Upgraded Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger Experience Card

"Go to hell..."

"Damn it, old dog Jia Lie Bi, you dare to kill my son Xiao Zhan? I want your Gale Clan buried with him!" Just as Xiao Meng raised his hand to pull the trigger, an angry roar abruptly rang through the street once more.

As the shout faded, a fiery-red figure flashed out from outside the marketplace, stomped heavily on a rooftop, and appeared before Xiao Meng like lightning.

The newcomer raised his head in a roar, within which a faint lion's roar echoed.

"Old dad?" Xiao Meng's expression brightened, and he immediately lowered his hand while rapidly retreating.

"Lion Mountain Rend!"

Xiao Zhan roared furiously, clenching his iron fist and smashing it toward the oncoming Jia Lie Bi. A huge red lion head loomed faintly over his fist.

"Boom!"

Blue and red intertwined, producing a sound like muffled thunder. Many people on the street changed expression, hurriedly hugging their heads and covering their ears.

Trading a single blow, both men's figures violently retreated dozens of paces, leaving deep gouges in the ground.

This clash was a draw.

"Jia Lie Bi, you really bring honor to your Gale Clan, actually attacking a younger generation. Have you no shame?" Xiao Zhan shouted with a dark face.

At that moment, a dozen elders of the Xiao Clan also rushed over, each radiating killing intent.

They were not worried about Xiao Meng's safety at all; instead, they felt Jia Lie Bi was courting death. However, they knew very well that Xiao Meng did not want to expose his strength, which was why they had hurried over.

After all, this was a chance to curry favor with Xiao Meng. Combined with Xiao Zhan's order, who dared disobey? Crucially, they feared Xiao Meng would settle scores with them later.

Jia Lie Bi's expression darkened, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly as he gritted his teeth. "He beat my son to a pulp and killed Alchemist Liu Xi. Xiao Zhan, if he doesn't die, your Xiao Clan will be doomed beyond redemption!"

"Doomed your ass! Damn it, if we hadn't rushed over, the ones doomed beyond redemption would be your Gale Clan, alright? Piss off this killing star, and he'll wipe out your Gale Clan in a minute, you bastard! You don't even know enough to be grateful, and here you are still running your mouth!" an elder of the Xiao Clan cursed disdainfully.

At these words, the group of elders nodded in agreement, not a single one refuting it.

A third-grade alchemist was indeed not someone to be trifled with, but they had to look at who it was doing the trifling.

As far as this brat Xiao Meng was concerned, even if Gu He came, he might not even give him the time of day.

"Jia Lie Bi, as long as I, Xiao Zhan, draw breath, if you dare touch a single hair on my son's head, I'll fight your Gale Clan to the bitter end!" Xiao Zhan roared in fury.

"You..." Jia Lie Bi's face twitched violently. Xiao Zhan's cultivation matched his own, and their strengths were on par. Once such a person forged a blood feud, one had to deal a fatal blow, or the consequences would be severe.

"Xiao Zhan, do you know Liu Xi's identity?" Jia Lie Bi said darkly.

"Humph! Just some trash, I have no interest in knowing. My son killed him, so what? Want to start a war with my Xiao Clan? I, Xiao Zhan, will accompany you anytime," Xiao Zhan sneered.

In truth, he knew Liu Xi's identity. After all, the Xiao Clan and Gale Clan had always been at odds and were fierce competitors, so whenever strangers appeared on either side, they investigated them in private.

As the saying went, know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated.

Hearing Xiao Zhan's domineering words, everyone was stunned. When had the Xiao Clan become so formidable?

"Fine, fine, Xiao Zhan, just you wait! Wait for your Xiao Clan to be wiped out!" Recovering from his shock, Jia Lie Bi laughed out of anger, then turned and left with his men.

If both sides engaged in an all-out brawl at this moment, it would end in mutual destruction. Naturally, Jia Lie Bi would not do such a losing business.

Once Jia Lie Bi and the others left, Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Meng and sighed. "Couldn't you have gone a bit easier? That Liu Xi's master is a third-grade alchemist. Now that you've killed him, what are we going to do?"

Xiao Meng shrugged. "Who knew that bastard was not only all show and no substance, but also so utterly useless that he couldn't even take a punch from me? Can you blame me?"

Hearing this, the elders of the Xiao Clan nearly passed out. You freak who can insta-kill a Da Dou Shi, and yet you expect a mere Dou Zhe to withstand your punch? Is your brain broken?

"Who else could I blame? Fine, let's blame Liu Xi's mother, then!"

The group of elders felt pins and needles all over. This fellow was truly untouchable.

Xiao Zhan's face twitched, and he said irritably, "How should we deal with Liu Xi's master?"

Xiao Meng said casually, "That's easy. Option one, I go kill him. Option two, you bring Number Four back, and the problem will be solved."

At the first sentence, the elders' hearts turned cold. Was killing people this guy's only way of solving problems?

