Zi Yan, Su Qian

Xiao Yan hid in the jungle on the outskirts of the valley, holding his breath and concentrating on the scene in the valley that felt so disjointed.

In the center of the valley, a massive, bear-like, Fifth Tier peak magical beast— the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear —was roaring deafeningly.

Its eyes were bloodshot, and every time its powerful forelimbs slammed the ground, it caused rocks to crumble and the earth to tremble.

However, standing in confrontation with this enormous creature was actually just a petite little girl in white who looked only twelve or thirteen years old!

The little girl had long, light purple hair that reached her waist, and her delicately sculpted face held a stubbornness beyond her years.

Behind her, a pair of solid purple Dou Qi Wings unfolded, and she nimbly weaved through the ferocious paws of the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear.

That tiny fist, no bigger than the claws of the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear, contained terrifying power completely disproportionate to its size. Each time it struck the demon bear's scales, it produced a dull, drum-like thud, causing the peak Fifth Tier demon beast to roar in pain and its massive body to tremble slightly.

This terrifying physical strength, comparable to that of Dou Wang expert, made Xiao Yan extremely envious.

With such distinctive features, Xiao Yan naturally recognized the little girl's identity.

Zi Yan?

How did she end up here?

Xiao Yan frowned.

He had visited the Herb Repository once before, but hadn't seen Zi Yan. At the time, he simply thought it was bad luck that he hadn't encountered Zi Yan.

But judging from the current situation, perhaps at this point in time, Zi Yan had not yet been brought into the Inner Academy by Great Elder Su Qian?

Xiao Yan pondered to himself.

Meanwhile, the battle in the valley was also quite intense.

Although Zi Yan, as Ancient Void Dragon of the Void, was not much weaker than the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear, who was stronger than her, Xiao Yan knew that the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear could obtain the extremely rare power of its ancestor, the Primordial Demon Dragon Bear, by activating the blood-colored demonic patterns on its body.

In this state, this guy's physical attributes will skyrocket, and even Sixth-Rank Magical Beast wouldn't dare say it could defeat him in that state!

In general, given the strength of Zi Yan's bloodline, she only needs to release her pressure, and the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear would not dare to attack her at all.

I have no idea why these two started fighting...

Could it be for the medicinal herbs?

Xiao Yan knew that Zi Yan lacked most was a large amount of pure energy, so after a moment's thought, Xiao Yan's gaze swept back and forth across the valley.

A moment later, his gaze settled on the depths of the valley.

There, a pale golden plant was emitting a soft glow. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the stem of this medicinal herb resembled a snake, covered with fine scales. Nine pale golden leaves were evenly distributed throughout its body, one of which appeared to be slightly smaller and not yet fully grown.

Nine-Leaf Golden Snake Grass?

Xiao Yan's eyes widened.

This is an extremely rare and precious natural treasure. Its main function is to strengthen physical fitness, broaden meridians, and solidify the foundation. It is mainly used for refining elixirs of Sixth-Grade and above.

Using it as the main ingredient, it can be used to refine a Sixth-Grade Pill called the Body-Forging Golden Pill. Not only can it boost the physical attributes of a Dou Wang expert to the point where they are comparable to some Fifth Tier magical beasts known for their physical strength, but it can also stabilize their foundation. If Peak Dou King takes it, there is a certain chance that they will break through the bottleneck and advance to the Dou Wang level.

Even if Dou Huang expert takes it, their physical attributes will still be significantly improved. Although it's impossible to completely strengthen them to the level of a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast, it can at least narrow the gap in physical attributes. Furthermore, due to its effect of widening meridians and consolidating the foundation, this pill can also increase the success rate of breaking through to Dou Zong by an additional 10%.

Therefore, the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear must also see the Nine-Leaf Golden Snake Grass as the key to its breakthrough to the Sixth Tier, so it is naturally impossible for it to give it up easily.

Even so, shouldn't the immense power of the Ancient Void Dragon's bloodline be enough to subdue an Earth-Shaking Demon Bear with the bloodline of the Primordial Demon Dragon Bear?

It should be understood that even the Primordial Demon Dragon Bear could not be arrogant in front of the Ancient Void Dragon. After all, in the Dou Qi Continent, all magical beast groups that have dragon blood but are not of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan are intimidated by the Ancient Void Dragon's bloodline pressure.

Logically speaking, as long as Zi Yan uses her bloodline pressure, even if the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear is unwilling, it will have to watch helplessly as Zi Yan takes the item away.

But the current scene, where it's a fight to the death with no clear winner, clearly proves that either Zi Yan didn't use her bloodline pressure, or if she did, it didn't have the desired effect.

"Roar!!!"

