Boom! Boom! Boom!
The battle in the arena grew more and more ferocious.
"Dragon Flame Sacred Pillars!" Shen Xiao roared. Thick pillars of dragon flame descended from the sky, transforming into massive columns that swept ceaselessly across the arena, fire raging everywhere.
Gasps erupted from the spectator stands.
"What a terrifying technique!" They couldn't help but worry for Nie Li.
But when Nie Li saw the massive fire columns sweeping toward him, he showed not the slightest hint of nervousness. Instead, he broke into an easy smile.
"A flashy technique with no substance — it might be useful against low-level beast tides, but using something like this in a duel between experts is nothing more than a waste of your own Soul Power!" Nie Li thought to himself. With his combat experience from his previous life, he naturally wouldn't give such a technique a second glance.
What Nie Li didn't know was that Shen Xiao had already exhausted every technique in his arsenal and none of them had worked. The Dragon Flame Sacred Pillars were all he had left. Shen Xiao wasn't even expecting to finish Nie Li off with this move — he was already in despair. Seeing Nie Li's calm and composed expression, he knew that Nie Li still had countless techniques he hadn't even used yet.
Nie Li leaped into the air, weaving between fire pillar after fire pillar. With a whoosh, he appeared behind Shen Xiao.
Thunder Strike!
Nie Li's enormous palm tore through the sky with a deafening crack, then slammed into Shen Xiao's back with a thunderous boom.
In an instant, Shen Xiao shot toward the ground like a meteor.
BOOM!
A terrifying explosion rocked the entire arena, shaking it to its foundations. A massive crater appeared in the ground, and Shen Xiao lay at the bottom, gasping for breath. He sprawled on his back in the pit, his vision gradually blurring, consciousness slowly fading away.
He'd lost. From the very start, Nie Li had been pressing him relentlessly, never giving him a single chance to counterattack — and he'd been holding back the entire time. Nie Li gave him an unfathomable feeling, as though no matter how hard he fought back, he would never be his opponent.
His eyes filled with bewilderment. He couldn't believe he'd still lost even after taking two Demon Spirit Enhancement Pills. All he could say was that Nie Li was far too terrifying.
And his opponent was merely a thirteen-year-old boy!
The gap was too vast!
All this time I thought I was an unrivaled genius. Turns out I was nothing but a frog at the bottom of a well.
The spectator stands fell deathly silent for a moment — then erupted into a thunderous roar that shook the heavens.
"Nie Li! Nie Li! Nie Li!"
Wave after wave of cheers crashed over the arena like a tidal surge.
Nie Li's overwhelming strength had left a profound impression on them. Every great powerhouse, as they rose to prominence, would crush any opponent of the same generation without question — but what Nie Li had just crushed wasn't someone his own age. It was a genius in his twenties!
How far would Nie Li grow in the future? No one had an answer. But they all knew that today, they had witnessed history being made.