Gaze and Grow Stronger: Starting from Battle Through the Heavens
Chapter 9

Peak Dou Huang!

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Peak Dou Huang!

"Teacher?"

"Could he be that Teacher at the Peak Dou Ling from yesterday?"

"If it really is him, why would he come to our Yellow Class?"

Hearing Teacher Ruo Lin address Jiang Han that way, the pupils of the young students suddenly contracted.

When they looked at Jiang Han again, the envy and resentment they had felt because of Xiao Xun'er had completely vanished, replaced only by deep admiration.

Honestly, Jiang Han rather enjoyed those looks.

In any world, the strong were respected.

Jiang Han also knew full well that his Peak Dou Ling strength had been exposed, so he had to raise his realm quickly.

The more trump cards he kept hidden, the longer he could live.

Next.

Jiang Han gave the students of Yellow Class Two a brief introduction, allowing them to get acquainted.

In particular, when the students learned that Jiang Han would be teaching them alongside Teacher Ruo Lin for the coming year, every one of them trembled with excitement.

As for teaching, whenever a new student sought guidance, Jiang Han simply copied Teacher Ruo Lin's methods wholesale, adding a few insights of his own that he was not even sure were correct.

In the end, the students all applauded in approval anyway.

By evening.

"Teacher Ling, do you remember that servant who infiltrated the Xiao Family a year ago?" Xiao Xun'er looked toward the shadow beside her.

"Of course I remember him. He killed the group from the Yun Lan Sect."

The shadow nodded. "Miss, you even had me investigate his origins, but he seemed to have appeared out of thin air. There was no way to trace him."

"He has appeared again, and he has even become my teacher."

Xiao Xun'er brushed back the strands of hair before her forehead and continued, "In one year, he went from a seven-star Great Master Fighter to the Peak Dou Ling."

"This time, I will definitely uncover his background in secret." As soon as the voice faded, the shadow silently disappeared.

Before he knew it, Jiang Han had been a teacher at Jia Nan Academy for half a month.

During that time, he had seen Hu Qian many times and activated his Gaze every time.

Unfortunately, each encounter was too brief. Even after finding all kinds of excuses to delay, it was still far from enough.

Finally, after waiting another half month.

Jiang Han welcomed hope!

The annual Inner Courtyard Selection Competition!

Jia Nan Academy was divided into the Outer Courtyard and Inner Courtyard. Every year, the Outer Courtyard held a selection competition, sending the fifty strongest students of the Outer Courtyard to the Inner Courtyard for further study.

Three days later.

The Inner Courtyard Selection Competition began as scheduled.

As one of Jia Nan Academy's major events, especially on the first day, Hu Qian, the academy head, would not only attend but also give a speech on stage.

That day, the academy used its largest plaza.

The plaza was circular, with stone steps extending upward all around it like an arena. No matter where one sat, they could clearly see the center of the plaza.

Yet no matter how many seats there were, they could not contain the students' enthusiasm. At a glance, the entire plaza was packed with a sea of heads.

Jiang Han even suspected that if he were not a teacher, he would not have been able to squeeze into the plaza at all.

Fortunately, he had that status.

Though his seat was not particularly close to the front, he could still see the important figures in the leading seats with perfect clarity.

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The moment Hu Qian stepped onto the stage, Jiang Han fixed his gaze on him.

"Once again, we have arrived at the liveliest day of the year. Which fifty little fellows will enter the Inner Courtyard this year..." Hu Qian repeated the opening words he gave at the start of every competition.

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Hu Qian's opening speech lasted a full twenty minutes.

Amid the enthusiastic applause of all the students and teachers, Hu Qian returned to his seat of honor.

The moment he sat down, Hu Qian looked in Jiang Han's direction.

Their eyes met!

Just as he had expected, the discomfort that had persisted for twenty minutes had indeed come from Jiang Han.

Seeing Hu Qian look over, Jiang Han waved at him in greeting, his expression exceedingly warm.

"This brat..."

Hu Qian stroked his beard and snorted coldly, no longer paying Jiang Han any attention.

He had encountered the other party dozens of times already. Every time they met, the other party would stare at him until he disappeared.

That feeling was especially unnerving!

It had gotten to the point where he no longer wanted to see Jiang Han.

If he had not avoided chasing women when he was young, he would have interrogated Jiang Han and asked whether he was his long-lost father.

An hour later.

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"Is this ever going to end?"

Hu Qian had already lost track of how many times he had warned Jiang Han with his eyes.

Another twenty minutes passed.

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When the progress bar filled completely, Jiang Han clenched his fists. He almost wanted to throw back his head and howl at the sky!

Those hundred minutes had been far, far, far too long!

"Teacher Jiang Han, where are you going?" Seeing Jiang Han rise, Ruo Lin hurriedly asked.

"I ate something bad. I'll be leaving for a while," Jiang Han casually made up an excuse.

He could already sense the energy surging around him. He had to leave immediately, or the commotion would surely draw attention.

On the high platform, after Hu Qian noticed that the sensation of being watched had disappeared, he could not help looking toward Jiang Han's seat.

"Leaving is good."

Hu Qian let out a long breath, and his whole body immediately relaxed.

At the foot of the mountain.

Inside an empty cave.

Boom!

With a loud explosion from within Jiang Han's body, the Dou Crystal that had originally floated at the center of his qi vortex vanished.

His meridians were filled with vast Dou Qi like a raging flood. This Dou Qi no longer needed to pass through the qi vortex; it had already formed a cycle with Jiang Han's body itself.

Jiang Han controlled the Dou Qi within his body, guiding it along a specific meridian route until it surged out from his back.

Bang!

A pair of crystal-clear amber wings formed from Dou Qi spread open, like an angel's wings—brilliant and dazzling.

"Dou Qi Transformation Wings!"

"I can finally fly!"

Jiang Han flapped his wings and flew low through the cave, unable to conceal the joy in his heart.

In his previous life, he had dreamed of obtaining some supernatural ability that would let him soar through the skies.

Just imagine flying high in the air and looking down at the Yellow Boginis, Jewel Agiles, Rolls of Rolls, Fierce to Deaths, and Olympic Five Rings on the roads below...

After experiencing the thrill of flight, Jiang Han suppressed his excitement and landed again.

Because.

His cultivation increase was far from over.

Two-star Dou Wang,

Three-star Dou Wang,

Four-star Dou Wang,

Normally, advancing from Peak Dou Wang to Dou Emperor required years of accumulation and vast reserves of resources.

But Jiang Han.

Achieved it effortlessly, as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

Two-star Dou Emperor,

Three-star Dou Emperor,

Four-star Dou Emperor,

When the surging energy finally subsided, a stream of information flooded into his Sea of Consciousness.

"Just as I thought!"

Jiang Han had proven it once again.

As long as the realm gap was great enough, besides receiving cultivation sufficient to kill the target, he would also receive an additional reward.

This time, the reward was a berserk Cultivation Method called Godslayer!

The upper limit of this Cultivation Method depended entirely on one's own cultivation. The higher the cultivation, the higher its upper limit.

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