Earth-Suppressing Heaven-Supporting Staff! I Want to Experience the Hardships of Cultivation

Shen Shihuang furrowed his brow.

Su Qian had already told him he wasn't that guy. What the hell did that mean?

Just as he'd thought.

Mo Tianxing came back to his senses. The moment he saw Shen Shihuang, he moved, appearing before him in an instant. A giant palm of black Dou Qi formed and slammed toward Shen Shihuang.

"Mo Tianxing, what are you doing?" Su Qian shouted.

Mo Tianxing's eyes were filled with shame and fury. From the look of him, he wanted to kill Shen Shihuang on the spot!

"Boy, this sect master wants you dead!" Mo Tianxing said coldly.

Seeing this, Shen Shihuang narrowed his eyes slightly. Shen Shisheng had been born from his negative side. In other words, everything they encountered in this place was some part of their own negative selves.

And Mo Tianxing looked as if he'd encountered something extraordinary.

"Tyrant's Fury!"

Facing Mo Tianxing's black palm strike, Shen Shihuang met it head-on.

He hadn't been weaker than Mo Tianxing even when he was a One-Star Dou Zong, so now there was even less of a contest.

He had Mo Tianxing completely suppressed.

Boom!!

Shen Shihuang threw a punch. Mo Tianxing's battered figure flew backward and crashed to the ground, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

Shen Shihuang stepped forward.

A smile appeared on his face. "Sect Master Mo, since you've attacked me, we're not going to end this so easily!"

As he spoke, Shen Shihuang was about to move when, at some point, Mo Ya appeared with a black staff in his hand. His Dou Qi Wings spread behind him, and he lunged at Shen Shihuang.

Seeing this, Lin Xiuya, though weak, still warned him.

"Be careful. There's something strange about the staff in his hand. Ordinary Dou Qi can't defend against it."

Shen Shihuang wasn't particularly concerned about a Dou Emperor. A layer of Dou Qi appeared around him, but who could have guessed that when the black staff in Mo Ya's hand came down, the Dou Qi around Shen Shihuang would be as flimsy as paper?

It shattered instantly.

Clang——

The moment his Dou Qi shattered, Shen Shihuang punched the staff.

At that moment, some information seemed to appear in Shen Shihuang's mind.

It was about the staff.

It was as if the thing had always belonged to him.

"Ugh!"

Mo Ya spat out a large mouthful of blood and was sent flying.

Shen Shihuang looked at the staff in Mo Ya's hand. "Where did you get that thing?"

Mo Ya knew how strange the staff in his hand was. Dou Qi offered it no protection at all. He'd given it a name: the Qi-Breaking Staff!

Even the Dou Qi of a Dou Zong couldn't withstand a strike from it.

As the saying went:

One strike, and it breaks!

"What are you doing?" Mo Ya hurriedly gripped the Qi-Breaking Staff when he saw Shen Shihuang's gaze.

"This Qi-Breaking Staff is mine."

Shen Shihuang said, "No."

"It's not yours."

Shen Shihuang didn't know why. All he knew was that the staff should belong to him.

Then a black flame appeared in Shen Shihuang's hand. In an instant, the Qi-Breaking Staff, which Mo Ya had been gripping tightly, broke free and flew before Shen Shihuang.

It hovered steadily in the air. The black mottling on the Qi-Breaking Staff began to crack, as if magma were flowing across its surface. A terrifying force radiated from the staff.

Boom!!

Amid a rumbling boom, the staff, which had been pitch-black all over, transformed into a black rod etched with a dragonlike pattern. The faint golden sheen running across it made it look all the more magnificent.

"This..." Su Qian's eyes widened in surprise at the staff's transformation.

"You... That's impossible!" Mo Ya cried. When he'd obtained the staff, he'd sensed something was off. He hadn't expected the black outer layer to be hiding its pattern. But now that it had reached Shen Shihuang, it had returned to its original form?

Why him?

Shen Shihuang held out a hand, and the staff flew into it of its own accord.

"The Earth-Suppressing Heaven-Supporting Staff!"

