Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya Flee in Disarray

While Xiao Yang was in seclusion, breaking through to the Dou King realm, Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya, having received reports from their subordinates, each prepared a generous gift and came to invite Xiao Yang to join them.

A nine-year-old Fourth-Grade Alchemist—what kind of weight did that carry? They both knew perfectly well.

However, when they arrived near the detached villa where Xiao Yang lived, the first thing that caught their eyes was a figure that made their faces change drastically!

That Strong Ranking Tournament had cemented Zi Yan's position as the number one in the Inner Courtyard, and it had left both of them with lasting psychological scars.

Just as the two steeled themselves and prepared to go up and assess the situation—

"Boom!"

A heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The roof of that villa was suddenly blown away, and a golden pillar of energy, seemingly capable of piercing through heaven and earth, erupted into the sky like a volcanic blast!

The pillar gradually contracted, eventually condensing into an enormous golden sphere. It was as though a second sun had suddenly appeared in the sky!

All the natural energy within a hundred zhang was completely absorbed!

At that moment, there was not a trace of natural energy left within that hundred-zhang radius! Such was the might of a Heaven-Tier Cultivation Technique!

Now that Xiao Yang had entered the Dou King realm, the power of the Heaven-Tier Cultivation Technique, the Great Sun Glazed Art, had finally begun to reveal its edge!

At that moment, Xiao Yang finally understood the terror of a Heaven-Tier Cultivation Technique. All the natural energy within a hundred zhang had been sucked dry in an instant!

One had to know that the natural energy of the Douqi Continent did not possess only one attribute. Yet now, all the natural energy within a hundred zhang had first been drained completely, then, regardless of attribute, converted into fire-attributed energy by Xiao Yang's Heaven-Tier Cultivation Technique, before being refined into Xiao Yang's own Dou Qi in that brief instant!

In that single instant, without even taking a Dou Ling Pill, Xiao Yang had leaped directly from an Eight-Star Dou King to a Nine-Star Dou King!

This was the might of a Heaven-Tier Cultivation Technique!

That ability to forcibly convert energy regardless of attribute, along with that terrifying refining efficiency—those were the truly powerful aspects of a Heaven-Tier Cultivation Technique!

To use a rather inappropriate analogy, if a high-level Earth-Tier Cultivation Technique took several days and nights to sink the Japanese islands with explosions—

Then a Heaven-Tier Cultivation Technique would sink them in an instant with a single slap.

Though the outcome was the same, the time spent and the power output were entirely different!

Xiao Yang was immersed in the thrill of his breakthrough. Having reached the Dou King realm, the Human Dantian Small World within him had begun to resonate with the greater world outside. Even without deliberately circulating his cultivation technique, the energy of heaven and earth began pouring endlessly into his body.

With merely a thought, the Dou Qi within him surged from every corner of his body like a bursting flood, rushing endlessly through his meridians and dantian like the Yangtze River—an inexhaustible supply that could be drawn upon without end.

A casual punch from him could rival the attack power of a Da Dou Shi, or even a Dou Ling, using a Profound-Rank Fighting Skill!

The golden pillar of light slowly dissipated. Xiao Yang's tightly shut eyes had opened. His shoulders gave a slight tremble, and then the Dou Qi within him suddenly surged forth, following a strange route through his meridians before finally erupting from his back.

"Bang!"

A pair of golden flaming wings abruptly unfurled from his back, spanning several zhang—gorgeous and breathtaking!

Meanwhile, Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya, who had been standing before Xiao Yang's villa, exchanged a glance before turning around in unspoken agreement and fleeing at full speed!

Invite him? Invite his ass!

Even setting aside his identity as an alchemist, he was a nine-year-old Dou King! What right did they have to invite him?!

Did they really not know what they had sent people there to do before?

Wasn't it because they had their eyes on the enormous, astronomical amount of "Fire Energy" Xiao Yang had obtained after crushing the entire Fire Energy Hunting Competition?

When they sent Liu Sheng and Chu He over, hadn't they intended to collect tribute fees from the New Students?

As for inviting him to join Wolf Fang or Lie Shan, that had merely been an excuse.

They had long investigated Xiao Yang's background and knew that he was arrogant by nature. He would never join another faction or bow his head to anyone.

Their original plan had been simple: if Xiao Yang refused to join, they would have an excuse to collect tribute fees from the New Students.

Their calculations had been sound, but they had not expected Xiao Yang to offer them a third option—openly revealing his identity as an alchemist.

Forcing the two of them to come personally and invite him.

But who could have expected that he would turn around and directly break through to the Dou King realm?!

What the hell was there left to say?! Even if the two of them were tied together, they would not be enough for him to beat with one hand!

Put bluntly, their little schemes had probably been seen through by him long ago.

He neither accepted nor refused. He simply gave them no chance to make a move!

Then, with a backhanded gesture, he broke through to the Dou King realm, delivering a massive slap that left both of them seeing stars and reeling in confusion!

What kind of monster was this?! A nine-year-old Dou King! Nine years old!!!

In terms of talent, strength, or methods, they were not even worthy of carrying his shoes!

Arrogant? What arrogance? A nine-year-old Dou King naturally had every right to disregard people like them, who were already in their twenties yet still stuck at the Dou Ling realm!

In the eyes of a nine-year-old Dou King, people like them were naturally nothing but trash.

At that moment, both Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya felt their Dao hearts shatter.

They had originally thought Xiao Yang was merely a nine-year-old child. What kind of waves could he possibly stir up?

Although Lin Xiuya had always appeared refined and gentlemanly in the original story—

The problem was that Xiao Yang was simply too dazzling, like the blazing sun itself, so bright that everyone found him glaring!

Back then, even when he and Liu Qing had joined forces, they had still suffered defeat against the final two teams of the Black White Twin Devils. Yet Xiao Yang had single-handedly torn straight through them!

Combined with Xiao Yang's complete disregard for the Senior Students, even someone with Lin Xiuya's temperament could not help feeling uncomfortable. As for Liu Qing's overbearing nature, there was even less need to mention it.

Yet only now did they understand what it meant to be a frog at the bottom of a well!

A true dragon among geniuses, even while young, was not someone mortals like them could hope to rival.

As for why the two of them were so certain that the Dou Wang flying through the sky was Xiao Yang rather than someone else?

It had been said many times already—in the Inner Courtyard, Xiao Yang was the only one who could celebrate Children's Day!

The distinguishing feature was far too obvious!

However, Xiao Yang clearly had not noticed Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing at all. Slowly descending to the ground, Xiao Yang smiled at Zi Yan. "Let's go! First, we'll settle the score with that Snow Demon Sky Ape. Then I'll stand guard for you while you take the Transformation Pill!"

"Mhm, mhm! Alright! Xiao Yang, then let's hurry!" Zi Yan nodded repeatedly, then immediately took the lead as the two headed for the Back Mountain.

From beginning to end, Xiao Yang had never spared a thought for Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya, who had come here earlier only to flee in panic!

It had to be said, that was truly tragic.