Xiao Aotian's Passionate Speech

After Yang Shan closed the message, he discovered that there were still two "unread" messages in the system message.

After Yang Shan clicked on them, he discovered that they were actually two Global Announcement!

[Ding! Global Announcement: Player "Xiao Aotian" has single-handedly defeated the two veteran powerhouses of the Black-Corner Region, the "Gold Silver Duo and Gold Silver Duo Elders," and successfully recruited them into his ranks. This victory has made him famous throughout the Black-Corner Region. Player "Xiao Aotian" has been confirmed to meet the requirements for entering the "Heaven Ranking" and has been granted the right to customize his name once!]

[Ding! Global Announcement! A cause for celebration! The Heaven Ranking player "Xiao Aotian" has established a formidable reputation on the Dou Qi Continent, with numerous legends circulating throughout the world. All beings revere his name: Flame Heavenly King!]

Yang Shan checked the time the Global Announcement was posted; it had been just ten minutes ago!

"They've already made it onto the Heaven Ranking, why are they still so angry?"

Yang Shan felt that something was amiss.

He then looked at the message Su Yitang had sent him. "Ho ho! Boss, I'm impressed! I'm impressed! The most deadly slap in the face is the one that doesn't need to be delivered. Xiao Aotian has really been slapped in the face this time!"

Yang Shan: "Su Yitang, what do you mean by swollen face? What exactly happened?"

Su Yitang: "Oh, the Heart Demon Trial will block messages, right? Boss, you're so isolated from the world, you don't know what happened. I won't say anything, just go to the forum and enjoy the gossip, hehe!"

Yang Shan immediately opened the forum.

The top trending topic on the forum is "Newcomer to the Heaven Ranking: Flame Heavenly King".

After Yang Shan opened the post, he found that the most popular reply was a video.

After Yang Shan clicked on the video, he realized that it was actually a recording of Xiao Aotian's live stream!

In the scene, Xiao Aotian is dressed in a black robe, and Giant Ruler, taller than himself, stands to the side.

His expression was like that of royalty; though his smile was faint, a hint of arrogance always shone through.

"Hello everyone, I am Xiao Aotian!"

"In the last few days, the topic of who is stronger, me or Ms. Su Yitang, has been making headlines on the forum."

"Because of its high popularity, some people with ulterior motives deliberately stirred up trouble, and even used it as a reason to incite unhealthy emotions between male and female players."

"I, Xiao Aotian, hereby declare that I am very good friends with Ms. Su Yitang and Mr. Yang Shan, the boss of her company. We have met privately many times and have also collaborated a lot in the game."

"As the undisputed number one female player, I fully acknowledge and admire Ms. Su Yitang's skill."

"If I have the opportunity to have a fair fight with Ms. Su Yitang in the future, it would be my honor."

"In major competitions, the top three can all stand on the podium. We often talk about the top three, right? The second and third place are actually quite similar. So I urge everyone to have a rational discussion and not let some people with dirty minds deliberately stir up trouble."

"Of course, my goal has never changed."

"Just a few minutes ago, everyone should have received the Global Announcement. I want to thank my friend Jin Shankao sending a gold-level alliance! Gold Elder is so generous! I'll immediately send out a thousand red envelopes to everyone to celebrate. Please help me follow Gold Elder!"

"Getting back to the main point, my goal has never changed: to become the best in the world! And to lead the Heaven Flame Alliance to become the number one guild in the entire server!"

"Of course, the current number one in the entire server is our True Lord Yang. True Lord Yang and I are definitely best buddies! Medusa Queen became the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and it was all thanks to True Lord Yang and me working together to help Medusa transform!"

"The best friend can also be the best rival. True Lord Yang and I still maintain a healthy competitive relationship."

At this point, Xiao Aotian clenched his fist. "Although True Lord Yang is still recognized as the number one player in the entire server, I, Xiao Aotian, am now the only player on the Heaven Ranking in the entire server besides True Lord Yang!"

Xiao Aotian's fist trembled slightly:

"I now have the strength, ability, courage, drive, and qualifications to keep up with True Lord Yang!"

Perhaps Xiao Aotian's words were indeed persuasive.

Perhaps the world has suffered under the True Lord for too long, and Xiao Aotian is indeed theoretically the player most likely to catch up with Yang Shan.

The hero who challenges the Demon King must possess a resilient mind and unwavering faith.

Since the server opened, Xiao Aotian has never stopped striving. No matter how powerful Yang Shan is, he has never lost the courage to challenge Yang Shan! Among hundreds of millions of players on the server, only Xiao Aotian has maintained his pursuit of "becoming the strongest" to this day! Many viewers have begun to cheer for Xiao Aotian.

As Xiao Aotian looked at the screen filled with "666," "Xiao Aotian is awesome," and "Xiao Aotian, you're so handsome," his heart surged with excitement! Xiao Aotian's resounding tone resembled a motivational speech, and his voice rose considerably due to the content of the speech:

"In this version, I admit I'm not as good as True Lord Yang. But I, Xiao Aotian, have proven with my actions that True Lord Yang is not out of reach! I am the second- Heaven Ranking player on the entire server, and the gap between us is shrinking at a visible speed!"

