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  "What is that sound? Has a true dragon appeared?!"

  Everyone in various parts of the Inner Academy was greatly startled, including those who had not e to watch the battle and were still cultivating in the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

  "Why is a dragon's roar eg throughout the Inner Academy???"

  There were very few rooms on the seventh floor of the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower, only ten in total. Each cultivation room had a number inscribed on its door, from oo ten.

  These were exclusive rooms reserved for the top ten orong Ranking. Ea represented power and status!

  At this moment, in Room No. 3, a man who was cultivating suddenly opened his eyes. It was Liu Qing, the founder of the Splitting Mountain, renowned for his Mountain Splitting Spear.

  "This is a dragon's roar? Has a true dragon emerged?!" Liu Qing frowned deeply. Hearing such a sound here meant it was very close to the Inner Academy.

  Liu Qirieved his Fire Energy Card, opehe door, and prepared to leave the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower to find out what was happening.

  The door of Room No. 2 o Liu Qing slowly opened with a creak. A schorly-looking man in white robes walked out as well.

  "Lin Xiuya, you heard it too?" Liu Qing asked in a deep voice.

  Lin Xiuya nodded slightly and said, "I ontered a Rank 6 drago with a dragon bloodlis dragon roar was very simir to this one."

  Soon after, Yan Hao from Room No. 5, Qin Zhen from Room No. 6, Qian Mo from Room No. 8, and Lin Yan from Room No. 9, all of whom were still cultivating in the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower and ranked orong Ranking, walked out of their cultivation rooms oer another.

  These people had known each other from the previous Strong Ranking Grand petition. They o each other and unanimously left the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower, intending to iigate.

  By this time, the dragon's roar had vanished, and the blood-red sea of fmes had disappeared as well. Only the shattered ground and some senior students, half-kneeling on the ground, proved that what had just occurred was not an illusion.

  Drip, drip, the sound of blood dripping echoed. Although those 1- or 2-star Dou Spirits had not lost sciousness, blood was silently flowing from their ears and noses, proving how powerful the damage inflicted by the sonic Dou Teique had been on their souls and bodies.

  Sonic Dou Teiques were different from traditional Dou Teiques. They specialized irating defenses, which meant they would cause internal injuries. Moreover, with the addition on aura and the Heavenly Fme, enemies felt a burning pain in their souls, as if their internal ans were on fire.

  This sudden ge left all the spectators, as well as all the members of Xiao Hall, stunned. Even Xun Er was momentarily dazed. Such a se was truly shog.

  'The sound of this sonic Dou Teique... why does it resemble that race…' Xun Er lightly furrowed her brows, her beautiful eyes watg Xiao Yan in the distance. He anting heavily yet had a smile tugging at the er of his mouth.

  When she was young and had returo her , she had followed her father to meet a legendary dragon tribe. Their roars were somewhat simir to what Xiao Yan had just produced.

  Although ly the same, Xun Er could tell that it was ihe roar of the A Void Dragon.

  The three referee elders were all dumbfounded, uain their senses for a long time. All the spectators were simirly stunned. Out of the two hundred senior students whose cultivations were above Dou Grandmaster, parable to a small fa in the Bck-er Region, over half had colpsed under Xiao Yan's single roar. Those who remaianding had suffered varying degrees of internal injuries, and their souls trembled.

  Even Yao Sheng, ranked 17th orong Ranking, was shaking after the dragon roar. Although he was strong and had not suffered severe internal injuries, his internal ans now felt a burniion.

  The circution of Dou Qi was disrupted and could not flow smoothly due to the damage inflicted on his soul.

  Fortunately, the arena had a protective barrier; otherwise, the spectators sitting opposite Xiao Yan would have suffered an unwarranted disaster.

  "Dragon might, aremely potent dragon might at that," Elder Liu finally muttered after who knew how long.

  Dragon might. Many practitioners had heard the term but had never wits true power. Today, Xiao Yan, a human cultivator, had actually used it, and it shocked the entire Inner Academy.

  In the distance, even the First Elder Su Qian, who had witnessed everything, revealed a shocked expression and murmured, "How does this little fellow have dragon aura within his body?"

