Instant Kill

After leaving the Sky-Burning Qi Refining Tower, Wu Yan spent half a day adjusting his condition.

By noon, Wu Yan unfurled his icy-blue Dou Qi wings, flew out of the Inner Academy, and plunged headfirst into the vast forest sea concealing countless magical beasts.

After gaining the ability to fly, Wu Yan's range of activity was no longer comparable to before.

Even a distance of several hundred li could be crossed with a leisurely half-hour of flight.

In the same ten minutes, a Dou Ling could search only a few square kilometers, while a Dou Wang could search hundreds of square li.

More importantly, in this Beast Forest Sea, the danger for a Dou Wang expert exploring it was far lower than for a Dou Ling.

Wu Yan traveled through the forest sea, casually striking down any low-tier magical beasts he encountered.

He had no need to hold back against these magical beasts, so long as their Magic Cores were not damaged.

As sunset approached, Wu Yan's Storage Ring had gained several dozen fresh Magic Cores.

After marking the area he had explored that day, Wu Yan flew directly back to the academy to rest.

He was in no great hurry. There was no need to gather Magic Cores day and night without rest.

The fire in his body had yet to dissipate, so what was there for him to rush about?

He had gathered fifty-six Magic Cores in a single afternoon, enough to support his cultivation for the next half year or more.

With the Little Blue Bottle assisting him, Wu Yan had absolute confidence in his cultivation speed.

As he always said: victory was already assured, so why rush for quick gains?

Wouldn't it be better to cultivate in seclusion for half a year at a stretch, then come out and rest for three to five days?

And so, over the following days, Wu Yan headed for the Warcraft Forest every morning, spending the entire day exploring and hunting within it.

When the sun set, he returned to the academy to rest.

Two days later, Wu Yan hovered above a valley. Looking down at the Snow Demon Sky Ape that had just killed a fourth-tier magical beast, the corners of his mouth curled upward slightly.

"Finally, I found you."

"Roar!"

The Snow Demon Sky Ape let out the roar of a victor, warning the other magical beasts in the surrounding area that anyone daring to offend it, the overlord, would pay with their lives.

At some point, the Snow Demon Sky Ape noticed thick white mist suddenly rising throughout the valley.

The Snow Demon Sky Ape shook its head and thought with its already limited brain: this mist should not be dangerous.

Thinking so, the Snow Demon Sky Ape dragged its prey toward its cave.

It paid no attention to the white mist filling the valley and even took the initiative to step into it.

A terrifying scene unfolded. Before the Snow Demon Sky Ape had taken ten steps, it discovered that it had lost control of its body and stood rigidly in place.

Its simple mind churned for a while before it realized that something was wrong with the white mist.

Just as it tried to wave its arms and disperse the mist, it found that its arms had also slipped beyond its control.

By the time it finally realized something was wrong and felt that chilling cold, the Snow Demon Sky Ape's head had already frozen over, and its consciousness was forever halted at that instant.

A figure slowly emerged from the white mist. A palm coated in a faint layer of frost lightly tapped the ice sculpture, instantly shattering it into countless tiny chunks of ice.

The palm turned over, and an icy-white Magic Core landed neatly in it.

"Both of us have only just entered the Dou Wang realm, and this Snow Demon Sky Ape even advanced to the fifth tier after consuming quite a bit of Earth-Core Body Tempering Milk. Yet before me, it could only be instantly killed."

Wu Yan glanced at the ice fragments on the ground, tightly gripping the fifth-tier ice-element Magic Core as he gained a rough understanding of his own strength.

He stepped forward and flew toward the Snow Demon Sky Ape's nest.

Wu Yan had long kept this rare opportunity in mind, one of the few that could benefit someone like him, who was neither fire-attributed nor an alchemist.

It was only because his strength had previously been insufficient that he had not set his sights on it. On the other hand, the Mite'er Family had helped Wu Yan greatly, sparing him the need to risk his life for resources.

After entering the underground stalactite cavern, Wu Yan quickly arrived beneath that enormous stalactite.

A moment later, Wu Yan left the valley carrying both genuine Earth-Core Body Tempering Milk and diluted Earth-Core Body Tempering Milk.

He condensed a mirror and looked into his own eyes. Once he confirmed that not a trace of fiery energy could be seen, he returned to the Inner Academy and flew straight toward the Sky-Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Just after Wu Yan entered the Sky-Burning Qi Refining Tower and shut the stone door of Cultivation Room One, the natural energy within the Inner Academy stirred once again, and this time the commotion was even greater than before.

A rich medicinal fragrance nearly swept through the entire Inner Academy, and many Inner Academy elders gathered together.

As they watched the former "number one," who had been utterly defeated by a new student half a year ago, emerge while flapping his Dou Qi wings, shock appeared on every elder's face.

The elders' shock was not caused by the pair of black wings behind him, but by the lingering pill aura in Cao Ping's room.

"If I'm not mistaken, that should be a Sixth-Grade Dou Spirit Pill!"

"Elder, your eyes are sharp."

Cao Ping smiled and nodded. The lofty air he once carried had now vanished without a trace.

On the way back, the Inner Academy elders could not help but sigh. "It seems Wu Yan truly knocked some sense into that kid Cao Ping!"

"Yes, it seems that defeat half a year ago was actually a great thing for that proud fellow Cao Ping. At twenty-five, he not only broke through to Dou Wang, but also advanced to become a sixth-grade alchemist. Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Naturally, Wu Yan knew nothing of Cao Ping's rebirth from the ashes, and even if he had known, he would not have cared.

After all, Cao Ping was merely a defeated opponent. As long as he did not interfere with Wu Yan's cultivation, it would not matter even if he became a Dou Di.

But if he dared disturb him, Wu Yan would not mind teaching him another painful lesson.

After swallowing the Earth-Core Body Tempering Milk refined by the Little Blue Bottle together with eight varieties of attribute energy liquid, Wu Yan entered a state of cultivation.

Pure energy surged into Wu Yan's body. If an ordinary person absorbed so much energy all at once, their meridians would likely burst apart.

But Wu Yan was different. After consuming so much energy liquid, his meridians were no longer comparable to those of ordinary people.

They were not only broad, but also exceptionally resilient!

If an ordinary person's meridians were a plastic straw, then Wu Yan's were seamless steel pipes.

This was also one of the reasons Wu Yan could crush experts of the same realm.

Stronger, broader meridians supported a higher Dou Qi output efficiency.

Even with the same quality of Dou Qi, Wu Yan could output dozens of times more Dou Qi than others within the same amount of time. How could he possibly lose?

Not to mention that the eight types of energy liquid continuously strengthened Wu Yan in every aspect. Even his Dou Qi quality alone was already beyond comparison with ordinary people...

The same held true during cultivation. An Earth Tier cultivation method displayed even greater effects in Wu Yan's hands. His broad and resilient meridians could absorb more natural energy per unit of time, which would then be refined by his cultivation method.

Within this cultivation room, Wu Yan was charging ahead at a speed beyond ordinary comprehension!