Battle Through the Heavens - chapter-422

The fist carried a hot, green-colored flame. Although it had yet to come
in contact with his body, Bai Shan could still sense a burning pain,
which he could not endure, erupt from his skin. He clenched his teeth to
withstand the pain. Silver light once again surged and appeared on his
feet. With a sway of his body, it strangely flashed and withdrew a couple
of meters.

However, just as Bai Shan withdrew out of Xiao Yan’s attacking range,
the green figure in front of him flashed again before he had the time to
lift his lance to attack. Xiao Yan’s indifferent face once again
appeared in front of Bai Shan. Both of Xiao Yan’s fists appeared to be
crazy as they created more than ten afterimages and ruthlessly smashed
toward various parts of Bai Shan’s body. Each and every punch landed on
flesh. For a period of time, the muffled sound of fist contacting flesh
repeatedly sounded within the arena.

“Bastard!”

The waves of pain that were transmitted from all over his body caused the
anger within Bai Shan’s heart to surge. Xiao Yan’s attacks were all
unleashed at close range. This kind of distance did not allow him to
display his lance skills. Although using the ‘Wind Lightning
Movement’ Agility Dou Technique could allow him to pull some distance
away, Xiao Yan, who had removed the restraint of the Heavy Xuan Ruler,
was coincidentally able to use his great increase in speed to catch up
with Bai Shan. Therefore, it was completely futile no matter how Bai Shan
used the ‘Wind Lightning Movement’ to increase the distance between
him and Xiao Yan.

If he pulled back by two meters, Xiao Yan would follow and advance by two
meters. No matter what happened, Xiao Yan always engaged in close combat
with Bai Shan, not giving Bai Shan any opportunity to display his lance
techniques. Bai Shan, who had lost the help of his strongest weapon, was
undoubtedly a great tragedy when engaging in hand to hand combat with
Xiao Yan.

The Xiao Yan holding the Heavy Xuan Ruler was not terrifying. What was
frightening was the Xiao Yan who had escaped the restraint of the weight
of the Heavy Xuan Ruler as well as the strange effect of suppressed Dou
Qi in his body.

Perhaps Bai Shan could still use his lightning affinity Dou Qi and his
outstanding lance techniques to fight with the Xiao Yan when he was
holding the Heavy Xuan Ruler. However, in hand to hand combat, Bai
Shan’s best option was to create a gap between the two of them as soon
as possible. However, he was completely suppressed by Xiao Yan on this
point. Therefore, a moment of carelessness would cause him to fall into a
situation where he could not turn things around.

Xiao Yan had basically turned into a vague black shadow that repeatedly
shuttled around Bai Shan. His fists carried waves of ferocious wind as
they violently struck Bai Shan’s body, which was completely covered
with silver-colored Dou Qi. At this moment, the fist, palm, arm, elbow,
leg, knee… any part of Xiao Yan’s body could turn into an attack
weapon. As he waved his fists, there were afterimages that repeatedly
appeared.

Faced with Xiao Yan’s nearly insane melee attacks, the long lance in
Bai Shan’s hand was snatched away. Although he occasionally used his
fist to exchange one or two blows with Xiao Yan, was the ‘Green Lotus
Core Flame,’ wrapped around Xiao Yan’s body, an ordinary thing? Each
time they exchanged blows, a red swell would appear on Bai Shan’s fist.
If he did not have the protection of Dou Qi, it was likely that his skin
would be incinerated into pig trotters by the high temperature of the
‘Green Lotus Core Flame’ the moment it came into contact with him.

In the arena, Bai Shan, who had been acting pompous earlier, had suddenly
turned into a conspicuous punching bag that could only take a beating.
This extremely drastic change caused a countless number of people in the
viewing gallery to be totally stunned. Was that Bai Shan being chased and
beaten by Xiao Yan, having no means of fighting back, really that
powerful and influential genius within the academy?

“Crazy fellow…” Instructor Ruo Ling’s and Xiao Yu’s faces were
similarly completely stunned as they eyed Xiao Yan, who was performing
his outburst. They did not expect that this fellow, who appeared to be
gentle, would actually be this frightening when he was fighting
seriously…

“That flame on Xiao Yan’s body should be… a ‘Heavenly Flame’,
right?” The old man in the middle seats of the stadium, who was
addressed as Old Huo by Hu Gan, eyed the green-colored flame burning on
Xiao Yan’s body. His usually calm expression had finally changed a lot
as he slowly spoke.

