Luoyan Empire-Shu Xian Lou!

After Tang Baizhan exposed his identity, Yi Qingyang was very polite:

"It is I."

Version 2.0 is widely recognized as the strongest dark horse. In just a few days, it jumped from outside the top 100 on the Combat Power Rankings and forcefully squeezed into the top ten!

Tang Baizhan is actually not bad either, currently ranking sixty-second on the Combat Power Rankings.

But Tang Baizhan, who had already fought against Ye Suifeng and Jin Shankao, knew very well just how terrifying the top ten on the Combat Power Rankings could be.

To put it bluntly.

These are completely different concepts! Tang Baizhan wouldn't last twenty moves against Ye Suifeng; his Dou Qi Armor would be broken! Then he would simply wait to die!

This is without Ye Suifeng using his trump card.

If he were to use his ultimate move, Tang Baizhan even believed he would be instantly killed!

Tang Baizhan was very composed. Knowing that he was no match for Wang Tianhao, he secretly sent him a message.

Tang Baizhan was quite frank. "It was our guild leader's idea to steal monsters; I was just following orders."

Yi Qingyang did not continue to attack, but instead asked, "The War Soul Hall is actually developing quite well, so why do you insist on joining the Tian Hao Alliance?"

The merger of the War Soul Hall into the Tian Hao Alliance is quite a big news story in Battle Through the Heavens the Heavens recently.

Many players know that these two guilds previously dominated two different games of the same genre, and often clashed online over the two games.

After entering Battle Through the Heavens, it was truly a case of "Too Late to Meet," and we fought our way through version 1.0 to 1.1.

However, ever since version 1.2, when Wang Tianhao forcibly invested a large amount of money, War Soul Hall gradually became unable to cope.

Subsequently, the development of the War Soul Hall became increasingly bumpy due to repeated defeats in the competition for game resources by the Tian Hao Alliance.

Meanwhile, the Tian Hao Alliance continued its triumphant advance, and after recruiting Hao Yunqi, it gained the strength to directly confront the Hero King Manor.

Tang Baizhan has always made money by running guilds.

However, the development of the War Soul Hall made it impossible for Tang Baizhan to recoup his investment.

So, when faced with a former sworn enemy, "Hey, this one!"

Tang Baizhan chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Who would turn down money?"

Yi Qingyang understood. "That's true!"

Just as the two were talking, Wang Tianhao arrived from afar with about thirty elite members of the Tian Hao Alliance.

Tian Hao Alliance is indeed developing quite well now.

The players following behind Wang Tianhao were all eight-star or Nine Star Dou Ling.

Beside Wang Tianhao stood a large magical beast nearly ten feet tall!

This beast has the body of a lion, with a single horn on its forehead and strange purple crystals growing all over its body. Even when its purple wings are folded up, they can still cover most of its body.

This is the current number one ranked beast on the Blood Pact Magical Beast list, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose level has reached the fifth tier of the Thousand Beast King! Wang Tianhao spent nearly 1.5 million to buy the cub of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

It took several hundred thousand more resources to cultivate the Amethyst Winged Lion King to the fifth rank.

Although Battle Through the Heavens doesn't sell numerical values, the advantage in terms of money will definitely play a role in any virtual online game.

It's simply a matter of how much effect it has.

Just like Wang Tianhao, who spent two million to buy a fifth-tier Thousand Beast King as a henchman!

If Blood Pact Magical Beast were also factored into a player's own combat power, then Wang Tianhao's name should be in the top ten of the leaderboard now!

After all, Wang Tianhao is now a recognized big spender on Game Forum!

His Dou Technique and equipment were at the current version's "spending cap"! He could even rank 22nd on the Combat Power Rankings! Wang Tianhao sized up Yi Qingyang:

"You're Yi Qingyang, the one I wouldn't sign even for eight million?"

Yi Qingyang replied politely, "President Wang, there are significant differences between your guild's development philosophy and mine, so I really cannot agree to that."

Wang Tianhao waved his hand:

"Forget it, I don't want to talk about this right now. Since you've been relatively polite, you can leave now!"

Yi Qingyang: "Alright, thank you for your kindness, Chairman Wang. I'll leave immediately after I deal with that Four-Armed Puppet!"

Wang Tianhao said with dissatisfaction:

"What do you mean? Did I say I was going to give you the Four-Armed Puppet? I gave you an escape route, but you still didn't take action. You're only satisfied when you lose a star, right?"

When Wang Tianhao first entered the Battle Through the Heavens the Heavens, things weren't actually like this.

In his early interactions with others, although he was somewhat arrogant in his words, he always maintained a polite demeanor on the surface.

But things are different now.

Tian Hao Alliance is currently experiencing rapid growth. Through game revenue sharing and revenue sharing with contracted players within the guild, Tian Hao Alliance has moved beyond its initial phase of heavy investment and is gradually becoming profitable! (It's certain that they are profiting from contracted players, as seen with many small streamers they've signed.) And the profitability is only getting better.

