Chapter 29: Zu Yan (1/2)

Chapter 29: Zu Yan

Translator: IreneEditor: Pranav

A thread of fire had been ignited under Ai Hui’s feet.

Not good!

Ai Hui’s expression changed slightly as he instinctively dodged to the side. At that instant, with a smooth flip of the opponent's palm, Ai Hui's former location was set ablaze.

The contestant had not anticipated Ai Hui’s quick reaction, which ultimately led to the unexpected failure of his well-disguised attack.

Ai Hui, who had just barely managed to escape the column of fire, shot into the air like a cannon's projectile and charged towards his opponent. The latter was an expert in long-range attacks and had much stronger elemental energy; only by getting closer would Ai Hui stand a chance to win.

If Ai Hui’s previous attack had been soundless with hidden killing intent, then this lunge had thoroughly displayed his imposing and incomparably sharp bloodlust.

Sensing that Ai Hui was rapidly approaching, the opponent instinctively tensed up. This was precisely Ai Hui's strategy—to launch a psychological attack; any trace of panic from the enemy was favorable to him.

However, his opponent then made a very strange move: he got into a handstand position.

Lou Lan, who had been watching carefully, broke out in a cold sweat. This was bad!

At that moment, the opponent’s palms became enveloped in a blazing ball of flame. The dark red fire spread through the air like flowing kerosene.

This was...

Lou Lan felt that the scene was familiar; he had seen it somewhere before, but he could not recall anything due to his extreme nervousness.

”Flaming Heavenly Spider Transformation!”

A member of the audience cried out in alarm.

”Zu Yan!”

”Oh my god! Zu Yan came!”

That remark caused quite a stir within the audience. Everyone was pleasantly surprised.

Zu Yan was an expert from Central Wind City. Although its school district was a year ahead, it was the nearest city to Central Pine City, and hence experts from both sides were quite familiar with one another.

Zu Yan’s base level was not considered high as he had only activated two palaces; however, he had quickly risen to fame once he had succeeded in learning the absolute art [Flaming Heavenly Spider Transformation].

Elemental energy techniques had been in development for over a thousand years, but there were only a few which could be acknowledged as absolute arts. Absolute arts formed the foundation of a family clan; for example, Zu Family Clan’s [Flaming Heavenly Spider Transformation] was created only after generations of esoteric perfection and gradual, continuous improvement.

However, when compared to the skills of the supreme manuals that had been passed down from the Cultivation Era, these absolute arts could be considered very young and new. Every family clan within the Avalon of Five Elements knew this exceedingly well, and hence no one dared to show disrespect and ignore their ancestors’ contributions.

Since the Zu Family’s lineage was predominantly predisposed to the fire attribute, this absolute art perfectly suited them. However, due to the exceptionally high level of understanding that was required, mastering it was extremely tough, and so the number of descendants of each generation of the Zu family who had managed to successfully learn [Flaming Heavenly Spider Transformation] had never exceeded three. This had been the situation for many successive generations; unfortunately, it was like an ironclad law which never changed.

[Flaming Heavenly Spider Transformation] was very hard to comprehend, but once it was understood, along with constant perfection and accumulation of elemental energy, one could smoothly become an expert.

Zu Yan was the first amongst his generation to understand [Flaming Heavenly Spider Transformation].

The Zu Family was a prominent clan of the Avalon of Five Elements, and the name of its greatest genius was naturally well-known far and wide. Therefore, as soon as the spiderweb-like fire net had lit up the stage, Zu Yan's origin had been swiftly recognized.