Chapter 1 The Approaching Aura

The spectating players felt an overwhelming aura coming towards them, almost blowing them away. Their expressions changed drastically as they retreated, watching the two figures in the center with fear. Such powerful pressure!

Seeing that Nie Yan and Duo Duo were about to make their move, the gazes of the players from both factions instantly focused on the battle.

At that moment, hundreds of figures flew over from a distance, landing about seven or eight hundred yards away from the center of the battlefield. They were all players from the Light Faction. At the front of this group were none other than Cancan Daoguang and the others.

"Finally, we're not late." Cancan Daoguang smiled slightly, looking towards the center of the battlefield. The duel between Nie Yan and the Angel Descent Guild Leader had clearly not yet begun.

"How could we miss Guild Leader Nie Yan's duel with Angel Descent's Guild Leader!" Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said excitedly from the side.

"They're starting!" Shui Se Yan Tou said as he took a step forward.

The players from the Dark Faction next to them saw Cancan Daoguang, Shui Se Yan Tou, and the others, their faces filled with fear as they retreated fifty or sixty yards.

They were joking! How could they dare to block their path when they encountered Cancan Daoguang, Shui Se Yan Tou, and the others? That would be courting death. Anyway, it wouldn't take Cancan Daoguang, Shui Se Yan Tou, and the others any effort to kill them.

Cancan Daoguang, Shui Se Yan Tou, and the others ignored these players, their eyes fixed on the center of the arena. The duel between Nie Yan and Duo Duo had already begun.

Besides Daoguang and the others, there were also some free players from the Light Faction. Of course, those who dared to come here were all top-tier experts.

Among the crowd, Xie Yao, wearing a holy priest's robe and holding a white kitten, looked at Nie Yan in the center of the arena. Her noble and elegant temperament made it difficult for people to look away. However, no one around dared to strike up a conversation, as everyone knew that the peerless beauty before them was Nie Yan's girlfriend!

"It's starting!" A cry of surprise erupted from the crowd.

Nie Yan cast Stealth and disappeared from the sight of all the players. The intense killing aura of the Zennarde's Sword vanished without a trace.

However, it was precisely because of this that Duo Duo sensed an even greater killing intent!

Facing a top-tier expert of the level of Kuangzei Nie Yan, Duo Duo dared not be careless in the slightest. A moment of inattention could result in Nie Yan's dagger piercing through his chest.

In a duel between experts, a slight difference could determine victory or defeat!

Eye of the Demon!

Duo Duo's black pupils instantly transformed into rhomboid shapes. The traces of all living things around him were reflected in his eyes without omission, as if his gaze were tangible as he scanned the entire area.

However, he couldn't see Nie Yan's踪迹!

How could this be!

Duo Duo's heart tightened, and he immediately activated Demonic Perception. His powerful perception ability spread out in an instant, and he felt a terrifying chill behind him.

So fast!

Nie Yan's speed was much faster than anyone else's!

After entering Stealth, Nie Yan activated Fanos' Phantom, appearing behind Duo Duo like a ghost. He swung the Zennarde's Sword down towards the back of Duo Duo's head.

At that moment, Duo Duo waved his right hand, and a giant black serpent formed from dark energy rose from the ground, coiling around Duo Duo tightly in an instant. With a *puff*, the black serpent shattered and disappeared under Nie Yan's strike. Just then, Nie Yan noticed that Duo Duo in front of him had disappeared like mist.

Tracing the dark energy left behind by Duo Duo, Nie Yan roared, "Eye of Truth!" Veins bulged around his eye sockets as he shot out two eerie red beams, locking onto Duo Duo in the distance. The moment he activated the Eye of Truth, a chilling aura emerged from the ground. Although it was so weak that it was almost imperceptible, Nie Yan still detected it immediately.

The shadows on the ground transformed into large hands, grabbing towards Nie Yan's feet.

Such fast spellcasting speed! This guy had actually cast Shadow Shackles at some point without him noticing.

If it were an ordinary player, after cutting down the dark serpent with a single sword strike, and then suddenly encountering the silent Shadow Shackles, they might have been caught.

However, Nie Yan had experienced countless PKs in both his past and present lives, so he had a very keen sense of danger. Just as the Shadow Shackles were about to hit him, he used Gale Step, using the invincibility effect of Gale Step to block the Shadow Shackles.

Miss!

A number floated up from Nie Yan's head. Nie Yan suddenly appeared fifty or sixty yards away and used Thrust, stabbing straight at Duo Duo's chest.

Duo Duo's body suddenly transformed into several phantoms, dodging Nie Yan's Thrust. With a movement of his staff, the ground beneath Nie Yan's feet suddenly became soft. A quicksand trap formed within a radius of fifty or sixty yards, centered on Nie Yan and Duo Duo.

The moment the quicksand trap appeared, Nie Yan retreated dozens of yards at an extremely fast speed, his eyebrows slightly raised. Duo Duo's strength had improved significantly during this time. This guy was definitely the most powerful opponent he had ever encountered!

