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Xu Yuan's arrogance was at its peak.
With Elder Brother Lan Muzi backing him, he unleashed all the pent-up anger from earlier.
Through the repeated collisions just now, Xu Yuan had already adapted to this new plane. His Seven Forbidden Techniques had reached their pinnacle state.
Now, with a calm mind, he mobilized an immense amount of ambient energy from heaven and earth.
"Heaven and earth are mine to command."
Above his head, a storm of the five elements raged.
Xu Yuan's spear came crashing down, accompanied by a thunderous strike of the five elements that followed along his Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear.
Nalundo's expression changed slightly as he gritted his teeth and raised his massive sword to block.
Xu Yuan's mech suit had become more compact, now only about two and a half meters tall.
Nalundo stood at fifty meters, yet under Xu Yuan's overwhelming momentum—his spear infused with the power of heaven and earth—Nalundo appeared utterly insignificant as Xu Yuan brought the spear down upon him.
A flicker of admiration passed through Lan Muzi's eyes.
So strong.
Xiao Yuan has grown even stronger.
Because he understood Xu Yuan's growth, he was all the more astonished.
Lan Muzi had watched Xu Yuan grow from weakness to strength.
Xu Yuan had entered the academy at the age of seven, studied and trained in the inner court, and later became a disciple of Yun Ming. His frequent interactions with Lan Muzi, the eldest brother of the inner court, were not few.
Thus, it was no exaggeration to say that Lan Muzi had witnessed Xu Yuan's step-by-step growth.
Precisely because of this, Lan Muzi was even more astounded.
He had thought Xu Yuan had already reached the limit of a Soul King, but never expected him to surpass even that.
Xu Yuan's spear crashed down, slamming Nalundo toward the ground.
A tremendous force propelled him from behind, allowing him to quickly catch up to Nalundo. He swung his spear, delivering seven consecutive strikes.
Each strike carried the might of heaven and earth, imbued with Xu Yuan's pent-up rage.
The sealing character runes on the spear erupted with every collision.
Nalundo felt utterly stifled. After blocking the first strike, he struggled to gather enough strength to counterattack in time and was forced to keep blocking.
What kind of spear technique was this?
Suppressing the opponent's power?
In truth, Xu Yuan's Seven Forbidden Techniques had already made Nalundo suffer.
But how could there be such transient bursts of sealing power beyond the Seven Forbidden Techniques?
Who could endure this?
The seven strikes came in rapid succession, each one ferocious.
With every swing, the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear seemed to lash out like a whip, venting Xu Yuan's fury.
Drawing inspiration from the principles of the Chaotic Wind Splitting Hammer, these seven strikes compounded in power. The final blow came down with crushing force, sending Nalundo hurtling toward the ground.
Boom!
The earth trembled, and the other two Tyrants' eyelids twitched.
Lan Muzi swiftly moved to the side of the battlefield, closer to the other two Tyrants, maintaining a constant pressure on them.
While keeping them in check, he quietly circulated his soul power, digesting the buns he had hastily stuffed into his mouth before making his appearance.
"Is this Xiao Yuan's method of fusing his mech suit with battle armor?"
The mech suit condensed, forming another layer of armor that overlaid the battle armor, amplifying it together? Wearing two sets of battle armor simultaneously?
No—
"It's not just that."
Lan Muzi was astonished by Xu Yuan's sudden surge of power, but he was even more curious about the essence of this power and the means behind it.
Unfortunately, he could only sense the terrifying fluctuations of soul power emanating from Xu Yuan's battle armor fused with the mech suit. He couldn't analyze the flow of soul power within the armor and battle suit.
It was beyond his perception.
Nalundo crashed into the ground, creating a crater ten meters deep.
As the dust settled, Nalundo burst out, swinging his massive purple sword.
Xu Yuan met him head-on with his spear.
Each collision stirred the ambient energy of the Demon World into turmoil.
