The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 30 Experimental Combat Techniques

"Is this the benefit of high physical strength?" At this moment, Xiao Yan, although he hadn't slept all night, still had bright eyes and was full of energy, without feeling tired at all.

Now that you've entered the Fighter stage, it's time to test the true power of all the fighting techniques you've mastered. After all, being in the Fighting Qi stage means you can't unleash the inherited power of the fighting techniques.

Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes, circulated his internal fighting spirit, and pushed his hands forward along the meridians and acupoints of the Flaming Palm.

"Fire-blowing Palm!"

A gust of wind arose from his palm, instantly sending sand and stones flying, churning the surrounding air, and leaving the ground in front of him spotless.

Xiao Yan nodded in satisfaction. This was the first fighting skill he had mastered. It was a low-level Xuan-rank skill, and its power was quite good. It would make sweeping and cooking much more convenient in the future.

Xiao Yan suddenly crossed his arms, and a powerful suction force emanated from his palms, causing a boulder weighing nearly a thousand pounds to fly rapidly towards him. As the boulder reached Xiao Yan, he threw a punch.

"Eight Extremes Collapse!"

With a loud "bang," a powerful force erupted instantly, shattering the boulder.

Xiao Yan had completely mastered the eightfold Ming Jin of the Eight Extremes Collapse technique, and with a single punch, he shattered the stone into pieces.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath, channeling his fighting spirit along the acupoints and meridians of his self-created Cloud-Dispelling Palm, and then thrust his palms out forcefully towards a large tree about one meter in diameter.

"Cloud-Dispelling Palm!"

"Boom..." The roar continued, and the powerful air waves kept attacking the tree. Each impact sent wood chips flying everywhere. After the eighth time, the tree finally couldn't withstand it. The whole tree swayed and was about to collapse. After a violent shaking, the trunk broke and the leaves fell off.

Xiao Yan let out a soft breath, his mind slowly sinking into the vortex of energy. He discovered that after using four different fighting techniques in succession, his fighting energy had only been depleted by a quarter, and it was rapidly recovering. In no time, his fighting energy was full again.

"So not only can it cultivate on its own, but the recovery speed is also incredibly fast. Isn't this like having a built-in blue buff? Infinite firepower? And because the battle qi is always circulating in the meridians, it's even more convenient and faster to use. So awesome!"

However, can the Burning Technique still evolve? Although Xiao Yan has gained a lot of benefits at this time, if it cannot evolve, it will only be a high-level Xuan-rank technique.

"Teacher, is my current state good or bad?" Xiao Yan asked with some concern.

"Finally remembered me! I thought you'd forgotten your master!" Yao Lao rolled his eyes.

"Isn't it because I just broke through to the Dou Zhe level and am a little excited, wanting to test my Dou Zhe strength?" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Yao Lao, of course, understood Xiao Yan's feelings. When he first broke through to Dou Zhe, his own feelings were much the same. After a moment of contemplation, Yao Lao spoke, "There are essentially two possibilities now. One is that the Burning Technique has devoured the strange fire, but this possibility is rather low. Even if the Burning Technique had devoured the strange fire within you, it wouldn't operate on its own. The other possibility is that the strange fire within you has devoured the Burning Technique and mutated, gaining the ability to 'devour' energy, continuously absorbing energy from the air to strengthen itself. Most of the energy should have been absorbed by the strange fire within you. Because the strange fire within you is absorbing the energy of heaven and earth to grow, it has also incidentally helped improve your strength, which explains why your internal cultivation technique is operating on its own. As for whether it's good or bad, I can't judge! But it's most likely good!"

"But if it really is the second scenario, then teacher... how will you be able to revive?" Xiao Yan said, frowning.

"Haha! You don't need to worry about that. Since the strange fire within your body can grow stronger on its own, it can naturally devour other strange fires, and the danger of the process will be greatly reduced. I guess the stronger the strange fire within your body, the stronger your cultivation technique will naturally be. So you can be secretly happy! It's already dawn, and your family's test is about to begin. I should also rest." After saying this, Yao Lao transformed into a ball of light and entered the ring.

Listening to Yao Lao's explanation, Xiao Yan gradually felt relieved. Although the strange fire had devoured the Burning Technique, the road where you can't see the direction is more exciting, isn't it?

Xiao Yan turned to look in the direction of the Yunlan Sect, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he murmured to himself, "Nalan Yanran should be arriving soon!"

The annual family test has begun again. In the training ground, there stands a huge black stone tablet for the test. The middle-aged man standing next to the stone tablet is the tester. The tester is still the same as before, with a cold and unapproachable expression.

On the training ground, over a hundred young men and women stood. However, unlike usual, they were not noisy; instead, they looked around, searching for something. On the high platform to the left of the training ground sat some members of the family, while in the center were the patriarch Xiao Zhan and three elders.

"Why don't I see Yan'er? Didn't you notify him? How could we miss such an important family testing ceremony?" The First Elder, sitting behind Xiao Zhan, said to him. The fact that the First Elder could call Xiao Yan "Yan'er" naturally indicated his recognition of Xiao Yan's strength. He was also very curious to know just how strong the boy who easily defeated Galeo half a year ago had become.

"Hehe, I don't know either! When I went to his room yesterday, he wasn't there. Yan'er has been missing for half a year. If it weren't for the kitchen manager saying that Yan'er goes to his place to get some food every ten days or so, I would have thought he had left the family!" Xiao Zhan said with a wry smile.

Little did they know that since Xiao Yan's body had been strengthened to a certain stage, his energy had become exceptionally abundant, and he rarely needed to rest. Even when he did rest, it was merely for meditation and cultivation, often staying on the mountain for more than ten days at a time. He would only descend the mountain when he ran out of food or his body-tempering elixirs.

"The testing time has already passed! Should we postpone it?" The Grand Elder was somewhat helpless about Xiao Yan's disappearance.

"Hehe, there's no need for that. Yan'er must have been delayed by something, but she'll probably be here soon," Xiao Zhan said with a smile.

"That's the only way!" The elder stood up and greeted the testers below the stage, indicating that they could begin.

The tester opened the test list in his hand and shouted to the crowd, "The test begins! I will now call out names. Whoever's name is called, come up quickly for the test. After the test, stand at the back of the line and don't disturb others."

If about a hundred people are tested, and each person only spends three minutes, it will still take nearly five hours to complete the test.

"Isn't Brother Xiao Yan here? It's been so long since I've seen him!" A beautiful young girl in a light purple dress murmured softly from below the stage. Ever since Xiao Yan accidentally teased her, this girl had been avoiding him, too afraid to see him. Even if she accidentally saw him, she would run away quickly, never giving Xiao Yan a chance to speak to her. But half a year had passed, and naturally, different feelings arose in the girl's heart; her longing for Xiao Yan finally overcame her shyness.

(End of this chapter)