When Fame Grows, Trouble Follows

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations! You have disrupted the storyline of Battle Through the Heavens and thrown the female lead's heart into turmoil. You have caused the female lead, Xiao Xun'er, to waver in her feelings for Xiao Yan. Reward: 40,000 Experience Points. 8,000 Coupon Points."

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations! Your Experience Points have reached the threshold for advancement. Current level: Six-star Fighter!"

As the system's voice faded, a ripple of Dou Qi stirred around Xiao Han. He could feel that the amount of Dou Qi in his Dou Qi Vortex seemed to have broken through to a new level.

"Six-star Fighter!"

Cough, cough.

Xiao Han clutched his chest and coughed softly a few times. He muttered to himself, "That was quite a risk just to disrupt the storyline. As expected of the Gu Clan's young lady who possesses the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. One palm strike injured all my internal organs! Still, my efforts paid off—I advanced in realm! My hard work wasn't wasted!"

"Master, you really took too much of a risk." System Xiao Ai sounded somewhat distressed. "If Xiao Xun'er hadn't held back, if she had truly wanted your life rather than merely venting Xiao Yan's anger, you would already be dead!"

"Mm." Xiao Han nodded in agreement.

That had truly been a blessing amid misfortune.

Xiao Xun'er had only wanted to teach Xiao Han a lesson. Had she fully unleashed the Heavenly Flame, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, the defenseless Xiao Han definitely would not have been able to withstand even one of her palm strikes.

"Today's battle was quite an eye-opener for me." Xiao Han summed things up. "My realm was clearly three stars higher than Xiao Xun'er's. She was a Two-star Dou Zhe, while I was a Five-star Fighter. The purity of our Dou Qi was about the same. Yet the gap in our fighting techniques still gave her the strength to fight me. Right now, the only fighting technique I possess is the Yellow Tier Low Grade Stone Shattering Palm!"

"Master, there's no need to belittle yourself. If you had skillfully used Palm Absorption together with the Heavenly Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then even if you couldn't defeat Xiao Xun'er, you could certainly have held her off to the end. Besides, Master, have you forgotten your strengthened right hand? If you used the power of your right hand, Xiao Ai estimates that, as long as Xiao Xun'er did not use the Gu Clan's secret Heaven-grade Fighting Skill, the Great Annihilation Finger, or the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Slash, you would have a ninety-nine percent chance of defeating her."

"I know." Xiao Han said calmly, "But if I did that, Xun'er might get hurt. If she gets hurt, my heart hurts. I, Xiao Han, can't bring myself to strike my future woman!"

"So Master would rather get hurt himself?"

"Yes." Xiao Han nodded.

"Master, I have to say, you're quite scheming!"

"What are you talking about? That's called wisdom." Xiao Han smiled and corrected her. "If I hadn't watched so many TV dramas, and if the previous Xiao Han hadn't had such a bizarre hobby—stealing those things was one thing, but he even collected them—I really wouldn't have thought of such a good way to shake Xun'er's heart."

Xiao Han had to be grateful for the previous Xiao Han's bizarre hobby. If not for that, with Xiao Xun'er's rock-solid love for Xiao Yan, Xiao Han would have had a real headache trying to disrupt the storyline and take the female lead for himself.

If he had not transmigrated, this secret probably would have remained unknown forever.

The previous Xiao Han!

The moment Xiao Han said those words, he found them rather strange. He had fused with the previous Xiao Han's memories. He was Xiao Han from Earth, but he was also the previous Xiao Han. Still, that particular strange hobby seemed to have been cleansed away by his Earth soul during the fusion of their souls.

Although today had been an act, his words had come from the heart.

Xiao Han truly knew Xiao Xun'er's intentions. He knew she wanted to vent Xiao Yan's anger. He knew she would not go easy on him and would injure him. Yet he had still treated it as a date.

Fortunately, today's battle had brought him considerable gains. Not only had he received 40,000 Experience Points and advanced by one star, but Xiao Han had also made up his mind to obtain higher-tier fighting techniques. A high-tier fighting technique could greatly increase a person's combat strength.