The two had only just exchanged blows and were relatively restrained, testing each other's strength with some of the most basic skills. Although these skills were ordinary, they could be deadly when used by these two expert-level players.

Whether it was Nie Yan or Duo Duo, the slightest relaxation could be fatal.

The speed at which the two exchanged blows was too fast. Ordinary players only saw Nie Yan and Duo Duo's figures flashing constantly, changing locations five or six times in a matter of seconds, leaving them completely bewildered. Only those truly expert-level players could see clearly that Nie Yan and Duo Duo were both in extremely dangerous situations. Everyone was holding their breath, wondering if they would have died several times over if they were in their place.

Some players who couldn't understand what was happening downloaded the videos from the forums and slowed them down many times, watching them frame by frame. They were immediately chilled to the bone. In those few seconds, Kuangzei Nie Yan and Duo Duo had actually exchanged blows so many times, each one extremely dangerous. Nie Yan's attacks were extremely swift, as fast as lightning, and each one was a fatal move. And Duo Duo's reaction was also very quick, his spellcasting speed was astonishing. When ordinary players cast a spell, they had to wave their staff several times and constantly chant incantations, while Duo Duo only had to move his lips and wave his staff slightly, and a spell would be cast. The connection between each spell was very subtle, and players who fought him would be caught off guard.

"Neither of them is using their full strength yet. Duo Duo is indeed very strong. We lost fair and square!" Cancan Daoguang said from the side.

"They're not using their full strength yet?" Several players from the Bull Fighting Tribe next to him widened their eyes, looking at Cancan Daoguang in disbelief.

"They're only using the most basic skills. They haven't started using high-level skills yet!" Cancan Daoguang said, looking at Duo Duo and Nie Yan in the arena. His heart was filled with emotion. Both Duo Duo and Nie Yan could be described as geniuses. Only these two exceptionally talented guys could show everyone such an amazing PK.

The players outside the arena struggled to watch the PK between Nie Yan and Duo Duo. Meanwhile, Duo Duo and Nie Yan in the arena were getting more and more into the zone. They were completely immersed in the PK, as if the whole world was left with only the two of them.

A black fireball floated out, landing among the players outside. With a *boom*, the blast wave swept away two or thirty players from the Dark Faction. Their hearts turned cold, and they quickly retreated hundreds of yards again.

Nie Yan glanced at his skill bar. In just a few dozen seconds, he had used at least fifty or sixty skills. If it weren't for the Book of Order, which gave him so many more skills, he wouldn't have enough!

As the duel continued, Duo Duo began to feel a bit strained. His ordinary skills were gradually becoming insufficient, while Nie Yan had a ridiculous number of skills, and his attacks were getting fiercer and fiercer. He could only run for his life.

If Nie Yan exhausted his skills, he would be at a complete disadvantage.

The preliminary testing is almost over. In that case, Kuangzei Nie Yan, let's have a showdown and see who is stronger!

Duo Duo flew back a hundred yards. Seeing Nie Yan chasing after him, he roared. A strong current of air suddenly surged up, rushing straight up. He slammed the staff in his hand heavily into the ground. With a loud boom, huge cracks spread rapidly in all directions on the ground.

Bolts of lightning, like roaring giant snakes, radiated out into the surrounding air from Duo Duo as the center.

Seeing the cracks on the ground spreading rapidly towards him, Nie Yan leaped backwards, braced himself with his right hand, and catapulted himself fifty or sixty yards away. His feet landed, barely managing to stabilize himself. He looked at Duo Duo in front of him, a trace of solemnity in his eyes.

Finally, everyone was about to use their trump cards!

However, Nie Yan had no intention of retreating in the slightest. Now was the real showdown. What happened just now was only child's play!

Duo Duo flapped his golden wings behind him, his feet slowly leaving the ground, his robes dancing in the wind, like an ancient demon god. He spat out obscure, hoarse syllables, and with a wave of his staff, a thick bolt of lightning struck down towards Nie Yan's location.

Such a fast magical attack! Nie Yan's body flashed, and with a loud boom, the lightning exploded on the ground behind Nie Yan, leaving a pit three or four yards wide in that area.

This was the destructive power of magic!

Seeing that the attack missed, Duo Duo kept waving his staff, and bolts of lightning kept striking down.

*Boom, boom, boom,* the explosions of magic were as dense as raindrops.

The players outside changed color in alarm. Who could dodge such dense lightning? A slight delay in movement could result in being blasted into dust by the continuous lightning strikes.

Nie Yan's figure kept flashing, using the legendary footwork of Fanos' Phantom to barely manage to dodge the lightning strikes. The closer he got to Duo Duo, the denser the lightning became.

This Duo Duo was completely beyond his profession. He was able to obtain the title of Speaker of the Dark Council. His strength was not simple!