingly powerful Xiao Yan's physical strength was.

  Liu Qing's eyes narrowed. He never imagihat his physique would actually lose to Xiao Yan's!

  "Great Rift Coffin Splitting Cw!" Liu Qing suddenly shouted. His cw faced downward, and in an instant, the smile on his face vanished. His arm shot out, and his cw violently thrust forward. The invisible fored faint arcs of light before the aremely shog momentum.

  Xiao Yan smiled faintly, exhaled, and circuted the Dou Qi in his body. His body emitted crag sounds, and the veins on his right arm suddenly bulged as he faced the charging Liu Qing.

  "Oe Bst!"

  Someone in the crowd said seriously at the sight of Liu Qing finally using a High Xuan Css Dou Teique, "That's the High Xuan Css Dou Teique that Liu Qing obtained in the Inner Academy. If I'm not mistaken, he's cultivated it to perfe."

  "However..."

  "I'm afraid the Dou Teique that Xiao Yan used when he killed the Snow Demon Sky Ape was also aremely profound High Xuan Css Dou Teique. It all depends on whose strength is greater now."

  Uhe gaze of tless eyes, the fist and cw, both tainiremely destructive power, finally collided head-on!

  Boom!

  A resonant explosion suddenly rang out across the arena. A storm-like ripple of energy abruptly surged out from the point of tact betweewo. Wherever the ripples passed, the groued tinuous crag sounds as it was uo withstand the force. Cracks quickly spread out beh their feet like a spider's web.

  The destructive power caused by this storm of energy made the audien the stands gulp. This urely physical strength! Yet the destructive power was actually so terrifying.

  In the tral area, fist and cw seemed to lock together. Invisible force tinuously discharged from the soles of their feet. The crowd then saw the extremely solid floor rapidly crumbling and turning into tiny fragments. In the end... the fragments were even pulverized into dust!

  The etle stage caved in with a rumble. Xiao Yan couldn't help but take two steps back. He lowered his head to look at the back of his right hand. There were three bloody gashes where he had been cut with blood flowing out.

  "It seems I still uimated you." Xiao Yan wiped the blood and looked in Liu Qing's dire.

  Oher side, Liu Qing had suffered eight hidden forces from the Oe Bst. If he hadn't taken out the Mountain Splitting Spear and stabbed it into the ground in time, he might have bee flying off the stage by Xiao Yan.

  With a 'puh' sound, Liu Qing spat out a mouthful of blood. Xiao Yan's hidden force had undoubtedly caused signifit internal injuries.

  After using the Core Queng Body Milk, Xiao Yan's physical strength was far greater than Liu Qing's. In pure close bat, Liu Qing simply wasn't a match.

  "Cousin Liu Qing!" Liu Fei stood up anxiously when she saw Liu Qing spitting blood.

  Her face turned pale. She hought Liu Qing would actually be no match for Xiao Yan!

  Liu Qing slowly pointed his heavy spear at Xiao Yan under everyone's gaze. His deep voice echoed throughout the arena: "You're very strong, even strohan I imagined."

  "But I won't admit defeat easily. Let me use the stro move of this Mountain Splitting Spear to end this match!"

  'Liu Qing is going to use the Mountain Splitting Spear...' Lin Xiuya sighed lightly on the high ptform as he looked at the pitch-bck heavy spear in Liu Qing's hand.

  With a 'dong' sound, a dark shadoeared from Xiao Yan's ste ring. He grasped the Heavy Xuan Ruler, poi at Liu Qing, and said, "Then I'll also use this move to end this match."

  "A final move to decide the victory." A somewhat stiff smile appeared on Liu Qing's usually calm face. The Mountain Splitting Spear sshed diagonally through the air, leaving a faint golden trace of Dou Qi in the empty space.

  "This was my trump card against Lin Xiuya, but giveuation now, I'll have to use it on you first."

  Dazzling golden light instantly burst from Liu Qing's body, growing more and more intense. In the end, it almost pletely enveloped him. This imposing aura even had a hint of Di Css. This Dou Teique robably infinitely close to Di Css!

  Xiao Yan saw Liu Qing's body shrouded in golden light and didn't hold back either. The Ten Thousa Fme surged from his palm, and the entire Heavy Xuan Ruler emitted waves of beastly roars.

  An unusual, wild energy fluctuation suddenly rippled across the square. The elders on the judges' ptform were the first to sehis fluctuation, and their expressions ged dramatically.

  "A Di Css Dou Teique..."

  Although the Book Colle Hall indeed had Di Css Dou Teiques, what Liu Qing obtained was a teique infinitely close to Di Css; he hadn't obtained an actual Di Css Dou Teique.

  "This guy... just how many trump cards does he have?" At this moment, even the elders couldn't help but feel troubled. How could Xiao Yan be filled with treasures all over?

  Below the stage, Lin Xiuya and the others also sensed something. Yan Hao gulped and said in shock, "Di... Di Css... And this imposing aura doesn't seem to be just entry-level."

  A trace of solemnity appeared in Lin Xiuya's eyes. He was pting whether he could defeat Xiao Yan if they fought.

  And the answer was exactly the same as the result of this match.

  Liu Qing shouted loudly, "Cleaving Coffin Cw!"

  A thunderous roar suddenly rang out. From the tip of the Mountain Splitting Spear, golden light erupted like a flood!

  Xiao Yan's eyes remaiionless and calm like still water while watg the golden light shooting over. Just as he had said at the beginning, the oppo he wao fight was that little monster, Zi Yan.

  "Fme Splitting Tsunami!"

  The Heavy Xuan Ruler chopped down. Having already reached the major level of mastery, the Fme Splitting Tsunami could be said to be Xiao Yan's killing move. An inparably terrifying sea of fmes instantly engulfed Liu Qing's Cleaving Coffin Cw.

  In front of the Fme Splitting Tsunami, no matter what Xuan Css Dou Teique Liu Qing used, there was only oe, and that was utter annihition.

  The battle stage in front of Xiao Yan pletely evaporated uhe Fme Splitting Tsunami, leaving only devastation and charred remnants.

  It was fortuhat Xiao Yan had strong trol; otherwise, even the nearby spectator stands might have beeroyed.

  First Elder Su Qian caught Liu Qing and stood in midair. He looked down at Xiao Yan and announced, "The victor—Xiao Yan!"