"Maybe in the next version, maybe in the version after that!"

"My goal, Xiao Aotian's goal, has always been to be the strongest!"

As Xiao Aotian spoke, his breathing became more rapid. His eyes widened in anger, and he pulled out the Giant Ruler beside him, pointing it high to the sky, as if he possessed the spirit to shatter the heavens.

"Even if it's the Blade Sovereign Yang Shan in the sky, I, Xiao Aotian, will still shatter this heaven! I..."

[Ding! Global Announcement: Auspicious Purple Qi Comes From the East the east, a sign of good fortune! The Blade Sovereign - Yang Shan, with his Supreme Foundation, has broken through the shackles of the Dou Emperor and achieved the Dou Zong realm.]

The sudden Global Announcement brought Xiao Aotian's impassioned speech to an abrupt halt.

The speech he had prepared in his mind was completely wiped out, as if his hard drive had been formatted! Xiao Aotian's face was flushed with excitement.

Now it looks like all the blood vessels in his face have burst, and he looks as red as a monkey's bottom.

This is being broadcast live!

Xiao Aotian glanced at the comments section unconsciously. "Holy crap, is the blood congestion that severe?"

"It's warm to the touch! It's warm to the touch!"

"Holy crap, even the most satisfying web novels and dramas wouldn't dare write a face-slapping script like this! I feel so sorry for Heavenly King Xiao!"

"I'm in a panic!"

He's panicking!!!

"Um, I, I..."

Xiao Aotian tried to reorganize his words, and then he saw a picture float across the screen in the comments. "Damn! End the stream!"

The video ends here.

Yang Shan glanced at the comments below the video.

The three most liked comments Battle Through the Heavens' Top Meme Maker": Thanks to True Lord Yang and Heavenly King Xiao for the inspiration! Here are some memes!

ID Watching Fun Without Needing Paper: I never tip streamers, but today I tipped 8.8 yuan to buy bandages for Heavenly King Xiao!

ID Smile Transfer: I knew Heavenly King Xiao's nose was so red during his live stream! Just then, Xiao Aotian popped up a voice call.

Yang Shan quickly wiped away the tears of laughter, forcibly suppressing his emotions and steadying his voice. "Hello?"

Immediately, Xiao Aotian's hysterical roar came from the other end of the communication line:

Do you know how I spent my day? Do you even know?!

Yang Shan: "Um, Brother Xiao, about this matter..."

Xiao Aotian: "Don't call me Brother Xiao anymore. I have a title now. Call me Heavenly King Xiao, and I can accept it!"

Yang Shan subconsciously thought that "Heavenly King Xiao" is now a popular meme material on the forum.

However, driven by her kind heart, Yang Shan decided not to provoke Xiao Aotian too much.

On the other end of the communication, Xiao Aotian looked like a gambler who had lost everything. His hair was a mess, and he took two steps forward with his hands on his hips, then turned around and took two more steps forward.

"How did you become Dou Zong?"

"No! How could you possibly be Dou Zong now?"

"I'm only Seven Star Dou Huang, how did you get there so fast?"

Yang Shan suddenly realized:

"Oh, I thought you were upset because I embarrassed you during the live stream, but it turns out you were upset because I leveled up too fast."

Xiao Aotian: "Your Global Announcement is really... Sigh, whatever, it was all a coincidence, how can I blame you?"

Xiao Aotian had planned everything perfectly.

He had received a system notification earlier that if he did one more thing that could cause a stir even within the Black-Corner Region Domain, he would be able to enter the Heaven Ranking.

Coincidentally, the Gold Silver Duo, were among Xiao Aotian's most hated.

Xiao Aotian didn't have this ability before.

However, his strength has greatly improved, and his level has risen rapidly. He is now confident that he can deal with the Gold Silver Duo.

Xiao Aotian's original intention was to kill the Gold Silver Duo single-handedly, thereby causing a huge uproar in the Black-Corner Region.

The Gold Silver Duo, Xiao Aotian, could rival Dou Zong, Seven Star Dou Huang, killed the Gold Silver Duo, which meant that he was also capable of killing One-Star Dou Zong! Unexpectedly, the Gold Silver Duo injured elders finally softened and expressed their willingness to pledge allegiance to Xiao Aotian Xiao Aotian, begging him to spare their lives.

Yang Shan: "Congratulations, Brother Xiao! You actually have two Nine Star Dou Huang subordinates!"

Xiao Aotian: "Hmph! Just kidding. Who am I, Flame Heavenly King? Gold Silver Duo. By the way, Mycelium Bro, the main forces of Demon Flame Valley and Sky Eagle Sect are going to seize White Stone Mountain. Will you come?"

Yang Shan: "Are you coming?"

Xiao Aotian: "If you come, I won't come! If you don't come, I will!"

