In Hand

Xia Mi's years of authority as an elder sister who was practically a mother easily suppressed Fenrir.

She said she was going out with a friend and told Fenrir to stay behind and guard the house, while assigning him a mountain of study tasks.

On the streets of Beijing, Richard had already changed into modern clothes. Even his blue hair had been dyed black and cut short. Otherwise, with his previous appearance, the Chaoyang Masses would have treated him like a monkey at the zoo.

He held a cup of milk tea, sipping it as he looked around at the scenery. Xia Mi was beside him.

"So? Is it similar to the world you came from before transmigrating?" Xia Mi asked.

"I don't know. Before transmigrating, I was just an ordinary office drone. I'd never even been to Beijing, much less knew what the capital looked like in 2008. Everything I knew about it came from television.

"Later, phones developed rapidly, and I often saw it in short videos too." There was nothing he could not say, so Richard answered directly.

"What year did you transmigrate from?" Xia Mi asked again.

"It was already 2025."

"That is pretty late. Want to walk around some more? Relive your hometown properly."

"No. Let's go. In the end, they're only similar flowers." Richard answered without hesitation. As long as he became strong enough, returning to the world he had transmigrated from was not impossible. Although he had little attachment to his past life and no regrets, either.

But how did that saying go again? For a transmigrator, having a home yet not returning and being unable to return were two entirely different concepts. Having a home and choosing not to return meant he could go back anytime; that was the mark of a successful man, and returning home would be a triumphant homecoming. Being unable to return meant he was finished.

According to the original plot, Odin was very likely Pompeii Gattuso, the current nominal head of the Gattuso Family.

All they needed to do was find Pompeii. That man happened to use the image of a playboy to fool the world, so tracking his whereabouts was exceptionally easy.

The two headed straight for a small European country.

After getting off the plane, Richard once again lamented how useless the Scummy Dragon King was. She did not even have a long-distance movement ability. Unless she transformed into a dragon, even flying was difficult for her. And wasn't she the King of Earth and Mountains? Why did she not even know Earth Escape Technique?

Although Richard himself could not be bothered to fly, that did not stop him from looking down on her.

Perhaps she sensed it somehow. Xia Mi suddenly shuddered. She looked around suspiciously before fixing her gaze on Richard.

"Were you thinking something bad just now?" Xia Mi asked with narrowed eyes.

"No. Absolutely not." Richard loudly denied it.

"Heh..." Xia Mi was certain that this guy had definitely been badmouthing her just now.

They found Pompeii Gattuso among a crowd of women, suppressed him mentally, then crippled him. The mental attack damaged his soul, after which they controlled him mentally and searched his soul.

The entire sequence was smooth and effortless. After searching his soul, they confirmed they had found the right man. This guy was Odin. Then they withdrew.

"That's it?" Xia Mi found it hard to believe. Forget a clash of equals or an eight-hundred-round battle—they should at least have exchanged a few moves, right? Otherwise, how could that possibly match the grandeur of a boss like Odin?

"Who are you looking down on? With such a huge difference in strength, and with me ambushing him first, you think I still couldn't take him down?" Richard nearly spat in her face. This was an insult to his strength.

"Right. It just went too smoothly, so I can hardly believe it." Xia Mi said with an embarrassed laugh.

"Isn't it good if things go smoothly? Or do you have Stockholm syndrome? Do you only feel comfortable after getting abused?" Richard asked.

They had already extracted everything useful from Odin's mind, including Alchemy and his personal insights into various laws. Although insights into laws were highly personal and extremely abstract, and one could not simply comprehend them by reading someone else's insights, they still held tremendous reference value and were priceless treasures.

This trip had already been enormously profitable just from obtaining Odin's memories, not to mention the two Gungnirs. Yes, two. Odin had forged two Gungnirs, and they were also his greatest achievement in Alchemy Armament.

They also learned the locations of the two Nibelungens. Richard and Xia Mi were preparing to take them over. According to their agreement, the two Nibelungens belonged to Xia Mi. Once she had taken them over, Xia Mi would kill Odin and devour his Dragon Bone Cross.

It had to be said that Odin was the real workhorse. Look at him—he had built up a whole network of forces under his command. His personal strength had not fallen behind either, as he had constantly worked hard to refine his Alchemy. He even possessed immense wealth. This was the true model of diligence.

Then look at Xia Mi. Her strength was lacking, she had no forces, and she was so poor that she had to work to make a living. It was simply painful to watch.

But who told this girl to have such absurd luck that the Chat Group chose her? In one stroke, a salted fish turned over, and the serf began to sing. Odin had nowhere to complain.

Two days later, after taking over all of Odin's assets, Xia Mi directly ended Odin and devoured his Dragon Bone Cross.

The struggle for Authority and Power between Dragon Kings had always been this cruel. The victor became king and the loser perished; it was life or death, nothing more. The seeds had been planted from the moment the Vinster King created them.

Twin siblings still cared about familial affection and could not bear to strike, such as Xia Mi and Fenrir, or Norton and Constantine. But when they encountered other Dragon Kings, there was no need for mercy.

Odin had already devoured his own twin, Li Wuyue, completing the unity of Authority and Power. He could be considered the strongest among the current Dragon Kings.

After devouring his Dragon Bone Cross, Xia Mi's strength increased greatly, and she gained the Authority of Sky and Wind. It made her a little inflated.

"Hahaha, Richard, fight me." An arrogant voice rang out. Richard, who had been quietly digesting his gains, raised his head in surprise. Had this girl improved that much?

Having obtained Odin's memories, he naturally had not gained nothing. Over the past few days, both his main body and Clone had been fully focused on digesting those gains.

