His elbow collided with the ice figure with twice the force of before.
Frost repaired itself quickly, but even the fastest regeneration required a moment. Xiao Yan's strikes came in under a second.
Boom!
The ice warrior shattered again, scattering fragments across the ground.
"Second layer cleared. Two treasures acquired.
Advance another twenty zhang!"
The ice figure ahead now moved with hints of human-like fluidity, its motions no longer purely mechanical.
A voice, faint but present, emerged from the figure.
"Little one… reaching this point shows your strength among your peers.
If you can pass the third layer, even without being invincible, you will be among the elite."
Xiao Yan's expression remained calm.
"Invincible among peers…" he mused. In his past life, he had always been like that...but then, his techniques, combat experience, and abilities were incomparable to the present.
In this world, the concept of being invincible among peers seemed laughable.
The ice figure lifted its spear slowly.
"The third layer has only one move. If you can endure it, you pass."
Frost surged violently along the spear.
"Low-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique: Frost Judgment!"
The spear shot forward with chilling force and icy precision.
"A nine-star Dou Zhe unleashing a low-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique… no wonder passing this layer is considered almost peerless."
Xiao Yan nodded subtly. Few nine-star Dou Zhe could even master an Earth-tier technique.
Even Dou Shi level fighters rarely wielded such destructive power.
Xiao Yan's hand ignited with faint pale-white flames...not Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Fire, but his own refined fragment of primordial fire, catalyzed by Dou Qi into a sub-fire.
Though small, its destructive potential rivaled true Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
The flames condensed into a palm-sized spear.
Floating in his hand, it appeared tiny, almost harmless… yet subtle distortions in space hinted at its latent power.
"I can't condense a larger spear with my current strength," he murmured.
"Flame God Spear.....Go!"
The white-hot spear shot forward, colliding with the icy spear. Steam hissed as water evaporated.
The Flame God Spear pierced the icy spear, melting it instantly, leaving only frost-filled air.
It passed through the ice figure's chest, leaving a fist-sized hole that spread pale-white flames, turning the ice figure to mist.
"Third layer cleared. Four treasures acquired. Qualified to inherit!"
The ancient voice now carried faint emotion. Xiao Yan was not surprised; even a Half-Saint's memory could retain sentiment.
"Little one, if you can pass layers four and five, all of this tomb will be yours!"
Twenty zhang ahead, another figure appeared, its aura now that of a Dou Shi.
Despite the aura, to Xiao Yan the difference between Dou Shi and a Dou Da Shi was negligible.
With the Flame God Spear's temperature, resistance before reaching Dou Ling was nearly impossible.
Even a true Dou Ling would need constant Dou Qi defense to survive its flames.
Xiao Yan approached calmly. The ice figure raised its spear again, Frost Judgment once more.,.but its power had multiplied.
Xiao Yan's palm conjured the Flame God Spear again.
The two attacks collided. The spear dimmed slightly but still pierced the figure's body effortlessly. Quantity was no match for quality.
"Fourth layer cleared!"
From the last statue, an ice figure emerged, now almost fully sentient, its gaze fixed on Xiao Yan.
"Little one… I didn't expect you alone to take this inheritance, yet you've passed four layers. And you are only a Dou Zhe," the voice remarked.
With that, the ice figure radiated a two-star Dou Shi aura.
"Face this attack boldly. My tomb is arranged so that no worthy successor shall perish."
The frost spear surged toward Xiao Yan once more.
Facing the icy spear that once again shot toward him with blinding speed, Xiao Yan's expression remained calm.
His palm flipped over, and another flame-forged spear, about the size of his hand, condensed before him,...a blazing, white-hot Flame God Spear.
Yet this time, his face had turned noticeably pale.
Even with his perfect mastery over flame...so fine-tuned that despite only being a mere Dou Practitioner, his control rivaled that of Yao Lao.....his Dou Qi and soul power were still being consumed at an alarming rate.
If not for his vast and robust soul strength, the meager Dou Qi within his body would have only been enough to summon a single Flame God Spear.
Even with a soul force on par with a fourth-tier alchemist, after releasing the spear three times, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi was nearly drained dry.
And that was considering how pure and dense his Dou Qi was compared to others of his level.
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