Taking a deep breath, Lin Xiao gathered all his focus and went forward to meet him.

He was an old hand of the martial world, after all. Once he realized Tang Yan's movements were difficult to predict, Lin Xiao sent out his divine sense, letting thin strands of it coil around Tang Yan to catch his every move.

"Bang!"

Sure enough, just as Lin Xiao had expected, Tang Yan's line of attack changed again.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao had been prepared. Otherwise, under Tang Yan's seamless double strike, he would surely have suffered a heavy loss.

After two strikes in a row, you must need a breath now, don't you?

A trace of pride rose in Lin Xiao's heart. Just as he was about to gather his True Qi and counterattack, his mind shook once more.

Tang Yan had not paused at all. After turning his body, he drove an elbow straight toward Lin Xiao's chest.

That elbow was swift as lightning, its Force like rushing thunder. Lin Xiao's own two uninterrupted counters had already spent much of his strength. Faced with such a fierce blow, he actually felt for a moment that he could not withstand it.

If he could not take it head-on, he could only dodge. Lin Xiao brought out his footwork, and his figure swiftly retreated three steps.

After avoiding Tang Yan's strike, Lin Xiao felt his old face heat up.

He was using the strength of Black Rank Fourth Grade, yet Tang Yan's attack had forced him back! If word of this spread, where would he put his dignity?

"Careful!"

At this moment, Lin Xiao put away all contempt and truly regarded Tang Yan as an opponent on equal footing. His True Qi rose, his feet stepped into a movement art, and his palm swiftly drew a circle through the air. An Origin Rank martial skill rushed toward Tang Yan.

An Earth Rank expert, even while using only Black Rank power, still burst forth with a presence that shook the heart.

Sensing the palm strike that seemed capable of sweeping aside all before it, Tang Yan did not meet it head-on. Stepping with Phantom Step, his figure flashed like lightning around the attack and swept toward Lin Xiao's side.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The instant Phantom Step shifted his position, three explosive sounds rang out. An extremely domineering aura erupted from Tang Yan's body as the third punch of Thousand Mountains Fist smashed viciously toward Lin Xiao's arm.

Lin Xiao's fist, which had been advancing with irresistible force, had no choice but to change direction.

"Bang!"

With the martial skill Thousand Mountains Fist, every later punch could unleash greater might. The power of the third punch had already surpassed Black Rank Third Grade. Under this collision, Lin Xiao felt his Qi and blood churn.

With such a fierce strike, Lin Xiao could naturally tell that it was a martial skill.

And using a martial skill consumed far more True Qi than an ordinary attack.

At this moment, a trace of smugness flashed through Lin Xiao's eyes. At such close range, after just using a martial skill, you definitely can't attack again at once, can you?

Boy, you're still a little too tender. At a time like this, as long as I make even the slightest move...

Lin Xiao had not been smug for long before his pupils abruptly shrank. After Tang Yan unleashed that martial skill, he still did not pause. With a turn of his body, another punch followed.

Although Lin Xiao had seen Tang Yan's decisive battle with Liu Zhi, Liu Zhi's true combat experience was not especially strong, and he had not truly seen through Tang Yan's strength.

Before this, Lin Xiao had thought Tang Yan could only keep up such connected moves three or five times at most. But now, seeing Tang Yan continue without the slightest pause even after using a martial skill, stormy waves surged through Lin Xiao's heart.

What kind of freak was this kid? How could his moves connect so smoothly?

Martial skills and ordinary moves were actually joined together flawlessly!

Could he have been taken over by the Bronze Man of Absolute Kill Tower?

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Lin Xiao tilted his body and narrowly dodged. But Tang Yan clung to him like a maggot in the bone, impossible to shake off. Before Lin Xiao could catch his breath, Tang Yan's next attack had already arrived.

No wonder his daughter had improved so quickly in close combat. So this was what it meant for a skilled master to produce a skilled disciple!