“Yes, that should be true. A temperature that would cause even us to
feel some fear. It is indeed a ‘Heavenly Flame.’ It’s just that I
don’t know what kind of flame it is. If Xiao Yan were to display this
‘Heavenly Flame’ when his strength has increased a little more, even
a strong Dou Wang may not dare to easily receive it.” Hu Gan nodded and
said.

“This Xiao Yan, my Alchemist Department wants him…” Old Huo mused
for a moment before he immediately spoke in a soft tone.

“Uh? He is someone going into the Inner Academy, Old Huo.” Hu Gan was
startled as he spoke after hearing this.

“Entering the Inner Academy and entering the Alchemist Department does
not conflict with one another. Xiao Yan is also an alchemist. It would
only benefit him if he comes to the Alchemist Department. Moreover, this
would also not hinder his training in the inner academy.” Old Huo
replied faintly.

“In that case, do as you please. I have no objections as long as you
are able to get him to enter the Alchemist Department. After all, it is
more than what I can wish for to be able to add another outstanding
alchemist to the academy.” Hu Gan shook his head as he spoke with a
smile.

Old Huo nodded slightly, but no longer spoke. He continued to throw his
gaze into the arena. Those indifferent, old eyes of his stared intently
at the green-colored flame rising on Xiao Yan’s body. An extremely rare
emotion of envy flashed across his eyes a long while later.

Another punch violently smashed into Bai Shan’s chest. Immediately, a
soft ‘Ka Cha’ sound suddenly sounded. Xiao Yan smiled coldly as he
eyed the slowly shattering Dou Qi Armor on Bai Shan’s body. Another
kick shot out, landing heavily on Bai Shan’s stomach. A loud sound
could be heard, and the lightning Dou Qi Armor on the surface of Bai
Shan’s body was actually forcefully broken by Xiao Yan.

The force of this kick from Xiao Yan was extremely great. Therefore, Bai
Shan bounced against the ground of the arena for dozens of meters before
he came to a slow stop. He could not resist spitting out a mouthful of
fresh blood. With a pale expression, he grit his teeth and stood up with
a quivering body. After viciously looking at Xiao Yan in the distance, he
took out a black-colored medicinal pill from within his storage ring,
stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.

At this moment, Xiao Yan was not in a hurry to bother about Bai Shan’s
action. This was because he had discovered that seemingly graceful,
naturally flowing Dou Qi in his body had actually began to become
extremely turbulent during that wild hand to hand combat. Waves of Dou Qi
flowed wildly within his Qi Paths. The air around Xiao Yan also began to
fluctuate swiftly. Threads of pure energy were forming with a gushing and
pouring tendency as they surged into Xiao Yan’s body. From the looks of
it, it was clearly the activity that only occurred just before one was
about to advance in strength!

Xiao Yan actually luckily achieved the opportunity to break through
during the continuous and thoroughly unconcerned display of his physical
attacks earlier. This resulted in the automatic flow of Dou Qi into his
body. His strength was also beginning to rise naturally as though
everything had fallen into place!

However, the place to raise his strength appeared to be quite bad….

The activity that Xiao Yan had created could naturally not escape some of
the people with good eyesight. Therefore, shocked shouting of “Xiao Yan
is actually advancing his strength in combat?” quickly followed. This
sounded one after another from the viewing gallery. A countless number of
people were stunned as they watched the human figure, who was wrapped in
the green-colored flame. Why was it that this fellow always did things
that caused people to be stunned? The fight in the arena was now of a
crucial moment. Yet, he actually suddenly gained the chance to advance
his strength at this moment. This really caused people to be unable to
laugh or cry at his luck.

It should be known that when one was increasing their strength, one
cannot receive too much interference. Otherwise, if it were mild
interference, one would be injured, if it were serious interference,
one’s life could be in danger. If it was during a normal time, many
people would envy him greatly when such an event occurred. However, who
would think that this situation was a place to raise one’s strength?