Yang Shan: "Oh, not so arrogant anymore?"

Xiao Aotian: "Arrogant! When have I, Xiao Aotian, not been arrogant? But arrogance and being brainless are two different things. Who can beat you now? But don't be careless. I will definitely reach the Dou Zong soon! I will surpass you one day."

Yang Shan just smiled and didn't say anything.

What's the use of a breakthrough?

Given Xiao Aotian's personality, when he becomes Nine Star Dou Huang and sees that the highest level in his foundation information is only "Perfect," and then sees the four big words "Supreme Foundation" in the Global Announcement, it's no wonder he gets furious! Without becoming Supreme, one cannot break through to Dou Zong! But Foundation Spiritual Object that breaks through the Perfect limit is something on the same level as "Naling"!

The Seven-Colored Flame Crystal was formed when Medusa transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python! In the Black-Corner Region, such a thing is probably something that can only be encountered by chance and is extremely rare.

Xiao Aotian will have to stay at the Dou Emperor for a long time.

However, Xiao Aotian's character is truly commendable.

Even though he's been turned into a meme, Xiao Aotian still hasn't given up on taking his throne!

Yang Shan: "Alright, then keep up the good work. Oh, by the way, why did you choose such a name?"

Yang Shan remembered that Xiao Aotian's name in his previous life was not "Flame Heavenly King", but "Proud Emperor".

In his previous life, after Xiao Aotian broke through to the Dou Zong, his title did not change to the suffix "Zong". In an interview, he said that he felt "Ao Zong" was more like a power than a title, so he would change it when he became Dou Zun.

Unexpectedly, even Xiao Aotian's name has changed in this life!

Xiao Aotian: "Aren't you Blade Sovereign? Then I'll give you the title of Heavenly King, that makes sense, right? Flame Heavenly King, tsk! This name sounds awesome! In the future, I won't need to change my title when I become Dou Zong Dou Zun. Maybe when I become Dou Sheng, I can change to something even more awesome, like Great Sage Aotian! Hahahaha!"

Yang Shan stroked his chin.

So it turns out that Xiao Aotian used this title because he was inspired by this "True Monarch"! That makes sense.

In his previous life, Xiao Aotian was the first player to receive the title, which served as a benchmark to some extent.

Therefore, many other players from the Three Sects and Twelve Emperors later chose the traditional "realm suffix" from Battle Through the Heavens as their names.

Forget about the Emperor Zhu, the Poison Emperor, and the Wind Sword Emperor. In this life, the title "Blade Sovereign" is the true benchmark!

Just like the current 2.1, it is completely different from the previous life.

After Yang Shan turned off the communication, he stretched:

"What will happen in the future is really hard to predict!"

Yang Shan's current development has far surpassed that of his previous life, and the road ahead is full of unknowns.

Yang Shan knew that he needed to write his future development plan in more detail and make it more reasonable.

This is a very brain-teasing matter.

But if they want to maintain their lead, this is something they have to do.

Although Yang Shan has now become Dou Zong, there is still a problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible: potential!

Although Yang Shan broke through to the Dou Zong, he did not obtain Potential Spiritual Objects of the Seventh Order.

Therefore, his Extremely Fast Potential remains at the level of Nine Star Dou Huang.

Yang Shan's experience points will now be halved.

Not only that.

The origins of the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and the Sea Heart Flame also need to be upgraded to the Dou Zong level.

The experience required to upgrade Dou Zong to one star is two million.

Compared to the Dou Emperor, the increase in numbers is not too outrageous.

The key challenge lies in the experience loss from kills.

The experience gain from defeating Dou Emperor has been significantly reduced.

To level up quickly, even using a level 6 King of Beasts as a training dummy, it would still take a considerable amount of time.

The experience points gained from killing players in Faction Blood War are far less than those from NPCs or monsters of the same level, because players will immediately resurrect after dying.

To upgrade Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and the Sea Heart Flame to the Dou Zong level, each requires ten million experience points.

Therefore, Yang Shan must first obtain at least one Seventh Order Essence Spirit Crystal, or Potential Spiritual Objects of the same level, in order to gain three times the experience, so that he can quickly raise the two great Heaven and Earth Oddities to the Dou Zong level.

"The Bloodshed Alliance has only occupied the Spirit Stone Mine for a short time, and they probably haven't mined any Seventh Order Spirit Crystal yet. We should keep our sights on the three forces, including the Demon Black Eagle, or perhaps go back to Black Moon Ridge and talk to Ghost Little Two and the others?"

Just as the renowned Blade Sovereign of the Northwest was pondering who he would choose as his first victim after breaking through to the Dou Zong, there was a knock on the door.

"Boss! Boss, open the door!"

Yang Shan opened the door and saw Su Yitang holding a crystal that was as dazzling as a diamond.

"Ta-da! Congratulations, Boss, on mastering your divine skills! This humble employee hereby presents Seventh Order Essence Spirit Crystal as a congratulatory gift. I am rather short of money, so please don't mind, Boss!"