Wang Tianhao's father, Wang Jian, seeing that his precious son had actually built his own business, casually handed over another 100 million yuan to Wang Tianhao to continue operating Tian Hao Virtual Entertainment Company! For Wang Tianhao, nothing could make him happier than receiving his father's appreciation! If a game guild wants to make money, it's not enough to just exploit contracted players; it must also compete for game resources to maintain its own advantage.

Wang Tianhao figured he had to do it whether he was being polite or not.

So he simply stopped pretending!

Any game resource he set his sights on and deemed useful, he would seize at a moment's notice! His most trusted lackey Ji Fengchun, would practically grovel before him.

"Wang Shao, you're now on the path of a ruthless and decisive emperor! In reality, we can only eat, drink, and have fun. But in the game, Wang Shao, you really have a chance to become an emperor! Look at Jia Xingtian, he's only Nine Star Dou Huang. In a few versions, when we're stronger, we can overthrow the Imperial Family directly. After that, when the NPCs of the Jia Ma Empire see you, won't they have to kneel down and speak to you?"

Spoiled brats like Wang Tianhao are the epitome of parents who are disappointed in their children.

Now that his father has praised him and he has a successful career, he's done everything that rich people can do in real life.

Wang Tianhao had never experienced the "Road to Emperor" in this game before! So Wang Tianhao's current level of concern for the Tian Hao Alliance is comparable to when he first came of age and started sleeping around with gold diggers in his sports car.

So now Wang Tianhao's ambitions have swelled once again! He only uses politeness when dealing with players he wants to sign.

If you're not happy, then let's fight!

They were all completely convinced; he was the rightful "emperor"! The key word here is: insane!

Therefore, once Wang Tianhao decides that he cannot sign Yi Qingyang, he will absolutely not give him the slightest bit of a friendly look!

However, Wang Tianhao's facial expression management was still quite good; he still smiled very politely, but his speech and behavior were rather arrogant and domineering.

"Losing one star?"

Faced with Wang Tianhao's threat, Yi Qingyang seemed unconcerned, and simply said politely, "President Wang, you're exaggerating a bit. It's very difficult for me to lose a star."

"Are you pretending with me?"

Wang Tianhao almost burst out laughing. He waved his hand and said, "Go, go, go! Send him to the respawn point. Eggplant, let's go! Come with me to dismantle that Four-Armed Puppet!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King let out a low growl and followed Wang Tianhao's steps.

Tang Baizhan was practically cursing Wang Tianhao to death in his mind! What are those thirty-odd Dou Ling worth compared to the top ten on the Combat Power Rankings?

At this point, Yi Qingyang was somewhat dissatisfied.

With a flick of his finger, a golden longsword flew out instantly, hovering in mid-air, its tip pointing at Wang Tianhao.

Wang Tianhao didn't even turn his head. "What do you mean? Yi Qingyang, I've already given you plenty of face! You still want to fight?"

"I don't want to fight!"

Yi Qingyang said in a serious tone, "Cultivating the sword is like cultivating the mind. If one's actions do not follow one's heart, the way of the sword will be difficult to achieve."

Yi Qingyang used flowery language for a while before giving his answer:

"So I will follow my heart and use my sword to send you back to the respawn point!"

"Tenth on the Combat Power Rankings? You're not even as Jin Shankao to challenge me?"

Wang Tianhao shouted, "Eggplant, bite him to death!"

"Roar!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared and spewed purple flames from its mouth.

Yi Qingyang extended his right index and middle fingers, holding them upright in front of his nose. "Turn!"

Another golden longsword flew out from behind Yi Qingyang.

The golden sword spun into a disc, completely blocking the purple flames.

At the same time, the golden sword that was originally used to block Wang Tianhao's path also thrust towards Wang Tianhao! Wang Tianhao drew his long sword and clashed with the golden sword.

Seeing that the flames couldn't subdue Yi Qingyang, the Amethyst Winged Lion King simply pounced on him.

The most powerful part of a monster is naturally its body! Dou Qi Light Wings appeared behind Yi Qingyang.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King also spread its wings.

A person and a beast flew through the air one after the other.

However, the Amethyst Winged Lion was, after all, the Thousand Beast King, and its speed was no slower than Yi Qingyang's.

The distance between the two is rapidly closing.

Purple flames once again condensed in the mouth of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

However, unlike before, this time the purple flames did not come out of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's mouth for a long time.

This is a special secret technique commonly used in the Magical Beast Realm — the Demon Spirit Cannon!

By continuously compressing and then releasing his own Demon Energy, the resulting damage is extremely terrifying.

As he sensed the growing intensity of the Demon Energy fluctuations behind him, Yi Qingyang showed no sign of seriousness.

The Dou Qi was transmitted to his back, and a pair of physical wings immediately grew from his back.

Under Yi Qingyang's control, the physical wings overlapped with the Dou Qi Light Wings.

