Skywater City's Hidden Strength! Di Tian Was Shaken! One Cup of Wine Was Worth Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation!

Di Tian's eyes widened, and his normally composed face flushed crimson.

How was this wine?

It was practically liquid heavenly treasure!

The energy contained in this bowl of wine was even greater than what he'd accumulated through a thousand years of arduous cultivation in the Star Dou Forest!

The Soul Power in his body surged wildly. The bottleneck that had once seemed unbreakable had actually begun to loosen under the impact of this energy.

In just a few breaths,

Di Tian clearly sensed that his cultivation had forcibly increased by thirty thousand years!

"This..."

Di Tian stared at the empty bowl in his hand, trembling.

He abruptly turned to look at Bi Ji.

Bi Ji's reaction was even more dramatic than his.

She had never been good at fighting or refining energy. After drinking the wine, she looked like a boiled prawn, white steam billowing from her body.

The Life energy within her surged wildly.

Her cultivation had been stuck at five hundred and ninety thousand years, but now, driven by this power, it surged forward like a bamboo splitting apart.

Crack!

The sound of something breaking rang out within her.

The six-hundred-thousand-year threshold that had troubled her for tens of thousands of years had actually... been broken through?

No threat of a heavenly tribulation.

No painful ordeal.

She'd just drunk a bowl of wine and broken through to six hundred thousand years?

Bi Ji sat woozily in her chair, her eyes unfocused. She was clearly a little drunk—or perhaps the immense surprise had simply left her dazed.

Seeing Bi Ji's adorable appearance, Furina couldn't help covering her mouth with a soft laugh.

She propped her chin on one hand, her eyes glimmering as she spoke with a hint of teasing.

"Oh, my."

"Looks like our little Emerald Swan sister can't hold her liquor."

"She's already blushing after just one bowl. How adorable."

The air in the City Lord Mansion's hall, once ordinary and mundane, had now grown thick and heavy.

Bi Ji didn't even have time to say a word.

The immense Life essence from the Silk Flower Wine surged through her body, yet it was impossibly gentle.

She didn't dare delay. She immediately sat cross-legged and formed a strange seal before her chest with both hands.

Jade-green light burst from every pore, enveloping her in a cocoon of emerald radiance.

How could this be wine that merely tasted good?

This was an immortal brew that seized the creations of heaven and earth, enough to transform an ordinary being from the inside out!

As a Ferocious Beast with six hundred thousand years of cultivation, Bi Ji had seen countless heavenly treasures.

Yet even the spirit herbs that had grown for tens of thousands of years in the core region of the Star Dou Forest contained less pure Life energy than this single bowl of wine.

It felt as though she'd swallowed a seed from the Life Ancient Tree whole.

As she breathed and circulated her energy, the aura that had grown somewhat unstable after her forced breakthrough rapidly settled.

Her foundation was solid—even deeper than that of Soul Beasts who had cultivated steadily, one step at a time.

Sitting beside her, Di Tian's eye twitched.

As the Beast God, he was exceptionally sensitive to energy.

He could clearly sense that Bi Ji hadn't just broken through in cultivation. Even the power of her bloodline, which had already reached its limit, showed signs of evolving under the nourishment of this single bowl of wine.

This was a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Di Tian took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his shock. He hurried to his feet and bowed deeply to Neuvillette.

He humbled himself even more than before.

"Thank you, City Lord, for the wine."

"Bi Ji can't hold her liquor, and she's made a scene in your hall. Please forgive her."

"We will remember this kindness."

Di Tian spoke politely, but inwardly he was mortified.

He was the dignified Beast God, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, and had come to pay a visit on behalf of his master, the Silver Dragon King.

And what had he done?

He'd come empty-handed, without a single gift.

He'd barely stepped through the door, and before they'd even discussed the real reason for his visit, he'd helped himself to the host's fruit and drunk a bowl of immortal wine worth tens of thousands of years of cultivation.

What kind of situation was this?

If word got back to the Star Dou Forest, how could he ever face anyone as the Beast God?

Even freeloading didn't usually go this far!

Di Tian's thoughts raced. His eyes instinctively turned toward the Sky Screen hovering in midair.

On the screen, Shui Yue'er's aura had soared, but the enormous Hell White Tiger was still ferocious. After all, it was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill between two top prodigies. Even Titled Douluo would find it a formidable opponent.

Di Tian's golden eyes narrowed slightly.

That was it!

He owed them such a huge debt. He had to find an opportunity to repay it.

The City Lord, Neuvillette, was unfathomably powerful and probably had no need of his help.

But his disciple still seemed to be fighting hard.

Those two human juniors had actually dared to attack their benefactor's disciple with lethal intent.

Di Tian silently plotted:

When it was time to leave, he'd casually capture those two humans who could turn into tigers.

And that blue-haired brat who kept giving orders from the sidelines looked unpleasant too. He'd bring him back as well.

There was no need for someone as important as Neuvillette to get his hands dirty with such menial work.

He'd make that his "return gift" for the visit.

However,

the moment the thought had just formed in his mind, Di Tian froze.

He stared fixedly at the Sky Screen, his eyes widening from their narrowed slits.

On the screen,

the human girl called Shui Yue'er swung the long blade in her hand.

No probing attacks.

No fancy maneuvers.

Just one simple slash.

As one of the strongest experts of the age, Di Tian could naturally see the skill behind the strike.

The power that erupted in that instant was nowhere near the level of a Level 98 expert. It had even faintly touched the threshold of godhood!

It was absolute domination.

Di Tian opened his mouth, then could only close it again in resignation.

Forget it.

Why would she need his help getting even?

This was a one-sided slaughter.

It seemed he'd have to find another way to repay this kindness in the future.

The battlefield at Jialing Pass was bitterly cold.

The air reeked of slaughter.

The Sky Ice Cloud Blade in Shui Yue'er's hand had become a streak of light that cleaved through the sky.

"Break for me!"

Her sharp cry rang through the heavens.

Wherever the blade passed, space tore open like flimsy paper, leaving behind a dark rift.

The once-unstoppable Hell White Tiger looked laughable before this blade light, which contained Ultimate Ice and divine laws.

Its vaunted protective Soul Power aura couldn't hold out for even a second.

Pfft—!

A soft sound rang out.

A thin red line appeared on the enormous white tiger's forehead, stretching all the way to its tail.

Then,

the entire tiger shattered with a crash, dissolving into a sky full of streaking light.

Two figures tumbled awkwardly from the air.

They were Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, who had been forced out of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Their faces were as pale as paper, and blood gushed from their mouths. They had clearly suffered a tremendous backlash.

Dai Mubai, in particular, had been the one in control of the fusion. His injuries had worsened on top of his existing ones. He couldn't even stay airborne, and plummeted like a kite with its string cut.