It was customary on the Fire Metereolite Continent that warriors make vows with drips of their blood. The ritual had been passed down for centuries. As was widely acknowledged, those who breached their vows would end up severely punished by God with no exceptions. It explained why Zou Qiang could retain his arrogant manner in the presence of the Taixuan Patriarch and the three chief seniors. He carefully choreographed a cunning scheme to drive them up the wall, in a bid to make them take a vow with their blood.
Just as expected, Li Taixuan looked back at Lin Xiao for instructions, and the three chief seniors went astonished.
Ignorant about what that meant, Lin Xiao nodded in agreement to Li Taixuan. He ensured Li Taixuan that he was gonna make a fool-proof victory. Then Li Taixuan gave Zou Qiang his permission without hesitation.
The overwhelmingly determined acceptance went beyond Zou Qiang's expectation. He cast a surprised look at Lin Xiao. "How come Li Taixuan has the heart to risk his own life for the sake of a regular disciple in this way? Is that because he trusted the disciple unconditionally? Or…or could it be said that it was actually the disciple who was in charge of the Taixuan Sect?"
It stood to reason that Zou Qiang went amazed. A vow with blood taken was by no means a random matter on the Fire Metereolite Continent. Once it came into force, it called for absolute compliance. Once upon a time, a martial talent made a violation on his vow, thinking that he had the ability to manage an exemption by means of his outstanding martial capacity. However, a lightning came forth and struck him to death.
"However, whatever it is, it has nothing to do with me. The only thing that matters now is that I'm able to leave the Tiaxuan Sect alive. And I have 100 percent faith in myself come what may. The two-level gap between him and me is nothing to be sneezed at, even if the Fiendish spiral force didn't work on Lin Xiao at all. Additionally, I have pretty solid martial techniques, which are certainly superior to his. It would be a joke if I can't defeat him!" Zou Qiang felt well-prepared, ready to take a move on.
Li Taixuan bit his right index finger and painted a Taoist figure on his forehead a couple of drips of the blood. While he was reciting imprecations under his breath, a lightning-like graph appeared on his forehead. However, the fleeting graph disappeared a minute later. Then the vow was concluded.
Zou Qiang finally felt relieved and looked back at Lin Xiao, "Hey dude, tell me how do you like the way to be killed?"
Lin Xiao responded with merely a dismissive look at him as if Zou Qiang had been an idiot.
Zou Qiang picked up on a sense of contempt in that and flew with a rage. "How dare he look at me like that? Insufferable!"
"You're asking for death!" Zou Qiang let out a hideous laugh and took a prompt move forthwith. He reapplied the Fiendish Blockade Method. The waves of the familiar horrifying groans went off again. Though Wang Manyun had already been there before, the sound still scared her back. Albeit at least five meters away from the Lin Xiao and Zou Qiang, a puff of cold and hellish air still made its way to her, almost having her blood frozen. Without the protection of The Refining Divine Pithy Formula, she might have got hurt by the fiendish spiral force already.
Driving off the hellish air, she stared at Lin Xiao, pretty agitated.
It was the same case with Li Taixuan and the three chief seniors. "Lin Xiao is the backbone of the Taixuan Sect. If he comes to harm, I'll have Chiyan the Great Master to answer to."
While making the first move, Zou Qiang also took notice of the reaction of the people present. His complacency even pirouetted in spite of himself. As a matter of fact, he didn't take the duel with Wang Manyun seriously. Her inexperience and deficiency in martial techniques didn't call for his exertions.
Conversely, when engaging a duel with Lin Xiao, Zou Qiang trod carefully. "He took the challenge instantaneously. That was pretty odd! There must be a trap in there. I'll stay focused at full capacity this time." Zou Qiang also brought his martial techniques into full play.
It worth noting that there was a rigid hierarchy system set for martial techniques on the Fire Metereolite Continent. In an ascending order in terms of power, there were four rankings — the yellow rank, the black rank, the earth rank, and the heaven rank. And it remained unknown whether there was another rank beyond. As each rank was concerned, it narrowed down to three levels as well. And there was a substantial gap between every two levels. Hence, one could tell that there was a resemblance shared between the hierarchy systems of martial techniques and martial cultivation methods.
The technique that Zou Qiang employed was titled the Devil Palm Technique. Though it only held the yellow rank, it could substantially boost a warrior's capacity along with the Fiendish Blockade Method rated as the black rank.
Zou Qiang plunged a grab at Lin Xiao, with waves of fiercer hellish groans. The move was so formidable that it even didn't call for a physical contact with the opponent. As long as one stayed close to his opponent, the fiendish spiral force would break into the opponent's body and destroy his veins and entrails with immediate effect.