If Xiao Han's guess was correct, Xiao Yan had deliberately chosen a technique at the Fighting Technique Hall today, and once he returned that evening, Old Man Yao would teach him a fighting technique—the Mysterious Tier Advanced Eight Extremes Collapse.

Xiao Han was also extremely interested in the Eight Extremes Collapse.

"Xiao Ai!"

Thinking of the Eight Extremes Collapse made Xiao Han's heart itch. He asked, "If I use the Extraction ability on Xiao Yan, can I extract the Eight Extremes Collapse that he learned from Old Man Yao?"

"Master, Xiao Yan is also a living being. Since you were able to extract the Bone Spirit Cold Flame from Old Man Yao, who is in a soul state, you can also extract the Eight Extremes Collapse Xiao Yan has already learned. However, the human body possesses many attributes: life, blood, vision, and so on. Whether you can extract the Eight Extremes Collapse you want will depend on your luck," Xiao Ai explained.

"Oh." Xiao Han nodded, then seemed to notice something and asked in surprise, "Wait, Xiao Ai. You just said that I can even extract someone's life force?"

"Yes. All things in the myriad worlds are made up of numerous attributes. You can vaguely understand these attributes as the elements that make up an object. A living being's life force is also a unique attribute. However, whether life force can be extracted also depends on luck." Xiao Ai explained in detail.

To put it simply, everything had attributes. It was just that the system's Extraction ability extracted attributes randomly. What attribute would be extracted depended entirely on one's luck.

"However, Master," System Xiao Ai continued her analysis, "there is a vast difference between your level and Xiao Yan's. Xiao Yan is not stupid, either. Even if he wants to reclaim the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, he probably will not fight you. Moreover, if you do not fight in public and force Old Man Yao to reveal himself, you will not be a match for him. There is a one hundred percent chance that he will kill you instead."

"Mm, your analysis is correct. But my god, life force can actually be extracted too!"

Xiao Han could not help indulging in fantasies.

If he merely pointed a finger at someone, extracted that person's life force, and instantly killed them, how terrifying would that be?

"Ow!"

While Xiao Han was lost in such fantasies, he suddenly bumped into someone.

Raising his head, Xiao Han found the person utterly unfamiliar and looked at her in confusion. "You are...?"

Xiao Han was currently in his Independent Courtyard. The other person had just come out from inside. Her appearance was ordinary enough, with an oval face that was at least pleasant to look at. Still, Xiao Han did not recognize her at all.

Their eyes met, and her face turned bright red. She did not dare look at Xiao Han as she said sweetly, "Brother Xiao Han, I'm Xiao Yanyan. I came from the Xiao Clan in Luoyang Town to the main clan in Wutan City. You can call me Yanyan!"

"Oh. Yanyan, did you need something from me?" Xiao Han asked curiously.

"I came to find you... I came to find you... I came to find you... because..." Xiao Yanyan was clearly a shy woman. She had intended to state why she had come, but when she raised her head and met Xiao Han's gaze, the words already at her throat were forced back down. She stamped her foot, ran past Xiao Han, and quickly vanished from his sight.

"What kind of act was that?"

Xiao Han shook his head with a smile.

After entering the inner courtyard, Xiao Han found the maid Xiao Hua sitting on a stone chair in the yard, looking extremely unhappy. When she saw him enter, her tone was full of jealousy. "Young Master, lots of people came looking for you, and they brought lots of things. Go look in your room yourself!"

"Things?"

Xiao Han curiously pushed open the door.

"Damn!"

Xiao Han stared wide-eyed at the things on the table in his room.

They were not anything else. They were all women's underwear. Beside quite a few of them were love poems, roughly saying that after seeing Xiao Han today, they had lost their souls and could not even eat. In short, they had fallen for Xiao Han.

Xiao Han was utterly speechless.

Apparently, what had happened on the Fighting Technique Hall's arena today had made everyone misunderstand that Xiao Han still had that bizarre hobby. After witnessing Xiao Han's outstanding talent, those fangirls had taken the initiative to offer up their private belongings in order to please him.