All This
Niu Dingtian coldly watched the crowd rushing towards him. Among them were academy teachers, students from hidden classes, and people fighting to survive. They unleashed their abilities to attack Niu Dingtian.
However, the result was as expected and regrettable. The strong wind blocked all abilities, and Niu Dingtian directly grabbed the neck of the person charging ahead. Terrifying Xuan power burst out and surged into the person's body, then returned with some of the person's strengths.
With a wave of his hand, Niu Dingtian tossed the man aside, then blocked another attack. With a surge of power, he slammed the men down. His large, fan-like hand grabbed the man who had attacked him, lifting him to his face. It was Qi Rou, the teacher who had brought him into the academy.
"You can't do it like this." Niu Dingtian still, various attacks hitting his body, but he blocked all the attacks with the armor formed by his Xuan power, and then casually killed or absorbed the attackers.
"The gap between me and you is simply too vast. I'll stand right here and let you kill me; you still wouldn't be able to kill me now."
"You are far too weak. There is no point in you killing me now. I have thought of a way." Niu Dingtian began to digest the various things in his body, and his body began to swell. Originally 1.78 meters tall, he has now swelled to 2.78 meters and is still growing.
Qi Rou, who was originally quite tall, was dwarfed by Niu Dingtian, who held her in his hand. Niu Dingtian threw Qi Rou to the ground and said, "Here's what we'll do. I'll help you become stronger. Whenever you think you're strong enough, you can choose to kill me."
Niu Dingtian's fingernails, like daggers, sprang from his right hand, slicing through the palm of his left hand. Blood, imbued with Shadow Power, began to seep out. After all, he had consumed one of Lu Li's clones, and his body had undergone a tremendous change, making him practically inhuman.
Holding a palm the size of a pot lid in front of Qi Rou, its surface glistening with blood like black pearls, Niu Dingtian wore a smug smile, "Want to kill me? Drink this, and you'll gain power. You can see how strong and pure this power is. You need it."
"So, what is the price for Niu Dingtian?" Qi Rou had begun to realize the truth. Although their strength was not weak, it was extremely fragile compared to a demon king like Niu Dingtian.
"All of this..." Niu Dingtian's enormous body swelled once more, growing to over three meters tall. He said maliciously, "Right now, you are nothing more than snacks to me. Eating you won't provide much benefit, and you won't even taste very good."
"My power can make you grow strong and delicious. As for whether you can eventually turn on me and devour me completely, that's up to you," Niu Dingtian said nonchalantly.
Qi Rou stood up, looked at the blood-red black pearl in Niu Dingtian's hand, then turned to look at the crowd who had stopped attacking. They were grimacing in pain, but to survive and to avenge themselves against this demon king, temporarily submitting to him wasn't out of the question.
As for those who refused to submit, they chose to fight meaninglessly and were killed by Niu Dingtian in no time. Those with a little talent were absorbed and eaten like snacks.
"Alright, for the sake of the Great Cloud Mountain Academy." Qi Rou looked at those who had fallen helplessly at Niu Dingtian's hands, grabbed a jet-black blood pearl, and swallowed it directly. The power of shadow surged into Qi Rou's body; it was a different kind of power from Xuan power.
It eroded Qi Rou's body and bloodline, her profound energy and soul, and also seeped into Qi Rou's life soul space, corrupting the Great Bluebird as well.
Qi Rou opened her eyes, and everything in the world had changed. Black patterns appeared on her body, and her eyes flashed with a dark light. With a wave of her hand, a Black Wind burst forth from her body, corroding the ground and leaving it pitted and cratered.
"You traitor! Enemies can be forgiven, but betrayal is absolutely unacceptable. And you're supposed to be Dean Qi's granddaughter!" A student from the hidden class said with a look of despair, conjuring a long sword from flames in his hand and thrusting it directly at Qi Rou's back.
A gust of Black Wind swept by, and the physical body of the hidden class student was directly blown into black ash, leaving only a skeleton. The black ash formed from the student's flesh and blood Integration into the Black Wind, along with his soul, which was captured by the Black Wind, causing endless curses and wails to echo from within Black Wind.
"Is this power? Then, Demon King, is this power enough to kill you?" Qi Rou said coldly. Black Wind howled, and a large bird formed from a mixture of Shadow Power appeared in mid-air.
"What do you think?" Niu Dingtian ignored Hei Black Wind and grabbed Qi Rou, tossing her aside. He then spread his other hand, revealing the jet-black blood pearls. "So, are you willing to taste the power?"
The crowd in the arena, looking at the remaining skeleton and imagining Niu Dingtian's invincible figure, couldn't help but swallow hard.
Meanwhile, in the distant Plumfall City, in the back garden of the Yang Family, Yang An finally finished his stroll and, with the help of his maid Bizhu, lay down on his luxurious bed. What he was thinking about was how to obtain the Yang Family's heirloom, the Heavenly Secret Stone, and how to persuade the Yang Family to allow him to undergo personal soul awakening.
Plumfall City was jointly founded by several powerful families, and the city lord is also rotated among these families. Every year, the city holds an awakening ceremony, but the number of participants is limited. This serves two purposes: firstly, to showcase the talents of each family, and secondly, to release a portion of the awakening slots to divert attention from the conflicts among ordinary people.
As the young master of the Yang Family, Yang An Yang An naturally involved. On his way to the Soul Awakening Ceremony, he got into a fight with the young master of another prominent family, the Wang Family, and was ambushed and hit on the head, thus missing the awakening ceremony.
The Yang Family certainly had the ability to hold a personal awakening ceremony for him, but firstly, he had been injured and unconscious for quite some time, and secondly, a personal awakening ceremony would be too wasteful, as his personal reputation was also somewhat poor.
Although his father was the head of the Yang Family, he couldn't decide everything. So in his previous life, he was required to wait a year before attending the public awakening ceremony, which caused him to miss many things. He was probably still discussing this matter now.
Months later, after the Yang Family was destroyed and his parents were brutally murdered, he remained a powerless mortal. With the family heirloom, the Heavenly Secret Stone, he fled to another place under the escort of his loyal servant. Only after experiencing the tragic death of Bizhu did he regain his strength and discover the secret of the Heavenly Secret Stone. Unfortunately, it was all too late.
But in this life, everything is different. Let's start with the awakening ceremony. Yang An's eyes were full of determination and resolve.