  "That blood-red fme... Could it be that the Heavenly Fme he possesses is the Ten Thousa Fme, the ied fme of the magical beast race?"

  At this moment, the arena was silent for a full three mihis was Xiao Yan's first time using the A Dragon Roar, and its Dou Qi ption was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

  After all, the A Dragon Roar was a rge-scale sonic attack. It could be said to be unrivaled in clearing out small fry.

  Xiao Yaed his breathing and turned his head to look at Zi Yan, who was mung on medial ingredients beside him. She noticed him looking over and proudly raised her , as if to say, 'See? I was right.'

  The fact that Xiao Yan could cultivate the A Dragon Roar was ihanks to Zi Yan, for she had told him where his problem y.

  His pitch was off.

  The actual cultivation requirement for the A Dragon Roar was not as the scroll had described. There was another dition for cultivating it: one had to uand the Dragon Language. The person or creature who created the scroll had never sidered that a non would try to cultivate it.

  Dragon Language, the nguage of the dragon race.

  The A Dragon Roar was not simply a matter of r loudly by following the Dou Qi circution. The greatest difficulty y ione.'

  What Zi Yan had whispered in his ear not long ago was very simple: the Dragon Language he spoke sourange and distorted.

  In more uandable terms, it was like a frying to speak Mandarin after hearing it only ohe pronunciation would iably be inaccurate.

  At that moment, Xiao Yan uood why he could not use the A Dragon Roar: his tone was off. That was why Zi Yan had scolded him, asking what the hell he was howling about.

  Zi Yan had merely helped him correct his pronunciation and had not done anything else.

  inally, with the Ten Thousa Fme, Xiao Yan could achieve twice the result with half the effort when cultivating suitable Beast Teiques. The Ten Thousa Fme was the ied fme of the magical beast race, and its miraculous properties not only strengthehe bloodlines of magical beasts but also made it easier for them to cultivate Beast Teiques.

  Therefore, after having his Dragon Language pronunciation corrected by Zi Yaurally grasped it.

  Of course, he was still far from reag even minor mastery of the A Dragon Roar. He could only be said to be able to use it at this point.

  'What is this girl Zi Yan's background? She actually uands the Dragon Language. Could her true form be a dragon?!' Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly. He did not know the status of the Dragon Language in the world of magical beasts.

  Perhaps all magical beasts could uand it, or maybe only those with dragon bloodlines could. He naturally did not know.

  'I'll ask Queen Medusa about it after this matter is settled. The Snake-People Tribe should be sidered part of the magical beast race, right?' Xiao Yan thought.

  With a few groans, the stro fighters, Bai g and Yao Sheng, regaiheir senses and stood up.

  Yao Sheng brandished his daggers, his expression grave as he said, "Xiao Yan, the battle isn't over yet!"

  Bai g gripped his long spear with both hands; the spear tip gleamed as it poi Xiao Yan.

  After all, Xiao Yan had only just grasped the basics of the A Dragon Roar, and this kind of sonic attack focused more on assaulting the soul when targeting individuals. Yao Sheng's and Bai g's cultivations were both higher than his, and their Dou Qi had mao block quite a bit of it.

  Moreover, among the fallen senior students, they were all Dou Grandmasters; not a single Dou Spirit had colpsed.

  Xun Er slowly walked to Xiao Yan's side and said with ease, "Xiao Yan ge-ge, focus on dealing with those two. The others have all suffered soul injuries and be left to us."

  Xiao Yan looked at the girl who had always apanied him and firmly stood by his side. He smiled warmly and said, "Alright, I'll leave the others to you. Be careful though; they're still Dou Spirits after all."

  Xun Er chuckled softly, her beautiful eyes showing a hint of pyfulness as she said, "So am I."

  With a buzzing sound, Xun Er actually erupted with Dou Spirit-level fluctuations. Xiao Yan could sehat this wasn't from using a Secret Teique to boost her strength; she had truly reached the Dou Spirit realm!

  Upoering the Inner Academy, Xun Er had switched to cultivating a Di Css Qi Method obtained from the Book Colle Hall. During the seven days in the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower, she had simirly relied on the Heart Fme to break through to the Dou Spirit realm in one go!

