This punch seemed slow, yet its momentum was vast and overwhelming, sweeping forward as if it could crush all obstacles in its path.

Had it been earlier, Tang Yan would never have dared to use Flame Burst Palm.

The threshold for this martial skill was the Black Rank, and it consumed an enormous amount of Spiritual Qi-even more than the Heaven and Earth Creation Flame. Two palms in succession would be enough to leave him spent on the spot.

But now, things were different.

Deep unease appeared on Liu Jing's face. He could feel the pressure carried by Tang Yan's martial skill.

This might... seemed to be at least a high-grade Black Rank technique!

Liu Jing could not understand it. What kind of absurd luck had Tang Yan stumbled into? Why could he throw out martial skills as if they cost nothing?

Whether it was Flame Burst Palm or the Heaven and Earth Creation Flame, neither one alone could truly contend with Liu Jing.

But when the two were joined, the terrifying aura they produced made Liu Jing wonder despite himself whether Tang Yan's present strength could already stand against his own.

Refusing to believe it, Liu Jing drew in a deep breath. The strength of a Black Rank fifth-grade cultivator poured out of him.

He stamped down, his figure surging forward like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, and drove a fist toward Tang Yan with unstoppable force.

"Bang!"

Violent currents of air burst in every direction, instantly blasting the surrounding sand and stones into the air.

Tang Yan and Liu Jing both took a step back at the same time.

Lin Dongxue, watching from the side, was stunned.

She had been worried Tang Yan would explode and die, but she had never imagined that while he could barely protect himself, he would still be able to unleash such a domineering palm.

A Black Rank fifth-grade expert had failed to gain even the slightest advantage over Tang Yan!

Shock and horror rose in Liu Jing's heart. His eyes were filled with disbelief.

This brat was only at Black Rank first grade, yet he had actually withstood his punch head-on without showing the slightest sign of defeat?

Before Liu Jing could catch his breath, Tang Yan's Flame Burst Palm came crashing toward him again.

At this moment, Tang Yan no longer cared for combat technique.

If he wanted technique, Flame Burst Palm contained peerless technique.

If he wanted strength, Flame Burst Palm held tyrannical strength.

If he wanted destructive might, the Heaven and Earth Creation Flame possessed absolute power of ruin.

In short, he was pouring everything out to the limit.

Again, it was one palm.

Tang Yan pushed it forward slowly.

The same domineering momentum rose once more. Liu Jing had already suffered this move once, and now his scalp nearly went numb.

Even so, Liu Jing still refused to believe Tang Yan could truly contend with him. He threw out another punch.

"Boom!"

Their attacks collided, once again stirring up flying sand and scattering stones.

Only after two palms in succession did Tang Yan feel his nearly bursting Dantian ease a little.

Just as he wanted to catch his breath, that swelling sensation surged up again. Tang Yan did not dare delay and hurriedly unleashed Flame Burst Palm once more.

"Boom!"

Liu Jing met it head-on yet again.

Tang Yan was like an inexhaustible beast, striking out one palm after another.

Every attack was as domineering and sharp as the first, giving no sense that it could be avoided.

After more than thirty hard clashes in succession, Tang Yan was still fierce and vigorous, but Liu Jing was already deeply exhausted.

Although Liu Jing was the second master of the Liu Family, the Pills he normally used could not compare to Tang Yan's.

The Pills he obtained on ordinary days were all swallowed at once for cultivation. He wanted to be like Tang Yan, taking out Pills with lavish ease and stuffing them into his mouth as if they cost nothing.

Unfortunately, he had none.

Besides, he himself was already at Black Rank fifth grade. He had thought that once he found the two of them, killing Tang Yan would be effortless. Why would he have prepared any hidden move?

"Bang!"

Another palm came with crushing force.

"Step!"

This time, Tang Yan stood unmoving where he was, while Liu Jing took one step back.

That single retreat marked the moment Liu Jing truly fell into the lower hand.

"Bang!"

"Step, step!"

After another collision, Liu Jing retreated two steps in a row.

