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Xiao Meng's arms glowed with brilliant starlight, and within that starlight, countless overlapping doors seemed faintly visible.
Amon stroked his monocle, a look of keen interest in his eyes.
He formed a hand Seal, condensing a green palm print in front of him, and launched a probing attack.
"Great Wind Palm Print."
The palm print quickly passed through the large crater created by Amon and Liu Qing's previous collision and struck towards Xiao Meng.
Xiao Meng merely slapped the palm print away with a sideways strike.
Amon's expression slightly solidified; although he could understand everything she did by exchanging memories with Xiao Meng through a mental connection, he did not want to do that.
A mental connection would cause the personality and will of the clone to align with the main body, and the main body would also have to bear the pressure brought by different wills.
Most avatars doing this was not an issue, but Amon had to treat certain avatars that deviated too much with caution.
Therefore, he merely analyzed the principle of Xiao Meng's move in his mind.
"Oh, it turns out she gathered the part of the 'Door' power that represents the Seal onto her arms."
"The Seal power, upon contact with a Dou Technique, will cause the opponent's Dou Technique to become sluggish. A Dou Technique in a 'sluggish' state has stable energy and will not harm anyone… She takes advantage of the Dou Technique's slowed speed to strike it away."
"Hmm… a very simple and practical combat style."
Amon silently made his assessment.
The abilities of "Seal" and "Unseal," which embodied the characteristics of the "Door," were awakened by Amon when he reached the fifth stage.
This characteristic was also synchronously reflected in the avatars, granting them corresponding abilities.
For the main body, or for Amons like Wu Meng and Yun Meng whose personalities were highly consistent with the main body, acting as proxies for the main body's will, planning certain matters, or being responsible for specific areas, their role was to coordinate and plan, thinking about strategic goals and actions.
Therefore, the main body and these Amons focused more energy on improving their own cultivation levels, and in terms of cultivation, they would only consider cultivation methods, not Dou Techniques.
However, Amon avatars like Xiao Meng, who did not cultivate Dou Qi themselves and whose level increase relied entirely on the Convergence of more Worms of Spirit, considered cultivation methods less and devoted more energy to thinking about how to leverage all their advantages under existing cultivation conditions to improve their combat power.
In short, the main body followed the realm-crushing path, while the avatars followed the invincible-in-the-same-realm path.
It was very easy for the main body to absorb the combat experience of the avatars. Except for specialized avatars like Heavenly Flame Amon, the main body could learn most Dou Techniques usable by avatars with a single mental connection.
So, the final result was that Amon's main body did not fall behind in either realm or combat power.
Even if Xiao Meng was special, and Amon, out of caution, would not directly establish a mental connection to assimilate her gains, it would only take more time.
The stronger Xiao Meng became, and the more new tricks she had, the happier Amon was; after all, what was hers was his.
Amon's thoughts were only a fleeting moment. After Xiao Meng knocked away the Great Wind Palm Print, she immediately rushed forward, her slender left leg extended in a whip kick from the side, aiming for Amon's head.
Amon blocked with his right hand but felt a huge force strike him, sending him flying directly backward.
With Dou Qi surging throughout his body, he adjusted his position in the air using the wind generated by the Dou Qi. Amon spun once before landing on the ground.
He took several steps back before steadying himself.
His gaze towards Xiao Meng held a hint of surprise. Her comprehension of Dou Techniques seemed very deep; her every move directly employed Dou Techniques.
For example, when she just rushed over using a movement technique and attacked him with that whip kick, both were Dou Techniques, though of a very low level, all Yellow-tier low-grade.
But integrating Dou Techniques into her every action itself indicated that she had already figured out some patterns and summarized her own set of methods.
After Xiao Meng probed and found that Amon did not interfere with her actions using the main body's high-level will, she also understood his meaning… fight freely!
A dangerous arc appeared on her face; the things instigated by the Worms of Spirit were still very tempting.
"Wind Wall!"
A wall of wind prevented Xiao Meng from getting closer. Amon's green wind-attribute wings on his back spread open again, and he ascended into the sky.
A pair of faint black wings appeared on Xiao Meng's back, and she pursued him.
Dou Spirits could perform short-distance flights. However, flight was too exhausting for Dou Spirits, as their Dou Qi was insufficient to sustain long-distance flight.
Furthermore, due to their insufficient control over themselves in the air, very few Dou Spirits would use flight in combat, let alone engage in aerial battles.
Sustained aerial combat was an ability possessed only by Dou Kings and stronger individuals.
The fact that Zhou Mingrui and Xiao Meng actually set their battlefield in the air astonished everyone present.
Hu Jia's eyes widened, full of disbelief: "They shouldn't be Dou Kings yet, right?"
Bai Shan said in a deep voice: "Even if they aren't yet, they must be close. Perhaps by the time we enter the Inner Courtyard, there might be another Dou King expert on the Strong Ranking."
He looked at Xiao Meng with a mix of fear and admiration, then shifted his gaze to Xun Er.
Xiao Meng was indeed captivating, but occasionally a bit erratic. In comparison, Xun Er was truly the perfect goddess!
Feeling Bai Shan's fervent gaze, Xun Er's expression was displeased. She paid him no mind, keeping her eyes on Xiao Meng in the sky, with a puzzled look.
Hu Qian stroked his beard, his surprise unconcealed: "How can that little girl Xiao Meng also fly?"
He could feel the instability of the wings on Xiao Meng's back, indicating that they were indeed forcibly condensed from Dou Qi at the Dou Spirit level. However, Xiao Meng flew very quickly, even having chased Zhou Mingrui in the air for a while.
Su Qian shook his head: "I don't understand. I can understand Zhou Mingrui's wind-attribute Dou Qi, but I have no clue about Xiao Meng's wings."
Xiao Meng condensed a slender longsword from Dou Qi and slashed at Amon.
The latter also condensed a longsword, parrying and counterattacking.
The two collided multiple times in the air. Although it was not as grand as the earlier Dou Technique collision between Amon and Liu Qing, the excitement was even greater, simply because their battleground was in the air!
While Su Qian, a Dou Ancestor, was still puzzled, Amon saw through the mystery.
Xiao Meng's wings were very fast, but lacked a bit of agility… much like aircraft wings.
Amon stopped, stroked his monocle, and watched Xiao Meng darting around in the air, a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Interesting…"
Xiao Meng's flight principle was somewhat different; she flew by changing the shape of her wings, utilizing aerodynamics!
Her wings were thick at the front and thin at the back, flat on the bottom, and curved on top. When flying, they would generate lift due to the different airflow speeds above and below. Therefore, for her, continuous flight consumed less energy than hovering in the air!
So, after Amon stopped, she continued to circle and revolve around him.
At this point, Su Qian and Hu Qian also noticed some patterns: Xiao Meng was fast but not agile. After launching an attack, she had to fly quite far away before she could turn around and fly back.
"This should be a special Dou Technique…" Hu Qian analyzed seriously.
"The lack of flexible maneuvering is the flaw of this Dou Technique… Also, this seems to be a Dou Technique created entirely for the Dou Spirit realm, only suitable for Dou Spirits to use…"
Su Qian said in a low voice: "A Dou Technique with such strong specificity, I feel like she created it herself…"
"What?!" Hu Qian's eyes widened in shock.
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