Battle Through the Heavens: Reborn into the Xiao Clan, Starting with Xiao Xuan's Inheritance

"It was my oversight..."

"This [Scarlet Sun Heaven-Burning Art] is a fire-element cultivation art. It requires resonance with the fire-element energy around you, but Wutan City seems to have far too little fire-element energy..."

"Look at the color of the heartfire you condensed—it isn't pure enough..."

"But don't worry. As long as you find a place rich in fire-element energy, your progress should be extremely fast..."

Xiao Yi nodded at those words.

He had long since chosen a place abundant in fire-element energy.

Perhaps when the time came, his ancestor Xiao Xuan would even get to meet an "old acquaintance" from a thousand years ago...

After finishing his usual heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yi did not linger.

Instead, he returned to the guest room Little Fairy Doctor had prepared for him and rested.

Early the next morning.

"Boom..."

Xiao Yi was still asleep when the door to his guest room suddenly exploded.

Dozens of burly mercenaries had already surrounded the room.

At their head stood Mu Li, whom Xiao Yi had frightened stiff in the street yesterday, along with an even more heavily built middle-aged man with venomous eyes.

There was no need to think further. He had to be Mu She, captain of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Mu Li's father, and a two-star Dou Master.

"This brat really was hiding here!"

"Father, this is the brat who humiliated our Wolf Head Mercenary Group in the street yesterday!"

Mu Li pointed at Xiao Yi and immediately began embellishing the story.

Xiao Yi merely sneered at Mu Li's slander and had no desire to explain himself.

After all, even if you argued with a dog, it would not understand.

Mu She did not attack at once after hearing this. Instead, he turned to Xiao Yi and said softly, "Reaching the Dou Master realm at such a young age... not bad talent."

"But what a pity. Geniuses always tend to die young..."

Xiao Yi only gave a cold laugh. "You're merely a two-star Dou Master. What makes you think you can defeat me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear appeared in his hand.

"Captain Mu, Mister Xiao Yi is my guest. Aren't you being rather rude?" Little Fairy Doctor finally appeared at that moment. She stepped in front of Xiao Yi and spoke sternly toward Mu She.

But Mu She merely gave a sinister smile. "This man insulted my Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He should have been suppressed on the spot..."

"Since he is Little Fairy Doctor's friend, I will spare his life. Cripple his Dou Qi and have him kneel here for the rest of his life to atone for his sins..."

Anger flashed through Little Fairy Doctor's eyes at those words. Pointing at Mu She, she rebuked, "Mu She, don't go too far!"

Xiao Yi showed little reaction. He simply stepped forward, shielding Little Fairy Doctor behind him, and said softly, "Don't worry. Trash like this can't hurt me."

Before Mu She could respond, Mu Li could no longer hold himself back.

With his father present today, he had found his courage.

"Impudence! Get him!"

Mu Li shouted, and the dozens of mercenaries behind him charged in response.

Together with Mu Li, they rushed toward Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi stood where he was, neither dodging nor evading.

The Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear in his hand trembled slightly. A layer of red Dou Qi immediately emerged along the length of the spear.

"Boom..."

A flash of crimson cold light streaked past as several arcs of red Dou Qi swept out.

Mu Li and the dozens of mercenaries were instantly thrown to the ground.

"Captain Mu, if you wish to capture me, why don't you do it yourself?"

"Relying on trash like Dou Practitioners won't be enough to deal with me!"

The moment Xiao Yi finished speaking, his body transformed into several streaks of red light and leaped into the air.

Boundless crimson radiance had already gathered upon the Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear as it pointed directly at Mu She.

"Dragon Abyss Awakening!"

Xiao Yi did not want to waste time talking, because he was not a scholar like Xiao Yan. His style was more like Lin Dong's.

Why waste words when you could act directly?

Seeing Xiao Yi use a Dou Skill first, Mu She was not afraid. The saber at his waist left its sheath at once.

A sinister grin curled across his lips.

"Hehehe... A mere one-star Dou Master dares to be so arrogant!"

"Wind Blade Saber Dance!"

Azure Dou Qi instantly coated Mu She's saber.

He also unleashed a low-grade Xuan-tier Dou Skill, intending to contend against Xiao Yi.

Hearing Mu She's all-too-familiar laugh, Xiao Yi said coldly, "You don't have the strength of the Soul Hall, yet you've learned the Soul Hall's mannerisms..."

The next instant, a dragon's head emerged from Xiao Yi's spear.

As he swung it, a crimson Dou Qi blade tore through the air and shot toward Mu She at incredible speed, accompanied by a dragon's roar.

Only after Xiao Yi released his Dou Skill did Mu She realize just how terrifying it was.

But it was already too late to dodge. He could only grit his teeth and swing the saber in his hand.

Countless saber afterimages appeared and collided with Xiao Yi's dragon-headed light blade...

How could a Xuan-tier Dou Skill possibly stand against an Earth-tier Dou Skill?

Moreover, Xiao Yi was a one-star Dou Master, while Mu She was only barely a two-star Dou Master.

The gap between them was not as great as one might imagine.

Several azure saber shadows collided with a crimson light blade in the air.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion rang out the next moment.

The saber shadows created by Mu She's low-grade Xuan-tier Dou Skill were all torn apart by the crescent-shaped crimson light blade released from Xiao Yi's Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear.

Not only that, after effortlessly shredding Mu She's saber shadows, the crescent light blade in the air did not weaken in the slightest.

Instead, it seemed to have become even more terrifying.

With another dragon's roar, it shot straight toward the panic-stricken Mu She!

Mu She had completely lost his composure by then. The calm expression he had worn at first was long gone.

As the light blade was about to reach him—

Mu She's instinct to survive erupted in full force. He wildly swung his saber, trying to stop it.

But things did not go as he wished. How could an Earth-tier Dou Skill be resisted by an ant like a two-star Dou Master such as Mu She?

"How is this possible?! You're only a one-star Dou Master—how can I not be your match?!"

Mu She let out one final wail.

The next instant, crimson light pierced through his chest.

Mu She collapsed to the ground.

Although Xiao Yi had used this Earth-tier Dou Skill several times before, he had only used it in clan sparring matches and had never displayed its true power.

This time was the true power of the Earth-tier Dou Skill, the Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art!

Seeing Mu She lying motionless on the ground, everyone present froze in place.

Little Fairy Doctor was no exception.

Her mouth hung slightly open as she turned her head toward Xiao Yi, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Xiao Yi reaching the Dou Master realm at such a young age was already shocking enough.

But the combat strength he had just displayed was what truly stunned everyone!

According to Little Fairy Doctor's understanding, weren't alchemists supposed to live pampered lives and be poor in combat...?