Chapter 72

Chapter 73: Intense Battle, Dragon Subduing Palm Breakthrough (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Xu Yan's strength was indeed formidable, and his Dragon Subduing Palm technique was unparalleled in its ferocity. However, in terms of combat experience, he was far inferior to Xue Wuxin.

The moment Xu Yan unleashed his Dragon Subduing Palm, a sudden vulnerability appeared above his head. Xu Yan's heart skipped a beat as he realized the problem.

However, for Xue Wuxin, who was rich in combat experience and had survived numerous life-and-death battles, this fleeting opportunity was enough to decide the outcome.

His figure soared through the air, and his long sword glinted with a cold, sinister light as it slashed down from the sky.

In an instant, Xu Yan felt his scalp tingle and his hair stand on end. A strong sense of danger suddenly descended upon him. At that moment, it was already too late for him to retract his palm for defense.

A Bagua pattern involuntarily appeared in his mind. In the critical moment, a flash of insight struck him. His feet crossed, and his figure flickered, vanishing from the spot.

In the next moment, he had already appeared several feet away.

Boom!

A gully appeared on the ground as Xue Wuxin's sword struck the earth with great force.

His heart sank!

At such a critical moment, the opponent had managed to dodge, and what kind of movement technique was that?

Xu Yan was still trembling with fear, his heart pounding fiercely, his blood boiling. A giant dragon coiled around his body, its power growing stronger and stronger.

In that instant, he had almost died!

If it weren't for the Bagua pattern that appeared in his mind at the critical moment, giving him a sudden insight and allowing him to master a new movement technique, he would have been unable to avoid that attack.

At that moment, he was filled with shock and anger.

His figure moved, and he vanished from the spot, as if teleporting. In an instant, he appeared beside Xue Wuxin, and his Dragon Subduing Palm struck out with a thunderous force.

Shape Shifting!

Boom!

Xue Wuxin's gaze was cold and stern. He wielded his long sword, and the cold, sinister aura of the blade crisscrossed, relentlessly pressing forward. With his formidable strength, he continuously slashed through the powerful Dragon Subduing Palm force.

Forced to constantly use the Shape Shifting technique to dodge and change positions, Xu Yan was pushed to the limit.

A thin layer of bloodthirsty ghost threads emerged from Xue Wuxin's body as he attacked, spreading out and covering the surroundings like a giant net.

Xu Yan's expression was grave. The opponent's strength was slightly superior to his.

Especially the fierce sword technique and the cold, sinister aura were extremely bizarre.

If it weren't for his vast and intense blood energy, which could ignore the cold aura, he would have already become stiff and his combat ability would have drastically decreased.

Xu Yan's frown deepened. The battle grew more intense, and his mind became clearer, free of any distractions, fully focused on the fight.

A Bagua pattern appeared in his mind, and as his feet crossed, he changed his position.

The Shape Shifting technique became more proficient as the battle continued.

Boom!

The tyrannical force of the Dragon Subduing Palm was once again shattered by the opponent's sword.

The sharp blade came at him again, and Xu Yan used the Shape Shifting technique to dodge.

At that moment, the incantation of the Dragon Subduing Palm appeared in his mind.

His blood energy boiled even more intensely, and he seemed to be in a state of excitement. Suddenly, he roared, and with a powerful thrust of his palms, a giant Dragon Subduing Palm force erupted, splitting into eighteen dragons that instantly enveloped Xue Wuxin.

The Dragon Subduing Palm had reached its peak!

Xue Wuxin was increasingly alarmed as the battle continued. The opponent's realm should be lower than his, and his strength should also be inferior.

However, the tyrannical force of the palm was astonishing, and even he found it difficult to slash through it.

Moreover, the dragon-shaped palm force changed in such a way that it always formed a combined attack against him.

"This kid is troublesome. He is not at all afraid of my blood devil aura, and he can even counter it!"

The intense blood energy constantly evaporated his cold aura.

The more this happened, the stronger his desire grew. If he could devour the opponent, his strength would advance further.

He had never seen a martial artist with such powerful blood energy.

The blood energy was pure and contained a vast amount of spiritual essence.

No martial artist in the Inner Domain could have such pure blood energy.

Not even a Grandmaster!

The eighteen dragons combined and attacked, and Xue Wuxin's sword light surged, sweeping like a fierce wind, dispersing the Dragon Subduing Palm force. His speed reached its peak, and he suddenly attacked Xu Yan.

With each powerful strike, Xu Yan was once again at a disadvantage.

The Shape Shifting technique was used more frequently, constantly dodging, but he was not at all panicked, his gaze firm, staring intently at Xue Wuxin.

His jade bones shone brightly, and his blood energy seemed endless.

"His actions awe the world, his anger stuns heaven and earth."