Tang Yan still did not stop.

Finally, after the fifty-eighth palm, Liu Jing could no longer hold on and was sent flying by Tang Yan's strike.

Phantom Step unfolded at once. Combat Heart moved swiftly within him. Without the slightest pause, Tang Yan followed with another Flame Burst Palm in one seamless motion.

Simple. Direct. Without the slightest hesitation.

Liu Jing's True Qi had already been scattered, and he no longer had any strength to strike back.

"Don't kill me!"

Thick fear and unwillingness flashed through Liu Jing's eyes. He was a dignified Black Rank fifth-grade expert, yet he had actually lost to a junior like Tang Yan?

"Not only will I kill you, I won't let off a single person in your Liu Family!" Tang Yan's voice was cold.

This was not the first time the Liu Family had schemed to kill him.

After the Liu Family's repeated provocations, Tang Yan had already resolved to wipe them out.

"Pfft!"

This palm landed directly on Liu Jing's chest. When Liu Jing crashed to the ground, his eyes were filled with unwillingness. He pointed at Tang Yan as if he wanted to speak, but he no longer had the chance.

"Huu..."

Seeing Tang Yan actually beat Liu Jing to death, Lin Dongxue's eyes filled with the relief of surviving disaster. She collapsed to the ground and panted heavily.

Her beautiful eyes, full of curiosity, fell on Tang Yan.

Just how many secrets was this young man hiding?

That strange movement technique, that palm art that crushed everything before it, that mysterious dark blue flame... None of these were things one could obtain in Yun City.

After Tang Yan's fierce, unrestrained battle, the state in which he had nearly exploded had eased by a great deal.

Sensing that Spiritual Qi was still continuously arising in his Dantian, Tang Yan prepared to find a spirit beast and vent the excess.

Just then, the previously silent Heaven and Earth Creation Cauldron suddenly began to tremble without stopping.

That incomparably vast Spiritual Qi was completely absorbed by the Pill Cauldron in a single instant.

Tang Yan was so angry he wanted to smash this wretched cauldron.

When I was about to explode and die, you didn't move in the slightest. Now that the danger has passed, you decide to eat up all the excess Spiritual Qi?

You damn thing, are you even worthy of being called a cauldron?

Suddenly, an aura full of vitality overflowed from the Pill Cauldron and flowed out from his Dantian toward his meridians.

Wherever that life-filled aura passed, the severe damage caused to his Dantian and meridians by the swelling Spiritual Qi began healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, an extremely familiar aura suddenly emerged from within his Dantian.

Tang Yan, who had been gloomy a moment ago, was instantly overjoyed.

Good cauldron! As expected of the Inner Jianghu's foremost treasure!

"Stand guard for me. I need to regulate my breathing for a while!" Tang Yan found a secluded spot and sat down cross-legged.

Tang Yan knew that if nothing unexpected happened, he was about to break through again.

He did not rush it. Instead, he waited until that current of life force had fully repaired his Dantian and meridians. Only then did he gather his mind, steady his breath, and calmly begin regulating his condition.

During the battle, the situation had been too tense. Tang Yan had only cared about releasing Spiritual Qi and had not paid attention to how much strain his Dantian and meridians had endured.

Now, Tang Yan discovered in astonishment that compared to before, his meridians had actually been forcibly expanded to twice their size.

The amount of Spiritual Qi his Dantian could hold had also increased greatly.

This time could be counted as turning misfortune into fortune. By borrowing the impact of the Spiritual Qi, he had tempered his Dantian and meridians to their limits.

Although the gains were great and he had escaped danger, surviving had truly been a matter of heaven's mercy.

The Spiritual Qi had reached its breaking point. If he had released it even a fraction slower, he would have exploded.

Tang Yan truly did not want to experience such a perilous scene a second time.

True Qi swiftly revolved within his Dantian, then gathered there once more. When the Spiritual Qi accumulated to its threshold, it naturally crossed a barrier.

Black Rank second grade!

But everything had not yet ended.

The aura around Tang Yan rose once again.