First Meeting with Xiao Yi Xian

Although the Demon Armor had just seemed to care about him, Xiao Han wasn't about to easily trust something that had tried to burst him apart during the initial fusion and kept messing with his emotions through the armor's power afterward.

Just like before—it was Xiao Han's first time killing someone.

Such a bloody scene, yet Xiao Han felt no discomfort at all. Instead, when he saw the blood splatter, a faint thrill stirred in his heart, like some kind of pervert!

Even worse, when Xiao Han looked at death, he subconsciously thought of murder as a form of art?!

WTF?!!!

He, Xiao, wasn't Ryunosuke Uryu!

Why did he have such terrifying thoughts?!

As a model youth raised under the Red Flag, Xiao Han's past life had been that of a law-abiding citizen with a good attitude, hardworking, and diligent.

For so many years, he'd never even been called in for a chat by Uncle Police. In fact, he'd helped them catch a few thieves out of civic duty—clearly, he was harmless.

Since the problem wasn't him, it had to be the Demon Armor.

That little thing just wouldn't give up, constantly pulling tricks behind the scenes. If Xiao Han's Soul Power weren't so strong, he really wouldn't be able to withstand it.

That Demon Armor was rotten to the core!

When the day came to tear off the mask, Xiao Han would pay any price to turn that Demon Armor into a Little Loli and thoroughly discipline and toy with it!

Bullying an honest man came with consequences!

(Cǎo Mǐn Yǐ)

And besides...

Xiao Han lowered his head in thought. After witnessing that earth-shaking finger from the Demon Armor in the soul world, he was a bit stunned.

Now, he couldn't imagine at all how Honor of Kings, a world where even city-level destruction was rare, had given him such a terrifying Demon Armor.

After spending 10 Energy Value as a consultation fee to ask the system, he was sure this was definitely the system's shady doing.

The Hero Template was still that of Kai Dad, but the Demon Armor on him was said to be a Demon God the system had grabbed from somewhere, brainwashed, and refined into armor.

Truly terrifying methods.

Still, Xiao Han didn't suspect the system of scheming against him.

For one, he was just a small fry. If the system wanted to mess with him, he'd have died countless times already.

In that case, using conspiracy theories to make himself miserable was just asking for trouble—he wasn't bored enough to fight shadows.

For another, most of his achievements came from the system. Without it, there'd be no Xiao Han now, and he still had a grateful heart.

That's why Xiao Han rarely cursed the system for being black-hearted and scammy like other transmigrators.

But his system didn't have a high-intelligence system spirit like those Next Door. Even when he communicated with it, it was cold and distant, as if it only saw Xiao Han as a tool.

Wuwuwu! He was so jealous! He wanted an emergency food supply and a Flesh Cup as a system spirit!

Shaking his head to dismiss those weird thoughts, Xiao Han opened his skill panel as he intended.

There, a new skill had appeared.

"Dou Technique Training:

Purple Cloud Wings [Heaven Stage High Level] (Mastery)"

Good grief—just from the Demon Armor's finger exploding the Purple Cloud Eagle's soul and letting Xiao Han's soul world absorb it, he'd reached mastery level in this Flying Dou Technique. It made Xiao Han a bit embarrassed, wondering if he'd misjudged the Demon Armor.

Just a moment ago, he'd been plotting against the Demon Armor, and now, seeing real benefits, he did a complete face-turn.

Humans really were creatures of interest.

Demon Armor: (▼皿▼#)

"But since I've mastered the Purple Cloud Wings, it's time to leave."

Xiao Han thought, his Dou Qi moving with his will, flowing along two tiny branched meridians into the small wing tattoos on his back.

Receiving the Dou Qi transmission, the pitch-black tattoos immediately released a faint purple glow, eventually solidifying into real wings.

Xiao Han curiously touched them—they felt like feathers—but he knew it was only because the energy was so abundant that the Purple Cloud Wings were this condensed.

If he pushed them to their limit in flight, the wings' realism would drop.

Yeah, the more functions running, the worse the graphics.

Based on his past life's knowledge, Nima, wasn't this just frame drops?!!!

And when the Flying Dou Technique was deployed, the black eagle wings expanded from palm-sized to about one and a half meters.