Yet the second half of the sentence left them suddenly startled. Bring Xiao Yan back, and the matter would be resolved? What did that mean? Could it be that Xiao Yan had the ability to force back a third-grade alchemist?

"Third son, what do you mean by that?" Xiao Zhan seemed to have thought of something, growing very excited. He grabbed Xiao Meng's shoulder and asked urgently.

Xiao Meng brushed Xiao Zhan's hand off. "Old dad, you'll find out once you bring Number Four back."

With that, he turned and left, too lazy to care about the remaining mess.

"This little bastard..." Watching Xiao Meng walk away unbothered, Xiao Zhan cursed with a dark face, while also feeling deeply helpless. However, a flash of fiery enthusiasm soon appeared on his face.

"Could Yan'er practice alchemy?"

Rubbing his hands together like a fly after a burst of excitement, Xiao Zhan called Pain over to give a few instructions, then waved his hand and left with the still-slightly-bewildered elders.

After leaving the Xiao Clan's marketplace, Xiao Meng went elsewhere. Running all over Wutan City, he finally gathered all the medicinal ingredients needed to refine the Purple Fire Star Pill, preparing enough for a full three portions.

It was not until nightfall that Xiao Meng returned to the Xiao Clan and headed straight for his side hall. However, just as he was halfway there, Xiao Zhan intercepted him.

In the end, he sold Xiao Yan out without hesitation.

You could say this was killing two birds with one stone.

First, it made Xiao Yan deal with Liu Xi's master; second, he could use this opportunity to demand the return of his Soul-Nourishing Wood, while incidentally giving Xiao Yan a severe beating.

Returning to his side hall, he did not light the cauldron to refine pills; instead, he took out his fishing rod and began to fish.

Counting the two fishing chances he had gained today, he could now fish eight times.

"A card?" Before long, Xiao Meng's hook sank deep into a pile of ruins and caught a golden card.

"Upgraded Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger experience card? Was that the Martial Universe just now?" Xiao Meng paused, then his face filled with excitement.

The Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger was created by the ancient Great Desolate Emperor and was his ultimate technique. Half a finger shakes heaven and earth, one finger imprisons heaven and earth, two fingers shatter mountains and rivers, three fingers extinguish life-extinguishing spirits, four fingers break the firmament, and five fingers move heaven and earth. With five fingers out, heaven and earth are imprisoned.

Among them, the first two fingers of the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger matched the power of elementary-grade Deities' Mortal martial arts, the third and fourth fingers matched intermediate-grade Deities' Mortal martial arts, and the fifth finger matched advanced-grade Deities' Mortal martial arts.

"With five fingers out, heaven and earth are imprisoned" was further divided into two moves: the "Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger" and the "Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Hand".

Among them, the fusion of the five fingers formed the spirit martial art "Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Hand", which was later designated by Martial Ancestor Lin Dong as an advanced-grade spirit martial art, with the martial art's spirit being the Great Desolate Emperor.

"In the Martial Universe, the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger belongs to spirit martial arts, which should be equivalent to the Tian-tier Dou Techniques of the Battle Through the Heavens world. Then the upgraded Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger should have reached Tian-tier Dou Techniques, right?"

"Coming out the gate with a Tian-tier Dou Technique, who the hell can handle this?" Xiao Meng was thrilled and swallowed the golden card without a second word. Unsurprisingly, a wave of throbbing pain immediately assaulted his head.

Yet the pain did not last long before he felt a vast amount of memories flooding into his mind.

"As expected, the upgraded Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger has reached the Tian-tier Dou Technique level, and moreover, it's intermediate Tian-tier," Xiao Meng rejoiced wildly. He knew that in the Dou Qi Continent, most Tian-tier martial arts were controlled by the few ancient clans, and ordinary factions simply had no qualification to possess them. Yet right now, he possessed an intermediate Tian-tier martial art.

The first finger, Heaven and Earth Imprisonment, had already reached intermediate Xuan-tier, while the second finger, Shatter Mountains and Rivers, reached advanced Xuan-tier. With his current cultivation, he could barely manage to learn these two fingers.

Yet he didn't need to learn them at all; the current him already knew how to execute them, even if it felt a bit unfamiliar.

After acquiring this martial art, Xiao Meng lost all desire to continue fishing. He packed up and quietly slipped into the depths of the back mountain, beginning to master the first and second fingers of the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Hand.

Inside the spacious cave, Xiao Meng's hands shifted through a series of extremely profound seals. As his seals moved, the Origin Force within his body surged forth, swirling around him like a storm.

"First finger, Heaven and Earth Imprisonment."

Xiao Meng's tightly closed eyes snapped open, a low roar echoing in his heart as he took a step forward and pointed a finger into empty space.

Origin Force condensed, and a pitch-black giant finger roughly a dozen meters in size tore through the sky. Like a towering pillar descending to smash the void, carrying a strange desolate aura, it heavily slammed into the distant boulder.

"Boom!"

With a loud crash, shattered rocks flew in all directions, causing the cave to rumble and echo.

"The power isn't bad, it just consumes too much Origin Force..."