"Bastard..."
"Stop right now, damn it!" Xiao Yan's face turned livid as soon as he sensed that power surging forth!
From what he could sense, Xiao Yan knew with certainty that if he let this power flow throughout his body, he would have more than enough confidence to break through the Dou Di realm and successfully advance to Dou Xian!
But Xiao Yan did not want that!
After Mu Yingying sacrificed herself, Xiao Yan's strength had shot straight from mid Seven-star Dou Di to One-turn Nine-star Dou Di. Then, after devouring the Ghost Face Soul Flame, his strength had been forcibly pushed all the way to the Dou Di peak!
Such a rapid surge in strength might have been a good thing in the immediate moment, but viewed in the long term, it was absolutely a bad thing!
After all, gaining such tremendous power in so little time would likely leave considerable lasting damage. The Dou Qi within his body would become unstable, turning into a liability when he fought others. For the sake of the heights he could reach in the future, Xiao Yan naturally dared not rashly advance to Dou Xian.
Moreover, there was one other, most crucial issue.
The Dou Core.
The reason Dou Xian experts differed from Dou Di experts was that they perfectly fused the power of life and death within their bodies, compressed their Dou Qi Sea, and formed a Dou Core. Whether in the strength of their Dou Qi or their recovery, they were far beyond anything a Dou Di could match!
But the Dou Qi in Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Sea had already vanished without a trace. How was he supposed to compress his Dou Qi Sea? Forming a Dou Core was even further out of the question!
If he rashly advanced