Suddenly, the incantation of the Dragon Subduing Palm appeared in his mind, and he gained a sudden insight during the battle.

"My Dragon Subduing Palm force, though powerful and tyrannical, lacks true 'awe' and cannot stun the world.

'His actions awe the world, his anger stuns heaven and earth. Without anger, how can one stun heaven and earth? My Dragon Subduing Palm force lacks 'awe' and 'anger.' Anger can stun heaven and earth.'"

Xu Yan's mind became clear, and the insight appeared in his heart. In an instant, he seemed to have a deeper understanding of the Dragon Subduing Palm, as if breaking through a bottleneck.

Suddenly, his figure paused, and he thrust out a palm with a thunderous force.

This palm was vastly different from the previous ones.

The moment the palm force was unleashed, a whistling sound could be heard, and a formidable aura radiated out.

This dragon-shaped palm force was more solid and had a more divine quality.

Its speed also increased dramatically.

Roar!

The giant dragon opened its mouth, as if roaring, and struck Xue Wuxin with great force.

"Slash!"

Xue Wuxin's heart sank, and he slashed out with his sword. However, this sword strike did not shatter the palm force. Instead, a vast and overwhelming aura, like a mountain colliding, struck him, and the dragon's tail swept across.

"Bad!"

Xue Wuxin's face changed, and he leaped into the air, dodging the attack.

Boom!

Another giant dragon struck.

Immediately, one after another, giant dragons roared and attacked, each emitting a formidable aura. Xue Wuxin's heart tightened, and he looked at Xu Yan in shock.

"Has he broken through?"

What kind of monster is this!

Xu Yan exhaled a deep breath, his eyes shining with a fierce light. He had gained insight!

The Dragon Subduing Palm had broken through the bottleneck and reached a new level.

"His anger stuns heaven and earth. I cannot yet make the dragon-shaped palm force truly angry or have the momentum of 'anger,' but I can use another method to display this anger!"

Xu Yan looked at Xue Wuxin, who had been on the defensive, and now it was his turn to attack.

Let this mysterious martial artist, who seems to be at the innate realm, witness the power of the Dragon Subduing Palm.

"My Dragon Subduing Palm should now be at the second level. I have broken through the realm of the Dragon Subduing Palm and reached the second level!

Unfortunately, I am only at the Blood Energy Realm and cannot fully unleash the power of the second level.

But it is enough to deal with this guy!"

Xu Yan's mind was clear, and he realized he had cultivated the Dragon Subduing Palm to the second level.

Boom!

Eighteen dragons combined to attack Xue Wuxin. Just as Xue Wuxin unleashed a fierce sword light to slash through the palm force, his heart skipped a beat.

Danger!

A strong sense of danger suddenly appeared.

The combat experience honed in life-and-death situations made him decisively use his qi to soar into the air, the sword light sweeping up to break through the combined attack.

But it was already too late!

Boom!

In the instant the eighteen dragon-shaped palm forces combined, they all exploded, the dragons bursting open, and a fierce power instantly struck Xue Wuxin.

Xue Wuxin's face changed, and he let out a light cry. Cold energy rolled around his body, and his long sword formed layers of sword energy to resist the fierce power.

He never expected that the eighteen dragons could suddenly explode, converging into an overwhelmingly powerful force.

"Something's wrong!

This is not a normal martial artist. What kind of technique is this?"

In the Inner Domain, even a Grandmaster could not make the palm force explode at a necessary moment after it was unleashed.

Once the palm force was released, how could it be controlled at will?

It was impossible!

This borderland youth is not normal!

What the hell is this technique?

Boom!

The sword energy shattered, and the tyrannical force of the Dragon Subduing Palm, along with the intense blood energy, seemed to evaporate the cold aura around Xue Wuxin.

Xue Wuxin felt extremely uncomfortable.

"I will destroy you!"

Xue Wuxin, looking disheveled, said with a sinister tone.

However, what greeted him were eighteen dragons, forming a combined attack again.

Boom!

"Do you think you can destroy me?"

Xu Yan's expression was excited, and he paid no heed to Xue Wuxin's threat.

He continuously unleashed palm strikes, each time with eighteen dragons combining and exploding, forming an overwhelmingly powerful force that struck Xue Wuxin.

This was equivalent to condensing the power of eighteen dragon-shaped palm forces into a single explosive moment.

This explosive moment was Xu Yan's insight of 'anger.'

Due to his weaker strength, he could not fully manifest it, but he could display the power of 'anger' in this way.

The effect was excellent.

"My insight was indeed correct!"

Xu Yan was extremely excited.

This intense battle was highly rewarding.

He had gained insight into the Shape Shifting technique.

After the Dragon Subduing Palm reached its peak, it broke through again, and he gained insight into the second level of the Dragon Subduing Palm!