One wing was one and a half meters, so a pair was a full three meters!

Boom!

Whoosh—crackle, pop—!!!

As if they were an extension of his arm, Xiao Han instinctively flapped the massive purple-black wings, kicking up a storm of sand and stones.

"Cough! Cough, cough, cough!"

Caught off guard, Xiao Han was instantly choked. The Original Work never mentioned this side effect of the Purple Cloud Wings.

But in the next moment, Xiao Han's eyes lit up. This method of using the powerful wind pressure from his wings to kick up dust could easily catch someone off guard and put them at a major disadvantage!

If he were in battle, Xiao Han could instantly summon the Purple Cloud Wings and hit his opponent with this move—even if it didn't blind them, it would cause serious disruption.

Maybe he could use this to create a brand-new auxiliary Dou Technique!

Who said transmigrators could only leech off the original protagonist's opportunities?

We can create our own skills too, alright?!

For now, he shelved the wild ideas racing through his mind. Xiao Han activated the wings based on the understanding he'd absorbed from the Purple Cloud Eagle.

Boom!!!

With a single flap of both wings, Xiao Han shot up from the ground at a terrifying speed, ascending hundreds of meters in a straight line in an instant!

And in this situation, thanks to the flight experience inherited from the Purple Cloud Eagle, he quickly stopped his upward momentum right after clearing the nearly impassable cliff, using the Purple Cloud Wings' hovering ability to stay at his desired altitude.

Xiao Han looked down at the earth from above, watching the forest shrink from how high he'd flown, and burst into laughter!

His handsome features, paired with a pair of purple-black wings spanning three meters, made Xiao Han look like a Fallen Angel from myth!

"Flying—that's the highest form of human freedom! That saying really isn't wrong!" Xiao Han closed his eyes and spread his arms, feeling the wind rushing past his face.

Thanks to the terrifying quality of Dou Qi from the Heavenly Stage Technique and the insane speed at which it absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to recover, unlike Xiao Yan's first summoning that only produced thirty-centimeter wings, Xiao Han's current form truly showcased the real power of this Flying Dou Technique!

With his passive recovery of 1% Dou Qi per second while out of combat, Xiao Han could even use the Purple Cloud Wings for extended gliding and travel without issue.

But there was one problem: Flying Dou Techniques were rare anywhere.

While Dou Ling-level experts could barely glide for short periods of hovering, and could avoid detection if careful enough—

If a Dou King or Dou Emperor or higher noticed him, Xiao Han was dead.

An innocent man doesn't carry a jade—but the jade itself is the crime.

He didn't know if the technique could be cultivated repeatedly, but if those people casually grabbed Xiao Han and killed him, the Xiao Family probably wouldn't even dare to make a sound!

Survival of the fittest—that was still the unchanging rule of this world.

So after climbing onto the cliff, Xiao Han only took in the scenery for a moment before quickly retracting the Purple Cloud Wings and landing on the edge.

Following the path back down the mountain, Xiao Han deliberately took many detours, stirring up a large number of first and second-tier magical beasts.

To gain Energy Value, Xiao Han began slaughtering these beasts that dared to attack him.

Along the way, countless sword beams shot out, sword light flew wildly, and who knew how many innocent trees were cut down.

During this period of drawing his sword and fighting, the Yellow Rank High sword technique Cloud Crushing Swordplay had unknowingly been perfected by Xiao Han!

From starting to study the sword technique to mastering it, only a little over a month had passed—and in that month, he'd only spent a small fraction of the time practicing swordsmanship, using the rest for other things.

Counting it all up, it was barely a week. Xiao Han went from learning swordsmanship from scratch to perfecting it—an absolutely terrifying talent for the blade!

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for acquiring Energy Value: 10."

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for acquiring Energy Value: 7."

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for acquiring Energy Value: 5."

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for acquiring Energy Value: 20."

Hearing the endless stream of system notifications ringing in his ears, Xiao Han felt ecstatic. A strange grin spread across his face as he went on a killing spree even more crazily.