  "You little ss will really surpass me if I sck off even a bit." Xiao Yan wore a wry smile. As expected of someone from a Dou God , Xun Er's cultivation speed could indeed keep up with a freak like him.

  Bai g stomped heavily on the ground, his figure transf into a yellow blur as Dou Qi rapidly de the tip of his spear. Utilizing the momentum, he aligned his body with the spear's shaft. His body and the long spear, now enveloped in Dou Qi, practically fused into ohe spear tore through the air and stabbed straight at Xiao Yan.

  At the same time, Yao Sheng's movements were nimble, and his hands spun the daggers as the two of them fnked Xiao Yan from the left and right.

  After experieng Xiao Yan's earlier sonic Dou Teique, they realized how terrifying he was. They no longer spoke of fair one-on-one duels and instead directly attacked with a two-on-one formation!

  Naturally, Xiao Yan would not uimate these two. They were 6-star and 7-star Dou Spirit experts and ranked fighters orong Ranking, and their strength was definitely not to be taken lightly!

  He activated the Skyfire Three Mysterious ge once more. Si was his sed use today, Xiao Yan had to adapt by using the Life Fme of the Yin-Yang Twio execute it. His strength increased by three stars, pushing him to the 6-star Dou Spirit stage.

  Bringing out the Heavy Xuan Ruler to meet the attack, the inally extremely heavy ruler danced in his hands even more nimbly than Bai g's long spear. Under his fierce, powerful momentum, Bai g and Yao Sheng were caught off guard and appeared somewhat flustered.

  Lightning fshed, and Xiao Ya behind an afterimage. After Bai g's spear pierced the afterimage geed by the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Xiao Yan appeared behind him. The Heavy Xuan Ruler then fiercely smacked his butt, sending him flying into the air.

  Two 'g' sounds echoed as Xiao Yan blocked Yao Sheng's sneaky dagger attack. He revealed a faint smile, opened his mouth, and a dragon roar emerged. Though not as intense as the initial o still caused Yao Sheng to cough up blood.

  After training with Zi Yan, Xiao Yan could not cim to use the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and A Dragon Roar with plete ease, yet he could still dispy some of their power in battle.

  Using multiple Di Css Dou Teiques, Xiao Yan actually gaihe upper hand when fag the joint attacks of Yao Sheng and Bai g!

  Elder Liu smiled and nodded. "That boy is indeed very strong."

  Seated in the audience, Han Yue slightly furrowed her delicate brows and agreed, murmuring to herself, "Although Bai g and Yao Sheng's Dou Qi cultivation is on par with Xiao Yan's, boosted by a Secret Teique, his movement teiques are extremely powerful. Moreover, that sonic Dou Teique is toe. A slight carelessness and they will be hit, suffering severe soul injuries."

  "Furthermore, from the very beginning, that sonic Dou Teique had already inflicted soul damage on them, causing their Dou Qi circution to bee sluggish."

  "Their only ce of winning is if Xiao Yan's Secret Teique wears off and his Dou Qi is exhausted."

  Elder Liu shook his head and said, "No, the senior students' side ot hold out until Xiao Yan's Dou Qi is depleted."

  Han Yue's beautiful eyes sharpened, and only then did she notice that the dozen or so Dou Spirit-level senior students were already struggling to hold on!

  Not to mentioher weaker senior students. Evero among them, Lei Na and Fu Ao, though middle-stage Dou Spirits, had their souls injured by Xiao Yan's A Dragon Roar. They could not even use Dou Teiques, and the Dou Qi within their bodies had been scattered by the dragon might, making it difficult to gather.

  With Xun Er having reached the Dou Spirit realm, she ractically overwhelming those senior students. Even Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and the others could steadily suppress the injured Dou Spirit senior students.

  In the end, her Bai g nor Yao Sheng mao hold out until Xiao Yan's Dou Qi was exhausted. Xun Er, havi with Lei Na and Fu Ao, joined forces with Xiao Yan. With a palm strike each, they sent the two tumbling off the arena, spewing blood.

  "Great teamwork, Xun Er."

  "It's all because Xiao Yan ge-ge is powerful."