"I am not playing the fool, and you do not need to put on an act with me. I beat your men and I took their things, but their greed came first. They brought it upon themselves. If Brother Li wants an explanation for this, then I think there is absolutely no need for us to reason with each other." Tang Yan shrugged, completely unconcerned.

Passersby curiously sized up Tang Yan. Where did this seemingly ordinary fellow get the courage to provoke the Raging Wave Gang?

Fang Xuan and the others finally understood why the Raging Wave Gang was making such a massive fuss to cause trouble for Tang Yan.

Tang Yan's earlier actions were no different from viciously slapping the Raging Wave Gang across the face.

"Such a sharp tongue. Kid, congratulations, you have successfully angered me." Li Kuanglan grinned. Those who knew him recognized this as a sign of his fury.

"Since you refuse to repent, do not blame me for bullying the weak." With a blur of movement, Li Kuanglan charged at Tang Yan.

"Fall back!" Pushing the four people behind him away, Tang Yan advanced instead of retreating, boldly meeting the attack.

Seeing Tang Yan's actions, the onlookers could not help but massage their temples and sigh. This guy was only at the Black Rank Fifth Grade. Wasn't charging forward like this just courting death?

"Overestimating your own capabilities!" Seeing Tang Yan actually rush toward him, a trace of disdain appeared on Li Kuanglan's face as he threw a punch at Tang Yan, accompanied by a whistling gale.

The Vortex Dantian within Tang Yan's body spun rapidly, his True Qi erupting outward like a geyser. With a light shout, he threw a punch of his own.

"Boom!" Their strikes collided, blasting the air in all directions and kicking up countless clouds of dust.

Under the force of this clash, Tang Yan stumbled backward for three heavy steps.

In contrast, Li Kuanglan stood motionless in place.

The difference in strength was instantly clear!

"Tang Yan, are you alright?" Lin Dongxue asked anxiously.

"Don't be nervous!" Tang Yan waved his hand.

Though worried, Lin Dongxue and the other three did not step forward to help Tang Yan. The moment they moved, the dozens of Raging Wave Gang members would inevitably swarm them, and the gap in strength between the two sides would only grow worse.

"Good! Beat that son of a bitch to death!" Seeing Tang Yan instantly fall into a disadvantage, Zhang Peng and his two companions felt immensely satisfied.

However, as the one directly involved, Li Kuanglan felt incredibly surprised.

This kid had relied on the power of the Black Rank Fifth Grade to clash head-on with him, and he only retreated three steps?

Furthermore, in that collision, Tang Yan's punch had carried a very miraculous aura that could neutralize an opponent's power!

With this, in terms of pure physical strength alone, Tang Yan had already exceeded the boundaries of the Black Rank Fifth Grade and could even exchange blows with a Black Rank Sixth Grade.

"Interesting! But, you are still too weak!" Although astonished by Tang Yan's strength, there was still a massive gap of three grades between the Black Rank Eighth Grade and the Black Rank Fifth Grade.

Li Kuanglan did not believe Tang Yan possessed the qualifications to fight him, and he lunged at Tang Yan once more.

"So this is the power of a Black Rank Eighth Grade? Although strong, it is not unbearable!" Tang Yan took a deep breath and fearlessly met the attack.

Seeing Tang Yan charge at him again, a hint of mockery flashed through Li Kuanglan's eyes. Overestimating oneself once was one thing, but to do it a second time?

To think those three idiots, Zhang Peng and his group, could not even defeat an opponent like this. They truly were three pieces of trash.

Soon, the mockery in Li Kuanglan's eyes froze.

Tang Yan's fist suddenly changed its attack trajectory, sliding past his right arm to strike directly at his heart.

Li Kuanglan's combat experience was incredibly rich. He shifted his body to one side, withdrew the Force of his punch, and immediately blocked Tang Yan's strike.

But because of this sudden change in technique, Li Kuanglan could only exert seventy percent of his power. In this clash, the two were evenly matched!

