Dou Qi Continent, Wutan City.
[Congratulations to the host for transmigrating to the Dou Qi Continent. The God-Tier System has been bound! You have obtained one Dou Emperor Experience Card.]
Lin Mu had stood on the streets of Wutan City's Marketplace for a long while before finally recovering from the shock. He had transmigrated into the world of Battle Through the Heavens. Before his transmigration, he had been furious over the anime's butchered adaptation, but fortunately, he had also received the standard equipment of a transmigrator.
In that case, he would personally rewrite the original story!
"Dou Emperor Experience Card... I've already transmigrated. Shouldn't you give me a permanent one?"
Lin Mu could not help asking in his heart.
[The Dou Emperor Experience Card allows the host to wield the strength of a Dou Emperor for three minutes. It can be used to intimidate enemies. Once the three minutes are up, you will die without a burial place!]
"..."
Lin Mu rolled his eyes. Although late-stage Dou Emperors were only fit to guard gates, in the early stages, a Dou Emperor was more than enough to run rampant.
Even within the Jia Ma Empire, Dou Emperors were rare experts.
[Detected that the host is passing by the Xiao Family. A plot may be selected: experience what it feels like to bully others through power. The host's choice will affect the later development of the plot!] [Mission objective: Scare Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye to death. Mission reward: Starting Dou Qi level—one-star Dou Emperor!]
After accepting the fact that he had transmigrated, Lin Mu began heading toward the Xiao Family. Wutan City was not large to begin with, so finding the Xiao Family was not difficult.
"Since it's a system mission, it looks like I have to go take a look."
Just as he reached the entrance, he saw a group of people swagger into the Xiao Family. Among them was an elderly man whose aura was completely restrained. To the current Lin Mu, he absolutely counted as an expert.
"That old man must be some elder from the Misty Cloud Sect. I forgot his name."
Perhaps because of the Misty Cloud Sect's arrival, everyone had focused their attention on the group from the Misty Cloud Sect and did not notice Lin Mu slipping into the Xiao Family at all.
Ahead of the old man, Lin Mu spotted a young girl. Though she was still young, she had already grown into a graceful beauty. She was so lovely at such an age; one could only imagine how stunning she would become when she grew up.
Inside the Xiao Family.
"We came here specifically to annul the engagement with the Xiao Family!"
Nalan Yanran declared arrogantly, seeming not to care in the slightest about Xiao Yan beside her, whose nails had already dug deeply into his flesh.
Veins bulged on Xiao Yan's forehead. It was clear just how furious he was at that moment.
"This useless young master can't even retain his Dou Qi, and now he can't even keep his wife. Let's see how he can show his face in Wutan City in the future!"
Around them, some people who disliked Xiao Yan seized the chance to point fingers at him without restraint, pushing Xiao Yan to the brink of eruption.
"Heh, isn't the Misty Cloud Sect being a little too overbearing?"
Xiao Zhan rose to his feet, his expression dark.
What the Misty Cloud Sect had done would undoubtedly shatter Xiao Yan's dignity completely. From then on, his son would be scorned by even more people.
"Clan Head Xiao, I know this behavior is somewhat improper. Therefore, as compensation, this is Qi Gathering Powder that the Misty Cloud Sect specially asked Master Gu He to refine. Consider it a bit of compensation for the Xiao Family."
The old man beside Nalan Yanran spoke.
"Compensation... heh..."
"You came to annul the engagement for no reason other than because you think I, Xiao Yan, am unworthy of you, this so-called genius."
Xiao Yan pointed at Nalan Yanran, his voice brimming with rage.
"That's right, Xiao Yan. You're merely a useless cripple who can't store Dou Qi. What right do you have to be my, Nalan Yanran's, man?"
Nalan Yanran pointed the longsword in her hand at Xiao Yan.
"Watching someone bully others like this looks pretty satisfying. Let me give it a try too."
Suddenly, a voice froze everyone present in place, leaving them all bewildered.
Judging by the voice, the speaker was not very old. But why could no one present sense his aura?
"Who's playing tricks?"
The old man beside Nalan Yanran looked around but saw no one.
However, when he looked back at Xiao Yan, he discovered that a young man had somehow appeared before Xiao Yan. Nalan Yanran's sword began trembling uncontrollably, then shattered with a boom!
"Crack!"
Her sword had shattered, and Nalan Yanran stared in disbelief at the young man who had suddenly appeared.
She already possessed the strength of a Dou Zhe!
How had the person before her directly shattered her sword?
"Who are you?"
The old man beside Nalan Yanran asked.
"Although I don't want to interfere in your affairs, this continent respects strength above all else. So I also want to experience what it feels like to bully the weak."
Lin Mu grinned, but Xiao Yan stepped forward behind him. "Sir, this is a matter of my Xiao Family. Thank you for helping me, but let me handle it myself."
"Stand aside. You can come back after I'm done handling this."
Lin Mu pushed Xiao Yan away and said to the people before him, "Which one of you wants to let me experience what it feels like to bully someone?"
"You arrogant brat, do you know who you're talking to?!"
Ge Ye coldly snapped. Lin Mu had recalled his name by then. There was also a handsome young man beside Nalan Yanran, presumably Gu He's disciple.
"Where did this ignorant fool come from? Since when is it your place to interfere in the affairs of our Xiao Family?"
The Xiao Family's three elders coldly spoke to Lin Mu. If Xiao Yan accepted the Misty Cloud Sect's annulment, that Qi Gathering Powder could give their children a chance to break through to the Dou Zhe realm!
Xiao Yan was already useless anyway. Using his annulled engagement to bring some benefits to the family was no big deal!
"Since when do you get to speak when I'm doing something?"
Lin Mu suddenly released an aura from within his body, causing the expressions of the three elders who had spoken out to change drastically as they stared at him in utter terror.
At that moment, they felt an incomparably terrifying pressure, as though it could crush them into pieces the very next second.
"What arrogance!"
Terrifying Dou Qi fluctuations immediately erupted from Ge Ye's body and bore down on Lin Mu. Faced with such a powerful aura, the surrounding people could not help retreating.
Yet Lin Mu remained where he stood, calm and composed. His manner made Ge Ye feel fear rise within him.
"Boom!"
All of a sudden, a terrifying aura descended and blanketed the area. Everyone present collapsed to the ground. Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran in particular were directly at the center of that dreadful aura; their gathered Dou Qi instantly dispersed, and they fell to the ground, unable to move even an inch!
"Dou... Dou... Dou Emperor?!"
Ge Ye's trembling voice rang out.
The surroundings fell silent. This young man, who did not look much older than Xiao Yan, was actually a Dou Emperor-level expert?!
Nalan Yanran found it even more unbelievable. How could the Xiao Family possibly know an expert of this level?!
Even her proud teacher, Yun Yun, was only a Dou Emperor!
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