"Break all things; suppress the earth like a prison."

"Great skill needs no ornament; the staff can support the heavens."

A mighty weapon!

The Earth-Suppressing Heaven-Supporting Staff was an unquestionable mighty weapon. It needed no edge to break through Dou Qi defenses. Of course, that only worked if its target wasn't far stronger than its wielder.

Against a Dou Sheng?

It wouldn't break a thing!

A mere brush could wound; a touch could kill!

After learning about the Earth-Suppressing Heaven-Supporting Staff, Shen Shihuang felt as if he'd seen something like it in a past life.

The Sea-Stabilizing Needle!

This staff's properties were practically identical to those of the Sea-Stabilizing Needle.

Whoosh!

Shen Shihuang casually swung the Earth-Suppressing Heaven-Supporting Staff. Ripples appeared in the air, and the wind whistled like a tiger's roar and a dragon's cry.

"Father?"

Mo Ya looked toward Mo Tianxing.

The fury in his eyes was impossible to conceal.

Mo Tianxing took a deep breath. He was clearly no match for Shen Shihuang now, and it seemed the other man had acquired another fine weapon.

"Your Excellency."

Mo Tianxing cupped his hands. "You and I have no enmity. Why don't we let bygones be bygones? My Black Emperor Sect carries some weight in the Black-Corner Region. If you ever need anything, the sect will do everything in its power to help you. What do you say?"

Shen Shihuang grinned.

"I say no."

"Sect Master Mo, don't forget that I'm the one who rescued you. If it weren't for me, you'd probably be as good as dead by now."

Mo Tianxing was about to speak.

Shen Shihuang cut him off. "I know, Sect Master Mo. You want to repay me, right?"

"One Low Earth Tier Dou Technique for you, and one for your son. That shouldn't be too much to ask, should it?"

Mo Tianxing: "...!"

Seeing this, Su Qian said, "We owe our thanks to this young friend. I'll have someone bring over a Low Earth Tier Dou Technique at once."

Shen Shihuang raised a hand.

He smiled at Su Qian. "I know who you are. But compared to a Dou Technique, I actually have a small favor to ask."

Su Qian said, "Go ahead."

Shen Shihuang said, "I'd like to study at Jia Nan Academy. What do you think?"

Su Qian's eyes widened.

He looked almost unable to believe it.

The other three—Lin Xiuya, Han Yue, and Lin Yan—also stared at him wide-eyed.

You're already a Dou Zong.

And you still want to study?

You sent Mo Tianxing flying and made him spit blood. With strength like that, what do you need to study for?

Su Qian asked in confusion, "You mean...?"

Shen Shihuang answered frankly, "To be honest, even though I have all this strength, I've never steadily grown stronger one step at a time. How do I put it? I just ended up with this level of strength. Do you understand?"

"I've never even cultivated before. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I was only a One-Star Dou Zong a moment ago, as you saw. Now I'm a Four-Star Dou Zong. So I want to cultivate steadily, step by step. I don't want my power to be too flimsy."

The three of them: "...!"

Su Qian: "...!"

Mo Ya: "...!"

Mo Tianxing: "...!"

Damn!

Su Qian had to hold himself back from cursing. Was this really what he called humbly seeking to learn?

Think about all the Dou Zong experts out there.

Which of them hadn't gone through countless brushes with death to reach their current level?

And this guy...

He wanted to cultivate one step at a time. Wasn't he just saying he wanted to experience the frustration of a breakthrough?

"Your Excellency... you truly are a genius," Su Qian said, unsure what else to say. "To possess such strength at your age..."

Shen Shihuang shook his head.

"I'm not even sure how old I am. By my calculations, I should be at most twenty."

"I've been cultivating for about a year?"

Su Qian: "I'm going to die!"

Shen Shihuang immediately shook his head again. "No, that's not right. I've probably only been cultivating for a few months."

Everyone: "...!"

Lin Xiuya's mouth fell open. "A few months, and you're a Dou Zong?"

Han Yue said, "Is he even human?"

Lin Yan said, "I don't think he is."