"You have some skill. It seems I underestimated you!" Li Kuanglan sneered, boundless fury igniting in his heart. Just as he was about to counterattack, his pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw that Tang Yan had not been knocked back at all. Instead, Tang Yan spun his body and drove a ruthless elbow strike right at him.

This attack was exceptionally abrupt, tricky, and vicious. It was so fast and fierce that it gave Li Kuanglan an intense sense of crisis.

No longer caring about face, he retreated sharply, barely dodging the blow!

When the crowd saw that Li Kuanglan had actually been forced back by Tang Yan, an uproar broke out.

A Black Rank Eighth Grade was actually being suppressed by a Black Rank Fifth Grade?

In today's battle, even if Li Kuanglan ultimately won, this moment of humiliation would make him the laughingstock of the crowd.

Li Kuanglan grew even more infuriated. "Courting death!"

Just as he was about to unleash a martial technique on Tang Yan, his eyelids twitched. Tang Yan's fist, carrying a fierce gale, was already ruthlessly smashing toward him.

Do you not even need to catch your breath?!

Left with no other choice, Li Kuanglan had to gather his Qi to defend himself.

The passersby's gazes toward Tang Yan also gradually shifted from their initial disdain into utter shock.

Relying on the power of a Black Rank Fifth Grade, he was fighting evenly with Li Kuanglan. And looking at the current state of the battle, it was clearly Li Kuanglan who had fallen into a passive position!

The more Li Kuanglan fought, the more he felt like vomiting blood. At this moment, he could not help but resent Zhang Peng's trio. This was all because you three bastards stirred up trouble! Otherwise, how could I be losing so much face today?!

"Damn, he's this fierce? It's a good thing I didn't actually exchange blows with Brother Tang earlier!" A hint of relief flashed in Fang Xuan's eyes.

"Although Tang Yan hasn't advanced as fast as Dongxue, his strength has multiplied exponentially," Wan Fei remarked with a sigh. "Dongxue, I see that your fighting style these past few days is somewhat similar to Tang Yan's."

Lin Dongxue's heart skipped a beat at those words. Her beautiful eyes remained fixed on Tang Yan in the arena as she said, "He is practically half a master to me. If it were not for Tang Yan, I would not have even obtained the qualifications to enter the Azure Dragon Academy. My father opened the door to the martial Dao for me, but Tang Yan led me onto the correct path of cultivation."

Hearing Lin Dongxue's explanation, Fang Xuan and the others were greatly astonished.

Inside the arena, Tang Yan continuously changed his attack trajectories, relying on a seamless flurry of strikes to firmly suppress Li Kuanglan.

After switching to another move, a bizarre burst of power abruptly blasted toward Li Kuanglan.

Caught completely off guard, Li Kuanglan only felt his head grow heavy, and Tang Yan's fist had already reached his left shoulder.

By the time Li Kuanglan recovered his senses, it was already too late to block; he could only try his best to dodge.

"Bang!" A muffled sound rang out. Li Kuanglan's body trembled, unable to maintain his footing, and he was forced a step back.

With Li Kuanglan's retreat, the onlookers let out another gasp of amazement.

After this battle, whether Tang Yan won or lost, his name was bound to spread throughout the Eastern District.

Li Kuanglan's eyes turned bloodshot. "Kid, I admit you are strong. Even if you lose today, you have every right to be proud. But on the martial Dao, every grade is like a mountain! In the face of absolute power, everything else is utter nonsense!"

"Get lost!" With a fierce roar, Li Kuanglan did not hesitate to consume his Spiritual Qi, releasing his True Qi entirely outward to force Tang Yan back several steps.

"Eight-Direction Break!"

With a low shout, the surrounding air rapidly converged around Li Kuanglan, forming a dense and solid canopy of Qi.

Tang Yan's eyes turned cold. There was a significant disparity in strength between him and Li Kuanglan. Once the opponent fully unleashed a high-grade martial technique, it would be extremely difficult to suppress him.

In a flash of lightning, Tang Yan did not hesitate. The first stance of the Thousand Mountains Fist was immediately unleashed, attempting to interrupt the execution of the Eight-Direction Break.