As Xiao Yan pondered, a violent roar resounded throughout the valley. Xiao Yan snapped out of his reverie and looked over, only to see the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear standing up, its blood-red demonic patterns beginning to glow with an ominous blood light!

The next moment, the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear's body swelled up as if it had been inflated, and its brownish-yellow fur began to turn red with blood light. Dark red scales grew on its two giant claws, and in no time, they transformed from bear paws into a pair of huge, sharp dragon claws!

At this moment, Zi Yan looked to be less than half the size of the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear's claw!

It roared and charged toward Zi Yan, its ferocious bear face becoming even more grotesque. Its hands, which had transformed into dragon claws, slammed toward Zi Yan with a piercing shriek that tore through the air. Such formidable power would probably make even Dou Huang expert retreat!

Although Zi Yan possessed astonishing strength, her petite frame seemed unable to completely dodge this furious attack, which contained the full power of the demonic bear.

Her expression changed slightly, and purple Dou Qi rapidly condensed in her fists, preparing to meet the demonic bear's attack head-on.

However, she had only recently advanced to the Fifth Tier, and although her physical attributes were stronger than those of an ordinary Fifth Tier magical beast, she was still unable to easily withstand a full-force attack comparable to that of Sixth-Rank Magical Beast.

"Not good!"

Upon seeing this scene, Xiao Yan was immediately alarmed.

He naturally understood that even the Ancient Void Dragon couldn't possibly fight across an entire realm!

Xiao Yan certainly couldn't stand by and watch Zi Yan get seriously injured by the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear. After all, this little girl had amazing potential, and she was backed by the Dragon Emperor, the number one race in the Beast World and the strongest Dou Sheng on the Dou Qi Continent. In the future, she would become the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Now that he has such a good opportunity to meet Zi Yan in a classic hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenario, he naturally has to lend a helping hand.

It's definitely not for some kind-hearted, beautiful, and powerful female Dragon Emperor who can be big or small!

Instantly, Xiao Yan's Purple Cloud Wings popped out from behind him, and he shot out of the treetops like an arrow!

This time, he directly used the Wind Flurry Residual Shadow, the Misty Cloud Sect's strongest acceleration Dou Technique!

"Eight Extremities Collapse!"

While suspended in mid-air, Xiao Yan Dou Qi wildly within his body, Cobalt Blue Flame rose from his right fist, transforming into a cobalt blue keratinous gauntlet. At the same time, the dark red luster unique to his newly cultivated Quenching Body covered his entire body, directly pushing his physical strength to its limit!

Instead of attacking the demonic bear's body directly, he delivered a powerful punch to the side of the bear's eye, which, proportionally speaking, was its temple.

"Bang!!!"

A deafening roar echoed through the valley!

The violent energy ripples spread out in a ring, shattering and sending the surrounding trees and rocks flying!

As we all know, Ek = mv²/2.

Therefore, when Xiao Yan pushed his speed to the limit, the power unleashed by his own kinetic energy, combined with the power of his Quenching Body (comparable to Fourth-Order Magical Beast), the power of the Eight Extremities Collapse, and the impact of the compressed Heavenly Flames and Dou Qi, combined together, the resulting attack was undoubtedly comparable to a full-force strike from Fifth Tier magical beast.

Secondly, p=F/S, the smaller the area of force application, the greater the pressure and the greater the force intensity. Compared to the massive body of the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear, Xiao Yan's fist is obviously very small, so the power of the fist acting on his head is extremely terrifying!

Then, to Zi Yan's somewhat bewildered gaze, a dark shadow flashed by, and then punched the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear on the head, sending it flying.

Ah?

Her gaze shifted and landed on the dark figure that had been revealed.

A young man dressed in a black robe with wings on his back was grinning with a somewhat distorted expression.

Forces act in pairs.

Although the Earth-Shaking Demon Bear was sent flying, Xiao Yan felt an immense force coming from his fist. Even with his powerful body, which had reached the minor stage of the Quenching Body, he was shaken so badly that his blood and qi surged. He felt as if he had been hit by a giant hammer. Because he forcibly stopped his movement on the spot, the muscles in his arm were torn and some bones were fractured.

If it weren't for his Quenching Body, he would probably have broken a bone by now.

"You..."

Zi Yan looked at Xiao Yan with some surprise, a hint of curiosity flashing in her dark eyes. She seemed not to understand why this suddenly appearing Da Dou Shi dared to interfere, and even successfully interfered in her battle with a peak Fifth Tier magical beast.

"Roar!!!"

The Earth-Shaking Demon Bear was knocked down with a single punch, its brains almost completely scrambled by Xiao Yan's blow. At this moment, it had completely lost its mind and entered a state of rage!

In its eyes, Xiao Yan at this moment seemed to have activated his Shadow Clone Technique, actually transforming into seven or eight figures!