Sky City

[Reward Two: All members of Godwind Academy receive "Blessing of the Wind"!]

[Effect: All students' cultivation speed increased by 100%, comprehension greatly enhanced, bottleneck difficulty reduced by 50%!]

[Reward Three: Grant Venti exclusive authority - "Mastery of Divine Wind"!]

[Effect: Wherever the wind blows, it is a domain. With a single thought, one can arrive instantly, ignoring spatial distance!]

At this moment, the entire Godwind City was trembling.

Mysterious golden-blue patterns began to appear on the originally ancient city walls.

A sacred, vast energy filled with the aura of freedom instantly enveloped the entire city.

All the teachers and students of Godwind Academy within the city felt the soul power within them begin to rejoice. The previously obscure and difficult cultivation bottlenecks now appeared incredibly clear.

Jialing Pass, Spirit Hall Empire main camp.

Bibi Dong suddenly stood up from her throne, her scepter striking the ground heavily.

"Godwind City... first?!"

Her majestic phoenix eyes were filled with astonishment.

The gates of memory opened.

She remembered.

During the Continental High-level Soul Master Elite Tournament, Godwind Academy had indeed been a dark horse.

The young teacher who led them always had a smiling face, looking as if he hadn't woken up.

At that time, she had only felt that this person was somewhat unusual and hadn't paid much attention.

"How could it be him?"

"That Venti..."

Bibi Dong frowned, pacing back and forth within the Pope Palace.

"He gave off such a... harmless feeling."

"Like a blade of grass by the roadside, a gentle breeze."

"He didn't even have the domineering aura of a strong person, how could he possibly be someone who surpassed the Rakshasa God and the Angel God?"

Bibi Dong could not accept it.

The power she had obtained through immense hardship, even to the point of making herself neither human nor ghost, was actually lost to someone who only knew how to drink and sleep all day?

Beside her, Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the scene on the Sky Curtain.

"Venti..."

She understood Venti better than Bibi Dong.

While undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, she had used various pretexts to visit Godwind City to relax on multiple occasions.

Other than having a good capacity for alcohol, telling stories, and playing music beautifully, in what way did that guy seem like an ultimate expert?

"Could it be..."

A huge doubt arose in Qian Renxue's heart.

"Could there be some old monster hidden in Godwind City that even I don't know about?"

"Was Venti just put forward?"

"No, that's not right."

Looking at Venti's composed figure on the Sky Curtain as he lectured Dai Mubai, Qian Renxue denied her guess.

That kind of innate calmness and control could not be faked.

But then, Qian Renxue's heart tightened again.

"First place..."

"The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

"With such generous rewards, Godwind City has instantly become the most envied piece of fat meat on the continent."

"Mother has a domineering personality and will never allow a first-rate force that she cannot control to exist."

"Tang San is also someone who holds grudges..."

Qian Renxue clenched her fists, her eyes filled with worry.

"Venti, you've really stirred up a hornet's nest this time."

Heaven Dou main camp, Tang Sect's encampment.

"Slap!"

The teacup in Tang San's hand was crushed to powder, the scalding tea flowing through his fingers, yet he remained completely oblivious.

"Number one in Godwind City?"

"Venti is the City Lord?"

Tang San's handsome face was now overcast with dark clouds.

He had an impression of Godwind Academy.

Back in the day, Feng Xiaotian had been his rival.

But he had never once taken Godwind City seriously.

In his eyes, it was nothing more than a second-rate power tucked away in a corner.

"Brother, could the Sky Curtain have made a mistake?"

Xiao Wu tugged at Tang San's sleeve, her face also filled with disbelief.

"That's right, San."

Oscar rubbed his chin, his brows furrowed tightly.

"We've seen that Venti too, and he didn't feel that strong."

"He didn't even have much soul power fluctuation."

"How could he possibly be ranked three places higher than our Tang Sect?"

Ma Hongjun snorted from the side.

"I think this Sky Curtain is broken."

"Dai Mubai and the Master are over there; once they return, we'll naturally know what kind of tricks this Godwind City is hiding."

Tang San took a deep breath, the light of the Purple Demon Eye flickering within his blue-gold pupils.

"Indeed."

"Teacher and Dai Mubai are currently in Godwind City."

"Given Dai Mubai's current strength, if Godwind City truly didn't deserve its reputation, it should have been taken by now."

"Let us wait and see how they report back."

Although Tang San said this, the sense of unease in his heart grew increasingly intense.

The unknown was the most terrifying thing of all.

Godwind City.

Venti paid no heed to the clamor of the outside world.

He closed his eyes, sensing the changes throughout the entire city.

Every brick and stone beneath his feet, every wisp of wind in the city, was now tightly connected to his consciousness.

The feeling was just like returning to Mondstadt.

"So this is... Sky City?"

Venti's lips curled upward slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

"Although it doesn't compare to the original, it will suffice for now."

He opened his eyes again and looked at the two eyesores hovering in mid-air.

At this moment, Dai Mubai had already passed out, hanging in the sky like a dead pig.

Yu Xiaogang's face was ashen, his eyes dull; he had clearly been scared out of his wits.

"Alright, I've had enough fun."

"And the reward has been collected."

"You lot..."

Venti waved his hand lightly, as if shooing away a few annoying flies.

"Can get lost."

BOOM!

As his palm swept through the air, a violent hurricane suddenly erupted.

This wind was no longer gentle; it was filled with a will of rejection and expulsion.

"Ah--!"

Dai Mubai, who had just regained consciousness, and the trembling Yu Xiaogang, along with those thousands of Heaven Dou soldiers, were swept up by the gale like trash and tossed directly into the high sky.

They traced wretched arcs through the air, flying straight toward the wilderness ten miles outside the city.

"Remember."

Venti's voice, carried by the wind, reached everyone's ears with perfect clarity.

"Godwind City does not welcome bandits."

A gale whipped up dust and slammed down hard upon the wilderness ten miles outside the city.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of dull, heavy impacts rang out.

Thousands of fully armed Heaven Dou elites were tossed onto the hard Kitsuchi like Chiaotzu being dropped into a pot.

Cries of pain rose one after another; the once-imposing iron armor had become a burden, leaving many so dazed and battered that they couldn't scramble to their feet for a long time.

At the very front of the crowd, two figures had landed in an especially wretched state.

Dai Mubai's face was swollen like a purple eggplant, his left eye reduced to a mere slit; those dozens of slaps from earlier had been no laughing matter.

He struggled to stand, but the movement tugged at the wounds on his face, making him wince and bare his teeth in agony.

"That... that bastard!"

Dai Mubai cursed with slurred speech, his eyes filled with venom, yet laced with a deep, lingering fear.

In that moment just now, he had truly felt the approach of death.

That sense of despair, of being utterly powerless to fight back, was even more terrifying than facing a Titled Douluo.