"Tsk, people from Douluo Continent, huh."
Lin Feng gently blew across his tea, the corner of his mouth curling into an amused smile. "Yu Xiaogang? Tang San? Bibi Dong?"
"Those are some familiar names."
"I never expected the system to stir up such a commotion while I was in seclusion all these years. It even linked these two planes together."
Looking at Yu Xiaogang on his system-exclusive screen, terrified out of his wits by a Tier 1 Red Fire Wolf and questioning his life amid the ruins, Lin Feng couldn't help shaking his head.
"His reputation as the fantasy world's bottom-of-the-barrel really is well deserved."
"Bringing Level 29 Soul Power into Battle Through the Heavens? Even the cook in some random mercenary group here has Dou Qi inside him that could crush yours."
"But this should be entertaining."
Just as Lin Feng set down his teacup, a long-missed, mechanical notification suddenly rang out crisply in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Detection: the Myriad Heavens Passage has opened. New plane, Douluo Continent, connected!]
[The Strongest Sect System is updating.]
[Congratulations, host. The system has been upgraded to: More Children More Blessings System!]
[Main quest initiated: In this Myriad Heavens livestream, reveal your sect's foundations, win over the favored women of the Douluo Plane, and strengthen the Heavenly Palace!]
[Rewards: Determined by the host's performance and the quality of the characters won over!]
At the system's voice, the light in Lin Feng's eyes grew even deeper.
"More children, more blessings?"
"Looks like this leisurely retirement is coming to an end."
With that, Lin Feng slowly rose to his feet and walked to the edge of the pavilion with his hands behind his back. His gaze pierced through the clouds, though no one knew where he was looking.
His current cultivation had already reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, just one step away from the legendary Dou Emperor.
In this era, where Origin Qi was scarce, he was the uncrowned king of this world.
Hun Tiandi? Gu Yuan?
In his eyes, with the system's rewards, they were nothing more than slightly bigger grasshoppers.
But if he could win over a few goddesses from another world, add some color to his dull, invincible life, and break through as well, that wouldn't be bad.
After all, there was still the Great Ruler Plane above this one.
Meanwhile, above the Sky Screen.
With two people dead, the remaining three were in increasingly dire straits.
Aside from Yu Xiaogang, who was still clinging to life, and Li Si, the Star Luo Soldier who was still trembling in the military camp, too afraid to move,
Everyone's attention was focused on the person with the slimmest chance of surviving.
Yu Xiaogang.
At that moment, he was struggling to crawl out from under a pile of rubble. He reached into his shirt and pulled out a piece of dried meat, hoping to replenish his strength.
But he had no idea that, on a branch right above his head, a snake no thicker than a finger, its entire body a deep green, was silently flicking its tongue. It radiated the aura of a Dou Shi as it stared coldly at his neck.
The scene was quiet, save for the mournful wind sighing through the treetops.
Yu Xiaogang was leaning heavily against a boulder, the hard piece of dried meat clutched tightly in his hand as he panted.
That last blow had not only shattered his ribs, but also shattered the pride he had carried as a Grandmaster.
"Damn it, damn it!"
He cursed under his breath, trembling as he tried to bring the dried meat to his mouth.
But at that very moment—
"Hiss—"
The leaves above him seemed to tremble ever so slightly.
The long-hidden emerald-green venomous snake sprang into action!
It was called the Green Scale Wind Serpent, a genuine Tier 2 Magical Beast with strength comparable to a human Dou Shi!
In the Battle Through the Heavens World, a Dou Shi could transform a Dou Qi Gauze into Dou Qi Armor, bringing a qualitative leap in both defense and explosive power. This snake had no armor, but its speed was as fast as lightning!
Whoosh!
In the livestream, the viewers saw only a green Residual Shadow flash by. Its trajectory was too swift for the naked eye to follow.
Then a crisp crack rang out from the wrist of Yu Xiaogang's right hand, the one holding the dried meat. It was the sound of his bone being bitten through in an instant!
"Argh!!!"
Yu Xiaogang let out a scream, and the dried meat fell from his hand.
Then, he stared at his wrist in horror. Two deep, bottomless puncture wounds had appeared there, and the flesh around them was turning black at a visible speed, giving off a revolting, fishy stench.
Poison!
A poison several times more vicious than Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor venom!
Douluo Continent, Shrek Academy.
Seeing the blurry green streak on the screen and Yu Xiaogang crumple to the ground, twitching, everyone felt their hearts tighten once more.
No one reacted more intensely than Tang San.
The genius, who possessed the memories of two lifetimes, carried the Tang Sect Secret Arts, and considered himself invincible among his peers, now stood rooted to the spot, his whole body rigid.
His eyes had already opened the Purple Demon Eye, violet light filling them as he tried to track the snake's movements.
But in the next instant, his pupils contracted sharply. He stumbled backward three steps as if his spine had been pulled out, nearly falling to the ground.
"H-how can it be so fast..."
In his understanding, he had the Purple Demon Eye, which let him observe the finest details;
He also had Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, an incredibly bizarre movement technique, and his pair of Mysterious Jade Hands could resist every poison.
Yet, in that instant just now, he had fallen into self-doubt.
"I can't see it! Even when I pushed the Purple Demon Eye to its limits, I could only just make out a blurry Residual Shadow! How is that possible!"
Tang San clutched his hair, muttering to himself without pause:
"That snake is barely a foot long and has no Soul Ring glow. According to teacher's theories, it should clearly be an ordinary Wind Snake, a ten-year beast!"
"But its speed even surpassed the burst speed of Teacher Zhao Wuji after he used Gravity Squeeze!"
"Does that make sense? It doesn't!"
Tang San's breathing grew faster and faster as he frantically calculated the difference in their combat strength.
"If that snake were my opponent..."
"My Hidden Weapons wouldn't hit it, because it's faster than my mechanisms!"
"My Blue Silver Grass's Entanglement couldn't restrain it either. Its explosive strength could tear my Martial Soul apart in an instant!"
"Even my Mysterious Jade Hands would probably be bitten to pieces like paper in front of the force that could bite through teacher's wrist bones in an instant!"
Tang San had always thought that, with the Tang Sect Secret Arts, he was special in this world and could challenge opponents of a higher level.
But if a little snake from that higher-dimensional world was already this powerful, what about the even stronger beings, or the beasts at the pinnacle of their kind?
"Gulp." Tang San swallowed, his eyes vacant as he murmured, "So this is a higher-dimensional world..."
"The Soul Skills we're so proud of might be nothing more than child's play there."
"The Titled Douluo we talk about might not even be able to beat a slightly stronger beast there."
"Teacher, you made us see the truth, but this truth is too cruel!"
Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and the others beside Tang San saw their usually composed and confident Third Brother breaking down like this. They were all so frightened that their faces went pale, unable to offer even a word of comfort.
On the Sky Screen, the tragedy continued.
Yu Xiaogang did not die right away.
The Green Scale Wind Serpent didn't seem to be in a hurry to feed. It coiled around a branch not far away, coldly watching its prey struggle.
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