"Fake antiques? Interesting."
Lin Xiaotian turned to look at Zhao Feipeng, pointing at the woman on the ground. "Old Zhao, what's going on here? You're abducting a beauty in broad daylight? Making fake antiques to cheat customers?"
"Hmph, she's talking nonsense. How could I sell fake antiques? She just stole an antique from my shop and I was just punishing her."
Zhao Feipeng lied through his teeth, spinning a tale for Lin Xiaotian.
Lin Xiaotian smiled faintly. "Is that so? But I was listening outside your office door for quite a while, and what I heard wasn't what you're saying."
"Zhao Feipeng, your guts are getting bigger and bigger. You dare to deceive me to my face now, are you not putting me in your eyes?"
Rumble!
The moment he finished speaking, Lin Xiaotian threw a punch at the distant office desk, which shattered into pieces!
Zhao Feipeng was so scared his legs went weak. With a thud, he knelt before Lin Xiaotian, saying respectfully, "Mr. Lin, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have lied to you. I hope you can forgive me."
"I was blinded by greed, which led me to make this mistake. I'll never dare to do it again."
"What about that woman?" Lin Xiaotian saw that he admitted his mistake quickly and decided to give him a chance. Hands on his hips, he asked again.
"She... she..."
Zhao Feipeng hesitated, glancing back at Duan Feiyun, seemingly unsure of what to do.
Just then, Duan Feiyun let out a cold snort, slowly stood up, and looked at Lin Xiaotian. "You are the Lin Xiaotian that Old Zhao mentioned? You are indeed arrogant."
"You've heard of my name?"
Lin Xiaotian frowned. The moment Duan Feiyun stood up, a powerful surge of true qi emanated from him.
He could tell at this moment that this man's status and position were higher than Zhao Feipeng's.
Here, Duan Feiyun was the one in charge.
"Young man, I advise you not to be so arrogant, and especially not to meddle in other people's affairs."
Duan Feiyun's voice was deep and resonant. As he spoke, he approached Lin Xiaotian, his internal true qi like a raging inferno, gradually bursting forth.
Lin Xiaotian couldn't discern the man's strength, but he was certain he was well beyond the mid-stage of Grandmaster.
"I heard from Old Zhao that you've disrupted his affairs time and again, and even took his antiques at a low price. Can your conscience bear it?"
Duan Feiyun continued speaking, his toes tapping the ground as he gradually levitated, his hands clasped behind his back.
"Is this the Feitian Jue? Director Duan, you... you quickly help me kill Lin Xiaotian. Keeping this brat around is a threat to us."
Seeing Duan Feiyun make a move, Zhao Feipeng quickly ran behind him and immediately betrayed Lin Xiaotian.
"No matter how capable this brat is, he cannot escape my grasp today. He killed so many of my brothers, I should get revenge."
As Duan Feiyun finished speaking, his body became like a sword, and he shot towards Lin Xiaotian.
Lin Xiaotian's gaze was deep. As soon as his words fell, he moved backward with lightning speed, dodging Duan Feiyun's attack.
But as soon as his toes landed, Duan Feiyun's body closed in again, and with a swish, he lunged behind Lin Xiaotian, striking at Lin Xiaotian's back with a Flaming Palm.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Lin Xiaotian's ears were sharp. Hearing the threat from behind, he moved sideways again. Just as he dodged Duan Feiyun's move, he saw that the Flaming Palm had split the office partition. With a loud rumble, the office was on the verge of collapse.
"Good kid, you actually managed to dodge my Flaming Palm. Your skills truly exceed my expectations."
Duan Feiyun hovered in mid-air, speaking to Lin Xiaotian with a serious expression.
"Your Feitian Jue is also well-practiced. This martial art has been lost for a long time, and I never expected you to know it. It truly fills a great void in the ancient martial arts world."
"Unfortunately, you've only cultivated the Feitian Jue to the seventh level. The truly powerful layers are the last two. Your current strength barely breaks through the mid-stage Grandmaster, not even reaching the late stage."
"Trying to deal with me is as difficult as ascending to heaven," Lin Xiaotian said with a dismissive smile.
"You know so much about my martial arts? Then do you know that the effect of Feitian Jue would be different if it were combined with Leitian Jue?"
Duan Feiyun sneered. It turned out he had been deliberately hiding his strength earlier.
As his voice fell, his body was engulfed by raging flames on one side and crackling lightning on the other. He looked as if he had evolved into the realm of a celestial being on earth.
The air in the entire office became solidified!
Lin Xiaotian looked around, and all the ripples in the air were under his control. The combined cultivation of these two martial arts indeed doubled their efficacy.
Even Lin Xiaotian's master had told him to be extremely cautious if he encountered someone using these two martial arts simultaneously.
"I didn't expect you to cultivate both these martial arts simultaneously, forcibly achieving the pseudo-celestial realm. You must have had a master guiding you, otherwise, with the simultaneous cultivation of these two martial arts, any mistake in the method would have already broken your meridians."
Lin Xiaotian said coldly, looking at Duan Feiyun suspended in mid-air.
"You have some insight, kid. My master absorbed these two martial arts using the Spirit Absorption Great Method and is now infusing them into my body. No matter how strong you are, you cannot overcome the power of these two martial arts."
"Now, I'll let you taste the power of Feitian Jue and Feilei Jue combined."
Duan Feiyun let out a long roar, and the two massive streams of energy from his body surged out simultaneously. Flames mixed with lightning, and with his roar, the surging true qi approached Lin Xiaotian.
Lin Xiaotian dared not underestimate him. This was the first time he had witnessed the power of these two martial arts.
He stomped the ground with one foot, chanting the incantation of the Vajra Jue. Golden light erupted from the ground, and his fingers flicked back and forth in the air, finally drawing a huge circular golden dragon pattern. The golden dragon roared and charged towards the wave of energy summoned by Duan Feiyun.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The moment the two waves of energy collided, the entire office felt like a furnace. Blazing flames raised the office temperature to fifty degrees Celsius.
Zhao Feipeng and the woman kneeling on the ground both felt the heat, sweat streaming down their bodies.
Lin Xiaotian stood calmly on the side, appearing to be under no pressure. On the contrary, Duan Feiyun, who was fighting him, now felt a powerful collision of energy.
He looked at Lin Xiaotian in surprise and asked incredulously, "You've already cultivated to the celestial realm. Why is my celestial realm less powerful than yours?"
"I told you, you forcibly cultivated to this realm. My method of cultivation is different from yours, so there's naturally a gap. Also, I forgot to tell you just now, there's a flaw when you use those two martial arts together."
"That is your Xuanwu Gate acupoint, also known as the Tanzhong acupoint, which will become your fatal flaw."
Lin Xiaotian said calmly, and with his left hand, he gathered another surge of true qi. While Duan Feiyun was fully engaged in confronting him, he swiftly moved towards Duan Feiyun's Tanzhong acupoint.