He didn't even bother to avoid getting splattered with beast blood all over his face. At this moment, Xiao Han's entire body reeked of the bloody stench of the magical beasts that had tried to kill him and been killed instead.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for breaking through the 400 Energy Value mark. Keep up the good work and aim for new heights in Energy Value acquisition!"

Twelve first-tier magical beasts and four second-tier beasts brought Xiao Han a very considerable amount of Energy Value.

When Xiao Han followed the small path through the Magical Beast Mountain Range back to Green Mountain Town, he found an inn to stay at. The innkeeper wasn't surprised by Xiao Han's appearance—coming out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range meant fighting beasts, and he'd seen plenty of people who didn't bother with appearances.

So Xiao Han took a bath, then began to regulate his body, using a full 300 Energy Value points to upgrade his alchemist level to Grade 2.

"Secondary Profession: Alchemist (Second Grade)

Experience (1/5000)

Refinable Pills:

First Grade Pills:

Qi Returning Pill; Blood Coagulation Powder; Energy Accumulation Pill; Golden Wound Powder.

Two-Grade Pills:

Can spend 4999 Energy Value points to advance to Third-Grade Alchemist."

After that, Xiao Han started trying to refine the Two-Grade pill formulas Old Man Yao had given him. The pills that had previously had an extremely low success rate now, after Xiao Han cheated his way to Second Grade Alchemist, saw a huge boost in success rate and a significant improvement in quality.

A few days later

Taking a light sip of tea, Xiao Han leisurely nibbled on a freshly baked meat bun. After staying at the inn for a few days, his Dou Qi cultivation and alchemy skills had both improved somewhat. It was time to leave.

Just as Xiao Han was packing his bags to check out, the noise coming from outside the window suddenly caught his attention.

Sticking his head out the window, Xiao Han tilted his head slightly. Through the gaps in the crowd not far away, he could faintly make out the figure of a woman in a white dress.

As the crowd dispersed, Xiao Han finally got a clear look at the woman surrounded by the throng.

No, calling her a woman—she was more of a young girl! Because she looked far too young; Xiao Han estimated her age to be about the same as his own.

The girl wore a light white dress. Though her features couldn't compare to the peerless beauty of Xun'er or Qinglin, she could still be called a rare beauty.

Her face, carrying a faint, serene smile, exuded a fresh and ethereal aura. This unique temperament greatly elevated her charm.

This girl was naturally very pretty. Even if her face wasn't quite on par with the two girls of the Xiao Family, she was still an undeniable beautiful girl.

His gaze shifted to her willow waist, bound by a green sash. Gazing at that waist, so slender it seemed barely a handful, a flicker of admiration passed through Xiao Han's eyes.

In this world, beauty wasn't solely determined by how good-looking one's face was. Beyond an impressive figure and a lovely countenance, temperament was the key factor in a person's allure.

And to be honest, perhaps because she was still too young, this girl, who appeared to be around 14 years old, had a figure that fell short even of 12-year-old Qinglin, who carried Serpent-Human Clan blood. Her regrettably flat, unremarkable chest was simply pitiful to behold.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the legendary Xiao Yi Xian, right?"

Resting his chin on his hand as he watched Xiao Yi Xian, surrounded and adored by a group of mercenaries, Xiao Han's memories of her came flooding back.

Back when he'd read Battle Through the Heavens, he too had held a fondness for this girl—the one who, in the original work, accompanied Xiao Yan from a Dou Practitioner all the way to a Dou Saint, sharing every hardship, risking life and limb for him, watching him become an emperor, and finally choosing to leave silently.

They say companionship is the longest confession of love. Back then, Xiao Han had thought that in the final chapter, Xiao Yi Xian would become Xiao Yan's wife. He never expected her to resolutely walk away.

That ending had stunned Xiao Han. He couldn't figure out why Potato had arranged it that way. Just looking at all the storms and trials she'd weathered with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian was the one most deserving of being his wife!

Unfortunately, in the late stage, after the Dou Saint arc, Potato forcibly wrote Xiao Yi Xian out of the story, then kept handing Medusa opportunities to forcibly boost her Dou Qi cultivation, just to match Xiao Xun'er.

Potato's crude and straightforward moves were so obvious that anyone could see through them, leaving Xiao Han utterly speechless at the time.