Even this initial digestion had given him considerable insights into the Laws of Wind, Life Law, and Laws of Fate.

He had directly entered the remaining Profound Mystery of Wind Space within the Laws of Wind, and he had also gained some understanding of Dimensional Blade. He estimated that he would enter it before long. Only the final Profound Truth of Clones still eluded him.

He had also gained new insights into the Profound Mystery of Speed and Profound Mystery of Slowness. The fusion of speed and slowness with the Wind Elemental Profound Mystery and Wind Movement Technique had advanced further. Naturally, his overall strength had risen another level.

But when it came to short-term improvements in strength, he believed he was probably no match for Xia Mi. After all, they came from different worlds. He still had to painstakingly comprehend laws, while she merely needed to keep devouring.

He truly was curious about Xia Mi's current strength. So, he casually swung out a strand of Battle Qi, mixed with some of his insights into the Laws of Wind. It was roughly at the level of power he had possessed when he first entered the Saint Domain.

Since he thoroughly understood cultivation bottlenecks, he had already comprehended a trace of law while still at Level 9. Thus, upon entering the Saint Domain, he had been at the Peak Saint Domain.

Xia Mi confidently charged forward, then Xia Mi was sent flying backward.

For a moment, the scene became rather awkward.

"Why did you hit so hard? You must just hate seeing me do well." Xia Mi flew back angrily. At least she now possessed the ability to fly normally. But at this moment, she was so embarrassed and furious that her face had turned red.

"That was hard? That was the strength I had when I first entered the Saint Domain," Richard said unhurriedly.

"Besides, aren't you uninjured?" Richard could not help feeling fortunate that he had not used more strength.

If he had truly assumed that her strength had greatly increased and tested her with Saint Domain Limit or even God Level power, she would be dead by now.

"So what exactly did you improve?" Richard asked curiously.

"But I really feel like I improved a lot. My strength has increased by at least several times, especially physically. I even feel stronger than in my Hela Form," Xia Mi said angrily.

Who could have known this freak was so abnormal? He had clearly said before, when evaluating the Dragon Kings' strength, that their extreme burst power was at Saint Domain level, only that they could not sustain it for long.

So after improving this much, she had naturally thought that she could be considered strong even among the Saint Domain fighters he spoke of. That was why she had wanted to challenge him. Who would have thought she could not even defeat the strength he had possessed upon first entering the Saint Domain?

"That's true. Physically, you are much better at taking hits now," Richard said.

"How much has your ultimate burst power increased? I mean, compared to when you previously used your World-Ending Words of Power desperately?" he asked again.

"I don't know. I haven't used it. I can only vaguely sense that it has indeed increased, but I can't say by how much," Xia Mi answered dejectedly.

"What exactly were you thinking?" Richard asked, curious about her thought process.

Xia Mi thought for a moment, then told him what she had been thinking earlier. She had already embarrassed herself badly enough, so she did not care about a little more.

"So you thought that increasing your normal strength by a few times would make you a strong fighter in the Saint Domain?" Richard's expression turned strange.

"Is there a problem with that?" Xia Mi sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly asked.

"Of course there is. The Saint Domain is the threshold for immortality in the Coiling Dragon World. Only by stepping into the Saint Domain can one live forever. But the difference between Saint Domain fighters is greater than the difference between humans and ants.

"The gap between a Saint Domain fighter who has comprehended laws and one who has not is so vast that the latter cannot even withstand a single move from the former. The former is also known as a Peak Saint Domain.

"The gap between a Peak Saint Domain who has only comprehended a tiny superficial fragment of law and a Peak Saint Domain who has gone far down a single law is also so vast that the former cannot withstand even one move from the latter.

"And the gap between a Saint Domain Limit fighter, who has comprehended a Law Profound Mystery to the point of being only one step away from becoming a god, and an experienced Peak Saint Domain is so vast that the latter cannot take a single move from the former.

"With all that considered, how great do you think the gap is between an ordinary Saint Domain fighter and a Saint Domain Limit fighter?

"And by the way, when I first entered the Saint Domain, I was not an ordinary Saint Domain fighter. I was a Peak Saint Domain who had comprehended laws—and not the kind who had merely grasped a superficial trace of them." Richard explained with a smile.

"Ah!!!" Xia Mi finally understood completely. She wanted to die. She was so embarrassed that she wished she could dig out a three-bedroom apartment underground with her toes and bury herself in it.

Her understanding had been inadequate. How could she have known that the difference in strength between Saint Domain fighters could be hundreds or thousands of times? It truly was the difference between humans and ants.

And the guy in front of her really was extraordinary. He had actually comprehended laws before even reaching the Saint Domain.

Then when this guy became a god, would he really only be an ordinary Low-level God? The more she thought about it, the less likely that seemed. As a transmigrator familiar with the plot, how could he possibly not plan ahead?

"No, wait. Haven't I comprehended laws too? I also possess Authority, so why am I still this weak? With my understanding of laws, I should at least be an experienced Peak Saint Domain. You must be lying to me. You definitely used Saint Domain Limit strength just now," Xia Mi said viciously.

"You have indeed grasped laws, but your physical body is too weak, which affects how much you can use them. And you do not have Battle Qi amplification.

"Your previous physical strength was only at the level of a Level 7-8 Warrior. Even now, it is only Level 9, not yet at Saint Domain physical strength. Without Battle Qi amplification, by that calculation, your current combat power has probably only just reached the threshold of Peak Saint Domain," Richard said, shaking his head.

Xia Mi was speechless. So in this guy's eyes, she was still weak.