In the sky above, storms of the five elements continuously gathered and erupted.
Xu Yuan seemed like a perpetual motion machine, unceasingly drawing on the forces of the five elements, unleashing his blood essence, and burning his life force to maintain his peak state.
Moreover, this peak state seemed to be honed further with each collision, growing sharper and more dazzling.
Nalundo regretted deeply.
If only he had scared off this foreigner instead.
By pursuing him, he had not only burned the royal bloodline granted by Alba—potentially facing a significant loss of strength—but was also enduring Xu Yuan's relentless torment.
His power was being suppressed, and he was reduced to nothing more than a tool for Xu Yuan to hone himself.
Nalundo clenched his teeth, realizing he couldn't continue like this.
His gaze grew deep and somber. After a powerful collision, he forcibly closed the distance with Xu Yuan, clashing his sword against Xu Yuan's spear, locking them in a brief stalemate.
His left hand ignited with purple flames, which he swung fiercely.
This punch carried a sonic boom, the purple flames burning so intensely that space itself seemed to sizzle.
Xu Yuan let out a sharp breath, also erupting with blood essence energy, meeting Nalundo's fist with his own.
The two separated again, Nalundo's expression dark and brooding.
Damn it, why is this guy so difficult to deal with?
Nalundo diverted some of his attention to assess the surrounding situation.
Currently, only Sass and Kaye had arrived.
That human clad in white armor was overwhelmingly powerful; the three of them would struggle to contend.
Death was inevitable.
Nalundo gritted his teeth and quickly retreated.
He was already stronger than Sass and Kaye, and now, having burned the bloodline granted by Alba, coupled with an unexpected escape, his chances of survival increased.
Lan Muzi sneered.
"Trying to escape?"
Around his body, eight soul rings appeared in succession.
Black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black.
Eight ten-thousand-year black soul rings emerged, exuding immense pressure.
The eighth soul ring flickered.
"Eighth Soul Skill: Radiant Path!"
In the sky, a line of golden-red light connected Lan Muzi and Nalundo.
The hundreds of meters between them seemed to vanish instantly.
Lan Muzi raised his Yang Wood Blade.
A brilliant crimson-gold glow shone.
The fourth soul ring flickered.
The glow on Lan Muzi's Yang Wood Blade instantly shifted from dazzling crimson-gold to a dark red.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Sunset Glow!"
Nalundo turned his head, his scalp tingling with fear as he saw the blade approaching at blinding speed.
How was this possible?
The blade descended, leaving a massive wound on Nalundo's body, stretching from his left shoulder to his waist, nearly cutting him in two.
Xu Yuan inwardly gasped.
Elder Brother's eighth soul skill was indeed terrifying.
Ignoring distance, slashing from hundreds of meters away, and appearing right in front of you the moment the blade lands—how could anyone not be afraid?
Lan Muzi unleashed over a dozen more blade beams in quick succession.
Each slash radiated the sharpness capable of cleaving heaven and earth.
Effortlessly dealing with Nalundo, Lan Muzi turned his gaze to the other two Tyrants.
Sass and Kaye's hearts raced as they mobilized all their strength, wary of Lan Muzi suddenly attacking, yet too frightened to move.
They wanted to flee, but they couldn't.
Though Lan Muzi appeared calm, Xu Yuan knew his elder brother was far from comfortable.
The earlier burst wasn't too taxing for Lan Muzi, but what truly troubled him was the influx of ambient energy from the surroundings.
When soul power was depleted, the body instinctively sought to replenish it by absorbing external energy. However, Lan Muzi had to suppress this instinct. Despite his constant restraint, a significant amount of ambient energy still seeped into his meridians.
"Elder Brother."
Xu Yuan quietly retreated behind Lan Muzi. In his hand, the spear transformed into a beam of light and swiftly entered Lan Muzi's body.
A surge of potent vitality erupted, infusing into Lan Muzi's meridians.
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