Boom!

Xu Yan's blood energy seemed endless, and he continuously unleashed palm strikes, striking Xue Wuxin.

At this moment, Xue Wuxin was on the defensive, being hit repeatedly. He tried to break through several times but was always driven back by the eighteen dragons.

What alarmed him even more was that the opponent's palm force was growing stronger.

He could even sense a 'anger' from the palm force.

Absurd!

It was truly absurd!

However, such an absurd scene was real before his eyes.

"Cough, cough..."

Suddenly, Xue Wuxin felt a sense of emptiness.

His injuries were starting to recur.

The consumption was too great.

"Damn, does he not consume energy?"

Xue Wuxin was shocked and angry.

He, a Grandmaster martial artist, was unable to deal with a youth in the borderlands and was instead being beaten to a pulp!

In the Inner Domain, he, Xue Wuxin, was a well-known devilish Grandmaster!

If this news spread, who would believe it?

"I can't continue this battle!"

Xue Wuxin knew that if he continued to be on the defensive, he would be exhausted to death.

He might even be killed by the opponent.

He could sense that the opponent's palm force was becoming more tyrannical and powerful.

The dragon-shaped palm forces were becoming more solid, and when they exploded, the fierce power carried a hint of 'anger.'

"Bind!"

Xue Wuxin's long sword formed layers of sword energy, and the cold aura around his body intensified.

The dense, spider-web-like bloodthirsty ghost threads covering the battlefield suddenly contracted, binding towards Xu Yan.

"What is this technique?"

Xu Yan was startled. The dense threads, carrying a cold aura, were constantly melting under his intense blood energy, but there were too many of them.

At that moment, he realized he was within the opponent's web.

"I was too careless! Lack of experience!"

Xu Yan sighed inwardly.

However, he was not panicked.

These threads, though sinister, should not be able to resist his powerful blood energy.

Boom!

A hundred-foot-long blood energy swept out, a giant dragon coiled around, carrying a terrifying aura, sweeping towards the giant web.

The threads shattered and disappeared.

Ultimately, the entire web was dissolved by the blood energy.

Xue Wuxin took the opportunity to escape.

He did not expect the bloodthirsty ghost threads to threaten Xu Yan; he only wanted to分散 Xu Yan's strength and take the opportunity to escape.

At that moment, he soared into the air, a hundred feet above.

Looking down at Xu Yan, the sword light swept down.

Xu Yan leaped up and unleashed a palm strike.

However, at the Blood Energy Realm, he could not soar into the air. Although leaping a hundred feet was not a problem, Xue Wuxin could always maintain a distance, and Xu Yan could not get closer.

With each leap, he was at a disadvantage.

The attack range of the Dragon Subduing Palm was only a hundred feet.

Xue Wuxin, from a hundred feet away, launched attacks, and the cold, sinister sword energy continuously poured down.

Xu Yan could only defend passively, unleashing Dragon Subduing Palm forces to block the attacks.

Occasionally, he leaped up, trying to get close to Xue Wuxin, but the experienced Xue Wuxin would immediately soar away, maintaining his advantage.

As a result, Xu Yan was in a passive state.

In the air, sword light continuously poured down, cold and terrifying, cutting deep gullies into the ground.

On the ground, red dragons rose, striking the sword light, and the attacks collided in mid-air, the thunderous sounds echoing.

The battle continued.

The station had been completely destroyed, with no trace left.

The road had collapsed in the battle and was no longer passable.

Gullies crisscrossed the ground, and large craters appeared one after another.

The surrounding forests had been completely destroyed.

"I, Xue Wuxin, am a Grandmaster martial artist. I will not believe I cannot exhaust you!"

Xue Wuxin's eyes showed a sinister look.

He was determined to destroy this person at any cost.

Devouring his blood energy would make all the sacrifices worth it.

Boom!

"Hmph, let's see what you can do!"

Xu Yan looked up at Xue Wuxin in the air.

His eyes still burned with battle spirit. If he could soar into the air, he would definitely crush the opponent!

At that moment, the foundation of the Jade Bone Realm showed its strength.

His blood energy surged, continuously pulsing. Despite the intense battle, Xu Yan's blood energy did not wane, and he did not feel any significant consumption.

"Cough, cough..."

Xue Wuxin started coughing.

The sense of emptiness in his body intensified, and his injuries were about to recur.

The consumption was too great.

Looking down at Xu Yan, who was still full of battle spirit, continuously unleashing palm strikes, with no signs of exhaustion, Xue Wuxin's face showed a look of helplessness.

He, the Grandmaster, could not afford to be exhausted!

Even though he was injured, he was still a Grandmaster!

Why does such a monster exist in the borderlands?

Boom!