In Hand

Xia Mi easily suppressed Fenrir with the authority she had built up over the years as an older sister who was practically a mother.

She said she was going out with a friend and told Fenrir to stay behind and watch the house. At the same time, she assigned him a mountain of study tasks.

On the streets of Beijing, Richard had changed into modern clothes. Even his cyan hair had turned black, and he had gotten it cut short. Otherwise, with his previous appearance, the Chaoyang Masses would have stared at him like he was a monkey.

He held a cup of milk tea, drinking it as he took in the sights around him. Xia Mi walked beside him.

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

"I don't know. Before I transmigrated, I was just an ordinary office drone. I'd never even been to Beijing, and I had no idea what the capital looked like in 2008. Everything I knew about it came from television.

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

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

"2025."

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

"No. Let's go. In the end, it's only a similar flower." 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 previous life and no regrets.

But how did that saying go again? A transmigrator choosing not to return home and being unable to return home were two entirely different concepts. Choosing not to return meant he could go back anytime—he was a successful man returning home in glory. Being unable to return meant he was screwed.

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. Conveniently, that man used the image of a playboy to deceive the world, so tracking him down was extremely easy.

The two of them 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 method for long-distance travel. 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?

Richard was also too lazy to fly, but that did not stop him from looking down on her.

Perhaps some instinctive connection truly existed. Xia Mi suddenly shuddered, looking around in confusion before locking onto Richard.

"You brat, were you thinking something bad just now?" Xia Mi narrowed her eyes.

"No, absolutely not." Richard loudly denied it.

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

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

The entire sequence flowed smoothly. After searching his memories, they confirmed that they had found the right person. This man was Odin. Then they withdrew.

"That's it?" Xia Mi found it hard to believe. Even if there was no evenly matched showdown lasting eight hundred rounds, 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 gap in strength, and with me launching a surprise attack first, you think I still couldn't take him down?" Richard nearly spat in her face. This was an insult to his strength.

"True. It just went so smoothly that I can't quite believe it." Xia Mi laughed awkwardly.

"Isn't going smoothly a good thing? Or do you have Stockholm syndrome? Do you feel uncomfortable unless you get abused?" Richard said.

Every useful thing in Odin's mind had already been extracted, including Alchemy and his personal insights into various laws. Although insights into laws were highly personal and abstract, not something one could comprehend simply by reading someone else's understanding, they still held immense reference value and were treasures beyond measure.

Just obtaining Odin's memories had already made this trip immensely worthwhile, let alone 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, and Richard and Xia Mi were preparing to take them over. According to their agreement, those two Nibelungens belonged to Xia Mi. Once she had claimed them, Xia Mi would kill this man and devour his Dragon Bone Cross.

It had to be said that Odin was the real workaholic. Look at him—he had prepared a whole host of forces under his command. His personal strength had not fallen behind either, as he had continuously worked hard to refine his Alchemy. He also possessed enormous wealth. This was what a model of hard work looked like.

Then look at Xia Mi. Her strength was lacking, she had no forces, and she was so poor that she needed a job to make ends meet. It was simply unbearable to look at.

But who told this girl to have such absurd luck and be chosen by the Chat Group? In one stroke, the salted fish had turned over, and the serf had risen up singing. Odin had nowhere to argue his case.

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

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

Twin siblings still took their familial bonds into consideration and could not bear to strike each other, like Xia Mi and Fenrir, or Norton and Constantine. But when they encountered other Dragon Kings, there was nothing to discuss.

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

After devouring his Dragon Bone Cross, Xia Mi's strength increased enormously, and she gained the Authority of Sky and Wind. That made her a little full of herself.

"Ha ha ha, Richard, fight me." An arrogant voice rang out. Richard, who had been silently digesting his spoils, 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 digesting these gains at full force.

Even merely digesting part of them initially had given him considerable insights into the Laws of Wind, Life Law, and Laws of Fate.

He had directly begun to understand the remaining Profound Mystery of Wind Space within the Laws of Wind, and he had also gained some insight into Dimensional Blade. He estimated that it would not take long before he could grasp it. Only the final Profound Truth of Clones still gave him no clue.

He had also gained new understanding of the Profound Mysteries of Fast and Slow. The fusion of fast and slow with the Elemental Laws of Wind and Wind Movement Technique had advanced further. Naturally, his overall strength had risen another level.

But when it came to short-term growth in strength, he knew he probably could not compare with Xia Mi. Their worlds were different. He still had to painstakingly comprehend laws, while this girl merely needed to devour things.

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

Since he understood these cultivation bottlenecks inside and out, he had already comprehended a trace of the laws while still at Level 9. Thus, the moment he entered the Saint Domain, he had been at the Peak Saint Domain.

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

For a moment, the atmosphere became rather awkward.

"Why did you hit so hard? You must be unable to stand seeing me do well." Xia Mi flew back in fury. At least she had gained the ability to fly normally now. But her face was flushed red with humiliation and anger.

"That was hard? That was only 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 this girl's strength had greatly increased and tested her with Saint Domain Limit or even God Level power, she would have been dead by now.

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

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

Who would have thought this monster was so absurd? He had clearly said before, when evaluating Dragon King strength, that their maximum burst power was at the Saint Domain level, though they simply could not sustain it for long.

So after improving so much, she had thought she could be considered strong even among the Saint Domain experts he spoke of. Naturally, she wanted to challenge him. Who would have thought she still could not beat the strength he had possessed when he first entered the Saint Domain?

"That's true. Your body is definitely much better at taking a beating now," Richard said.

"How much did your maximum burst power increase? Compared with when you used World-Ending Words of Power at full force before, how much stronger are you?" he asked again.

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

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

Xia Mi thought about it, then told him what she had been thinking. Her face had already been thoroughly lost anyway, so she did not care about losing a little more.

"So you thought that increasing your normal strength several times over would make you a powerhouse 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 entering the Saint Domain can one live forever. But the gap between one Saint Domain expert and another is greater than the gap between a human and an ant.

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

The gap between a Peak Saint Domain expert who has only grasped a tiny surface-level portion of the laws and one who has gone deeply down a path of laws is also so immense that the former cannot withstand a single move from the latter.

And the gap between a Saint Domain Limit expert, who has comprehended a profound mystery of a law to the point where only one final step remains before becoming a god, and an experienced Peak Saint Domain expert is so vast that the latter cannot take even one move from the former.

With that calculation, how great do you think the gap is between an ordinary Saint Domain expert and a Saint Domain Limit expert?

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

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

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

And the guy before her truly was extraordinary. He had actually comprehended laws before even reaching the Saint Domain.

Then would he really become merely an ordinary Low-level God after ascending? The more she thought about it, the less likely that seemed. As a transmigrator familiar with the plot, how could he possibly fail to plan ahead?

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

"You do possess laws, but your physical body is too weak, which affects how much you can bring out. And you don't have Battle Qi amplification either.

Your body was previously only at the level of a Level 7-8 Warrior. Even now, it is only around Level 9, not yet at Saint Domain physical strength. Without Battle Qi amplification, your current combat power probably only barely touches the threshold of the Peak Saint Domain," Richard shook his head and said.

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