No wonder, when he accompanied his daughter in practice, Lin Dongxue always complained that his attacks were not sharp enough. Compared with Tang Yan's storm-like, unceasing offense, the attacks Lin Xiao had considered fierce truly seemed much gentler.

Moreover, judging from Tang Yan's realm, his moves flowed like drifting clouds and running water, endless and unbroken. His daughter had only learned the surface of it!

Lin Xiao's heart was filled with shock, while Lin Dongxue watched from the side with great interest. Every move Tang Yan made was sharp and direct, yet ever-changing, as pleasing to the eye as art.

"Eight Shadow Palm!"

After being continuously pressed down by Tang Yan, Lin Xiao's temper flared as well. His aura condensed, True Qi rapidly surged out, and an extremely vast pressure erupted from his body.

Eight palm shadows formed in the air, each seeming solid, and pressed down toward Tang Yan.

"What!"

Lin Dongxue, who had been watching with relish, suddenly cried out in alarm. Others might not know, but she knew very well that Eight Shadow Palm was a genuine Yellow Rank martial skill!

A Black Rank Third Grade cultivator had actually forced an Earth Rank expert using Black Rank Fourth Grade strength to bring out a Yellow Rank martial skill?

Tang Yan sensed that all eight palm shadows carried tremendous power, and inwardly sighed. As expected of the City Lord's Manor-it had many reserves. No matter what attack they faced, they could always bring out a suitable martial skill.

With Tang Yan's Soul Power now incomparably strong, he could tell at a glance that all eight palm shadows were illusory.

The one that truly held power was the real palm strike hidden beneath those shadows.

Even so, the eight palm shadows still possessed a measure of attacking force.

Feeling the immense pressure, Tang Yan made his decision in a flash. His two fingers became a sword, and at this moment, the Tang Family technique Drifting Cloud Sword was fully displayed.

Finger shadows fell like clouds and rain, filling the space before him as they tapped toward the eight palm shadows.

"Puff, puff, puff..."

Eight consecutive sounds rang out like bubbles bursting. Without even looking, Tang Yan poured all his strength into a punch and blasted it straight ahead.

"How is that possible!"

When Lin Xiao saw that his strike had been perfectly dissolved by Tang Yan, and that Tang Yan had even seen through his true killing move, the shock in his heart deepened.

"Bang!"

After a dull collision, just as Lin Xiao had expected, Tang Yan still charged toward him without the slightest pause.

After Tang Yan's twelve consecutive attacks, Lin Xiao understood Tang Yan's strength more and more clearly.

But the more he understood, the more alarmed he became. Just what kind of freak was this fellow?

It was one thing for martial skills and ordinary moves to be linked flawlessly. But with every attack, Tang Yan could accurately find the weakness in Lin Xiao's own offense.

Because of this, Tang Yan could rely on Third Grade strength to forcibly withstand attacks powered by Lin Xiao's Fourth Grade strength.

From Origin Rank to Earth Rank, Lin Xiao's path of cultivation had been incomparably difficult. He had gone through countless battles along the way.

In martial attainment, Lin Xiao believed that throughout the Eastern Region, there were not many who could surpass him by much.

Yet under Tang Yan's twelve attacks, he had actually been forced to use martial skills three times!

An utter humiliation!

Lin Xiao felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier that Tang Yan was this monstrous, he never would have agreed to this spar so easily. How was he a sparring partner? He had become a training dummy.

But Tang Yan clearly had no intention of giving Lin Xiao the chance to regret it. His figure flashed like lightning as he charged toward Lin Xiao once again.

"Six Shadow Slash!"

Lin Xiao, already carried away by the fight, took a deep breath and displayed another martial skill.

It did not have an overwhelming presence, but it was extremely focused. Standing there, Tang Yan felt as if he had been fixed in the gaze of a vicious beast, a restraining sensation settling over him.

"Black Rank martial skill! Daddy, you're cheating!"

At the side, Lin Dongxue could no longer hold back and loudly accused him.