“No way?” At this moment, Xiao Yan could not resist letting out a
curse at this sudden situation that had occurred. He also understood that
it was basically impossible for him to quietly raise his strength in this
situation. In addition, Xiao Yan had not the slightest intention to push
forward his advancement this time around. It had automatically found him
and did not allow Xiao Yan to reject it. This was the point where Xiao
Yan felt unable to laugh or cry. In the past, this kind of condition did
not come despite him begging over a hundred times. Now that he did not
want it to arrive, it actually caught up with him.

“Ha ha, Xiao Yan, looks like even the heavens are helping me!” A
nearly abnormal flush suddenly surged onto Bai Shan’s pale face after
he consumed that pale black medicinal pill. His originally weak Qi had
also abruptly soared by quite a lot. When he saw Xiao Yan standing in the
same spot, unable to move and the activity around him, he came to a
sudden understanding. He could not help but laugh wildly. His palm sucked
at the long, silver-colored lance, which had fallen some distance away
and the long lance turned into a dark shadow which shot into Bai Shan’s
hand.

“Xiao Yan ge-ge, you can complete your advancement. I will help you
temporarily hold them back!” A pale golden figure suddenly flashed in
front of Xiao Yan as Xun Er smiled and said. At this moment, the eight
competitors under Bai Shan had already been totally expelled out of the
arena by her.

“Give me ten minutes.” Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment before
clenching his teeth and nodding. He immediately and hurriedly sat
cross-legged on the ground, sunk his mind into his body and controlled
the energy that was wildly entering his body.

Xun Er eyed Xiao Yan as he closed his eyes and controlled the disordered
interior of his body. She then turned her cold gaze toward Bai Shan. A
golden glow flashed on her delicate hand as she faintly said, “If you
want to come over, just attack. However, I will no longer hold anything
back.”

Hearing these extreme words of Xun Er, a ferocity suddenly surged onto
Bai Shan’s face. He inhaled a deep breath of air and suppressed the
fury in his heart. Suddenly he turned his gaze toward the other side of
the arena. At that spot, the groups led up Wu Hao and Hu Jia, had
coincidentally , expelled the two groups who had Da Dou Shis, allowing
the to take charge of the arena. At this moment, Wu Hao and Hu Jia had
also clearly sensed the strange movement around Xiao Yan. Their faces
were immediately astonished. Clearly, even they did not expect that Xiao
Yan would meet an opportunity to raise his strength during such a
situation.

“Wu Hao, Hu Jia, I think that we can perhaps join hands to first get
rid of Xiao Yan and Xun Er. You should also know the strength of the two
of them. Moreover, Xiao Yan is now in a breakthrough stage. If he is to
successfully breakthrough, his strength would greatly rise to another
level. At that time, can the two of you, who fight by yourselves, stop
the two of them? If this continues, we would sooner or later be
defeated!” Bai Shan’s soft voice suddenly sounded by their ears just
as Wu Hao and Hu Jia were feeling surprised at the strange action of Xiao
Yan.

The two of them were startled when they heard Bai Shan’s words and
immediately knit their brows tightly together.

“Hei, don’t the both of you covet Junior Xun Er? If we can get Xiao
Yan out of the competition, then he would lose the qualification of
entering the top five. With your status, you should know that the top
five has a special examination. At that time, we will be together with
Junior Xun Er. Without Xiao Yan, that annoying brat, we will only need to
see who can move Junior Xun Er’s heart.” Bai Shan’s voice continued
to hover over the ears of the both of them, “Hu Jia, you cannot find a
second girl who has a greater temperament than Junior Xun Er in the
entire Jia Nan Academy. Do you want to see her ruined by Xiao Yan? And Wu
Hao, in so many years, Junior Xun Er is the only person who has moved
your heart. If Xiao Yan continues to be by Xun Er side, when would you
get an opportunity? Therefore, he is our common enemy! Don’t hesitate
any longer. If Xiao Yan is allowed to successfully advance his strength,
the ones who fail will be us!”

Bai Shan’s words caused Wu Hao’s and Hu Jia’s expressions to change
slightly. These words has coincidentally stomped on their weakness. A
long while later, they exchanged glances and nodded. In deep voices, they
replied, “Alright, let’s first get rid of Xiao Yan from the
competition.”