Just then, the Amethyst Winged Lion King unleashed its long-accumulated "Demon Spirit Cannon".

The purple flames condensed into a sphere, radiating intense heat, and instantly reached behind Yi Qingyang.

The purple fireball produced an extremely terrifying explosion, and flames burned within a radius of twenty feet.

But Yi Qingyang's figure had already appeared outside the blast radius.

Another golden flying sword appeared in front of him.

With Yi Qingyang's finger, the golden flying sword, accompanied by the sound of wind being cut, seemed poised to pierce through the body of the Amethyst Winged Lion King Amethyst Winged Lion King.

As a fifth-tier Thousand Beast King, the Amethyst Winged Lion has naturally mastered many ways to utilize Demon Energy.

A defensive technique similar to "Dou Qi Armor," using Demon Energy to firmly protect the body.

Yi Qingyang's outstretched fingers trembled slightly.

The power of the golden flying sword slowly increased.

With a hiss, a portion of the golden flying sword actually pierced into the Demon Energy shield of the Amethyst Winged Lion King! However, the golden flying sword was ultimately swatted away by the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a single claw.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared, seemingly in a provocation.

Yi Qingyang said helplessly:

"The power of a single flying sword is still a bit lacking."

Yi Qingyang watched as Wang Tianhao and Tang Baizhan flew over using their Dou Qi Transformation Wings.

Two Dou Wang and a fifth-tier Thousand Beast King.

Despite facing three opponents alone, Yi Qingyang did not retreat an inch!

Wang Tianhao felt he had victory in his grasp and made a provocative remark:

"Tenth on the Combat Power Rankings, is that all? You're not so arrogant as to think you can take on three at once, are you?"

Just as Wang Tianhao finished speaking, a dozen or so figures appeared behind Yi Qingyang! None of them had broken through to the Dou Wang realm.

But they have wings on their backs to keep them flying!

The Chuyun Empire possesses a lineage of poison techniques.

The Mulan Empire a unique combined attack technique.

The Flying Dou Technique inherited by the Luoyan Empire also give players in this region a unique advantage! In comparison, the Jia Ma Empire is actually only at the bottom among the Four Great Empires.

Even if Yun Shan breaks through to the Dou Zong, he can only be said to be barely on par with the Mulan Empire.

Since they are all within the same server region National Server, Tianyao Official know that the popularity of the Jia Ma Empire far surpasses that of the other three empires, so they will naturally give some preferential treatment to players from the other empires.

Players of the Luoyan Empire who possess Flying Dou Technique will have a flying advantage even before reaching the Dou Wang.

Furthermore, Flying Dou Technique can be superimposed on the Dou Qi Transformation Wings, greatly increasing flight speed.

That's why Yi Qingyang was able to unleash a speed even faster than Wind Attribute Dou Wang of the same level.

Yi Qingyang asked, "The opponent is Dou Wang), aren't you afraid?"

The players behind Yi Qingyang laughed, "Look at what Brother Yi is saying, as if we're facing Dou Di. Dou Wang is just a Dou Wang, it's not like we haven't killed them before."

"Let's work together to defeat the Tian Hao Alliance as soon as possible, and then we can go to the second floor together!"

"We even managed to kill a Tier Thousand Beast King together last time, and now another one has appeared. I'll just say two words—kill it!"

"Exactly, what's there to be afraid of!"

Yi Qingyang admonished:

"Be polite, don't use foul language."

When Wang Tianhao saw that the group of players from Shu Xian Lou didn't seem to take him seriously, he immediately lost his temper.

What Wang Tianhao can't stand the most is being ignored! He, Wang Tianhao, is about to become the leader of the number one guild in Battle Through the Heavens, how can he be ignored?

Wang Tianhao immediately raised his longsword, Wind Attribute Dou Qi condensed on it. "Wind Piercing Thrust!"

Compared to Wang Tianhao's angry shout.

Yi Qingyang's performance was much more elegant.

With a flick of his finger, a golden flying sword collided with the sword energy.

The flying sword was deflected, but the sword energy also dissipated into nothingness.

A player from Shu Xian Lou next to Yi Qingyang said, "Brother Yi, Yan Erge received news that a few days ago, some players saw the Great God Yang Shan in Shimo City. They still haven't seen him. It's very likely that he's already on the third or even fourth floor. We can't delay! Otherwise, we won't get any of the good stuff!"

Yi Qingyang's eyes lit up. "The Great God Yang Shan is here too? I thought only his two experts from his company were here!"

Yi Qingyang shouted to Wang Tianhao, "President Wang, I have urgent business to attend to and may not be able to keep up with you any longer. Let's finish this quickly."

"A quick victory?"

Wang Tianhao was so angry that veins were popping out on his forehead. "You mean you can take care of us very quickly?"

Yi Qingyang answered with his actions.

Form a mudra with one hand.

Eight golden flying swords circled around him! "Excuse me, gentlemen!"