In Nalan Yanran's field of vision, she witnessed the tragic scene of Yun Tianming being stabbed through the chest by Jia Lie Bi. Anxious and distraught, she immediately abandoned her opponent and instinctively rushed towards Yun Tianming.
"Indeed, still young, you were careless!"
Seizing the opportunity, Tang Si hurled several poisoned darts, striking Nalan Yanran's back forcefully.
"Hmph~"
Nalan Yanran grunted and fell to the ground, her fair face losing color, still murmuring, "Senior Tianming."
"Finally, it's over. It wasn't easy to win!"
"I never thought I would be pushed to this point by a 9 Star Dou Practitioner."
Tang Si breathed a sigh of relief, tore off some fabric from his clothes, and began bandaging his wounds. Clearly, he had also suffered significant injuries in the recent battle with Nalan Yanran.
On the other side, after thrusting the dagger into Yun Ting's chest, Jia Lie Bi revealed a sinister grin on his face, "Haha! Little brat, weren't you arrogant just now? Now you've fallen into my hands, haven't you?"
Cough, cough~
"Is that so?"
Blood trickled from the corner of Yun Tianming's mouth. Although his face was pale, his calm gaze remained unwavering.
Jia Lie Bi furrowed his brow, about to say something, when suddenly his ears twitched, as if he faintly heard a rush of wind coming from above!
"Clan Chief, be careful!"
Tang Si shouted loudly, simultaneously pulling out throwing darts in an attempt to intercept in mid-air. Unexpectedly, Nalan Yanran, who was originally on the ground, suddenly rose and swung her hand, unleashing a spiraling gust of wind.
"Thousand Wind Sword!"
The spiraling gust of wind dispersed the darts thrown by Tang Si.
"Suction Palm!"
Yun Tianming silently used the Dou Technique he recently learned. He remotely pulled back the Mountain-crushing Staff, which had been sent flying earlier, and slammed it heavily on the back of Jia Lie Bi's head!
"What!?"
Jia Lie Bi was completely caught off guard. Before he could react, he was struck on the back of the head by this heavy blow. His vision darkened, and his head buzzed, leaving him in a dizzy state.
"Now, the one who should die is you!"
Yun Tianming's expression turned fierce. Enduring the intense pain in his chest, he firmly pulled out the opponent's dagger and unhesitatingly thrust it into Jia Lie Bi's heart!
"You!"
Under the fatal attack piercing his heart, Jia Lie Bi quickly regained consciousness. A sense of impending death rapidly spread throughout his body, even his Dou Qi was disappearing.
Dead! Dead! Dead!
He was going to die! He would die soon!
In the last few seconds of his life, Jia Lie Bi let out a desperate roar, "Ah ah ah ah!! Even in death, I'll drag you down with me!!"
He forcefully mobilized the remaining traces of Dou Qi in his body, gathering it in his fist, preparing for a final desperate blow!
"Deep Forest Assassination, Grow!"
With a single hand forming a seal, Yun Tianming caused Jia Lie Bi's body to sprout densely packed wooden thorns from the inside out.
These were the wood Qi seeds left behind when he previously used Deep Forest Assassination on Jia Lie Bi. It was a hidden force within the Dou Technique. If not dealt with promptly, the seeds would quickly germinate, growing numerous wooden thorns that pierced through the internal organs, eventually bursting through the body's surface!
The fist thrown by Jia Lie Bi in his dying effort hovered in front of Yun Tianming's forehead. His wide eyes, filled with disbelief and profound unwillingness, gradually lost focus, eventually completely devoid of life.
"Tianming Senior, you... you're okay. That's really great!"
Nalan Yanran weakly lifted her head, and a faintly wistful smile barely appeared on her pale face.
Seeing her concern despite being heavily injured, Yun Tianming felt a touch in his heart and gently said, "Yanran, you did well. Leave the rest to me now."
"Okay, I trust Senior Tianming."
Nalan Yanran, already exhausted and weakened by blood loss, fell into a deep sleep.
"Phew~"
Yun Tianming took a deep breath, activated the Qi Method of the Nourishing Divine Wood, crazily absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to replenish the Dou Qi consumed in the previous battle. The wound in his chest, pierced through and somewhat severe, could only be temporarily addressed.
"Clan Chief, he's dead?"
"How is that possible? This is impossible!"
Tang Si, wearing an expression of disbelief, stared at Jia Lie Bi who lay in a pool of blood, covered in protruding wooden thorns. The death scene was extremely gruesome.
A formidable 3-Star Dou Grandmaster, actually killed by a 1-Star Dou Master?
The difference in their levels was more than an entire tier. This situation seemed absurd no matter how one looked at it.
"Unless... Could it be?!"
As if contemplating a shocking and unimaginable possibility, Tang Si stared intently at Yun Tianming, gritting his teeth as he uttered the only conceivable explanation.
"Earth Rank Qi Method!"
The words "Earth Rank Qi Method" carried an unparalleled mystical power. Throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire, there was no Qi Method classified as Earth Rank.
It was a crucial element that transcended the Dou Emperor level, leading to the realm of the legendary Dou Ancestor!
Even powerhouses like the Jia Ma royal family and the Misty Cloud Sect do not possess an Earth Rank Qi Method, and now it unexpectedly appears in the hands of a young teenager?
Pa da~
Yun Tianming didn't waste any words. Holding the blood-stained Mountain-crushing Staff in one hand, he walked towards the only remaining enemy on the scene with an icy gaze.
Run!
Tang Si felt his scalp tingling. Despite being a 4-Star Dou Master, three levels higher than his opponent, he knew well that the disparity in Qi Method cultivation was like night and day.
Even Jia Lie Bi, a 3-Star Dou Grandmaster, was killed by the opponent in a cross-tier attack. For him, a Dou Master of the same level, wouldn't he be effortlessly defeated in minutes?
Realizing this, Tang Si decisively turned around and sprinted. However, as fast as his legs moved, his body uncontrollably leaned backward!
A tremendous force dragged Tang Si's body backward.
"No!"
In terror, Tang Si exerted all his strength to activate the Dou Qi Cloak, attempting to protect himself with a thin layer of defensive energy.
"Deep Forest Assassination!"
The fragile Dou Qi Cloak, under the attack of Yun Tianming's Black Rank High-level Dou Technique, was punctured as if it were paper!
Simultaneously injecting more Wood attribute Dou Qi, it triggered the seeds of wood Qi within Tang Si's body.
Pupupupu!
At that moment, Tang Si followed in Jia Lie Bi's footsteps. His entire body was pierced from the inside out by densely packed wooden thorns, and both master and servant perished under the same technique.
After completing all of this, a sense of fatigue overwhelmed Yun Tianming, almost causing him to lose his footing. Biting his tongue, he used the pain to keep himself alert.
"Even if the Dou Qi still abundant, the physical strength reached its limit?"
Yun Tianming looked at his slightly trembling palm. The Nourishing Divine Wood allowed him to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to replenish Dou Qi. Even in the face of a Dou Grandmaster's battle, he could maintain his Dou Qi without depletion. However, under such intense and prolonged combat, his body was beginning to struggle.
"It seems that the body of a Dou Master is still too frail."
"I'll have to quickly elevate my level."
With a wave of his hand, Yun Tianming took the Spatial Rings from Jia Lie Bi and Tang Si, confiscating the spoils of war. After all, the Jia Lie family had been targeting his Qi Method from the beginning. As the saying goes, those who live by the sword, die by the sword. Yun Tianming felt no psychological burden.
Carrying the injured and unconscious Nalan Yanran, Yun Tianming distanced himself from Wu Tan City.
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